Mayor Kenoi wants off on a technicality

[kalakoa]

I read the information that RJ posted outlining the "regulations" or "statutes" and it appeared to me that no one in our government was diligently enforcing these regulations.

From the latest coverage:

http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/loca...enoi-trial

Takaba, who wrote the county's first pCard policies and manual in 2003, said the county code gives the mayor broad powers that supersede any rules or guidelines.

Eddins referred to a section of the code that says the mayor can authorize expenses in excess of established limits or may approve "exceptions with good cause to any provision relating to travel and expenses."

"It's very broad," Takaba said. "He has the final authority."

So, how can anyone enforce rules that are effectively "whatever the Mayor says"?

It's amazingly similar to the way the building code has numerous exceptions "at the discretion of the Director".