10-21-2008, 03:28 AM
Yep. More of the same. Thats the way I read it too.
We can't know for any fact that Mr. Kenoi has made promises to mainland or local developers in exchange for the hundreds of thousands of dollars received. I do have to wonder though - just what does one say to a California developer to make them open their checkbook and write a check for $2,000?
There is historic reason to be suspicious.
Lawyers are lawyers. They are trained to be the mouthpieces or representatives of their clientele. It would be somewhat unnatural for them to do otherwise. Hawaiian government is a classic example of special interest manipulation of government. Honolulu is the environment where Mr. Kenoi learned his trade. I frankly have concerns that Mr. Kenoi is looking at CoH as a stepping stone back to Honolulu where the Big Boys get to do their stuff.
Of course this is not proof of anything. But believe me it makes me quite concerned.
When Mr. Kenoi indicates that his connections with Inouye will help us get money for transportation I have to ask:
Why didn't he already accomplish this over several years in a key position in the Kim administration?
When Mr. Kenoi states that the huge budget overruns in Public Works (millions of dollars) can be controlled by close legal supervision of the contracts:
Why didn't he already accomplish this with his highly educated legal skills this over several years in a key position in the Kim administration?
Why were these millions wasted while Mr. Kenoi was on duty?
What I see in Mr. Kenoi is simply business as usual. To achieve business as usual one need not promise to do much of anything.
And Mr. Kenoi hasn’t.
We can't know for any fact that Mr. Kenoi has made promises to mainland or local developers in exchange for the hundreds of thousands of dollars received. I do have to wonder though - just what does one say to a California developer to make them open their checkbook and write a check for $2,000?
There is historic reason to be suspicious.
Lawyers are lawyers. They are trained to be the mouthpieces or representatives of their clientele. It would be somewhat unnatural for them to do otherwise. Hawaiian government is a classic example of special interest manipulation of government. Honolulu is the environment where Mr. Kenoi learned his trade. I frankly have concerns that Mr. Kenoi is looking at CoH as a stepping stone back to Honolulu where the Big Boys get to do their stuff.
Of course this is not proof of anything. But believe me it makes me quite concerned.
When Mr. Kenoi indicates that his connections with Inouye will help us get money for transportation I have to ask:
Why didn't he already accomplish this over several years in a key position in the Kim administration?
When Mr. Kenoi states that the huge budget overruns in Public Works (millions of dollars) can be controlled by close legal supervision of the contracts:
Why didn't he already accomplish this with his highly educated legal skills this over several years in a key position in the Kim administration?
Why were these millions wasted while Mr. Kenoi was on duty?
What I see in Mr. Kenoi is simply business as usual. To achieve business as usual one need not promise to do much of anything.
And Mr. Kenoi hasn’t.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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