2004-11-10 Board of Ethics Minutes REG pc

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something that was , he burglarized the place, but we don't have that kind of situation here. It's not like went out to, go talk to a friend and say, "Eh, do this for me." And that's it. While we're at it, actually let's look at the Affidavit by Joe Reynolds. He was the one that went out to get the property. He did whatever was necessary to get the property. And all Manago did was to be involved in the discussions. That's all he had. Although there's no timeline as to when certain things happened, we know that it was Joe Reynolds who pushed for a specific site. Now, in reading deSilva's allegations, I think a lot of things that he had noted to me, was an unfair characterization of Manago's conduct. Because he were the information, but yet, he makes these inferences which to me, is not backed up. There's nothing to show, right now, that Mr. Manago had in some way, influenced what is Reynolds or the company to locate the new Police Station and Fire Station complex at the time of the County Council hearing. There is nothing there that will show that. I'd like to look at some of ... we need to look at some of his allegations that he made in his motion. Let's go over some of those things. One of the allegations that I disagreed with him, and if you look at page 3, number 1, Economic opportunities and advantages above other businesses. You know, technically just an argument, but he uses that word almost side -by -side which to me, is a misrepresentation. It's not like the hotel and the new site being compensated if side - by -side. We're talking about something that's a quarter mile away. Let's look at page number 5, he makes references, see, if you look at paragraph 6, paragraph 9, paragraph 12, he makes allegations about Charter violations and illegality ,again, I ask you not to consider those types of things, because like I said earlier, anything related to those kinds of issues, is not to be decided by this Board. What the facts show, and that's why I submitted my Affidavit, is that if you look at Harry Kubojiri's affidavit, it's clear that the Police had a need. It's clear that the Police recognized a need to have a new Police Station located in the South Kona area. This is something that the Police want. And if you look at page 2, paragraph 4, and at the time that they were thinking about the Police Station, at that time, they had no definite area identified in South Kona for that. So, this isn't something that was drummed up by Manago, this something that the Police want. And the reason why I submitted all of these affidavits is because all of these people have who understand with Judge deSilva and Joe Reynolds. I feel that although Judge deSilva said that Manago is a nice man, he no problem, but you know, he's still attacking his character as an individual. That's one of the reasons why we have submitted these affidavits who know him. His motives were clear. His motives were not benefit himself or the hotel. His 18