10-29-2017, 07:27 AM
Our moderator Rob Tucker said: "DHHL uses these projects as cash cows for their contractors."
So very true. One only has to look at the multi-million contract that Sandwich Isles Communications got from DHHL to see just how bad this is. Company founder Al Hee got 46 months in federal prison for fraud after Sandwich Isles received over $249 million in federal subsidies to provide telcom services to 3,600 Hawaiian Homelands customers. If that doesn't take the cake for "cash cow," I don't know what does. And yet, rather than terminate the contract with the family owned company, a DHHL spokesperson would only say, "The position of the DHHL is to ensure the quality of the services to our beneficiaries is not interrupted." At $69,167 per location, I hope they are getting some good internet speeds and clear voice connections.
Meanwhile, the most visible and vocal Hawaiians are trying to block a telescope that will benefit all mankind and particularly benefit Hawaiian youth through educational investment. What's wrong with this picture?
So very true. One only has to look at the multi-million contract that Sandwich Isles Communications got from DHHL to see just how bad this is. Company founder Al Hee got 46 months in federal prison for fraud after Sandwich Isles received over $249 million in federal subsidies to provide telcom services to 3,600 Hawaiian Homelands customers. If that doesn't take the cake for "cash cow," I don't know what does. And yet, rather than terminate the contract with the family owned company, a DHHL spokesperson would only say, "The position of the DHHL is to ensure the quality of the services to our beneficiaries is not interrupted." At $69,167 per location, I hope they are getting some good internet speeds and clear voice connections.
Meanwhile, the most visible and vocal Hawaiians are trying to block a telescope that will benefit all mankind and particularly benefit Hawaiian youth through educational investment. What's wrong with this picture?