2012-08-08 Board of Ethics minutes

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HAWAI‘I COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS MINUTES – REGULAR SESSION Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:00 a.m. to 10:53 a.m. 25 Aupuni Street County Building – Puna Conference Room Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Members and Staff Present: John E. K. Dill, Chair Arne Henricks, Member Bernard Balsis, Member Glen Hisashima, Member (arrived at 10:27 a.m.) Renee N. C. Schoen, Deputy Corporation Counsel Mary E. Fujio, Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER Mr. Dill called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. He announced that agenda item 4b was being stricken from the agenda. However, if anyone wanted to provide testimony on it, they could. 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS Five people signed up to testify. Their testimony is summarized below. DAN COLE: Mr. Cole said he was speaking on agenda items 4b and 5a. OIP attorney Linden Joesting had sent an email to the Board’s counsel that the agenda item 4b was insufficient. The Board has been obscuring names on agendas, which is part of a conspiracy. He attempted to bring to the attention of the people the fact that corruption, drugs, and money laundering was occurring within the County of Hawai‘i. However, the Board of Ethics continues to recuse itself from hearing matters. He had brought charges against Jay Kimura and nobody could hear it because they’re all friends. He tried to expose racketeering and money laundering by the mayor and Nancy Crawford, but the Board members recused themselves, just like they did in the petition scheduled today. Board member Henricks recused himself on the petition involving Nancy Crawford because they were on the same bowling team. Is a bowling membership more important than ethical morals? In addition, Board member Balsis is a financial director and knows what money laundering is about. But the cream of the crop is Board member Heaukulani, who was formerly an assistant chief with the Honolulu Police Department and established the original white collar crime division in Honolulu. None of the