Camila Ball

No!

I have a right to understand this process!

mysterious and almost scary right and difficult to navigate yeah absolutely it was my first time and i really didn't know what expect what to expect it was my first time at any commissioner meeting not just on a county level and there's a lot of protocols and getting accustomed to just what's happening in the room and it was a you know a little disorienting for sure

Yes.

So at that time, the chair was trying to communicate to us that the item was being deferred.

It wasn't super clear why it was being deferred.

And so there was a lot of commotion and like murmuring in the room and confusion.

And there were some people from the audience who were asked, who weren't, you know, speaking formally.

Public hearing hadn't opened, but they were asking questions to the dais and getting clarity.

And I...

wanted to ask, well, why was it deferred?

Because it wasn't clear to me in that moment.

And that would have helped me decide whether I would speak or not, because he was asking whether people, the few dozen people that were there to speak, whether they were going to speak.

And it was really confusing also because

if anyone spoke that day, no one would ever get to speak again.

Public hearing would have been had.

And so you have a few dozen people who are all mostly individuals who are trying to decide, well, if I speak, will I ruin it for the others if everybody else doesn't want to speak?

Or if I don't speak and somebody else speaks, then have I lost my moment to speak?

And so I thought, well, maybe if I know why I was being deferred,

I can better adjust of whether I'm going to speak or not.