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Murashige, Laura
From: Janet - Sent Sunday, April 20,2008 5:04 AM ma 21
To: dyagong@co.hawaii.hi.us; dikeda@co.hawaii.hi.us; jyoshimoto@co.hawaii.hi.us; Emily ole;
kapilago@co.hawaii.hi.us; phoffmann@co.hawaii.hi.us; Bob Jacobson; bford@co.hava i a=J t''{``~I
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Subject: Yes on Bill 257, Draft 3
Aloha Council members-
. Please LET VOTERS DECIDE IN NOVEMBER about Article XI-Initiative and Referendum-
Bill 257, Draft 2
--DO NOT make any MORE CHANGES!
• Vote YES ON Bill 257, Draft 3 PUT THIS MEASURE ON THE BALLOT and let citizens
decide.
WE SUPPORT this charter amendment and a citizen's right to direct democracy.
Some of the changes to ARTICLE XI are:
1. Uses the name, the month and day of the birthdate and the last four digits of the social
security number to verify signatures.
2. That the total of qualified signatures is 15% of the voters who voted in the last Mayoral
election. (FYI-Council member Ikeda's amendment changed this from 10% at the 2nd reading-
this makes it harder for citizens to collect signatures to qualify).
3. The ballot question is written by the Petitioners committee.
4. The petition circulators need to sign a statement but not get the petitions notarized.
5. Defines when the measure becomes law.
6. The chronological order of the new amendment.
7. That a non-vote has no effect on the issue.
8. This amendment requires there to be a 2/3 vote of the county council to change the
measure passed by initiative or referendum within 3 years. Why is this important? Because
right now the Mayor has asked the Open Space commission to recommend that the 2% money
be used for maintenance on our parks. This is a betrayal of the voters trust!! When we ran
the 2% campaign, we told petition signers that the money was to be used for acquisition only.
PLEASE PASS BILL 257 AND PUT IT ON THE BALLOT TO LET CITIZENS DECIDE in
November of 20081
Sincerely,
Janet Codispoti
RR-3 Box 1354
Pahoa, HI 96778
Comm. No
Ref. Torre
Ref. Date APR 22 2008
4/21/2008