A member of the Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board is facing a dozen complaints by community members and fellow board members that could get him kicked off the board.

Such action would be the first time the Neighborhood Commission has used its new power to suspend or dismiss a neighborhood board member.

The complaints target Kioni Dudley, a retired professor and high school teacher who says he is being singled out because of his anti-rail and anti-development views.

Others say it's not Dudley's views, but his behavior.

Neighborhood Commission Chairman Brendan Bailey said the complaints revolve around Dudley's alleged breach of order and decorum. He said the commission will hear the complaints at a meeting to be scheduled in March and could punish Dudley if he is found in violation of the rules, with a range of options, from a warning to dismissal.

Dudley believes the complaints should be thrown out because he is standing up for his community.

Dudley, president of the development watchdog group Friends of Makakilo, said he opposes the rail route, which he says should go below Ewa, and the attempt to re-zone prime agricultural land for 12,000 homes in Kapolei under the name Hoopili.

He said if he were not opposing rail and Hoopili, the Neighborhood Commission would have already dismissed the complaints against him.

“;What's going on here is monumental,”; he said.

He said the Makakilo Board is dysfunctional and just a rubber stamp for development. While the board is only an advisory body, the Land Use Commission has reconsidered decisions based on his comments on the board, he said.

Dudley accused the board chairwoman of constantly telling him to shut up, interrupting him and telling him that his time is up.

“;I think the chair really abuses her power,”; he said. “;She certainly abuses me.”;

But Chairwoman Maeda Timson called Dudley's behavior “;toxic and vulgar.”;

She said he has cursed, yelled and kicked chairs during meetings, causing her to worry about safety.

“;He's very scary,”; Timson said.

Timson says that she has been filing complaints about Dudley's behavior since before the board even was discussing rail or Hoopili.

Both Timson and Dudley have been on the board for 10 or more years.

In 2004, Dudley also faced complaints about his behavior, but the commission at the time said that it could not take action under its rules and requested police be at the following board meeting.

In 2008 the commission adopted the current rules that give it the power to sanction board members.

In August 2006 the city auditor wrote up the board for an incident at the Jan. 28, 2004, meeting where Timson and Dudley got into an argument that ended in name-calling.

In September 2006 police dispersed an unruly board meeting when an audience member cursed Timson, who was chairwoman at the time.