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Health Director Fired 2 Before He Resigned (Abercrombie/Palafox)
KITV 4 News ^ | February 15, 2011 | Keoki Kerr

Posted on 02/25/2011 7:00:54 PM PST by SteveH

Edited on 02/25/2011 7:57:19 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

HONOLULU -- Dr. Neal Palafox, who was nominated by Gov. Neil Abercrombie to head the state health department, withdrew his nomination abruptly last month. KITV 4 News has uncovered an interesting development that happened just two weeks before that sudden resignation. Palafox's lawyer said Palafox was reducing a controversial state health department program at the request of the governor just before he was asked to step down, only one month into the job.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: abercrombie; certifigate; hawaii; naturalborncitizen
Dewey Kim and Joanne Hao, both lawyers and former supervisors in the HDOH.

Dewey Kim has a checkered past.

It sounds as if Palafox's dismissal had more to do with local Hawaii (corrupt) politics as usual than with certifigate.

1 posted on 02/25/2011 7:01:03 PM PST by SteveH
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To: arasina
Hawaiian Follies ping.
2 posted on 02/25/2011 7:19:56 PM PST by OddLane
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Green, the state senator, said, "We never got a clear answer about it and I think people are entitled to a clear answer, especially if the gentleman is innocent,

Because it was a ruse for AberCommie to kick him out.

3 posted on 02/25/2011 8:17:44 PM PST by Red Steel
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