06-17-2014, 05:20 AM
Making everything about GMO is so tiresome, and is really pretty much irrelevant in this race. Statewide labeling is never going to happen and I think Rich nails the issue. It's a federal level issue and that is where it's going to be dealt with.
My concerns are 1) traffic and how quickly we can have 4 lanes from Keaau to Pahoa, 2) improving vital services in Puna, such as a Puna hospital or ER, police, fire, and ambulance response times particularly in more remote areas, 3) improving education, 4) rural high speed internet access, 5) geothermal development that minimizes noise & traffic impact and the savings gets passed on to consumers. I think she is rather smartly taking a middle ground approach to GMO issues, as has Kenoi, knowing that these laws aren't going to be held up at the State or County level and appeasing the anti-science loonies by letting the issue play out in court. Having been a lawyer who has won cases at the State's highest court, she is clearly intelligent, professional, etc. I don't think she's going to throw pencils at anyone, tilt at windmills with ridiculous legislation such as banning copper mining or fracking, or insult people with racial slurs.
I met Leilani recently and while she seemed very nice and probably has her heart in the right place on many issues, I noticed that she misspelled "Hawaiian" in her pamphlet when talking about Hawaiian rights. If you can't get something that basic correct, it makes it clear she is not in the same league as someone who is arguing before our highest court. After reading that she was active in the Ruderman campaign I wrote her off an another anti-science kook.
My concerns are 1) traffic and how quickly we can have 4 lanes from Keaau to Pahoa, 2) improving vital services in Puna, such as a Puna hospital or ER, police, fire, and ambulance response times particularly in more remote areas, 3) improving education, 4) rural high speed internet access, 5) geothermal development that minimizes noise & traffic impact and the savings gets passed on to consumers. I think she is rather smartly taking a middle ground approach to GMO issues, as has Kenoi, knowing that these laws aren't going to be held up at the State or County level and appeasing the anti-science loonies by letting the issue play out in court. Having been a lawyer who has won cases at the State's highest court, she is clearly intelligent, professional, etc. I don't think she's going to throw pencils at anyone, tilt at windmills with ridiculous legislation such as banning copper mining or fracking, or insult people with racial slurs.
I met Leilani recently and while she seemed very nice and probably has her heart in the right place on many issues, I noticed that she misspelled "Hawaiian" in her pamphlet when talking about Hawaiian rights. If you can't get something that basic correct, it makes it clear she is not in the same league as someone who is arguing before our highest court. After reading that she was active in the Ruderman campaign I wrote her off an another anti-science kook.