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MR. MCCALL: Well , I don ' t think the mayor <br /> would come under the purview of the commission ' s overseeing <br /> responsibilities. There should be another word for that <br /> because oversee sometimes means actually directing and I <br /> don ' t think we are talking about directing the operations of <br /> the police department in any way. Nor should they have any <br /> right, of course, to direct the mayor' s operations. I don ' t <br /> even believe they should be able to investigate the mayor, <br /> if you want to say that. But just the fact that they <br /> investigate the police department if something was being done <br /> that was wrong in that department and they brought it to the <br /> attention of the newspapers, the public, and I !m sure they <br /> would even have the power to take it to court if they felt <br /> something was going wrong or being done wrong. .I think that <br /> would be adequate. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Thank you, Mr. McCall. <br /> MR. ROBERT YAMADA: Has_ this group ever considered <br /> anything other than the two party systemin the county govern- <br /> ment? I mean other than Republican or Democrat. I find that <br /> on the county level make it Republican or Democrat. . .once <br /> elected we should all work together. Why should we have <br /> Republicans or Democrats? This is a big business corporation. <br /> isri ' t ' there some way to lessen the campaign costs for the <br /> election so that more people can run. A lot of people who are <br /> well qualified cannot run because of the high costs of running <br /> in the general election. Isn ' t there some way, some recommen- <br /> dation that could be made that maybe we should be unicameral <br /> or whatever you call it and do away with the Republican or <br /> Democrat on the county level. Because we actually dont make <br /> laws that affect the whole State of Hawaii. This is a business <br /> corporation and that is the way we should run it. If we cut <br /> the expenses for candidates running, we would have more <br /> candidates running. <br /> MR. ODA: Are you saying, Mr. Yamada, that <br /> persons running for elective office should not have to run on <br /> party affiliations?, Is that what you are saying? <br /> MR. ROBERT YAMADA: Yes, no party affiliations. <br /> MR. ODA: The election laws right now are general <br /> state laws that control running for elective office. With <br /> regard to that kind of thing, I can ' t say for one-hundred percent <br /> sure, but I do believe that regarding whether members be of one <br /> party or another party, I don ' t believe the county has any <br /> jurisdiction to make any charter provisions on those matters <br /> at the present time. <br /> MR. ROBERT YAMADA: We can work for it if we <br /> believe in it. . .we can change. . .because I can safely say that <br /> once elected we all got together and worked. We didn ' t care <br /> whether it was a Republican here, 'or a Democrat there. We all <br /> worked° tbg.ether. For the last eight years that was the way it <br /> was. I-"don' t know what it is now but that is how we operated. <br /> I thought from some of the expenses that it might be an idea. <br /> It was just a suggestion for you to consider. <br /> -34- <br />