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Murashicie, Laura .
HAWAII
From: Cheryl King <cking@hawaii.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, June 01 2015 10:29 AM o�S ,;SUN a2 AN %(
To: Council Testimony
Cc: Wille, Margaret
Subject: Bill 37
I support this bill as it clarifies and improves the current Ethics Code.
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However, I fear that if a county employee receives a contract over a competitive bid by a non-employee, the appearance
of impropriety and unfair advantage may still exist unless there was no other bid.
Moreover, I do not believe that any campaigning should take place on county property unless it is a forum where all
candidates for the offices in question are invited. This should apply to individuals or groups renting county, facilities as
well.
At the last finance committee meeting, the county attorney seemed to indicate that the Ethics Board had made an error
in its decision that it was legal for the Union to have partisan campaign events on county property for its county
employees and that the current prohibition against campaigning in the code was sufficient.
I remain concerned about this issue of using county facilities for campaign events and believe this issue should be
clarified.
Cheryl King
Kailua-Kona
Comm_ : N a 31.1
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