Akaku: Maui Community Television's Jay April Attacks Hawaii Legislators. Claims State Public Access Television Not State TV. Demands State Law making Akaku sole source for Hawaii State TV.
Mr. April is the same John "Jay" April, that is ex Chairman of the Board of Akaku: Maui Community Television, CEO and President of Akaku: Maui Community Television, incumbent participant in the State of Hawaii Procurement process for Public, Educational and Governmental, Public Access Cable Access Television, plaintiff in lawsuits against highschool kids, that were competing against Mr. April (and apparently winning,) plaintiff against public disclosure of Akaku: Maui Community Television's unaccounted non-profit finances and property, plaintiff in lawsuits against the State trying to halt procurement, protester to the DCCA, protesting procurement, lobbyist for Akaku: Maui Community Television at the State House, demanding that Akaku is both a unique sole source vendor, that should continue to receive State money unquestioned, unaudited and unaccounted for, that the issues of free speech outweigh accountability for Mr. April, let alone Mr. April's huge appetite for personal remuneration, and reimbursed expenses for travel, hotels, airfares, food, from PUBLIC ACCESS Television money, in spite of a budget for Molokai less than Mr. April's personal salary, and a budget for Lanai of nothing.
When Mr. April refers to the People's Channels is he referring to Soviet era Television where Mr. April is the sole arbiter of what is broadcast and when? When he leads a group of blackshirted employees on a be a facist or get fired legal crusade is he referring to the Mussulini style thuggery that was so in fashion by the last centuries dictators? When he lies to a Judge and claims there is no such thing as digital television is he referring to Youtube, or possibly Akaku's live gavel to gavel Internet coverage of the Superferry Hearing, paid for with cable subscribers fees, but not made available to the cable audience? When Mr. April claims that budgets are tight for public access television, does that take into account the monies that were spent to create an FM Radio Station in the middle of Kahului with Cable Access Television Funds? Possibly the more than one thousand testimonies provided to the legislature he referred to were the 31 people that actually provided testimony (read it yourself,) and that those 31 people were either paid employees or community television producers with special studio access privileges at stake? Is it possible the public procurement process is what he refers to as secret and punative?
John "Jay" (really is it John or Jay?, why do call yourself Jay April CEO of Akaku, while you register as a lobbyist under a different name as John...hmmm?) another Dear John letter from a student in Kula.
Dear John,
You may have been able to pull this crap before, but to try and scare people that free speech is at stake, when more people watch digital television and MAKE digital television on countless Internet sites like Youtube, and more Hawaiians have access to digital television over the internet than analog television over the cable, and that the only way to secure free speech is to give you an exclusive contract spending State Public Access Television money, without being accountable for performance or even what happened to the money, is more than laughable. Its unethical.
Mr. J. April, Do not attack our representatives because they wont support your special interest legislation. They are just doing their job. Really well.
Hawaiian Community Television News agrees with Maui's young people. Jay April, GO HOME.
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