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general anyway. They were just going to present them the 13 ballot questions. (video tape presentation at this time) MR. JOHN DOBOVAN : My name is John Dobovan. My wife, Sheila, and I work for a group called Big Island Video. The last two years we have been working under a federal grant from the Department of Health; Education & Welfare program called Access to Government. It has been involved in the university here and also at Manoa. We have had a number of television programs designed to make people more aware of their access to government. We didn ' t receive a penny of taxpayers money, locally. It was federal dollars used to produce the program. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: We will go the question of the election, at this time. The election is to be held on November 3, and as you people all know, the UPW, according to the latest word, will strike probably on Monday, which will be the 22nd. How long it is -going to last, I do' not know. According to the newspaper, Mr. Legaspi is saying that on Monday he will let the public know whether the election is going to be held on schedule. The UPW' s position on the charter election is this. . . .this is from Jack Konno, Hawaii Division Director, in a letter to the County Clerk. (Communication 95 attached. ) "Dear Mr. Legaspi : We are responding, as per your request, to your inquiry in writing. (para) The question you had posed was, in the event of a Unite. 1, strike, would the Union permit the County to proceed with the charter amendment election as presently scheduled for November 3, 1979. (para) After a very thorough discussion of this matter in Honolulu, it was the unanimous decision of our State Strike Strategy Committee that we cannot permit nor agree to any election being held for the following reasons : 1. Public buildings where' our Unit 1 employees are working are utilized as precincts. 2. Many of our Unit 1 employees are precinct workers and, if an election is held, it would require their presence at a worksite which is normally picketed. 3. Where schools or other public buildings are being utilized as precincts, our custodians would be - required to stand-by to clean and close the buildings. 4. We would like to avoid any confrontation with the voting public. in order to guarantee the publics health and safety, no election should be held during the strike period. (para)We would suggest and strongly recommend, due to the reasons given above, that the charter amendment election be postponed indefinitely. (para) Your cooperation of our request will be appreciated. Sincerely, Jack Konno, Hawaii Division Director. " MRS. KOBAYASHI : Did Mr. Legaspi also give you a _letter-suggesting as' to what we could do? He said he would, that ' s why. MR. ISHIDA: Is Mr. Legaspi available? I think -6-