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MR. SCHUTTE: Mr. Chairman. I would like to address Mr. Nottage. First of all, I, personally, resent the assumption from Mr. Nottage that this commission, . in general, is negligent in representing the people of this county. I think that is a very broad statement and I believe that my fellow commissioners here, although our views may differ from time to time, I do believe that in our own behalf we feel that what we are doing here is for the benefit -of the county. So, I would appreciate it if you would not assume, in general , that this commission is negligent in looking at these problems. MR. NOTTAGE: Mr. Schutte. I do apologize. I realize that there was a very close vote on this issue which is one of our major considerations and because of the closeness of this vote I cannot do anything but apologize to you because there were a number of people who, I feel, very strongly, were looking out for the interests of all the people in this county. Thank you, very much, for bringing that to my attention. MR. SCHUTTE: Mr. Chairman. Mr. Moss, I have your note that you sent in by Mrs. Isbell. I think you mentioned-here that the recommendations by your group is that 9 councilmen be elected- from -the present four representative districts, none at-large until the reapportionment. . . MR. MOSS: I don 't think I quite got your point, Mr. Schutte, I 'm sorry. Are you saying that that was not part of Mrs. Isbell ' s original. . MR. SCHUTTE: No, I am saying and this is out of the text. . .it says that these 9 as a recommendation by her and the people she represents says that she suggests that 9 councilmen be elected from the present four representative districts until such time that the reapportionment is made separating it into the nine districts. . . MR. MOSS: I .don' t believe Mrs. Isbell proposed that, to tell you the truth, however, it was the final agreement of the West Hawaii groups that took out the advertise- ment in the paper and to which we testified to ,"in the- public hearing in Kona. That advertisement was made part of the record of the commission. MR. SCHUTTE: I am just reading it off the communication that she provided us with when she appeared beforeus i didn ' t know whether you were aware of it. . . MR. MOSS: Yes, I referred to it a little while ago with the nine people coming from the four representative districts. This is a less of a spread in voters per representative per council member than the tentative proposal of the commission, the tentative conclusion of the commission at the moment. -5-