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lava economy
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I think criticism of the Council members' trip to Oahu is pretty petty. It wasn't a weeks-long junket to New York or Paris, it was a quick trip to our state capital, where Council members had the opportunity to meet, interact and lobby their County counterparts and state officials. These types of sessions and networking opportunities build relationships that are especially invaluable in times like these when we can use all the resources, education and experience-based ideas we can get. Even if each participant spent $1500 (which would be on the high side) the total expense of $9,000 could easily be recouped in many tangible ways. For example Maui recently donated thousands of dollars worth of outmoded (for them) but valuable (to us) computer equipment, and in the past "junkets" like these have enabled our County staff to learn about and take advantage of grant opportunities worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. And Tom, as for the "how is the accommodation rate being paid" question, I suspect there is a provision in the County vouchering procedures to allow expenditures for conferences that might exceed the normal government overnight lodging rate. It would take into consideration that this "conference room rate" includes meals and subsidize the conference room facilities. At least that's the way it worked when I worked for a Fortune 10 company that squeezed each travel dollar so tight that George Washington screamed. I've said it before and I'll say it again -- people are complaining about this expense when we're still paying to have County marching bands on both sides of the Island???
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lava economy - by kalakoa - 06-24-2018, 04:33 AM
RE: lava economy - by randomq - 06-24-2018, 07:07 AM
RE: lava economy - by terracore - 06-24-2018, 07:24 AM
RE: lava economy - by geochem - 06-24-2018, 08:19 AM
RE: lava economy - by MarkP - 06-24-2018, 08:35 AM
RE: lava economy - by randomq - 06-24-2018, 10:24 AM
RE: lava economy - by terracore - 06-24-2018, 11:08 AM
RE: lava economy - by terracore - 06-24-2018, 11:30 AM
RE: lava economy - by PaulW - 06-24-2018, 11:32 AM
RE: lava economy - by TomK - 06-24-2018, 04:58 PM
RE: lava economy - by MarkD - 06-24-2018, 05:45 PM
RE: lava economy - by TomK - 06-24-2018, 06:06 PM
RE: lava economy - by TomK - 06-24-2018, 06:19 PM
RE: lava economy - by KeaauRich - 06-24-2018, 08:21 PM
RE: lava economy - by TomK - 06-24-2018, 08:34 PM
RE: lava economy - by KeaauRich - 06-24-2018, 09:06 PM
RE: lava economy - by TomK - 06-24-2018, 09:13 PM
RE: lava economy - by randomq - 06-25-2018, 01:55 AM
RE: lava economy - by kalakoa - 06-25-2018, 02:57 AM
RE: lava economy - by punaticbychoice - 06-25-2018, 03:49 AM
RE: lava economy - by kalakoa - 06-25-2018, 04:02 AM
RE: lava economy - by HighLow - 06-26-2018, 08:20 AM
RE: lava economy - by mella l - 06-26-2018, 01:56 PM
RE: lava economy - by rainyjim - 06-28-2018, 04:13 AM

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