2011-02-09 Board of Ethics Minutes

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decision was made, would you be upset? What happens now when we have a flooding event and people die or are injured, and it comes down that you people knew about this, the Board knew about it in their records, and took no action? People are of the assumption that when you sit on aboard, you raise your hand you're not joining the boy scouts. You made a contract. Failure to uphold that contract has the severe penalty of federal imprisonment. I thank you. I'll stick around in case you have any further questions. DILL: Thank you, Mr. Cole. All right, any other statements from the public, before we continue? Okay, moving back to item number 4 on the agenda, New Business. 4. NEW BUSINESS Petition No. 2011 -01: Initial review of petition alleging that an officer conspired to deprive Petitioner of his constitutional rights, in violation of Sections 2- 83(a)(3) and 2 -83(b) of the Hawaii County Code of Ethics. b. Petition No. 2011 -02: Initial review of petition alleging that an officer conspired to deprive Petitioner of his constitutional rights, in violation of Sections 2- 83(a)(3) and 2 -83(b) of the Hawaii County Code of Ethics. Petition No. 2011 -04: Initial review of petition alleging that an officer conspired to deprive Petitioner of his constitutional rights, in violation of Sections 2- 83(a)(3) and 2 -83(b) of the Hawaii County Code of Ethics. d. Petition No. 2011 -05: Initial review of petition alleging that an officer conspired to deprive Petitioner of his constitutional rights, in violation of Sections 2- 83(a)(3) and 2 -83(b) of the Hawaii County Code of Ethics. DILL: We have four petitions from Mr. Cole, a, b, c, and d, Petitions No. 2011 -1, -2, -4, and -5. I am personally named in Petition No. I and 2 and therefore will recuse myself from any further actions on those. In addition, Petitions No. 4 and 5 name County of Hawai `i Prosecutor Jay Kimura, whom I'm associated with through our church. We attend the same church and although I don't know him that well, I feel that it might hamper my judgment in any kind of ruling on these two petitions. So therefore, I will recuse myself from Petitions No. 2011 -01, -02, -04, and -05, and hand it over to the Vice Chairman. HEAUKULANI: Thankyou, Mr. Chair. As the Vice Chair, we're down to two. Mr. Cole's case, as a former charter member of the Honolulu Police Department's white - collar crime unit, I would love to sink my teeth into this conspiracy allegation. However, all of these cases involve Mr. Lincoln Ashida. He is a family member, so much so I went to his graduation in Nebraska from law school. I drove him to his bar exam. His daughter is on my Facebook. That's how close we are. Secondly, Jay Kimura I campaigned for him in his reelection campaign. Therefore, I must recuse myself from 2011 -01, 2011 -02, 2011 -04, 2011 -05 petitions, and I must relinquish the chair to Mr. Balsis, the remaining member. 7