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CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. MR. KAHUL Thank you, Moani. CHR. SIRACUSA: Our next testifier is Robert Petricci commenting on Communication 57, namely the last minute change in the redistricting plan, and he is representing himself. ROBERT PETRICCI (At this time Robert Petritri came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. PETRICCL Aloha Commission members. I want to thank you all for calling this meeting to allow us to come in here and talk about this a little bit, because it does appear, at least on the surface, that it could have been - - -The decision to re -draw the line could have been influenced by one of the council members to help him, to, you know, benefit himself. So, I think it just - - -I don't believe it was intentional on your part, I just wonder how that was brought forward. You know, how it was brought forward that we should, after all the work that you did all that time. You know, you guys spent a lot of time working on this, and you figured it out, and then right at the last minute, you know, you have got to admit, Fresh sends out an email, and a lot of people send faxes, and all of a sudden, the line gets re- drawn. So, you got to understand how the public sees that, and especially with the history of Hawaii County. That kind of thing is not unusual here, so I think that you should move the line. If the line was fine before the 11th hour, and because you are going to leave a taint on this whole process if you don't. People are going to see this - - -I know I think that somehow he was able to influence this. It really just looks like that to me; that he was able to get his line moved so that he didn't have to run against J Yoshimoto. So, it is also interesting to me; I believe they said that you are going to call Jamae, call her in here to explain what she did. I don't understand why you are not calling Onishi in here to explain what he did. I think that it would make more sense to bring Mr. Onishi in here as opposed to the whistle blower. You know, Jamae blows the whistle on what is happening, you know, points out what is happening, and she is now going to be put on the hot seat as opposed to Mr. Onishi, who at least gave the appearance of doing something improper. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you, Robert. Jamae is not going to be put on the hot seat, by the way, and we don't have subpoena powers. MR. PETRICCL I just understood that Mr. Ashida wanted to have her answer some questions. MR. KANUHA: Madam Chair, clarification real fast. Thanks for testifying. Your basic perception of this whole process came from the newspaper article? MR. PETRICCL I have been following it; but I was okay with what was going on. No, not really; I have been talking with a lot of different people, and I saw some stuff that was going on. But, I did read the newspaper articles, but I heard about it before it was in the newspaper. 9