Della Au Belatti's Blog (8)

Turning away from substantive issues, this week’s question is prompted by Lt. Governor Duke Aiona’s ConCon Cost Task Force. At the Task Force’s June 26, 2008, meeting, State Budget and Finance Director Georgina Kawamura’s representative reported on some initial cost projections based on 25, 51, 76, and 102 delegates. … Continue

This week’s question is prompted, in part, by Governor Linda Lingle’s placement of Senate Bill 156, Conference Draft 1 (2008) on her potential veto list. This bill would allow for permanent absentee voting, an electoral reform that has been championed by many advocates, including AARP Hawaii, as a means to improve access to the ballot, especially for those seniors who take advantage of voting by mail. This question is also prompted by the adoption of a “Resolution Supporting an Amendment to the… Continue

Mo… Continue

Now, I know that this post will generate some buzz among you free market folks out there, but I'm going to put this question out anyway. And I hope all you folks out there who worry about climate change, peak oil, and global warming will jump into the fray! This weekend, my husband and I watched 11th Hour, an amazing documentary/call to action when you consider the energy and natural resource challenges we are witnessing all over the worl… Continue

We’ve got 23 more questions to go until Election Day 2008. I thought it would be a good time to begin exploring issues - either issues raised here at this website, at other public forums, or in the many discussions I have had with individuals on all things ConCon. Improving ethics in government is one issue that comes up frequently as a reason to have a ConCon. … Continue

At the recent Democratic State Convention, I had hoped that Democrats would discuss this question as part of the Committee and General Floor deliberations. Unfortunately, debate on the ConCon was generally stifled and we were never able to deliberate this question – so, I thought I would throw it out for discussion at HawaiiConCon.org. … Continue

This question is, in part, raised by the newly created ItsTimeHawaii.com advocacy group that is urging voters to vote "Yes" on the Con Con question on November 4, 2008. Constitutional conventions were convened in 1950, 1968 and 1978 - at three very different times and for different reasons in our State's history. The 1950 Con Con was convened when Hawaii was a Territory to demonstrate to the rest of the United States that we were re… Continue

With there being 26 weeks until Election Day 2008, I thought it would be meaningful to start a "Question of the Week" for the HawaiiConCon.org eCommunity. There are, of course, many questions being asked and answered throughout this website, but I also thought that this question would allow me to experiment with blogging and e-polling since I've not done much of these before HawaiiConCon.org. (Thanks to the encouragement of my new tech-geek friends - sorry if I don't have the terminology correct… Continue