U S Dept of Justice, David Farmer, Trustee vs. Harmon

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRUSTEE

David C. Farmer, Successor Trustee
vs.
Bobby N. Harmon

(Formerly Mary Lou Woo vs. Harmon and James Nicholson vs. Harmon)

CV05-00030 DAE/KSC

United States District Court, District of Hawaii

Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang

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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS

KIRK CALDWELL

Kirk Caldwell was a Representative (D), 24^th District (Manoa-including University of Hawaii, Manoa campus); attorney with the law firm of Ashford & Wriston; husband of Donna Tanoue; considered possible candidacy for Governor in 2006; announced candidate for Mayor of Honolulu.

Hawaii State Legislature, Rm 406
Fax: 808-586-8479
Email: repcaldwell@capitol_hawaii.gov

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"KIRK CALDWELL ENTERING MAYORAL RACE: HONOLULU ADVERTISER" - (An Exhibit in CV05-00030 - U S Dept of Justice vs Harmon)

September 10, 2009

From:

Bobby Harmon, CPCU

To:

"President Barack Obama" <president@whitehouse.gov>, "U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder" <AskDOJ@usdoj.gov>, "David Farmer" <farmerd001@hawaii.rr.com>, "Steven Guttman" <sguttman@kdubm.com>, "Carol K. Muranaka" <ustp.region15@usdoj.gov>, "Judge David A. Ezra" <theresa_lam@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Judge Kevin S.C. Chang" <shari_afuso@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Judge Barry M. Kurren" <tammy_kimura@hid.uscourts.gov>, "Securities & Exchange Commission Enforcement Division" <enforcement@sec.gov>, "U.S. Treasury Dept. Office of Inspector General" <hotline@oig.treas.gov>, "Office of Inspector General US Dept of Justice" <oig.hotline@usdoj.gov>, "Executive Office for U.S. Trustees" <ustrustee.program@usdoj.gov>, "Judge Robert Faris" <hib@hib.uscourts.gov>, "SEC Office of The Inspector General" <oig@sec.gov>, "Hawaii State Bar Association" <info@hsba.org>, "Hugh Jones" <hugh.r.jones@hawaii.gov>, "Insurance Division Fraud Branch" <insfraud@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Lawrence Reifurth" <dcca@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Linda Lingle" <governor.lingle@hawaii.gov>, "Jo Ann Uchida" <rico@dcca.hawaii.gov>, "Office of Inspector General Civil Rights Complaints" <inspector.general@usdoj.gov>, "Mark Bennett" <hawaiiag@hawaii.gov>, "American Arbitration Association" <webcase@adr.org>, "Judith Neustadter" <Judy@tiki.net>, "Benjamin J. Cayetano" <bjcayetano@aol.com>, "All Representatives" <reps@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, "All Senators" <sens@Capitol.hawaii.gov>, "Andrew Walden" <hfpeditor@email.com>, "Aon Insurance Managers" <mike_coulter@agl.aon.com>, "Arthur Rath" <imua@spamarrest.com>, "Bradley Tamm" <btamm@hawaii.rr.com>, "Carl Morton" <ethics@hawaiiethics.org>, "Charles Hurd" <mcp@mediatehawaii.org>, "David Shapiro" <volcanicash@gmail.com>, "Dee Jay Mailer" <ksinfo@ksbe.edu>, "J C Shannon" <Hapa1234@aol.com>, "James B Nicholson" <jamesbnicholson@aol.com>, "James B. Farris" <Farrisj@adr.org>, "James Cribley" <jcribley@caselombardi.com>, "James Wriston" <jwriston@awlaw.com>, "Jeffrey Watanabe" <jwatanabe@wik.com>, "Jim Dooley" <jdooley@honoluluadvertiser.com>, "Joe Moore" <news@khon2.com>, "John D. Finnegan" <info@chubb.com>, "Judson Witham" <jurisnot3@yahoo.com>, "Ken Conklin" <ken_conklin@yahoo.com>, "Lyn Flanigan Anzai" <lflanigan@hsba.org>, "Margery Bronster" <info@bchlaw.net>, "Michael N. Tanoue" <mtanoue@paclawgroup.com>, "Michelle Tucker" <michelle@sterlingandtucker.com>, "Nathan Aipa" <nathan@pitluck.com>, "Paul Alston" <palston@ahfi.com>, "Randall Roth" <rroth@hawaii.edu>, "Rick Daysog" <rdaysog@honoluluadvertiser.com>, "Robert Bruce Graham" <bgraham@awlaw.com>, "Robin Campaniano" <aigh001@aighawaii.com>, "Samuel P. King" <leslie_sai@hid.uscourts.gov>, "William K Slate" <Websitemail@adr.org>, "Jim Terrack" <tnthawaii@aol.com>, "Rocco Sansone" <rocco.c.sansone@marsh.com>, "Ted Pettit" <tpettit@caselombardi.com>, "Laura Thielen" <dlnr@hawaii.gov>, "Vaughn & Lynda Robinson" <ronpaulslcutah@yahoo.com>, "Catbird" <the-catbird@hotmail.com>, "Ian Lind" <diary@ilind.net>, "Roy F. Hughes" <hthughes@hawaii.rr.com>, "Jack Cashill" <JCashill@aol.com>, "Marshall Chriswell" <mc@whistleblowers.org>, "Laser Haas" <laserhaas@msn.com>, "Lucy Komisar" <lkomisar@msn.com>, "Democrats.com" <activist@democrats.com>, "Debra Sweet" <debrasweet@worldcantwait.org>, "Jane Kirtley" <kirt001@umn.edu>, "John Jubinsky" <Jube@tghawaii.com>, "Yamil Berard" <yberard@star-telegram.com>, "Global Exchange" <communications@globalexchange.org>, "Carole Williams" <cjwms@up.net>, "Susan Tius" <STius@rmhawaii.com>, "Human Rights in China" <hrichina@hrichina.org>, "Michelle Malkin" <writemalkin@gmail.com>, "Phil J. Berg" <philjberg@obamacrimes.com>, "Amnesty International U.S.A." <aimember@aiusa.org>, "Michael Moore" <bailout@michaelmoore.com>, "Thomas Fitton" <info@judicialwatch.org>, "Ron Branson" <VictoryUSA@jail4judges.org>, "ACLU Online" <ACLUOnline@aclu.org>, "Louanne Kam" <lokam@ksbe.edu>, "Eric Martinson" <emartinson@tradewindcap.com>, "Bruce Nakaoka" <bnakaoka@tradewindcap.com>, "Oswald Stender" <info@oha.org>, "Crystal Rose" <mail@legalhawaii.com>, "Peter Dale Scott" <pdscottweb@hotmail.com>, "IndictBushNow.org" <ImpeachBush@VoteToImpeach.org>, "National Whistleblower Center" <Imw@whistleblowers.org>, "Ernest Fukeda" <info@dtric.com>, "Orly Taitz" <dr_taitz@yahoo.com>, "The Whistler" <Whistler.Songs@gmail.com>, "F. William Engdahl" <info@engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net>, "James Paul" <jpaul@pjpn.com>, "Alex Chasck" <alex@consumerist.com>, "9th Circuit Court Mediation Program" <ca09_mediation@ca9.uscourts.gov>, "Joseph Zernick" <jz12345@earthlink.net>, "Glenn Beck" <glennbeck@foxnews.com>

September 10, 2009

Caldwell entering mayoral race

By Gordon Y.K. Pang, Advertiser Staff Writer

City Managing Director Kirk Caldwell yesterday said he will run for mayor when Mayor Mufi Hannemann leaves office, be it 2010 or 2012.

Caldwell, 56, plans to hold a fundraiser this month; tickets for the event say he will run for mayor in 2012, when Hannemann's second and final term expires.

Hannemann has set up an exploratory gubernatorial committee, however, and many suspect he will resign as mayor next summer to run for governor. Caldwell said if that happens, he will throw his hat in the ring for mayor then.

Caldwell joins City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle and City Councilman Donovan Dela Cruz as announced candidates for mayor.

An attorney by trade, Caldwell has been Hannemann's appointed second-in-command since last summer. From 2002 to 2008, the Manoa resident had been a key player as a member of the Democratic leadership in the state House of Representatives.

Caldwell last year chose to forgo re-election to the state House of Representatives and tried to run for an open City Council seat, but his candidacy was ruled invalid because he had not resigned from his state House seat by the deadline.

Caldwell said he is concentrating his efforts on being managing director. "But I want to start early," he said of his mayoral bid. "You need to raise a lot of money. It's a lofty goal running for mayor. It's a huge race."

Caldwell said it's important to announce his intentions now to mobilize his supporters.

He would not be the first managing director seeking to replace his old boss. In 1994, Managing Director Jeremy Harris campaigned successfully for mayor when Mayor Frank Fasi resigned to run unsuccessfully for governor against Ben Cayetano.

Dela Cruz, 36, announced over the weekend his plan to run for mayor next year. Dela Cruz, who cannot run for re-election because of the council term limit, said he has no doubt that Hannemann will run for governor next year.

Carlisle, 56, also said he will run when Hannemann leaves the mayor's office.

Two other potential mayoral candidates told The Advertiser yesterday they are still weighing their political options: City Council Chairman Todd Apo and University of Hawai'i engineering professor Panos Prevedorous, who ran for mayor last year.

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090910/NEWS05/909100323/-1/NLETTER01/Caldwell-entering-mayoral-race?source=nletter-

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September 10, 2009

Dear President Obama, Attorney General Holder, Trustee Farmer, Mr. Guttman, Ms. Neustadter, Judge Kevin Chang, Judge David Ezra, and All Concerned:

Due to new discoveries of FACTS related to this lawsuit, which I maintain is a "prior restraint" of my constitutional rights of Free Speech and a violation of Federal and State Anti-SLAPP statutes, I am adding the subject Exhibit.

Trustee Farmer and Mr. Guttman, in light of this mounting evidence of fraud, bad faith, breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duties, obstruction of justice, withholding and destruction of evidence, tax evasion, libel, slander, misprision of felony, undisclosed conflicts of interest, etc., provided by these many Exhibits and supporting documents, I again propose to you that we attempt to NEGOTIATE a GLOBAL SETTLEMENT in this case as well as for the unanswered bad faith and professional liability claims that I have previously submitted against you, your law firms and your undisclosed insurance carriers.

In case you have misplaced or destroyed these previous claims letters, you can more information online at:

http://www.kycbs.net/Claims-Branch-Kessner-Duca.htm

http://www.kycbs.net/Confessions.htm

http://www.kycbs.net/Whistler.htm

If you still refuse to enter into confidential settlement negotiations in a good-faith effort to settle these matters, then I ask that you perform your mandated review of this Exhibit in accordance with Judge Ezra's Order and advise me, whether or not, it contains any so-called "protected subject matter" as defined by the arbitrator in this case, Judith Neustadter Fuqua.

If I do not receive a response within 15 days, I will consider this to be yet another act of bad faith on the part of you and your insurance carriers, and that you will not object to any future Motions that I may make to reopen this case.

Very truly yours,

Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU, ARM

Additional References:

http://www.kycbs.net/

http://voy.com/129276/

http://whistlersongs.blogspot.com

http://sites.google.com/site/thecatbirdsnest/

http://sites.google.com/site/googlinginthecatbirdseat/

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February 20, 2008

Obama wins Hawaii in a landslide

From The Honolulu Advertiser staff

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, who was born and raised in Hawai'i, won the state's Democratic presidential caucus in a landslide yesterday. Obama had 28,347 votes, or 76%, to U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's 8,835 votes, or 24%, with 100% of the precincts reporting....

Hawai'i Democrats turned out in record numbers at the party's caucuses to help settle the nomination fight between Obama and Clinton of New York.

Obama ran television and radio advertisements in the Islands and talked about his local roots to help distinguish himself from Clinton, who sent her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, to campaign for her in the state.

The caucuses drew a surge of new Democrats, including many who registered to vote and joined the party just last night.

The party had printed 17,000 ballots and volunteers at many caucus sites ran out of ballots and blue party membership cards and had to improvise with notebook paper....

"I trust that the people of Hawai'i understand that this is a very unique year," said Florence Kong Kee, the party's political director.

Brian Schatz, a local Obama volunteer and former state representative for Makiki, said it appeared that last night's turnout may have exceeded the local Obama campaign's estimate of 15,000 to 18,000 people.

"It's a gift this election season to have such excellent choices on the Democratic side," said Schatz, a likely candidate for state party chairman in May. "We think the more people who come in to caucus is better for the Obama campaign."

State House Majority Leader Kirk Caldwell, D-24th (Manoa), a Clinton volunteer, described the turnout as "unbelievable."...

Obama, who was born here and graduated from Punahou School, appeared to be attracting many of the new Democrats last night, while Clinton was stronger with traditional Democrats....

Deloris Guttman, of Downtown, was trying the caucus for the first time. "I think Hawai'i is going to count this year," she said. "Before, we didn't matter."...

Presidential candidates who receive at least 15% of the vote in the preference poll will be eligible for a share of 20 of the state's 29 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Last night's caucuses will determine how those 20 delegates will be awarded.

USA TODAY and The Honolulu Advertiser are both owned by Gannett.

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Kirk Caldwell is expected to testify regarding his business, professional, personal and political relationships with Barack Obama; Kamehameha Schools; Constance Lau; Donna Tanoue, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel; Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC); Bank of Honolulu; Sukamto Sia; Guido Giacometti; Susan Tius; Renton Nip; Benjamin Kudo; Warren Price III; Judge Lloyd King; Bank of the Orient; Moshtar Riady; Robert Rubin; Ron Brown; Asian Development Bank; Walter Dods, First Hawaiian Bank; Bank of Hawaii; Evan Dobelle; University of Hawaii Foundation; Daniel Inouye; Daniel Akaka; William J. Clinton; Dee Jay Mailer; Hamilton McCubbin; William S. Richardson; Gilbert Tam; Robert K.U. Kihune, Sandwich Isles Communications; Harold Johnston, Grant Johnston, Summit Communications; Clayton Hee; Albert Hee; Haunani Apoliona; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Curtis Ching; Mary Lou Woo; Steven Guttman; Judith Neustadter Fuqua; Calvin Say; Joseph Souki; Henry Peters; Richard Wong; Kenneth Hipp; Jeffrey Stone; Earl Anzai; Lyn Anzai; Yukio Takemoto; Everett Dowling; Peter Savio; Colbert Matsumoto; Lionel Tokioka; City Bank; La Societe Nationale; Paul Alston; Robert Clarke; Edwina Clarke; Margery Bronster; Linda Lingle; John Waihee; Ben Cayetano; George Ariyoshi; Judge Barry Kurren; Faye Kurren; Judge Kevin Chang; Judge David Ezra, Judge Samuel King, James Wriston, Rosemary Fazio, David Farmer, and others to be named upon discovery.