Ethics

The essay titled “Broken Trust”, published on August 9, 1997 by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, reported widespread corruption involving Bishop Estate....

“What is needed is a full, independent forensic audit of the project, to identify the reason — or reasons — for its significant cost overruns and missed deadlines...."

...Mahalo for helping this idea to catch on....

...Cliff Slater told the HART board that “everything should come up on the table, as John Henry Felix is calling for.”....

...Telescope: For OHA, it’s all About the Rent Money....

... If the funding of rail was all that was on the table it would be simple....

...Trump allegedly reviewed the Fox story before it was published on May 16....

...“a criminal probe is now underway on a lucrative, non-bid contract issued by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs”....

What does it say about the state of governance in Hawaii that endorsing basic standards of fiscal responsibility is a revolutionary act?

...Section 8 does not have a formal fraud program although, as of FY 2016, the program's delinquent accounts receivables totaled approximately $1.5 million....

...government may not be able to fund nonprofits that are not closely aligned to current government responsibilities....

...VIDEO: Grassroot Institute writer discusses audit of rail fiasco....

...LaBarre will be sentenced on October 23, 2017....

...Full Text: Letter to HART Boardmembers, Mayor and County Councilmembers from John Henry Felix....

... HART's current cost overrun is 93.4%, of which 1% is due to the two lawsuits ....

...City officials were accused of certifying financial statements in 2002 and 2003 that were false because they failed to disclose that the city was purposely underfunding....

...plan of proposed audits for FY2017-18....

...HART stunned critics by cancelling a special audit that would have examined past cost overruns....

...The shift out of DOTax is just a scam to justify vetoing HB1414 which mandated an audit of the State's decade-long series of IT debacles....

“It’s not my intent to muck around in the past.”