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P7F~Y-28-02 07:14 AiK JERRY ROTHSTEIN 329 5464 P. 02
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t ; ~e: Section 7, and budtiet it.Fr`,~, 5115.1? 519.1, ~ 57.14 ~R perteirtirtg to furiding
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~ f_1E!<~r Cfnairman Arake~i a~,t} rye+r+t~rs of ttto~ ~ lawai+ Gcrianty ~ry~-~~~~:±i;
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} I am writing to point out: tc, you a mailer qt great to~~cerr~ to yq~ ar~d ~ ~e
` public regarding the abnve rn~rstipned b~!r3get iterrlS totaPinr; ~5(9,i7r3t?. ~Z65,t)00, and
% g150,tXJ0 fieeSpeCtiVe1'~.
It appears that fqr tt~~: secand year in a row, la~uage in Sectic~~~ 7 of ifie budget
t ~alit~ws far budgeting grant mUnie~ in a manner ttaat wii4 elir9"?in~ate t3~ Iprr~g Startdinq
protrre of Finance Cgmrr~ittee review follgwed by t..a~rnty C®uncil appr~al,
, yllhile ygte rreay cc,nsider t~i5 spew prar_i;icw "streamlining," Se~ctimn 71ry fad has
r , stream9ined "Public Statemerzc~s" or9 ~Ch mat-kes~s out of exPs~nc+~ ether than at ar9rguai
, . ~ bu hearings. The daEgirlg ienpa~ ort pirbli~: participat~`x~ is gbvi~~5: ®rily
per~rt tes#fied qn Cannabis eradicatlos~, fundoi in the budget, Wtte~r°eas numer®us
:1 ' ~ le alw testified thrau hc+ut the yeaa~ w hn such rnatter5 carrse bel`q~ the Finance
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6.. Ctrrr~rvai and Ccaurtty Cotirti;il Section 7 ig tOrttrary to public' interest because ie
~ed9essly and drartlatir~tly C~ ar#aii~ p«hl~c inc,ut qn important f'inanc~l matte.
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NiA~Ni?A?OItY PRC~i2mM REYIEN-
Campaaanding the harftt is the fact thaat the t~our9ty ~ ourxii has tin In direr
vlofat~~ ®f the County Charter in it_4 persistent refusal to cerndurt a ch2arter mandated
"praQrarln r~riew" alt the WPIJ nrarl$~rana er1dicati®f~ prngran'~. Yqur red~flning tht annual
try "departrr~ental review" tq be the Charter rraaradateci "progra~l s'evle~," deesrr't
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; manse it $ as C.ailing '"bi~3ck", „avhitE~" t8aesr~t made it so~ Such cgnlparati~ly
i' ~ ~ rninirrral revie~er does nc~t fu8glf the specific rrisrr~date of the ~4awaii Cpurity Charter' ttr
is ~ ~ conduct peric>'dic pragrarrr reviews as was dome regardirul the rr4edivaC ~t1d ar~irr4al
conb'a! pr~ramS ~rhici~ averE genuine "progrdn, revievv5." C:aliing "departyner~tal
r~~iws" "prograrra r°e~aievvs"appears to be a rnat°itinatior~ ir?tended to made r~redated
~ aveo'Sight Of the O'$aw~li P®iice~ Qepartrrzent's thirty year ®ld ;:annabis eria6li~titen
~ pr~c~gram. failure to cni~duck Sa.K;h program review has aHawed tlae hiPD Cartr~bis
i, eradic~ti®n pi~gram tQ rur~ arnucit ~usiny ce~rruptinn writhiri the daps , anal great
harm t® citi~e~ cif Hawa~+ County, 5~,r1~ bla+ant. vi4latir?~ of the C~.rnty Cagier Os an
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i?~rpeachable offense.
~ COi~CJI I LUN 7
~ ' ~'o make matters wcr~ is the Cuuncirs blatant indifference to C®nditigrs ~ ®t
~ Re~la~ti®n 87.01 which funded tfre Canf~bis er~adicataon prggrarr~, C~oriditiarti 7 regtair~
i ~ #°4PD ado t rules
r p regarding ~e use and possession of Cannabis mvhi~h may
i, pr®t by State ar?d ®r Federal law aa~~ljar tt~e U.S. aril State can ®r~s,"
Conditi~ 7 was tt~serted by the Cou+~cil in order to avgid impeachment charges f®r ;
failing too da mandatory prograr~t review. Once i~iS resglut~r~n passed, C~i~il
` ' rraa~rity condar~ed t1"ae ~ti()r~ pf tiPQ ?n~tti~C, drafted ruts Se7 ~bsplttteBy c~trary tee t
lar~gttage of Garaditign 7 that religious fr~clc~m would be better served if there. had clean
F rtci ~Condiiion 7" whatever. Rather th~r~~ prrJVie9ing prion Hpf~ railer Gr°ntly
E ; drafted assure arrest in char reiigivazs freecfr>rt, claims are to be igrsOrt?d avhere~ in ~e
pd~st polic~+ offerers hart ¢~roe o~?t~on tc~ re~:f,er.r reiiglou~ frd~i~+~~.im.
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MR:Y-28-02 07:15 AM JERRY ROTHSTEIN 329 5464 P. 03
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A ps~n of rrriscc.,r,~;~~~_:t has err~ra
s ~y ref~ir~?g tc~ do thr.~ requver~ prc~grarri ra~iew, the majprity Of the iyla~vaii G~trnty
~r ~ ~ ; ~ Cnuncii hds men d~r~lii.;t ;n cnrrspiying enritti ti?n i~waii County Charter.
1R{' ~i~.,:, f~~~ adding Salon ~ to the budget, kt~er~by err~asCUlatlny public input into .
~~4 ~ fundl~ of tt~ Canr~bi~, er~ic.atic~n program, ehe Cour•~cil n~~ijnrity i~ vta~~91y ellr~inating
` publin ir~p~t into ti's Cannabis eradicaUor. prograrfi.
' ~y ailing #iPi7 to rev~rsa: the terms say y~fhich Cannabis ~radicatiora futadlnp was
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auttixed, the COUr1Ci1 °~~~~jnri~y has shoa~vn i C mmltr~rt i:~. rei~gic~us f nt t® at
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~,~r,~; A~ordir~gly, T resp~^Ctfiuliy r<eak~ the loilov~ir~q four (4) r~q~~e4ts:
x. ®el Seal®n 7 frurrr thy? ~40~-ZOlJ3 buc~at. sa i:Frat puplic~ input info the f~ndirag ~
F_ the ~iav~ail COunCI C~n~^~~his eradlration grairar~~ can c:~7ntinl~~= in the manner it has fc~r _
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~ . Inlt4ate a corr~preher~sive program review of the HP® Cannabis, erarti~d®n program
~4 as requdred by ~e laBa~~aE; Cat.mty Charter, witlx~+~t fur~:h~f delay.
i~>° :3. ~ it~rYl;i 5~15.1Z, 5719.31, ~ 5719.4 pertaoning to (',ar~bls iGation
h.+nds from the 2002 2r7~.~ butt ~r9di such tirrre a5 tree rrieiate~ pro~rarvi riea~ Is
~ ca , in order to avoid Segal liability, and curtail an o?rt=vf-GUntroi a~j+. program.
~ ~ ~ Mayor Kirrti neat tcy sign nff on dt~ pending t1P~ "Religious u~~ of C.anr~bi~" ,
r,; ; : ~ ruin ua~l s~i~ tune a~ mid raaB~ comply° wtitia rile Cot.;ncii°s Cnr~dihtrn fi, or a~ entirely
~ r~4etec9 from the pendi~tg NPC? adrYlO~tiStr~tiviY ri.rl¢4.
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P.S. I trust that you are read~E~q „The Eirtperur dears No Cio'" by 3~k 8ierr~i", a copy
~ which i dor~ted to t:%f, Cuur~ty Counc~i. It is an important hook for any®ne dea9ing
~nr)th iS'sues relating t0 t.~nrla~~ 1
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