Daily Archives: January 26, 2013

On the afternoon of Saturday, January 26, 2013, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tricia Nakamatsu and I worked on testimonies for bills scheduled for hearings in the Hawaii State Legislature next week.

In the evening, we attended a gathering under a mango tree and “talked story” with friends I am lucky and honored to have made over the years: former House Sergeant of Arms Frank Arakaki, former Senator Joe Tanaka, former Honolulu Councilman Jon Yoshimura, former Senator Whitney Anderson, former Senator Donna Ikeda, Honolulu Councilman Ikaika Anderson, Maui Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Richard Minatoya, Alika Thompson, James Pacopac, Eddie Hayashi, Dr. Jeffrey Akaka, Alec Sou, and others.

On January 25, 2013, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tricia Nakamatsu and I had a meeting with Senator Will Espero (Chair of Senate Public Safety Committee) at his office at 9:30 A.M., Speaker Calvin K.Y. Say at 10:45 A.M. at his office, and Representative Roy Takumi (Chair of House Education Committee) at his office.

At 2:00 P.M., Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tricia Nakamatsu and I attended the House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Hawaii State Capitol. I testified in support on our two Honolulu Prosecuting Bills: HB231 RELATING TO USE OF FORCE BY PERSONS WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CARE, DISCIPLINE, OR SAFETY OF OTHERS and HB232 RELATING TO SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE YEARS. I also commented on HB238 RELATING TO PROMOTING INTOXICATING LIQUOR and HB 28 RELATING TO JURY SELECTION. HB231 and HB232 will be voted on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. HB 238 and HB28 were deferred indefinitely.

After reviewing bills for upcoming hearings, I went to “Art After Dark” at the Honolulu Musuem of Art with Senator Will Espero at 7:30 P.M. My friend Jon Nishihara and his friend Winston joined us as well.