Kaua`i Public Record

UPDATE: OIP opines County Attorney acting contrary and "Purposefully delay and frustrate the public's right to a record"

Click on the link below to read the entire document from OIP to the County Attorney

http://www.kauai.net/stauber/20050818%20OIP%20to%20CA.pdf

or, click on the link below to access the entire archive.

http://www.kauai.net/stauber/

County of Kauai denies State Office of Information Practices access to executive session minutes

The County of Kauai has (to date) refused to provide the executive session minutes requested by Ray Chuan and Walter Lewis to them. The County of Kauai (to date) has also refused to provide these documents to OIP. OIP has given the County until Aug 18, Thursday by 4:30 pm to provide all the executive session minutes to the requesters or provide them to OIP for an in camera review.

Read the entire facsimile to County Clerk Peter Nakamura, and County Attorney Lani Nakamura

UPDATE: County of Kauai Refuses to release Public Records

County of Kauai Refuses to release Public Records

This is a frequently updated collection of Public Records by Richard Stauber related to his (to date unsuccessful) attempt to obtain a transcript an Executive Session (ES-177) which the state Office of Information Practices (OIP) has opined is a PUBLIC RECORD. The County of Kauai disagrees with OIP and now the matter is in court.

See the record archive

Our Great Misleaders

The ongoing controversy about the disclosure of government records took a new twisted turn. All this time the County Attorney pretended to disclose, but behind the scene, the County Attorney appealed to the Department of the Attorney General, the Office of Disciplinary Council, the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, and the Lieutenant Governor. All this secret work was unsuccessful, no State representative or agency wanted to render an alternate ruling, intercede or assist the County. Pretending to work out a compromise with OIP the County filed a lawsuit in the Fifth Circuit Court. Such actions are usually expected from a Third Class Corporation, and their lawyers.

Now the County Council, County Attorney, the Board of Ethics pretends to care about HRS 92 (sunshine law) and the County Charter . In reality, the County Leaders do not care about any law or rules, if that paragraph does not work in their favor. Somewhere along that line comes… We the County can do whatever we want, and if YOU don’t like it, sue us, and by the way, we have more money than you have. Well, somebody put $2.000 in a retainer and sued, the County Council appropriated $100.000 to defend itself and not to disclose the Council’s sunshine violation. A fortnight ago a Council Member complaint about an email that referred to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Such a complaint is baseless since the same member had no problem with the ‘Hop-Sing’ civil rights violation. Calling an appointed official with Chinese origin, and his deputy names on public record seems to be ok for the Council. That brings Council Chair into play, and I don’t understand why he is complaining that the Chief is suing the County. Neither, why $1.4 million spent on lawsuits over a 4-year period to defend the Police Department are such a big deal, since the problems are homemade by the Council. Remember the Administration wanted to get rid of George. One Prince Charming suggested, before our Great Misleaders look for the dirt in other people’s backyard, they should clean their own front and backyard first.