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Mr. Kimiski Sakata , Chairman and Member of Hawaii County Charter Commission Page Two July 2, 1979 and thereafter the' Commission completely ignored the fact that that proposal provided for two things : 1 ) An interim solution of direct election of nine Council Members from the four State Representa- tive Districts . (This avoided the equal popula- tion , or districting problem for the present. ) 2 ) A permanent solution of-.nine directly elected Council Members from nine equal population dis- tricts , the boundaries of which would be fixed by an Apportionment Commission to be convened when the results of the 1980 census are available, and at ten year intervals in the future. Now, where was this going to be "a nightmare" or "no way we can do it"? It is obvious that the subcommittee and subsequently the Commis- sion completely ignored the properly presented - and publicly backed - proposal of Kona . In so doing , you have made a mockery • of the "Testimony" and "Public Hearing" pronouncements of the Commission . The Public Hearing in Kona on May 22 had more people in attendance, and more speakers than all the other round-the- Island Public Hearings . combined . And there could be no doubt that the attendees backed the speakers who advocated the "Kona Proposals" . In contrast , where was the public response in favor of continuing. any form of "at large" election of Council Members?, The fact of the matter is that there was none! There is a conclusion which can be drawn from the above , and we regretfully voice it. This is that some Commissioners completely ignored the testimony and public input , then proposed and voted for a Council which favored their own self-interestsor those self-interests of groups of which they are members . In so doing , they did not truly carry out their assigned responsibility to all of the County of Hawaii residents . Considering the closeness of the vote of• the Commission on this matter and the lack of consideration of the merits of the " Kona