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One item that I feel imperative to bring up this evening because I haven ' t heard much about it--not necessarily my position--but I 'm concerned about this and I haven ' t heard that much input and I would urge you to go back to those groups such as the chambers, the unions and other groups thathave testified before you and ask them for their input on this one subject. That is, the amount of bonded indebtedness. I feel much like in our households it should be tied to the amount of revenue instead of the 15% or the proposed 5% that I have heard, or 10% of assessed valuation. Because it is really our ability to pay that I think should be foremost. In closing, I would just like to emphasize again that some of my constituents feel that they are being rushed a bit. Others, I feel , in discussing with the panel members orin trying to obtain panel members for the rap session last Tuesday, just don ' t know enough about the amendments. So I feel that it is my job as an elected official , my job as a citizen, your job as commission members to do whatever you can to stimulate and get the public to get interested. I 'm sure you realize as commissioners in your hearings and in seeing the number of people that have come to testify tonight, as I have, as an elected official that more times than not the people don ' t care or don ' t want to get involved. I think it is our job to, especially on such an important document like this to get the grass roots out and to partake. I don ' t know if after you have come up with your proposed amendments it would be prudent to consider debates where the pros and cons are given much like the League of Women Voters did for the Con Con. Whether it ' s within your realm of responsibility to either encourage this and/or sponsor this type of healthy debate. I just feel that we need to point out the importance of this document to the public. I think that your questions tonight with regard to the first speaker showed that you feel as I do on this topic and that you are really searching out how the layman feels, or lay- woman feels, about the various . amendments. I think this is good and I would just continue to urge you to please seek this from our constituents. With that , I 'd like to thank you again for coming to Kau and hope that this will be the first of many meetings that you will be able to have in the district. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Mr. Dahlberg, during your rap session last week what were some of the concerns that the people have presented to -you as far as being an elected official and pertaining to the charter here? Did they talk about any- thing .on representation and anything of that sort? MR. DAHLBERG: Yes, the first item that we discussed , last week , was the item of representation. We talked about five from the five representative districts and four at- large. Five from the five representative districts and two at- large. Nine council members from nine representative districts and it was, I would say, a general concensus of the people ._ . ' .. . there that night that they are in favor of some form of district representation. - 10 -