Is Honolulu’s building permit process so broken that fast-moving approvals are automatically suspicious?
A recent Honolulu Civil Beat article tells the strange story of Kim Kehrwieder, who was fired last year from her job as a building plans examiner for the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting.
The problem?
She expedited permits in violation of DPP policy. At a time when the average wait for a permit was six months, Kehrwieder was approving some permits in as little as 24 hours…