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<br />MR. BALSIS: I wanted to point out, I believe the reason we don’t have that right <br />at this time, when they were submitted in the past, and please correct me if I’m <br />wrong on this, the matter previously was specific whether or not there were <br />conflicts of interest in deciding who the vendors were going to be with regards to <br />the facility for the anticipation bonds—anticipation notes, excuse me. And so <br />what had happened is one issue, but looking at how the vendors were selected <br />was the issue at hand at that time. So at that time we may have not looked at that <br />particular aspect of the transaction. And so now you’re asking us to look at the <br />specific transaction to determine the legality or illegality. <br /> <br />MR. COLE: No. No, the legality or illegality is not the jurisdiction of this Board. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Correct. <br /> <br />MR. COLE: The legality or illegality would be held with the County Council. If <br />they determine that there was sufficient grounds for a misdemeanor violation of <br />the Hawai‘i County Charter, it is the County Council’s obligation to file a <br />criminal complaint. What I am asking before this Board is what value, what did <br />the people of Hawai‘i get, for the $10 million that Mayor Kenoi gave to, in <br />proprietary, to the First Hawaiian Bank. The people of Hawai‘i paid $66,000. <br />This is no difference than if Mayor Kenoi decided to use $10 million of heavy <br />equipment from the Highways Division and $66,000 worth of manpower and fuel <br />to clear his subdivision that suddenly got approved when he appointed a new <br />planning director. There is no difference. This is what did the people of Hawai‘i <br />get in return for their $66,000 that the First Hawaiian Bank had proprietary use <br />of. Proprietary use. This is not the _______, this is the Ethics Board. So that’s <br />why I’m requesting—in discovery before the Ethics Board, in formal hearings and <br />subpoenas, it will come out, any violations or criminal violations, that would be <br />the purview to be forwarded on, under the United States Code, Criminal Section <br />18, Subsection 4, Misprision of Felony, that you are obligated to do. However, <br />the ethics complaint states what value did the people get. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Are there any further questions? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: No. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Are there any comments from anyone? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: No. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Any desire on how we should proceed with this? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: I don’t know. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />