To All concerned about the school furloughs:
Although there appears to be movement in the Senate to end the school furloughs, the battle is nowhere near over. It is VITAL that you e-mail, write or call Senator Hooser, Governor Lingle, and Representatives Tokioka, Morita, and Sagum, and let them know that 34 days of lost school days is unacceptable. One legislator recently commented that they have not been getting enough public input, given the importance of this issue. PLEASE TAKE 3 MINUTES to call, e-mail, or write to them. If you don't know which Representative is yours, contact them all. Also, my feeling is that there are a lot of moms writing in. If every husband/boyfriend did so as well, we would double the testimony in favor of ending school furloughs! Here is their contact info:
Governor Linda Lingle
State Capitol, Room 415
Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813
Phone: (808) 586-0221 or 586-0222 or 586-0034
e-mail:governor.lingle@hawaii.gov
Senator Gary Hooser
Hawai'i State Capitol, Room 214
415 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone 808-586-6030
from Kauai, toll free 274-3141 + 66030
e-mail:senhooser@capitol.hawaii.gov
Representative (District14) Mina Morita
Hawaii State Capitol, Room 314
415 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
phone 808-586-8435
fax 808-586-8437
from Kauai, toll free 274-3141 + 68435
e-mail:repmorita@capitol.hawaii.gov
Representative (District16) Roland D. Sagum III
Post Office Box 25
Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii 96765
phone: 652-9811
e-mail: repsagum@capitol.hawaii.gov
Representative (District 15) James Tokioka
Hawaii State Capitol, Room 322
415 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
phone 808-586-6270
from Kauai, toll free 274-3141 + 66270
e-mail:reptokioka@capitol.hawaii.gov
Mahalo Mel for putting this info together. We have followed your suggestion and have informed our elected officials AND in addition alerted our friends and ohana too. In reference to the elected official's statement about not having enough people saying anything -- we see it as a COP OUT - they were voted in to make decisions beneficial to the community; they don't need to have the voters tell them how to think. What happened to COMMON SENSE anyway?
ReplyDeleteOur reps from Kauai are spineless and don't care what we say or think.
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ReplyDeleteOK, we agree and have said it. Let's join forces and take positive action. Contact all of the above anyway you can and tell them how you feel. Apparently, if we don't speak our minds, they THINK we are in agreement with their actions...NO,NO,NO. They are soooo wrong - friends, please tell them so don't let them dictate to us. your voice is important.
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