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a grant from the state, there is no, absolutely no, CIP <br /> program. Everything that has come in we are spending out for <br /> the administration. It just doesn ' t make sense. <br /> I think even the department of liquor can be <br /> considered under the finance committee and I know that I can <br /> be here talking to you about the whole charter. But I just <br /> happened to sit down at my table last night and decided that <br /> maybe I should come and express what I felt, to all of you from <br /> the inside and not from the outside. But from the inside and <br /> convey to you to help you make the decisions one way or the <br /> other. What you do is immaterial. It doesn ' t hurt my feelings. <br /> At least, I have come before you and expressed the way I felt <br /> how the county should be run. I hope that you will give some <br /> consideration and if you have any questions , I will be very <br /> happy to answer. <br /> MR. TRULSON: Mr. Yamada, regarding the five <br /> councilmen. You also stated that the council chairman should <br /> run at-large. You are including the chairman in the five <br /> councilmen? Five councilmen and the chairman. Each councilman <br /> would run__ frbm. the representative district and the chairman <br /> would run at-large? For that position? <br /> MR. ROBERT YAMADA: Yes, the representative <br /> district. The chairman would run at-large, yes. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Mr. Yamada, you just stated <br /> that while working for the county council you felt that if the <br /> council is made up of Democrats and Republicans that it functions <br /> much better than a body of nine Democrats. <br /> MR. ROBERT YAMADA: No, I didn ' t say it will. I <br /> said, it has been. The first four years we had three Republicans <br /> and we got along real well. I think the reason why was because <br /> we had different opinions. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Do you feel in any way that if <br /> this is the case that- it could be accomplished? Where you would <br /> not have nine Democrats in the council? <br /> MR. ROBERT YAMADA: No, I don ' t see any way. It <br /> is the people who elect. I said during my chairmanship, I had <br /> nine Democrats working together but we had differences , as you <br /> probably know. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Another thing you mentioned is <br /> that since we are all human beings, and even council people are <br /> human beings--you mentioned about this business about funding <br /> and money and CIP and etcetera. Now, isn ' t this the responsibility <br /> of the council , to sit down and talk about things like this? Who <br /> is going to get the funding and so on? <br /> MR. ROBERT YAMADA: What do you mean? I don ' t <br /> quite follow you. <br /> -24- <br />