Dear Ms. McGeachy,
You seem to be disillusioned about out government, which is too bad. As a Representative from District 4 I still have faith in it , although at times it does fail. Because our state developed from a monarchy, democracy has been slow to come. All other states developed from local government first then they became a state.
Because we are still a small state, there has been reluctance to move power from our centralized system to the local level. In 1978 the constitutional Convention did recognize that eventually, as we grew, we would have to give more power to local communities. I believe that we should, but first the state haas to adopt rules to make this happen, and therefore my bill did not pass.
I do not believe that we should have two counties on the Big Island.
It will be tremendously expensive and our geography dictates to us that we are one unit. Now that West Hawaii has more representation, it should help. If you don't like your district representative, there is always the next election.
Aloha,
Helene Hale
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I really love those comments made by Ms. Hale who by the way has been living in the islands for generations now so she knows what she is talking about. I get the feeling that those who are asking for a split could care less about UNDERSTANDING our political history yet this is one of the key things that is recommended by Ms. Hale. We need to LISTEN to those like Ms. Hale and Mr. Herkes who both know what they are talking about.
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