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The majority of the people who e-mail or send letters to Okubo asking for Obama’s birth certificate do not challenge her response once she tells them they have no legal right to the information, she said.
But about a dozen people continue to hammer Okubo with follow-up requests.
“They want all of the organizational charts for our Office of Health Status Monitoring that handles vital records and for our health informations systems, our IT office,” Okubo said. “They request from me every single communication or every single document or request every record available related to President Obama’s vital records.”
Okubo readily acknowledges that she hasn’t always been able to reply to a request within 10 working days as required under Hawai’i’s Uniform Information Practices Act, the state’s version of the federal Freedom of Information Act.
But she adamantly disagrees with the “birthers’ “ interpretation of Hawai’i law.
“They usually say that by not giving out his birth certificate we’re breaking the law,” Okubo said.
“But we would be breaking the law by giving out a birth certificate to someone who does not have a right to it.”
When Okubo told one writer they did not have a right to Obama’s birth certificate because they were not related to the president, the person wrote back saying they, indeed, had a common ancestor.
“They said they have a tangible right to his birth certificate because they’re descended from Adam,” Okubo said, referring to the biblical figure. “We told them they need to provide some type of legal documentation.”
Reach Dan Nakaso at dnakaso@honoluluadvertiser.com.
Okubo is trying to cover up what people are really accomplishing with this the ‘UIPA endeavor.’
Each time someone makes a UIPA request for this record or that, we are establishing a pattern AND at the same time uncovering bits and clues about Obama’s vital records based on their answers.
That’s just two ways that UIPA serves the people. We get to know how the government follows the law and how agencies follow the rules.
For example:
Did they collect money for the amendment to Obama’s BC? Yes.
Does it matter if I know whether or not Obama amended his BC before I ask that question? Nope.
The UIPA says that I still get to find out if it was collected and recorded in accordance to policy even if I can’t see the receipt and invoice.=)
This convenience for we, the people, is now a HUGE thorn in THEIR side so the Hawaiian legislature is going to change the UIPA to suit their needs:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2454976/posts
It’s an abuse of power and another piece of the ‘pattern’ that emerging.
SO, this HA article appears to be an OBVIOUS cover for that abuse.
They better hope the truth never comes to light.
She’s totally ignoring the requests for non-certified abbreviated copies - which she is REQUIRED to issue to anybody who asks.
But then, she’s totally ignoring a lot of stuff.
The thing that’s so laughable about this whole thing is that by complaining about how much public interest there is, they are documenting that there is at least a “scintilla of public interest” - which is supposed to be the tipping point for disclosure of even documents which are specifically protected from disclosure by law (such as gun registration records). That’s according to current OIP Director Cathy Takase, in her OIP Opinion Letter 07-01, written in mid-2007.