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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -4 October 12, 2018 felt like we had to make some changes. We had to take some extraordinary action— CHR. ADAMS: Please summarize, Mr. Dow. MR. DOW: Pardon? CHR. ADAMS: Please summarize. MR. DOW: Okay. So I don't think that the County Council or the public was fully aware of the action that was required for the Salary Commission to take and I think that if we keep Salary Commissions staffed properly and meeting regularly no extraordinary action will be required in the future. And I think that the bill that's proposed to change the Charter is unnecessary. Thank you. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you very much. I would ask Kanani Aton to come up and you'll be the third speaker. At this time we have Dwight Vicente. Hopefully I said that close to correct. Dwight Vicente: Comm. No. 5.2, comment; Comm No. 7.5, comment; Comm. No. 9(d), comment; And COMM. No. 1.8 comment. The Chair then called Dwight Vicente, who made the following statement: DWIGHT MR. VICENTE: You got it right. VICENTE: CHR. ADAMS: You are speaking on four agenda items? MR. VICENTE: Yes. CHR. ADAMS: So you're aware that it's three minutes per agenda item? MR. VICENTE: Yes. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. MR. VICENTE: Hello, my name is Dwight Vicente. I'm representing the Hawaiian Kingdom. Communication 5.2, Administrative Rules of the Police Department, or Police Commission I should say. The Police Department is actually illegal military due to the fact that the U.S. Constitution is a law that is said to be in control here. All military powers rest with Congress under Article 1, Section 8. You cannot create a commission to side-step the prohibition under the U.S. Constitution. But remember, this is the Hawaiian Kingdom now. So that's a conflict going on right there in itself. And they're arming themselves under Page 4