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minutes 10-16-99Page 9 of 75 <br />RAY: Virginia, I would like you to use the mike and introduce yourself and get it all. <br />ISBELL: I will. This is for you because it’s a different color. It’s nicer paper. All I could find was a <br />couple of sheets of that. But this is our statement. Good morning. Good morning. Hi, how are you, <br />Chris? Seems like I know everybody. <br />RAY: Virginia, I saw Helene Hale poke her head in outside. <br />ISBELL: Yes, they’re lost. They’re all wandering around because - <br />RAY: Would you like to wait a couple of minutes and see if we can gather them up? <br />ISBELL: Maybe Don can go out and - well, actually, I have this to give to them because I figured they <br />wouldn’t find it. <br />RAY: Let’s just take a couple of minutes break since they’re close by. Let’s see if we can round them <br />up. <br />RECESSED The Chairman called a recess at 9:50 a.m. <br />RECONVENED The meeting reconvened at 10:00 a.m. <br />RAY: Let’s reconvene our meeting. Virginia, would you like to introduce yourself and have the floor? <br />ISBELL: My name is Virginia Isbell. I’m a resident of Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii, and I’ve <br />lived here on the island for 40 years. I’d like to read a prepared statement, if I may. <br />RAY: Sure. <br />ISBELL: First of all, I want to thank you for allowing us to be here today. We have a General <br />Membership Meeting, as you know, going on. <br />Aloha. My name is Virginia Isbell. I’m President of the Hawaii County League of Women Voters. It is <br />our pleasure to participate in this Charter Review Workshop. <br />The Hawaii County League is made up of two units: West Hawaii and East Hawaii. Are you surprised? <br />No. These units meet on a regular basis monthly with General Membership meetings combining the two <br />units, usually in Waimea. Today is our calendared General Membership Meeting and we appreciate your <br />allowing us to take this time to present our united views. <br />It should also be noted that the League is nonpartisan and provides numerous services to Community <br />Associations for their annual meetings and issues. This includes counting their ballots and providing a <br />non-biased/neutral and credible body for accurate results. <br />For the past year, the League of this County has been actively studying various issues regarding this <br />county and its Charter. We support the following: <br />1) We support Neighborhood Boards; <br />2) We support nonpartisan elections for Mayor and County Council. <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 10-16-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />