07-12-2006, 05:33 AM
She also veto'ed a bill (HB 2878)to give a state backed 25 million dollar revenue bond to a mainland company who wants to build a lumber mill in a residential area. They managed to get it through the legislature without the communities involved finding out about it and the only hope of stopping it until the communities could discuss it first was the Governor's veto. She listened to the communities and we adore our governor!
(She is also a Republican, she has to "back" Bush, it is the required party line.)
Did you read her veto memos? You can read them online and she probably has valid reasons for veto'ing the bills. She doesn't veto lightly since it takes a lot of work to get a bill through the legislature and if she did veto too much the rest of the legistlature wouldn't work with her anymore.
Here is the URL for the veto messages:
http://www.hawaii.gov/gov/leg/2006/gov/l...04-19.5231
Our government is small enough here that you can make a difference if you want to. If you think those two bills are important, find out what the exact concerns were which got them veto'ed, find a way to fix them and have them put on next year's legislation.
(She is also a Republican, she has to "back" Bush, it is the required party line.)
Did you read her veto memos? You can read them online and she probably has valid reasons for veto'ing the bills. She doesn't veto lightly since it takes a lot of work to get a bill through the legislature and if she did veto too much the rest of the legistlature wouldn't work with her anymore.
Here is the URL for the veto messages:
http://www.hawaii.gov/gov/leg/2006/gov/l...04-19.5231
Our government is small enough here that you can make a difference if you want to. If you think those two bills are important, find out what the exact concerns were which got them veto'ed, find a way to fix them and have them put on next year's legislation.
Kurt Wilson