Posted on 3:17 pm, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Tags: 2% land fund, charter commission, debbie hecht
More 2% News: The Charter Commission has submitted its charter amendments to the council for comments (as required by the Hawaii County Charter). The council’s comments are due to the charter commission by mid-May. The following resolutions are recommendations to the Charter Commission about what will be placed on the ballot. The following three Resolutions […]
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Posted on 5:47 am, Sunday, April 18, 2010. Tags: 2% land fund, charter commission, county council, debbie hecht
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Posted on 11:06 am, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Tags: 2% land fund, bill walsh, debbie hecht, karen kemp
When and where: 6-8 p.m., Thursday, April 8, at Kealakehe High School Library The FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT IN KONA: The program will include three parts: * Exploring Kona’s Development Future through GIS Mapping Systems, Karen Kemp PhD, GIS researcher and educator, will speak about what Kona will look like at “build out”, how to find […]
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Posted on 6:45 am, Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Tags: 2% land fund, debbie hecht, opinion
(Reader Opinions Disclaimer: This column allows members of the community to share their opinions and views, which do not necessarily reflect those of Hawaii 24/7, its staff, sponsors or anyone other than the writer. Hawaii 24/7 reserves the right to refuse any column deemed to be misinformation, of an unethical nature, a personal attack, or […]
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Posted on 3:20 am, Friday, February 12, 2010. Tags: 2% land fund, charter commission, debbie hecht
Debbie Hecht, campaign coordinator 2% for the Land Fund and the Save Our Lands Citizens Committee, issued the following update: Aloha 2% supporters- LAST HEARING FOR THE LAND FUND – Friday, Feb. 12 in Hilo. In January, the Charter Commission voted on the 2% amount. The amendment failed but we got five votes we need […]
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Posted on 11:45 am, Wednesday, January 20, 2010. Tags: 2% land fund, county charter commission, debbie hecht, reader opinion
Editor’s Note: The next meeting for the County Charter Commission is scheduled 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay and Spa (Reader Opinions Disclaimer: This column allows members of the community to share their opinions and views, which do not necessarily reflect those of Hawaii 24/7, its staff, sponsors or anyone other […]
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Posted on 10:58 pm, Sunday, July 5, 2009. Tags: 2% land fund, county council, debbie hecht, mayor billy kenoi
Has democracy and representative government devolved to a team sport in Hawaii County?  Coach Kenoi and the County council seem to think so. When you don’t agree with the Kenoi strategy you get benched and booted from your council chairmanship. When the United States was first formed, representatives were elected to ride to Philadelphia […]
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