Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Akaku goes to court tomorrow over bidding process
by Larry Geller
The Maui News report that Akaku Maui Community Television will go before Judge Joel August tomorrow in its quest to have the public bidding process for Hawaii's public access television services set aside.
Read the article here.
I was one of hundreds of people who turned out to testify against putting the contracts out to bid. After a two hour 12 minute secret session held without required notice, the Procurement Policy Board voted that the contracts should go out to bid. My request for minutes of that 2006 meeting is still pending at the Office of Information Practices. It's now more than a year old, and they haven't responded to my recent email asking for the status of the request.
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