Why spend tax money on racial segregation?
With our state in debt and a crucial need to balance the budget, why do our lawmakers waste so much money? >> $3.2 million for an art gallery: We don’t need another art gallery. We have the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and most of us don’t even go there. >> $360,000 to replace the water system in the fountain of the state Capitol: Why? Do people drink that water? >> $8 million to buy the Japanese Cultural Center? Are they taking money away from education to give to the Japanese? Are they promoting unity and equality, or segregation and favoritism? It’s not like the state has the money to spend. If you spend what you don’t have on a credit card, you will be held responsible. The state should learn responsibility. Sandra Boc City Council is justified in recommending cuts In the last two days I have received three letters ($1.02 postage, 6 sheets of paper, 3 envelopes) from members of Mayor Harris’s cabinet, pleading with me to support his budget, saying the City Council was proposing dracon