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proposed process could ever adequately representative of the community and would become a platform for the disaffected. Charlie Toiles, 550 East 46th Avenue, was not present. Trish Binder, 10 Crest Drive, stated that she was sad speakers were being allowed only two minutes after being made to wait through the entire meeting. She said County Commissioner Steve Cornacchia had been defeated in his recent bid for re-election because voters had remembered he reduced the amount of time allowed during public hearings. She said a police review process was needed because she believed citizen freedoms were being eroded. Kristin Stiegler, 524 Van Buren Street, said that he favored a citizen review process because he had no faith in the police and the internal review process currently in place did not work. He said he believed the June 1, 1997, incident proved there were police renegades. He said he did not believe the proposed cost of the review process was too high in comparison to the cost of other public/private investments. Greg McLauchlan, 2401 West 22nd Avenue, was not present. Ellen Klowden, 1093 East 25th Avenue, was not present. Bernardino De La Torre, 2615-1/2 Adams Street, was not present. Martin Champion, 1430 Willamette Street #597, expressed appreciation to the council for the public hearing, but said that he believed the issue of police review deserved consideration at a more reasonable hour. He said the proposed process was a good example of democracy because it involved citizens in decisions about the welfare of the community. He said a police review process would provide unbiased information about complaints against the police. Beth Medler, 4441 Fox Hollow Road, stated that she had worked on establishing external police review since before the June 1, 1997, incident. She said she had submitted copies of previous testimony she had given regarding such processes and that this was the first opportunity she had had to testify regarding it before the council, but that she would not be able to present her prepared remarks and was very upset. She provided her telephone number and asked councilors to call her for additional information. Faddah Wolf, 520 West 13th Avenue, stated that he believed citizen police review should be placed on the ballot. He said that he was sad that some adopted an apologetic attitude toward police. He also that he liked having police officers present, but that they were people and that some were good and some were bad. Randy Prince, Post Office Box 927, was not present. Paul Prensky, 933 East 29th Avenue, stated that he would speak a second time at the next public hearing related to police review. He said that he had worked on the issue since 1993 and that he had adopted an adversarial position for political reasons stemming from the June 1, 1997, incident. He said he hoped something positive would come from community consideration of the recommendation. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 8, 1998 Page 17 7:30 p.m.