Good or bad news... It often doesn't pay to talk to the press. 

For example Governor Lingle's Department of Transportation head Rod Haraga went on radio to explain state transportation issues to the public but got in trouble when he stated the obvious:  that the superferry needed by law an environmental statement. 

Even the HPNA board may not like what their head says as in the case of Dan Grabauskas and the HART board. They didn't like some of the comments he made, especially Colleen Hanabusa, so they blamed the controversy on him and let him go. 

Even members of the board won't want to speak unless they have a public meeting in which they discuss their response. 

So it doesn't mean anything when there is no public response outside of just not being ready to make a response. Give it time and keep up the pressure.