2014-09-10 Board of Ethics Minutes

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because I’ve had a lot of issues. My properties been vandalized. The locks were cut on my gate to release my livestock. They cut my fences. They threw dead animals in my yard. They defaced the County, our water tank at the Community Center. Vulgarity you cannot imagine. So people are afraid to come forward. Ms. MacDonald: May I speak for just a second? I did, although I did not personally testify, I did submit a letter. Mr. Balsis: Okay. Mr. Adams: Just to clarify. The items, the activities that you just spoke about, you’re not bring that in as issues against Mr. Henkel? Those things that occurred. Ms. Tita: The damages to myself. No, no I’m just going to tell how contentious and how afraid people are to come forward. Mr. Adams: Okay. Ms. Balsis: The reason that I had asked the question about people, the people who were speaking, was to get an idea if you were singled out or something like that. Ms. Tita: I see. Ms. Schoen: Mr. Chair, just for the record, the respondent did correspond with our office, and said that he was unable to attend today’s hearing because he is on Planning Commission business, and he did submit a response which you all should have in your packet. Margaret did you want to say anything to the Board? Margaret Masunaga is the attorney for Planning Commission or I’m sorry, or Planning Department? Planning Commission. Ms. Masunaga: Planning Commission. Ms. Schoen: So also for the record, and the Petitioner’s information, what the Board does today is it is doing an initial review of the petition, and deciding whether or not, what it wants to do with the petition, whether it will go forward or not. So that’s what they are doing. Mr. Balsis: You mentioned that Mr. Henkel had stated that Ms. Kawauchi was a liar. Ms. Tita: That’s correct. 4