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Commissioners have engaged in any misconduct. That is not the role of the Clerk. But, I do believe that with, well, what was reported, and also what had appeared in subsequent newspaper articles to the December 9th article, that it was very important for you to have those discussions. As you know, your work is important to the County of Hawaii and also as Commissioners, you are an extension of, and an integral part of our government process. So it is very important that you have this opportunity to dialogue with the public and also to make whatever decisions you think are necessary to ensure that once the Final Plan is filed, and your Report is filed, that your work has been done properly and well. I will be here with you for the duration of the meeting, and I can further assist you should you need any help from me or the Clerk's office. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Does anyone have a question of Jamae at this point? Okay, in that case, the time for public testimony is - -- MR. KAHAWAIOLA`A: Excuse me, Madam Chair, I do. I have one of Jamae, I'm sorry, I was busy writing. Jamae, you said what troubled you was the articles in the paper. Have you had any -- -Have you saw any of the communications, the email that was sent from Mr. Onishi, or his friends to this body? MS. KAWAUCHL I'm aware of what was reported in the article on December 9th. I do not know who they - - -I don't know more than what was reported. MR. KAHAWAIOLA`A: You haven't seen the piles of the email that every Commissioner received, and the contents of those emails. We received them here as input, but I'm just wondering if you saw it. MS. KAWAUCHL I have received what you would have in your public records. So, the items that have been numbered. MR. KAHAWAIOLA`A: So you didn't necessarily look at all those emails that we received. We each got copies of MS. KAWAUCHL Are you referring to the testimony that MR. KAHAWAIOLA`A: The public testimony that the public gave us. MS. KAWAUCHL Was it received on certain dates? MR. KAHAWAIOLA`A: I think whenever the newspaper is representing that we received those packets of email from, which was erroneously reported from the Laborer's Union, when actually it was from the IL,WU Union; because that was what was at the top of the whole packet that we received as Commissioners input from the public. MS. KAWAUCHL I have seen 14 public testimony documents that were received by the Commission on or about November 21, 2011. I also saw a stack of public testimony received by the Commission on or about November 22, 2011. 16