A Dash of Calabash

Blogs sponsored by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii (GRIH) include:

This one, A Dash of Calabash. It is our central blog, so to speak. Your thoughts and comments are so important to us that we have put your ability to interact with us as the centerpiece of our website.

Your Voice Matters.

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Akaka Talka. As you might guess this one is focused on the proposed Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (S147 H309) otherwise referred to as the Akaka Bill. It is a part of "Sunshine on the Akaka Bill" on the upper left of this homepage.

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Education Beat Hawaii is a separate website that invites your comments. Click here to get the latest on Education Reform.

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Feature - Projected State Spending Growth

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Open Letter to Governor Lingle

- We have a mass transit system: TheBus. Many TheBus routes have been moved off service for resident commuters in favor of tourists.

- Except for the NYC 9th Av rail system, HOVways exceed rail in passengers per hour.

- The city already hesitates to add more buses. Yet, even with rail, the rail system will be dependent on more buses than presently exist in the city's fleet to feed the rail system. (Utilizing the private sector tour buses to supplement the transit system for express service has been a no-no by every Democrat and the Fasi administration.)

Why is your administration not publicly insisting to apply for the half billion federal dollars for HOT lanes instead - a grade separated reversible HOTway - an elevated 'Zipper lane' for West Oahu?