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<br />MR. HISASHIMA: Can I answer? <br /> <br />MR. DILL: Yeah, you may. <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: First of all, for Fresh Onishi. He’s representing me. I have asked <br />him to do a lot of investigations on my behalf against the county. I voted for him, I <br />support him, and a lot of times I go into his office and talk about county issues that I need <br />clarification. I’m just like you folks, asking for transparency, responsibility, and who is <br />going to be held accountable. And some of my issues is not completed yet. It is dealing <br />with the county. As far as Mr. Ikeda, we’ve been a long lifetime friends. He lives up in <br />Kaūmana, where I come from. His dad and my dad had done a lot of businesses <br />together. I support Mr. Ikeda, and I don’t want any sign of impropriety, because I know <br />them very well. This island is too small. And I want to give you folks the fair chance to <br />come out with what you folks are looking at. I for one don’t like anybody saying that I <br />was favored for one side or another. I don’t believe that I can—I can make a fair choice, <br />and I can make a good decision. But I’ve always heard this word—transparency, <br />transparency. I recuse myself because of that. <br /> <br />MR. DILL: Thank you. <br /> <br />MS. NAPEAHI: I have one more question. It seems like—okay, it seems like to me that <br />even with being in front of you, I might have to be doing the same thing as to why I’m <br />complaining for two councilmen. And that is engaging with important testimony that are <br />coming from people that take up their time to talk about what is important, engaging, <br />eye-to-eye—Renee, John, David, and Glen—eye-to-eye so that you can understand that <br />you’re listening to me, and how important it is. Fresh Onishi is in my district in <br />Keaukaha, and I see these people that I grew up with here to support him. And I see <br />people here in front of me here to support people that I’m complaining about. What for? <br />So that we can have the proper—proper judgment on issues that are real to the lives of <br />our people. It is not personal. It is not because I know him. It is not because I know Pat <br />Kahawaiolaa. It is not because I know Mrs. Haili and the people that are Hawaiian <br />sitting here, supporting someone for their district. It has nothing to do with that. It has a <br />lot to do with the decision-making table that sits in front of me, making decisions for the <br />lifestyle that I want to live, for my generation. Engaging eye-to-eye, not guessing <br />whether they’re looking at the computer about what we’re testifying about. Glen. Mr. <br />David Heaukulani. Like you, right now. I’m really discouraged, because now I’m <br />thinking who can I complain in the next level? OIP? Can I put some complaint there, <br />too? Will I be going through the same process? The same process. It is not fair for <br />people that have pertinent issues that are—that are really death-threatening to some <br />people. Death-threatening. In other areas, traditional customary practices for our <br />people—religion, for our people, that is recognized by our government, your government, <br />the state statutes you understand. We’re here testifying to keep our ‘aina. We’re here <br />testifying to be able to understand that our environment is important to our lives, to your <br />lives. It has nothing to do with peoples’ personal benefit and how they take care of <br />someone else. What I’m saying is that there are pertinent issues that should be heard, <br />like right now. Right now, engaging with me and understanding that I took off my job, <br />my personal job, to be here, to testify in an ethics complaint that I made. I made an <br /> <br /> <br />