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If a proposal to make significant changes to the County Charter can only move forward by taking advantage of a clerical error instead of standing on its own merits, it says a lot about how this proposal has been advanced from the very beginning.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me be clear. This is a moment to demonstrate the grace and comity our community expects from its<br>leaders. Our neighbors and voters deserve a government that reflects their civility.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The alternative is a legal process no one wants.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this proposal ultimately reaches the voters, we hope they&#8217;ll finally have the opportunity to debate<br>whether these changes actually make county government work better for the people we serve. That&#8217;s the debate we should have been having all along.\u201d<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement from County Executive J. Ryan McMahon, II: \u201cWe made a clerical error. That&#8217;s on us. 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