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‘You’re Just As Surprised As I Am Today’: Don Guzman Nominated to Serve As County Prosecuting Attorney

‘You’re Just As Surprised As I Am Today’: Don Guzman Nominated to Serve As County Prosecuting Attorney

Now-acting Prosecuting Attorney Don Guzman takes the oath

At a hastily convened press conference held today at the Kalana O Maui Building, Mayor Mike Victorino announced Don Guzman as his nomination to serve as the county prosecuting attorney. Guzman replaces controversial appointment John D. Kim, who, until yesterday, held the post as “temporary interim acting prosecuting attorney.” Kim, the…

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Riki Hokama, Parliamentarian

Don’t hate the playa, hate the game

A friend of mine calls Councilmember Riki Hokama (Lana‘i) by a Trumpian nickname: “Tricky Riki.” The name, this person would say, has been earned over the councilmember’s many years of service at the council, but one entanglement at last week’s director-confirmation hearing for acting Prosecuting Attorney J.D. Kim shows why the nickname stuck – and why the same…

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Hawaii Supreme Court rules in favor of MauiTime Publisher Tommy Russo, dismisses case against him

There is no more State v. Thomas Russo. Maui County Prosecutor J. D. Kim’s five-year effort to punish MauiTime‘s publisher for photographing two Maui Police Officers back in November 2012 is finally over.

Very long, stupid story short, Russo was coming down Haleakala Highway on the morning of Nov. 20, 2012 and encountered unusually heavy traffic. In fact, he’d run into the Maui Police…

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Maui County Council, Maui Prosecuting Attorney in hot water yet again

Maui County Council, Maui Prosecuting Attorney in hot water yet again

Great news, kids! The circus otherwise known as the Mar. 3 Maui County Council hearing is still in town! In fact, it’s bigger than ever!

On that day, the Maui County Council finally confirmed J.D. Kim for another term as Prosecuting Attorney, though it did so in one of the most ham-fisted manners possible. The meeting was part love-fest for Kim (dozens of attorneys from his office testified…

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'I am here to address a travesty' - Here's what Deputy Prosecutor Richard Minatoya tried to say at the Mar. 3 Maui County Council hearing

‘I am here to address a travesty’ – Here’s what Deputy Prosecutor Richard Minatoya tried to say at the Mar. 3 Maui County Council hearing

If you read my Mar. 3 story on yesterday’s crazy County Councilhearing on the reappointment of county Prosecutor John D. Kim, then you know that the big takeaways were (1) What was Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Richard Minatoya (who supported Kim) going to say about County Councilman Don Guzman (who opposed Kim) before Council Chairman Mike White cut him off? and (2) What was that squirrel photo…

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