06-12-2008, 05:17 PM
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Originally posted by Rob Tucker
Interesting.
An obvious question might be what basis Emily Naeole applied in voting no. Puna is her district. Is she voting with Hilo on this or can she offer some other logic? I have emailed Emily's office to ask for the rationale for this vote.
Simple rationale that I can think of... Is Naeole knows that if another Puna rep were on the Council... then more funding would come out Puna's way.
Thus, with more funding... would come more people... something many Native Hawaiians are very against.
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