> I've never met Tara Stamps, my county commissioner, but I could be face-to-face with her inside a couple days if I wanted. And that's Cook County, one of the

> I've never met Tara Stamps, my county commissioner, but I could be face-to-face with her inside a couple days if I wanted. And that's Cook County, one of the largest densest counties in the country. This was literally my point about "public comment". We vote for representatives. They then make decisions based on all sorts of things like ancient holy texts and whoever they spoke to most recently. How is this formal meeting to give opinions antidemocratic but you setting up a personal meeting to influence someone is just fine?