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MANAGING DIRECTOR 'S REMARKS <br /> ADMINISTRATION 'S PRESENTATION TO THE CHARTER COMMISSION <br /> WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1989, 2 P.M. <br /> LIQUOR CONTROL CONFERENCE ROOM , HILO LAGOON , HILO , HAWAII <br /> Aloha : . . It is a pleasure for me to join you this <br /> afternoon , and I thank you for giving the Administration this <br /> opportunity to present comments and recommendations relative to <br /> the Hawaii County Charter review process . <br /> I believe it was the great football coach and innovator <br /> Clark Shaughnessy who once said, "Football is a perfect game ; <br /> its only weakness is the fact that it is played by human <br /> beings : " We all recognize that government , by its very nature , <br /> can never be perfect. The Administration , however , believes <br /> the basic structure of Hawaii County government is one that <br /> serves the people of our community exceptionally well . <br /> We are grateful to those who developed , within our state <br /> and nation , a republican form of government based upon <br /> democratic principles ; one thatrecognizes the necessity of <br /> shared power and responsibility . <br /> We are equally grateful to Hawaii County charter review <br /> commissions of the past 25 years or so. Although their <br /> memberships have painstakingly reviewed many alternate forms of <br /> municipal government , we commend them for creating and <br /> validating a structure that maximizes accountability and <br /> provides an all-important system of checks and balances . The <br /> Administration believes these two concepts--accountability and <br /> EXHIBIT A 481 <br /> 11 Pages <br />