Broken Trust:
The Bishop Estate Articles



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PROLOGUE: Stories leading up to "Broken Trust"
May 8: Kamehameha, Lindsey criticized May 9: Kamehameha protest planned
May 10: Saturday Update: "Like a civil war" May 15: Kamehameha marchers: "We care"
May 16: Staff threatens to go public May 22: Alumni stood-up by Bishop trustees
June 6: Kamehameha faculty goes public July 16: Bishop trustees flunk in poll


August 9, 1997
A major article by five prominent local leaders
urges that the state probe Bishop Estate.

Broken Trust

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Follow-up stories:

August 13, 1997
Trustees face state inquiry

August 14, 1997
Lindsey speaks: Kamehameha plans

August 15, 1997
Bishop plans draw fire

August 18, 1997
Some: Don't probe estate

August 19, 1997
Bronster inquiry plan

"The Will"
Everyone quotes it, but what does it really say?
Pertinent sections excerpted.

August 20, 1997
Fired estate exec questioned

Trustees as CEO; some comparisons

Trustee Richard Wong
responds to "Broken Trust"


August 21, 1997
State may add inquiry staff

Supreme Court justices respond
to "Broken Trust"


August 22, 1997
View Point: Bishop Estate has
outgrown its status as a trust


AG: Bishop trustees won't
have to step down—yet"


August 25, 1997
Estate leasehold policies criticized

Bishop plans $50 million
Kakaako project


My Turn: Silent majority of
Hawaiians look for leadership


August 26, 1997
Estate tries to silence Harmon

Bronster: All-out for answers

Na Pua: Accountability

Oswald Stender stands out

August 27, 1997
Cayetano: Estate can't hide
behind confidentiality


August 28, 1997
Trustee critics unite

Pauahi's will has faced
many legal arguments

August 30, 1997
(online Sept. 1)
Conflict over golf was
close call for estate


Yim needs more time
Yim in eye of hurricane

September 1, 1997
Schools group: Change wanted
in trustees, not will

September 3, 1997
Estate swings for the fences
with its investments

September 4, 1997
Hearing set on request to limit probe

September 9, 1997
Lease-to-fee conversion upheld
Trustees mail 17,000 newsletters

September 10, 1997
Attorney General releases preliminary report
(Including the complete text of the report)
Kekumano: Estate 'dishonest'

September 11, 1997
Attorney General turns up the heat
Bronster says estate stonewalling
'Broken Trust' authors approve

September 12, 1997
Estate wants minutes kept from public

September 13, 1997
Students, teachers under 'tremendous stress'

September 13, 1997
View Point: Why not open
Kamehameha to all ethnic groups?

September 16, 1997
Trustees' Removal Demanded
Na Pua Has Praise
Kekumano Has Cancer
Bronster: 'I Want To Take A Look'
Estate: 'Unwarranted, Inappropriate'

September 22, issue, Forbes Magazine:
"Arrogance goeth before a fall"

September 18, 1997
Bishop Estate fires back—
charges Roth running the show

September 19, 1997
State tax chief joins the inquiry
Heen: Trustees must provide answers
Estate had Legislature power
Kamehameha sued over admissions policy

September 20, 1997
Tax chief's involvement
welcomed by Bishop Estate

September 22, 1997
Star-Bulletin/KHNL Poll:
69% say trustees flunk

September 23, 1997
Star-Bulletin/KHNL Poll:
90% back Bishop inquiry

Cayetano: 'No justification' for trustee pay
Estate lawyers subpoena reporters' info, notes

September 24, 1997
Bishop trustees circle the wagons
Letters from Heen, King and Roth

September 25, 1997
Bronster asks Probate Court to deny
estate's bid for protective order

September 26, 1997
Margery Bronster, A.G.
Cayetano raps Justices

September 27, 1997
Harmon admits contempt

September 30, 1997
Estate reeling from effects of '95 cuts
Trouble dogs Bishop trustee project

October 1, 1997
Kamehameha alumni to celebrate Pauahi legacy

October 2, 1997
Program assists those intimidated
about talking to Yim and Bronster

October 3, 1997
Bishop legal team size exaggerated - lawyer
Hundreds pay honor to legacy of Pauahi

October 7, 1997
Estate sues ex-teachers
Estate: Not trying to gag teachers

October 8, 1997
Bishop to Bronster: No disclosure
Bonster to Lindsey: Don't ignore subpoena

October 9, 1997
Judge's ruling unties Bronster's hands

October 11, 1997
Bishop lawyer says Bronster
'out to get' two trustees


October 14, 1997
NEW YORK TIMES:
Hawaiians clash with trustees of estate run school
By Todd S. Purdum
(Free registration with the New York Times required)

October 14, 1997
Critics reject 'healing' service
Estate records sent to judge, Bronster


Columns & Opinion

August 13, 1997
Bishop Estate trustees' influence racket
Richard Borreca

August 14, 1997
Cayetano deserves
Bishop Estate credit

Editorial
Broken Trust report
was sorely needed

Bud Smyser

August 15, 1997
Trustee Lindsey
sketches school plan

Editorial
Public outrage shows
that people still care

Diane Chang
Bishop trustees under seige
Charles Memminger

August 18, 1997
Trustees, justices'
replies unconvincing

Editorial
Estate leaders need
new perspective

Diane Chang
Getting chewed out
David Shapiro

August 20, 1997
Political beast
consumed Bishop Estate

Charles Memminger

August 21, 1997
Cartoon
Clay Jones

August 22, 1997
Temporary help wanted:
Trusty trustee

Charles Memminger
Letters
A special selection
Cartoon
Clay Jones

August 25, 1997
To Our Readers
John Flanagan
Letters
A special selection
Cartoon
Clay Jones

August 26, 1997
Letters
A special selection
Cartoon
Clay Jones

August 27, 1997
Bishop Estate probe
making progress

Editorial
Letters
A special selection
Cartoon
Clay Jones

August 29, 1997
Letters
A special selection

September 1, 1997
Letters
A special selection
Politics and
Bishop Estate trustees

David Shapiro

September 2, 1997
Letters
Daily letters
Bishop Estate trustees
flawed response

Bud Smyser

September 3, 1997
Letters
Daily letters

September 4, 1997
Panel voted 8-3
against Waihee

Bud Smyser
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 9, 1997
Political choices for
Bishop Estate board

Bud Smyser

September 10, 1997
Letters
Daily letters
Leasehold conversion
wins another battle

Editorial

September 11, 1997
Columnist, newspaper
biased in coverage

By Richard Wong, Trustee
Penny pinching by
Bishop Estate

Bud Smyser
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 12, 1997
State must fight Bishop
trustees for records

Editorial
Letters
Daily letters
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 15, 1997
Letters
Daily letters
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 16, 1997
Letters

September 17, 1997
Bishop Estate trustees
should be removed

Editorial
Letters
Daily letters
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 18, 1997
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 19, 1997
Estate attorney has
twisted the facts

Editorial

September 22, 1997
Letters
Daily letters
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 23, 1997
Gerard Jervis
Editorial
How the Campbell
Estate operates

Bud Smyser
Letters
Daily letters
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 24, 1997
Cayetano's investigation
of Bishop Estate

Richard Borreca
Letters
Daily letters
Cartoon
Clay Jones

September 25, 1997
How Campbell and
Bishop estates differ

Bud Smyser

September 26, 1997
Letters
Daily letters

September 29, 1997
Letters
Daily letters

September 30, 1997
A strategy for
Bishop Estate trustees

Bud Smyser

October 2, 1997
Letters
Daily letters

October 3, 1997
Letters
Daily letters

October 6, 1997
More 'recognition'
Editorial
Cartoon
Clay Jones

October 7, 1997
Charitable trusts and
the Bishop Estate

Bud Smyser

October 8, 1997
Trustees' lawsuit
shows their pettiness

Editorial

October 9, 1997
Letters
Daily letters

October 10, 1997
Cartoon
Clay Jones

October 13, 1997
Cartoon
Clay Jones

October 14, 1997
Cartoon
Clay Jones
Letters
Daily letters




This page updated October 14, 1997



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