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The other thing is change the Liquor Commission to nine. Hooray. Thank you. I don't know what you're contemplating for the Code of Ethics. Is there something that came 41) from the public? • • HERKES: The same thing that Maui has. I can read that to you. TYLER: I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman. I didn't receive anything on this and it's a very important part of our Charter. Is this a further amplification? HIGASHI: Either you can stay for the meeting or you can take the minutes from the meeting and react at the next meeting. TYLER: Okay. And finally — I think I'm done. I've taken more than enough of your time. I thank you very much. Again, I really appreciate the work you've done. I know that most, if not all, of you have put a lot of heart and soul into this and I think we can see it in terms of the results. It's a very difficult and very awesome task that you have in a short period of time, and I think you've been very responsive, so thank you again for this opportunity. RAY: Thank you. Next, Mr. Jim, are you coming up with Patrick Kahawaiola'a? KAHAWAIOLA'A: Yes, I forgot to include Mr. Jim's name. RAY: And we have written testimony. KAHAWAIOLA'A: I've given written testimony, and that written testimony is in response to the April 18th letter that all of you received, and that we received on May the 10th at the end of our statement to the Commission, so I would like to take this opportunity to again thank the Chairman and the Commission for allowing us, as Native Hawaiians, to come forward at this particular point in time, and I'm hoping to, maybe, shed some light as to why the letter from Mr. Yuen to all of you, which was referenced the county jurisdiction over Hawaiian home lands, and our response to that is what you received as written statement. And it is addressed to Mr. Yuen and to the Members of the Commission. But before I proceed with that, I'd like to say something and it's only because I heard Mr. Tyler give his summation of the hard work that this Commission has been doing. I also heard one of the Commissioners, maybe, give her input into what the Preamble of the County Charter should reflect, and it has a very nice sound and ring to it however, again, I must say I would like to task the Commissioners with the fact that on this island, as I would think every island has but I'm particularly concerned about this island, that again, Native Hawaiians are sorely being missed and left out of your Charter based, again, on the representation from your attorney in his letter of April 18th. And in his letter, he states that — I'd like to start — that in his letter, he states that there have been testimony at the commission meeting about county jurisdiction over Hawaiian home land, most recently, police jurisdiction. Rather than take time of this meeting to go point -by -point, it may be helpful to mention that the two individuals, and I'm assuming the two individuals that 12