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vacation. And we had been working on a joint project that the council had approved, and <br />I wanted to know if she wanted me to assist her so that that project wouldn't slow down, <br />because I was part of that project. And she informed me that she had in fact brought in <br />two volunteers to work in the stead of the two that she had in there. And one of them was <br />her campaign manager, and I was ignorant of the county's regulations with regards to <br />that, but it seemed like it was an inappropriate introduction into an office that I already <br />knew took some time in dealing with campaign measures while in the office. And so I <br />took the time to contemplate what best to do. I sought the advice and also knowledge of a <br />few people over the weekend, and then on Monday, as soon as I could come in, I spoke <br />with the court clerk, Mr. Goodenow, and asked him for elucidation on the policy. And he <br />said, actually, there is nothing wrong with the volunteer being the campaign manager, <br />and also that it would not be wrong even for a county employee to work on a council <br />person's campaign, as long as it hadn't been done in the office using any of the <br />equipment, etcetera, etcetera. And so when I left, I knew that I needed to make a decision <br />whether to bring forth the information that I knew or not, and my conscience would not <br />allow me to continue just turning a blind eye to the situation. So I sat down and I <br />composed the ethics addendum that you have, as well as filled out the paperwork. I <br />actually was at the first campaign committee meeting that Ms. Naeole held in her home <br />with all of her volunteers, and I was at every single committee meeting thereafter in her <br />home, and I was responsible for much of the P.R. I actually took direct responsibility for <br />her Face book page, and also contributed to some of the materials that would be later <br />used on her website. And I was asked to do a P.R. piece, not for her campaign but for <br />other things, so I actually did some writing for her on other associated matters. <br />However, I do keep emails, copies of all emails that I initiate or receive, and so I was <br />able to go back through my email to determine exactly how much had been done via the <br />county computer systems, and I have here a copy of the emails that I reference in my <br />addendum. I have one that I have I don't have the body of the text well, actually I do, <br />from Ms. Kupahu to Mr. Armstrong with the Hawaii Tribune - Herald, where she asks for <br />a copy of a campaign questionnaire because she claims Ms. Naeole was the only person <br />who hadn't received it. I also have an email that shows that the brochures that I <br />designed for her were ordered from my email to OfficeMax, with directions that she or <br />her campaign treasurer, Ms. Kupahu, would go in and pick up those brochures. And the <br />reason that that's part of this documentation but not necessarily part of the addendum is <br />to give you a basis to understand that after the brochure, one thousand copies of which <br />were printed, a statement was missing that I hadn't been told needed to be put on the <br />brochure. And it's the disclaimer that the brochures are paid for by the Friends of Emily <br />I. Naeole- Beason and the address. So those thousand brochures had to have those <br />labels, those printed labels, put on each one of those. And some white -out was done on <br />brochures that had corrections, typo corrections, that needed to be done. So we had a <br />thousand of those. Over a period of two days after those brochures were printed and into <br />the office, and some of the labeling done, an altercation happened a verbal altercation <br />happened between the volunteer staff andMs. Naeole with regards to the fact that the <br />brochure hadn't been reviewed by the volunteer staff. And this happened in the office. I <br />was not present for it, but I was told directly by the person who was on the receiving end <br />of that altercation. And that person left at the end of her day and did not return to work <br />for three weeks, trying to get over the situation. And when she called me to tell me what <br />happened, I said to her, this was all the discussion about the brochure in the office in <br />front of other staff and volunteers? And she said yes. And her partner agreed that it <br />7 <br />