chairperson hur: while i can agree about the point about missoula, if we are following option two, missoula clearly talks about this definition. it is the same language. he then goes on to say that the acts must be committed while in office, and official misconduct requires the direct relationship of the wrongdoing to the office held. and explains why missoula does not, because he was not performing his duties. that is where i get hung up, how to reconcile those. >> i think i am just reading missoula as pertaining to the first prong. it makes sense to me that that is a more narrow and restrictive view, but not addressing the second prong. commissioner renne said that is the gap that the voters decided to fill. chairperson hur: if we are going to say that the second prong has to relate back to this "in relation to duties" portion, i do not see how the second prong should be interpreted any differently than in missoula. we are still talking about the same language. maybe i am missing what you are -- commissioner renne: why have the second sentence if it does not mean anything other than what

commissioner renne: the second section was not before the middle of court -- the missoula court and haso relationship to the meaning of the conduct which falls below the standard of decency, good faith, and right action. chairperson hur: certainly, if we were to follow option 1, which is what you are advocating, then there would not be a nexus requirement to the relation of the duty. in my common-sense view, does domestic violence fall below my standard of decency that i expect of public officials? yes. but i do not think that is what we are being asked to apply. if we do not find a nexus to the relationship of the dutyx%s, thn we are opening this provision up to abuse and manipulation down the road by -- in a way that we are not really going to like. i have grave concerns about what the next case looks like unless we interpret this in a way that i think the voters intended and that is narrow and understandable for elected officials. >> if i may just add one thing. one issue that has been brought up consistently, particularly in public testimony, is the issue of fairness. i think we all