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<br />well as all these Charter Amendments, informed, so they know what's going on.
<br />Incidentally, there is one other thing that I'd like to just bring up briefly. I have been an
<br />advocate for incorporated cities, towns and villages for several years because 1 think
<br />that's one way we can overcome this idea that you have to split this island asunder,
<br />and I got an Attorney General Opinion, which I will share with you, that says that it's
<br />basically got to have a neighboring legislation on the State level, and we were pretty
<br />sure of that, it just took him a long time to do it. Took us four years to get an Opinions
<br />just to let you know. But, we think that that's something you might want to consider
<br />should that ever become enabled, that the Charter might address that.
<br />RAY: Gary, any more comments?
<br />YOSHIYAMA: No.
<br />RAY: I've got a couple of things, Virginia. One, in regard to
<br />neighborhood boards, and you don't have to answer this today, but I'd like to have
<br />more of a sense of your polling and your participation from communities. I'm very
<br />active in the Waimea Community and I don't recall this at any community forum, being
<br />brought up or discussed, and I think, Waimea's probably, arguably, one of the most
<br />cohesive, if not the most cohesive, community on the island, and this is not anything
<br />that we've ever discussed at the Community Association or any other forums, or
<br />whatever, so I'd like to have the sense that that's taken place, and especially in
<br />communities where it's very easy to bring up and discuss these kinds of things, and get
<br />more of a sense of island -wide, what the participation was because, quite frankly, 1
<br />personally, and I don't think any of us have heard much support for neighborhood
<br />boards.
<br />ISBELL: Well, you all should join the League of Women Voters.
<br />RAY: Okay, so I think we need some convincing there. We do
<br />understand it. We had representatives from the City and County, that came over and
<br />spoke, basically, pretty positively about it, and gave us a lot of background. So I think
<br />we understand how they work and whatever, but my sense is this group doesn't feel
<br />much of a public mandate, or support, for neighborhood boards from the communities
<br />we represent. That hasn't been my individual experience, and as a Council member, it
<br />also was not my experience that this is something that - so anyway,
<br />ISBELL: Well, just to respond to you. We don't pretend to represent every
<br />community, but we do have members from every community, and we represent the
<br />League. This is League of Women Voters's stand. This is what we voted on, but as far
<br />as going out into the community, now you're asking us to do your job. Public forum
<br />really belongs in your arena, and I'm looking at the public here, and you've got a really
<br />good representation from the League, and this is the public. And we sent out ballots
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