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    Legislative Hearing Notices – March 19, 2003

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    The following hearing notices, which are subject to change, were sorted and taken from the Hawaii State Capitol Web site. Please check that site for updates and/or changes to the schedule at

    “Hawaii State Legislature Sidebar”

    Go there and click on the Hearing Date to view the Hearing Notice.

    Hearings notices for both House and Senate measures in all committees:

    Hearing

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB540 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. AGR

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB542 SD1 RELATING TO ORGANIC LABELING. AGR

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB550 SD1 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. AGR

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB1255 SD2 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS. AGR

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB1432 SD2 RELATING TO DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE. AGR

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB255 SD2 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. AGR/WLH

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB538 SD1 RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AGR/WLH

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB1034 SD1 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. AGR/WLH

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB554 RELATING TO BROWN TREE SNAKES. EEP/AGR

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB1505 SD1 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. EEP/AGR

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB1040 SD1 RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. WLH

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB1256 RELATING TO THE AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WLH/AGR

    3/19/03 8:30 AM SB1257 RELATING TO THE IRRIGATION WATER DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL FUND. WLH/AGR

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB43 HD2 RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. CPH

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB135 HD1 RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL MATCHMAKING ORGANIZATIONS. CPH

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB640 HD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE LOSS MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. CPH

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB736 HD1 RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSES. CPH

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1163 RELATING TO DENTAL INSURANCE. CPH

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1412 HD2 RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS. CPH

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1471 HD1 RELATING TO LAND COURT. CPH

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1361 HD2 RELATING TO THE MEDICAID PRESCRIPTION DRUG EXPANSION PROGRAM. CPH/HMS

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1652 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MEDICAID PRESCRIPTION DRUG REBATE SPECIAL FUND. CPH/HMS

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB297 HD2 RELATING TO DRUGS. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB500 HD1 RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB756 HD2 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB808 HD1 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB980 HD1 RELATING TO CIVIL SETTLEMENTS. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1076 HD1 RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1255 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1276 HD1 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1277 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 16, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII, TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATURE WITH THE POWER TO RECALL A BILL PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM HB1300 HD2 RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. JHW

    3/19/03 9:00 AM SB85 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. TRN

    3/19/03 9:00 AM SB91 SD2 RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. TRN

    3/19/03 9:00 AM SB481 SD1 RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY. TRN

    3/19/03 9:00 AM SB684 SD2 RELATING TO PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. TRN

    3/19/03 9:00 AM SB689 RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. TRN

    3/19/03 9:00 AM SB1405 RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING. TRN

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 10:00 AM HCR85 REQUESTING A PROGRAM AUDIT OF THE VARIOUS AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES SYSTEM. HSH

    3/19/03 10:00 AM HCR99 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH TO CONDUCT A JOINT FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE RETURN OF UNUSED DRUGS BY NURSING HOMES FOR FUTURE DISPENSING TO INDIGENT PATIENTS. HSH/HLT

    3/19/03 10:00 AM HR89 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH TO CONDUCT A JOINT FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE RETURN OF UNUSED DRUGS BY NURSING HOMES FOR FUTURE DISPENSING TO INDIGENT PATIENTS. HSH/HLT

    3/19/03 10:00 AM SCR12 REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE ON GRADUATED PARENTING. HSH/HLT

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 1:00 PM HB391 HD2 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. LBR

    3/19/03 1:00 PM HB1510 HD1 RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC. LBR

    3/19/03 1:00 PM HB248 HD1 RELATING TO SMOKING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. LBR/EDU

    3/19/03 1:00 PM HB509 HD1 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. LBR/EDU

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 1:15 PM HB291 HD2 RELATING TO THE JOB CREATION INCOME TAX CREDIT. ECD/LBR

    3/19/03 1:15 PM HB146 HD2 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WLA

    3/19/03 1:15 PM HB155 HD2 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PINEAPPLE RESEARCH. WLA

    3/19/03 1:15 PM HB293 HD1 RELATING TO THE FARMERS’ MARKET. WLA

    3/19/03 1:15 PM HB426 HD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. WLA

    3/19/03 1:15 PM HB1434 HD2 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. WLA

    3/19/03 1:15 PM HB1053 RELATING TO CONSERVATION. WLA/ENE

    3/19/03 1:15 PM HB1395 HD1 RELATING TO SPECIAL FACILITY PROJECTS. WLA/TSM

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 1:30 PM SB345 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. CPC

    3/19/03 1:30 PM SB683 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO DIABETES EDUCATION. CPC

    3/19/03 1:30 PM SB918 SD2 RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS. CPC

    3/19/03 1:30 PM SB1321 HD1 RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. CPC

    3/19/03 1:30 PM SB1360 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. CPC

    3/19/03 1:30 PM SB1427 HD1 RELATING TO RELAY SERVICES FOR DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING, AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED PERSONS. CPC

    3/19/03 1:30 PM SB1629 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. CPC

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 2:00 PM SB60 RELATING TO SCHOOL ASSESSMENT LIAISONS. EDN

    3/19/03 2:00 PM SB69 SD1 RELATING TO THE TEACHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE. EDN

    3/19/03 2:00 PM SB337 SD1 RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES. EDN

    3/19/03 2:00 PM SB666 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. EDN

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 2:30 PM SB582 RELATING TO STATE BONDS. FIN

    3/19/03 2:30 PM SB1353 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR MEDICAID. FIN

    3/19/03 2:30 PM SB1354 SD2 RELATING TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. FIN

    3/19/03 2:30 PM SB1358 SD1 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) COMPLIANCE. FIN

    3/19/03 2:30 PM SB1394 SD2 RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. FIN

    3/19/03 2:30 PM SB1395 SD1 RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF OBSOLETE TAX LAWS. FIN

    3/19/03 2:30 PM SB1396 RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF TAXES. FIN

    3/19/03 2:30 PM SB1400 SD1 RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION. FIN

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB129 HD1 RELATING TO BRIDGE TO HOPE. HMS/EDU

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB373 HD2 RELATING TO POLITICAL SPEECH. TMG

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB704 HD1 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT CODE. TMG

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB887 HD1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE FOR CAMPAIGN SPENDING. TMG

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB993 RELATING TO RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLES. TMG

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB1230 HD1 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. TMG

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB1453 HD1 RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS. TMG

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB1607 HD2 RELATING TO AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES. TMG

    3/19/03 2:45 PM HB1554 HD1 RELATING TO COUNTY TAXES. TMG/TSM

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 3:00 PM HB21 HD1 RELATING TO CORPORATE DISCLOSURE. ECD/TMG

    3/19/03 3:00 PM HB529 HD1 RELATING TO CAVE PROTECTION. ECD/TMG

    3/19/03 3:00 PM HB685 HD2 RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONE. ECD/TMG

    3/19/03 3:00 PM HB1579 HD1 RELATING TO THE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AUTHORITY. ECD/TMG

    3/19/03 3:00 PM SB945 SD1 RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH. EDN

    3/19/03 3:00 PM SB1580 HD1 RELATING TO ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN SERVICES. EDN

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/19/03 3:15 PM SB327 SD1 RELATING TO THE STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICE. FIN

    3/19/03 3:15 PM SB1134 SD1 RELATING TO COURT COSTS. FIN

    3/19/03 3:15 PM SB1135 SD1 RELATING TO COURT FEES. FIN

    3/19/03 3:15 PM SB1258 SD1 RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. FIN

    3/19/03 3:15 PM SB1334 RELATING TO THE STATE INTERNET PORTAL. FIN

    3/19/03 3:15 PM SB1413 RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA. FIN

    ”’To reach legislators, see:”’ “Representatives at a Glance” and “Senators at a Glance”

    Political Tittle-tattle: News and Entertainment from Hawaii's Political Arena – March 18, 2003-Bush Protesters Line Streets of Washington D.C., Supporters Quietly Rally Behind the Scenes; Ridge Raises National Threat Level to High Risk; Is Honolulu Ready For Terrorism, War; City Will be Fined for Being Unprepared for Auditors; No Need to Raise City Taxes, Djou Says; Governor to Unveil New Plans to Balance Budget; DCCA Reduces Filing Fees in Effort to Make Hawaii More Business Friendly; Roll Call, a Washington-based Political Magazine, Takes Note of Hawaii Politics

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    “Malia Lt Blue top Image”

    ”Bush Protesters Line Streets of Washington D.C., Supporters Quietly Rally Behind the Scenes”

    In Washington D.C. this past weekend, protesters, many who dressed like hippies or draped themselves in steel rings on every visible part of their body, lined the streets with their makeshift drums and signs, screaming they want “peace, not war.”

    Ironically, many of the people chaotically rallying for “peace” got into fist fights or shouting matches with those around them and spit at the many police officers there in force to ensure no person or property was injured.

    Protesters carried French and Iraqi flags, and waved them proudly before the Washington National Monument and before monuments to many other of America’s great leaders and founding fathers.

    The frantic pulse of the chanting and drum beating could be felt all around the city. But inside the Pentagon, where America’s military leaders are focusing on protecting Americans, including those protesting, there was no chanting, no screaming, no fighting –

    Political Tittle-tattle: News and Entertainment from Hawaii’s Political Arena – March 18, 2003-Bush Protesters Line Streets of Washington D.C., Supporters Quietly Rally Behind the Scenes; Ridge Raises National Threat Level to High Risk; Is Honolulu Ready For Terrorism, War; City Will be Fined for Being Unprepared for Auditors; No Need to Raise City Taxes, Djou Says; Governor to Unveil New Plans to Balance Budget; DCCA Reduces Filing Fees in Effort to Make Hawaii More Business Friendly; Roll Call, a Washington-based Political Magazine, Takes Note of Hawaii Politics

    Hawaii Reporter
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    “Malia Lt Blue top Image”

    ”Bush Protesters Line Streets of Washington D.C., Supporters Quietly Rally Behind the Scenes”

    In Washington D.C. this past weekend, protesters, many who dressed like hippies or draped themselves in steel rings on every visible part of their body, lined the streets with their makeshift drums and signs, screaming they want “peace, not war.”

    Ironically, many of the people chaotically rallying for “peace” got into fist fights or shouting matches with those around them and spit at the many police officers there in force to ensure no person or property was injured.

    Protesters carried French and Iraqi flags, and waved them proudly before the Washington National Monument and before monuments to many other of America’s great leaders and founding fathers.

    The frantic pulse of the chanting and drum beating could be felt all around the city. But inside the Pentagon, where America’s military leaders are focusing on protecting Americans, including those protesting, there was no chanting, no screaming, no fighting –

    Congressman Neil Abercrombie Misses Many Points-Response to His Piece 'Considering Iraq'

    Hawaii Reporter
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    “ORENDT-Cir-Flg Image”

    Government is the agency that holds a monopoly on the legal use of physical force. In a free society the government uses force only in retaliation, against those who start its use. This involves three main functions: the police; the military; and the courts (which provide the means of resolving disputes peacefully, according to objective rules).

    From this we can conclude that we are justified in responding to aggression even if we are not the victims of it. It may be debatable that Saddam has initiated force against the USA. However, there is no doubt that he initiates force against his own people and Israel.

    The following refers to Natural Law, which I will attempt to summarize.

    Albert is walking down a lonely road and decides to take a rest. He lays down under some bushes a little ways from the road and rests.

    Then Mallory approaches from the east and Bob from the west and intersect near Albert. Albert can observe Mallory and Bob, however Albert remains unobserved by both Bob and Mallory. Mallory attempts to rob Bob. Bob resists. At this point there is a split into two scenarios.

    *1. Mallory gains the upper hand in the struggle and kills Bob and then robs him.

    *2. Bob gains the upper hand and kills Mallory.

    Later, Albert meets either Bob or Mallory in town. Should Albert fear Mallory? Natural law states the intuitive answer is yes. Should Albert fear Bob? Natural law states the intuitive answer is no.

    This illustration applies independent of any government or even the existence of government. In fact it applies to a caveman society. It illustrates the inalienable right to life and consequentially property.

    Not all cultures are equal

    Despite what you might hear from the left wing or the National Education Association (NEA). Western (“white”) cultures are markedly superior to Third World cultures. This has nothing to do with how the people dress, or the kinds of fine and performing arts they create. It has everything to do with Natural Law, the unwritten laws that govern all human behavior.

    Natural Law is a universal set of principles that governs all human behavior: Our effectiveness is predicated upon certain inviolate principles, natural laws in the human dimension that are just as real, just as unchanging, as laws such as gravity are in the physical dimension. These principles are woven into the fabric of every civilized society and constitute the roots of every family and institution that has endured and prospered.

    Principles are not invented by us or by society; they are the laws of the universe that pertain to human relationships and human organizations. They are part of the human condition, consciousness, and conscience.

    The lesson of history is that to the degree people and civilizations have operated in harmony with correct principles, they have prospered. At the root of societal declines are foolish practices that represent violations of correct principles. How many economic disasters, intercultural conflicts, political revolutions, and civil wars could have been avoided had there been greater social commitment to correct principles? (Stephen Covey, Principle-Centered Leadership, 1991, 18-19)

    The Declaration of Independence applies Natural Law to human rights: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, which are the ultimate foundation of our country’s laws, rests on Natural Law. The Bill of Rights includes:

    Freedom of nonviolent expression (freedom of speech)

    Freedom of religion (as opposed to putting Christian missionaries on trial for their lives as the Taliban did, or prescribing execution for converts as is done in Saudi Arabia and the Sudan)

    The right to keep and bear arms for defense of family, self, and country

    Freedom from unreasonable (without a warrant or probable cause) search

    The right to not give evidence against oneself

    The right to trial by a jury of one’s peers (as opposed to a king, or a religious Sharia court)

    Freedom from cruel and unusual punishments (like amputation of limbs, stoning, and crucifixion, all of which are practiced in the Arab world)

    Freedom from involuntary servitude (slavery, which is still practiced in the Arab world, e.g. in the Sudan)

    Natural Law is so important that Asian Indians deify it as Dharma, “The Right Way.” It’s Tao (the Way) to Chinese, and Do (same as Tao) in Japan. China, a Third World dictatorship, is ruled by tyrants as opposed to Taoists or Confucian scholars. Hindus say that Dharma protects those who uphold it and destroys those who go against it. In fact, the definition of Natural Law allows an objective definition of good and evil. Whatever supports and upholds Natural Law is good, whatever goes against it is evil.

    Any culture that upholds Natural Law and protects natural human rights to life, liberty, and property can be considered (to use Kipling’s term) “white” no matter what the actual race of that culture’s practitioner happens to be. Any culture that defies Natural Law and undermines natural human rights is dysfunctional, inferior, and ”’evil.”’

    “Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the ”’right”’ to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the ”’right”’ to invade Soviet Russia, Cuba or any other slave pen. Whether a free nation chooses to do so or not is a matter of its own self-interest, ”’not”’ of respect for the nonexistent ‘rights’ of gang rulers.” — Ayn Rand [written before the collapse of the Soviet Union]

    It is the moral right (if not the duty, since putting this into practice requires soldiers to risk their lives) of Western Civilization to destroy and replace any evil culture it encounters, i.e. any culture that goes against Natural Law. This does not mean that the culture’s practitioners (at least not the common people) should be harmed. They are victims of the evil culture. In 2001, for example, Afghans pointed out quite rightly that most of them were not terrorists. They were instead concentration camp inmates, and the Taliban were the guards. Examples:

    Destruction of the Mainland Chinese government would give ordinary Chinese their natural human rights to worship (or not) as they choose, to express themselves nonviolently without the risk of being massacred as they were in Tiananmen Square, and freedom from compulsory abortions.

    Deposing or destroying the Saudi Royal Family would emancipate half the country’s population (the women) and give every ordinary Saudi his or her natural human right of freedom of religion. It also would free every ordinary Saudi from the whims and caprices of religious Sharia courts, and replace these with rule of law.

    Overthrowing the Sudan’s government would eliminate slavery of Black Christians, as well as religious persecutions.

    Deposing Saddam Hussein would benefit 90 percent (or more) of the Iraqi people.

    The logic of the above argument looks rock solid to me. However, I may have missed something.

    Did I?

    ”’To see Congressman Neil Abercrombie’s original article, see:”’ “Considering Iraq”

    “John Orendt Bio Sidebar”

    Congressman Neil Abercrombie Misses Many Points-Response to His Piece ‘Considering Iraq’

    Hawaii Reporter
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    “ORENDT-Cir-Flg Image”

    Government is the agency that holds a monopoly on the legal use of physical force. In a free society the government uses force only in retaliation, against those who start its use. This involves three main functions: the police; the military; and the courts (which provide the means of resolving disputes peacefully, according to objective rules).

    From this we can conclude that we are justified in responding to aggression even if we are not the victims of it. It may be debatable that Saddam has initiated force against the USA. However, there is no doubt that he initiates force against his own people and Israel.

    The following refers to Natural Law, which I will attempt to summarize.

    Albert is walking down a lonely road and decides to take a rest. He lays down under some bushes a little ways from the road and rests.

    Then Mallory approaches from the east and Bob from the west and intersect near Albert. Albert can observe Mallory and Bob, however Albert remains unobserved by both Bob and Mallory. Mallory attempts to rob Bob. Bob resists. At this point there is a split into two scenarios.

    *1. Mallory gains the upper hand in the struggle and kills Bob and then robs him.

    *2. Bob gains the upper hand and kills Mallory.

    Later, Albert meets either Bob or Mallory in town. Should Albert fear Mallory? Natural law states the intuitive answer is yes. Should Albert fear Bob? Natural law states the intuitive answer is no.

    This illustration applies independent of any government or even the existence of government. In fact it applies to a caveman society. It illustrates the inalienable right to life and consequentially property.

    Not all cultures are equal

    Despite what you might hear from the left wing or the National Education Association (NEA). Western (“white”) cultures are markedly superior to Third World cultures. This has nothing to do with how the people dress, or the kinds of fine and performing arts they create. It has everything to do with Natural Law, the unwritten laws that govern all human behavior.

    Natural Law is a universal set of principles that governs all human behavior: Our effectiveness is predicated upon certain inviolate principles, natural laws in the human dimension that are just as real, just as unchanging, as laws such as gravity are in the physical dimension. These principles are woven into the fabric of every civilized society and constitute the roots of every family and institution that has endured and prospered.

    Principles are not invented by us or by society; they are the laws of the universe that pertain to human relationships and human organizations. They are part of the human condition, consciousness, and conscience.

    The lesson of history is that to the degree people and civilizations have operated in harmony with correct principles, they have prospered. At the root of societal declines are foolish practices that represent violations of correct principles. How many economic disasters, intercultural conflicts, political revolutions, and civil wars could have been avoided had there been greater social commitment to correct principles? (Stephen Covey, Principle-Centered Leadership, 1991, 18-19)

    The Declaration of Independence applies Natural Law to human rights: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, which are the ultimate foundation of our country’s laws, rests on Natural Law. The Bill of Rights includes:

    Freedom of nonviolent expression (freedom of speech)

    Freedom of religion (as opposed to putting Christian missionaries on trial for their lives as the Taliban did, or prescribing execution for converts as is done in Saudi Arabia and the Sudan)

    The right to keep and bear arms for defense of family, self, and country

    Freedom from unreasonable (without a warrant or probable cause) search

    The right to not give evidence against oneself

    The right to trial by a jury of one’s peers (as opposed to a king, or a religious Sharia court)

    Freedom from cruel and unusual punishments (like amputation of limbs, stoning, and crucifixion, all of which are practiced in the Arab world)

    Freedom from involuntary servitude (slavery, which is still practiced in the Arab world, e.g. in the Sudan)

    Natural Law is so important that Asian Indians deify it as Dharma, “The Right Way.” It’s Tao (the Way) to Chinese, and Do (same as Tao) in Japan. China, a Third World dictatorship, is ruled by tyrants as opposed to Taoists or Confucian scholars. Hindus say that Dharma protects those who uphold it and destroys those who go against it. In fact, the definition of Natural Law allows an objective definition of good and evil. Whatever supports and upholds Natural Law is good, whatever goes against it is evil.

    Any culture that upholds Natural Law and protects natural human rights to life, liberty, and property can be considered (to use Kipling’s term) “white” no matter what the actual race of that culture’s practitioner happens to be. Any culture that defies Natural Law and undermines natural human rights is dysfunctional, inferior, and ”’evil.”’

    “Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the ”’right”’ to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the ”’right”’ to invade Soviet Russia, Cuba or any other slave pen. Whether a free nation chooses to do so or not is a matter of its own self-interest, ”’not”’ of respect for the nonexistent ‘rights’ of gang rulers.” — Ayn Rand [written before the collapse of the Soviet Union]

    It is the moral right (if not the duty, since putting this into practice requires soldiers to risk their lives) of Western Civilization to destroy and replace any evil culture it encounters, i.e. any culture that goes against Natural Law. This does not mean that the culture’s practitioners (at least not the common people) should be harmed. They are victims of the evil culture. In 2001, for example, Afghans pointed out quite rightly that most of them were not terrorists. They were instead concentration camp inmates, and the Taliban were the guards. Examples:

    Destruction of the Mainland Chinese government would give ordinary Chinese their natural human rights to worship (or not) as they choose, to express themselves nonviolently without the risk of being massacred as they were in Tiananmen Square, and freedom from compulsory abortions.

    Deposing or destroying the Saudi Royal Family would emancipate half the country’s population (the women) and give every ordinary Saudi his or her natural human right of freedom of religion. It also would free every ordinary Saudi from the whims and caprices of religious Sharia courts, and replace these with rule of law.

    Overthrowing the Sudan’s government would eliminate slavery of Black Christians, as well as religious persecutions.

    Deposing Saddam Hussein would benefit 90 percent (or more) of the Iraqi people.

    The logic of the above argument looks rock solid to me. However, I may have missed something.

    Did I?

    ”’To see Congressman Neil Abercrombie’s original article, see:”’ “Considering Iraq”

    “John Orendt Bio Sidebar”

    Free Market with Sugar-Ideas from a 7th grader at Punahou School

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    There is sugar in your candies, cookies, drinks, cereal and most other foods you eat. It is even in some toothpaste and medicine. If the United States would support a free market, then the prices of imported goods such as sugar would go way down. The free market means buying or trading goods with whomever you want, without regulations or taxes on your goods. I am going to show you how the free market would help us, using the example of sugar.

    The price of sugar in the United States is about 22 cents per pound, but in the Philippines it is only about 7 cents per pound. That is almost one third of the price of sugar in America! Suppose, you have 3 dollars, and you want to buy some sugar. Do you want to spend 3 dollars or 1 dollar for the same amount? If you spend the 1 dollar, you have 2 dollars left over to buy other things.

    The only problem is, the government won’t allow it. It is a crime to buy more than a regulated amount from outside the United States. You can be sent to jail and called a smuggler if you bring in too much sugar. Some people say that if we are allowed to buy sugar from outside the United States, then all of the money will leave America. But actually, if we spent the 1 dollar out of the United States, then we would have 2 dollars to spend on other American goods.

    Yes, I know that the precious 1 dollar left the country, but is that really so bad? The government sends billions of dollars in foreign aid, to countries like the Philippines, every year. If the Filipinos could earn a dollar selling sugar to us, then maybe they wouldn’t need a dollar of our aid. This could help end poverty in the Philippines. In any case, they could spend that dollar back to America, to buy farming tools to help them develop.

    Did you know that some farmers, who can’t profit by selling legal products, such as sugar, switch to selling illegal products, such as drugs. If those farmers could profit from legal products, they might not risk their lives in the drug industry.

    Why does the government want the prices so high? Well, I don’t know, but stopping us from buying from other countries is not enough. They even pay farmers to destroy crops!

    All of this hurts us, the consumers who have to pay higher prices, and us, the taxpayers, who have to pay higher taxes. I plan to write letters to our lawmakers and urge them to change this harmful policy. Please help me.

    ”’Kenli Schoolland is a 7th grade student at Punahou School, and the daughter of well-known free market author and professor of economics at Hawaii Pacific University Ken Schoolland.”’

    Are You Living Life on Purpose?-Part One

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    “Lately I feel like I’m questioning my purpose in life. I don’t feel as though I’m doing what I was created to do. It seems like there’s something more I’m meant to do, and it’s been going through my head every day for months now.”

    That’s what a friend of mine shared with me after our workout at the gym last Saturday. Since performance coaching is something that runs through my veins, I couldn’t help but sit down with Nadine for a mini-coaching session right there on the spot.

    There was something tugging at Nadine begging her to wake up and pay attention before the opportunity disappeared forever.

    Nadine lives a comfortable life. She rents a nice house on the beach. She has a full-time job that pays the bills and this allows her to pursue her true passion (acting) in her spare time. Roles seem to come to her without much sacrifice on her part. Acting is a natural gift for her.

    Please don’t misunderstand; Nadine works very hard at finding acting roles, puts her whole heart into preparing for them and diligently rehearses to perfect her role. But she hasn’t ever been asked to give up her full-time job or move her residence in order to fill a role…. until now.

    Do you have a burning desire that won’t go away?

    Then you, like Nadine, owe it to yourself to explore beyond your comfort zone and see if it’s worth pursuing. You need to take action, and decide once and for all if this is something that will really bring more joy, fulfillment and success into your life — or if it’s a distraction from your true purpose, something that should be put to rest forever.

    Below are four steps that Nadine and I went over to quickly gain some clarity and a reference point to judge decisions by. You can take these same steps to immediately discover if you’re making a decision that will take you away from or towards a more fulfilling, “on-purpose life.”

    Action Steps to Jump-start Change:

    *1. First, find a favorite place to go and get away from your normal routine. This stage is meant to be enjoyable and motivational in order to allow your brain and heart to pursue that which you were created to do and be.

    *2. Think … Brainstorm … Explore … your dreams/visions/ideas in a streamline fashion.

    Perhaps you’ll sit in your favorite chair on the beach with a journal and colored markers in hand. Yes, you can use a regular boring pen to journal your thoughts. But I tell my Coaching Players to bring colored markers, or crayons, to make this a fun process. Whatever you do, it’s critical that this process not be confused with “work” or traditional business planning.

    *3. Next, draw a picture of what your ideal life or business looks like. (Mind Map your thoughts on paper.) Remember, you are in the visionary stages of thinking here, so you’re dealing with a different area in your brain. You want to tap into the creative side of your brain and break yourself free from the deadly trap of comfort and mediocrity. Use pictures, colors and images in addition to words to describe your “ideal” business, home, life or relationship.

    *4. Examine what must be changed or created in order to reach your ideal life or business.

    Once you realize what you want your ideal life or business to look like, your next step is to enter into the analytical phase. You will never reach your goals if you look at the way things are now. You must look at your destination, and find new ways to get there by thinking innovatively.

    ”’Coaching Tip:”’ For example, when I’m working with business owners, I encourage them to draw their business idea as if they’re drawing plans to build a house. On each foundation block, each beam and each roof rafter we identify an action critical to their success. It’s amazing how clear actions get prioritized when you picture your plans this way. After all you can’t put a roof on until you build a proper foundation.

    When you complete these four steps and know you’re making a decision that will bring you closer to an “on-purpose life,” get going on achieving your dreams. Read all you can about your target destination, take some courses that will eliminate bumps in the road and consider hiring a coach to help get you there faster. Time is ticking and your dreams are slipping away with each minute wasted. Go Seize Your Dreams Today!

    ”’Deborah Cole Micek is a Professional Coach, Business Strategist and a Principle of RPM Success Group Inc. Reach her at:”’ mailto:DCM@RPMsuccess.com ”’or (888) 334-8151.”’

    Grassroot Perspective – March 18, 2003-Boies in the Attic; Number of the Least; Hey, Maker; Iowa and NBPTS: Improving Teacher Quality or Squandering Money?

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    “Dick Rowland Image”

    ”Shoots (News, Views and Quotes)”

    – Boies in the Attic

    It was inevitable that that the raucous glee with which anti-Microsoft techies cheered on the Justice Department’s antitrust pursuit of the software giant would come back to haunt them. But who knew the karmic payback would be so literal?

    Former anti-Microsoft bulldog David Boies has now been retained to put the screws to the Linux/Unix community. One branch of the Unix world — SCO Group — has Boies tracking down supposed violations of its proprietary versions of the business operation system.

    It hasn’t taken very long for professionals in the field to note that SCO’s products haven’t been very successful and that the legal route is a poor substitute for actually building something people want.

    This, of course, is exactly the kind of thing which could be said — and was, by some — of Netscape, Sun, IBM, and the whole crew running to the feds over Microsoft’s supposed violations. The point, then as now, is that bigfoot law is a tremendously clumsy thing to use to address the fluid market dynamics of the software industry.

    For those who invited Boies into the techie boutique while he was at Justice, the sound now you hear is a large, masculine bovine trampling all your fine porcelain.

    Source: https://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/22/188234.shtml?tid=

    https://news.com.com/2100-1001-981569.html?tag=fd_top

    – Number of the Least

    New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is working to change the name of U.S. 666, which runs through the northwestern part of the state. The Biblical number “discourages tourism and economic development,” officials claim.

    Source:

    https://santafenewmexican.com/site/news.asp?brd=2144

    – Hey, Maker

    Chicago police thought that hay from a church’s nativity scene was actually more than $660,000 worth of pot. The haul was in the bed of a pickup truck that was stopped last month. The crime lab says it made a mistake.

    Source: https://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-pot24.html

    Above articles are quoted from Reason Express Reason’s Weekly Dispatch January 28, 2003[reasonexpress@reason.com]

    ”Roots (Food for Thought)”

    Iowa and NBPTS: Improving Teacher Quality or Squandering Money?

    By George C. Leef

    Everyone wants competent, effective teachers for America’s schoolchildren. The question is how to go about getting them.

    One program that says it leads to better teachers is the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Formed in 1987, NBPTS has written standards for teachers that, it says, “have forged a national consensus on what accomplished teachers know and should be able to do.”

    The key to the NBPTS approach is its teacher certification program. Teachers with at least three years of experience can submit a required set of portfolios of student work and videos of classroom performance, and answer a set of essay questions on teaching designed to assess their pedagogical abilities. Teachers who teach the same level and subjects as the applicants evaluate the submissions. Those whose scores are high enough earn their certification.

    The states have not responded uniformly. Some, such as North Carolina, give it great encouragement by paying the application cost for as many teachers as want to try for NB certification in any year, and also by guaranteeing a large salary bonus for those who receive it. On the other hand, some states have done nothing to encourage the NBPTS program, Texas being an example.

    Iowa provides moderate incentives for teachers to become NBPTS certified. Teachers who obtain it receive an automatic $2,500 annual raise for the life of the certificate. Moreover, the state reimburses teachers half of the $2,300 application fee – and the other half if the teacher achieves certification. At the end of 2001, Iowa had 322National Board certified teachers – more than neighboring states Missouri (74), Minnesota (203), and Wisconsin (74).

    Is Iowa wisely spending money to upgrade the quality of its teachers? Or is it wasting funds on one of those programs that sound good, but accomplish nothing?

    There has never been a reliable study that verifies NBPTS’ claim of effectiveness. We have no proof that students taught by teachers with National Board certification learn more or faster than do students taught by teachers without it.

    One study on the impact of NB certification was done in 2000 by a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1). It purported to find that National Board certified teachers were more effective than non-certified teachers. But University of Missouri economics professor Michael Podgursky subsequently pointed out major flaws in the UNC-G report(2).

    For one thing, it didn’t use student test scores as a measure of teacher effectiveness, dismissing the idea with this rhetorical blast: “It is not too much of an exaggeration to state that such measures have been cited as a cause of all the nation’s considerable problems in educating our youth.” Furthermore, Podgursky observed, the study was an exercise in circular reasoning. “In effect,” he writes, “the report really tells us only that teachers who were certified by the National Board were more likely to display the types of behaviors that the National Board favors.”

    Another study was done in 2002 by East Tennessee State University education professor John Stone(3). Stone found that in Tennessee, there was no discernable improvement in student learning when students were taught by NB certified teachers. A crucial difference between Stone’s approach and that of the UNC-G study is that he did rely on student test scores. Tennessee has a system of “value-added” educational reports that measures annual learning gains by students in grades 3 through 8. After evaluating the student achievement data, Prof. Stone concluded that Board certified teachers ” cannot be considered exceptionally effective in terms of their ability to bring about student achievement.”

    If one looks closely at the NBPTS standards and certification process, it isn’t hard to see why they would bring about little or no improvement in teacher effectiveness. Chester Finn, President of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, put his finger on the problem when he wrote, “The Board actually rewards teachers for being good at the opposite of what most parents think teachers should excel at. Its idea of a great teacher is one who embraces ‘constructivist’ pedagogy, ‘discovery’ learning, and cultural relativism – not one who imparts to students fundamental knowledge, or even has it himself.”(4) Iowa’s support for NBPTS looks like big waste of money.

    ENDNOTES: 1″The Certification System of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: A Construct and Consequential Validity Study,” Center for Educational Research and Evaluation, UNC- Greensboro, October 2000. 2″Defrocking the National Board,” Education Matters, summer 2001. 3″The Value-Added Achievement Gains of NBPTS-Certified Teachers in Tennessee: A Brief Report,” June 17, 2002, (December 13, 2002). 4Danielle Dunne Wilcox and Chester E. Finn Jr., “Board Games,” National Review, August 9, 1999, p. 27. George C. Leef is Director of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, Raleigh, NC

    The above article is quoted from Public Interet Institute at Iowa Wesleyan College, Institute Brief, www.limitedgovernment.org and reprinted by permission.

    ”Evergreen (Today’s Quote)”

    “You may ask what then will become of the fundamental principles of equity and fair play which our constitutions enshrine; and whether I seriously believe that unsupported they will serve merely as counsels of moderation. I do not think that anyone can say what will be left of those principles; I do not know whether they will serve only as counsels; but this much I think I do know — that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court can save; that a society where that spirit flourishes, no court need save; that in society which evades its responsibility by thrushing upon the courts the nurture of that spirit, that spirit in the end will perish.” — Judge Learned Hand, The Contribution of an Independent Judiciary to Civilization [1942]

    ”’Edited by Richard O. Rowland, president of Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. He can be reached at (808) 487-4959 or by email at:”’ mailto:grassroot@hawaii.rr.com ”’For more information, see its Web site at:”’ https://www.grassrootinstitute.org/

    From Agreement on Contributions to Respecting Parents

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    “Suzanne Gelb Image”

    ”Dependency – Is it Always a No-No?”

    Dear Dr. Gelb:

    I work two jobs and am a part-time student. My wife does the housework and cares for our kids most of the time, while I work and study. She works too. Am I relying on her too much for the domestic responsibilities, even though she doesn’t mind. Am I being too dependent?

    Hard Worker

    A: Dr. Gelb says . . .

    Dear Hard Worker:

    I admire your ambition and desire to contribute to your family’s livelihood. Family is what life is all about. In my opinion, as long as spouses are in agreement with an arrangement such as the one you describe, then behavior that conforms to the arrangement is likely to be positive.

    So often, feelings of guilt for not being a full-time participant in the family unit inhibit hardworking parents such as yourself from feeling good about their involvements. If I were your mate, I imagine that I would probably feel very proud of your efforts.

    ”Rebellion – Where Did Respect Go?”

    Dear Dr. Gelb:

    I have two teenage grandchildren who think it is cool to disrespect their elders and that defiance somehow gives them an identity. Why this rebellion?

    Old Fashioned Values

    A: Dr. Gelb says . . .

    Dear Old Fashioned:

    I am sorry to say, but the disrespect you describe typically reflects poor discipline and control from your grandchildren’s parents, who most likely also experienced an undisciplined upbringing.

    As the saying goes, “like father like son. Like mother like daughter.” Undisciplined attitudes and behaviors such as you describe are largely responsible for the erosion of the social structure in our country. It appears that since the baby boom of the post-war ’40s, discipline and responsibility for teaching our offspring morals and positive social conduct has eroded to the point that it is often embarrassing to take a trip to the mall, or difficult to enjoy a quiet meal in a family restaurant. Unless discipline is restored to our homes and schools I fear that the saying, “You have made your bed, so now you must sleep in it” will remain all too applicable.

    Dear Readers:

    Today’s answers can be supplemented with excerpts from “Yesterday’s Children” (Q1: pp. 27-28; Q2: p. 30) written by psychologists Marti Barham, R.N., Ph.D. and Tom Greene, Ph.D. For more information visit https://www.DrGelbSays.com

    ”’Suzanne J. Gelb, Ph.D., J.D. authors this daily column, Dr. Gelb Says, which answers questions about daily living and behavior issues. Dr. Gelb is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Honolulu. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Human Services. Dr. Gelb is also a published author of a book on Overcoming Addictions and a book on Relationships.”’

    ”’This column is intended for entertainment use only and is not intended for the purpose of psychological diagnosis, treatment or personalized advice. For more about the column’s purpose, see”’ “An Online Intro to Dr. Gelb Says”

    ”’Email your questions to mailto:DrGelbSays@hawaiireporter.com More information on Dr. Gelb’s services and related resources available at”’ https://www.DrGelbSays.com

    Legislative Hearing Notices – March 18, 2003

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    The following hearing notices, which are subject to change, were sorted and taken from the Hawaii State Capitol Web site. Please check that site for updates and/or changes to the schedule at

    “Hawaii State Legislature Sidebar”

    Go there and click on the Hearing Date to view the Hearing Notice.

    Hearings notices for both House and Senate measures in all committees:

    Hearing

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB3 SD1 RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB661 SD1 RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB665 SD1 RELATING TO PREPAID HEALTH CARE PLAN. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB889 RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1041 SD1 RELATING TO LIABILITY. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1243 SD2 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FOR THE UNINSURED. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1260 SD1 RELATING TO MICROORGANISM IMPORT. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1322 SD1 RELATING TO TAXATION OF PREMIUMS. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1323 RELATING TO INSURANCE. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1364 SD1 RELATING TO PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1484 RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1519 SD1 RELATING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. HLT

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1088 SD2 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. HLT/HSH

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1109 SD1 RELATING TO DEPENDENT ADULTS. HLT/HSH

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB435 RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS. LAB

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB687 SD1 RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE. LAB

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB768 SD1 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. LAB

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB837 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. LAB

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1332 SD2 RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT. LAB

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1333 SD1 RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICIALS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT. LAB

    3/18/03 8:30 AM SB1425 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO BUSINESS MENTORING OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. LAB

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB75 HD2 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. CPH

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB78 HD1 RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII. CPH

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB475 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. CPH

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB948 HD3 RELATING TO EARNED INCOME DEDUCTION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RENT CALCULATION. CPH

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1438 HD2 RELATING TO HOME LOAN PROTECTION. CPH

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1465 HD2 RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. CPH

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1511 HD1 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES. CPH

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB473 HD2 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. CPH/SAT

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB631 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAIIAN IMMERSION PROGRAM. EDU/JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB631 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAIIAN IMMERSION PROGRAM. EDU/JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1021 HD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. EDU/JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM SB1239 SD1 RELATING TO ENERGY. EEP/TRN

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB401 HD1 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB756 HD2 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB814 RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB815 RELATING TO THE COURTS. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1004 HD1 RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF CONVICTED DEFENDANTS. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1022 RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1155 HD1 RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1155 HD1 RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1255 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1276 HD1 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HCR48 REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT FAIR GROUNDS ON THE LOWER HALAWA PARKING LOT AT ALOHA STADIUM. TAC

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HCR84 REQUESTING THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO INITIATE MEASURES THAT PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS AS WELL AS TECHNO, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL TOURISM NICHES. TAC

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HR51 REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT FAIR GROUNDS ON THE LOWER HALAWA PARKING LOT AT ALOHA STADIUM. TAC

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HR84 REQUESTING THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO INITIATE MEASURES THAT PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS AS WELL AS TECHNO, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL TOURISM NICHES. TAC

    3/18/03 9:00 AM SB359 SD2 RELATING TO FILM INDUSTRY. TAC/EDB

    3/18/03 9:00 AM SB377 SD1 RELATING TO TAXATION. TAC/EDB

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB754 RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL. TMG/JHW

    3/18/03 9:00 AM HB1547 HD2 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. TMG/JHW

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 9:30 AM HCR145 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO STUDY THE UTILIZATION OF RECYCLABLE PLASTICS AND OTHER ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES FOR THE GENERATION OF POWER. EEP

    3/18/03 9:30 AM HCR175 REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF AN EMISSIONS TASK FORCE TO MEASURE THE STATE’S POWER PLANT AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. EEP

    3/18/03 9:30 AM HR139 REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF AN EMISSIONS TASK FORCE TO MEASURE THE STATE’S POWER PLANT AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. EEP

    3/18/03 9:30 AM SB840 SD1 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. EEP

    3/18/03 9:30 AM SB848 RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF KAHOOLAWE. EEP/WLH

    3/18/03 9:30 AM SB209 SD3 RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. LAB

    3/18/03 9:30 AM SB931 SD2 RELATING TO HAWAII VICTIMS LEAVE ACT. LAB

    3/18/03 9:30 AM SB1286 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII. LAB

    3/18/03 9:30 AM SB1426 SD1 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. LAB
    3/18/03 9:30 AM SB1676 HD1 RELATING TO HEALTH. LAB

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 10:00 AM SB344 SD2 RELATING TO PUBLIC SHELTERS. PSM

    3/18/03 10:00 AM SB630 SD1 RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF CONVICTED DEFENDANTS. PSM

    3/18/03 10:00 AM SB1050 SD2 RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. PSM

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 1:15 PM GM14 Submitting for consideration and confirmation as Director, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Gubernatorial Nominee TED LIU, for a term to expire 12-04-06. ECD/TSM

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 1:30 PM HB1328 HD1 RELATING TO THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE. CPH/ENE

    3/18/03 1:30 PM HB288 HD2 RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION INITIATIVES. ENE/CPH

    3/18/03 1:30 PM HB1456 HD1 RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. ENE/CPH

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 2:00 PM HB10 HD2 RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. ENE

    3/18/03 2:00 PM HB193 HD1 RELATING TO LANDOWNERS’ LIABILITY. ENE

    3/18/03 2:00 PM HB196 HD1 RELATING TO A GEOTHERMAL-TO-HYDROGEN TAX CREDIT. ENE

    3/18/03 2:00 PM HB1405 HD1 RELATING TO BIOFUEL. ENE

    3/18/03 2:00 PM HB1492 HD2 RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING. ENE

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB41 RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS. JUD

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB843 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO CONSERVATION OF AQUATIC LIFE, WILDLIFE, AND LAND PLANTS. JUD

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB857 SD2 RELATING TO ALIEN INVASIVE SPECIES. JUD

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB975 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. JUD

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB1319 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO THE UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT. JUD

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB1560 RELATING TO PROPERTY LEFT IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION. JUD

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB1593 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. JUD

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB26 RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS. LMG

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB26 RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS. LMG

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB296 SD1 RELATING TO ETHICS. LMG

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB427 SD1 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. LMG

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB474 SD2 RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. LMG

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB489 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. LMG

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB880 RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. LMG

    3/18/03 2:00 PM SB1606 SD1 RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ETHICS. LMG

    3/18/03 2:00 PM HB662 HD2 RELATING TO THE HAWAII SPORTS HALL OF FAME. TSM/ECD

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB368 RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB635 SD2 RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINES. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB658 SD1 RELATING TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES FOR SEX ASSAULT SURVIVORS IN EMERGENCY ROOMS. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB830 SD1 RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB933 SD1 RELATING TO STALKING. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB935 RELATING TO ORDERS FOR PROTECTION. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB1107 SD1 RELATING TO CHAPTER 711, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB1131 RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB1132 SD1 RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB1275 RELATING TO ASSAULT AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB1352 SD1 RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB1449 SD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. JUD

    3/18/03 2:30 PM SB1603 SD1 RELATING TO ELECTION OFFENSES. JUD

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 2:45 PM HB90 HD1 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. HTH/HMS

    3/18/03 2:45 PM HB90 HD1 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. HTH/HMS

    3/18/03 2:45 PM HB1616 HD1 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. HTH/HMS

    3/18/03 2:45 PM HB1616 HD1 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. HTH/HMS

    3/18/03 2:45 PM HB1081 RELATING TO THE STATE INTERNET PORTAL. SAT

    3/18/03 2:45 PM HB1532 HD2 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY. SAT

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

    3/18/03 3:15 PM SB402 SD2 RELATING TO MEDICAL EDUCATION. HED/HLT

    ”Date Time Bill Number Measure Title Committee”

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