08-28-2016, 09:03 AM
Originally posted by kalakoa
Meaning: almost all department heads reported to Lau.
Your spot on, kalakoa. [
] The managing director is over every department head (including the finance director) and he gets paid to keep track of them for the Mayor. By leaving Wally Lau out of this case the Attorney General is leaving out a very important person. Wally was the managing director from 2012-2016. He must have something to contribute to this case. They have given immunity to Bill Takaba and Randy Kurohara, both were managing directors for the Mayor. So where is Wally in all of this? Is it possible that his hands are clean?
My reasoning sense is that County Council didn't do their job and execute the powers of their office. As soon as the mayor admitted misuse it was the County Council's duty to start impeachment hearings according to the statue from the Hawaii County Charter. I guess the Council didn't read the Charter.
After the trial is when the County Council wants to consider impeachment? He won't be Mayor any more. Then what? I think they got it backwards or the Council lowered the bar and was willing to look the other way. Why take an oath of office or even have one?
This is what the County Council would have found if they bothered to look...
The Hawaii County Charter IMPEACHMENT (page 26)
“Section 12-2.1 Impeachment of elected officers. Any elected officer or officer appointed
to a vacancy in any elected office may be impeached for malfeasance, misfeasance,
nonfeasance or maladministration in office.
http://www.thc-ministry.org/malfeasance.htm
Meaning: almost all department heads reported to Lau.
Your spot on, kalakoa. [
] The managing director is over every department head (including the finance director) and he gets paid to keep track of them for the Mayor. By leaving Wally Lau out of this case the Attorney General is leaving out a very important person. Wally was the managing director from 2012-2016. He must have something to contribute to this case. They have given immunity to Bill Takaba and Randy Kurohara, both were managing directors for the Mayor. So where is Wally in all of this? Is it possible that his hands are clean?My reasoning sense is that County Council didn't do their job and execute the powers of their office. As soon as the mayor admitted misuse it was the County Council's duty to start impeachment hearings according to the statue from the Hawaii County Charter. I guess the Council didn't read the Charter.
After the trial is when the County Council wants to consider impeachment? He won't be Mayor any more. Then what? I think they got it backwards or the Council lowered the bar and was willing to look the other way. Why take an oath of office or even have one?
This is what the County Council would have found if they bothered to look...
The Hawaii County Charter IMPEACHMENT (page 26)
“Section 12-2.1 Impeachment of elected officers. Any elected officer or officer appointed
to a vacancy in any elected office may be impeached for malfeasance, misfeasance,
nonfeasance or maladministration in office.
http://www.thc-ministry.org/malfeasance.htm