Judicial panel's openness overrides governor's appeal

By David Shapiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 23, 2011

~~<p>Attaining more openness and transparency in government is almost always a battle because public officials find it more comfortable to operate out of view of the often-skeptical citizens they serve.</p>
<p>That's why it's so extraordinary that the state Judicial Selection Commission stepped up on its own volition to restore a measure of openness in our legal system that Gov. Neil Abercrombie took away.</p>
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Attaining more openness and transparency in government is almost always a battle because public officials find it more comfortable to operate out of view of the often-skeptical citizens they serve.

That's why it's so extraordinary that the state Judicial Selection Commission stepped up on its own volition to restore a measure of openness in our legal system that Gov. Neil Abercrombie took away. Login for more...