Five days of administrative hearings, all open to the public, were held last week. In Titles 24 and 24-A, the Legislature established the substantive inquiries applicable to this proceeding. The Superintendent has before him all of the evidence necessary to make the substantive rulings under the statutes. The applications are ripe for resolution, and the applicants are entitled to a decision in accordance with existing statutes. The requests for delay promise only delay.
Anthem incorporates that response and chronology by reference.
The Superintendent's recent rulings, in response to the Attorney General's prior requests, allowing further public comment on Saturday, April 8, and extending the time for written closing statements to April 14, have already provided additional time and opportunity for comment. On April 8, the Superintendent held a day long hearing to allow any interested member of the public the opportunity to voice concerns or comments about the proposed transaction. A total of 16 members of the public attended, several of whom had already testified at least once during prior public hearings. For the last 5 hours of this session, there was only approximately 15 minutes of public comment. For most of the afternoon, only the Superintendent, his staff, and counsel for the Applicants were in attendance.