Public calls spurred UH hearings, state senator says

By Craig Gima

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 15, 2012

~~<p>State Sen. Donna Kim says pressure from the public, not politics, prompted a Senate committee investigation and hearings into the failed Stevie Wonder concert and its aftermath, including the controversial reassignment of former athletic director Jim Donovan to a newly created marketing job in the University of Hawaii at Manoa chancellor's office.</p>
<p>Kim, the chairwoman of the Special Senate Committee on Accountability, said she and other legislators began receiving angry calls from constituents after UH lost $200,000 in an alleged concert scam in July and August, when Donovan was reassigned to the chancellor's office under a three-year contract with an annual salary of $211,200.</p>
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State Sen. Donna Kim says pressure from the public, not politics, prompted a Senate committee investigation and hearings into the failed Stevie Wonder concert and its aftermath, including the controversial reassignment of former athletic director Jim Donovan to a newly created marketing job in the University of Hawaii at Manoa chancellor's office.

Kim, the chairwoman of the Special Senate Committee on Accountability, said she and other legislators began receiving angry calls from constituents after UH lost $200,000 in an alleged concert scam in July and August, when Donovan was reassigned to the chancellor's office under a three-year contract with an annual salary of $211,200. Login for more...