HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0046.074 2024-2026From: Deborah Sevy
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 6:47 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: appose the nomination of Wesley Segawa
Aloha Members of the County Council,
strongly oppose the nomination of Wesley Segawa as Director of the Department of Environmental
Management (DEM).
Segawa has a past felony fora money laundering conviction and violations of campaign finance
laws In 2004, in which he pleaded no contest to laundering over $60,000 in illegal campaign donations!
His engineering firm, Wesley R. Segawa and Associates was fined $53,500 for illegal contributions. This
is not a man we want in any position for the County!
Mr. Segawa's record, preparedness, and conflicts of interest is of grave concern.
It would be a conflict of interest to have him in this position as he has a business, which holds a $4
million contract with the County.
PLUS, Segawa's resignation as chairman of the state public housing agency under allegations of
mismanagement and you want to put him in another position!
Why not appoint someone with a good track record? people who have Hawaii in their
heart. Mr. Segawa is not a good man.
I urge you to reject this nomination and demand better for the people of Hawaii County.
Mahalo,
Deborah Sevy
Kailua Kona
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