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she does not come under our jurisdiction. There is no way she can violate this Ethics Code, all right? Bottom line. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: At this time I’m going to ask—I’d just like to ask Michael, do you have any comments? <br /> <br />MR. DRUTAR: Just to clarify the reason, may I come up? <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Yes. <br /> <br />MR. DRUTAR: First of all, Jaime’s a great guy. He’s a very good professional. I think he does good work. The reason I brought it up wasn’t to somehow—it wasn’t a question against his wife at all, but there’s part of the Code of Ethics that says basically that your financial interests—the financial interests of a brother, sister, spouse, dependent child, mother, father, are basically the same as your own. Some have said—I have talked to—there was an article in West Hawai‘i Today on the 17th, and it kind of illustrated his situation a little bit. And in talking with a number of people in the community, they seemed to be pretty flabbergasted by it. I thought maybe it would be prudent to have it decided by the Code [sic] of Ethics, who has the right to say if it’s right or wrong, whether or not that situation is fair. I did not investigate or say that his wife has, or I did not intend to say that his wife has, represented people, but they do advertise on their website that they do. They do advertise on their website that they represent you, which is a USPAP violation. There’s another part on their website where they make another USPAP violation, but that’s not under the purview of this Board so it’s not really that important. The question was is having someone else’s—is it a conflict of interest to have a situation where his wife could—she hasn’t—represent taxpayers in their tax appeals? It says on their website that that’s what they do. To be honest, on this one I was kind of responding a little bit more to what I heard from—I heard from a number of friends in the community that they were all really pretty shocked by it, and I thought if I’m going to bring up the other ethics thing I should just bring it all up and let you guys decide what’s right and what’s not right. You all are the judges. <br /> <br />MR. ADAMS: If I might? <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Go ahead. <br /> <br />MR. ADAMS: Just so that we’re clear. You used the term determine whether there is a conflict of interest. Actually it’s to determine whether there’s a violation of the Ethics Code. Conflict of interest is one element of that. <br /> <br />MR. DRUTAR: Yes. <br /> <br />MR. ADAMS: And it’s pretty clear within the Code that the conflict of interest section refers to substantial financial interest, and that’s related to—and the connection there is