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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 27,2012 Page 26 visive or not. Ms. Bliss encouraged the Roseville City Council to make a stand; and expressed her hope that Roseville would be accepting and tolerant of that stand as well. MaryWalser, 675 Pineview Court Ms. Wolzer urged the City Council to support the HRC resolution; opining that it was very much a Roseville issue. Serving as one more face of that issue, Ms. Wolzer provide an opinion on what is and is not the public's business; and urged the City Council to act as a City Council to support the HRC resolution; and to do the right thing and act positively. Ms. Wolzer further opined that she hated to think Roseville could end up as an island of apathy or inaction com- pared to its geographical neighbors. Dee Siliciano, 1908 Gluek Lane Ms. Siliciano opined that this was a civil rights issue; and when a group has an opportunity to speak out against injustice, it needed to do so. Ms. Siliciano en- couraged the City Council to support the HRC resolution. Bruce Ona, 534 Lovell Avenue Mr. Ona noted that he had also spoken at the HRC hearing on this same, very important topic; and noted that there seemed to be a lot of hostility directed against those who remained of the opinion that marriage was between a man and a woman. Mr. Ona encouraged that the City Council take their stand based on truth, not what other cities have or have not done; and read the definition of marriage from the American College Dictionary. Mr. Ona referenced other studies and biological issues demonstrating that same sex marriage was not the "truth;" as well as impacts on the health and happiness of children. Mr. Ona en- couraged the City Council to look at this from a truth base, not an emotional base; and not based on a special interest group or political party. Tom Gottfried,2724 Hamline Avenue Mr. Gottfried repeatedly stressed Roseville's identity and the importance of the City Council supporting the recommendations of its city-appointed commis- sioners, along with the diversity or thought in their representation of the City of Roseville. Mr. Gottfried opined that the HRC had a huge diversity of thought representing Roseville throughout their vetting process; and whether this was a divisive issue or not, the City Council would be unable to satisfy all opinions of its citizenry. However, Mr. Gottfried opined that, as Roseville citizens charged with and elected to make these hard decisions, it was a "no brainer" for them to support the HRC Commission's unanimous vote and drafting of this resolution. Mr. Gottfried urged the City Council to be brave and courageous and vote in fa- vor of the HRC resolution and stand behind its commissioners and represent Roseville citizens. Luke Mielke, 1868 Arona Street, Falcon Heights