Akaku: Maui Community Television Press Release:
Court Adopted a “Wait & See” Approach to Confusing RFP Process
Statement from AKAKU: Maui Community Television CEO/President Jay April Responds to Court Hearing in Akaku vs. DCCA & State of Hawaii: “We are encouraged that Judge Joel August indicated support for free speech and an interest in seeing that Hawaii’s publics are ensured access to the ‘marketplace of ideas’; however, we are disappointed with the court’s decision today to continue our motion for summary judgment...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Maui community TV goes to court over bidding process
Maui News via The Honolulu Advertiser:
23 January 2008, Ilima Loomis
WAILUKU — The bidding process has already been delayed more than a year, and now Akaku: Maui Community Television will seek a judge's order to free it from competing for its contract altogether.
Akaku CEO Jay April said "the station will ask August to find that the state should not use a competitive bidding process to award contracts for public-access services."
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23 January 2008, Ilima Loomis
WAILUKU — The bidding process has already been delayed more than a year, and now Akaku: Maui Community Television will seek a judge's order to free it from competing for its contract altogether.
Akaku CEO Jay April said "the station will ask August to find that the state should not use a competitive bidding process to award contracts for public-access services."
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
State of Hawaii Reigns in April, Unaccountable Akaku:Maui Community Television CEO/PRESIDENT
State of Hawaii, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Cable Advisory Committee
During the minutes of the January 9, 2008 Cable Advisory Committee, The State of Hawaii clearly distinguished its unambiguous position that "PEG Assets are Public Assets for the Benefit of the Public," in response to years of protests and lawsuits filed by Akaku:Maui Community Television's during Jay April's multi-year tenure as Board Chair and CEO of Akaku: Maui Community Television. Mr. April has continually claimed the right to deny access to the record of expenditures of these public funds, while allegedly authorizing the transfer of millions of dollars of financial and property assets from the non-profit, Akaku: Maui Community Television organization into the accounts of a private corporation under his control. Mr. April simultaneously claimed the proprietary copyright on all community television programming cable cast on Akaku's cable channels 52,53,54 on Maui, and authorized at least seven simultaneous lawsuits, all apparently without grounds, against the State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, The State Procurement Office, The State Attorney General, and at least one non-profit charity community school, one local business and four individual residents of the State of Hawaii.
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During the minutes of the January 9, 2008 Cable Advisory Committee, The State of Hawaii clearly distinguished its unambiguous position that "PEG Assets are Public Assets for the Benefit of the Public," in response to years of protests and lawsuits filed by Akaku:Maui Community Television's during Jay April's multi-year tenure as Board Chair and CEO of Akaku: Maui Community Television. Mr. April has continually claimed the right to deny access to the record of expenditures of these public funds, while allegedly authorizing the transfer of millions of dollars of financial and property assets from the non-profit, Akaku: Maui Community Television organization into the accounts of a private corporation under his control. Mr. April simultaneously claimed the proprietary copyright on all community television programming cable cast on Akaku's cable channels 52,53,54 on Maui, and authorized at least seven simultaneous lawsuits, all apparently without grounds, against the State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, The State Procurement Office, The State Attorney General, and at least one non-profit charity community school, one local business and four individual residents of the State of Hawaii.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
PSA: Save Public Access Television! Please Call and email your Senators and Representatives Now!
PSA: Save Public Access Television! Please Call and email your Senators and Representatives Now!
Support Public Access, Public Accountability, Public Audits and Public Procurement for Public Access Television. Call your State Representatives and State Senators today and say A`ole to self appointed, law exempted, litigious, private interests and public non-profit/corporate/government facist, community television executives illegally lobbying to maintain the status-quo and their own salaries, despite the obvious illegal conflict of interest, using the very public access funds they were entrusted with to instead, line their own pockets and keep their books secret.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON Senate Bill 1789. Do not exclude the public from public access television!
Please Call or Email, Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, sentaniguchi@capitol.hawaii.gov
Please Call or Email, Senator David Y. Ige, sendige@capitol.hawaii.gov
PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT House Bill 3417. Do Not exclude the public from public access television!
Please Call or Email, Representative Kyle Yamashita, 808 586-6330, repyamashita@capitol.hawaii.gov
Keep the Public in Public Access! Don't let the blackshirts get you down! Facism has no place in Hawaii. Ku`e!
Support Public Access, Public Accountability, Public Audits and Public Procurement for Public Access Television. Call your State Representatives and State Senators today and say A`ole to self appointed, law exempted, litigious, private interests and public non-profit/corporate/government facist, community television executives illegally lobbying to maintain the status-quo and their own salaries, despite the obvious illegal conflict of interest, using the very public access funds they were entrusted with to instead, line their own pockets and keep their books secret.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON Senate Bill 1789. Do not exclude the public from public access television!
Please Call or Email, Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, sentaniguchi@capitol.hawaii.gov
Please Call or Email, Senator David Y. Ige, sendige@capitol.hawaii.gov
PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT House Bill 3417. Do Not exclude the public from public access television!
Please Call or Email, Representative Kyle Yamashita, 808 586-6330, repyamashita@capitol.hawaii.gov
Keep the Public in Public Access! Don't let the blackshirts get you down! Facism has no place in Hawaii. Ku`e!
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