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bureaucracy, is supposed to make sure that the thing works. Because the counties, if we pass
<br />this, as long as they do the DOH thing and DOH, you know, then if there are any problems, it’s
<br />DOH kind of thing. Right? And, you know, DOH messed up mental health care for the kids in
<br />our schools so we have the Felix Consent Decree. You know, it took the Federal District Court
<br />order, right, to reel in the Department of Health so that we could have, you know, and we do
<br />need effective, you know, treatment and care, counseling for our kids in schools, for all the
<br />reasons you just stated. So that’s my main concern, is that this is sort of a roundabout way, right,
<br />to get to where we all want to be. We want to have the most and most effective therapeutic
<br />homes and therapy, or however it’s going to be delivered those services for our kids and the
<br />adults who need the care. I just don’t think right now, I’m not convinced that this change in
<br />regulation, right, is the best way to go. So, you know, I’d like my message, and my message to
<br />you as the -.
<br />KENOI:What was the question?
<br />IWASHITA:Well, I just, that’s my idea. I thought, you know, you smart guy, you
<br />probably have your comments to that. But before you do that my message, if you can be a
<br />message-bearer back to the Mayor, tell him please push the Council to do the Community
<br />Development Plans. Because these kind of issues, really, these specific kinds of issues, right, in
<br />each community, whether it’s Keaau, Hilo, Honokaa, you know, Kailua, Honaunau, wherever,
<br />right, we all, as a community have to deal with these issues. And, to me, when you take it to the
<br />community, in the Community Development Plan process -. And if we do it all at once, not like
<br />now, we’re doing North Kona, South Kona, South Kohala, Puna a little bit, right -? If we
<br />continue to do the Community Development Plan process in a disjointed partial way, then, you
<br />know, Kona is going say, “Eh, we no like the prison over here.” They’re not going plan for one
<br />prison, I guarantee you that. Right? Puna is not going to plan for one prison in their community,
<br />right? And they’re not going to be making plans for these kinds of needs necessarily, you know,
<br />And so it really needs to be done in a coordinated island-wide way, and we can do it in the next
<br />couple of years. And, so, instead of dealing with these kinds of issues that need to be dealt with,
<br />you know, we definitely need to do this as fast as this community is growing, talking about the
<br />whole island. Right? The Community Development Plan process, if the Mayor would please
<br />push that with the Council and tell them to get it going, put up the one or two or three million
<br />dollars, whatever it is, and take the next couple of years. Right? Let’s get it done, then we can
<br />deal with this, you know, in a more cohesive, intelligent way. That, to me, will be more effective
<br />and which we would have a control over as a community, not give it up to Department of Health.
<br />Department of Health who does have its role -.
<br />ALAMEDA:Commissioner Iwashita, I have to stop you.
<br />IWASHITA:The three minutes are part of me?
<br />ALAMEDA:The three minutes -. You know why, you’re kind of going into testimony.
<br />IWASHITA:I understand, I understand.
<br />ALAMEDA:And our testifiers are really not here to hear statements on our part but
<br />more to -.
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