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To: Federal Bureau of Investigations, Clare E. Connors, Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Michael Wheat, U.S. Prosecuting Attorney, Kelly King, Maui County Council Chair, Keani Rawlins-Ferna...

Request for Criminal Investigation of Corporation Counsel Moana Lutey, Corporation Counsel...

The self-described “Dinosaurs” of Maui's Corporation Counsel are a team of litigators led by Moana Lutey who have been around long enough to be professionally compromised while serving past Mayors Alan Arakawa and James Apana.

By their dirty acts over the years, these lawyers are now so personally and professionally conflicted that they can no longer possibly serve the public’s best interest.

We citizens call for an investigation into Racketeering by these "Dinosaurs" and, at the very least, demand their removal from Maui's Office of Corporation Counsel.

Why is this important?

Maui County is a billion-dollar pawn being played by companies who profit by polluting, AKA “The Pollution Industry.”

The world will never forgive or forget that Maui's Sewage, partially treated and injected into underground wells, is what gave Trump’s deregulation-frenzied Supreme Court the opportunity to rule against EPA permits for all Injection Wells and cripple the Clean Water Act.

We can stop this by ridding Maui’s Corporation Counsel of the “Dinosaurs”. That’s the self-chosen name of the team of litigators led by Moana Lutey who have been around long enough to be professionally compromised while serving past Mayors Alan Arakawa and James Apana.

By their dirty acts over the years, these lawyers are now so personally conflicted that they can no longer possibly serve the public’s best interest.

Moana Lutey and Maui’s “Dinosaur Lawyers”:

* Inserted language into the Injection Well resolution that would give the Lawyers final say over county policy, robbing authority from both the Mayor and the County Council, in violation of legal norms, the County Charter and Rules for lawyers in Hawaii.

* Are actively blocking enforcement of SMA Permits that protect our shoreline, in violation of the U.S. Coastal Zone Management Act.

* Wrote secret developer agreements from 1974 to 2007 in order to shift financial burdens onto residents and is still blocking collection of over $100 million from developers by withholding and falsifying public records.

* Secretly violated the intent of the Council in 2015 in order to create a new way to shift financial burdens from developers to residents.

* Are actively concealing government liens which have been unlawfully placed on private properties in the County of Maui.

* Manufactured a fake RE tax to use as a weapon against a timeshare group.

* Are obstructing investigations into several instances of County fraud by lying to both the County Council and Mayor Victorino and have harmed and defamed private resident citizens who have exposed the County corruption.

* Are wasting millions for our tax dollars to take the Lahaina Injection Well case to the Supreme Court regardless that such regulatory changes belong in the legislature, not the courts, and many millions more in a series of frivolous litigations.

As citizens, our voices were significant contributing factors to the recent removal of bad actors such as David Goode, William Spence, J.D. Kim and especially Patrick Wong, who as Director of Corporation Counsel was overseeing the ongoing coverup of illegal acts by others in the County.

The "Dinosaurs" were all trained and compromised by Mr.Wong and are today actively continuing on with his legacy. If we continue to allow Maui’s Corporation Counsel to be run by these Litigating Bullies tied to long-standing big money interests, the Maui we are so fortunate to know and love will never survive.

What a foul legacy the corrupt “Dinosaurs” of Maui’s Corporation Counsel are dumping on us.

We need to flush them out.

Maui's Director of Corporation Counsel must not be yet another Local Litigator with strong ties to local special interests.

Maui needs the breath of fresh air that can only come from a Director of Corporation Counsel who is a Skilled Negotiator with Mainland Experience.

Follow this link to read and download a formal Request for Investigation https://www.dropbox.com/s/ki8y6vnp1tnyvvy/Fishkin%20Request%20for%20Criminal%20Investigation.pdf?dl=0

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2024-11-07 01:23:50 -0500

We've learned there are currently 1,200 discrepancy (or deficiency) Maui ballots.

With Alice Lee's grossly over-paid tool, Moana Lutey, as County Clerk, what would you expect?

Check your ballot here: https://hawaii.ballottrax.net/voter

The deadline to cure your vote is November 13, 2024, at 4:30 pm.

A discrepancy occurs when there’s an issue with a ballot, such as a missing signature or mismatched information. Please verify your ballot was counted:

Visit https://hawaii.ballottrax.net/voter/
Follow the prompts to confirm your ballot status.

If your ballot was not counted, contact the Clerk's Office at (808) 270-7749 or go in person before the deadline.

Also, please send an email to FRIENDS OF KELLY KING at [email protected]

Please share this information!

2024-10-21 17:44:21 -0400

Moana Lutey's new 6-year term as County Clerk is being fast-tracked by Alice Lee to limit public response - which is typical of Alice.

It’s on the full Council agenda for Friday and has not even yet been heard by the GREAT committee, tomorrow. Testify against RESOLUTION 24-58 at 1:30PM 10/21 in the GREAT Committee.
And again this Fri in the full Council at 10/25 at 9am.

Link to our petition for a Criminal investigation of Lutey with 546 signatures. https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/request-for-criminal

and similar request made to the state AG: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/s26vh9pvqjrlozf79si54/Fishkin-Request-for-Criminal-Investigation.pdf?rlkey=5ve0glc3t50m28ugwwrrxj8rk&st=mhj6rxtu&dl=0

There are so many irregularities around Lutey’s hiring. Contrary to all other County jobs, the Clerk position was never posted to any employment website.

From the beginning, Lee rigged it as a reward for Lutey’s past crimes.

2024-09-21 03:08:57 -0400

NEW PETITION: Ethics Complaint on the County's "Independent" Auditor for protecting corrupt County lawyers
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/join-our-ethics-complaint-on-maui-county-s-auditor-for-protecting-corrupt-county-lawyers
* Use of Public Funds for Private Interests
* Conflict of Interest Compounded by Use of External Counsel
* Failure to Safeguard Public Interest
* Attorney-Client Privilege Abuse
* Potential Violation of State and Federal Law
* Public Transparency and Accountability

Conclusion:
Under the influence of Corporation Counsel, the County Auditor’s unethical and irresponsible decision to suspend the "Deferral Agreement" audit after years of investigation establishes complicit conduct and complete disregard for established auditing standards by the Office of the County Auditor.

The “independent” County Auditor now seeks representation of outside counsel from the very same law firm that is defending conflicted Corporation Counsel, which was the subject of the audit.

2023-01-01 02:06:19 -0500

500 signatures reached

2020-06-27 01:33:23 -0400

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Testify Tues June 30, 9 am:

Lutey's mishandling of the injection well case is just one example of why Council Member Keani Rawlins Fernandez has thoughtfully proposed a Charter Amendment to give the Council the authority to remove "their lawyer" should the Council see fit to do so.

Please give supportive testimony on (GET-10(17) live, online on Tuesday at 9 am via BlueJeans, https://bluejeans.com/551273481 or by phone by calling 1-408-915-6290, meeting code 551 273 481, or email written testimony to [email protected] by 2 pm Monday, June 29th

Support: (GET-10(17) "To allow the Council to remove Corporation Counsel."

READ MORE: https://mauicauses.org/action-alert-tues-june-30-9am-proposed-charter-amendment-to-allow-county-council-to-fire-corporation-counsel/

2019-12-31 16:44:37 -0500

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Please sign.

No Council Member was listed as the author of the resolution to remove Kelly King. Only Moana Lutey’s name is associated with the resolution.

Why would Lutey want to remove Kelly?

Maybe it’s because Kelly promised to file charges with the State Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel against Lutey for Professional Misconduct over her choice to ignore the Council’s vote to withdraw the Injection Well.

Maui Tomorrow filed a similar suit in the 2nd Circuit naming Lutey for refusing to get the Court’s opinion on the Mayor’s authority before she represented to the Supreme Court.

Members who voted against the Council getting its own lawyer to contest Moana Lutey and the Mayor have sold out the citizens in favor of off-island financial and political interests. This sets a new precedent that will have lasting negative impacts on the Council's ability to serve the people's best interests.