Just a few things to catch up on. The Office of Information Practices says seven members of the Hawaii County Council violated the sunshine law by holding a series of private conversations before a council reorganization earlier this year, according to a story in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald. The ruling came despite what looks at first [...]
Tags: Sunshine Law
Yesterday morning, Maui News reporter Ilima Loomis used the networking site, Twitter, to describe a frustrating run-in with another clogged drain in the flow of government information. It seemed like a simple enough request. Trying to find breakdown of unemployment numbers for Maui, Molokai, Lanai. Call the Labor Department, right? Not so fast. Labor PIO [...]
Circuit Court Judge Joel August has ordered Attorney General Mark Bennett and Commerce and Consumer Affairs director Larry Reifurth to turn over a copy of a previously secret legal opinion for court review. The order came in a legal challenge brought by Akaku: Maui Community Television, represented by Maui attorney Lance Collins. In a September [...]
Tags: Sunshine Law
