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place, because even in the whereas's and so forth of this resolution that has <br />been prepared for you, there are no specific allegations. If the person who <br />mentioned the accusations actually spelled out when and where each of these <br />allegations occurred, you would have something to work with. But I urge you <br />to just throw this out for the time being, because until Ms. Hale comes forward <br />with what allegations she is actually making, this basically ends up beingI <br />don't want to call it a witch hunt. I think it's more like a fishing expedition <br />where you don't really know what's out there, you're looking to find <br />something out there, giving her the opportunity to try to come up with some <br />kind of problem. If she had a problem with the conduct, then she should have <br />been able to spell out that, and she should have herself been the person to bring <br />this forward. And in effect, I basically agree for the most part with everything <br />that Mr. Pranke brought forward. This all seems to be a lot of hot air brought <br />forward from the blogosphere, and Hunter is here today. You can request the <br />information from him. Many people on Hunter's blog say things that are <br />totally, you know, in space. They have nothing to do with the reality. And in <br />addition, there are problems with the identity of who's actually posting to the <br />blog. So I feel like this whole thing should be thrown out until some specific <br />accusations can be made by whoever wants to make those and bring them <br />forward to you. It is true that I also would be very pleased to see Councilman <br />Nae`ole's name cleared in the public, but I don't think that it's proper for the <br />Board of Ethics to be the person or the group of people to head up a fishing <br />expedition. This is not what the purpose of the Board of Ethics is, and I don't <br />personally think that anything should be done until specific allegations with the <br />time, the day, the actual body of the accusation, is before you. Otherwise, we <br />have the opportunity to see many, many more of this kind of proliferation of <br />slander or ill will come to the point of being before the Board of Ethics when it <br />really has no place before you. <br />CHAIR: Any questions? Thank you. These were the only two petitions before me. <br />Was there another petition that I don't know about? If not <br />ASHIDA: -- Excuse me, Mr. Chairman, if I may. Anybody else sign up for public <br />testimony for any of those two items? There's no response, Mr. Chairman. <br />3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />CHAIR: Okay, thank you. In that case, I'm going to continue with the agenda and the <br />approval of the minutes. Do I have a motion to accept and file the minutes <br />from May 9th? <br />DILL: So moved. <br />SHARPLESS: Second. <br />CHAIR: All in favor? <br />7 <br />