Free $4,300 Hawaii vacations for county employees

Paid for by me and other Santa Clara county taxpayers, of course. In her defense, Liz Kniss pointed out that she went to the same conference in Phoenix last year:

``They had been so questioned about whether they should be going to Honolulu,'' Kniss said. ``It was of great interest to the press. Nobody ever thought it was interesting when I went to Phoenix. It's interesting that people think Honolulu is more glamorous.''

Where would people get that crazy idea?

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