01-29-20 Regular Session Minutes

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HAWAII COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS MINUTES—REGULAR SESSION Wednesday, January 29, 2020 10:00 a.m. to 3:38 p.m. Hawai`i County Building 25 Aupuni Street County Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Members and Staff Present: Rick Robinson, Chair David Wiseman, Vice Chair Nan Sumner-Mack, Member Lawrence L. Heintz, Member J Yoshimoto, Deputy Corporation Counsel Maria Pagala, Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER (10:00 a.m.) Mr. Robinson: We call ourselves to order. The Board of Ethics County of Hawai`i, January 29, 2020. 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (10:00 a.m.) Mr. Robinson: I think I have nine requests for public statements and each person will have three minutes. And so the first person is Lisa Malakaua. Ms. Malakaua: Aloha and thank you for allowing me to present my testimony here today. I don't believe I need to go too much into the United States Constitution. Other than the first three words of that Constitution starts with "We the People". And those same people are guaranteed equal protection under the law. Even before Hawaii became a part of the United States, the Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution also stated that each member of society has a right to be protected by it. Equal protection of the laws is phrase in 14th amendment requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all citizens. And other words, the law is the law, regardless of who you are. They are to be fairly and equally applied to protect our general safety and protect our rights as citizens against abuse by other people, organizations and by the government itself. A government that fails to equally enforce such laws, violates the rights of all their citizens. I think we would all agree the TMT has brought to the forefront, decades of longstanding resentment, bitterness and salt and immoral practices that have not been properly addressed. For instance, like the State not fulfilling it's obligation to fully fund DHHL. Which in turn 1