Thanks much for the excellent additional information. Why am I not surprised that the HI officials are bald faced liars?
You ought to see local news about their antics. Essentially, it is a rigged game.
They hold such an overwhelming majority that there is no oversight or stopping them. An ex-governor declared the Republican party was irrelevant in Hawaii. They truly do not care what the other side thinks.
There was an attempt to pass a law forcing them to stop having secret sessions for creation of bills and such. Being the majority, it died quickly.