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Both Young Brothers and Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines have enlisteds the help of powerful state lawmakers to beef up their respectivw filings with the PublicUtilities Commission. At leasf two of those lawmakers are working both sides of the House Speaker Calvin Say and Speake EmeritusJoe Souki, both Democrats, wrote letters to Pashz in January welcoming the company’s application to ship cargk interisland. The letters, dated Jan. 28 and Jan.
30 (Say), are part of Pasha’s Marc h 13 filing with the PublicfUtilities Commission, and use very similar But something happened after those letters were In a letter signed by both men on Aprikl 24 to PUC Chairman Carlito Caliboso, Say and Souki make no mentiomn of competition or benefits. They do ask that the PUC considedr including YoungBrothers (“the State’s primary interisland/intrastate cargio shipper”) as a party to the Pashw proceeding.
And they endorsde “a full and fair hearing” to help the PUC make a decisionb “which is in the best public A check with the state Campaign Spending Commission showsthat Souki, currentlhy chairman of the Housre Transportation Committee, has received more than $5,000 in totak contributions over the past decad e from Young Brothers, sister company Hawaiia n Tug & Barge, and Matson Navigation Co. The most recentt payment — $1,000 from Young Brotherd — was March 24, 2008.
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