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Minutes of a Public Hearing October 6, 2010 Page 30 ability on an issue that's important enough to the candidate to be able to get that kind of community support. Q: I didn't want to bring up the issue, but it just was brought up about people who serve and they get nothing to gain for it. Think Cuyahoga County. People can be, it's possible to influence people. 1Vlayor Rinker: It's always possible. Candidly, one of the things that we're trying to do in this venue as we did with our public hearing is give people a chance to come forward so we can engage in this kind of discussion because in our Village I think it's fair to say, we're not perfect, but we live here, we have neighbors, and we want to make sure that we can hold our heads up, sleep at night, and make sure that our community is a great place to live. Q: I'm not accusing anything, but as I said, down the road, people come and go. Mayor Rinker: IVo question. Part of the problem is that we always have to be vigilant. I think being engaged, being participatory, we have a lot of volunteers in Mayfield Village. In fact, I think if you were to poll most volunteers who have spent a lot of time, we all get habituated. We live different patterns. Almost to a person, anyone who volunteers in the Village, I would be willing to bet is more willing to look at these issues with little less emotion up front or a little less mistrust. It doesn't mean they're not passionate about their Village. So I'm not justifying it. I'm just trying to say we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that we really do have a lot of people who engage in our local government and it matters. It matters for all of us. And I just don't want you, when you see an issue like this that becomes a real lightening rod, to forget that there really are a lot of conscientious people who spend a lot of time with very little remuneration but the satisfaction of doing something for their community. I see that day in and day out. We'll take a couple more questions and then a break, but we will stick around. Q: Paul, the Mayor stated that many times members of Council and he himself were asked questions by the Review Commission. Did they have any influence on these two Charter amendments, 84 and 86? Did they suggest any of these to the Commission? Or was it the Commission's idea to bring these issues up?