2017-04-20 Liquor Adjudication Board Minutes

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properly from Anheuser-Busch the following week. I know there are two counts. The second count, they came back a few days later and found the product on the shelf. But I just want to say that the product was already there on the day of the first violation. I didn't purchase after the fact, is what I'm saying. I didn't disrespect what the Investigator had said to me and purchased later. I should have turned over all of that to him at the time and admitted what had happened. I was in a shocked state of mind, so I didn't do what I should've done in that moment. I'm not to trying to justify that this is the circumstance to what had happened. I have since added that product to our inventory and order from Anheuser-Busch from now on. In terms of trying to avoid future situations like this, we have made it a point to interview customers to find out what kind of products they may want available so we can have them if we need to. And in regards to the liquor that we had, at the same time in December, we decided to run a "Happy Hour" special for Patron and Crown. I had placed an order with the distributor and printed out some flyer and table tents to promote that "Happy Hour" special, and the delivery for some reason never came the day we were expecting it. When I called the distributor to see what had happened, they said one of the items was out of stock so the total for the order went below what they considered to be the minimum requirement for a delivery. They essentially cancelled the order and didn't send it. They said I could come to Kawaihae to pick up the order but I didn't have access to a vehicle at the time. The woman suggested if there was a place I could grab a couple of bottles to get through to the next week. So again, "stupid me", I did that. But, the following week the proper order came. The steps that I have taken to avoid this problem in the future, is have made arrangements for them to add a second delivery day, therefore, if there is a problem we can correct it and they can deliver it in a couple days later. I've given my personal cell number to the drivers and people in the office so if there is a problem, they can call me and take care of it right away. I just want to say this is a very serious situation and I promise to not let this happen again in the future. Lindsey: Do we have any questions from the Board? Giffin: My question, I think you answered. I really wanted to know why. Why did you do this? Williams: Yeah, stupid, really. In regards to the beer, especially, it's a kind of a minor beer, nothing major. The interaction between the "uncles", especially in Keaukaha, is kind of intimidating at times, especially being a white person in Keaukaha. I gave into something I shouldn't have. Fuke: I have a question, Mr. Chair, but not so much for Mr. Williams, but for the staff. What is the purpose behind that requirement? Does it relate to income generation? Takase: We go way back to the way the system is set up. I think you folks have been to conferences where they explain the three-tier system: manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers. That's the way we're set up and that's the way our laws are set up to make them buy from the wholesalers. It's two-fold. One, so we can keep track of sales and the way we usually would keep track of sales by the retailers is to compare their sales APRIL 20, 2017— LIQUOR ADJUDICATION BOARD MINUTES 6