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less and less money and he said they were cutting the homeless budget in half. Now <br />these are all state monies coming in, not county monies but the county is going to have <br />to take up the slack somewhere because they are very worried because the homeless <br />population is going to swell, people are going to be camping again on Onekahakaha <br />Beach Park even though they're not supposed to and the county's going to have to take <br />up the slack and it just looks so bad to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, I hear <br />maybe it's $500,000, on a special election. I'm not sure if that's accurate but that is <br />what I've heard. That's a huge amount of money when the same issues could be put <br />forth to the voters in the general election and like Julie said, there would be a much <br />greater turnout so the results of that election would reflect the people's opinions more <br />than a special election would. So that's all I have come to say. <br />RAY: Okay, thank you. Any questions? <br />IRVINE: I didn't have any questions of Kathy but does anybody have that figure on <br />special election, the amount we were given? I know it was three hundred and <br />something when I first found it and then it went to four hundred or - <br />RAY: I wouldn't want to say. There are lots of figures and scenarios floating <br />around. <br />IRVINE: Okay. <br />RAY: I was talking to some folks today about the logistics of holding a special <br />election. While you say, well, you could do it 45 days after whatever, my <br />understanding, the logistics are such that to hold a special election early next year, <br />we'd pretty much have to be done in the next month or so. <br />DORN: Say that again. You have to be done in the next month if you want to hold <br />a special election? <br />RAY: There's a considerable lead time logistically to trigger a special election <br />so I don't understand that either so I think it may not even be a possibility. <br />SANTANGELO: <br />We should clear something up. We have no intention of finishing up next <br />month. <br />RAY: Yes, we are just getting started. <br />DORN: Alright, thank you. <br />RAY: Okay, thank you. Anyone else to testify? Then that concludes our public <br />13 <br />