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with them and just like any other community, there are people that will disengage, don't <br /> want to give energy, or have their lives busy. The fact that they are Native Hawaiian does <br /> not exclude them from the responsibility, if they want to be heard, to be heard. I hope <br /> that doesn't offend anybody. I'm done. <br /> BATH: Thank you, Commissioner Bath. Any other input from the Commissioners on this <br /> topic? Considering communicating with our Native Hawaiian population, connecting <br /> with them, any form of outreach. (Pause.) <br /> LUL Vice Chair Hustace? <br /> HUSTACE: Yes, Commissioner Lui. <br /> LUL As we know, there are many processes that have taken place on this Island. <br /> Obviously, we know the most recent ones, where people do feel that after things are <br /> already done, their voices have not been heard. There particular interests have not been <br /> met. I don't feel like it is like any other population. I just don't want us to be in the <br /> position where once the new maps are drawn, there are people from that community in <br /> particular who say, "We didn't know enough and our voices are not well represented in <br /> this map," and it will be too late for anything to happen. I will take personal <br /> responsibility for some outreach, not so much to individuals, but there are organizations <br /> that I think that we should contact. And James, I believe perhaps you and I, in our <br /> Districts, there is a large population, there are a lot of Hawaiian Homelands, and also <br /> Hilo looks like. Obviously, it's a major place where people live and unfortunately we <br /> don't have a District Commissioner there right now so I'm not quite sure what to do <br /> about that. But anyway, that was my motivation for putting this on the agenda. <br /> HUSTACE: Thank you, Ms. Lui. Commissioner Lopez, did you have something to say? <br /> LOPEZ: Yes. Certainly, every ethnic or cultural population could voice the same <br /> concern. So are we potentially opening a Pandora's box? Then we have voices from the <br /> Hispanic community, we have voices from the Japanese community, the Chinese <br /> community. Where do we, as public servants, address people as a whole and not as these <br /> unique groups where everybody has the same responsibility to be involved? So that a <br /> Person A has the same opportunity to understand what's happening through whatever <br /> means they have available, as opposed to Citizen B who chooses to, or not, get involved <br /> given the same opportunities or knowledge. I don't disagree with the precept; I'm just <br /> concerned about singling out a particular group of people to provide additional aid. <br /> Thank you. <br /> HUSTACE: Thank you, Mr. Lopez. Ms. Bath, did you have any further comments? <br /> BATH: Well yeah, I stand on what I said, however I what others put out and I have the <br /> same concern. If we were to do something, maybe we can send something out to Alu <br /> Like or something. It'd get put in their hands. But again, are we going to send one to the <br /> Portuguese Chamber of Commerce? How are we going to deal with the large <br /> 13 <br />