2008-02-13 Board of Ethics Minutes Regular Session

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seat — Council seat. And he's going to have a series of informational meetings about road improvements in the first district, Council district. So he puts ads in the paper, running his picture, and says come to discuss with me, the head of Public Works, and we'll tell you what plans we have with CIP monies that have been released, and what we're going to do. Your motion, ifpassed as written, wouldn't apply to him. Would he now have the unfair advantage, you know- MALANKA: Would he be paying for that ad with public funds? ASHIDA: Yes. CHAIR: I have a question. It was always my understanding that if you were a state or county employee and you declared your candidacy, you had to resign or take a leave of absence. ASHIDA: No. CHAIR: Then the County doesn't have that? ASHIDA: That's not true at state level, either. You're talking about the resign -to -run law. CHAIR: I was a school teacher for 30 -odd years. I was told that if I run for office, I could not stay in class. ASHIDA: Who told you that? CHAIR: Patricia Nekoba, a whole bunch of other administrators. ASHIDA: I don't know the circumstances, but we have a County employee right now who's running for the office of mayor, and he hasn't resigned and he's not required to, as far as I know. CHAIR: I think once he files his papers, doesn't he have to? ASHIDA: The resign -to -run law basically applies to those —if you are currently sitting in an office where the expiration of that office extends beyond the commencement date of the office that you are seeking, then the resign -to -run law applies to you. Kenny, that's CHAIR: So Mr. Kenoi didn't have to resign. ASHIDA: He didn't have to resign. My understanding is he elected to. So, you know, Ms. Nicholson, I just wanted to throw that out at you- NICHOLSON: -- Thanks- 29