2014-06-25 Board of Ethics Minutes

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the effect of law. Rule 3, Declaratory Rulings, 3.2 Form and Content of Petitions, Section 3 a designation of the specific statute, ordinance, rule or order of the question is required. The petition filed lists no violation of the Code of Ethics, therefore, it is in violation your own rules and procedures. It is against a candidate who is not an employee or official of the County of Hawai‘i, and therefore, you do not have jurisdiction over it. This Board minus Mr. Adams there, is in knowing and knowingly violation of this, for they state in Petition 2011-05, Mr. Balsis, on Petition 2011-05, the complaint here specifically targeted an attorney. I understand that the status of the ethics committee or the status and also court law does not have jurisdiction over a former employee. Former employee, non-employee, okay. Ms. Schoen goes on to enforce this fact and give state law. There are three pages here. If you go into all of the times I have sat before this Board, in testimony, representation, you will find that I read into the record quite a bit. This is for the very purpose that you will have no excuse to not know or should have know the violations you are incorporated in. The violations that you are being accused of as filed with the Hawai‘i County Clerk, the Chief of Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigations yesterday at 2:37 identify that you have been charged or have been informed of a political violation to intimidate and extort a political official, in violation of Hawai‘i Revised Statutes 707-764 Extortion. A person commits extortion if the person does any of the following, (i)… Mr. Balsis: Mr. Cole… Mr. Cole: …I request an extension to finish this out for five minutes as this important to the very nature of this cause. Mr. Balsis: We need to finish things up so I’ll give you one minute, you need to sum it up right now. Mr. Cole: Fine. The extortion, is take or withhold action as a public servant, or cause a public servant to take or withhold such action. You are public servants, you are taking, withholding action. Here’s the killer, section l, do any other act that would not in itself substantially benefit the defendant that is calculated to harm substantially some person with respect to the threatened person’s health, calling, career or reputation. The petition filed states or impugns that a person, candidate, female, did in fact commit a violation of a threshold of law that a petition would be filed for in order to impugn her nature, in order to extort her and have control over an electoral process. Thank you very much. Mr. Balsis: Thank you Mr. Cole. Having no other notifications of statements from the public… Ms. Naeole: Yes, kalamai. My name is Emily Naeole and I’m here because of what Dan Cole is talking about. Mr. Balsis: Yes, and when it’s time for the petition we will be discussing that with you. Ms. Naeole: Alright, thank you. 3. APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR SESSION MINUTES OF MAY 14, 2014 2