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between the two proposals already on the ballot and the <br /> existing situation. Those who demand direct district <br /> representation would have the accountability of one member <br /> on the county council. In addition to this one member, they <br /> would have the ability to vote on four other people who would <br /> be accountable to them in their actions. This would give <br /> each district on the island the ability to vote for 5 council <br /> members. <br /> I thank you, at this time, for allowing me to make <br /> this presentation. <br /> As an aside, we do feel the serious inequity is the <br /> trend towards provincial thought and the inequity of power <br /> between the mayor and the council for us to respond adequately <br /> to check them. <br /> When I talk about provincial thought, and I would <br /> mention the last budget, if, for instance, as of this time <br /> we were looking at running next year out of representative <br /> districts, in this year' s county council CIP budget of $9 million <br /> dollars, $5 million is going to West Hawaii. The majority of <br /> the council is not comprised of people from West Hawaii and <br /> if we are to look at running out of districts on this side of <br /> the island, then we would seriously consider bringing projects <br /> back on this side because we have neglected the 2nd district <br /> because they are fully developed. There are great needs for <br /> improvements in Kona. They need the new police station, the <br /> Kuakini -realignment. These things are imperative for the <br /> orderly development of the whole island. That ' s why I say, <br /> when the county council is responsible for the whole island, <br /> there cannot be this provincial thinking. I cannot say;. I am <br /> going to run out of 2-A here, I want to pave Ainalako Road <br /> because that ' s where I 'm going to get the votes and' I don' t care <br /> about Kuakini. . .I don ' t need that police station in Kailua <br /> because they're not going to vote for me anyway. I think this <br /> is the thing that has to be faced when you talk about 9 individual <br /> districts which are only accountable for the people in that <br /> district. Because once five people put together a majority with <br /> short terms and very limited moneys, only the people in power <br /> will be allowed to share in the fruits of any projects or <br /> capital improvements that may be available. I think this is <br /> presently stopped because we cannot think of any one area, we <br /> have to think of the whole area. I may not agree with Counciman <br /> Sameshima, but I was one of the people who advanced the idea of <br /> the $2 million dollar water line for Lalamilo because it ' s in <br /> the best- interest of this whole county. But if I was running <br /> out of district 2-A, I could not see spending $2 million dollars <br /> unless there was some corresponding quid pro quo for my district. <br /> And that is the other thing that we will lean towards log rolling <br /> and swapping of projects. Right now we can put 30 policemen <br /> in Kona in one budget session without everyone saying, well, <br /> I 'm putting 30 into Kona,-„ v/hat- is- "Kona _going to give,.me for Hilo?, <br /> Or what is going to go into Laupahoehoe or what is going into <br /> Pahoa? We saw the need, the council perceived the need for <br /> police protection in the West Hawaii area and they acted on_ it. <br /> -6- <br />