Sometimes things jump out after giving something another look. Am I correct to say that both Starfelt and Infidel Granny CALLED the State Library instead of emailing? Who would make a long-distance call instead of emailing? Like other libraries, doesn’t the Hawaiian State Library have an online procedure for requesting lookup services and paying for the copies? My point is, it occurs to me, suddenly, that while there are documents (email) proving that the librarian SENT something; there’re no documents (email) proving what, if anything, was requested and by whom. No paper trail. Convenient.
You got that right...it was a set-up right from the start. They desperately NEEDED something, anything, to give credibility to the announcements, after the COLB was questioned.