HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0001.011 2004-2006 ALAN M. ARAKAWA Nor of RALPH NAGAMINE, L.S., P.E.
Mayor `o~ 'rr,~ Development Services Administration
GILBERT S. COLOMA-AGARAN ~ ~ TRACY TAKAMINE, P.E.
Director Wastewater Reclamation Division
MILTON M. ARAKAWA, A.LC.P. Serf or H~~P CARY YAMASHITA, P.E.
Depuy Director Engineering Division
Telephone: (808) 270-7845 COUNTY OF MAUI BRIAN HASHIRO, P.E.
Fax: (808)270-7955 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Highways Division
AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
200 SOUTH HIGH STREET Solid Waste Division
WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII 96793
December 6, 2004
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County Council
County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
ATTENTION: Honorable Gary D. Safarik, Councilmember ~
Dear Chair Safarik:
SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR
I've known David Kimo Frankel for nearly ten (10) years and I'm pleased to
support his appointment as your County's Legislative Auditor. I served in a number of
positions in State government and had opportunities to discuss many issues with David
over the years. I'm confident that David will bring to the job the same passion, energy
and keen intelligence that has marked his other activities.
I met David in 1995 when we both served in the early years of Governor Ben
Cayetano's Administration: David was a key appointee in the Office of Planning (OP)
while I was Deputy Director at the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)
under Michael Wilson. David was a familiar sight commuting on his bicycle from Palolo
to downtown Honolulu. Part of my job was to coordinate legislation, including testimony
from related agencies. I worked closely with David and others at OP in shaping policies
and legislation for the coastal zone and natural resources.
Even after David left the Administration to work as the Sierra Club's Executive
Director and later to the Big Island, we continued to have productive, although
sometimes heated, interactions on legislation and issues concerning DLNR and
Hawaii's environment. David was known at the legislature for his straightforward
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discussions of the issues at stake. I never doubted that David's participation added
positively to sharpening the issues and ideas.
After serving for a number of years at the Department of Commerce and
Consumer Affairs and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, I returned to
DLNR as Director in 2000. During this time, David was helping to create a charter
school on the Big Island involving conservation land. He brought the same passion,
energy and keen intelligence to this school project that he brought to sustaining
Hawaii's environment.
I'm sure that David will be a strong addition to providing information and services
to the members of the County Council.
Very truly yours,
GILBERT S. COLOMA-A R N
Director
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