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5. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br /> There was no new business. <br /> <br />6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br /> <br />a. Petition No. 2014-02: Review of draft informal advisory opinion as requested by <br />Maile David, Deputy County Clerk, regarding whether there would be any <br />conflict or impediments to her running for County Council while continuing to <br />serve as Deputy County Clerk. <br /> <br />Ms. Schoen: As the Board’s reviewing these, make any additions or corrections necessary. I <br /> am not emotionally attached to these so please make whatever corrections you <br /> feel necessary. <br /> <br />Mr. Henricks: Are you taking input now? <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Yes. <br /> <br />Mr. Henricks: Can I make a statement on this then? <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Yes. <br /> <br />Mr. Henricks: Alright. First of all I’d like to apologize to my esteemed colleague Mr. Adams <br /> that I am not 100% opposed to your position only 50% opposed to your position <br /> at this point, alright. <br /> <br />Mr. Adams: Sure thing. <br /> <br />Mr. Henricks: And the reason I say that is I looked at the reaction to what we had done last <br /> month and that isn’t near what we had done, did not reflect my thinking on this. I <br /> want to give you my thinking on this. When Ms. David brought this Petition <br /> before this Board she created two questions, not one question, two questions. The <br /> first question is, does her actions in any way violate the County Ethics Code, and <br /> our answer is no, and we are right. But what about the second question. The <br /> second question is the one Mr. Adams is concerned about. The second question <br /> being, and this is the way I wrote it down, does her position in anyway <br /> compromise the integrity of the electoral process. Very good question. The only <br /> way we can act on it is, it’s not in our kuleana to make that decision whether it’s <br /> compromised or not. So what happens is, that does not, that’s not a violation of <br /> the Ethics Code but it may be somewhere else. So I got to thinking about it, and I <br /> thought that okay, our opinion is an advisory opinion. We can go ahead and say <br /> you’re not violating the County Ethics Code, but, as part of our advisory opinion I <br /> recommend that we send her, tell her, include a referral to the State Elections <br /> Commission for her to take that issue up with them as part of our advice. Now, I <br /> think in some manner that would answer Mr. Adams’ qualms about what had <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />