Judgment Day
It has been nearly three years since the United States attorney for the district of Hawai`i announced indictments in a case involving the corruption of a Hawai`i County housing staffer and the schemes of three other men to use the county’s affordable housing credits to enrich themselves — to the tune of more than $10 million.
Now, at long last, the three men who — unlike Alan Rudo, the county employee — did not plead guilty to charges of fraud are going to face a jury.
Our cover article looks at some of the pre-trial motions concerning the limits of what can and cannot be considered in the jury trial, set to begin May 12 in the federal courthouse of Honolulu.
Also in this edition: updates on water issues before the Public Utilities Commission and a look at recent Land Board decisions.
