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You see, who enforces this? You've got to have something--if you leave it up to the county council and especially you have an attorney, he is not going to advise even if he knows what is right and what is wrong. That is something that I can ' t understand. If I were an attorney and I know if I couldLr1ead the_se 4rl g'al things , . I would advise. In fact, I would say we don ' t need a legal counsel , I would give you folks the legal counsel. I 'm an elected official and a licensed attorney. But I 'm not. But because of that wording "may" our finance committee approved the payment. - I guess I have talked enough. I 'm sincerely hoping that this commission will place the important things , what you think the people want and let the people have a choice to vote for these, each proposals. I 'm sure that the people will appreciate it if you place Initiative, Referendum and Recall with no strings attached. If you are going to let the county officials to take the pay raises, give fringe benefits, bowing to the pressure of these big unions , we are going to be broke in the next, maybe, five or ten years.. I 'm tired of paying taxes. Thank you. MR. TRULSON: Regarding the recall , are you. aware that the present charter does provide for the removal of the councilmen or the mayor by impeachment proceedings? MR. SAMESHIMA: By impeachment, yes. But that is the simplest way to go. But who is going to initiate the impeachment? All you need is, I understand, you need just a handful of registered voters to sign a petition and the judge rules whether you are in or out. MR. TRULSON: You're talking about impeachment or recall? MR. SAMESHIMA: impeachment , yet. I think the impeachment is very: simple. But , you see, the judge now, how are you going to know what the judge is thinking about? Maybe he is going to tell you and say that is not enough reason . Many t,imes::zthat happens. But if you give the people the right to throw out. this politician, the politicians will look alive. The recall is very important. Not for any simple matter because there are times when• a poli ti_c,ian does something very serious. One day you are going to find somfebody is going to be in : that position but he is still going to be officially. . . . MR. MR. TRULSON: If there was recall , would you require like the present Initiative__does that there be 15% of the registered voters sign -Qa=peti_tion _for recall? MR. SAMESHIMA: Yes, sure, definitely. I ' prefer that they follow the same procedures that are provided in this charter. MR, TRULSON: Then you would have an election on recall? -23-