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Regular City Council Minutes - 3/17/03 Page 2 A. Sue Fite - 1800 Alta Vista Ms. Fite expressed her disappointment Mayor Kysylyczyn's airing of a video tape, allegedly supporting a pro-war stance toward Iraq, during the March 10, 2003 Council Recess. Ms. Fite stated that she had been exchanging e-mails with Mayor Kysylyczyn, who believed he was exercising his right of free speech. Ms. Fite opined that the tape was not representative of all residents, was inappropriate and vastly different from public opinion comment and a personal decision by the Mayor to air the video; and requested equal time for other viewpoints to be expressed. Ms. Fite offered to take responsibility to find a suitable video to fill the approximate seven minute time period allotted for the previous video. Acting Mayor Kough expressed appreciation to Ms. Fite for her comments; stating that the Council did not currently have a policy regarding such individual actions, and should probably be a Council discussion item for future reference in establishing a procedure. B. Dr. Richard VerHagen Dr. VerHagen agreed with Ms. Fite in her presentation; but opined that as the Council went to break, C- TV had no choice whether to air the video or not, as the Federal Communications Commission removed that privilege. Dr. VerHagen referenced a conversations held with Councilmember Klausing following the March 10, 2003 Council meeting regarding Dr. VerHagen's perception of Councilmember Klausing's support of the Mayor. Dr. Verhagen had researched historical voting records as they related to the Roseville Concerned Citizens' stance on Issues. Dr. VerHagen provided a twelve-page bench handout representing that research for Council information. Due to Mayor Kysylyczyn's absence at the meeting, Dr. VerHagen stated he would address the issue at the next meeting.