.'-'- September 26, 1999, p. B1
i Mthin thene.xt several ~ProbatI.Cou1t Princess Bernice Pauahi tx. to selectonly membersof the .jJdgeKevinarangwiU gawthefX1Wertoselec.t:Bi1h- ~I~ religion. However. fed- h.-Jr proposal"on a new ~ £ate ~ to a map;. 881 aI¥Sstate oonsntutions now ~n p~ for ty of tM three justk:es c1 tt. ..~ J1MJge5~ justi~ from trusteesoftheBisilopEs- Sup~ Court of tt. KiDC- d82ulti..SItif1! 00 the basisof reli- tate. (k)m of Hawaii. p.i. ev81 when 51Jpposedlyaa - : The hear;ng has been Presumably,she wanted ~ in an unofficialcapacity. ~~the~~~in tt1emto a: in d8r M~l- ,.,. why CUef Jusdce Ronald ~ 1997~ four of the ~f , siIx:e in dM8 days ~ IID~ ~ years ago ~ HawaiiS~. Sup-. ~ j\L«k::8haD- 118... - ~ cxherjustices had ~urt Jusacathat they dIed all probate mattera 80 dR:e ~ to ipre Pauahi's ~ nolonger ~- (wi11tIe tn.-s). JDltnacdon that all trUStees be Patein selecting~ Aa the kinidom evolved 1I'-';-~ -~ Of the mWtibiUjon.ckJlJar u.o . ~ ~ tI81. t8rID- :. 11Ibd.all ~ ~ ofthe five cur- 8tGte. Hawaii Si.IJNerrtC ry aDd flna1ly a stat.. Su- .~ j18tk:es haw dedded not to ~ ;ustica had been preme C(RIrt ~ oo.-Jiiii. 'i!ia~ in ~ ~on of fu- ~ . tnISt8S ~
,UIg ,~ uedto selectBishop Estate ... ~ mOte than a centwy un- U'UStes.thouIb jurisdiction .. J\KIgesu.s jUStices C3MOC as- derthetermsofthewiUof 0Y8' IX'Ot.re ~Q. shifted --my I~-::~-~ibility in an un- founder Princess Bernice to a separate prob8te ~ c6ja1 capacity that would pre- Rauahi Bishop. They .uerJljXm to j\.rjfy their ~ them from fully canj'ing out ~ TrtlStee selection is con- continuing involvement by d8r omda1 dutia This onon ot Sdcred one of the most desa'iang it . "'~- ~ ethia ~ them ,;th sgni/icant issuesimdved WItIDK ~ P88hi's . MCatch-22- in the C3:.5eof the if! a ~yearcon UOIJe1SY wiD stDI1d be ld"u ~ 'n1is ~ F.Dte - they cannot de- ~unding the estate istn8 mn . nxnL . ~ dde controversiesinvolving ti-ustees'financial aca\/i- u legal. point of view. But ~ ~ handpick.and they des and supervision 0( tt. because of deYeiopments ~ halxipa tn1st~ if it pre- siIa Pauahi'sde8dI, .. win \'8U them from decidingoona'O- Kamehamelta Sdtools. hISrD been.- ~~ be, \18'18. f~ Uta'8Uy. 1be attorney general has nO\v First. the Supreme Court j»:~ that tNSt~ selectionbe that Pauahi had in mind IIDft.s fn)m tM fiw j~ of the ~ to exS wid! tIw or.w'- state Sup-QI- Cow1 to the four j\Mips do the l&11Q"~ Court s. 1UT. M of ~ As part of this propos- al. the intennediate oourt would be pe1'ma118ltlydisqualified from RandaJJ Roth is .. Universi- ail ca.1S inYOt..;ngthe Bishop Es- ty of H.WIii Jaw profesf«' tate. .1nd COoaurhorof the -~ But substituting one group of Tnlst- ~y that criticized judges for another simply is not m~nt of the BLshop £stat~. This arride rep~t.t good enough. It fails to addresS the opinion of the -Broken what the attorney general de- Tt1Jst"Juthor!. !he KanJe'o saibes as "a perc~n of politi- h:JInehaAlumni Association ca! influence (that) may be incur- Board of Presidents and Na :1ble:1nd may exISt at ail levels of Pua A Ke All'i P..u41Ju". the judiciar:t . . .- - .
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~-t:oa committee important to the tnm. Reputadon ~ -=- br * PraM. b' tD'Ie5ty.mmD1ity. a'e8tivity ~ ~Uegial1ty. Keen sense of humor BIIIIopE1t8t8.CO8tWO8dd*i a abilJtyto wa'k with CXhersto- GLADYS BRANDT, SAMUEL ward a.;x~ pL I)f;,.::!~-~~~ ated ""Shipinoommw1jtyanddvX: Probate J\xige Kevin C\aDI has P. KING, WALTER HEEN ~ Aa1ity to \BXiersI:am fichm. VI~«i ~ ~ F.ae ~ to AND RANDALL ROTH ry duti. and willingness to take "stXJWcm.-" . to why tMj ~ d8D .nm1y . not be removed!rom Om~ AI . Gladyl Brandt, Sam- P. 1an& We !'~ that ~ ~ be pi""'"~ m&a8', this DBIW tb8 ~ Walter Heen and RondaU Roth au- ~~ for a spedfied term of thored tha .~ TruI&- eaczy. placement trustea: soon will be )'8n. with b ~mlity of reap. L~--";:'~ }-~:'i-'-;-'~~ [n~stDtnm,b~~ Utm' 1mdra~ stn1k1 a . ~ bro&den the ~-~_-~~.;.litW that they recuse~ ~ A'Om ii~J~L~ c:t ~ ~ \,UU~ CUn'ently assigned to the special- ~ilMX'tirllu.~ be ~nIidered as a candidate "tor ~~ Four ct the ftw aDTSJt~ tn8-. ~ repI~:.-,:.~~u ~ have admowtedgedthis by an- T~lJy. the eIJdre public is any will be L~~~t ~ ~ ~d18t~wiDmkxJPrm- the :"..-iCftdaIYof eYerydwitable Rather than debate the merits of \Qye ~.;;.~~~ in u. ;.M:.~-::vct tna ~. ~ tbe ~ F69o ~ caJxDdatm,~ d1D1k~ im- ~ RepI~ ct ~ tI2 ftftb. tD'S UIJkIue hi.-ory am tradmon. mecDate~ stD1Id t. at ~ jusdce might like, ~Ci' the law M a_~ that ~ be tmJgt!t of as a -ing the best p~ tor selecting mrthewiUpermitsbimtoseiC primarily Hawaiian organi7'.tion. ~ ~ ... a ~~ ct cxa' Coo- - th8tbe Kaae~ ~ 11wwill ~ ~ ~ PauahictiIm- ~KIy, the task ct seIet1f1-Jjfu- cX]am~bDmjcX'roIeinb. edthat ~.::i:i. ~ t. .. ture ttustees~~Ily fa1lIto 82D1~Otbs'vomm1k1 1«t!d by Mamajcxity cl ~ ~ tI2 Pi-~ CQ.at. be I8IU .weL ot the Suprenw ~ at tM King. Rade'thanSmlXY~tn.- Ora ~ sei«1ion ooawUtt~ has oom of HawaD.Whs1 that wu m- hinBeIf. ~ dUnk u. r-~ 1'Jdp been formed. the Probate Court's tel in 1883.b SU1X'e118~ a stn1ki ~a a ~~--:iii ~JiiiA.- JXin8ry ~ stn.z1d be to sari5fy the Probate Court were the .-me tee and work with it to establish itself that presaibed procedures thing. mulill-ebe!1SiYea'itm;a aIKi pnX8o ~~aM~~amia But tor many years. a separate ~ Honolulu Star-Bulletin March 15, 1999, p. A-9 ~ 4 MidWeek. December 16, 1998 ed to insist upon that itself. and to whenever that is in the best inter- assess its own fines in any evenL ests of the trust and its beneficia- Federal and state grand juries are ries.. contemplating additional indict- The Hawaii Supreme Court has ~- Delaying~ justice ments based on an array of alleged . upheld a trustee's removal basedon transgressions. including use of a master's finding that the trustee estate funds to pay political debts. had not ~n "sufficiently careful. The Bishop Estate trusteesare Two trustees are in court trying to and diligent in the performance of undersiege: One of them hasbeen get a third fired, attd stories around his duties." The United States indicted on a charge of first- alxIutunpro(j1Dive trustee~ Supreme Court has upheld a degree theft and another has told that end in shouting attd near-phys- trustee's rerooval solely on ~ basis friends that he expectsto be next ical altercations. of "disharmony" with a co-trustee. The masterhas recommended that We are at a loss to explain why If these trusteestruly car~ a}l five be assessedfines that eas- IJustees have rK>tyet been 1'eDK)ved arout Pauahi's legocy and took seri- ily could total millions of dollars Calls for undue process are ously their fiduciary duties. they ~. ~ anorreygener4ll ~ asked 'taa11Y~splaced.A~ipcon- would step aside on their own. at' that the court also orner the repay- fers duties. rK>tri~ Trusteessave least until they had resolved their ment of millions in excessive at the pleasure of the prObatecourt. ~ legal problems. This is not compensation.The IRS is expect- They can and should be removed likely to ~ ~ IIUsteeshave grown jM;CUstOfTM:dto excessive fees and unchec~ed power. Some of them also li~ being in a position to intimidate. witnesses, obstruct investigations and "borrow" trust funds for personal use. The attorney general has asked for the removal of four trustees.The probate court has the power and responsibility to do exactly that. as long as it is in the best interests of the trust and its beneficiaries. From our perspective. this should not be a difficult call. The court has everything it needs to make a decision. There is no good reason to wait any longer. Justice delayed is justice denied. Samuel King, Walter Heen. Gladys Brandt and Randall Roth .' The Honolulu Advertiser January 3, 1999, p. B2 a'I ~~ aJ cn . or-! a. ~ aJ ~ >00 ~a'I ~a'I .-t :j .-t ~ :j00 .-t 0 ~ c= aJ 0.0 :I: e aJ aJ U 'caJ E-tO ~ ~..] !",";"'I"' I "!!' I .,.;! ! e; :",; 1;'I~ !'Ji' .";l.lji,;14" " 1,li!;,I!I!,," :'"i;IIII~;:1i": , il'P' I'!' I '!;!H!! I I;! '!' 0~ "r"" ,;","11', n " ", ~'ii:!;~!:!!' r ~i:I",;:' .lqn~ l ! , ",!i:" ' I ;' , ! :i'qq! ' . !.I:;I;!I 1»11"i' 1111", ~N a>~ (/) .~ . .IoJQ. ~ a> ' >00 '-0 ~ ~~ ~ r-I ' ~N I !1!!!!~~!I!t!~! 0 ~ ~ a> 0.0 = e a> a> u ..c 'J) ~O The Honolulu Advertiser September 30, 1998, p. A12 The attorney general hu to get the court to remove the asked the probate court to reoo others now. The sort1ng out of move all five Bishop Estate " individual levels of merit and tnJStees. That hearing is sched- cu1pability will take time, and uled for Oct. 23 and probably NA PUA, ET AL '- - CUI' primary concern baa to be wtll be assigned to Judge the best intereiU of the benefi- Colleen H1ra1. Uve whenever drcumstancu dartes. OUr devotion to Pauahi In a separate action. tnJStees warrant such act1on.The stan- and responsibility to protect Oswald Stender and Gerald dard to be applied fa -wbateYesa her legacy requ1rM no less. Jervis are seeking the removal will be mOlt beneftdal to the We love and admire Stender of trustee Lokelani Lindsey. Interestl of the beneftdaries. . and ezpect that be event uall y That one is scheduled for Nov. What th18 means fa that. HJn1 will be retnstated as a trustee 2 in Judge Kevin Chan,., baa the power aDd authority to and recognized by Hawaii as courtroom. remove these tI'uItee8 81 ~ the hero we know him to be. There 11a hearini Friday In u Friday. We are not ukt"g that the Hlrat's courtroom lnvolving a There fa ample precedent - othv truItee8 be removed per- third legal action. ThiI one wu IUch acUon. Includlnl' & state manently, without any oppor- Initiated by all five ~tee. Supreme Co\D't ~ sIon ~ t8 tunity to fully present their yean aso when they aaked the of Georp He Halt. ~ Hawaii lide of the IituatioD. Each of probate jUdge to approve their 352 (1935). Cue law 1IMi1cate8 them IJ¥)u1dbe free to seek re- annual accounUng for flJcal that tnIItee8 can be reDMn'eci 1D8iatement. But it could be yearl993-94. for any of theIe. re8~~ yean before that 11fully and ft. Tht. matter baa moved slow. . Failure to faUawdiJ"ecdm8 na1ly UUpted. and too much is ly, primarily because of difft. In the goveminl'document. at Itak8 to leave them in power cultle, encountered by the . Fall me to obey court 0r- dImncwbat fCX"them i8 Ukel7 court-appointed master in get- ders. to be a chall-Dgin g ~ ~ea. ting acceu to essential Infor- . Fa11ureto properi,,- account A majority of trustees hu maUon. But. It heated up sever- tobene;ftdart~«,thecourt. lquandered estate funds over al months ala when the muter . AcUve~~~ent of IJD. the paIt year in a traDJparent submitted a 14S-pagereport de- portant ~~~ frCXI1beD.-- ~~ to derail the attomey ddart ~ «' the ~ ' - tailing a multitude of serious pneral'. investigation and to breaches of tnJSt.. The follow. . Failureto );iopefly moni- improperly influence public ing are selected highlight.: tar the acUona of & co-tluItee. op1n1on. We are particularly . Improperdiversion of ~ . Lack of mutual con~deDce troubled by .the SSS,OOOto million of income that wu SUP- and cooperaUOn aID.onC'tnJIt- IlOO,cm reportedly being paid posed to be spent educating ea- out of trust funds to the Mc- Hawaiian children. ThiI was in . Fa11ure to InYftt prudent- Corrilton law firm each month. direct. vtolaUon of court orders ly. Thi8 and .ctmil2.1'e%amples of and the te~ of Bernice . Fallure to recosniZeand apparent abuse are likely to p auah1 's wt11.AltO. it wu done effectively addreII confl1d1 of continue until uu.tee. have without proper disclosure. 1ntere8t. been i8a1~ed. . Failure to develop a c0m- .Fai1uretounderstaDdr.-to We are concerned about prehensive investment plan. pursue In good faith the cea,U'a1 wbat will follow the removal of failure to properiy investipte ~~ of the truIt. truIt.e-. But we would rather investment opportunities and Buedm1e1,yOD&re8d1DIof place our faith in the ability failure to properly monitor ex. the muter's report. all of the IDd good will of J 00ges ChaDg isting investments. above appear to 3Wly. A~ and HJra1. Muter Colbert Mat- . Failure to properly account IDI to tnJIt-law prof~ RaD- IUJDOtOand Attomey General to the court and to follow a da11Roth: -an a acale of 1 to Mar8e1'7 Bronster, than to sui - provts1on in Pauah!'1 will that 10. the cue for removal ap. fer any longer from the incom. mandates annual ~osure to pears to be an 11.- petence and self-semng be-- beneficiaries. We stroDI1Y beUeft that the havior of certain trustees. . Improper expenditureof $1 interesu of Kamehameha ~ Grlicle ~ ~d by: million of tn1St.funds to fight SchooU/Bt.hop Estate would Na PuG a Ke Ali'i Pauahi Inc. federal legislaUonthat poseda be best served by the temP0- 7"-BroJtIft~authors threat to only the tnlStees. rary removal of all five N a K umu 0 Kameh a7Mh4 . Failure to properly moni. truatees at Friday's hearing. KG1IwhamehG School.t Faculty tor each other's actions. In many way. it doe. not A.uoci4tiOft Tn1Stlaw empowersthe pro- seem fair that Stender init1a11y Ka7MhGmehGSchDOl.t Alumni bate court to remove one or will be treated the same 81 the ~1on. more tnlSteeson its own init1a- others. but th18 tithe oDl,y W81 Board of Praidentl &.0'C ;2 y-", .,' - . 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Q. ~ w - ~i~]lii!~~~~~ i;c!i~;~~~~S~a ~= .!8'e.1 8-0." 2~ ..oS-8 c.I§'~~'=cO.c-'O".a >~ "O~ <- .. I ~ I . d1~ .I. ~ - --.0 ~8~~~ ~~d1;,~~~~~1 ;~§[ ~ '"" w ~;-s~~j~~>~S3~c~=. O!~~ 0 ~ .s =~oIl8~ -s~s--,Qi8.'S'-;;~ :;-,,- C.Q 0 e x ~ 11": . iil!~ ~~~~~1ti~ i~ii ~jl~ ~ ~ Q. .c ~ - :-(/2 fl -=SS=30~...8~[-~j.:cs ~g3O !~. ::31.silja~=i'5'S8's~"fi-II" ~8 'S~s I~ue~~ orjj;saII ~S :fll ~~Inli H~tlii~~]~1iJ;~ The Honolulu Advertiser 8/16/98, p. 8-3 BISHOPESTATE gust 13, 1998Honolulu Adver- .one apple to three oranges. user on pageA-8. companson. Master's report Immediately below an eye- Hopefully, readers have catching banner headUne: learned by now to take with shows dismal truth -The True Bottom Line at the grain of salt anything Court-appointed master Col- KSBr - wu a graphic that the.e truat.ees claim in the bert Matsumoto and the ac- seemed to suuest that the e8- way of investment resul~ counting firm of Arthur An- tate hu had a stzable "bottom G", Bnadt. Walter Ree.D derson recently revealed that line- In each of three recent Sam K.1Dc, BaRil_II Roth the Bishop Estate tnlStees' In- years, and that the trend is vestment performance during' upward. fiscal years 1994. 1995 and The truatees' figures inap- 1996 was tilsm~l. propriately combined invest- During a period when large ment losses with gains from foundation. and educational the involuntary sale of land. - tfUlti throughout the nation: The latter tell U8 nothing were generating' total retuml about the lnvestment perfor- in the vicinity of 20 percent. mance of trustees who did not the Bishop Estate trustees' acquire the land and did noth- overall return was MINUS 1 ing to enhance its value. Also, percent. the second and third figures In This squarely contradlctl the ad represent three-year estate-paid ads in which the and four-year results. trustees have claimed out- So what at first. glance ap- standing returnl. The latest pears to be a meaningtuiillU8- such ad appeared in the Au- tration, actually amounts to a .l"1.[[UI~Il~ Y' ------::1--'- as required by Princess Pauah!'s Will. (In lhia connection. there has never been a judi- da1 determination that tht.. requirement is unconltitUtional. Gratuitous statements by justices acting in their individual capacities ="'= general do not qualify II reasoned decisiDn based ~ upon a full presentation of the arguments ~ should set pro and CODin a judicial proceeding. Until that hu been heard. the terms of the will should be honored.) . ,..,., . Appreciates the value of preserving 2 Hawaiian culture and language. guidelines . Matureand hu lived in Hawaiifor at ~ By GladY8 Brandt, Walter HeeD, least. 10 years. (We think it was a miStake to ~ Mo:D8ignor Charla Kek1lm8ftO, change Princess Pzuahi's will by imposing ~ Samuel Ki:Di aDd ~daQ Roth an age l1m1taUon. A better way to ensure -c new blood and fresh ideas is to appoint indi- Our August 8Broken Trost- eaay wu in- viduals of whatever age for a term of years, spired by the courageous actions of the Na with the possibility of reappoinunent.) . Pua and Na Kumu groups. and wu intended . Relevant experience and demonstrated to support their efforts. It w in the same importantcompetence to thein onetrust. or mor~ specific. areas spirit that we offer our thoughu on the se- lection of future Bishop. Estate trustees. expressed any remorse or regret for summoning th1.t student to her office. She doe8notappeartoapprecl- ate the power of her p0si- tion u a trustee and the absolute: lack of power CD the part of a ItudenL TnJ8tee Llndaey'llack of Wicht LD th1a situation. coupled with her present ~cat1OD for ~pging in Accordinl to retired th18 conduct. can. LDto Judge Patrick YIm. trustee quest1onher judgment. . Loi:elani Lindaey should Of courselJndaey's ace not have swnmoned Kame- UoD8are inexcUlable, but it hameha student body presi- should be rms.embered that dent K2mAni Kuala'au to she wu put LD charge of her downtown ott1ce for education by the other fO\U' any re~ In Ylm'I words, tzustees. They, too, ~ it wu ~ teDJnI and in- appropriate. - be held accountable. Accord1na to Y1m: ~ Rather than admit her (other) truatees kne.. or miatake, Lindley hu de- should have known that fended her acUOn8 by de- LIndsey wu engaged in ao- scribin, her relaUonihip Uon8 that were detrimental with the student u a lOnl'" to ll'-5m.ehameha St--.h-nol. Ulne fliend- It aIIO abou1d be remem- bered that Undsey aDd the Island ~: in=:; others were appoLDted to II.OICHS . -informal- a1IO theJr high-paytng pOIit1on8 ~~ by the jUIt1CeI of Hawaii'. Supreme Court. They, too, believe.. or should be held acco\mtable, W. HEEN at leut hu LD their cue for appoLDt- S KING asserted, menU bued on political . that Kua- connectiona rather than G. BRANDT la'au never merit. R. ROTH wu inUmi- In summary, the spot- dated or light of public scrutiny threatened should DOt shine ~1e1y on and immediately after the trustee Undaey. The time meeting wu .quite at eaIe. with ~l.-~lfc- , hu come fol' all five tnJItees and all dve JUIt1ces NOW'we read In a letter to be held accountable for written by Kuala'au that damaga done to Pauahi's he felt -inUmid.ted- and -urTified- durtnI the two- legacy. hour ~~-' The public's job t. to Accordinl to Kuala'au. make sure that happena. the meetinlleft. hi8 stom- We are not powerleu. ach -wrenched With pain.- Afterward. he cried alone Waltef" Hem. Samuel in his room. believing for a King, Glad". Brandt and long time that he had RandalZ Roth are aVihDrI of -done somethinl wrona.- u.. -Brokeft Tn£IC- ~ Oft Accordin, to Vim: u.. ,Bt.'IDpE4ta~- -Trustee Lindaey hu not TheHonolulu AdVertiser Friday, Novemuer 7. 199'7 A21 In pa., monthl, tOlcherl have been L"-reltenedwtth losl of job. Other employees hive been threatened wtth both loss of job" and lawsuits. The Itudent body president has boon hauled out of cllil to be lnterropted and threatened. Tha reault.tnl atm~hore of fear and lni1m1dation hu made the attorno1 lenarll'. invelt1- ption oxtremol1~1fncult to pursuo. " BISHOPESTAT! That'. wb1 tho coW"t'l PrQh1- bition lsatnst retaliation 11 80 Now, employees safe important. Knowing that they finally hive protection \mdar from retaUadon the law should encourage em- BishopEstate trultee. have:. ploy", With relevant lnforma- . Uon to-como forward. .~e.d to a court order that. " " It wouldbe even better if the torbidt the deltlUcUon of docu. . trulteel would voluntartl, en- menU and preventi. tho. oltate " courage cooperation - and co- tram retaliating IJa1nlt em- ., operate themlelves. ploy eel who live intormiUon Walter ReeD ta tho attorney genera! (8BiIh. Samuel P. KlDI . op heartnl avened: Adv~r.ts.. ertOct. 30). - .' ..: . Randall Roth Truateel' 1awyer SIl1 MCCOf'. nstan satd the agreement wu- n't necessary 8becauaeBSahop Estate already bad ordered 1t..1 employeol to retain rocordl and nles.~ But what he didn't say 11 that tho trustee. have never prcm1sed not to rotaUate' against employees who cooper- ate with the attorney general's investigation.