HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 1056.044 2006-2008
Murashige, Laura
From: Cheryl King [CKing@hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 4:22 PM S !
To: counciftestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Testimony in favor of Bill 257, Draft 2 2008 RPR 21 RM 8 IS
Chairman and Council Members:
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I am sorry that I can not be present in person to testify, but I committed to substitute
teach on this date before I was aware of the meeting.
I hope you will vote in favor of Bill 257, Draft 2. This is a bill
that will benefit the citizens in every councilman's district.
Citizens should not have unnecessary roadblocks placed in their path to prevent their
signatures from counting such as needing to get the petitions notarized or giving too much
personal information that will put them at risk of identity theft. A person who doesn't
vote on an issue had no opinion and if uninformed on the issue, did not want to vote yes
or no to influence the decision. Why should a non-vote count as a vote? Once the
citizens mount a petition campaign to get something on the ballot and vote on it, why
should the mayor be allowed to change that? This is an abuse of power that can be
tempered by only the council's having the mandate to change something. At least they can
be held accountable by their constituents. We have already seen the mess that was made of
a previous petition when the previous County Clerk chose to omit something. This is
indeed best left to the Petitioner's committee.
In short, I can see nothing in the proposed changes to Article XI that a councilman who
puts his constituents first would not vote for.
Sincerely, Cheryl King
Cheryl King
77-6455 Ono Road
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
Phone: 808-326-7016
E-Mail: Cheryl 41448@Yahoo.Com or CKing@hawaii.rr.com (preferred)
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