Tag: State Senator Will Espero

  • Testimony reappears at Hawaii Legislature website

    23 PAGES OF COMMENTARY TO “VEXATIOUS REQUESTER” BILL RETURNS ONLINE WITH MORE OPPOSITION TESTIMONY; HI DEPT. OF TAXATION SUPPORTS MEASURE by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 19, 2010) — The 23 pages of testimony regarding SB2937 which had been posted at the “Bill Status and Documents” section of the Hawaii Legislature website, removed sometime yesterday, have been…

  • Update: Hawaii “vexatious” bill “deferred”

    CITIZENS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY OBJECT TO “VEXATIOUS REQUESTER” PROPOSAL by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2010) — An article by the Associated Press posted today begins with “Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here.”  The story referred to the public hearing on SB2937, the…

  • Civil Rights complaint filed with State of Hawaii Ombudsman

    ACCUSES HAWAII HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL OF PERFORMING INTERNET BACKGROUND CHECK AFTER INCRIMINATING EMAIL EXPOSED by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 10, 2010) — Kathleen Gotto, who last fall had requested information from the Hawaii Department of Health under the state’s UIPA law, has filed a formal complaint with the Office of Information Practices Ombudsman, accusing Department of…