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• • HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSION Transcript of Meeting of May 31, 2000 Hawaii County Liquor Commission Conference Room, Hilo Lagoon Center Attendance: J. Ray, E. Alonzo, S. Bess, M. Herkes, R. Higashi, S. Irvine, D. Kurozawa, G. Martin (from 5:24 p.m.) J. Santangelo, Counsel C. Yuen Absent: K. Balog, G. Yoshiyama And 8 members of the public in attendance. The meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m. RAY: I'd like to call the meeting to order. This is the 1999-2000 Hawaii County Charter Commission. It's Wednesday, May 31st, 5:05 p.m. We're at the Hilo Lagoon Centre, Liquor Control Conference Room. Attendance. Present: myself, John Ray, Chair; Roland Higashi, Vice -Chair; Sue Irvine; Marni Herkes; Steve Bess; Dr. Daryl Kurozawa; John Santangelo; Eddie Alonzo; and I believe we're expecting one or two more people. Statements from the Public. We have four people signed up now. You need to sign a written registration form if you'd like to testify. First person signed up this evening is Del Pranke, and the next is Jim Otterson. PRANKE: I'm sorry. I'm kind of confused about the agenda because at the last meeting I thought you were going to go over the proposed changes to the agenda that have been put in by the public, and you never did that. And I don't see it on this agenda. Is it all right if I speak about this letter, because I'm still pushing to have the Police Commission, at least, chosen a different way? YUEN: Yes. RAY: Sure, go ahead. YUEN: Yes, I wouldn't have the Commission take it up as a motion, but no harm in letting him speak to it. PRANKE: I just wanted to bring your attention to Mr. Brunton's letter. It only came to me this morning so I made copies for everybody. I don't intend for you to have to read the whole thing but I wanted to bring your attention to a couple of things. The fifth paragraph, he states he attended the meeting. He decided it was a facade of concern and public expression to maintain the status quo. And then the last page pretty much sums up how sad this meeting was with the Corporation Counsel advising the Police Commission not to allow people to speak on certain items on the agenda because they were covering up for Mr. Carvalho and there were 40 or 50 people there at this meeting. It filled that whole ballroom, of people trying to get their points across and not being allowed to speak on items on the agenda, simply to cover up. This 1