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Additionally, during the heated discussion in which we were defending community input, one of Selica's friends asserted that Sandra did "not even live here." This was such a bald-faced lie, that I felt the responsibility to point out that it was a tremendous disrespect and violation of the sanctity of the process to lie to the community at a Neighborhood Association meeting. At that time, the tattooed man who initially shut down discussion of the Cypress Fire Station agenda item, and who was sitting next to one of our Youth Committee members, stood up and confronted me in a fighting stance. The potential of actual violence from this man was so palpable, that his friend had to hold him back. I want to repeat that the agendized discussion of the Cypress Fire Station was silenced after ONLY THE FIRST QUESTION in the discussion, and barely fifteen minutes into the entire meeting, including introductions and the presentation by the architect. So we can add this to the list of incidents in which community input has been denied in the important Cypress Fire Station issue. By contrast, the discussion about garbage collection that followed was allowed to continue for at least ten questions. MOB RULE In total, the attacks against Sandra were undertaken by only four people, and continued for the duration of the entire meeting, while Selica stood by and did nothing to maintain decorum, restore order or keep her own friends in check. To put it bluntly, Selica Diaz completely failed in her duties as a neighborhood association leader and not only enabled but was also complicit in the chaos. When one of Selica's friend demanded a vote to end discussion of the Cypress Fire Station "and move on," only 7 people raised their hands while 15 DID NOT. We have video of this "vote" if you want proof. Furthermore, we know of at least 7 more people who want to continue dialogue about the Cypress Fire Station but were unable to attend yesterday's meeting. It is clear that the majority of the residents and regular attendees at the meetings DO NOT support ending the discussion, and we can not make decisions affecting our neighborhood's future based on bullying by a few aggressive and intimidating residents allied with Selica. Furthermore, when the discussion of bringing on a third co-leader occurred, which would restore the structure the Pacific Park Neighborhood Association utilized in the past, Selica's friend advocated bringing in a hundred people and calling for a vote for new leadership, which is the dictionary definition of mob rule. LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE 3