Five Honolulu City Council members who allegedly went “rogue” and selected their new leader at a secret meeting at a Zippy’s in Waipahu broke Hawaiʻi’s public meetings law, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.
On Oct. 5, Honolulu council members Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Esther Kiaʻāina, Matt Weyer, Radiant Cordero and Augie Tulba met at the eatery to discuss “working relationships.” Soon after, Dos Santos-Tam was selected to succeed Tommy Waters as the council chair…