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Motion and vote: When the Chair asked if there were any further nominations, Mr. <br />Henricks moved to close the nominations, and Mr. Balsis seconded. All members voted aye. <br />b. Petition No. 2010 -10: Initial review of petition alleging that an officer did not <br />treat Petitioner in a "courteous, fair and impartial manner" at Petitioner's <br />confirmation hearing. <br />CHAIR: Just so everybody's clear here, both Petition 2010 -10 and 2010 -11 are on the <br />agenda today for an initial review only. We will not be holding a formal or informal <br />hearing today. We will be deciding whether or not to move forward or to dismiss both <br />petitions. So Mr. Lee, would you mind coming up here for a second? And do you have <br />any representation or anybody with you? <br />LEE: No, just myself. <br />SCHOEN: Mr. Chair, if I may, just for the record. The respondent did provide the <br />Board's secretary and myself an email stating that she could not be available to the <br />hearing this morning. Something came up at the last minute, so just so the Board knows. <br />CHAIR: Are there any representatives for Ms. Ford present? No? Okay. All right, <br />thank you, counsel. Mr. Lee, could you obviously we have your petition here, but could <br />you kind of give us a rundown quickly of what took place and the background on your <br />petition? <br />LEE: Okay, I was nominated for the Fire Commission, and I attended the Fire <br />Commission hearing confirmation hearing at the County Council. At that hearing, <br />Councilmember Ford asked me to—certain questions, and while I was explaining what <br />happened, she said I'm incapable of telling the truth, in public. I never really I talked <br />to her like three times before that, and she's I don't know what she's basing it on. But <br />throughout the hearing she continually tried to single me out, intimidate me, and badger <br />me. And after the hearing several people told me what happened was totally wrong. It <br />felt like she was trying to intimidate me, so I filed a complaint. <br />CHAIR: Okay, and just for the record, the section you're alleging was violated is 2 -83, <br />fair treatment, paragraph (a) (3), essentially all persons shall be treated in a courteous, <br />fair, and impartial manner, correct? <br />LEE: Yes, sir. <br />CHAIR: Do you know what compelled her to question your integrity? What was the <br />specifics of her did she outright call you a liar? I haven't seen the video, so I just <br />LEE: You know, in the video it's muted, so but she did say I'm incapable of telling the <br />truth. On the part I responded to, where I said I'm not a liar, is when previous to that <br />she said liar, but it's not on the video. But I responded that I'm not a liar. She was <br />asking me to summarize what a previous conversation was, based on a previous public <br />hearing that happened in Puna. <br />2 <br />