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Commissioner Wheeler addressed the Chairman regarding voter turnout and his desire to protect the urban service boundary against future pressures to expand it. Bill Menzies, 1943 Tamara Trail, hoped the Board would support the proposal and give the people a chance to vote. No harm will arise in having voters give a clear message. Nicholas Schaus , 137 Anchor Drive, recounted how a group in Florida that had been trying to get a constitutional amendment that would provide that any change or amendment to the Comprehensive Plan would be done by vote of the people and not by commissioners. He thought voters were qualified to make a decision and hoped the Board would support the proposal. Chairman Neuberger, to highlight his concern, drew reference to the “bullet train, class size amendment and pregnant pig” issues and how people, in the past, voted without having any idea how much it was going to cost, but that it seemed like a good idea. During discussion, Commissioner Davis indicated his opposition to putting this question to the electorate for a straw ballot. He has made clear his position of “holding the line” on expansion of the urban service area and if he violates that he expected the voters to hold him accountable. There are merits for putting questions to the electorate, but we have a representative form of government and he believed that was what our forefathers wanted when they formed it. Honey Minuse , 27 Starfish Drive, suggested that the proposal has potential for impact to the entire community and would like to see voters have their say on this. Karl Zimmermann , 1786 Coral Way North, encouraged the Board to defeat Commissioner Wheeler’s motion. He believes it is an affront to representative government, and starting to have referendums is the first step towards dissolving the responsibility of everyone including Commissioners. April 4, 2006 - 43 -