At the Council meeting on August 12th, there were many more people there that spoke in opposition to the new building.  As the discussion went on, it was apparent that Council, while still listening to the citizen comments, was anxious to get on with the business at hand.  However, a former councilman, Joe Fraunholtz, addressed Council by quoting from the Home Rule Charter that the process that was being used to further this issue appeared to be invalid.  It is a very complicated issue that I don't fully understand, so I don't feel comfortable writing about it here.  At tonight's regularly scheduled Republican Committee meeting I expect that we will thoroughly discuss it to see what the prospects are for the contracts to be let.  Please come by at 7 PM at the Council chambers to see what is happening.

Tom Portante