Thursday, March 13, 2008

MORE SUPERFERRY SECRETS THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW

The Lingle administration has been resisting a legislative auditor's investigation into how the state exempted the Hawai`i Superferry from the need for an environmental impact statement.

The law that authorized the Superferry to sail also called for the auditor's investigation and for the Lingle administration to cooperate.

"We have encountered significant delays and a variety of roadblocks in conducting our audit task," legislative auditor Marion Higa said.

The attorney general's office had said that it would only turn over documents that were not protected under the attorney-client privilege laws and has been reviewing documents.

Lingle declined yesterday to talk about the letter, saying she did not know about it.