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• <br /> • <br /> Honolulu is such a large percentage of the state which <br /> e <br /> dominates political U1:•gani.i:L1tious , also bu:ai�hasa Ut I�i111�c:at:Lon <br /> labor organization, all focus almost on City Hall as it does <br /> on Iolani Palace, and what happens there has a great deal to <br /> do in what happens in Washington. Therefore, if the' people . <br /> in the City and County of Honolulu don' t have a political focal <br /> point such as they now have in the mayor, maybe this won' t <br /> work so well. This is my own interpretation. <br /> Another situation is one' in which you. have a reform movement <br /> coming up , after you've had a very backward or corrupt govern- <br /> ment, so its recall all the way--of mayor, council; etc. The <br /> . reformer getss eager and the well-motivated bunch of people who • <br />• • <br /> really have very little connection with politics , is really . <br /> jamming down somebody' s throat. As soon as the city can recover <br /> from the shock of this ref orm movement, they' ll likely to move <br /> not only against the reformers but take reform right out with <br /> it© . <br /> • <br /> sn° Problem we might have in view of our isolated position <br /> Koehnen:. might here in attracting qualified city managers. and the availability <br /> of city managers . <br /> James : You would have less difficulty in gettinga city manager <br /> • than others in the United States . The attractiveness and <br /> • particularly the idea to work with a new charter--you won' t <br /> have any trouble at all. <br /> Baldwin: Do you have theories to fall back on, perhaps some <br /> observations where in counties such as we have here with <br /> districts so scattered and sometimes isolated--do you have any <br /> thoughts on method of election, whether • it be by districts <br /> or at-large? <br /> James : T dont think election at-large, because you have too <br /> much concentration of votes s in Hilo, too wide a scattering of <br /> people with demands on county gover went° T think it would be <br /> wise to guarantee people outside of fire -ir;nediate Hilo arca <br /> a certain number of representatives on the board. There is <br /> too much voting power to too few people. The mayor, however, <br /> should be elected at-large, unless elected by the council. <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • Commission form of f7,overnment. You have in effect, five. . . <br /> -uEct.IonaL mayors , eacn: -i cl arge of one part of the govern- . <br /> • <br /> menta, no standard form of getting together . each one is a <br /> political officer in his own right. Put them together, they <br /> become a legislative body, and they really can' to . do anything <br /> together except maybe appropriate fund. <br /> • <br /> Loweth: Then did the council manager form grow out of council? <br /> James : 1 don' t think exactly—it developed with it. <br /> 110 Supervisor Osorio • <br /> • Yotie re doing a commendable job and I think you're in the right <br /> track. <br /> Regarding, home rule and government reform, in this particular <br /> case, we`re talking more about government reform and reorgani- <br /> zation. We're not ready for home rule . As long as we have <br /> control by state statutes we will never see through home rule. <br /> Three most important areas : 1) Whether or not you can take <br /> aartis'an politics out of whatever form is. selected. Will it <br /> • e possible to have those running for county government . run <br />