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Why do we have county government? <br />-How much county government should we have? <br />YWhat should county government do or not do? <br />yWhat value should it add to our communities, what difference should it make in people's lives? <br />Summary of County Commissioners responses: <br />The purpose of Orange County government: <br />• Create and articulate a common vision <br />• Enhance quality of life <br />• Ensure and enhance opportunity <br />• Help those who cannot help themselves <br />• Promote democracy <br />• Protect, provide, and promote health, safety, and welfare <br />• Provide necessary structure <br />• Provide points of access <br />• Resolve differences <br />Haw much county gavernment shauld we have? <br />Chair Carey said just enough. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that some people want gavernment to do more and some <br />less, and then there is a financial issue involved in that balance. <br />Phillip Boyle said that the crucial question to answer is what is the appropriate role of <br />gavernment. <br />What shauld Orange County gavernment da or not do? <br />Do: <br />• School and judicial facilities <br />• Protect the environment <br />• Address needs where people are unable to do for themselves <br />Don't: <br />• Qress code <br />• Intervene in private disputes <br />• Tell people what to think or believe <br />What value should county government add to our communities, what difference should it <br />make in people's lives? <br />• Protect those who are least able to help themselves <br />• Protect the environment <br />• Protect the values of the citizens <br />• Provide opportunity far citizens to achieve personal goals, minimize barriers that could <br />prevent citizens from having opportunities <br />