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RE: Rat Lung research funding not going to UHH - randomq - 04-28-2017
Kalakoa, I'm with you. What's the first step?
RE: Rat Lung research funding not going to UHH - Durian Fiend - 04-28-2017
"The Health Department, which hadn’t requested the funding and doesn’t have a plan for using it"
I bet research dollars to UH Hilo will be forthcoming.
Some money spent on educating the public about risks and precautions could also be worthwhile. A good argument can be made for assigning that task to DOH rather than university researchers.
RE: Rat Lung research funding not going to UHH - leilanidude - 04-28-2017
It's past time for Hawaii Island to secede from the State of Hawaii.
Consider: 70% of our budget is from property tax. Wouldn't take much to be self-funded.
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I maintain that a majority reason for the state's high cost of living is the ridiculous amount of county and state employees and their unheard of, in the private sector, benefit packages and pensions.
RE: Rat Lung research funding not going to UHH - kalakoa - 04-29-2017
http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/it-s-only-going-get-worse
Kahele said his bill to provide funding for the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s rat lungworm disease research efforts also died Friday.
RE: Rat Lung research funding not going to UHH - Eric1600 - 04-29-2017
A host of bills has failed because they are all busy fighting each other.
Dr. Susan Jarvi, a researcher at the University of Hawai`i Hilo College of Pharmacy, has been leading efforts to understand rat lung. The Department of Health should get involved to stop the spread. Neither effort received funding because of a clash in personalities between different Senators.
Not only that but several bills I thought would have sailed through fell apart.
The legislature failed to fund rat lung research and prevention, voting-by-mail, and a number of energy bills. The Senate failed to confirm one of the most qualified commissioners in the history of the Public Utilities Commission. But the legislature is poised to pass a strange bill that would create guidance for the Public Utilities Commission.
All the gory details are laid out here: http://www.ililani.media/2017/04/factionalized-democracy-at-hawaii-state.html
RE: Rat Lung research funding not going to UHH - kalakoa - 04-29-2017
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/2-more-rat-lungworm-disease-cases-emerge-total-13
The sources of the new patients' exposure have not been determined, according to the department. Officials are not calling this year's outbreak an epidemic.
RE: Rat Lung research funding not going to UHH - Kenney - 04-29-2017
Boy, that's a disgusting read. Health and Voting just aren't important here..