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an even plane across the board. I commend the gentleman, from Kau, Mr. Dionne. Am I saying <br />that correctly? <br />ND: No, from Puna. <br />KKS: From Puna. I commend him as well as he's correct. Our constituents need more <br />information. They need to be informed more readily. They need to see their public officials more <br />often so they can talk story and express their concerns. My doing this letter was only to call <br />attention the first article that was written. I believe Mr. Safarik gave a news, a press release of <br />some sort, that mentioned it may have been politically motivated. Well, if he sees it that way <br />then that is his opinion. I never once mentioned it in my letter to the Mayor - -I believe you folks <br />have copies - -that there was a website in question. I left it to the intelligence and the goodness of <br />the people to find it on their own. I only called attention to "was this appropriately done." Now <br />we find that Mr. Safarik has admitted that it was not appropriately done. And that is all. That is <br />fine with me, because now we are back to the even plane across the board with all the other <br />County Council members, not just one. So, the documents we received this morning that we <br />quickly reviewed states that he's agreed to and he's paid restitution, I am fine with that. As a <br />citizen of Puna Makai, an area where Mr. Safarik serves, I live in the area, I'm content. I'm <br />pleased, and now I put this baby to rest. <br />RW: Okay, um any questions? <br />KKS: Any questions for me? Thank you. <br />RW: Thanks. <br />WJ: Mr. Chair, before we - -I would like to make a public disclosure. First of all I am a <br />constituent of District 5, Council District 5, and I was also a recipient of one of the letters sent by <br />Councilman Gary Safarik But I remain unbiased in making a determination on this case. <br />RW: And thank you for the (inaudible). I too would like to make a disclaimer and say that I am <br />personally from that area and personally friendly with Mr. Safarik, Ms. Stocksdale, and have met <br />Mr. Olesen a time or two in my travels when I was previously working with the Department of <br />Education and also issues involving Mrs. Hirayama. So I too think I bring no bias whatsoever to <br />the meeting, as the Chair of the Board of Ethics. And I think this has becoming increasingly <br />irrelevant as we progress. So, Mr. Olesen do you want to hold forth? <br />NO: Yes. I just have a few (inaudible) points that I want to bring up, and the first started with <br />the mailing. It was a very unusual mailing that I received because it was mailed to Elizabeth and <br />Norman Olesen. I haven't the faintest idea on which database we are listed as Elizabeth and <br />Norman Olesen. Certainly not a voter database. It has got to be something else. So I said, well <br />okay, it came out as an official piece of correspondence. I'd like to know where I received this <br />and who else received this, understanding that it was an official documentation from the County <br />of Hawaii, and I would like to know who got the rest. Well I tried two or three times to get the <br />database who received this communication with no luck whatsoever. They refused to <br />acknowledge who received it, which is important because I happened to agree with what the <br />gentleman here said, that information out to the public is very important - -if this was a selected <br />7 <br />