09-08-2019, 04:58 AM
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/09/0...main-hazy/
The Attorney General’s Office continues to withhold information about the overall costs of the state’s law enforcement efforts on Mauna Kea, where demonstrators have been blocking the road leading to the construction site of the Thirty Meter Telescope for nearly two months.
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Jeff Hickman, a spokesman for the state Department of Defense, told the Star-Advertiser on Thursday that his agency has been turning over cost information for the National Guard to the Attorney General’s Office.
“So they will have a pretty up-to-date number,†he said in referring the Star-Advertiser to the AG’s office for cost information.
Krishna Jayaram, a spokesman for the AG’s office, told the Star-Advertiser on Friday that it could be the information his office has received so far from DOD and other state agencies is preliminary.
“My guess is that it must be estimates that our guys aren’t able to confirm right now,†he said. “Otherwise, we are committed to transparency.â€
The governor’s office on Friday said that Gov. David Ige had transferred $15 million from the Department of Transportation to the Attorney General’s Community Safety Program trust fund to be used for TMT-related costs.
It was only $10M just a few days ago. A new road gets cheaper all the time...
The Attorney General’s Office continues to withhold information about the overall costs of the state’s law enforcement efforts on Mauna Kea, where demonstrators have been blocking the road leading to the construction site of the Thirty Meter Telescope for nearly two months.
...
Jeff Hickman, a spokesman for the state Department of Defense, told the Star-Advertiser on Thursday that his agency has been turning over cost information for the National Guard to the Attorney General’s Office.
“So they will have a pretty up-to-date number,†he said in referring the Star-Advertiser to the AG’s office for cost information.
Krishna Jayaram, a spokesman for the AG’s office, told the Star-Advertiser on Friday that it could be the information his office has received so far from DOD and other state agencies is preliminary.
“My guess is that it must be estimates that our guys aren’t able to confirm right now,†he said. “Otherwise, we are committed to transparency.â€
The governor’s office on Friday said that Gov. David Ige had transferred $15 million from the Department of Transportation to the Attorney General’s Community Safety Program trust fund to be used for TMT-related costs.
It was only $10M just a few days ago. A new road gets cheaper all the time...