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non-GMO. So it’s the GMO that’s actually allowing the non-GMO to exist, and it’s our position that there wouldn’t be any viable commercial papaya without protection of the rainbow genetically engineered papaya. So what I’m saying is, when someone is claiming to be a commercial grower, selling organic non-GMO papaya, and she has a bill that says everybody that’s not doing it my way is—I’m going to put out of business, I think that’s a conflict of interest. If we go out of business, clearly the price of her papaya is going to rise. It’s supply and demand. When there’s almost no papaya, her value will go up. It’s a clear conflict of interest in our minds. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Are there any questions from members of the Board for Mr. Weinert? <br /> <br />MR. ADAMS: I do, actually. If I take a look at—you submitted this petition providing the section as 2-84 under the Code, conflict of interest. If I take a look at that section, I just want to verify—is there any specific element in that section that you’re aware of that you’re specifically focusing on, or are you just saying the section in general that you’re applying the petition to? <br /> <br />MR. WEINERT: You know, I’m going to leave that up to you guys. They handed me, when I went into their office, they said you had to pick a code. Here’s a three-page—I briefly looked through it. The conflict of interest was clear to me. That’s the number that I wrote down on the petition. If there’s a more specific element, we’d leave it to you folks to make that determination. <br /> <br />MR. ADAMS: Thank you. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Any other questions from the Board for Mr. Weinert? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: No. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: At this time I’d like to thank you very much— <br /> <br />MR. WEINERT: --Thank you very much. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: I’d like to ask if Ms. Ford could come up, and if you have any comments, the petition is clearly targeting you. You may have a few comments. <br /> <br />MS. FORD: I have my attorney with me. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: And we may have some questions. <br /> <br />MS. FORD: Thank you. My name is Brenda Ford, and this is my attorney, Michael Matsukawa. First of all, I need to clarify misinformation I gave the council. At the time I—first of all, I’ve never hidden the information that my husband and I grow commercially. That’s been—from my first campaign till now, that’s been an open piece