The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-10
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l,. Honouu declaring that the members o.
be a thor attitude toward the public md
ue Taxpayers re star nhnates that the commits
onc rights but have grossly exceeded them the general attitude
@ has brought otherwise undeycd criticism
N 0e on Loan Fund Commissioners 90 into executive session
they they official bodies
they keep open tmei May the commissioners unlike
except cabinet their executive
sessions permanent Of by
should be public and what piyatot Can there be candid
discussion of bidders and especially bondsmen their character and
the hearing the lookout for
lively session chicane
regard deprive public
breed conspiracy If the loan fund
misoo agents taxpayers the latter
to know by visitation precisely how they fulfilling their tusi
tile public of administrators,
is it proper to exclude evade them'
There considerations worth thinking
question But remember the loan fund commissioners have
They and make decisions judges do
and well hold court But judges sometimes consult in cham
with Then the commissioners have
administrative functions may feel that they have
right privacy the discus
executive chamber But not especially in
Whny decision and the public interests involved
they altogether,
letting it be known only IN results accomplished
There ought be continued friction between the Oahu Loan
Fund Commissioners and the public aud the press and there would not
chief commissioners That be where
the chief trouble lies sume months Mr. Thurston hit the nail
head said that the leaders in the commission had
plantation methods public the
and hear of these gentlemen and their exclusive official ways
the merit Mr. Thuron the prevailing
plantation the South
pubco What business
State quickly and briefly for time is mdf is its keynote
the outsider especially to reporter of the press who represents the
official American
dhen and information be given taetful official knows
how point satisfy doorkeoper
the would be worth big salary He might
ma body popular.
OF course the commission is as entitled to executive session rights
body
public body the Hawaii while
various discussion in open sessions of public bodies have been omitted from
reports publication likely
vital issue regarding the rights of the public stake The belt
commission the only public body Oahu afraid trust the thoi
attitude of suspicion being the things that brought
Messrs Adams Petre the of the representatives
The Bulletin discussing the ditory yesterday appears
just awakened the fact that the commission body
that ITS attitude may be taken as an argument against the usefulness of sue
public boards commissions From defending
the Bulletin hastns and its methods procedure
from the standpoint OF one Jealous its rights representative of tn
public willing
the boards stupid methods of attempted
the commissioners are acting in exact opposition to his advice but of
the Bulletin disegards this saying in par
Readers of Bulletin kindly n
Loan Fund Commission which the morning is trying to literally
spatter with territorial institution appOnt boardap
pointed by the Governor of the Territory from
the best" citizens of the City and County of Honolulu
Our patrons will also probably recall that when the enemies of
local selfgovernment wish condemnation
against supervisors and elective generally
with pride efficiency territorial system.
The present spather directed against the territorial product of
apponve system accepted placed upon
cOndemner
appontve certainly has nothing
all
value being brought by the discussion.
1t is to be assumed that the legal angle in which the Oahu
of than of
the Terroy' legal department be the guide
e for all territorial boards
been city county
legislature party pledge keptwe
doubt that the work would have been carried
through promptly and with an efficiency eualn not i'm
proving on of this any other territorial board.
The recall the facts objected to of this work
being counties.
Certainly he making much Roadway with his of
territorial wild the lying idle in the
treasury while taxpayer paying the
If they viii brass lacks the win find that
get their money handled by the counties
provided taxpayers will little
ton to shaping the result of local elections
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