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If you live in Waimea or Kamuela and travel the Hamakua road <br /> to Hilo, you get. into the rainy and muddy season when the <br /> sugar plantations are hauling cane. It makes you sick. I have <br /> it here ). that they used to call it--they still call it the <br /> Waimea Mud Lane. You know, the mud lane' road into Waimea? <br /> We don ' t have any mud there. We should change the name to the <br /> Mud Lane stretch from Honokaa to Wainaku. This , I think , <br /> should be number two. Think of the West Hawaii people becaute <br /> for us here in North Kohala, South Kohala and Kawaihae--in fact, <br /> even Hamakua and Honokaa would prefer going to Kona to get their <br /> business done. Building permits, automobile license, dog <br /> licenses , whatever you have. .I think this is better than having <br /> what the mayor has proposed to have--some sort of a. mayor' s <br /> assistant in Kona. I don ' t think that is necessary. . <br /> MR. ISHIDA: Mr. . Sameshima, to just elaborate <br /> a little on that em, how would you define what a satellite <br /> county office would be? What would it encompass? <br /> MR. SAMESHIMA: Where, you see, you want to have <br /> your property rezoned if it is agriculture, or you want to have <br /> your property subdivided, you don ' t go into Hilo just one time. <br /> You go into Hilo maybe a dozen times before these problems will <br /> be finalized. So, I think this is very important. Kona is <br /> growing and I think Kona is an area where most of the business <br /> that Hilo, our county office, is getting is through West Hawaii. <br /> You don ' t see much development in the East side area, so, I feel <br /> in the next five years--I know, if this--if it is not provided <br /> either by our administration or the county council , the only <br /> way is for the charter to see to it that there is something-- <br /> that we don ' t have to go through a hassle of ordinances , <br /> resolutions and so forth--because I know the majority of the <br /> Hilo people would rather see more people going to Hilo because <br /> that means that much more business would be done in Hilo. <br /> MR. ISHIDA: As I understand you, then , you <br /> feel that this matter cannot be taken into effect by the council <br /> action? <br /> MR, SAMESHIMA: I believe it could be but the <br /> council will have a lot of pressure put on by the business people. <br /> in Hilo. I 'm sure that the people of the business establishments <br /> in Hilo would want all of the people in our county to do business <br /> in Hilo. This Is one of the reasons it ' s going to be difficult, <br /> that it is difficult for the mayor:; -int is difftcult for the <br /> council who, I believe, is actually controlled by the majority. <br /> MR. ISHIDA: As you know, the charter is <br /> considered a general document subject to a lot of interpretation. <br /> I can see that a problem may arise should we just state that <br /> a satellite county office should be established. How does one <br /> interpret it to determine what a satellite county office would <br /> mean? I can see there could be a misunderstanding by saying, <br /> okay, we' ll have an administrative aide handle the county office <br /> and that should satisfy the charter--which, I don ' t think is <br /> what you mean. How would we prevent falling@into that type of <br /> situation? <br /> -18- <br />