2020-12-16 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board MR. SHOOK: Robert K. ShookI'm Robert D. ShookI'm sorry. CHR. NAMAHOE: And you are? MR. ROBERT SHOOK: I'm his dad and his co-defendant in this process. CHR. NAMAHOE: As the Appellant, you're not a defendant? MR. ROBERT SHOOK: Co -counsel. CHR. NAMAHOE: You both share the same last name? MR. ROBERT SHOOK: Yes. December 16, 2020 CHR. NAMAHOE: So, going forward, you'll be known as Appellant Shook and Representative Shook. REP. SHOOK: Perfect. MR. MUKAL Good morning, John Mukai, Deputy Corporation Counsel, on behalf of the Hawaii County Police Department. Initially, I would object to Communication Number 20-1.05. It's apparently filed as a rebuttal witness list, but there was never an initial witness list and exhibit list provided and nor was I given a copy of this by Appellant Shook. So, I would object on that basis. REP. SHOOK: We would like to state, we asked Glynis and everybody else we could, on how we should present this particular paperwork to put the witness list and everything else, and we went through everybody. And you can check with Glynis how many times I called and how many requests that were made. Nobody wants to help you. Nobody wants to provide any information at all. And Mr. Mukai, his statement, or his thing that he filed against us—says that it was mailed to us. We never received this in the mail. I had to come to Hilo to pick it up. CHR. NAMAHOE: Thank you, Mr. Representative. REP. SHOOK: Thank you. MR. MUKAL Well, Madam Chair, the certificate of service is clear. It was mailed to Mr. Shook and also if you would look at the Board's communication dated October 1, 2020, on page 2, it says, "also send it by regular mail to the Board's secretary, Ms. Glynis Yamada, and the opposing party." So, I don't know where Mr. Shook—Representative Shook comes up with this—"there's no one here to help me" when it's written on October 1, 2020. Page 6