2014-09-10 Board of Ethics Minutes

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you know in case this had happened, because right now I tell you, this transcript is pretty clean. Ms. Tita: Cut and dry, I figured that. Mr. Henricks: So I’m going to have to give you the benefit of the doubt and say if there’s a video involved I would like to see it, and I think it’s fair to her that we do see it. So therefore, I’m going to have to make a motion to send this to a formal hearing at this time. Ms. Masunaga: Excuse me. Ms. Schoen: Can you come forward and state your name for the record. Ms. Masunaga: Hi I’m Margaret Masunaga. I’m the attorney for the Windward Planning Commission, I’m a Deputy Corporation Counsel. The County of Hawai‘i does not videotape, so the video that you are referring to is not an official record. I will go and check with the Planning Department if they have a video, but to my knowledge, we never videotape any meetings. So if there is a videotape out there, it’s not part of our official Windward Planning Commission proceedings. Mr. Henricks: Alright I’ll ask Ms. Tita. Do you know about a video? Ms. Tita: Yes, Ms. Kawauchi has obtained it by the same videographer that attends every County hearing in the interest of the public. She videotapes these and then she puts them on the internet. Mr. Henricks: Okay since the County didn’t have it, why she didn’t bring out as evidence then? You bring it forward then. Ms. Tita: I will bring it forward. Mr. Henricks: Okay I’d like to make a motion to set for a formal hearing and that she brings forth her evidence from the video, and since we’re going to have to continue it anyway you might as well postpone the hearing and not begrudge it any further. Mr. Balsis: There is a motion on the floor to move this petition to a formal hearing. Mr. Henricks: Just a minute before we go that far. Do we have to go to formal hearing or just go to another preliminary hearing? Ms. Schoen: You can do informal. So your options are you can dismiss the 9