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ZERO....I warned everyone last election that this woman is inept and unsuitable for the job. I would hope after 4 years of paying her salary for doing nothing we vote for a change. Even her bill to ban firecrackers was late to committee and therefore didn’t even get voted on.
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If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it cost when it’s free...now here come the taxes.....
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Has anyone announced that they will run against Faye Hanohano? I share Scott's opinion and would like to know the alternatives, if any.
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If a good candidate steps forward I do hope people will step forward also to work on the campaign. We really, really need better representation for this area.
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I met with Faye as she was last campaigning and explained how I hoped she would be an advocate for better, more sustainable building practices in Hawaii. When it came time to asking for her support on correcting the new state law allowing 500' towers next to any home in HPP, she never responded. Yes, we need people who earn their salary. But Scott, your tag line is unsettling and inaccurate. You are obviously against any changes to status quo, which is a sinking ship of Medicare and uncontrolled healthcare costs. Consider the experts who explain in detail how doing nothing, which I assume you advocate, will increase costs and further burden our national debt. It "cost" more than we can afford now and is going up. And no, it will never be "free", unless you count Medicare and that is what we have now. Another reason to find a tag line that could mean something.
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John,
Please keep the issues on Punaweb local. Scott's tag line is more of a signature than an invitation to debate - at least it's been that way so far.
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"Even her bill to ban firecrackers was late to committee and therefore didn’t even get voted on."
I actually just read the article in the paper about this bill. I am curious: Excepting Chinese NYear, what is 'culturally' relevant to Hawaii that is not the same for 'western life'? Or more to the point, as she was quoted in HTH: ""My perspective is that if we took away fireworks, we would lose our identity as a state because of the cultural impact," Hanohano said.
"Do we want to live a western life, or do we want to perpetuate our culture? Somebody needs to tell the stories."
I was raised in Southern California; as a kid -- fireworks and fire crackers were very much a part of my 'western life' on both New Year's Eve and Independence Day. As an adult in the same locale fireworks were then 'public displays' but for the same holidays. And a quick FYI, July 4th is a most definite, and cultural 'western life' holiday as it is the celebration of America's Independence. There IS a STORY to be told there! I just think sometimes the kinds of bias that is reflected in such statements is counter productive. If she wanted to highlight that it has been a long standing cultural tradition to observe Chinese New Year or even the Asian aspects of the Calendar New Year then great...but as all of us with gun shy dogs and sensitive ears and lungs understand July 4th is as active here as any other fireworks day. Actually, truth be known, I have not actually heard fireworks on Chinese NYear. Not in the nearly 20 years we have lived here.
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