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BY ROBERT THOMAS - Here's the motion for preliminary injunction we filed April 23, 2012, in the federal lawsuit challenging Hawaii's exclusion of military personnel, their families, and university students who do not pay resident tuition, from the population count when reapportioning the state legislature. The U.S. Census includes everyone who is a "usual resident" of Hawaii [...]
April 29th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts,Hawaii Politics | Read More »
BY LOWELL L. KALAPA - Many readers will probably have to remember the Greek myth about the Trojan Horse bearing gifts or perhaps the saying of “never look a gift horse in the mouth” to understand the slight of hand that can be found among the legislative proposals in this year’s session. For example, one [...]
April 29th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
REP. BARBARA MARUMOTO, R-KAHALA - The Governor’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative – SB 2776, the early release bill, is ‘kapakahi”. The plan is to bring mainland prisoners back and also save money by releasing, according to Department of Public Safety answers in the House Finance Committee, 1100 prisoners in the first three years of the program. The [...]
April 27th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
BY REP. GIL RIVIERE, R-NORTH SHORE - Senate Bill 755 SD2 HD2 is terrible policy for the State of Hawaii. This omnibus bill includes several bad ideas that personify an unprecedented assault on Hawaii's environmental protection laws by the 2012 Hawaii State Legislature. SB755 exempts airports and other state lands from SMA permits and shoreline setbacks, [...]
April 26th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
BY DONNA WONG FOR HAWAII'S THOUSAND FRIENDS - SB 2341 and SB 2375 expand tourism and commercial activities on agricultural land. Hearing notice HERE.Calls/emails needed now to conferees; contact information below, meeting on Wednesday 4/25. Tell them to not permit commercialization and tourism that will gobble up our ag lands and displace our struggling farmers." SB 2341 SD2 HD2 (English, [...]
April 24th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
BY LOWELL L. KALAPA - There are three or four measures pending in the Hawaii state legislative hopper that are roundly being criticized because they are being perceived as abrogating the environmental safeguards in the law in order to fast track certain shovel-ready construction projects. Whether or not readers believe that these measures will cause [...]
April 23rd, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
BY REP. BARBARA MARUMOTO, R-KAIMUKI, KAHALA - This state's proposed Justice Reinvestment Act, now in the form of (SB 2776, SD2 /HD2, Relating to Public Safety), is an "early prisoner release bill" that amends current state law in a manner that can affect neighborhood security. With 1,100 prison inmates released in the first three years of the [...]
April 19th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
BY JOHN M. CORBOY - The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation has told the Hawaii state legislature (StarAdvertiser, 4/17) that so few passengers will ride the planned $5.3 billion elevated steel on steel rail, that fares will likely cover only 40% of the costs. Taxpayer subsidies will exceed $40 million annually by 2030. So State [...]
April 19th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
BY CLIFF SLATER - What is being lost in the discussion about whether to grant the County Mayors and the Governor the ability to override environmental law, and environmental impact statements (SB 755 SD2 HD3), is that these laws were passed primarily to restrain politicians from being reckless with public resources, not to restrain the [...]
April 17th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
Teacher evaluations is a heated topic at the State Capitol. Educating our children is very important. Many of you have talked to me about your views supporting and opposing teacher evaluations that are imposed by the State Legislature. To see the bill SB 2789, click here. What are your thoughts? VIDEO: Should the state legislate teacher evaluations? HDOT Updates Use Kapolei Parkway when possible. Click [...]
April 16th, 2012 | Posted in Hawaii Capitol Thoughts | Read More »
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