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i <br /> Print versbn - ®COPYRIpir 2007 The Hondulu Advertiser - FlawaiPs Newsyaper , a divis(on of Gannett Co. Inc. I, <br /> Pickard and his businesses also have made political donations to Democratic politicians, including <br /> Mayor Mufi Hannemann. Gifts to the Hannemann campaign total some $7,000 since 2001. <br /> After Hannemann won the 2004 election, Pickard served as a member of the mayor's transition team. <br /> More recently, the selection of Community Planning as an $860,000 subconsultant on the city's mass- <br /> transit project sparked a state court lawsuit and demands for a federal investigation of the selection <br /> process. <br /> The suit was filed by Communications Pacific Inc., a public relations firm headed by University of <br /> Hawaii regent Kitty Lagareta, a longtime friend and political backer of Lingle. <br /> Lagareta alleged that the last-minute selection of Community Planning violated state procurement law. <br /> The lawsuit was dismissed last year by a state circuit judge. That. decision is now under appeal to the <br /> state Supreme Cotut. <br /> <br /> Reach Jim Dooley at~dooley(a~honoluluadvertiser.com. <br /> Back <br /> ® COPYRIGHT 2007 The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. <br /> All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, <br /> distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of The Honolulu <br /> Advertiser. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. <br /> http:/![he.honoluluadvertlser.com(artlcle/2007/SeQ/02/In/hawaiD09020358.htmlJ?priM=on (7 of 7) [10112/2007 12:36:14 PM] <br /> <br />