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Page 22 <br />1 loads, Charlene Iboshi said, well, listen, we're going to <br />2 advertise nationally. And we did. We advertised nationally <br />3 for four positions, and for four vacancies we got three <br />4 applicants. <br />5 That doesn't mean that those applicants weren't <br />6 good. But one thing I remember in particular is the first <br />7 and I think the only interview that I ever sat in on was a <br />8 gentleman by the name of Donald Davidson, who we eventually <br />9 hired and became a very good lawyer for us. But during the <br />10 interview, Charlene Iboshi asked the standard question of, <br />11 given all the qualified applicants that we have, why should <br />12 we hire you? And I'm like, uh, because he's breathing and <br />13 has a bar license. That's good enough for me. That's the <br />14 only one that she asked me to sit in after that. <br />15 Every time that we go through this process, the <br />16 natural reaction is to say, well, what's Kauai getting, what <br />17 is Maui getting, what is Oahu getting, and how do we compare? <br />18 What we get from the public is that we are a poor County, <br />19 and we can't afford it. And basically my instincts say, <br />20 yeah, that's true. We are a poor County, relative to some of <br />21 the other counties. And we can't afford big bucks. <br />22 I'm here to suggest a different type of process <br />23 than just trying to say we're more like Maui than we are like <br />24 Oahu than we are like Kauai. <br />25 In 2008, which is a significant date for most of <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />