11-14-2016, 04:01 AM
Ultimately, after the trial and the ethics lapse admission by Kenoi and his lawyers, my summary would be:
There are two lessons to be learned, one about the law and one about Kenoi's character. The regulations and laws on pCard use need to be completely revised, tightened, and provided with severe penalties for any personal use. If the council can't bring themselves to do something that intellectually strenuous, then the whole pCard program should simply be scrapped.
The lesson about Kenoi's character is actually more simple. Whether it was illegal or not, using county resources for one's personal gratification (even on a "temporary" basis) is unethical even by the arcane standards of Hawaii County. Someone of good character would have known that and avoided the whole mess.
There are two lessons to be learned, one about the law and one about Kenoi's character. The regulations and laws on pCard use need to be completely revised, tightened, and provided with severe penalties for any personal use. If the council can't bring themselves to do something that intellectually strenuous, then the whole pCard program should simply be scrapped.
The lesson about Kenoi's character is actually more simple. Whether it was illegal or not, using county resources for one's personal gratification (even on a "temporary" basis) is unethical even by the arcane standards of Hawaii County. Someone of good character would have known that and avoided the whole mess.