2008-09-03 Board of Ethics Minutes Regular Session

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CHAIR: Well, we end up hurting people's feelings. NAEOLE: I just wanted to say, you know, pertaining to her testimony that evening when she was in Kona and we were in Hilo, she specifically said that she works for the County —she mentioned that in her testimony, and she said she was there as a private citizen. So she wasn't working for the County as she was testifying. She was there on her own merits. So I definitely remember her saying that that night when she was testifying. So to see her boss stepping up to the plate, it's just like, to me —and I heard this mana `o, too, that he was the one that, you know, kind of maybe was bent out of shape— CHAIR: - -Well, let's not speculate, okay- NAEOLE: - -Yeah, yeah, let's not speculate, but that's what I heard that night, is that she said she works for the County in Kona, but she's not therefor the County. She's therefor her own person. CHAIR: Okay, now that being said, she obviously came and provided the testimony because of her personal feelings. What would you say was your motivation to contact her and share your feelings? Were you doing that as a private citizen, or were you doing that as- NAEOLE: - -I think I was doing that as a council lady, you know, because the thing is, I had these feelings about the Civic Center and I didn't think that this — because of the economy going downhill, I didn't think we had choke money to just be - -and you know, 55 million is a lot of money. So that's why I just wanted her to hear my end of the story, why I felt that way. And so that's why I explained to her about health and safety of the people and you know, different mana `o, that's where I stood. CHAIR: What prevented you from doing that while in the public hearing? NAEOLE: I not too sure, I not too sure. Like I said, if l never had that paper on my desk when I went back to work on Monday, and looking through my emails and, you know, ifI never see that I wouldn't have done it. But somehow it was on my desk, my secretary must have left it, and when I read through it I seen her number on the bottom of the paper. And that's why I did the call. NICHOLSON: May I ask? CHAIR: Yes, please. NICHOLSON: So the phone number that was on the document, that was her home phone number, not her work number? NAEOLE: I'm not too sure. NICHOLSON: So you don't know whether you called an office- 0