Editorial: Letter - Green inadvertently tips hand on values, agenda
Hawaii's Keiki Ride Free and school meals bills collapse after senator blocks hearings
Gov. Josh Green recently called one senator's decision to not hear a bill "disappointing," asserting this senator's job is "to work on solutions and refusing to work with his colleagues in the Senate and counterparts in the House, says a lot about what he values for his community and the people of Hawaii" ("Lambert must return to HPD to save pension," Star-Advertiser, April 21).
Where was the governor when several bills strongly supported by Hawaii's youth and many others needed help? The Keiki Ride Free bill would have ensured every child had meaningful access to public education, while reducing traffic and climate pollution. A bill for universal school meals would have ensured no one went hungry at school. Both of these important measures, and many more, died because they didn't get a hearing.
The governor's silence on, and decision not to try to help, these measures says a lot about what he values for his community and the people of Hawaii.
Lana Brodziak
Keaau, Hawaii island
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