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Posted: Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 10:33 AM HST
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Report: Engineer ordered to stop investigating Kaloko
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HONOLULU (AP) _ A former Kauai County civil engineer was ordered to stop investigating a complaint about illegal grading at Kaloko Reservoir in 1997.
According to a report by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, John Buist was called to former Mayor Maryanne Kusaka's office and ordered by former County Engineer Cesar Portugal to halt the investigation.
The Kaloko dam and reservoir burst in March, sending (m) millions of gallons to the sea, killing seven people.
Kusaka says she quote -- ``vaguely remembered this issue coming up,'' -- but could not remember the details of the discussion.
Buist, by certified mail, sent reservoir owner James Pflueger a notice of grading violation on November 18, 1997.
Several days later, in the mayor's office, Buist wrote that he was told to stop all investigations and pass along all information to Portugal, whose daughter was working for Pflueger at the time.
(Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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