Podcast #17 - City Prosecutor Candidate Megan Kau

The Honolulu prosecutor’s office has been rocked by scandal, and questions about ethics and leadership.

Ms. Megan Kau, one of two candidates making it onto the November general election ballot, is running on the platform of 1) ending corruption 2) charging all levels of crime, and 3) offering a fresh new leader for the office.

Questions asked are:

0:28 - If elected, give me the names of the current prosecutors you will FIRE or ask to leave.  

2:22 - Why was Mayor Caldwell wrong to suggest welcoming back and reassigning attorney Donna Leong a year after she received a target letter from the Feds

6:00 - Are "stay at home order" citations constitutional and/or legal?

9:16 - Some question your success and even suggest you're running just for a paycheck; how do you respond?

11:40 - What was the transition like from the prosecutor's office to private practice?

14:13 - What was your family situation like growing up?

16:00 - Why are you so high on the Habilitat program?  

19:56 - Who should replace Nolan Espinda as head of the Department of Public Safety?

20:48 - How do you project DPS will deal with jail overcrowding?

23:53 - Bail Bonds as a luxury brandy

24:49 -  The prosecutor needs to be a community leader

25:33 - Thoughts on #defundthepolice

27:32 - Are your leadership abilities questioned because you're a woman?

29:39 - Shortcomings of the Keith Kaneshiro administration

32:29 - Being yelled at for 20 minutes from the partner of a law firm

35:18 - Does charging low level crimes further disenfranchise the fragile? 

38:00 - Is crime down or just going unreported?

39:00 - Revolving door of arrests and violence escalating

42:40 - Can you refuse police search of car of home?

44:30 - Court hearing via video conferencing , e-filing, do you embrace all things digital?

46:22 - Ms. Kau wins a federal case via phone

48:15 - End corruption , bring change