Judge denies extension
to Moses’ restraining order

CLARIFICATION Thursday, June 23, 2005 » Michael Golojuch Jr. challenged state Rep. Mark Moses once, in the 2002 Republican primary election. A Page A3 article yesterday did not specify how many times they ran against each other and when. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Editor Frank Bridgewater at 529-4791 or email him at corrections@starbulletin.com.

A Honolulu district judge declined yesterday to extend a temporary restraining order sought by the wife of state Rep. Mark Moses against three people, including a longtime political opponent of her husband.

District Judge Hilary Benson Gangnes ruled that Kyong "Suk" Moses did not meet the legal burden for a longer injunction against Maeda Timson, chairwoman of the Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board, Timson's husband, Keith, and community activist Michael Golojuch Jr.

The order stemmed from a May 25 incident outside the Moses home following a neighborhood board meeting.

The judge dissolved the order that had been in place since Suk Moses' June 10 filing in which she alleged that politics played a role in the incident.

Both Democrat Maeda Timson and Republican candidate Michael Golojuch have run against Rep. Mark Moses (R, Makakilo-Kapolei) in various elections since Moses was elected in 1996.

"I understand my husband is a politician, ... it comes with the public duty to take whatever comes to you," Suk Moses testified yesterday. "But I don't think my kids deserve the harassing at their house. I don't think it's right."

Maeda Timson, however, suggested in court that she and her husband had been friendly with the Moses family prior to the incident.

The judge, however, admonished the parties saying they can be civil while maintaining their political perspectives. "Whether you like each other or not," the judge said.

The incident at the Moses home began after a neighborhood board meeting during which Mark Moses called Maeda Timson, who was running the meeting, "dishonest."

Mark Moses then left the meeting and went home.

After the meeting, Keith Timson went to the Moses home to talk to the lawmaker, Maeda Timson told the Star-Bulletin last week.

Suk Moses testified yesterday that her children were afraid after the incident during which Keith Timson "banged" on the wall of their house just after 10 p.m.

She testified that when she arrived home after leaving the meeting she saw Keith Timson leaving her property and he called her husband a "low life."

She said Maeda Timson and Michael Golojuch drove up later and hollering went back and forth.

Mark Moses called the police and the trio left.

The Timsons and Golojuch denied the allegations in Suk Moses' restraining order request.

Rep. Moses did not attend yesterday's hearing. Suk Moses said her husband was tending to their children.

The Timsons refused comment outside the courtroom, but Golojuch said, "We're happy with the outcome."