2012-07-11 Board of Ethics minutes

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HAWAI‘I COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS MINUTES – REGULAR SESSION Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 25 Aupuni Street County Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Members and Staff Present: John E. K. Dill, Chair David Heaukulani, Vice Chair Glen Hisashima, Member Renee N. C. Schoen, Deputy Corporation Counsel Mary E. Fujio, Secretary NOTE: Blanks indicate inaudible or indecipherable speech. 1. CALL TO ORDER Mr. Dill called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS Mr. Hisashima stated that he was recusing himself from agenda item 5a, Petition No. 2012-01. Mr. Heakulani stated that he also was recusing himself from Petition No. 2012-01. Mr. Dill said that a quorum of three non-recused board members is needed to make official votes on agenda items. However, as quite a few people had signed up to provide public testimony, the board would hear the testimony but not be able to take action. Mr. Dill called up Dan Cole, who had signed up to testify regarding agenda items 4a, 5a, 5b, and 5c. He reminded everyone that public testimony would be limited to three minutes per agenda item. MR. COLE: Good morning, council members—oh, excuse me, Board of Ethics members. I’m so used to testifying here. I’d like to note I ran into David Heaukulani at one of the political rallies, and he said you all miss me. I’m sure you all got the testimony I presented to you in writing, as you can see. On the petition it took me three years to get the investigation into the Board of Ethics, how do I say, accessory after the fact to criminal attempts of the United States Code, bank fraud, extortion, racketeering. The effort that has been made by your taking action, as you’ve done to me before while