Saturday, March 27, 2010

'Devastating' layoffs loom in school districts statewide :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Education

'Devastating' layoffs loom in school districts statewide :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Education

IN OTHER STATES THEY FIGHT ARE WE FIGHTING HARD ENOUGH? ARE PARENTS AND STUDENTS GETTING OUT INTO THE STREETS IN HAWAII OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO LET THEM ROLL ALL OVER US??

Democrats Find Their Mojo

Democrats Find Their Mojo

Did Rep Mizuno say something wrong? NO I heard him.

I was sitting in the very fromt seat of the March 10 meeting on Kauai. At no time did Representative Mizuno reference Linda Lingle, or single her out as the one who was giving contracts to freinds. He was speaking in general terms about the process and what happens sometimes with privatization.

I do not here what some poeple heard, this is the way I heard what he said. He did not say "Governor Linda Lingle is giving contracts to her freinds."

What he said was about process. "When privatization happens, its usually about taking care of your freinds.".

He did not say Linda Lingle was doing this. He was speaking in general terms.

How strange that she jumped on this statement, and missed everything else that was said in that meeting, including Cabanillas statements regarding public housing, which were more shocking thenn anything else in the whole meeting in my opinion.

Why dont you be shocked about important things, Lingle like shifting out housing residents who havent done anything wrong just becaue you think they have been there too long. Put them on the street to shift in the ones who are there now? Where do you poeple come up with this stuff.

Please do not make everybody go out and find out how many azssociates and campaign supporters of yours have copntracts with this state.

The question is not if Mizuno actually said these statements but if they are true.  In my opinion I am sure your hands are not clean in this matter. If they were you would not be making such a fuss. Me thinks you doth protest too much.

Hawaii's Homeless - Starbulletin.com

Hawaii's Homeless - Starbulletin.com

READ THIS EXCELLENT TREATMENT ON THE SUBJECT

The Furlough Friday Rap

The Furlough Friday Rap

THanks to Damon Tuckers blog and POINOGRAPHY haha

Hawaii legislators considering 'safe zones' for homeless | honoluluadvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser

Hawaii legislators considering 'safe zones' for homeless | honoluluadvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser

Well the state has plans to evict LAW ABIDING RESIDENTS, just because according to them "They have been there too long, and we need the other poeple to come in off the street so they need to go." This applies even if you have been following the rules and paying your rent its not just about evicting people who on'rt pay their rent. They are going to make an arbitrary number, make it retroactive and say that everyone who has been living in housing, say oh for 10 years or more has to leave. They dont care where you go, you just have to leave.

It was confirmed to me by a credible source that housing would be offered to wealthier tenants because "The poor will emulate the rich when the rich live in public housing". This is a world for word quote from a public elected official. Further, the elected official went on to say that we would evict, and also get out those poeple that have been living there "intergenerationally". IE, the children and grandchildren are living in the units with say the mother.

Well, this brilliant plan forgets one simple fact. Public housing is the last option before homelessness. The next stop is the beach. It is the only housing where credit checks cant be used currently to keep you out. Now they will be doping even that. Iys the last place where you can truly only pay 30 percent of whatever money you have coming to you which in a lot of cases is really only a couple of hundred dollars or less even, when people are on a fixed income. A lot of housing
residents are women fleeing domestic violence with all of their children, or elderly residents and disabled. I was told by this same official, that elderly and disabled "will be given an apartment becasue they can never contribute to society really so we will just give them an apartment and thats it". These cold, heartless statements you would think came from a Republican, right? Wrong they came from a Democrat. A democrat i had always considered a freind to our cause. Not any more. If this is how the so called democrats feel imagine how the republicans feel.

Im sure shipping everybody off in trains to concentration camps would suit them just fine. If this angers you now is the time to stand up and do something about it NOW. Dpnt just wait to be sitting on the beach with your family after you have done nothing wrong being herded into a shelter like cattle to await your fate.