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ATTORNEY ODA: It was strong. It was strong <br /> but I don 't know. . . <br /> MR. SENSANO: Mr. Chairman. Am I to under- <br /> stand that because of this sort of tight scheduling of <br /> presenting the rules to the council that now the council and <br /> the people who spoke are under the impression that all our <br /> work has been of the same nature all the way through, from <br /> the beginning? Is that the way I understand it? <br /> ATTORNEY ODA: Unfortunately. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: As of now, up to now, we <br /> haven ' t made any decisions, whatsoever, as far as the charter <br /> is concerned. What we have been doing up to now is simply <br /> getting people to testify and giving us their input so that <br /> we know where their concerns are in what areas of the charter. <br /> So, anytime we go to a public hearing, like last week, if they <br /> give us the runaround and they aren ' t going to take a stand <br /> and we really don ' t know what their concerns are and so it <br /> will be awfully difficult for us to deliberate on anything <br /> because there is no decision made. I think like what <br /> Commissioner Ishida said that if there is no input from the <br /> public then actually what the public is saying is that the <br /> charter is fine. Then there is no need to make any changes, <br /> whatsoever. <br /> MR. SENSANO: I wonder if these people <br /> realize that in a few instances we have allowed people to <br /> speak who were not prepared to make a statement. Fuke, for <br /> example, is one case, where Fuke came in and said, I 'm not <br /> prepared, can I come back. . .we gave him the opportunity. The <br /> UPW was the same thing. We have even invited different groups <br /> to come in. <br /> MRS. KOBAYASHI : The HGEA. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Even when we talk about <br /> the council members, we know that they were informed through <br /> a letter that they could come and testify before the commission. <br /> Now, nobody took that advantage. Not one councilman came before <br /> this commission to testify as to what they want changed in the <br /> charter or any recisions they wanted to make. None of them. <br /> Each of them were given that privilege, that opportunity. <br /> MR. TRULSON: Didn ' t Mr. Garcia, when he <br /> appeared on behalf of Mr. Yamashiro and read Mr. Yamashiro' s <br /> statement, didn ' t he have some opinions? I believe he was the <br /> only one. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Yes, he was. Right. <br /> Mr. Garcia definitely told this commission that rather than <br /> have nine councilmen, seven would be ample. <br /> - 4 - <br />