Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 10, 1 October 2013 — Akana lawsuit [ARTICLE]

Akana lawsuit

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Rowena Akana is suing the Board of Trustees saying access to executive session minutes is unreasonably cumbersome and procedures to get the minutes of the closed-door sessions were never properly adopted by the board. Akana filed the lawsuit in midSeptember in state court. The lawsuit is asking Akana be given unfettered access to minutes of executive sessions. OHA declined comment on the lawsuit until the matter ean be reviewed with legal counsel.