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State of Hawaii Reigns in Unaccountable Akaku:Maui Community Television CEO April

During the minutes of the January 9, 2008 Cable Advisory Committee, The State of Hawaii clearly distinguished its unambiguous position that "PEG Assets are Public Assets for the Benefit of the Public," in response to years of protests and lawsuits filed by Akaku:Maui Community Television's during Jay April's multi-year tenure as Board Chair and CEO of Akaku: Maui Community Television. Mr. April has continually claimed the right to deny access to the record of expenditures of these public funds, while allegedly authorizing the transfer of millions of dollars of financial and property assets from the non-profit, Akaku: Maui Community Television organization into the accounts of a private corporation under his control. Mr. April simultaneously claimed the proprietary copyright on all community television programming cable cast on Akaku's cable channels 52,53,54 on Maui, and authorized at least seven simultaneous lawsuits, all apparently without grounds, against the State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, The State Procurement Office, The State Attorney General, and at least one non-profit charity community school, one local business and four individual residents of the State of Hawaii.