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From: To Fax: 9618912 Page 12 of 16, Tuesday, August 13, 2002 A:08pm November 15, 2001 Tease provide us with a dateltime Board of Ethics stamped copy of this correspondence County of Hawaii 101 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Board Members: We would like to summarize what we feel transpired at the Board of Ethics meeting yesterday, November 14, 2001. While testifying about Bill 305, Draft 3, which is amending the Code of Ethics in the Hawaii County Code and is attempting to eliminate Section 2-~5. Conduct of offflcers and employees (a) (3) "AII persons shall be treated in a courteous, fair and hnpartaal maaaner," we stated how strongly we feel about this particular section being reinstated. It is in our opinion that this was not an oversight or a mistake but an intentional endeavor to tamper with the very essence of a simple right w~e have as citizens of this County. Our concern at this point, is not so much the eliminating of this section, but the mere audacity of the attempt to do it. Again, as we said on November 14~', we would ask that this section be made part of the amended Code of Ethics that you will send to the County Council based on some very important experiences. It works, especially when an officer or an employee of the County does not want to correspond with a citizen. We think courteous, fair and impartial treatment should be the cornerstone for any government agency. And we are hopeful that this Board will support a Bill at the State level encouraging the State Ethics Commission to incorporate this section in their code as well. Sincerely, CI°~%~~,wte. t ~.L R 73-4422 HoloHolo St. Kailua-Kona, HI 96740-9307 c: Honorable Harry Kim Daniel Mollway, Executive Director, State Ethics Commission Lincoln Ashida .