2008-03-12 Board of Ethics Minutes Regular Session

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NICHOLSON: I second that. LUM. I would like to say I appreciate both the concurring and the dissenting opinions as fleshing out this issue — involved discussion we had of the issue. Thank you, gentlemen, for your work. CHAIR: Thank you, but can 1 continue discussion on this? DILL: We have a second— L UM: - -Yeah, we had a second. CHAIR: In regards to the Informal Advisory Opinion, there were, I thought —if you read it carefully, because 1 was at the same meeting -1 thought that there were some inaccuracies in writing of the Informal Advisory Opinion. But I'm not going to nitpick on that. There is one in particular item that I would like to bring to the Board's attention before they pass this and hopefully before they sign this. And that is in regards to findings of fact. The only item I take issue with — strong issue with —is the finding of fact number seven. LUM: Seven? CHAIR: Okay, in number seven, it is written that Emily Nae `ole placed newspaper advertisements containing her picture for purposes of advertising a community meeting, which was I think December 13`h, if I'm not mistaken, or December 12rh And then the second portion is, "and to encourage motorists in the Puna district to drive carefully during the holiday season. " And it's just the ending of that sentence that bothers me, because I don't recall at any time hearing that issue on that particular newspaper ad, which is really contentious in that it could have been a holiday greeting ad. L UM: That's the one that said— CHAIR: - -Mele Kalikimaka- LUM: -- While, in the beginning, the wording was something like CHAIR: - -Happy holidays- LUM• - -Using your -- CHAIR: - -Be patient, drive safely- LUM: -- Listen to this, it had the whole thing, listen to this mana `o— CHAIR: -- Right- 5