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Page 25 <br />1 reasoning on that. And I think if you were able to <br />2 diplomatically say something like, "We accomplished <br />3 what had not been attended to over the last five or ten <br />4 years in a short period of time, redressed the <br />5 inversion problem, brought our employees up to <br />6 standards that are throughout the State, and are <br />7 somewhat comparable to the most recent union <br />8 negotiations," and that "Where did we go wrong?" the <br />9 commission might be willing to moderate its thinking if <br />10 we were told exactly what went wrong with what we did. <br />11 CHR. ONO: I will represent it very <br />12 tactfully and strategically. <br />13 MR. HIGGINS: As only you can do so. Yes. <br />14 MS. IKEDA: Mr. Chairman, instead of <br />15 saying "embracing this," but to express our concern <br />16 about the -- <br />17 CHR. ONO: Concern. <br />18 MS. IKEDA: -- redundancy of what is <br />19 already in place, and we have tried to follow what is <br />20 there already, you know. So I think if you say <br />21 "embracing," to me -- <br />22 CHR. ONO: Yeah, I won't use that word. <br />23 MS. IKEDA: Yeah. <br />24 CHR. ONO: I just used that because I <br />25 couldn't think of anything else. <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />