2005-10-12 Board of Ethics Minutes Regular mc

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memo from Patricia O'Toole from—actually from, I'm sorry, from Mr. Arakaki saying that he cannot be present today and nor will his, nor will his counsel be present today. They're at a campaign financea campaign spending commission hearing in Honolulu on this same issue that's occurring today. FRANKEL: Well I thought so, too, except that the meeting's actually tomorrow. BLT: No, it got moved back to today. CHAIR: It was. FRANKEL: Really? BLT: Yes. According to the most recent letter. CHAIR: Yeah. But you can certainly check on that for us. FRANKEL: Well, I assumed it was today, and then Jason Armstrong said, hey, it's not today, it's tomorrow, and then I looked carefully at the agenda and it's tomorrow, but maybe there was a typo on their part, I don't know. I do believe they do meet on Wednesdays. CHAIR: We're informed that that meeting is occurring today and that he is on the agenda. Also, I want to refer you to some late information that just came in this morning, which basically is an affidavit from Mr. Arakaki's counsel, Mr. Brian De Lima, Esquire, that challenges me and my bias and provides a copy of the damning article in the Tribune - Herald, which was a story about this. Highlighted was the fact that I felt that money buys access and influence, quote, that developers have a vested interest in having a friend in court, Arakaki's the guy, greatly bothered by that, and so he challenges my right to preside and render any input in this process. Once again, I turn to my right. Should I at this point conflict out to Mr —our Vice Chair? BLT: IfI think that it would probably be better to have the Vice Chair rule over this before we have any discussions over this. CHAIR: I do, too. (TURNED TAPE OVER) (NOTE: Chair Williams referred to as "RW" for the rest of this Petition, and Mr. Kawahara is "Chair" for this Petition.) 27