2012-10-10 Board of Ethics minutes

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MS. CERMELJ: Okay. There it is, right there. Unfinished Business. Further discussion on a letter from August 31 to the Board, State Office of Elections, alleging that Council Chair Dominic may be inappropriately involved in the operations of the Hawai‘i County Elections Office. Therefore I challenge him to tell me what I just told you was wrong. I challenge him. And he doesn’t even have the guts to come here today. They’re in a meeting with Sharon, and the people of the State of Hawai‘i who are coming here to run this election—that’s pathetic. That is a waste of our money, County money. I’m sorry, folks. This would not happen in Ohio, California, for sure not Arizona. Those are cowboys, they’ll kill you. Petition Number 2012-02. Zendo, bad boy. You should recuse yourself. Come on. And don’t go into an executive meeting without the public knowing. That’s a violation of a federal law called the Sunshine Law. Right? We all know about the Sunshine Law? That’s a federal law, as well as I thought Hawai‘i was still in America, the United States. Maybe we’re not. These documents that I want to give to you people, but I didn’t have time to make a copy, are petitions that my constituents want to be back on the ballot. If I’m not back on the ballot because of this botched up County elections, we’re going to take this to the feds. And I mean it with all my heart. And my attorneys are ready to go. Back of the page. David Bock told me over the phone, and I will make this public finally—and I mean it with my heart in the name of Jesus Christ. Petition Number 2012-03. Informal hearing of a petition alleging violations of Section 2- 83 of the Ethics code when county employees are allowed to attend union meetings on county time, in which political campaigning takes place. That used to happen in Ohio, and they all got caught and they all got fired. They lost their jobs. When Jamae put that lady on executive leave or whatever you call it, I don’t remember right now, maybe she should have been running the elections. And Dominic Yagong is completely responsible, being the Chairman of this County Council. And he should recuse himself and quit his job right now. This has got to stop. David Bock told me, over the phone, oh Hope, your campaign isn’t important enough. I said David, I’ve been waiting. Everybody else has been in the paper. Why not me? It’s not important enough. He broke my heart. He broke my heart. They’ve never gotten back to me, so I will be suing the Trib-Herald for malfeasance. Shall I go on? It gets better. It gets better. Just as he had said, David Bock and the Stephens Media prints only what they want to, when they want to, where they want to. The lady in the back has been a real angel to help me. I won’t say any names. Good for Tiffany. God bless her and her children and her family. They’re Pāhoa people. I have a restaurant in Pāhoa. I don’t make any money, because there’s no jobs. I’m moving to Hilo so I can make some money. I sell Jewish food. But I want the job of Faye Hanohano’s, because she’s been there eight years. She’s done nothing. God be with you all, and I hope you make the right judgments, because God is watching. And so are we. Amen. Thank you. Mr. Dill announced for the record that public testimony had been received via email from Lynn Beittel regarding Petition No. 2012-03. 3. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR Mr. Dill asked for nominations for vice chair.