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-2- , <br /> but making sure the members of the Council have projects in their <br /> district which they can point to, A return to the pork barrel cannot <br /> be in the best interest of this County . . <br /> Under the present system, or with one calling for a number of <br /> at-large candidates, those who are responsible to all the voters on <br /> the island will think in an islandwide prospective. As an example, <br /> if we were solely responsible to the Hilo area, this just passed <br /> budget would not reflect 30 new police positions for Kona, new fire <br /> positions for Pahoa and North Hilo . It is only because the Council <br /> is accountable to all the people of this County that the islandwide <br /> needs prevail over provincial district demands . We must never forget <br /> that elected officers are accountable to the electorate. The broader <br /> this body is, the broader must be the thinking of the person in <br /> office. <br /> The questions of representation will always persist . -Even with <br /> • the Kona district, there is no unity of thought between mauka and <br /> makai . The real test of a voter' s input into a representative govern- <br /> ment is how many people he has the opportunity to vote for within the <br />