Inside Honolulu: June 16
There’s always something going on at Honolulu Hale. Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
Prevedouros Heads to Greece to Hurl Dairy Products
2:26 p.m.
Perennial mayoral candidate Panos Prevedouros sent a blast email about an upcoming trip he’s taking to his native Greece.
“We will join the 11 million striking Greeks throwing yoghurt at past and present politicians in hopes that this action eliminates the debt,” he wrote. “The way debt is growing locally, we may have to do the same in Hawaii. With coconuts!”
Prevedouros, a leader in the local rail opposition, then ended the email with what looked like a little poem:
“Keep an eye at the port.
If any rails come ashore.
Just sprinkle them with salt.”
Ethics Opinion on Garcia At Least Two Months Away
9:03 a.m.
Outgoing City Council Chairman Nestor Garcia wanted to make it clear to reporters at a press conference yesterday that his departure from council leadership was not a preemptive strike against forthcoming results of an ethics investigation into his part-time job with the Kapolei Chamber of Commerce.
“Far from it,” Garcia said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen (with the investigation).”
Garcia says that he recently asked Ethics Commission Executive Director Chuck Totto about the status of the investigation, and says he was told that it will be at least two months before any opinion is issued.
Civil Beat’s Michael Levine checked in with Totto, who confirmed that time frame.
“The additional 2 months is because our office has only 2 staff members (another attorney and myself) who can investigate the case,” Totto wrote in an email. “We’ve spent the last few weeks preparing to and moving our offices (95% done as of yesterday), we have a heavy complaint workload, and the Commission usually meets monthly.”
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
June 15, 2011:: Council Chairman Nestor Garcia steps down; City offers amnesty on turned-in fireworks.
June 14, 2011: Photos released from Peter Carlisle‘s Asia trip; Carpenters Union steps up rail advocacy; Water outage on windward side.
June 13, 2011: Read the complete HUD report; Tom Berg to hold town hall on rail; Still no rail report from fact-finding trip.
June 8, 2011: Acting Mayor Doug Chin signs historic homes bill; FAA issues Record of Decision on rail; Hillary Clinton to attend APEC; Stanley Chang posts messages to Twitter from Taiwan; Precedent in the dispute between Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle and City Council members.
June 7, 2011: Two-time candidate Panos Prevedouros fundraising for 2012 mayor’s race; Tom Berg weighs in on chief of staff’s role in hacking of lawmaker’s email; Rod Tam sentencing pushed back; Ship that buried Osama bin Laden stops in Honolulu.
June 6, 2011:Creator of city rail poll says it was unbiased; More details on Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle‘s China trip; Former City Council memeber Rod Tam charged with eight counts of campaign spending violations.
June 3, 2011: City Council approves rail bond float, slew of fee increases, property-tax rate hike, operating and capital budgets; Council members reverse decision on eliminating subsidy to scrap yards.
June 2, 2011: Complete script of questions from city rail poll; Rail supporters plan virtual sit-in.
June 1, 2011: City announced poll showing majority support for rail; Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle mum on veto plans; Hurricane season starts.
