The Progressive PAC, made up of members of Progressive Democrats of Hawaii and Americans for Democratic Action Hawaii, recently released its list of endorsements for this election year. Of all the PAC’s endorsements, there are a handful of candidates that will receive financial assistance from the PAC.
After much examination of candidates’ position on civil unions, emergency contraception in the emergency room, job security, progressive taxation, renewable energy, education, we have targeted our support for the following candidates who are in key races.
Neil Abercrombie for Governor
Gary Hooser for Lt. Governor
Michael Golojuch for 19th State Senate District (Oust Gabbard!)
Representative Blake Oshiro in House District 33
Linda Ichiyama for House District 31
Jason Bradshaw for House District 43 (Oust K Pine!)
Cynthia Rezentes for House District 44
The Progressive PAC, to fund its donations to candidates, will be holding a fundraiser on Saturday, August 21. at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, 1730 Punahou St. from noon to 2:00pm and tickets are a suggested $60 donation. We need your help to support these candidates to ensure they win their primary races! (more…)
Thursday, April 8, 2010
House Committee on Judiciary
In Support of House Concurrent Resolution 282
TO: House Committee on Judiciary
Chair Karamatsu, Vice-Chair Ito
FROM: Progressive Democrats of Hawai‘i
Co-Chair Josh Frost
Aloha Chair Karamatsu, Vice-Chair Ito, and Committee Members,
I am here, testifying before you today, on behalf of the Progressive Democrats of Hawai‘i (PDH) in support of HCR 282. (more…)
Below is testimony I’ve submitted for a special committee hearing to consider approaches to deal with the teacher furloughs.
Aloha Senators,
I am here, testifying before you today, on behalf of the Progressive Democrats of Hawaii (PDH).
Let me begin by applauding those Senators who have signed the petition to convene a Special Session of the Legislature to immediately address the financial crisis that continues to plague our state. I believe those Senators truly understand the immediate urgency resulting from the teacher furloughs and that this issue cannot wait to be addressed by the Legislature during the next regular session.
When times were good, our Department of Education (DOE) was struggling to provide a decent education for our children. Test scores in Hawaii repeatedly posted below the national average. And now (more…)
NOTE: For a deeper examination of Mike Gabbard’s ideas, involvement in the Chris Butler cult and political agenda, go to this earlier post, written shortly after Gabbard joined the Democrats:
Some Thoughts on Gabbard (Sept 8, 2007)
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The State Central Committee of the Democratic Party voted today to uphold the decision of the Oahu County Committee to reprimand Senator Mike Gabbard for his “active opposition” to the civil rights plank of the party’s platform.
Unfortunately, the vote was fairly close, 37-31, which indicates to me that many SCC members are unwilling to stand up for the Party’s interests against even the most egregious efforts by nominal “Democrats” to work against the Party’s positions.
As the author of the motion to reprimand Gabbard, I wrote a lengthy email in advance of the meeting to explain my rationale to SCC members. That email follows the jump.
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I’ve followed the progress of the civil unions bill from the beginning of the session and cannot believe how things ended up! As a resident of the beautiful aloha state, I am ashamed of our state legislature for denying, once again, the rights of a minority class of their constituents.
How cruel, insensitive, cowardly, and short sighted can our state legislators be? (more…)
you may or may be aware (though you should be), today the hawaii state senate judiciary and government operations committee has been hearing ALL DAY. and with the exception of a couple of hours during which i had to step out, i’ve been here. i’ve been here since a little after 7am. looking at my watch, it’s now 845pm and i’m still here. i’ll be here until the committee adjourns.
i thought, while i’m sitting here, listening to testimony (i presented my early in the day), i would post the testimony i submitted in support and on behalf of PDH. sorry i didn’t get it out earlier and hopefully no one has any objections…. (more…)
senate bill 424, relating to health creates a hawaii health authority
responsible for overall health and planning for the state and shall be responsible for determining future capacity needs of health providers, facilities, equipment, and support services providers.
and
shall develop a comprehensive health plan for all individuals in the state. (more…)
