Laserfiche WebLink
MS. HUNT: Well, if anything I would just like to shine light on the need to—if you don’t <br />want to speak, there should be some kind of mechanism where you give someone else an <br />opportunity to speak. The information is public information. That’s the key that I’m <br />trying to convey. The election process should be as transparent as possible, and part of <br />that is a good communication. If you think that people who are in County government <br />have the right not to speak—this is a really interesting philosophical question. I don’t <br />think that the people who are in—there’s like a greater impetus on the County. It’s like, <br />okay. If you’re a public official, you are constrained by the Code of Ethics to not be rude <br />to people, to treat people fairly and impartially. As a private citizen, you can have <br />feelings like you want to be rude to someone, or you want to not speak to someone. But <br />when you’re a public official you have a greater responsibility, where you have to treat <br />people fairly, even if you don’t personally like them. That’s – <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: Well, that’s why I asked you, was any of this directed to you <br />personally? <br /> <br />MS. HUNT: In my personal opinion, I felt like it was. <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: Okay, why would you say that? I mean, what caused you to say that? <br /> <br />MS. HUNT: Well, a lot of it’s in my petition. And I think maybe the turning point might <br />have been at a press conference when I was very direct and made the respondent feel <br />uncomfortable. And maybe the respondent didn’t like the fact that I was singling her out <br />on camera, or—I don’t know. I can’t speculate why. But the bottom line is that I didn’t <br />feel like I was treated fairly, impartially, and courteously. And so this is my remedy, is to <br />come here. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Just on the side, I just wanted to point out that Chairman Dill had to leave <br />for the remainder of the meeting. He had another engagement he had to attend to. Are <br />there any other questions from the Board here? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: No. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: I have no questions. I’d like to ask if you could take a seat, and I’m going <br />to ask Ms. Kawachi to come forward—Kawauchi, excuse me. <br /> <br />MS. KAWAUCHI: Good morning. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Good morning. How are you today? <br /> <br />MS. KAWAUCHI: Good, thank you. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: I’d like to thank you for submitting to the Board the requests for inclusion <br />on media that you had forwarded to us. The question I have is—or one of the questions— <br />is this a form that you have put together? <br /> <br />MS. KAWAUCHI: Yes. <br />11 <br /> <br />