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5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br /> a. Petition No. 2015-O1:Resolution authorizing the County of Hawaii Board of <br /> Ethics to conduct a hearing and/or investigation into possible misconduct <br /> brought by Mariner Revell against the Coalition for Tobacco Free Hawaii, <br /> pursuant to Rule 5.2(a) of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Board <br /> of Ethics. <br /> Ms. Kahakalau: Do we have anybody here to speak to this business item? Can you <br /> please come up? <br /> Ms. Yamauchi: My name is Jessica Yamauchi and I am the executive director for <br /> the Coalition For Tobacco Free Hawai`i. We did submit some <br /> written materials which I hope you folks were able to receive. I <br /> hope you had received them. I just would summarize really <br /> quickly and not reiterate everything we did provide. We are a <br /> small non-profit organization that works to reduce tobacco use and <br /> exposure to second hand smoke throughout our State. We <br /> apologize for not registering as lobbyist and that was an oversight <br /> on our part. We recognize that it would have been clearer if we <br /> had. It was never our intention to break any of the rules here. We <br /> do feel that our activities did not exceed the lobbying limits <br /> though. We recognize and moving forward we'll be sure to <br /> register as lobbyist anytime there's a tobacco bill being considered. <br /> I have here also the staff that actually work on the Big Island, <br /> which I had listed as possible witnesses if you folks have any <br /> questions. <br /> Ms. Kahakalau: Do we have any questions? <br /> Mr. Adams: Is that the extent of your statement? <br /> Ms. Yamauchi: Yes. Unless you didn't get our written materials. <br /> Mr. Adams: We did receive it. Essentially, you're agreeing that you should <br /> have registered as lobbyist based on the fact that you have paid <br /> employees that were engaged in the attempt to influence members <br /> of the County Council. <br /> Ms. Yamauchi: I think it would have been much cleaner if we had. As I <br /> mentioned, I don't think we actually exceeded any of the five (5) <br /> hour per month limits at any time. We recognized that would have <br /> been better if we had and would do so moving forward. <br />