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Mr. Goodenow: <br />Mr. Wiseman: <br />Ms. Paik-Mander: <br />Mr. Robinson: <br />Ms. Paik-Mander: <br />Mr. Robinson: <br />Ms. Paik-Mander: <br />So we were interested in...would it be to disclose, recuse...I think <br />Cory Harden summed it out... summed it up very well. So <br />basically it seems like a disconnect. What does extinction have to <br />do with this County of Hawaii Ethics Board hearing? But if you <br />look around at where we are in the planet where we've got 200 <br />species dying every day. 200 species going extinct, dying every <br />day. It's because of cutting corners around ethics. It's because of <br />our elected officials taking...having...doing favors for corporate <br />friends rather than serving the public who elected them... and <br />transparency...and that's the importance of ethics. And because <br />this particular case...I mean we don't watch every single case <br />through ethics unless it has to do with environment and <br />democracy. Well, I guess...I guess -all of governance does. But <br />this was about a plastic water bottling plant. That was <br />overwhelming opposed by the public. And so in service to <br />democracy and service to transparency...we were watching how <br />the County Council would vote on this particular item. And then <br />when we saw that, that Councilwoman Kierkiewicz did have a <br />professional relationship with the petitioner, Suisan and it was not <br />disclosed...certainly a red flag came up. So we come to you to ask <br />for guidance in how such a case would...should be carried out. So <br />thanks for that. <br />Thank you very much. <br />Isn't today International Earth Day? <br />Yes! Thanks for pointing that out Mr. Wiseman. <br />How did you get here today? <br />I hitchhiked...no I didn't...and you know what? It's not <br />about...okay...I think you're driving at the fact that personal <br />choice that I am hypocrite for using fossil fuels to get here. <br />However... <br />I didn't, nor did I accuse you of that. I was just curious. <br />No but I got here from driving my SUV which is a fossil fuel SUV. <br />A lot of people would take that to think that I'm a <br />hypocrite...however what extinction rebellion and what the <br />climate activist are urging our public officials to do is to institute <br />and implement infrastructures by which we don't...have to rely on <br />fossil fuels to get to work...to get to hearings. Right now we have <br />no choice and so you know...just a quick statistic between 1988 <br />and 2015, 71% of all carbon emissions were from only 100 <br />9 <br />