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HAWAI‘I COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> <br />MINUTES – REGULAR SESSION <br />Wednesday, November 13, 2013 <br />10:03 a.m. to 11:34 a.m. <br />Hawai‘i County Building <br />County Council Chambers <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> <br /> <br />Members and Staff Present: <br />Bernard Balsis, Vice Chair <br />Arne Henricks, Member <br />Glen Hisashima, Member <br />Douglass Adams, Member <br />Renee N. C. Schoen, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Mary E. Fujio, Secretary <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br /> Mr. Balsis called the meeting to order at 10:03 a.m. <br /> <br /> <br />2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br /> Mr. Balsis called up Joy Cash, who had signed up to testify regarding agenda item 4a. <br /> <br />MS. CASH: My name is Joy Cash. I’m a resident of Hilo. I’ve sat here in this room for the last six months, listening to the County Council. There are very precious few on our County Council that have the health, safety, and welfare of our people and our island in their actions, in their words, and in their heart. This is why I’m motivated to be here today. I am—can you hear me? Speak up? Speak in? <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: You’re good. <br /> <br />MS. CASH: Okay. It’s unthinkable to me that someone would question Brenda Ford’s ethics. And based on a quarter acre of papaya grown in Ka‘ū? I don’t know how many miles Ka‘ū is from the papaya farmers in Kea‘au, but it’s unthinkable that this would even be considered a problem. Please, I implore you to use common sense and