Three Weeks After Rail Fact-Finding Trip, Still No Report
Honolulu City Council Transportation Chairman Breene Harimoto and Budget Chairman Ernie Martin returned nearly three weeks ago from a fact-finding rail trip to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Copenhagen, but still haven’t produced a report.
Their goal was to visit cities that had done business with Ansaldo聽鈥斅爐he company Honolulu officials picked for the award of a $1.1 billion rail contract 鈥斅燼nd report back to the people of Honolulu about what they found.
But when they returned, both Harimoto and Martin said the city’s lawyers had warned them about what to say, and even what not to ask while they were out of town. Both council members assured 天美视频 that all of their observations 鈥斅爁acts, not opinions 鈥斅爓ould be available to the public in a report about the trip.
Harimoto told Inside Honolulu last week that he hoped to have the report finalized this week. But with so much focus on the budget, there’s no sign of a report yet. Read more from our conversations with Harimoto and Martin when they returned:
City Lawyers Told Council Members What Not To Ask On Rail Fact-Finding Trip: April 29, 2011
Council Transportation Chair Gives Glimpse of Fact-Finding Trip: May 11, 2011
How long do you think it’s OK for council members to wait before reporting to the public what they saw?
