. >> first of all, nonprofits are they in batumi community a better place. by passing a ballot measure that would require nonprofits to pay a $500 fee for the privilege of expressing their first amendment rights, we will have a situation where nonprofits will simply advocate less. the more burdensome, the more complicated, we make the rules, the more nonprofits say, it is not worth the risk of trying to comply with these ordinance. it is not worth the trouble of having to file all these reports. we do not want to people-legislative [inaudible] and we want our nonprofits to be out there, expressing their opinions. the first amendment can be messy. we know that. we don't always agree with people that are expressing their opinion, and that's what it's about. we need to empower nonprofits to counter the money that's coming from the haves versus the have-nots. >> thank you, debbie and helene. thank you both for your comments and your time. we hope that this discussion has been informative. for more information on this, and other ballot measures in this years elec

. >> first of all, nonprofits are they in batumi community a better place. by passing a ballot measure that would require nonprofits to pay a $500 fee for the privilege of expressing their first amendment rights, we will have a situation where nonprofits will simply advocate less. the more burdensome, the more complicated, we make the rules, the more nonprofits say, it is not worth the risk of trying to comply with these ordinance. it is not worth the trouble of having to file all these reports. we do not want to people-legislative [inaudible] and we want our nonprofits to be out there, expressing their opinions. the first amendment can be messy. we know that. we don't always agree with people that are expressing their opinion, and that's what it's about. we need to empower nonprofits to counter the money that's coming from the haves versus the have-nots. >> thank you, debbie and helene. thank you both for your comments and your time. we hope that this discussion has been informative. for more information on this, and other ballot measures in this years elec