Morano on Q&A format and procedural flexibility
Morano addresses Q&A format, encouraging colleagues to ask follow-up questions without worrying about the five-minute buzzer, and announces he will yield to other members before returning for additional questions.
And just one quick note for the public and our colleagues, Council Members Wong and Aldeball.
You know, we just left a hearing, and I was there for two hours, and literally the only people that got to ask questions were the chairs of this hearing.
It's no criticism of them, but you had a lot of very intelligent council members
that worked very hard on preparing questions for the panel that was appearing before us, and they didn't get to ask any questions because they couldn't stay for longer than two hours.
So after the testimony from DVS, I'm going to ask a couple of questions.
Presumably Chair Cabana will ask a couple of questions.
And then I am going to wait and allow everybody else who has questions to ask them, and then I'll come back.
Also, the five-minute buzzer drives me crazy.
Council members feel like they're playing beat the clock to ask a follow-up question.
If you're asking questions and the DVS folks are nice enough to give a thoughtful, comprehensive answer and you have an appropriate follow-up question, ask it.
Ask it.
Don't worry about the buzzer going off.
Just ask it.
It's fine.
You don't have to ask permission.
Just go ahead and ask it with my blessing.
We're going to have as close to an organic conversation as we can on this.
I would now like to turn it over to our committee counsel to administer the...
Oh, well, all right.
Well, it's not in my script.
I don't know what to tell you.
Before we swear in our distinguished panelists today, please welcome the chair of our co-committee today, Councilmember Caban.