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<br /> <br />HAWAI‘I COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS <br />MINUTES – REGULAR SESSION <br />Wednesday, June 25, 2014 <br />10:00 a.m. to 12:38 p.m. <br />Hawai‘i County Building <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />County Council Chambers <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> <br />Members and Staff Present: <br />Bernard Balsis, Chair <br />Ku Kahakalau, Vice Chair <br />Arne Henricks, Member <br />Glen Hisashima, Member <br />Douglass Adams, Member <br />Renee N.C. Schoen, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Renee K. Lawrence, Secretary <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m. <br /> <br />2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br /> Dan Cole signed up to testify regarding Petition No. 2014-04. <br /> <br />Mr. Cole: Good morning Board. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Good morning. <br /> <br />Mr. Cole: I’m here to speak on Petition 2014-04. This petition is in knowing and knowingly <br />act in criminal violation of the Hawai‘i Revised Statues 707-764 for extortion by a government <br />body by a person, i.e. a candidate running for elected office. Therefore, this is an extortion of a <br />political elected official. You have been warned under United States Code, subsection 18-4, <br />Misprision of felony, so be that. Petition 2014-04 reads Initial review of Petition alleging that a <br />candidate for the County Council is in violation of the Code of Ethics because she comes to <br />Pāhoa Senior Center to announce she is running for County Council seat and gave 20 tickets to <br />the site manager. Article 15 Code of Ethics, Section 2-81applicability states this article shall <br />apply to every officer or employee of the County. For the purpose of this article, any person <br />nominated for elected office or appointed but not confirmed as administrative head of any <br />agency or as a member of any board or commission shall be considered an officer. I put <br />emphasis on nominated. Black’s Law Dictionary states, an individual seeking nomination, <br />election or appointment is a candidate. Therefore, a political candidate, a female political <br />candidate separated by gender in violation of the Civil Rights laws was filed a petition against. <br />A candidate for election becomes a nominee after being formally nominated, so says the Black’s <br />Law. Okay, so we got that. Proposed Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Board of Ethics of <br />the County of Hawai‘i, your Rules of Ethics and your Procedures, the rules and regulations have <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />