details (to download as pdf) and statement: http://www.kauai.gov/Kamaaina/PressReleases/tabid/346/Default.aspx Hawaii News Now: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23845280/kauai-mayor-vetoes-controversial-gmo-bill-details-at-hawaiinewsnowcom Garys Blog before we knew: http://garyhooser.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/bill-2491-veto-no-veto-what-is-next/
Comments Off on Mayor Vetoed Kaua’i Bill 2491 today Continue Reading...source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea-brower/protecting-health-and-life_b_4172050.html Andrea Brower & Co-authored by Elijah Frank, ʻOhana O Kauaʻi DirectorAccording to Hawaii State law, each county has the “power to enact ordinances deemed necessary to protect health, life and property…” (HRS 46-1.5). Earlier this year in the form of Senate Bill 727, a quiet attempt was made at the State Capitol to simply strike the words “health” […]
Comments Off on Protecting Health and Life: Kauai Must Lead, Continue Reading...Aloha GMO Free Kaua’i Ohana, So today I am writing everyone to share a explanation statement from JoaAnn Yukimura about what happened at 3am Wednesday morning in the council chambers , about her testimony regarding the question of the bill’s deferral. This has come about because I got into a conversation with her husband after […]
Comments Off on JoAnn Yukimura explanation of vote against deferal statement Continue Reading...Aloha GMO Free Kaua’i Ohana, A huge historic victory last night for the people of Kaua’i, by the people of Kaua’i, when at 3:33 AM the Kaua’i County Council, passed Bill 2491 by a vote of 6-1. We are stoked! A big real step in the right direction for the health and well being Kaua’i […]
Comments Off on YES! YES! YES! Bill 2491 passes at 3:33am by 6-1 vote , after 19 hour Kaua’i county council meeting! Continue Reading...Aloha GMO Free Kaua’i Ohana, Well tomorrow looks like a very big day for Bill 2491. Please read the attached flyer and come down to the county council building tomorrow, by 6pm, if you can. The chemical biotech companies are working as hard as they can to get the bill deferred, so that they can […]
Comments Off on Big Day for Bill 2491 is tomorrow! Continue Reading...http://www.stoppoisoningparadise.org/#!testimony-pesticides-kauai-249/c3to Join Kaua’i residents and island visitors who have shared their stories about why massive use of restricted pesticides is not good for our island, our people, and our ecosystems. TELL KAUA’I COUNCIL MEMBERS WHY THEY MUST VOTE YES ON BILL 2491 Your story is important. To be accountable to you, Council members need to hear from you. Our Kaua’i Council members do not live […]
Comments Off on YOUR TESTIMONY COUNTS! Continue Reading...visit source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea-brower/chemical-corporations-tre_b_4061582.html Over forty people lined up at 10pm on Monday evening to get a seat in Kauai’s small council chambers the following day at 8:30am. They stood, laid and danced in line, through dark tropical downpours, for over 10 hours just to witness one of many ongoing council meetings. This has become the […]
Comments Off on Chemical Corporations Tremble at Kauai’s Unwavering Determination Continue Reading...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 2, 2013 TOP ATTORNEYS CONFIRM COUNTY AUTHORITY ON BILL 2491 Statement is “Significant Step” Toward Approval: Signatories Include Retired Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Steven Levinson HONOLULU AND LIHUE, HI – A team of highly-respected attorneys, including a retired Hawaii Supreme Court judge, have published their joint statement that the Kauai […]
Comments Off on TOP ATTORNEYS CONFIRM COUNTY AUTHORITY ON BILL 2491 Continue Reading...A week of events (9/30-10/4) featuring P. SAINATH P. SAINATH is the recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award (often described as Asia’s Nobel Prize) in 2007 and of Amnesty International’s Global Human Rights Journalism Prize in its inaugural year in 2000. His book EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD DROUGHT is a classic of journalism and has won […]
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