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- [...]
Thanks to KITV for calling attention to the last minute resurrection of a 2009 bill (HB 1212) that would strip the public of the ability to know the existence of pending complaints against licensed professionals. The bill died in conference committee last year, but was suddenly resurrected on Monday when House conferees were appointed. The [...]
Well, well. Credit where credit is due. I received an email from the director of the city’s Department of Human Resources yesterday afternoon (Thursday) with the quarterly list of personal services contracts for quarter ending Sept. 30 attached. It was delivered well within the 10-day response period provided, and the report was complete with the [...]
jOne of the regular stops on my online document checks in the Honolulu City Council’s Docushare system, which manages public documents that flow through the city. The Docushare system is way ahead of anything offered by the state in terms of the breadth of documents it contains and the relative ease of use. I usually [...]
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The House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce will consider a bill tomorrow (Wednesday) morning that would reduce access to information about complaints lodged against busineses and licensed professionals. HB 1359 is a companion bill to SB 1041, mentioned here earlier. SB 1041 will be heard on Friday in the Senate at 8:30 a.m. The [...]
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