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have at your disposal, that these things are not prepared for ahead of time and you can <br />function on time, on schedule. Now IÓm only a member of the pub <br />weÓre subjected to from the County, then we have to be on our alert standing all the time; <br />and I object to that kind of thing. As a citizen, IÓd like to feel comfortable that the <br />County is exercising all the rules that they set up. <br />FUJIKAWA:Go ahead, Commissioner Kubota, go ahead. <br />KUBOTA:As a lay person to a lay person, let me tell you how I see the <br />picture; and I understand your questions. But itÓs not that we were unprepared, we just <br />didnÓt expect it to be questioned. We thought -. You can hear my voice, yeah? <br />D. ROY:Yes. <br />KUBOTA:Okay. We thought, in August, when we appointed the three <br />hearings officers, we thought it was pau. They were going to serve right through. Okay? <br />Then two of the three people, their term expired in December, yeah. Okay, so in January, <br />we reconciled, that we thought by voting them in again as hearings officers. So we <br />thought they were all legit and all pau, all that was taken care of. Okay, and, then, comes <br />this question during the Contested Case Hearing about their tenure as Commissioners, <br />having been expired, still serving on the, as hearings officers. The questioned came up <br />much later. ThatÓs why weÓre here today trying to make everything all honky-dory. <br />Okay? ThatÓs a laymanÓs point from a layman answer. <br />D. ROY:In other words, it is a good faux pas thought. <br />KUBOTA:A what? <br />D. ROY:A good faux pas thought. <br />KUBOTA:Oh, no, it was not a faux pas. No, it was not a faux pas <br />thought everything was honky-dory. But it seems that something needs to be corrected, <br />so weÓre just trying to make it very clear. Okay? <br />D. ROY:Well, excuse me. <br />KUBOTA:Okay. <br />D. ROY:Something like this, a hearing on a Contested Case is the most <br />critical thing you can imagine -. <br />KUBOTA:Oh, I agree. <br />D. ROY:To be held by an individual whose term is not certain. A <br />object to the idea of being put to a test like this on such a matter, such a critical issue. <br />10 <br /> <br />