The apparent power struggle at the Guam Visitors Bureau remains unresolved.

A special board meeting today was postponed until further notice making it about 10 months now since the directors have officially gotten together.

Controversy continues to swirl over who is ultimately in charge.

Today's board meeting cancellation follows an attorney general's opinion last week that the replacement appointments of two members, George Chiu and Akihiro Tani are invalid.

The question over the validity had also forced the cancellation of an attempted board meeting about two weeks ago.

The controversy first surfaced last year, when GVB president and CEO Carl Gutierrez charged certain board members with conflicts of interest for making spending and other decisions that impact the companies they work for.

Gutierrez also called for a review of the board bylaws to determine if they were in line with GVB's enabling statute. The review found instances where they are not, and a new set of rules has been drafted.

But so far, like the failure to muster a quorum for a board meeting, GVB has also not been able to muster one to vote on the bylaws.

Enter the Guam Legislature. Tourism committee vice chairman Sen. Jesse Lujan had scheduled an oversight hearing for Friday.

It was canceled by chair Sen. Amanda Shelton minutes before it was to start. The microphones and live TV coverage were cut off leaving Lujan and several colleagues to tape their concerns on a phone camera.

"We heard a couple weeks ago in a briefing, in a briefing. and the attorney general has said the ultimate fix of the Guam Visitors Bureau will have to come from the legislature, and ladies and gentlemen that's what we attempted to do today," Lujan said.

Lujan said Shelton issued a cancellation notice stating “while four individuals were identified to

participate in today’s scheduled meeting, that hardly reflects the number of people who are key for a successful dialogue with the industry. The committee will announce an oversight hearing soon, when others are also available to participate.”

No word on when that will be.

KUAM News reached out to Shelton for further comment but has not yet heard back.