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John Pritchett: Flush Money

Consultants working on plans for a new Aloha Stadium racked up millions of dollars in costs including for things like first-class travel. An audit is now planned.

By John Pritchett

April 2, 2023 · 1 min read

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John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

Consultants working on plans for a new Aloha Stadium racked up millions of dollars in costs including for things like first-class travel. An audit is now planned.

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About the Author

John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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New stadium? Not needed. Rail? Definitely needed.

moc · 8 months ago

Public sentiment seemed to have been we don't need one right now so how so much money get allocated? Who's approving this budget?

surferx808 · 8 months ago

The state shouldve focused our taxpayer funds on this stadium project prior to the rail. At least the stadium would help generate revenue to bring back to the state. As of December, the rails estimated cost was 10 billions dollars. They knew the stadium would be deemed unsafe sooner or later but decided to focus on the worst money gouging project our state couldn’t afford in the first place and such an unnecessary venture. This is the perfect example of deja vu. Keep in mind that the planning of the rebuild for the Neal Blaisdell is still in the works. It’s such a shame with what’s going on in our state. We are losing residents faster than ever due to the cost of living and availability of affordable housing.

Just.a.thought... · 8 months ago

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