The Gates-keepers at Agriculture
More than a few things are odd about the contractual arrangement between the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and a hitherto unknown company called Sunrise Strategies.
When Environment Hawai‘i wanted to know more about the first contract, DAB immediately cancelled it, only to reissue it in slightly altered form within weeks. When the state Procurement Office asked DAB why it wanted to go with Sunrise Strategies, DAB chair Sharon Hurd fibbed, offering the implausible justification that the company had already been working for it for more than a year in a series of 89-day hires.
In all of the murk surrounding these contracts, one thing is clear: DAB is determined to continue using the services of Cedric Gates, a former state rep, and will let little stand in its way of achieving this.
Why?
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