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Mr. Heintz: <br />Ms. Kierkiewicz: <br />Mr. Heintz: <br />Ms. Kierkiewicz: <br />Mr. Heintz: <br />Ms. Kierkiewicz: <br />Mr. Heintz: <br />Ms. Kierkiewicz: <br />Mr. Heintz: <br />Ms. Kierkiewicz: <br />Mr. Heintz: <br />Ms. Kierkiewicz: <br />Mr. Heintz: <br />Would you tell us a little bit about what it means you're described <br />as a senior account executive at Hastings & Pleadwell. Could you <br />tell us a little bit about what that means and what that... <br />What that entailed? <br />What that position is in that company. <br />I was senior account executive at Hastings & Pleadwell. My <br />primarily responsibilities were to help clients, architect <br />communication strategies and outreach plans. <br />Okay and... <br />Often times that involved interfacing with media. If it, if it called <br />for that. <br />And one of those companies was Suisan. <br />One of the companies was Suisan, yes. <br />And from the testimony that has been submitted. This may be <br />from the newspaper article that you were involved in discussions <br />about the Pi'ilani bottling company with regard to Suisan. <br />If my memory serves me correct and about September of last year <br />having combed through the Tribune Heralds, there was an article <br />about the water bottling plant. And it noted that Suisan was the <br />owner of that project and so that caught me off guard because I <br />was representing Suisan as one of the clients as part of Hastings & <br />Pleadwell. So I called Mr. Ueda and asked for clarification and he <br />noted that the project was not in fact theirs. That it was a project <br />being pushed by Pi'ilani Partners on a parcel that they owned and <br />had rezoned a number of years ago when they were looking to do a <br />fish processing facility. So the parcel in question was not actually <br />owned by Suisan. It's owned by Matsuno Enterprises. <br />Okay and Mr. Ueda is president of both those companies. <br />That's correct. Matsuno enterprises was created by his <br />grandfather, Rex Matsuno. <br />And then another question I have is...if I understand your answer <br />to Member Wiseman. You just said when Bill 16 was introduced <br />before your committee, you did not disclose to that committee your <br />connection with Suisan, Matsuno Enterprises, or your knowledge <br />22 <br />