The Star-Advertiser editorialized Saturday against the failure of Kauai County officials to provide any information about the reasons for the sudden suspensions of the police chief and two assistant chiefs. Unfortunately, the editorial sits behind the newspaper’s pay wall. (Mayor Bernard) Carvalho placed Chief Darryl Perry on leave Wednesday, a day after placing Assistant Chiefs [...]
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Kauai blogger Andy Parx (Got Windmills?) made an interesting comment in the discussion of the email from City Councilmember Tom Berg. I had clarified that the email came from a private email account and not his official council email. Andy responded: I don’t think it matters if it was sent from a private email account- [...]
The Star-Advertiser started another week with a hit on what it calls “the troubled law,” referring to Act 48, the foreclosure reform measure passed by the legislature last year. Today’s story focuses on mediation programs that could alleviate the backlog of foreclosure cases pending in state courts. Perhaps it’s time to take a deep breath [...]
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And away we go!! The 2012 session of the Hawaii State Legislature started yesterday, and tomorrow morning the first bill that would hammer away at the public’s right to know will have a public hearing before the House Committee on Labor & Public Employment. The hearing is scheduled for 10:05 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in [...]
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The Office of Information Practices has offered a summary of two bills it has submitted for inclusion in the Governor’s administration package of legislation. These comments relate to the second of those bills, referred to by OIP as the Sunshine Bill. The first provision would require electronic posting of meeting notices on the State’s electronic [...]
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Thanks to InverseCondemnation.com and Hawaii Reporter for information on the Reapportionment Commission’s latest moves, including dumping the deputy attorney general who defended the commission before the Hawaii Supreme Court, and having a new legal team ask the court to clarify and/or reconsider its recent unanimous opinion. But the new legal initiative raises questions about possible [...]
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The Office of Information Practices recently announced it had submitted two bills for inclusion in Governor Abercrombie’s administration package to be submitted to the 2012 legislative session. The text of the bills is not yet available, but OIP provided “detailed summaries.” The first bill, referred to by OIP as the Appeals bill, is the agency’s [...]
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Let’s take a look at issues of government openness that have come up recently across the country. There are usually lots of useful comparisons to be found. From Columbia, Missouri, an interesting column on a city policy to always charge for public records despite a state law providing for public interest fee waivers. The city [...]
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