March 10, 2008: Maui News
Wailuku attorney Lance Collins is pursuing a legal theory that may generate a new respect for the rights of the public in the state’s open meetings law, Hawaii Revised Statutes 92. Or, it may bar any action of the government in which there is a controversy by providing for a public right to filibuster — eroding the rights of the public wishing the government to act.
Collins is wielding a two-edged sword that appears highly likely to produce unintended consequences....
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