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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - November 7, 1994 Page - 12 - CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS (continued) I . Council Member Loeffler said this is a sad day in San Leandro. He said schools flew their flags at half mast in memory of Evelyna LeBlanc. He said it is the first time in his career a student has been lost to gun violence. He suggested that, when a student is killed by gun violence, flags throughout the community should be flown at half mast. He said children are victims of gun violence and word needs to get out to the community. He said we all share in the sadness of Evelyna's family and her fellow students. J. Council Member Myers reminded everyone to vote tomorrow and make a difference. K. Mayor Corbett expressed her condolences to the LeBlanc family. She said San Leandro cares very much about its youth and its community members. She thanked the Police Department for their great sensitivity in handling the situation and said they do not deserve the comments of the newspaper. L. Mayor Corbett said she attended a federal update on the crime bill by Barbara Boxer. She said it appears funding will be available for an additional two years beyond the initial three-year period and the details will be forthcoming. M. Mayor Corbett said she believes there is no higher honor than to have been chosen by the community to serve as their elected official . She said this is serious business and sometimes day-to-day we forget how serious it is. She said the charge to an elected official is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the community. She said these times demand that we continuously move forward to meet the challenge of today, and we cannot afford to get sidetracked by small issues. She said she believes she is a builder, not a blamer; and she asked each and every one in the room and on the Council to join with her as a builder and not a blamer - to move forward to build our community and to get the important work done, because the job is just too big for any of us to do it on our own and there is really no other way to do it. She said she wanted to repeat to the Council that her door is always open and, for anyone who has forgotten that or didn't know, she wanted to let them know that it is still open.