08-12-20 Regular Session Minutes

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Mr. Robinson: And I think our public testimony, I have a list. The first via WebEx is Michael Last. So Michael? Ms. Aiello: Mr. Last, can you hear us? Mr. Last can you hear us? Please say something. Mr. Last: Yes, I can. Ms. Aiello: Your time starts now. Mr. Last: Okay, my comment is in regard to the Mauna Kea lack of enforcement. I'd like to point out that almost 20 years ago, I was subject to arrest by the Department of Land and Resources. Let me make it quite clear, the Department of Land and Resources is not under the County's jurisdiction. It is the State Department. So with that said, I'd like to say that at the pier, it's Kailua-Kona Pier, I was waiting for my brother and his family. I was carrying three signs. First sign with only two words on each sign. First sign said cock fights. The second sign said lottery tickets and the third sign said nude beaches. I did not interact with anybody in any of these ... signs that I had. People would come up to me and say ... oh where can I go to the nude beaches ... my reply was I'm sorry I cannot help you. And I did this in all three cases. And what I want to say is that the DLNR, the DOCARE Department of Conservation and Resource Enforcement, they arrested me and cited me. And I thought that was totally inappropriate. I had to go to court, if thrown out, but yet, the officers insisted I was to be charged with disturbing the peace. And that's all I have to say, as far as this. It affected me, why doesn't same level of effectiveness are enforced on the Mauna Kea protestors? Thank you very much. Mr. Robinson: Thank you Mr. Last. The next public testimony is from Jerome Warren. Ms. Aiello: Chair, Mr. Warren did not join the meeting. Mr. Robinson: Alright, Mr. Warren did not join the meeting. Okay. The next testifier is Noenoe Wilson -Wong. Ms. Aiello: Dr. Wong -Wilson, can you hear us? Ms. Wong -Wilson: Yes. I'm here. Thank you. Ms. Aiello: Okay, your time starts now. Thank you very much. 2