Whoever is chosen to conduct a "fraud" audit would do well to retain the services of James Dooley, former Advertiser and KITV journalist and author of "Sunny Skies, Shady Characters: Cops, Killers, and Corruption in the Aloha State" (UH Press). Or at the very least, have the auditors read the book.

Bid-rigging, kickbacks, dodgy political contributions, incompetent and self-serving state and county officials . . . it's all there. Dooley knows the crooks and the neighborhood as well as anyone in Hawaii.