The County Council voted 8-0 (1 excused) to forward Bill 131 to full council with a positive recommendation. The first reading is on February 21st and the second reading is on March 6th.
https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2024/...y-council/
"Two weeks after the Hawaiʻi County Council failed to advance a measure that would have initiated a Puna Makai Alternate Route study", the local lawmakers were back considering a different bill on Tuesday."
The amusing part is Council Chair Kimball made this comment to the Hawaii Tribune - Herald
“The council did what we were supposed to do, which is to legislate carefully and cautiously,” Kimball said. “People have called us a ‘clown show,’ but this council is very cautious. Bill 107 was flawed, it came to us flawed.”
I made a reference to the council being clown show in one of my testimonies to the council pertaining to the acceptance of this funding.
https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2024/...y-council/
"Two weeks after the Hawaiʻi County Council failed to advance a measure that would have initiated a Puna Makai Alternate Route study", the local lawmakers were back considering a different bill on Tuesday."
The amusing part is Council Chair Kimball made this comment to the Hawaii Tribune - Herald
“The council did what we were supposed to do, which is to legislate carefully and cautiously,” Kimball said. “People have called us a ‘clown show,’ but this council is very cautious. Bill 107 was flawed, it came to us flawed.”
I made a reference to the council being clown show in one of my testimonies to the council pertaining to the acceptance of this funding.