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Ms. Cherry: I understand that you like her and all that but I'm talking about doing things the way the law says it. Whether I love this person or not it should be done the way the law says it should be done. Mr. Savage: That's fair. So we will get into that and I guarantee that we will have something next month to bring back to the board or present to the board. It will be as an action item next time. I guarantee we will bring something back that is specific. Because I don't want anyone thinking that there is no transparency when we were on the prior board or we were just rubber stamping, as you said, because that didn't happen. Ms. Cherry: There has been things, me for instance. I tried to be able to come and speak before I was a board member. It shouldn't be a situation where a regular citizen can't come and say something. Is there a time where someone from the general public can come and say something? Mr. Savage: I don't think so. I don't know if a tenant can come and ask to be on the agenda or not, but I'm not sure. But I don't think anyone from the general public can. You are exactly right about any other board. If you are on a certain school board and representing a certain district like Chisum, anybody in that district can come up and be placed on that board. But someone from Paris cannot be placed on the Chisum Board. If you are on the City Council of Paris, somebody from Detroit cannot come and be placed on that board unless they have a concern right there in that city. The Secretary decides who is placed on those boards and I know you have been to a lot of meetings and you know that, but I'm sure a tenant can, we will have to look it up but I'm sure they can. I live on York Street why would I come out here to be placed unless I have some key interest. Ms. Cherry: I'm not talking about people from out of town I'm talking about me. Mr. Savage: But we don't live here. Ms. Cherry: OK come on now. I have had a lot of people come to me with complaints about the Housing Authority. Why would the Housing Authority not want to hear about complaints? What reason would that be? I was not allowed to be placed on the agenda, talk, nothing. I don't agree with that. Why would the board want that? Mr. Savage: I'll tell you why. We don't act on complaints. You might want to get a copy of whatever that was that she had showing what our role is. We don't act on complaints. That's the director and I'm sure they have a process for that. We don't act on complaints. That's why this board is different. Ms. Cherry: So what you're saying if a tenant, see, in the past tenants have been evicted if they file complaints. I know that for a fact. They have been evicted. So sometimes they come to a person like me for help. But I can't talk either. So, they can't talk, I can't talk, if so I don't understand why could you have a situation like that. Mr. Savage: Why could they not come to this office? Ms. Cherry: What did I just say? Because they get evicted.