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<br /> Print Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> From: Council Testimony (counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us) <br /> To: hawaiicountycouncil@yahoo.com <br /> Date: Monday, April 21, 2008 5:34:36 PM <br /> Subject: FW: Bill 257 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> From: Shanti Devi [mailto:sdevi@hawaii.edul <br /> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 8:01 AM <br /> To: shiga@co.hawaii.us <br /> Cc: counciftestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Bill 257 <br /> Aloha Council members- <br /> 0 Please LET VOTERS DECIDE IN NOVEMBER about Article XI-Initiative and Referendum- <br /> Bill 257, Draft 2--DO NOT »rake any MORE CHANGES! <br /> • Vote YES!! ON Bill 257, Draft 3 PUT THIS MEASURE ON THE BALLOT and let citizens <br /> decide. <br /> <br /> WE SUPPORT this charter amendment and a citizen's right to direct democracy. <br /> <br /> Some of the changes to ARTICLE XI are: <br /> <br /> 1. Uses the name, the month and day of the birthdate and the last four digits of the social security <br /> number to verify signatures. <br /> 2. That the total of qualified signatures is 15% of the voters who voted in the last Mayoral <br /> election. (FYI-Council member Ikeda's amendment changed this from 10% at the 2nd reading- <br /> this makes it harder for citizens to collect signatures to qualify). <br /> 3. The ballot question is written by the Petitioners committee. <br /> 4. The petition circulators need to sign a statement but not get the petitions notarized. <br /> 5. Defines when the measure becomes law. <br /> 6. The chronological order of the new amendment. <br /> 7. That a non-vote has no effect on the issue. <br /> 8. This amendment requires there to be a 2/3 vote of the county council to change the measure <br /> passed by initiative or referendum within 3 years. Why is this important? Because right now the <br /> Mayor has asked the Open Space commission to recommend that the 2% money be used for <br /> maintenance on our parks. This is a betrayal of the voters trust!! When we ran the 2% <br /> campaign, we told petition signers that the money was to be used for acquisition only. <br /> PLEASE PASS BILL 257 AND PUT IT ON THE BALLOT TO LET CITIZENS DECIDE in <br /> November of 2008! <br /> <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Name:Dr. Shanti Devi <br /> Address: PO Box 1273 Captain Cook, HI 96704 <br /> Phone: 808-328-9722 <br /> <br /> Comm. No. <br /> Ref. ToOPrese <br /> Ref. Date APR, 22 2nna _ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> htti)://us.mg2.mail.vahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=0495bOao3hilk 4/21 /20OR <br />