Bird: And… Morris: I totally understand, Jerry. just telling you, from a processing perspective, if I… I’m if somebody, you like, if somebody comes up and hits you with a stick somebody… know… every time they see you, not gonna want to see that person any more. you’re Bird: Yeah, like the staff. And like the agency does to us. Morris: But I think… Bird: I know. I just cannot see why. I I Well, you give a I… don’t think… don’t see… you… report. okay. But I on there almost every That’s listen… I’m time… Morris: Yeah. Bird: And some of the stuff you tell them correct, Eric, about even our in-service. isn’t There’s some stuff you left out and say. didn’t Morris: Well… Bird: And let me finish. Morris: Yeah. Bird: And, and then when we get a comment at the start of the meeting, no therefore… there’s discussion. We just give our comment. They ask like what you don’t questions. “Oh…” it’s “say and move on. And not what we want. I know in the past Lewanda got to get up, you want” that’s praise her around, she could talk at any time. got to change 'cause they got to listen Something’s to us. They might not like what we hear, but if we get to talk to them, they they don’t have… know. And I I think where we know don’t don’t… that’s they’re at: “What don’t won’t hurt us, so we want to know Eric will tell us Eric is God. Thank you. don’t nothing.” Morris: Well, yeah, Jerry I… Jaynes: Chair Hauth? StevensonA: Chair Hauth? Hauth: Yeah, Lin Jaynes, go ahead. And then Art. Jaynes: Yeah. just kind of curious. I mean, I remember when that motion was made and I I’m remember when it was denied. But what wondering is, at one of the OCB I’m commissioners’ meetings, would it not be appropriate for the chairman to ask them why? Why they denied it? What are their reasoning so we understand why? we…
Bird: And… Morris: I… I totally understand, Jerry. I’m just telling you, from a processing perspective, if somebody… if somebody, you know… like, if somebody comes up and hits you with a stick every time they see you, you’re not gonna want to see that person any more. Bird: Yeah, like the staff. And like the agency does to us. Morris: But I think… Bird: I… I don’t know. I just cannot see why. I think… I don’t see… Well, you… you give a report. That’s okay. But I listen… I’m on there almost every time… Morris: Yeah. Bird: And some of the stuff you tell them isn’t correct, Eric, about even our in-service. There’s some stuff you left out and didn’t say. Morris: Well… Bird: And let me finish. Morris: Yeah. Bird: And, therefore… and then when we get a comment at the start of the meeting, there’s no discussion. We just give our comment. They don’t ask questions. “Oh…” it’s like “say what you want” and move on. And that’s not what we want. I know in the past Lewanda got to get up, you praise her around, she could talk at any time. Something’s got to change 'cause they got to listen to us. They might not like what we hear, but if we don’t get to talk to them, they have… they don’t know. And I don’t… I think that’s where they’re at: “What we don’t know won’t hurt us, so we don’t want to know nothing.” Eric will tell us Eric is God. Thank you. Morris: Well, yeah, Jerry I… Jaynes: Chair Hauth? StevensonA: Chair Hauth? Hauth: Yeah, Lin Jaynes, go ahead. And then Art. Jaynes: Yeah. I’m just kind of curious. I mean, I remember when that motion was made and I remember when it was denied. But what I’m wondering is, at one of the OCB commissioners’ meetings, would it not be appropriate for the chairman to ask them why? Why they denied it? What are their reasoning so we… we understand why?
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