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r MR. TRULSON: As I recall that proposal by the mayor, he was stating that to run the county as a business where the chairman of the board or the president of the corporation would have the ability to choose who was going to run each de- partment. I believe this is what you are referring to. That was one of the alternatives that the mayor talked to us about in one of his presentations. Instead of having commissions elect people who will work under the mayor, that the mayor select his own person who will work under him. MS. STONE: I 'd like to agree with the mayor' s proposal that the commission members and the department heads either be voted in by people at election time at the same time as the government officials are elected in or be appointed by the government officials who are elected in. So that, as Mr. Pulham said, if the time comes that it is very hard for a mayor or a governor to say I am for agriculture or I am for this or that and then have no power over all the people who control the various areas. So I 'd like to agree with the mayor' s proposal that the elected. . .either the commission members be elected at the time of the election or appointed by the people who are elected. . .so that. .like Floyd said. .at the end of the year that for some reason there is a little bit of a shady thing in the government. . .if somebody wants to come back or even if within one year if the mayor is in office and he is not fulfilling his duties and obligations and he is not living up to his promises that he gave the people or the peo. . that they can be impeached out of office. . .and he can ' t just say well , it ' s not in my hands, I didn ' t vote those people in. . . I have no control over those people and they' re the ones who control that area. . .so I 'd like to. . .and even in. . .well, this I 'm not sure of. . .but it seems likeif the board of water supply then. . .it controls our water and the water is governed bythe environment and that ' s our water supply. . .and of course on Oahu there is no water left. . .but it seems like even the board of water supply shouldn ' t be a private thing because the water supply is for everybody. . .so I would also support that the board of water supply be under the mayor. . .If I run for political office. . .I don ' t know if I will. . .but I might. .and if I do, I would have the proposal that we should give our campaign dollars to the churches so they can be deducted from our taxes and then we won 't be supporting governments that we have no voice in. . .and if you happen to go to a church and support a church then you be sure to put your voice in on an individual level. But that ' s just my own little personal Thank you for the opportunity to speak. . . 'course I don ' t know whether it ' s ever heard or not. . . but. . .thank you. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9: 14 p.m. until Tuesday, April 24, 1979 at Shipman Gym, Keaau. 15th Session at 4: 30 p.m.--Public Hearing at 7 :00 p.m. oan Carnett RECORDING SECRETARY - 28 -