2011-02-09 Board of Ethics Minutes

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testimony. You should all have a nice copy of this here. It's light reading. You will notice that I have separated into three different sections, as to misprision of felony, as to the violations of federal law regarding the illegal dumping and alteration of Hilo streams, and as to the violations of security and exchange laws and bank fraud. Those actions are identified as racketeering activity under the United States Code Section 18 U.S.C. 1961 of the RICO Act. I read: Testimony in comment to Petition Nos. 2011 -01, 2011 -02, 2011 -04, and 2011 -05, as identified on the Wednesday, February 9, 2 -11 [sic] agenda of the Board of Ethics, County of Hawai `i. And this is also a misprision of felony as required by and in accordance with Title 18 of the United States Code, subsection 4. It appears that this Board, County Board of Ethics, is uniquely qualified to understand the complexity of the petitions submitted before it today, as it appears this Board is made up of a contractor and a construction supervisor of a large mainland construction firm, a former per diem judge, a former police officer with extensive multi jurisdictional county, state, and federal experience, and a manager of a financial institution. All of you have taken a sworn oath of office to support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Hawai `i and are therefore bound by the provisions of the United States Code, Title 18, subsection 4, misprision of felony. Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Board of Ethics, County of Hawai `i, Rule 1. 3, effect of rules, subsection (a), states: These rules and regulations have the effect of law. And Rule S, investigations and investigatory hearings, 5. 1, power to conduct, subsection (a) states: In accordance with Article IS, Chapter 2, Hawai `i County Code, the Board may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony relating to matters before the Board and require the production for examination any books or papers relative to any matter under investigation or in question before the Board. The Rules of Practice and Procedure of this Board identify for legal purposes this Board is an authority under the United States and therefore is required to take action in accordance with the United States Code where a person appears before this Board and presents knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States. DILL: Thank you, Mr. Cole -- COLE: --Excuse me, I believe I have a total of 18 minutes. DILL: Please don't interrupt me. We have three minutes for testimony for statements from the public. COLE: I have signed up for 18 minutes with statements, I have signed to agenda items. DILL: Okay, do you want to—is there anything we all have your testimony that you're reading COLE: --I'm reading it into the record. I have signed up I've gone through this with the County Council before. I have signed up for these agenda items. I get three minutes per each agenda item. The reason why I'm presenting before you is relative to the agenda items that you were presented. DILL: And we all have it right here. Yes, I know. 2