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Back ToPage 10 of 60 <br />FELIX: I have four Neighborhood Boards and they all think that they’re Council <br /> <br />Members, but that’s okay. It’s very challenging. <br />ARAKAWA: In those Neighborhood Board meetings, they have the candidates that are <br />running for Senate or Representative or Council up there debating each other. Even <br /> <br />Prosecutors. I have to go to Neighborhood Board meetings. <br />HERKES: Do they take positions in favor of John Henry Felix? We’re going to vote for <br /> <br />this man as against another? <br />FELIX: Oh yes. They’re not supposed to. They’re supposed to be neutral but there are <br /> <br />times that they sort of - <br /> <br />ARAKAWA: They don’t take a vote. <br /> <br />FELIX: They don’t take a vote but they do often times show their prejudices. <br /> <br />RAY: George. <br />MARTIN: First I’d like to thank you gentlemen for coming and sharing with us this <br />information, and because of your wealth of information, John, I’d like to ask a <br />little bit more on what was asked about the Green Party. Do you see a way of <br /> <br />avoiding, I think what the concern was, that they wouldn’t get the same shot? <br /> <br />FELIX: I should think they would have a better shot. <br /> <br />MARTIN: That’s what I thought. <br />FELIX: They would have a better shot. If I were a member of the Green Party, this <br />would be an ideal situation, don’t you think so, David? It’s more than a fair <br /> <br />advantage. <br /> <br />RAY: Roland. <br />HIGASHI: Mr. Felix, in your association with the other counties, I believe the other <br /> <br />counties are now nonpartisan? <br /> <br />FELIX: Yes. <br />HIGASHI: Was Kauai already a nonpartisan in the last election or the election <br /> <br />before? <br /> <br />FELIX: I think they followed us. <br /> <br />ARAKAWA: Yes, they followed Honolulu. <br /> <br />FELIX: And they’ve been functioning quite well. <br />HIGASHI: Have you seen any improvement in their association with their own Council <br /> <br />Members? <br />FELIX: We do have an Associations of Counties, HSAC it’s called, and although I’m <br />not an active participant, our Rene Mansho who is very active in everything, does a <br />very good job in providing for that kind of liaison and from all the reports that <br />she provides us, it’s working quite well. I haven’t heard of any problems related to <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 8-25-99.htm7/1/2011 <br /> <br />