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Ms. Dolena: <br />Mr. Goodenow: <br />Ms. Kaho`opi`i: <br />Mr. Goodenow: <br />Ms. Kaho`opi`i: <br />Basically, the essence of the email is that, the County Council is <br />voted in and they are to uphold the public trust in many, many <br />areas. In the environment...in residents...you know doing the <br />legislature...in many areas. And that public trust is sacred. And <br />when there is any...question...as to the motives or the integrity of <br />a Councilmember and how they conduct business of the <br />Council...appearing to favor certain clients...former <br />clients...certain clients...certain corporations. That is a big frust <br />factor. It's a trust issue that a Councilmember would do that. <br />Additionally, the public trust is... Sorry I'm just a little bit...I'm <br />just a little bit nervous because I didn't bring anything with me. <br />The letter that Ms. Kierkiewicz provided at the last session said <br />that she believed she did not do anything wrong. And for a <br />Councilmember not to know right from wrong, conflict of interest, <br />based upon the aspects of her job. We find that very alarming. <br />Thank you. <br />The next testifier is Nora Kino? Or thanks, could you say that for <br />me? <br />Nawahine. <br />Oh. Nawahine. Oh, it's just one word. I thought it was two <br />words. Sony Nawahine...speaking on the same matter. <br />So you'll hear a lot of testimony today and I'm...so I'm not going <br />to repeat that what Cory and Claudia will be going over. But I <br />wanted to just add a few things of my own concerns. And I <br />wanted first of all...thank you for even having this assembly and <br />for having an ethics commission we can come to. I consider your <br />body to be foundational to the delivery of justice and to how things <br />are taken care of...particularly our public trust which is...as you <br />know probably not only in Hawai'i but probably across the world <br />is becoming increasingly critical. And so one of the things that I <br />find disturbing about even having to be here is...for me it feels <br />like...our County Council just as a assembly of policy makers <br />seem to be almost going against the public trust. And so, in all of <br />the years that I've been participating in our democracy, this is the <br />first time that I find myself here and I'm sad about that. When I <br />vote for someone or I go to a Council hearing and things of that <br />nature. I expect to be represented and I expect...that not only I <br />represented personally but that the public trust and the good of our <br />community is ultimately what makes the decisions. So when we <br />have to come here and we have issues of lack with transparency. <br />And things happening behind the scenes that we don't know about <br />6 <br />