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i <br /> Print version - O COPYRIGHT 2007 The Haroluiu Advertlser - HawaO's Newspaper , a division of Gannett Co. Inc. <br /> °and former Community. <br /> <br /> He remembers no other meetings of the committees that picked .Planning employee Wiliam <br /> Community Planning for four more contracts in 2003-04. ~ MaIC~nUI III Select <br /> Community Planning as <br /> <br /> He said he recalls signing reports, prepared by Sumida, which found "best qualified" Company. for <br /> Community Planning best qualified for the jobs. ,$984,000. DHNL Consulttjnt <br /> E tbrltract. , <br /> <br /> He said he "just signed them and sent them along to Micah." ~ ~ <br /> -Oct 29; 2003-Nov. 17, <br /> <br /> Kane said he believes the consultant contract awards have been ; 2004: Sumlda/Blevins/ <br /> <br /> made impartially and independently. ; MakanUl .selection <br /> ,'committees pick Community <br /> "If we felt that it was not impartial U1en we wouldn't have acted on Rlannrng for four more <br /> it," he said. "I'm very comfortable with our procedures and what we ~ nonbid consultant contracts. <br /> go through to select consultants." <br /> ~ Dec 22, 2004-7une 18, <br /> When the governor signed the new law requiring that selection E 2007: Community.Planning <br /> committee members be impartial and independent, she said it was tI awarded: six more.: nonbid I <br /> needed to "put to rest the appearance of impropriety in nonbid ~ COnsultatit wntraets.. <br /> ' - . <br /> contracts." <br /> jRELATE[? NEWS FROM <br /> Fujioka's office sent a directive about the requirements of the new i THE WEB <br /> law to all department heads, including Kane, on June 16, 2003. The <br /> statute was part of a purchasing reform package that the governor j L.ateSt headlines 4Y topic: ~ <br /> said would end cronyism in consuhant contract awazds. ! <br /> "The term nonbid contract will become irrelevant," Lingle said in ~ PubIIC Relations <br /> signing the measure into law. ~ ~ Weather - <br /> Hurricane ~ckv <br /> This was a thane endorsed by Pickard in his efforts to raise money ! + Flrlanciel Savlces <br /> for the Lingle campaign. ;cowered by Topix.riet <br /> For instance, in May 2004 Pickard served as chairman of a golf t - - - - - <br /> tournament fimdraiser for the GOP, soliciting "major sponsors" to <br /> donate anywhere from $500 to $5,000 apiece. <br /> "We have made progress by reforming the state's procurement system (and) bringing fiscal discipline in <br /> the way government spends taxpayer's hard-earned money," Pickard said in the solicitation. <br /> When Pickazd wrote that, Kane had awarded Pickard's company three nonbid contracts worth $3.46 <br /> million and was about to award another worth $1.25 million. <br /> http://the.honoluluadverUsErcom/artlde/2007/Sep/O2JIn/IrawaR70902035a.larnlRPriM=on (6 of ~ [10/12/2007 12:36:14 PM] <br /> <br />