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VOL. 47, NO. 143
16 PAGES
FORMER WILDCAT
MORRIS GETS
BIG HONOR
SPORTS, 1B
New ethics complaint filed
in pCard case
Weather system just east of
Central North Pacific Basin better organized
Faced with a county Board of
Ethics delay of his complaint
against Mayor Billy Kenoi,
Kapaau resident Lanric Hyland
has filed a separate complaint
against
Finance
Director
Deanna Sako.
The Board of Ethics, which
last week voted 3-0 not
to consider the complaint
against Kenoi until the state
attorney general wraps up his
case against Kenoi, is likely to
consider the new complaint at
its July 8 meeting. Hyland is
amending his complaint against
Kenoi to remove Sako.
Hyland maintains Sako vio-
lated the county ethics code
when she did not prevent Kenoi
frommisusing his county-issued
credit card, known as a pCard.
He wants her fired under the
section of the ethics code that
states, “No officer or employee
shall use or
attempt to use
the officer’s
or employee’s
official posi-
tion to secure
or
grant
unwarranted
privileges for
oneself or oth-
ers.” Hyland says allowing Kenoi
to continue to use his pCard
after abusing it is an unwarrant-
ed privilege.
Sako, formerly the deputy
finance director, was promot-
ed to director and confirmed
by the County Council in early
January.
“Former Finance Director
Nancy Crawford and Sako
were both Purchasing Card
Administrators with a duty to
rein Kenoi in,” Hyland said in
his complaint. “They both failed
miserably in doing their duty.”
An area of low pressure locat-
ed just east of Central North
Pacific Basin has become better
organized, National Hurricane
Center forecasters in Miami said
Friday.
Forecasters say the weath-
er system, located 2,000 miles
southwest of the southern tip of
Baja California and just east of
the Central North Pacific Basin,
now has a 70 percent chance
of developing into a tropical
cyclone within five days and a
40 percent chance of formation
during the next 48 hours.
Environmental conditions are
expected to remain conducive
for tropical cyclone develop-
ment during the next day or
two as the low moves slowly
toward the northwest, forecast-
ers said. After that time, devel-
opment is less likely because of
a disturbance to the northeast.
The area of low pressure as
of Friday morning was located
between 130 degrees west and
140 degrees west longitude, just
within the Eastern Pacific Basin.
The Central North Pacific Basin
BY NANCY COOK-LAUER
WEST HAWAII TODAY
BY CHELSEA JENSEN
WEST HAWAII TODAY
As state officials
announce that plan-
ning has resumed for
Kealakekua Bay State
Historical Park, resi-
dents and users seem to
agree that a blueprint is
needed to address park-
ing shortages, shabby
infrastructure,
lack
of toilets and people
defecating on sacred
ground.
Only this time, they
would like to see some-
thing actually get done.
A master plan has
been in the works for
years to protect the
area’s stunning beauty
and cultural resources,
while balancing com-
mercial and visitor
use with the rights of
those who live along the
shores of what is argu-
ably the most histori-
cally significant body of
water in the state.
Along these lines, the
state has fallen far short
of doing enough, say
residents, who point
to toilet-paper- strewn
bushes at Kaawaloa,
lack of parking and
restrooms along the
east side of the bay, peo-
ple intruding on private
property to launch kay-
aks, and a locked gate
that appears to block
access to scarce public
parking without any
reason.
Sporadic planning
stretches back over
decades. The latest
round started in 2008
for 221 acres around
the bay, but the inclu-
sion in 2012 of the bay
itself and the Napoopoo
landing and wharf area
increased the park size,
giving planners anoth-
er 315 acres to study.
This month, state parks
officials and consultant
Belt Collins Hawaii
LCC will resume stud-
ies of the bay’s resourc-
es, traffic and parking,
and begin a survey of
marine resources and
ocean recreation.
These efforts — plus
a public meeting in late
summer or early fall
to gather input from
the community — are
geared to creating a
draft
management
plan, to be followed
by an environmental
impact statement.
With a new chair-
woman of the state
Department of Land
and Natural Resources
having Big Island ties
and a background in
conservation, a group
of villagers and users
have begun mobilizing
Big picture
planning
restarted for
Kealakekua
Bay
BY BRET YAGER
WEST HAWAII TODAY
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Sako
HPA Graduates sing Hole Hawaii at the Commencement Ceremony on Friday.
PHOTOS BY LAURA SHIMABUKU/
WEST HAWAII TODAY
Graduate listens to speeches.
Haley Kaipolani is covered in lei.
Headmaster Lindsay Barnes Jr quotes
Dr Seuss.
HPA grads bid farewell
