A meal at a Zippy’s restaurant is at the center of a Honolulu lawsuit seeking to bar five City Council members from leadership positions for four years over allegations that they discussed a leadership change outside a public meeting.
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The Oct. 5 gathering at the Waipahu restaurant prompted a state-court complaint from Tim Garry, a Kaimukī businessman who regularly attends council meetings and has twice run for mayor, according to Civil Beat.
The gathering brought together a quorum of five council members: Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Esther Kia’āina, Matt Weyer, Radiant Cordero, and Augie Tulba. They described their discussion as focused on “working relationships.”
After this gathering, though, Dos Santos-Tam was selected to replace chair Tommy Waters, with Kia’āina becoming vice chair and council member Nishimoto becoming floor leader…