Woo vs. Harmon - Witness Clayton Hee

Master of Arts, Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii 1979
Professional Diploma, University of Hawaii 1977
Bachelor of Arts, University of Hawaii 1975
Graduate and Student Body President, The Kamehameha Schools 1971

Hawaii State House of Representatives, 1982-1984 (Moloka'i, Lana'i, West Maui)
Hawaii State Senate, 1984-1988 (Kailua to Kane'ohe), Chairman, Judiciary Committee
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 1990-2002, Chairman of the Board

23rd Senatorial District
Hawaii State Capitol, Room 218
415 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

NEW DISCOVERY (10-11-08): Additional facts regarding conflicts of interests between Steven Guttman and numerous parties related to this case:

NEW DISCOVERY (03-01-08): Undisclosed relationships between David Farmer, Steven Guttman, Michael Powell, John McCain, Federal Communications Commission, Summit Communications, Sandwich Isles Communications, Robert Kihune, Gilbert Tam, Al Hee, Clayton Hee, and others. See:

The state has two new judges now that the Senate confirmed Mark Recktenwald as chief judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals and Glenn Kim to the Oahu Circuit Court.

Kim survived a 16-9 vote with both Sen. Clayton Hee, Judiciary Committee chairman, and Senate President Colleen Hanabusa voting against the 14-year veteran deputy city prosecutor.

Kim's nomination became controversial after two former deputy prosecutors said Kim was abusive and disrespectful.

Although Kim had the support of Honolulu Prosecutor Peter Carlisle and Gov. Linda Lingle, Hee said he had doubts about Kim's judicial temperament.

In 2004 the Senate rejected Ted Hong as a Big Island Circuit Court judge on a 13-12 vote, after saying that he also lacked proper judicial temperament.

In the Hong case, however, the Hawaii Bar Association had given him a negative recommendation. Kim was rated qualified by the legal group.

Recktenwald, a former deputy federal attorney and the current state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs director, was confirmed without opposition.

Recktenwald takes over from James Burns as chief judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals, the state's second-highest court.

Sen. Clayton Hee says it was his toughest decision, recommending the rejection of deputy city prosecutor Glenn Kim as a Circuit Court judge.

But for Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, it was one of her toughest fights as she maneuvered the nomination through the Senate's partisan minefield.

"Being local, it is tough for us to be in opposition to local people," Hee said in an interview after the vote. "We have that aloha in each of us. It is hard to be different. And I have aloha for Mr. Kim."

Hee insisted that while Kim, 57, had a spectacular resume -- serving in Vietnam, winning the Bronze Star, earning two degrees from Harvard, graduating at the top of his law school class and working 14 years as a deputy Honolulu prosecutor -- his relationships with people were flawed.

Two former deputy prosecutors told Hee's Judiciary Committee that Kim was demeaning, disrespectful and abusive.

Kim told Hee that he denied those charges, which led Hee to say during a 25-minute floor speech that Kim was saying that the women were lying to the committee.

But Lingle and city Prosecutor Peter Carlisle had been working their own lobbying campaigns.

Thursday evening, Lingle, Carlisle and Bob Awana, Lingle's chief of staff, went separately door to door to ask senators for their support.

At the same time, senators were getting e-mail in support of Kim. Former state Sen. Russell Blair, who was a former deputy prosecutor and had worked with Kim, e-mailed his support, even though Blair is now living in California.

"Glenn's resume is backed up by his personal qualities. He is bright, hard-working, honorable, generous and is called to public service," Blair said.

Also supporting Kim were Democrats who had not sided with Hee and Senate President Colleen Hanabusa during the Senate reorganization last year.

Former Senate President Robert Bunda, for instance, helped line up votes for Kim.

Sen. Ron Menor, who had supported Bunda in past Senate organizations, said the vote also showed that Democratic politics was changing and that senators felt free to vote against the recommendations of a committee chairman.

Hanabusa, who voted against Kim, discounted that assertion. "The Senate has been all over the place," she said. "The votes are just the votes."

It was a sad exchange between Sen. Clayton Hee and myself on closing day of the Legislature (Star-Bulletin, May 6). I know I hit pretty hard politically, but I hope my utterances are in the bounds of fair and honorable debate. I don't think the racism and Hee's remarks about Punahou, Outrigger and my ethnic heritage were anything other than racist.

It really is upsetting for me as I have written before about my feelings for Hawaii: I have stood on Mauna Kea and felt the coldness of the snow goddess Poliahu chill my soul. My heart has beat like a ancient chanting drum while running across the scorched lava fields of Kau.

From the crest of Haleakala I have felt the warm rays of the dawning sun as they caress these islands.

Sleeping alone in a cave in Papalaua Valley on Molokai, I have heard the night wind whisper of ancient Hawaii.

Fear has seized my being as I screamed across the face of a 20-foot wave at Makaha. I have shared the joy and exhilaration of riding waves with my brothers and sisters Eddie, Buffalo, Rell and so many more.

Every fiber of my being is of Hawaii. My mother's forebears were citizens of the kingdom of Hawaii. Though my koko is not of the ancient people, my heart certainly is. I love this Hawaii as much as any human can.

How dare Clayton Hee insult the people of Hawaii with his self-righteous racism.

NEW DISCOVERY (03-01-08): Undisclosed relationships between David Farmer, Steven Guttman, Colin Powell, Michael Powell, John McCain, Federal Communications Commission, Summit Communications, Sandwich Isles Communications, Robert Kihune, Gilbert Tam, Al Hee, Clayton Hee, and others. See:

Top 150 Donors/Individual Financial Contributors
to the Political Campaign of
Clayton H W Hee

Name/Location	Employer/Occupation	$ Dollar Amount	Primary/ General	Contribution Date
Bidwell, Clinton Honolulu, HI 96817	Bidwell & Associates/Financial Advi	$2,100	P	06/07/2006
Hee, Albert S Kailua, HI 96734	Sandwich Isles Communications/Co-ow	$2,100	P	08/28/2006
Kosasa, Thomas S M.D. Honolulu, HI 96826	University of Hawaii/Professor	$2,100	P	06/29/2006
McKenna, Michael J Kailua, HI 96734	Windward Ford/Vice President	$2,100	P	07/17/2006
Nishikawa, Gary T Honolulu, HI 96813	Deloitte & Touche/Managing partner	$2,100	P	07/12/2006
Ota, Mitch H Kahului, HI 96732	Irrigation Systems/Owner	$2,100	P	07/12/2006
Waters, Carolyn T Tyler, TX 75703	Retired/Retired	$2,100	P	07/31/2006
Waters, Paul R Tyler, TX 75703	Retired/Retired	$2,100	P	07/31/2006
Wright, James H Honolulu, HI 96813	James H. Wright - Attorney/Attorney	$2,100	P	08/28/2006
Anthony, Garner Honolulu, HI 96812	Retired/Retired	$2,000	P	07/03/2006
Carrey, William J Honolulu, HI 96825	Hawaii Law Group LLP/Partner	$2,000	P	07/10/2006
Dods, Walter A Jr. Honolulu, HI 96821	First Hawaiian Bank/Chairman	$2,000	P	07/13/2006
Doom, Mark E Dallas, TX 75379	Citigroup/Smith Barney/Stockbroker	$2,000	P	08/05/2006
Farias, John Jr. Honolulu, HI 96821	Atlantis Submarine Hawaii/Vice Chai	$2,000	P	06/26/2006
Figueiroa, Pamela K Mililani, HI 96789	R.M. Towill Corporation/Surveyor	$2,000	P	09/02/2006
Fried, L. Richard Jr. Honolulu, HI 96813	Cronin Fried Sekiya Kekina/Attorney	$2,000	P	05/16/2006
Green, Michael Jay Honolulu, HI 96813	Michael Jay Green and Associat/Atto	$2,000	P	06/21/2006
Hall, Robert J Kaneohe, HI 96744	Department of Hawaiian Home La/HSD	$2,000	P	06/22/2006
Kaneshiro, Clyde T Honolulu, HI 96820	Hawaii Disposal/President	$2,000	P	06/02/2006
Kekina, Wayne K Waialua, HI 96791	Cronin Fried Sekiya Kekina/Attorney	$2,000	P	07/18/2006
Kobayashi, Bert T Jr. Honolulu, HI 96821	Kobayashi & Sugita/Attorney	$2,000	P	06/07/2006
Kuhn, Daniel R. Kualapuu, HI 96757	Coffees of Hawaii/General Manager	$2,000	P	09/17/2006
Matsumoto, Michael P Honolulu, HI 96817	SSFM/CEO	$2,000	P	06/07/2006
Nakao, Richard T Honolulu, HI 96814	RTN Inc./Owner	$2,000	P	07/05/2006
Park, Moon Soo M.D. Honolulu, HI 96815	Clinical Laboratories of Hawai/Chai	$2,000	P	06/30/2006
Park, Patricia K Honolulu, HI 96813	Park Park Yu & Remillard/Attorney	$2,000	P	07/01/2006
Sekiya, Gerald Y Honolulu, HI 96813	Cronin Fried Sekiya Kekina/Attorney	$2,000	P	07/18/2006
Trotter, Valerie L Honolulu, HI 96813	Retired/Retired	$2,000<