2009-03-11 Board of Ethics Minutes

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GENTRY.• - -No, but you know, he's trying to claim not only was the slur against him, but from my reading of it, he's trying to make it —well, if she slurs me, she'll slur everyone else, you know. So it's- LUM: - -Well, that's way beyond us. GENTRY: Correct, correct. But that leads me to believe that he's a little bit off -base, and he's not specific about — because we can only look at what happened to him. LUM: Specifically him. GENTRY: Right.. LUM: Right, and until we have that— MARTIN: - -Is that the part right here? GENTRY: Yeah, it might be that part right there. LUM. But I think that's way beyond what we do. GENTRY- Yeah. But that just lead me to believe that he's coming from a different place, that it's more than just a personal affront. He's trying to make it —it appeared to me that he was trying to make it bigger than it actually was. LUM: Okay. So.we're finished with this? GENTRY. Yea. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. Petition No. 2009 -1: from Roy Takemoto, requesting an informal advisory opinion relating to post - employment as authorized under Hawaii County Code Section 2- 91.2(1)(1). LUM: Okay. All right, New Business. Mr. Takemoto. Yes. Petition 2009 -1, Mr. Takemoto requesting an informal advisory opinion relating to post- employment as authorized under Hawai `i County Code Section 2- 91.20(1). First, I need to offer you the option of having a closed hearing. According to our rules —I know that there isn't anyone here, but we will be discussing probably business, personal business, and you have the option of having a closed hearing. And even though there's no one here, I would remind you that our minutes are published. So you get to make that decision, and let us know what you want. TAKEMOTO: By closed, that means it's not- LUM: -- Closed, that means the pertinent information that would refer to you would be— I think, what do you call it —taken out of it? .