In an unprecedented move, the Land Use Commission (LUC) chose to omit all public testimony from the La’au Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) hearing last November.
"To selectively censor testimony from the official record of the La'au LUC hearings is wrong under any circumstance," said Molokai Planning Chairman DeGray Vanderbilt.
Under the instruction of former LUC Executive Officer Anthony Ching, the Court Recorder did not type any verbatim testimony of Molokai residents during the Nov. 15-16 meetings This announcement was included in the Nov. 15 transcript by the Court Recorder.
With the resubmission of Molokai Properties Limited (MPL) draft EIS, the Molokai Planning Commission (MoPC) will find it difficult to review past public sentiment when none was recorded.
The MoPC has formalized a letter to the LUC asking for an explanation as to why public testimony was omitted and to request that all testimony be included on the official records.
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