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Deceased elections worker Shikuma reinstated

Posted on 6:08 pm, Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Tags: elections 2012, glen shikuma, jamae kawauchi, ted hong

MEDIA RELEASE On Dec. 31, 2012, the county reinstated Glen Shikuma, elections warehouse worker, four months after he died, according to attorney Ted Hong. The county has now rescinded the termination of all four county employees who former County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi and former Council Chairman Dominic Yagong targeted and terminated from the county’s Office […]

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Connections School seeks help against harassment and opposition of Kaumana campus

Posted on 6:33 pm, Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Tags: connections public charter school, hilo, kaumana, ted hong

Connections Public Charter School principal John Thatcher and Hilo attorney Ted Hong talk about the vandalism and opposition regarding the future agriculture campus in Kaumana.

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Ex-elections workers sue Yagong, Kawauchi

Posted on 10:17 pm, Thursday, September 6, 2012. Tags: dominic yagong, election 2012, jamae kawauchi, pat nakamoto, shyla ayau, ted hong

Two staffers file lawsuits alleging defamation, negligence; county also named

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Election workers release details of rejected settlement

Posted on 12:02 am, Friday, April 20, 2012. Tags: election 2012, glen shikuma, pat nakamoto, shyla ayau, ted hong

Hawaii 24/7 Staff Three terminated employees from the County Elections Office have released their settlement offer to the public. At a press conference outside the County Council chambers, attorney Ted Hong said Council members Dominic Yagong, Brenda Ford, Pete Hoffmann and Brittany Smart, who voted against the settlement offer, were letting their pride and political […]

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Terminated election employees claim damages of $500,000 each

Posted on 2:31 am, Saturday, January 21, 2012. Tags: county clerk, elections division, glen shikuma, patricia nakamoto, ted hong

Attorney Ted Hong held a press conference at the Hawaii County building in Hilo on behalf of his clients, Patricia Nakamoto and Glen Shikuma, two of the four terminated employees from the Elections Division.

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Election workers to file claims over wrongful termination

Posted on 4:52 am, Friday, January 20, 2012. Tags: county elections office, glen shikuma, patricia nakamoto, ted hong

The following is a statement from Ted Hong, attorney representing two county Elections Office workers who claim they were wrongfully terminated: On Jan. 20, two of the four county employees who were wrongfully terminated from their positions in the county Elections Ofï¬ce, will ï¬le their initial claims against the County of Hawaii. Each former employee […]

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Connections Public Charter School files complaints

Posted on 5:09 am, Friday, August 26, 2011. Tags: connections public charter school, sunshine law, ted hong

MEDIA RELEASE On Aug. 25, 2011, Connections Public Charter School and one of its employees filed two complaints in the Hilo Circuit Court to protect the schoolâ€™s independence and right to hire their own attorneys. The first complaint accused the governing body for charter schools and its chairman, Carl Takamura, of intentionally violating the Sunshine […]

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