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it is appropriate at this time. And that is another thing I feel that some people are getting the feeling that they are being rushed. I think that we should take more time. A lesson I learned from observing the Constitutional Convention. You' ll get my input in addition to what I have given you this evening prior to you folks making your decisions with regards to the various amendments that you might come forth with. MR. ISHIDA: I don ' t speak for the commission as a whole but, personally, if you have any thoughts or any feelings, any input, I would appreciate it if you would give it to us right away. In this way we have more information in seeking our questions at other public hearings. This is why we scheduled a lot of input before we went to public hearings. To understand the charter and what areas the things fall into. Many times I think to your experience you know that something doesn ' t come out unless you ask questions. Unless we know the areas where there may be great controversy we may be under a misapprehension that it may be all right. To me, if anybody has any strong positions I would like to know now so that we can least have this in mind as we go around the public hearings. MRS IWAMOTO: Mr. Dahlberg, you mentioned that the citizens have discussed the department of water supply. Could you�;�.mention what their concerns are? MR. DAHLBERG: We merely tossed out the question of whether the water commission should stay semi-autonomous or come under the mayor. We also discussed whether you would want the police commission as it is now or in some other form. There was one proposal put forth that it should come under the prosecuting attorney. It was more an educational session rather than people taking positions pro or con because almost all the people that attended didn ' t know the first thing about the charter. Many had never seen the document. Some were even misinformed about what the existing conditions are. Some people think they only elect their councilman, as it is now, that we have pure district representation. It has happened to me ten times if it has happened once over the last two years where people say, oh, well , I don ' t vote for you, you are from Ka'u. It is just amazing how many people are misinformed on that one particular point. MR. CADINHA: Jim, I have a question in regards to your feelings .on bonded indebtedness. Apparently you have thought that is-sue through pretty well and you have a definite feeling about that. MR. DAHLBERG: No, I haven ' t thought it through or have an opinion about it. I merely brought it up tonight and that is the only issue that I discussed in my presentation because I haven ' t heard much about it and I would like to encourage you folks to go back to those groups that haven ' t taken a position on it and/or individuals and ask them what they think about it. Or to hopefully stir others to think about this. - 14 -