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Edwin Pickle From: Jason Rogers Drogers @paristexas.gov] Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 3:37 PM To: RICHARD GROSSNICKLE Cc: Janice Ellis; Gene Anderson; Kent Mcllyar; helpjoemyself @yahoo.com; John Wright; Rhonda Rogers; Matt Frierson; Edwin Pickle Subject: Re: Monday's Council Meeting I too am in support of the City helping with funding. I wish the city would consider giving more. I don't think $7,500 says that we are serious about dealing with the issues. But I understand we have to start somewhere. I pray that we are not giving a cosmetic solution to a deeply internal issue. I also pray that all of us will take this very seriously and not use this as a platform for some type of political gain. In my eyes this is extremely important and I would hate to see it trivialized by anyone trying to make themselves look good, or trying to make anyone else look bad. Yours in Service, Jason Rogers P.S. This is an e -mail, not a text message. I know it can be hard for some to tell the difference sometimes. On Jun 12, 2011, at 1:56 PM, "RICHARD GROSSNICKLE" - > wrote: I too will have to miss the Monday meeting unless we make great time returning from our trip to Chicago which began last Thursday morning. This trip was booked in February before I had decided to run for election and could not be cancalled. I will try to make it if I can, even if I arrive late. I know that I cannot vote in absentia, but I would like to go on the record as being in favor of the City making a $7500 contribution from any excess funds not used in the budget to the diversity initiative after speaking with Steve Gilbert and others about the selection process, I believe the the decision came down to selecting the lowest bid from three quality presentations. I do not believe that there was any racial bias as all three companies were minority firms from what I was told. I hope those present at the meeting will join in supporting the PEDC in this worthy endeavor. Richard Grossnickle On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Jason Rogers <iroyers aristexas. ;ov> wrote: Council Members, I apologize for the late notice, but despite my best efforts business has prevented me from being back in town in time to attend Monday's meeting. Yours in Service, EXHIBIT "A"