Woo vs. Harmon - Witness Gary Rodrigues

David C. Farmer, Successor-Trustee vs. Harmon

(Formerly Woo vs. Harmon & Nicholson vs. Harmon)

CV05-00030 DAE KSC

U.S. District Court For the District of Hawaii

Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang

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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS

GARY RODRIGUES

Address to be determined.

Former State Director, United Public Workers union; former member of the Hawaii Judicial Selection Commission.

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GARY RODRIGUES’ PHOTO GALLERY

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December 30, 2007

Rodrigues’ term upheld

A judge rules that the former labor leader must
report to prison Jan. 7 as scheduled

By Debra Barayuga, Star-Bulletin

Convicted labor leader Gary Rodrigues will report to prison on Jan. 7 as scheduled, a federal judge ruled.

Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge David Ezra denied Rodrigues' request to delay his 64-month prison term until April 1, saying he wasn't swayed by the former labor leader's arguments.

Rodrigues had sought an extension because he plans to file a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging his conviction on 101 felony counts. The defense has vigorously maintained that Rodrigues committed no crime.

Rodrigues and daughter Robin Sabatini were found guilty and sentenced on Sept. 30, 2003, to multiple charges of mail fraud, conspiracy to launder money, health care fraud, theft of union funds and accepting kickbacks from an employee benefit plan. Sabatini was sentenced to 46 months.

Both were allowed to remain free on bail pending the resolution of their appeal to the 9th Circuit. The 9th Circuit affirmed the jury's verdict on June 11.

Ezra affirmed the sentences for both father and daughter on Oct. 31 and ordered them to begin serving their sentence Jan. 7.

Rodrigues sought the extension because he has two pending civil cases in federal court and is due to testify in both cases, which are set for trial on Jan. 15 and March 11, respectively.

Government attorneys had called the request for an extension "yet another delay tactic."

"It is time for this defendant to start serving his prison term," wrote assistant U.S. Attorney Florence Nakakuni in the government's opposition.

Ezra noted that Rodrigues did not meet the statutory requirements for the release of an individual who has been convicted, sentenced and has filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The court is required to find that the defendant presented clear and convincing evidence that he is not likely to flee or pose a danger to the community. The court said it did not know the basis for the petition and therefore could not determine whether the appeal would raise any issues that would likely result in a reversal of the verdict.

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August 4, 2003

Faye Kurren named president
of Hawaii Dental Service

Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

Faye Kurren, former president of Tesoro Hawaii Corp., will be the new president and CEO of Hawaii Dental Service beginning Sept. 3, the company announced Monday.

Kurren replaces Jonathan Won, who has been HDS president and CEO since 2000. He had announced in May that he was leaving the company.

Kurren has held executive leadership positions with companies such as Pacific Resources Inc. as counsel in 1984 and BHP Hawaii (formerly PRI) as vice president and general counsel.

When Tesoro Petroleum Corp. acquired BHP Hawaii in 1998, Kurren became president, overseeing refining, distribution and retail operations for the mid-Pacific region.

"Faye brings to HDS a solid track record of strong leadership," said Jay Kanegawa, chairman of HDS' board of directors. "Her local leadership experience and perspectives will strengthen HDS to better serve Hawaii's residents, businesses and organizations."

Kurren, a graduate of Punahou School, has a law degree from the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law, a master's degree in sociology from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in sociology from Stanford University.

She's a member of the boards of the University of Hawaii Foundation, Girl Scout Council of Hawaii, the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council and Waikiki Aquarium.

HDS is the state's largest nonprofit dental service provider.

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April 16, 2003

VOLCANIC ASH

Pity poor Gary Rodrigues

By David Shapiro

For the past week, the news has brought word of tragedy from around the world.

The deadly SARS virus continues to spread as doctors race for containment and a cure before more people die.

A young woman was murdered and partially eaten by a would-be rap star who was trying to cultivate a "gangsta" image.

Some 30,000 unfortunate chickens in California were fed into wood chippers after farmers saw no point in keeping them around after they were no longer able to produce eggs and were too old to make good soup.

And then came the heartbreaking story of convicted labor leader Gary Rodrigues, who sent his lawyer before the state Circuit Court to whine that the former United Public Workers boss is broke and near starving as he awaits sentencing to federal prison on some 100 counts of mail fraud and money laundering.

The charges involve hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal kickbacks the hungry Rodrigues took from union health plans and consulting contracts he steered to his daughter — money the court has not yet ordered him to pay back.

Nevertheless, his attorney, Eric Seitz, said, "There is no reason to think that Mr. Rodrigues is wealthy or that he has a lot of money socked away somewhere."

What, he thought the insurance kickbacks were such a dependable source of income that he saw no need to save for a rainy day?

Rodrigues complains that the UPW is dragging its feet on paying his pension since he resigned from his $200,000 job after his conviction last fall. He's also having trouble collecting another $600,000 he claims the union owes him for vacation and sick time he says he didn't use over the last 20 years.

The union won't pay his legal bills for lawsuits stemming from his alleged misdeeds as UPW state director, and as a final affront, the state government he once wielded so much power over has refused to cough up unemployment benefits.

As Tony Soprano is fond of saying, "Boo hoo hoo."

The UPW certainly should be required to pay Rodrigues any benefits he legitimately earned. But given the long pattern of corruption laid out by prosecutors during his trial, new UPW leader Peter Trask is prudent and well within his rights to take his time having Rodrigues' claims carefully scrutinized.

Particularly suspicious is Rodrigues' attempt to collect back pay for unused vacation. He says he took little vacation during his 20 years at UPW's helm, but it's well-documented that he spent an awful lot of time "working" at his Oregon ranch.

Not only did he fail to log his out-of-state ranch respites as vacation, but he often took other UPW officials with him to do maintenance work on his property.

So, in effect, the union has already paid Rodrigues for work time to build and maintain his ranch in Oregon, and now he wants the union to pay for the same time again as unused back vacation.

Rather than pay him off, we can only hope the new union leadership is preparing to send Rodrigues a bill for the value of the work UPW employees did on his ranch — and for their work time lost to UPW as a result of the Oregon treks.

Seitz conceded that Rodrigues will be "well fed and housed" by the federal prison system after he is sentenced next month, but worries how he will get by until then.

Surely his politician friends who enabled his behavior for so long would be willing to stand him a few meals.

David Shapiro can be reached at dave@volcanicash.net

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November 27, 2002

VOLCANIC ASH

Stand up to Gary Rodrigues

By David Shapiro

It's been a week since labor leader Gary Rodrigues was found guilty of 100 federal felony counts of fraud, money laundering and embezzlement for soliciting kickbacks and steering phony union contracts to his daughter. We're still waiting to hear words of repudiation from the politicians and fellow labor leaders who gave Rodrigues so much of the power he abused.

When pushed for comment, public officials and union chiefs who kowtowed to Rodrigues for two decades are more likely to offer him sympathetic testimonials than condemnation.

It's a sign of the misplaced loyalty that permeates Hawai'i politics. Where's the official sympathy for hardworking members of the United Public Workers whom Rodrigues plundered in his greed to amass personal wealth? Where's the support for UPW members who fear continued inappropriate behavior by Rodrigues and his hand-picked successors?

Ask a politician or labor leader about Rodrigues' conviction, and the typical response is to praise him for ably representing the lowest-paid workers in state and county government — and then express sadness that he tarnished himself with "one mistake."

Rodrigues collected one of Hawai'i's fattest labor salaries at $200,000 a year to represent those low-paid workers, which wasn't enough to satisfy his avarice. Federal prosecutors proved that he collected hundreds of thousands dollars more in kickbacks and bogus consulting contracts funneled through his daughter.

Far from "one mistake," the trial revealed a long pattern of corruption. And there were warning signs even before the federal charges were brought.

Previously, Rodrigues was accused of covering up the settlement of a sexual harassment complaint by a union secretary with whom he had an intimate personal relationship. He had a personal business interest in the company that supplied building materials for UPW headquarters on the Neighbor Islands. He used UPW employees to do construction and maintenance work on his Oregon ranch.

Rodrigues viciously attacked critics of his dealings within the union. UPW's parent union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, whitewashed an investigation of his alleged improprieties.

All the while, political leaders heaped power on Rodrigues, appointing him to the Judicial Selection Commission, the Economic Recovery Task Force and the state Supreme Court's selection committee for Kamehameha Schools trustees. Rodrigues had virtual veto power in the state Senate.

It all served to feed his arrogant belief that he was above his membership and the law. The arrogance persists even after his conviction.

Rodrigues' lawyer didn't bother putting on a defense to dispute that his client did what the government charged. He argued that any kickbacks didn't violate federal law.

Rodrigues' bullying behavior after the verdict included threatening gestures toward prosecutors and trashing the microphone of a TV reporter, bringing an admonishment from U.S. Judge Samuel King.

Rodrigues ignored his suspension by the AFSCME and led a move to overthrow UPW's president and install his own successors.

Some union members are battling to place the UPW in receivership for fear Rodrigues is maneuvering for a retirement settlement of as much as $750,000. Rather than pay him off, the union should seek damages from Rodrigues for breach of fiduciary trust.

It's time for the politicians and labor community to put their loyalty where it belongs and get behind UPW members trying to reclaim their union.

As the federal court prepares to sentence Rodrigues, it needs to look closely at whether his continued freedom is perpetuating the misconduct he was convicted of. Bail is for criminal defendants who behave themselves. Leniency at sentencing is for those who regret their crimes and make amends.

David Shapiro can be reached by e-mail at dave@volcanicash.net.

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October 11, 2002

Insurer paid off Rodrigues’
$10,000 loan, witness says

By Debra Barayuga, Star-Bulletin

A $10,000 personal loan to United Public Workers state Director Gary Rodrigues was repaid by Hawaii Dental Service, not Rodrigues, a woman testified yesterday in federal court.

Marietta Loughrin, 83, wife of the late Allan Loughrin, who formerly worked in UPW's accounting office, said that she overheard her husband and Rodrigues discussing repayment of the loan one evening after dinner at Rodrigues' home in Bend, Ore.

"I heard Mr. Rodrigues telling my husband he was going to make my husband a consultant with HDS (Hawaii Dental Service), and he would receive checks every month" to repay the loan, she said.

Loughrin said to her knowledge, her husband did not do any consulting work for HDS or UPW after he retired.

But she acknowledged she was not aware of any communications between her husband and HDS and did not make it her business to ask her husband about the checks.

"I knew what it was for," she said.

Rodrigues is on trial in U.S. District Court on charges he negotiated medical, dental and life insurance contracts with inflated premiums and embezzled from the union by funneling consulting fees to companies owned by his daughter to benefit himself and family members.

His daughter, Robin Haunani Rodrigues Sabatini, is also charged with receiving and depositing consulting fees for work she allegedly did not perform.

During opening statements, Rodrigues' defense attorney Doron Weinberg denied that Rodrigues negotiated higher premiums so that his daughter could benefit. He said Sabatini did legitimate work for the UPW and was compensated.

Hawaii Dental Service had entered into a contract with UPW to provide alternative dental benefits to union members. The agreement factored in consulting and administrative fees, which is a customary practice, according to HDS officials who testified this week.

After her husband retired, Loughrin said, they moved into Rodrigues' Bend home in 1990 at Rodrigues' request because he wanted someone to "keep an eye on the place."

Rodrigues had purchased the property for himself and his then live-in girlfriend and secretary, Georgietta Carroll, who is Loughrin's daughter.

Under questioning by Weinberg, Loughrin said she could not remember when her husband began receiving the checks, and she never asked him about it. "He took care of it. I didn't want anything to do with it," she said.

"He didn't do anything for the dental people," she later added. "I know because he would tell me."

Earlier, she said the money her husband loaned Rodrigues came from $18,000 she received from her insurance company for an accident she was involved in some years before. She agreed to loan the money after her husband said Rodrigues wanted it to install a sprinkler system at his Bend property.

On Wednesday, Wesley Park, former president and chief executive officer of Hawaii Dental Service from August 1995 to 2000, said he met with Rodrigues shortly after he took over at HDS and asked him where to send the consulting fees that had accumulated.

Rodrigues instructed that HDS send the consulting fees to Four Winds RSK -- Sabatini's company on Kauai. In March 1996 a check for $25,381 for the period of January 1994 to December 1995 was sent to Four Winds.

Her employer, William Hancock, who ran an accounting firm, testified earlier that Sabatini did not form Four Winds until 1996 or 1997 and that she had been working for him full time prior to that.

Park said, under questioning by Weinberg, that the $25,000 in fees was HDS money -- not UPW money -- that was owed to UPW's consultant.

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August 2, 1997

VOLCANIC ASH

By David Shapiro

Ethics is knowing
right from wrong

DANIEL Mollway, executive director of the State Ethics Commission, says the Star-Bulletin needs to "fine tune" its thinking on ethics and the commission's work. Well, the Star-Bulletin's thinking on ethics is fine, thank you. We have strict ethics policies that we enforce vigorously. If only the state could say the same.

Mollway objected to Clay Jones' cartoon depicting ethics commissioners with their heads in the sand on the appointment of United Public Workers chief Gary Rodrigues to the state panel that selects judges. That's a constitutional matter and not the Ethics Commission's job, Mollway said.

It's not the commission's job to enforce bribery statutes either, Mollway said, taking me to task for a Volcanic Ash column that criticized commission inaction in a conflict-of-interest case involving former Senate President James Aki and developer Sukarman Sukamto. Mollway said my thinking was "simplistic."

I'm stung that the brainy Mollway, whose opinion I respect, is unimpressed by the depth of my thinking. But I'm a simple guy who thinks ethics are a simple matter of knowing right from wrong and doing what's right. If you're reduced to defending yourself with legalistic hair-splitting, maybe that's where the thinking needs to be fine-tuned.

The purpose of our state ethics law is simple -- to protect us from conflicts of interest in which public officials use their office to further their private interests at the government's expense.

In both of the cases Mollway raises, the Ethics Commission declined to rule on clear conflicts.

Rodrigues is involved in many court cases. Most recently, the UPW filed highly publicized lawsuits in state courts that successfully challenged the 1996 vote calling for a constitutional convention and government's right to privatize public services.

How can the judges now hearing privatization cases ignore that they'll have to go before Rodrigues' Judicial Selection Commission for reappointment to their jobs? It's an inherent conflict of interest.

In the other case, Aki admitted that he asked Sukamto to develop his Nanakuli property at the same time Sukamto was lobbying the Legislature to buy his Aloha Motors property for the convention center.

Mollway said there was no ethics violation because there was no evidence of a quid pro quo between Aki and Sukamto.

I beg to differ. Aki created an ethics dilemma simply by soliciting a private deal with Sukamto. In the worst case, it was an invitation to a bribe. In the best case, Sukamto had little choice but to humor Aki, whatever the senator's intentions, or face possible retaliation on the convention center.

MOLLWAY says legislators "are constantly soliciting those they do business with for all sorts of things: campaign funds, jobs, loans, business deals, etc."

That may be true, but it's alarming that it's OK with the Ethics Commission. Think of the possible Aki-like scenarios:

Bank lobbyist: Mr. Legislator, I think you'll find a lot of merit in our banking bill.

Legislator: Can I have a job?

Lobbyist: Our bill is good for the state.

Legislator: Can I get a loan?

Mollway: No ethics violation here.

The Ethics Commission must find ways to hold officials accountable to ethical standards rather than find excuses not to rule. If commissioners think ethics laws lack teeth, they should be leading the fight for tougher laws.

It's that simple.

David Shapiro is managing editor of the Star-Bulletin.
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July 18, 1997

Editorials

Rodrigues shouldn’t
be on judicial panel

THE appointment of Gary Rodrigues, state director of the United Public Workers union, to the Judicial Selection Commission makes a travesty of the prohibition on commission members taking "an active part in political management or in political campaigns."

Rodrigues is one of the top political power brokers in the state. His union's support is widely coveted by political candidates, especially Democrats. Along with the other public employee unions, the UPW's backing is often crucial in the outcome of elections. Putting a person in Rodrigues' position on the commission subverts its purpose, which is to reduce the influence of politics on the selection of judges.

Moreover, Rodrigues has been involved recently in two important lawsuits -- and won both of them. In a suit challenging a privately operated landfill on the Big Island, the state Supreme Court ruled that the operation violated a law protecting the jobs of government employees. As head of the Hawaii Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Rodrigues was a party to a suit challenging the validity of the results of the vote on holding a constitutional convention. The Supreme Court also ruled in his favor on that one, too, but a federal judge has now ordered a new election.

Rodrigues also has been involved in a dispute over drug testing of city employees who are UPW members and called for the dismissal of the chief city physician who criticized alleged leniency in dealing with employees who failed drug tests.

Rodrigues was nominated to the Judicial Selection Commission by Senate President Norman Mizuguchi. Under Mizuguchi's leadership, the Senate passed a bill on the privatization issue that was so weak that the neighbor island mayors called it worse than no bill at all. It was clearly appeasement of Rodrigues.

Nor does it help that another new commission member, Max Sword, director of industry affairs for Outrigger Enterprises, is also involved in legislative lobbying. But he's a minor player compared to the UPW chief. Both Rodrigues and Sword said they would continue lobbying unless a court ordered them to stop. Even if Rodrigues stopped direct lobbying, he would continue to exert considerable influence behind the scenes.

Chief Justice Ronald Moon, who presided at the swearing-in of four new commission members, said he was confident that their work "will enhance public confidence and trust in the process."

We are anything but confident about that.

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May 20, 1997

Editorials

Wrong appointment for judicial selection

THE Judicial Selection Commission was created by constitutional amendment in 1978 to take some of the politics out of the appointment of judges by screening candidates and presenting a list to the governor from which the final choice is made. The power to appoint the nine members of the commission is shared by the governor, the Senate president, speaker of the House and chief justice of the Supreme Court.

The Constitution provides that no member of the commission can run for or hold any elected public office or take an active part in "political management or political campaigns."

The appointment of Gary Rodrigues, director of the United Public Workers union, is unacceptable in light of those restrictions. Senate President Norman Mizuguchi named Rodrigues to the commission last year, but the appointment was held up by a dispute regarding a 1994 constitutional amendment changing the number of appointments alloted to the governor and the Senate president. The way now seems clear for Rodrigues to join the commission.

This appointment contradicts the idea of keeping politics out of the judiciary. As the head of a major public employees union, Rodrigues is up to his neck in politics. The UPW endorsement is highly coveted by candidates and its members are out campaigning for those selected. To claim that Rodrigues is not engaged in "political management" would be disingenuous. What makes the appointment even worse is that Rodrigues' union is involved in the battle over privatization of public services that threatens to cause chaos on the neighbor islands. It was a lawsuit by the UPW that brought on this crisis.

The idea that Rodrigues would act impartially on the Judicial Selection Commission is laughable. He would politicize the commission and cast a cloud over its recommendations. To give him this power in addition to his already considerable clout in the Legislature and the governor's office is a flagrant abuse of the appointive authority by Mizuguchi.

But what would you expect? Mizuguchi kowtowed to Rodrigues in the last session by producing a bill to deal with the privatization issue that was tailored to please the labor leader. The neighbor island mayors rejected it, saying it would be worse than no bill at all.

Mizuguchi's defense of the appointment is that the commission is supposed to represent a cross section of the community and labor has been lacking representation. There are plenty of labor union members who could have been chosen who are not political power brokers like Gary Rodrigues. But that of course was precisely why he was chosen.

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July 17, 1997

UPW’s Rodrigues
takes controversial post

He and three others
join the commission that selects
nominees for state judgeships

By Mary Adamski, Star-Bulletin

Four people will be installed as members of the Judicial Selection Commission today, but there is no question that public attention will focus on Gary Rodrigues, state director of the United Public Workers.

Critics have challenged the appointment as the last straw in power wielded by the leader of the 13,000-member blue-collar union. Rodrigues has gained high visibility in the past year in political struggles over "privatizing" government services and setting a constitutional convention.

The nine-member commission selects nominees from which the governor appoints judges, and has authority to reappoint judges.

"Someone has a wild imagination ... that I would determine judges, one vote out of nine, it's outrageous," said Rodrigues in a recent interview.

He said he did not seek the appointment, which was actually made in early 1996 but held up because of changes made in the way appointments are made.

"It came as a complete surprise" when state Senate President Norman Mizuguchi proposed his nomination. "He said he thought labor should be represented. There was nobody there since Tommy Trask (former ILWU director whose commission term ended in 1993).

"Why shouldn't we (a public employee union representative) be on the commission? Working people make up a large proportion of the community. We're voters, we pay taxes," Rodrigues said.

He said those who criticize organized labor's role in the political scene are saying "we can only cook the dinner but we cannot sit down to eat. That is a real 'master' type attitude." Rodrigues, 55, has been elected UPW state director since 1981. He was elected president of the Hawaii State AFL-CIO in 1985.

This is not his first political appointment. Gov. John Waihee named him to the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii for two terms. Gov. George Ariyoshi appointed him to the Compensation Review Commission for public officials and employees. The UH Board of Regents picked him for a 1992 advisory committee in the search for a university president. He chairs the Hawaii Health Council created to plan health care initiatives following the government and business Vision 2000 planning conference. He has served on numerous boards and committees concerning conditions and benefits for the workforce.

Also being sworn in are Max Sword, Outrigger Enterprises Inc. director of industry affairs; Wayne Matsuo, former head of the state Office of Youth Services, and Honolulu lawyer James Kawashima.

The focus on Rodrigues comes, in part, because of a challenge by a group of Republican lawmakers who say the appointment violates the state Constitution mandate that "no member shall take an active part in political management or in political campaigns." They called on Rodrigues to resign from activities as lobbyist and political action committee leader for the union.

The state Ethics Commission said their challenge was outside its jurisdiction. The state attorney general did not respond with a legal opinion, and Mizuguchi ignored their demand to withdraw his nomination.

It isn't an issue for the Judicial Selection Commission at this point either, said attorney David Fairbanks, acting chairman. "If there is a question of whether he is participating in a political campaign or managing a political campaign, then that is something we might look at.

"But until he is seated on the commission and there is some evidence he is violating a rule, we would not." Fairbanks said Judicial Selection Commission members frequently step aside from participating when they have a personal or professional connection with a candidate for nomination or reappointment.

Desmond Byrne, state chairman of Common Cause/Hawaii, said: "Selecting judges is just one more lever of power here. We don't like to see it concentrated in too few people. Anybody as litigious as the UPW ... we don't want to see people with a lot of matters before the courts selecting judges."

Byrne said: "There's enough cynicism already that power is too concentrated in Hawaii. If someone heads one institution, we don't want to see him influencing another institution."

The perception that Rodrigues already has clout in the judicial branch of government as well as the executive and legislative branches was heightened because of a couple of recent Hawaii Supreme Court decisions.

First, there was the UPW challenge to a Hawaii County contract for a privately run landfill, the kind of jobs usually held by county refuse workers. After the high court upheld the union position, the battleground moved to the Legislature, which wrestled with but didn't succeed in defining limits of privatization. Then it was back into the courts again as three neighbor island mayors canceled numerous contracts.

Also there is the federal judge's decision last week mandating a new election on the question of whether a Constitutional Convention shall be called. The furor was kicked off by Rodrigues, as head of the State Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and other Con Con opponents.

The Supreme Court upheld their view, ruling that the 45,335 blank and spoiled ballots had to be counted, thus negating the "yes" vote majority. Con Con backers took the matter to federal court.

He also has been visible in the issue of drug-testing for Honolulu city truck drivers, most of whom are UPW members.

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Gary Rodrigues is expected to testify regarding his business, professional, political and personal relationships with Benjamin Cayetano, Dan Inouye, John Waihee, Gerard Jervis, Ben Cayetano, Hamilton McCubbin, Evan Dobelle, Gladys Brandt, Norman Mizuguchi, Henry Peters, Wayne Chang, Richard Wong, Earl Anzai, Lyn Anzai, Margery Bronster, Mark Bennett, Robert Miller, Greg Dunn, Bradley Tamm, Martin Luna, Lionel Tokioka, Colbert Matsumoto, Zephyr Insurance Co., Robin Haunani Rodrigues Sabatini, Judge Rey Graulty, Judge Barry Kurren, Faye Kurren, Hawaii Dental Services, Pacific Group Medical Association (PGMA), Hawaii Nature Conservancy, Haunani Apoliona, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Thomas Hayes, Royal State Insurance, Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA), Russell Okata, Colbert Matsumoto, Judge Kevin Chang, Judge David Ezra, David Fairbanks, Michael Heihre (fna Michael Hare), Warren Price III, Sidney Ayabe, Galen Fox, Clayton Hee, Jerrold Gubin, Al Shim, Rockne Freitas, Linda Lingle, Bob Awana, Waste Management, Inc., Stanley Hong, Robert Katz, Mary Lou Woo, Steven Guttman, Robert Kessner, Eric Seitz, Tony Rutledge, Judge Robert Klein, William McCorriston, Larry Mehau, Jeff Stone, Colleen Hanabusa, James Kawashima, David Farmer, Sukamto Sia, Guido Giacometti, Susan Tius, and others to be named upon discovery.