2006-09-12 Board of Ethics Minutes

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HAWAII COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS MINUTES — REGULAR SESSION Wednesday, September 12, 2006 — 10:00 a.m. County Council Room 25 Aupuni Street, Room 201 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Present: Wayne Joseph, Vice Chair Kerry Inouye, Member Ann Lum, Member Absent: Reeve Williams, Chair Kendall Sharpless, Member Also present: Bobby Jean Leithead -Todd, Deputy Corporation Counsel Karen Delimont, Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS Mr. Norman Olesen identified himself to the Board and made the following statements. He is the Petitioner in regards to this particular claim before the Board of Ethics. He thanked the Board Members for coming to a conclusion after what he felt was an extremely thorough job of Corporation Counsel's review of the law. He had intended to let the matter drop, but the matter was carried one step further by Mr. Safarik in the press. He did not care for how it was carried by the press. He felt that the statements to the press were slanderous and Mr. Safarik had shown no remorse for what he had done. Mr. Olesen now intends to carry it one step further and submit it to the government facilities that review the campaign spending requirements, which make this a misdemeanor. He had originally felt that it was ridiculous to carry it any further, but he feels that Mr. Safarik did not feel he had done anything wrong, otherwise he would have taken two actions. The first action would have been to thank Constance Kiriu, County Clerk, for stopping the mailings, thereby preventing more expense. The second was that Mr. Safarik owed an apology to the campaign people in his district because he exceeded the law. Instead, Mr. Safarik decided to take an attack posture. Again Mr. Olesen thanks the Board, and then brings to the Board's attention the fact that the State Ethics