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Malama pono.Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-63962408050498221012020-01-12T08:55:00.001-10:002020-01-12T08:55:41.715-10:00New deadline for Yahoo Groups data request<!--[if mso]> <style type="text/css"> body, table, td, th, a, span, sup, sub, strong {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> <o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <div class="preview" height="0" style="display: none;font-size: 0;height: 0;line-height: 0;"></div> <section> <table dir="ltr" id="full" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%" role="presentation" style="border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;width: 100%;"> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="container" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" role="presentation" style="width: 600px;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;table-layout: fixed;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="c-inner email-border" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" role="presentation" style="width: 600px;border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <!-- logo --> <!-- header- --> <tr> <td bgcolor="#400090" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="header" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" role="presentation" style="width: 600px;border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 20px;font-size: 20px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="inner" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="550" role="presentation" style="width: 550px;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <img src="https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/yahoo_logos/y_logo_white_1200x333.png" width="150" alt="Yahoo!" style="display: block;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 20px;font-size: 20px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <!-- /header- --> <!-- mod- --> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="mod-1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" role="presentation" style="width: 600px;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 30px;font-size: 30px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="inner" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="540" role="presentation" style="width: 540px;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <tr> <td class="copy paragraph" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px;"> Hi Yahoo Member,<br><br> In recent weeks, we communicated the latest changes to Yahoo Groups and explained how to request a download of any content you've previously posted to the platform. Some Groups users asked us for more time, and in response to these requests, we have decided to <a href="http://service.comms.yahoo.net/T/v40000016f9b1c75288860646e96c660f0/7c719de032af46ac0000021ef3a0bcc2/7c719de0-32af-46ac-853b-9a699ba077d7?__dU__=v0G4RBKTXg2GvzBXXO0iqzhQD4bfSOAnZx&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_1P8SSwvgaM7Bj1wKVct32ASc-4m4ysiX_UQLVreSYX4hf7hjg5EYMyu7uo3sjT_TWaItjnZD2fKiutnoDyw5yyi7HBUk5zcCzUEDjtQfab7VLWOLAq9ktiYz9ibFqYxU-Bk_ikn88vAt-nTvJlTlJJGpCzPlo0-vsVAYrVQ7ztobZecGNrP807m8iOvuxaYrC2UPqB7ekGFFQDImR1xyIyZ9TzgDw_5ZUWGfHxI7l6gzIDcvazpTbuasaUlaZ7IAc3zO4ZqUb9Ada05XlFazESn1Jaz_iu4YNGRcH8wqLinF06K5D0vE3z">extend the deadline</a>. Groups users now have until <strong>Friday, January 31, 2020 at 11:59pm PST </strong>to submit a request for their data.<br><br> We have now taken down all user content from the Yahoo Groups website. 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font-size: 0px; overflow: hidden; mso-hide: all"/>Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-84938281086920157582019-12-11T14:47:00.001-10:002019-12-11T14:47:03.981-10:00Next Steps: The Evolution of Yahoo Groups (Final Notification)<!--[if mso]> <style type="text/css"> body, table, td, th, a, span, sup, sub, strong {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> <o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <div class="preview" height="0" style="display: none;font-size: 0;height: 0;line-height: 0;"></div> <section> <table dir="ltr" id="full" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%" role="presentation" style="border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;width: 100%;"> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="container" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" role="presentation" style="width: 600px;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;table-layout: fixed;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="c-inner email-border" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" role="presentation" style="width: 600px;border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <!-- logo --> <!-- header- --> <tr> <td bgcolor="#400090" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="header" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" role="presentation" style="width: 600px;border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 20px;font-size: 20px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="inner" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="550" role="presentation" style="width: 550px;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <img src="https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/yahoo_logos/y_logo_white_1200x333.png" width="150" alt="Yahoo!" style="display: block;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 20px;font-size: 20px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <!-- /header- --> <!-- mod- --> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="mod-1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" role="presentation" style="width: 600px;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 30px;font-size: 30px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;"> <table class="inner" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="540" role="presentation" style="width: 540px;border: 0;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0;mso-table-rspace: 0;padding: 0;margin: 0 auto;"> <tr> <td class="copy paragraph" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px;"> Dear Group Moderators and Members,<br><br> Last month we notified you of the changes coming to Yahoo Groups that better align with user habits, and today we are providing an update to guide you through the next steps of the transition. Yahoo Groups is not going away - but we are making adjustments to ultimately serve you better. We are amazed at the vibrant community you've created through Yahoo Groups and we want to make sure you feel supported as we introduce these changes. <br><br> The following changes were made since our last communication:<br><br> • Users can now only join a Yahoo Group through an invite or group request approval by the Group Moderator.<br> • New Groups can't be public. They can only be private (not listed in Groups directory, membership by invitation only) or restricted (listed in Groups directory, membership requests must be approved by a Group Moderator).<br> • Members must share all content via email, and can no longer upload or host new content on the Yahoo Groups website itself.<br><br> The following changes will be made on December 14, 2019:<br><br> • Public groups will no longer exist. All existing public Groups will become restricted Groups that require Group Moderator approval to join.<br> • Any content that was previously uploaded via the website will be removed.<br><br> If you would like to keep any of the content you've posted or stored within your Yahoo Group, please download it by December 14 by accessing the Groups Download Manager at <a href="http://service.comms.yahoo.net/T/v40000016ef792c424a1741cf4bbe5cfc0/dc8f074f62514c440000021ef3a0bcc2/dc8f074f-6251-4c44-878d-00cdb4ff8e38?__dU__=v0G4RBKTXg2GvzBXXO0iqzhQD4bfSOAnZx&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0DA16EdUMykOxW2gVCnxDU5cHx-QK3QTtoTSEFskCd7V1LSW30ORTEac7C7l1fJ1QloWG7xy2htV8dLg14Xm6qCnbebc5k5F2H2ylwiJ2VZhtSqPP35IvMc55oxGKhFK4uBS5LWWYToy5kTwmmRkXnumkvYcf6gfZWZDNFbE9Q4xFCL3aIGz0VfAnvp13bAWp3JKDeFfraFYGuOrQrRn2b4pQqAVE4Glo5IQlExjnWj_1Ityv_V7w6LtshuJNLgupH2zdI_nbAejthPa0Dlwum6RazWt3RchE=">this link</a>. Once you provide your preferred email address, we will send you a confirmation of your download request and notify you once the download is complete.<br><br> You will receive a link to a downloadable zip file via email for each of your Groups organized into a separate folder. Download time varies depending on the amount of information and file size. <br><br> If your download request is made by 11:59pm PST on Saturday, December 14, 2019, your content will not be deleted until your download is complete. We are unable to accommodate any download requests made after this deadline.<br><br> This is the <strong>final reminder</strong> to download your content. You can find additional information about the upcoming changes <a href="http://service.comms.yahoo.net/T/v40000016ef792c424a1741cf4bbe5cfc0/dc8f074f62514c440000021ef3a0bcc3/dc8f074f-6251-4c44-878d-00cdb4ff8e38?__dU__=v0G4RBKTXg2GvzBXXO0iqzhQD4bfSOAnZx&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_30tcPSLyBQEa0klOzPQdng8h8pYsOOPIzEGVMPtE8Jl_ezvcJ3kY1QZleSAk4Bb5JpzsLuXV8nVCWhYbvHLaG1Xx0uDXhebqoKdt5tzmTkXYfbKXCInZVmG1Ko8_fki8xznmjEYqEUri4FLktZZhOjLmRPCaZGRee6aS9hx_qB9lZkM0VsT1DjEUIvdogbPRV8Ce-nXdsBanckoN4V-toVga46tCtGfZvilCoBUTgaWjkhCUTGOdaPaxbX39czyCz6hbQmdFTu87gl2ffPbSwrF-CzCWKk2rdL1880U_G_Aw==">here</a>.<br><br> We have worked extensively with our customer support team to develop recommendations for tools that can help you with any download issues. See help article <a href="http://service.comms.yahoo.net/T/v40000016ef792c424a1741cf4bbe5cfc0/dc8f074f62514c440000021ef3a0bcc4/dc8f074f-6251-4c44-878d-00cdb4ff8e38?__dU__=v0G4RBKTXg2GvzBXXO0iqzhQD4bfSOAnZx&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_30tcPSLyBQEa0klOzPQdng8h8pYsOOPIyU0NULBl1Bw4E7YXYa-YoJTsAY9yft30WVDuc3KaMV6lOBQmnvN4Wj5Bn_pAZMPfDCl3QSII-ieBYDwcTd-7gEXtHtv3Sw9Ck-hUcUAylJSMYqr5EyidlrGzSHDf-3KcI15dh7pDsfkVTeSYI2QP77clXKQTHxfRMlC1ZSd49WeWuONSDrRDuaLLh2mo6cefqUQubC0L7_ymaMVn2AtsuAhG7veTukEfYIdwBHjuag6erJBb3tkzrDTX2pEeivNTc=">here</a>.<br><br> We have watched the evolution of Yahoo Groups with awe, as we grew to a community of millions with over 10 million Groups. Every day, we witness the power of community and shared passions, and our mission is to provide a platform for the strong connections people make with each other around their interests.<br><br> We thank you for being part of the Yahoo Groups community and look forward to continuing to provide ways for you to connect with one another about your shared interests and passions. <br><br> Sincerely,<br> The Groups Team </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 30px;font-size: 30px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <!-- /mod- --> <!-- logo --> <!-- footer --> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" bgcolor="#f1f1f5"> <table class="footer" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%" role="presentation" style="background-color: #f1f1f5;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 30px; font-size: 30px;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif!important; 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We know that our users are deeply passionate about connecting around shared interests, and we want to continue offering the best experience possible.<br><br> We extensively researched the Yahoo Groups usage and user experience. In doing so, we determined that the majority of our members use the Yahoo Groups email functionality to share content, rather than posting directly to website message boards.<br><br> To align our features with user preferences, effective October 28, the following changes will be made to Yahoo Groups:<br><br> <ul style="margin:0;"> <li style="margin:0;mso-special-format:bullet;">Uploading of new content will be disabled on the Yahoo Groups website. All users can continue to communicate and share content via email using any email client.</li> <li style="margin:0;mso-special-format:bullet;">All users will only be able to join Groups either through an invite from the Group Moderator or by submitting a request to join a Group, which requires approval by the Group Moderator.</li> </ul><br> Starting December 14, all previously uploaded content stored on the website will be removed and all existing public Groups will be made private. If you would like to keep any of the content you've posted or stored within your Yahoo Group, you have until December 14 to download it by accessing <a href="http://service.comms.yahoo.net/T/v40000016ddb31db839f29196e96c65220/ac0771fa0fce4a050000021ef3a0bcc2/ac0771fa-0fce-4a05-ba50-cc7c4943f1e6?__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_0DA16EdUMykOxW2gVCnxDU5cHx-QK3QTtoTSEFskCd7V1LSW30ORTEac7C7l1fJ1QloWG7xy2htV8dLg14Xm6qCnbebc5k5F2H2ylwiJ2VZhtSqPP35IvMc55oxGKhFK4uBS5LWWYToy5kTwmmRkXnumkvYcf6gfZWZDNFbE9Q4xFCL3aIGz0VfAnvp13bAWp3JKDeFfraFYGuOrQrRn2b4pQqAVE4Glo5IQlExjnWj-LmW17b_L37n4jHcu8nKB7K6gdtZza9M9DZYQXJdstiAUxDtE6RtQ8=" style="text-decoration:underline;">this link</a>. More information about the upcoming changes can be found <a href="http://service.comms.yahoo.net/T/v40000016ddb31db839f29196e96c65220/ac0771fa0fce4a050000021ef3a0bcc3/ac0771fa-0fce-4a05-ba50-cc7c4943f1e6?__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_30tcPSLyBQEa0klOzPQdng8h8pYsOOPIzmqWqmXkeue085LzLWnMk6kkC52e9iwsxIGtiUcq9H2Pf_cJuW0ZEZ-LSK273AaTL3s73Cd5GNUOnL5Sh7uQuL2p0m5IcqmWuesmQvWZMw_dNpMGN9YBCMmuRvSI5TvTl4NdoArMWe066RhFMoyNNvaQsibtvY5lIYgp-fU2jmh8Yt_Kk6NXtKRrI8EyDld2tE4O3PSnnE-cfv2Ek69pWemJtmQYHmuQYTMQQaCrVVKkgNeQwWyiXRGaAkhQZMGLsexVoP2n7282W9urXPubpPrrbcK-Tobti6qBJtUyyIqo137-SZ8lrFzK8Md8UxkjLo8ns8-VjBkg==" style="text-decoration:underline;">here</a>.<br><br> Since most content sharing among Yahoo Group members now occurs over email, we believe it is the right time to make this change. Please be assured that while posted content will be removed, Yahoo Groups is not going away, and new Groups can still be formed, allowing users to join and connect with their communities and passions.<br><br> Yahoo Groups is an online extension of your real-life group of friends, interests, and communities, so we hope this change will streamline and improve your experience.<br><br> Sincerely,<br> The Groups Team </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 30px;font-size: 30px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <!-- /mod- --> <!-- logo --> <!-- footer --> <tr> <td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" bgcolor="#f1f1f5"> <table class="footer" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%" role="presentation" style="background-color: #f1f1f5;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="spacer" style="line-height: 30px; font-size: 30px;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif!important; 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font-size: 12pt;">1. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/HB191_.HTM" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(27, 97, 127);" target="_blank">HB191.DOC</a></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/lists/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=191" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(27, 97, 127);" target="_blank">HB191 Status</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/HB191_.pdf" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(27, 97, 127);" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/images/othericons/pdficon.gif" style="margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;" border="0"></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Context:</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> ...of Hawaii. The purpose of this measure is to establish the Hawaii state</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ferry</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">system to provide that necessary and essential additional missing link for the ...a new chapter to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "CHAPTER HAWAII STATE</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FERRY</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">SYSTEM &#167; -1 Definitions. As used ...in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise: "Authority" means the Hawaii state</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ferry</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">system authority. "Department" means the department of transportation. ...Director" means the director of transportation. 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They cited a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling </font></strong></div> <div><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">in March that struck down a state law permitting the company to operate </font></strong></div> <div><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">before completing an environmental impact statement. </font></strong></div> <div><br><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">The company, which reported more than $100 million in assets and debts </font></strong></div> <div><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">in its bankruptcy petition, said it will use the bankruptcy to shut down its business </font></strong></div> <div><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">and liquidate the company. </font></strong></div> <div><br><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">The case is: In re HSF Holding Inc., No. 09-11901, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, </font></strong></div> <div><strong><font face="Arial"><font size="2">District of Delaware (Wilmington).</font></font></strong><span> </span></div></span></span></div> <div> <hr> </div> <div><font color="#008000" face="Arial"><strong>HONOLULU ADVERTISER</strong></font></div><font size="1" face="Arial"><font size="1" face="Arial"><strong><font size="2"><font size="1" face="Arial"><font size="1" face="Arial"> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090530/BREAKING01/90530039" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090530/BREAKING01/90530039</font></a></div> <div align="left"><font color="#008000" size="3">Updated at 2:46 p.m., Saturday, May 30, 2009</font></div></font></font><b><font size="5" face="Tahoma-Bold"><font size="5" face="Tahoma-Bold"> <p align="left">Hawaii Superferry files for bankruptcy</p></font></font><font size="1" face="Arial,Bold"><font size="1" face="Arial,Bold"> <p align="left">By Bob Van Voris Bloomberg News Service</p> </font></font></b></font></strong></font>Hawaii Superferry Inc., which provided high-speed ferry service for cars <div align="left">and passengers between </div></font><strong><font size="2">Oahu and Maui, filed for bankruptcy protection today.</font></strong> <div align="left"><strong></strong> </div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">Hawaii Superferry and parent HSF Holding Inc. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions in</font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">Wilmington, Del. They cited a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling in March that struck down </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">a state </font></strong><strong><font size="2">law permitting the company to operate before completing an environmental </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">impact </font></strong><strong><font size="2">statement.</font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong></strong> </div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">Tom Fargo, Hawaii Superferry's president and chief executive officer, said </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">in a statement at </font></strong><strong><font size="2">the time that completing an environmental impact statement could </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">take a year. As a </font></strong><strong><font size="2">result of the decision, ferry service was immediately shut down </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">and the company's </font></strong><strong><font size="2">two high-speed ferries docked in Mobile, Alabama.</font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong></strong> </div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">The company, which reported more than $100 million in assets and debts in its </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">bankruptcy petition, </font></strong><strong><font size="2">said it will use the bankruptcy to close its business completely </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">and liquidate the operation. </font></strong><strong><font size="2">Hawaii Superferry was formed in 2002 to provide </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">high-speed ferry service among the four main </font></strong><strong><font size="2">Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Maui, </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">Hawaii and Kauai. The company began carrying passengers in </font></strong><strong><font size="2">August 2007 on </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">the Alakai, an aluminum-hulled catamaran that carried as many as 866 people and</font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">282 cars, according to court papers in the bankruptcy case.</font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong></strong> </div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">The law struck down by the Hawaii Supreme Court was enacted in November 2007 </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">to permit the </font></strong><strong><font size="2">ferry to keep operating despite a series of successful state court legal </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">challenges, Hawaii </font></strong><strong><font size="2">Superferry said in a court filing. The high court ruled that the </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">law was intended specifically to </font></strong><strong><font size="2">benefit the company, in violation of the state constitution.</font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong></strong> </div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">In addition to the court decision, Hawaii Superferry said its business was hurt by </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">a decline in </font></strong><strong><font size="2">tourism, a 2008 increase in fuel prices and a price war between airlines </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font size="2">that provided inter-island </font></strong><strong><font size="2">service in Hawaii.</font></strong></div> </div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>John Tyler, owner.<br><a href="http://www.happyswimmers.com">www.happyswimmers.com</a> for swim lessons an private lifeguard services for pool parties<br><br>Learn CPR fun and easy for your family: Click to watch our informative 3 min intro video: why is CPR so vitally important?<br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fban7dx-AUM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fban7dx-AUM</a><br><br>POSITIVE QUOTES OF THE DAY<br>In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.<br> John Ruskin (1819-1900) English Art Critic<br>-----------------------------<br>Practice thinking about as many people as you can: "I love you, and want the best for you." and watch tensions dissolve, and all relationships blossom new gifts.<br> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-27987329980849020442009-05-13T19:52:00.001-10:002009-05-13T19:52:42.418-10:00SUPERFERRY CASE:: "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration is DENIED"<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dick Mayer</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dickmayer@earthlink.net">dickmayer@earthlink.net</a>></span><br> Date: Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM<br>Subject: SUPERFERRY CASE:: "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration is DENIED"<br>To: Dick Mayer <<a href="mailto:dickmayer@earthlink.net">dickmayer@earthlink.net</a>><br> <br><br> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><b><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Arial">The Supreme Court has denied the Department of Transportation's motion </font></b></div> <div><b><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Arial">and the request by the legislature to reconsider their earlier decision that </font></b></div> <div><b><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Arial">ACT 2 was unconstitutional. The original decision stands.</font></b></div> <div><b><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Arial"> <hr> </font></b></div> <div><b><font color="#008000" size="3" face="Arial"></font></b> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><b>From:</b> <a title="mauibrad@hotmail.com" href="mailto:mauibrad@hotmail.com" target="_blank">Brad Parsons</a> </div> <div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:50 PM</div> <div><b>Subject:</b> "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration is DENIED"</div></div> <div><br></div> <h2><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3">Wednesday, May 13, 2009</font></h2> <div><a name="1213d50ffbc81460_7634627347153654116"></a> <h3><a href="http://hisuperferry.blogspot.com/2009/05/it-is-hereby-ordered-that-motion-for.html" target="_blank">"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration is DENIED"</a> </h3> <div>Here is the Decision on the Motion for Reconsideration: <br><a href="http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/29035recond.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/29035recond.pdf</a><br><br>Here is the Order of Amendment on the original Opinion of March 16, 2009: <a href="http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/29035am.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/29035am.pdf</a><br><br> Here is the Amended Opinion of the Majority of the Court from March 16, 2009: <a href="http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/29035opam.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/29035opam.pdf</a><br> <br>Here is the Concurring and Dissenting Opinion of the minority from March 16, 2009: <br><a href="http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/29035conam.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/29035conam.pdf</a><br><br>You can read them all or just read the title here to get the point. This is done...for now. </div> <div><span></span></div></div><br><a href="http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009" target="_blank"></a></div> </div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>John Tyler, owner.<br><a href="http://www.happyswimmers.com">www.happyswimmers.com</a> for swim lessons an private lifeguard services for pool parties<br><br>Learn CPR fun and easy for your family: Click to watch our informative 3 min intro video: why is CPR so vitally important?<br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fban7dx-AUM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fban7dx-AUM</a><br><br>POSITIVE QUOTES OF THE DAY<br>In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.<br> John Ruskin (1819-1900) English Art Critic<br>-----------------------------<br>Practice thinking about as many people as you can: "I love you, and want the best for you." and watch tensions dissolve, and all relationships blossom new gifts.<br> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-32617630788495143432009-03-20T12:11:00.001-10:002009-03-20T12:11:11.945-10:00EIS Study ordered as ferry ends<table class="horizontalrule" cellspacing="0" width="940"><tbody><tr><td width="601"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><div class="padding"><div class="hon_article_top"><span class="hon_article_headline"><h1>Study ordered as ferry ends</h1> </span> <span class="hon_article_readout"><h2>Under stricter law, state seeks environmental review for future use</h2></span> <div class="hon_newslist"> <div class="hon_newslistpadding"> <ul><li class="gallery">Photo gallery: <a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=M1&Dato=20090320&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=903200807&Ref=PH">Hawaii Superferry's Alakai</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="article-tools"> 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He left open the possibility the Alakai could again run between the Islands, but said the company has no option but to look elsewhere.</p><p>"The problem before us today is there appears to be no short-term solution to this ruling," Fargo said at an early morning news conference at Honolulu Harbor's Pier 19. "To conduct another EIS (environmental impact statement), even with the work done to date, and move it through the legal review that it would have to go through, might take a year or so. And other options don't provide the certainty that's necessary to sustain a business.</p><p>"As a result, we're going to have to go out and find other employment for Alakai, for now. Obviously, this is not even close to our preferred and desired outcome. We have believed from the very start, and continue to believe, that there's a clear and unmet need for an interisland high-speed ferry system for this state.</p><p>"My hope, our hope, is that the conditions will eventually be such that we can realize that vision here in Hawai'i."</p><p>Brennon Morioka, the director of the state Department of Transportation, said state contractor Belt Collins has completed most of the work on the $1.5 million environmental review ordered by the law the court struck down.</p><p>The department will essentially start the process over under the procedural framework of state's more stringent environmental review law, known as Chapter 343, but hopes to transfer the bulk of the work already performed into the new document.</p><p>Morioka said a completed environmental review could be used by Superferry or any other ferry company interested in the Islands.</p><p>"All of the information and all of the studies we have done to this point are all still valid," he said.</p> <h3>Backlash feared</h3> <p>Robert Harris, director of the Sierra Club Hawai'i chapter, one of three environmental groups that brought the legal challenge against Superferry, said his group would likely not object to the state salvaging some of the environmental work on Superferry.</p><p>Harris said a bigger concern, however, was whether some of the anger over Superferry will lead some to want to dismantle the state's environmental review law. He said it was the decisions by the state and Superferry, and not the environmental review process, that was the problem.</p><p>"The DOT and Superferry were told to do an EIS, and if they had done that, we would not have had this situation," he said.</p><p>Fargo, in his first public comments since the court ruling, described it as "a terrible decision" but said the company accepts that it is the law.</p><p>Under questioning from reporters in Honolulu and Maui, Fargo would not address whether Superferry would repay the state for $40 million in harbor improvements other than to say that the payments were based on fees generated by ferry service. Superferry has paid the state about $2.5 million in fees and taxes since it has been in operation.</p><p>Fargo would also not discuss the extent of the company's financial losses or the possibility Superferry might file a lawsuit against the state. He said Superferry proved, after a year in service, that it took adequate steps to protect the environment. He said the ferry was popular with locals and small businesses and was beginning to tap into the tourist market.</p><p>Fargo said the company was expecting delivery of a second $95 million ferry soon from shipbuilder Austal USA of Mobile, Ala., and met Wednesday with officials from Virtru Ferries about leasing the second vessel. Virtu operates high-speed ferries between Malta and Sicily in the Mediterranean.</p><p>The second ferry was to have started service to Kawaihae early this year, but the company announced in September that it would delay the start of Big Island operations by a year in response to slower demand and the economic recession.</p><p>Fargo, after mentioning that the military might want to lease the Alakai, addressed speculation by some activists who have opposed the project that Superferry was designed from the start as a military operation.</p><p>"That's absolutely not true," said Fargo, a former Navy admiral. "We certainly wouldn't have gone to the trouble to paint Alakai in the manner that we did, to appoint her with 836 first-class seats, to spend the huge sums of money that we did to establish service here in Hawai'i if that was our goal.</p><p>"The goal that's unmistakable was to provide regular and reliable commercial ferry service in these Islands."</p><p>Early Superferry executives — and main investor John F. Lehman, a former Navy secretary — had praised the ferry's military utility in initial discussions with the state, including the possibility the ferry could be used to transport the Army's Stryker brigade between O'ahu and the Big Island. The second vessel was outfitted with a vehicle ramp that could make it more useful to the military.</p><h3>REvisiting the ruling</h3> <p>Gov. Linda Lingle and state House and Senate leaders have said they would ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider aspects of its ruling. The court found that the Superferry was special legislation written for a single company. The governor and lawmakers are concerned, among other things, that the ruling will unduly restrict the Legislature's power.</p><p>Fargo spoke to reporters in Honolulu in the morning and then flew to Maui to join company vice chairman John Garibaldi and others for the final voyage.</p><p>With three blasts from its horn, the Alakai pulled away from Pier 2C at Kahului Harbor just after 11 a.m. for the return leg home.</p><p>As the 350-foot, high-speed vessel maneuvered toward the harbor entrance, passengers and employees crowded the outer decks and waved aloha while a tugboat sprayed water into the air in a traditional maritime tribute.</p><p>The Alakai sailed from Ho- nolulu to Maui with 290 passengers and 84 vehicles aboard, including many employees. The return trip carried 398 passengers and 126 vehicles. The vessel is capable of carrying 836 people and 230 autos.</p><p>Tracy Knight of Makiki and her family had to cut short a weeklong Maui vacation to catch the ferry back to Honolulu with their two cars. They had arrived Sunday on the Alakai.</p><p>"We loved it. We were really bummed. It's very sad. I hope they don't leave for good," said Knight, 34, who works for a liquor distributor. "They were very conscious of the whales on the way over, and everyone really enjoyed it."</p><p>Father-and-son classic car owners Butch Meyer, 65, of 'Ewa Beach, and Duane Meyer, 38, of Ha'iku, Maui, were taking their prized vehicles to Honolulu on the ferry. The elder Meyer's 1932 Ford sedan was refurbished on Maui, although the work was not quite finished before he had to catch the last ferry.</p><p>"I hate that it shut down. I love the ferry. It's one of the best things for us," he said, referring to car enthusiasts.</p><p>Duane Meyer, who owns a towing company, said he used the ferry on a regular basis to transport his souped-up 1965 Ford Mustang to car shows. He said he would have to ship the Mustang back to Maui on a Young Brothers barge at four times the cost of using Superferry.</p><p>"This is stupid. They should let the people decide and not some stupid judges," he said.</p><p>Holding tears back while directing cars into the vehicle check-in area at Kahului Harbor, port utility operator Corrine Dutro-Ponce planned to join co-workers on the Alakai for the final sailing. "It's like a death," she said.</p><p>Dutro-Ponce joined the Superferry in its early days in July 2007 and lived through the ups and downs of a legal battle that ended with Monday's ruling.</p><p>"It was hard, but we stuck it out and we always had hope we would survive, and we still have hope that it will start again," she said.</p><p>Dutro-Ponce was uncertain about her job prospects. "I'll have to fight for a job like everyone else," she said.</p> <p><i>Reach Derrick DePledge at <a href="mailto:ddepledge@honoluluadvertiser.com">ddepledge@honoluluadvertiser.com</a> and Christie Wilson at <a href="mailto:cwilson@honoluluadvertiser.com">cwilson@honoluluadvertiser.com</a>.</i></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height: auto;"> <div class="padding"> <div class="voice" id="pluckcomments"> <h3>In your voice</h3> <h5>Read reactions to this story</h5> <span id="gslsort" class="gslSortorder" style="display: block;"> <select id="gslSortOrder" onchange="gsl.setSortOrder();"> <option value="d" selected>Newest first</option> <option value="a">Oldest first</option> </select> </span> <div class="gslSitelife_PluckLogo"> </div> <div id="section" class="gslTemplate"> <div id="gslComments" class="gslComments"> <div id="gslReactionList" class="gslReactionList"> <div id="comment_CommentKey:a6798330-1818-4ce8-b01a-f54bdb3595c3" class="gslCom_odd"> <div> <div class="gslComUserPhoto"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=b5f710d862ac4217a2fef5103c334a24"><img src="http://sitelife.honoluluadvertiser.com/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" alt="User Image"></a></div> <div class="gslComHeader"> <span class="gslComWroteBy"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=b5f710d862ac4217a2fef5103c334a24"><b>LeftMyHome</b></a> wrote:</span><br> </div> <div class="gslComBody">punatiki, get your facts straight. Matson barges are towed at about 8 knots and Alakai tops out at about 37. By my math, if Alakai went 10x faster they would go 80knots, which is about what a Nimitz class carrier and Navy subs can do. Not to mention that the hydroplane ferry service in 70's never had issues with whales and they traveled up to 40knots. Invasive species is a bogus argument, cars on barges and cruise ships pose the same risks from tire tread and ballast water but no one makes a stink about them. <br><br>since the ferry traveled at speeds up to 10 times faster than the Matson barges and offered a much easier vector for inter island invasive species.<br> <span class="gslComDate">03/20/2009 7:45:10 a.m. </span></div> <textarea id="body_CommentKey:a6798330-1818-4ce8-b01a-f54bdb3595c3" style="display: none;">punatiki, get your facts straight. Matson barges are towed at about 8 knots and Alakai tops out at about 37. By my math, if Alakai went 10x faster they would go 80knots, which is about what a Nimitz class carrier and Navy subs can do. Not to mention that the hydroplane ferry service in 70's never had issues with whales and they traveled up to 40knots. Invasive species is a bogus argument, cars on barges and cruise ships pose the same risks from tire tread and ballast water but no one makes a stink about them. <br /><br />since the ferry traveled at speeds up to 10 times faster than the Matson barges and offered a much easier vector for inter island invasive species.</textarea> <textarea id="author_CommentKey:a6798330-1818-4ce8-b01a-f54bdb3595c3" style="display: none;">LeftMyHome</textarea> </div> <div class="gslComCtls"> <table class="gslComments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="gslComments_NestedRecommend"> <span class="gslComRec"><span id="gslRecommend:comments:CommentKey:a6798330-1818-4ce8-b01a-f54bdb3595c3"><span class="gslRecommendLink"><a href="javascript:void('Recommend')" title="Recommend this article" alt="Recommend this article" onclick="gsl.Recommend('comments','CommentKey:a6798330-1818-4ce8-b01a-f54bdb3595c3','0');"><span class="gslRecommendLabel"> Recommend </span><span class="gslRecommendCount"></span></a></span></span></span> </td> <td class="gslComments_NestedNewPost"> <span class="gslComNewPost"><a class="newpost" href="javascript:gsl.addquote(null);">New post</a></span> </td><td class="gslComments_NestedReplyto"> <span class="gslComReply"><a class="reply" href="javascript:gsl.addquote("CommentKey:a6798330-1818-4ce8-b01a-f54bdb3595c3")">Reply to this Post</a></span> </td> <td class="gslComments_NestedReport"> <span class="gslComRepAbuse"><span id="gslReportAbuse:comment:CommentKey:a6798330-1818-4ce8-b01a-f54bdb3595c3" class="gslReportAbuseLink"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS11/903200376#none" onclick="javascript:gsl.ReportAbuse(event, 'comment', 'CommentKey:a6798330-1818-4ce8-b01a-f54bdb3595c3'); return false;">Report Abuse</a></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <div id="comment_CommentKey:05434d42-010e-4a6c-a877-88dc609f250e" class="gslCom_even"> <div> <div class="gslComUserPhoto"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=61f779c584884c2aa623a57c444d255a"><img src="http://sitelife.honoluluadvertiser.com/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" alt="User Image"></a></div> <div class="gslComHeader"> <span class="gslComWroteBy"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=61f779c584884c2aa623a57c444d255a"><b>punatiki</b></a> wrote:</span><br> </div> <div class="gslComBody">The court ruling just proves political muscle does not trump the Law. The SF may have had the permission of Lingle, but the ENTIRE government is comprised of 3 branches - each having checks and balances on EACH other. Anyone thinking the court should NOT rule on the Law needs a refresher course in civics.<br><br>Before the ship was even built the SF management was TOLD they would be sued if they proceeded without an environmental statement. A statement was required since the ferry traveled at speeds up to 10 times faster than the Matson barges and offered a much easier vector for inter island invasive species. They ignored it and hid inside Lingle's skirts. To me at least the management is to blame for the lost jobs.<br><br> I was bought up to obey the Law, and the Law has spoken. Act 2 was illegal.<br><br>The concept of the SF is a great grand idea, shoved down our throats by politics, which eventually blew up in their own faces.<br> <br>Too bad, Hawaiian Power Politics rears its ugly head again.<br><br><br> <span class="gslComDate">03/20/2009 7:30:14 a.m. </span></div> <textarea id="body_CommentKey:05434d42-010e-4a6c-a877-88dc609f250e" style="display: none;">The court ruling just proves political muscle does not trump the Law. The SF may have had the permission of Lingle, but the ENTIRE government is comprised of 3 branches - each having checks and balances on EACH other. Anyone thinking the court should NOT rule on the Law needs a refresher course in civics.<br /><br />Before the ship was even built the SF management was TOLD they would be sued if they proceeded without an environmental statement. A statement was required since the ferry traveled at speeds up to 10 times faster than the Matson barges and offered a much easier vector for inter island invasive species. They ignored it and hid inside Lingle's skirts. To me at least the management is to blame for the lost jobs.<br /><br /> I was bought up to obey the Law, and the Law has spoken. Act 2 was illegal.<br /><br />The concept of the SF is a great grand idea, shoved down our throats by politics, which eventually blew up in their own faces.<br /><br />Too bad, Hawaiian Power Politics rears its ugly head again.<br /><br /></textarea> <textarea id="author_CommentKey:05434d42-010e-4a6c-a877-88dc609f250e" style="display: none;">punatiki</textarea> </div> <div class="gslComCtls"> <table class="gslComments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="gslComments_NestedRecommend"> <span class="gslComRec"><span id="gslRecommend:comments:CommentKey:05434d42-010e-4a6c-a877-88dc609f250e"><span class="gslRecommendLink"><a href="javascript:void('Recommend')" title="Recommend this article" alt="Recommend this article" onclick="gsl.Recommend('comments','CommentKey:05434d42-010e-4a6c-a877-88dc609f250e','1');"><span class="gslRecommendLabel"> Recommend </span><span class="gslRecommendCount">(1)</span></a></span></span></span> </td> <td class="gslComments_NestedNewPost"> <span class="gslComNewPost"><a class="newpost" href="javascript:gsl.addquote(null);">New post</a></span> </td><td class="gslComments_NestedReplyto"> <span class="gslComReply"><a class="reply" href="javascript:gsl.addquote("CommentKey:05434d42-010e-4a6c-a877-88dc609f250e")">Reply to this Post</a></span> </td> <td class="gslComments_NestedReport"> <span class="gslComRepAbuse"><span id="gslReportAbuse:comment:CommentKey:05434d42-010e-4a6c-a877-88dc609f250e" class="gslReportAbuseLink"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS11/903200376#none" onclick="javascript:gsl.ReportAbuse(event, 'comment', 'CommentKey:05434d42-010e-4a6c-a877-88dc609f250e'); return false;">Report Abuse</a></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <div id="comment_CommentKey:78ffcca4-a651-4e35-9673-1a0cbe2c0e83" class="gslCom_odd"> <div> <div class="gslComUserPhoto"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=2cc8908e5e394b86bccb11240e74cdc2"><img src="http://sitelife.honoluluadvertiser.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/11/2d3ed659-fb0a-4bf8-8ba5-0b1cf6ddc85e.Small.gif" alt="User Image"></a></div> <div class="gslComHeader"> <span class="gslComWroteBy"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=2cc8908e5e394b86bccb11240e74cdc2"><b>HIBusinessBoy</b></a> wrote:</span><br> </div> <div class="gslComBody">The government made poor judgement. The worst of it is they let some small local non profit push them around. Instead of fighting back and keeping them at a distance this showed our state that our government and Lingle are week and don't know how to fight back.<br><br>This so called decision the supreme court made could affect old and new laws about doing business in hawaii is just a smoke screen. The bottome line is the enviornmentalist picked on a fresh entity in hawaii and won. If the super ferry was that important to the economy and the people of hawaii the government would have fought harder. They took for granted that Act 2 would do it but they kept picking away at it in court till they got what they wanted to hear and here we are.<br> <span class="gslComDate">03/20/2009 7:29:06 a.m. </span></div> <textarea id="body_CommentKey:78ffcca4-a651-4e35-9673-1a0cbe2c0e83" style="display: none;">The government made poor judgement. The worst of it is they let some small local non profit push them around. Instead of fighting back and keeping them at a distance this showed our state that our government and Lingle are week and don't know how to fight back.<br /><br />This so called decision the supreme court made could affect old and new laws about doing business in hawaii is just a smoke screen. The bottome line is the enviornmentalist picked on a fresh entity in hawaii and won. If the super ferry was that important to the economy and the people of hawaii the government would have fought harder. They took for granted that Act 2 would do it but they kept picking away at it in court till they got what they wanted to hear and here we are.</textarea> <textarea id="author_CommentKey:78ffcca4-a651-4e35-9673-1a0cbe2c0e83" style="display: none;">HIBusinessBoy</textarea> </div> <div class="gslComCtls"> <table class="gslComments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="gslComments_NestedRecommend"> <span class="gslComRec"><span id="gslRecommend:comments:CommentKey:78ffcca4-a651-4e35-9673-1a0cbe2c0e83"><span class="gslRecommendLink"><a href="javascript:void('Recommend')" title="Recommend this article" alt="Recommend this article" onclick="gsl.Recommend('comments','CommentKey:78ffcca4-a651-4e35-9673-1a0cbe2c0e83','0');"><span class="gslRecommendLabel"> Recommend </span><span class="gslRecommendCount"></span></a></span></span></span> </td> <td class="gslComments_NestedNewPost"> <span class="gslComNewPost"><a class="newpost" href="javascript:gsl.addquote(null);">New post</a></span> </td><td class="gslComments_NestedReplyto"> <span class="gslComReply"><a class="reply" href="javascript:gsl.addquote("CommentKey:78ffcca4-a651-4e35-9673-1a0cbe2c0e83")">Reply to this Post</a></span> </td> <td class="gslComments_NestedReport"> <span class="gslComRepAbuse"><span id="gslReportAbuse:comment:CommentKey:78ffcca4-a651-4e35-9673-1a0cbe2c0e83" class="gslReportAbuseLink"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS11/903200376#none" onclick="javascript:gsl.ReportAbuse(event, 'comment', 'CommentKey:78ffcca4-a651-4e35-9673-1a0cbe2c0e83'); return false;">Report Abuse</a></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <div id="comment_CommentKey:3303218c-f1b8-4f3c-bab0-5f037b985e02" class="gslCom_even"> <div> <div class="gslComUserPhoto"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=b5f710d862ac4217a2fef5103c334a24"><img src="http://sitelife.honoluluadvertiser.com/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" alt="User Image"></a></div> <div class="gslComHeader"> <span class="gslComWroteBy"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=b5f710d862ac4217a2fef5103c334a24"><b>LeftMyHome</b></a> wrote:</span><br> </div> <div class="gslComBody">This is truly sad for Hawaii but I would expect nothing less from a state that caters to a small, uneducated, vocal minority. I was born and raised in Honolulu but move to California a few years ago to get away from stuff like this. What most people don't realize is that Matson, NCL and the Navy cruise along at almost the same speed if not greater (Navy battle groups) than that of Alakai so speed is just a cover up. The real reason is that these groups are more interested in never having any progress or economic growth in the state because they are scared little cockroachs who never want change! Well it looks like they get it, not to mention sending the state even further into the financial toilet. I hate to say it but I don't think I will ever move back home, which I love and miss dearly. I hope for the future of the state, that the citizens can vote in some strong politicians. BTW the most vocal activist on Kauai is retired LAPD who was asked to retire early, sounds local to me.<br> <span class="gslComDate">03/20/2009 7:28:08 a.m. </span></div> <textarea id="body_CommentKey:3303218c-f1b8-4f3c-bab0-5f037b985e02" style="display: none;">This is truly sad for Hawaii but I would expect nothing less from a state that caters to a small, uneducated, vocal minority. I was born and raised in Honolulu but move to California a few years ago to get away from stuff like this. What most people don't realize is that Matson, NCL and the Navy cruise along at almost the same speed if not greater (Navy battle groups) than that of Alakai so speed is just a cover up. The real reason is that these groups are more interested in never having any progress or economic growth in the state because they are scared little cockroachs who never want change! Well it looks like they get it, not to mention sending the state even further into the financial toilet. I hate to say it but I don't think I will ever move back home, which I love and miss dearly. I hope for the future of the state, that the citizens can vote in some strong politicians. BTW the most vocal activist on Kauai is retired LAPD who was asked to retire early, sounds local to me.</textarea> <textarea id="author_CommentKey:3303218c-f1b8-4f3c-bab0-5f037b985e02" style="display: none;">LeftMyHome</textarea> </div> <div class="gslComCtls"> <table class="gslComments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="gslComments_NestedRecommend"> <span class="gslComRec"><span id="gslRecommend:comments:CommentKey:3303218c-f1b8-4f3c-bab0-5f037b985e02"><span class="gslRecommendLink"><a href="javascript:void('Recommend')" title="Recommend this article" alt="Recommend this article" onclick="gsl.Recommend('comments','CommentKey:3303218c-f1b8-4f3c-bab0-5f037b985e02','0');"><span class="gslRecommendLabel"> Recommend </span><span class="gslRecommendCount"></span></a></span></span></span> </td> <td class="gslComments_NestedNewPost"> <span class="gslComNewPost"><a class="newpost" href="javascript:gsl.addquote(null);">New post</a></span> </td><td class="gslComments_NestedReplyto"> <span class="gslComReply"><a class="reply" href="javascript:gsl.addquote("CommentKey:3303218c-f1b8-4f3c-bab0-5f037b985e02")">Reply to this Post</a></span> </td> <td class="gslComments_NestedReport"> <span class="gslComRepAbuse"><span id="gslReportAbuse:comment:CommentKey:3303218c-f1b8-4f3c-bab0-5f037b985e02" class="gslReportAbuseLink"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS11/903200376#none" onclick="javascript:gsl.ReportAbuse(event, 'comment', 'CommentKey:3303218c-f1b8-4f3c-bab0-5f037b985e02'); 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Joining Toro were his nieces, from left, Jamee Toro, Shayna Toro and Kaimanalani Hopfe, and behind them was his stepsister, Maria Hopfe. They made the trip yesterday to support family members who worked for the Superferry." border="0"> </a> <span class="hon_photocaption"><p>Ferry passengers Lionel Toro of 'Ewa Beach and his family members disembark after the final trip from Maui to O'ahu. Joining Toro were his nieces, from left, Jamee Toro, Shayna Toro and Kaimanalani Hopfe, and behind them was his stepsister, Maria Hopfe. They made the trip yesterday to support family members who worked for the Superferry.</p></span> <span class="hon_photocredit"><p> BRUCE ASATO | The Honolulu Advertiser </p></span> </div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100"><tbody><tr><td> <div class="hon_article_photo"> <div class="grayBackground"> <a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=zoom&Site=M1&Date=20090320&Category=NEWS11&ArtNo=903200376&Ref=V2" target="popup" onclick="window.open('','popup','scrollbars=yes,width=650,height=600,left=5,top=5,resizable=yes')"> <img src="http://cmsimg.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=M1&Date=20090320&Category=NEWS11&ArtNo=903200376&Ref=V2&MaxW=298&Q=90&NoBorder" alt="The Hawaii Superferry's chief executive said there's a possibility that the military might lease Alakai." border="0"> </a> <span class="hon_photocaption"><p>The Hawaii Superferry's chief executive said there's a possibility that the military might lease Alakai.</p></span> <span class="hon_photocredit"><p> REBECCA BREYER | The Honolulu Advertiser </p></span> </div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100"><tbody><tr><td> <div class="hon_article_photo"> <div class="grayBackground"> <a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=zoom&Site=M1&Date=20090320&Category=NEWS11&ArtNo=903200376&Ref=V4" target="popup" onclick="window.open('','popup','scrollbars=yes,width=650,height=600,left=5,top=5,resizable=yes')"> <img src="http://cmsimg.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=M1&Date=20090320&Category=NEWS11&ArtNo=903200376&Ref=V4&MaxW=298&Q=90&NoBorder" alt="Two of the ship's crew prepare for arrival in Honolulu. It was the last day of work for most employe" border="0"> </a> <span class="hon_photocaption"><p>Two of the ship's crew prepare for arrival in Honolulu. It was the last day of work for most employe</p></span> <span class="hon_photocredit"><p> BRUCE ASATO | The Honolulu Advertiser </p></span> </div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100"><tbody><tr><td> <div class="hon_article_photo"> <div class="grayBackground"> <a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=zoom&Site=M1&Date=20090320&Category=NEWS11&ArtNo=903200376&Ref=V5" target="popup" onclick="window.open('','popup','scrollbars=yes,width=650,height=600,left=5,top=5,resizable=yes')"> <img src="http://cmsimg.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=M1&Date=20090320&Category=NEWS11&ArtNo=903200376&Ref=V5&MaxW=298&MaxH=358&Q=90&NoBorder" alt="Ship officers monitor the Alakai's approach as the vessel inches up to its berth at Honolulu Harbor." border="0"> </a> <span class="hon_photocaption"><p>Ship officers monitor the Alakai's approach as the vessel inches up to its berth at Honolulu Harbor.</p></span> <span class="hon_photocredit"><p> BRUCE ASATO | The Honolulu Advertiser </p></span> </div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="poster"> <img style="display: none;" src="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/gcicommonfiles/sr/graphics/common/adlabel_horz.gif" alt="Advertisement"><br> </div> <div class="hon_newslist"> <div class="newslist"> <h3>More News headlines</h3> <ul><li id="Article903200365"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS01/903200365">Sisters visit 'Ewa memorial</a> <span class="news-pluckcomment"> </span><span class="gslNoLabels"><span id="gslCtl|comments|20090320.honoluluadvertiser.M1903200365.article.NEWS01" class="gslArticleControl"><span class="gslCommentsLink"><span class="gslCommentsLabel"> Read comments </span><span id="gslCommentsCount" class="gslCommentsCount">(7)</span></span></span></span> </li><li id="Article903200363"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS01/903200363">Hokule'a reaches Palmyra</a> <span class="news-pluckcomment"> </span><span class="gslNoLabels"><span id="gslCtl|comments|20090320.honoluluadvertiser.M1903200363.article.NEWS01" class="gslArticleControl"><span class="gslCommentsLink"><span class="gslCommentsLabel"> Read comments </span><span id="gslCommentsCount" class="gslCommentsCount">(1)</span></span></span></span> </li><li id="Article903200364"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS07/903200364/0/NEWS01">Ploeger appointed Chaminade president</a> <span class="news-pluckcomment"> </span><span class="gslNoLabels"><span id="gslCtl|comments|20090320.honoluluadvertiser.M1903200364.article.NEWS07" class="gslArticleControl"><span class="gslCommentsLink"><span class="gslCommentsLabel"> Post a comment</span></span></span></span> </li><li id="Article903200373"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS01/903200373/0/NEWS01">Hawaii economy likely to be rough for at least 2 more years</a> <span class="news-pluckcomment"> </span><span class="gslNoLabels"><span id="gslCtl|comments|20090320.honoluluadvertiser.M1903200373.article.NEWS01" class="gslArticleControl"><span class="gslCommentsLink"><span class="gslCommentsLabel"> Read comments </span><span id="gslCommentsCount" class="gslCommentsCount">(15)</span></span></span></span> </li><li id="Article903200378"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090320/NEWS01/903200378/0/NEWS01">Bankrupt Hawaiian Telcom plans to pay $6M in worker bonuses</a> <span class="news-pluckcomment"> </span><span class="gslNoLabels"><span id="gslCtl|comments|20090320.honoluluadvertiser.M1903200378.article.NEWS01" class="gslArticleControl"><span class="gslCommentsLink"><span class="gslCommentsLabel"> Read comments </span><span id="gslCommentsCount" class="gslCommentsCount">(26)</span></span></span></span> </li></ul> </div> </div> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .topix { padding: 0; 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Ask the Supreme Court to take another look at this beyond the Superferry issue. There are larger implications from the decision," Lingle said. </b></font></div> <p><font face="Arial"><b></b></font></p> <div><font face="Arial"><b>The governor said the Supreme Court decision is too broad because it said the Legislature can never do anything to favor one group over another but that is what lawmakers do every day. </b></font></div> <p><font face="Arial"><b></b></font></p> <div><font face="Arial"><b>Superferry makes its last round trip for now to Maui to return stranded vehicles and customers to their homeports on Thursday. </b></font></div> <p></p> <div> <p align="right"><i>Copyright 2009 by <a href="mailto:honnews@ibsys.com" target="_blank">KITV.com</a> All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</i></p></div></div> </div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>John Tyler, owner.<br>Toll free 866-530-4117<br><br>For CPR training at your home:<br><a href="http://www.alohacpr.com">www.alohacpr.com</a><br><br>Click to watch our informative 3 min intro video: why is CPR so vitally important?<br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fban7dx-AUM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fban7dx-AUM</a><br><br>For our swim school and private lifeguard services:<br><a href="http://www.happyswimmers.com">www.happyswimmers.com</a><br> <br>Serving California, Arizona, and Hawai'i Founded in 1991<br><br>POSITIVE QUOTES OF THE DAY<br>-----------------------------<br><br>In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.<br> John Ruskin (1819-1900) English Art Critic<br>-----------------------------<br><br>Practice thinking about as many people as you can: "I love you, and want the best for you." and watch tensions dissolve, and all relationships blossom new gifts.<br> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-90477316309544487552009-01-08T18:53:00.001-10:002009-01-08T18:53:10.742-10:00BREAKING NEWS — Superferry Draft EIS finds significant impacts<br clear="all"><br><h1>BREAKING NEWS — Superferry Draft EIS finds significant impacts</h1> <div style="float: right;"> <center></center><br clear="all"> <div id="instory" align="right"><a href="http://adsys.townnews.com/c79909425/creative/kauaiworld.com/+instory/3913-1225995152.gif?r=http://www.KingAutoCenter.com" target="_blank"><img style="display: none;" alt="*" src="http://adsys.townnews.com/12112277/creative/kauaiworld.com/+instory/3913-1225995152.gif" border="0"></a></div> </div> <h5>By Coco Zickos</h5> <div class="timestamp" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Published: <span class="timestamp">Thursday, January 8, 2009 2:22 PM HST</span></div> <span>After many months of waiting, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was made available to the public today, revealing many impacts the Superferry could have on the four main Hawaiian islands if operation were to continue.<br><br>The EIS assesses the direct impacts the ferry could have to the islands caused by new construction needed to support a large-capacity ferry vessel, and indirect impacts, such as affects on Hawaiian waters and cultural practices.<br><br>The report declares that the cumulative effects of the Superferry would significantly and adversely affect traffic within the vicinity of Nawiliwili, Kahului, Kawaihae and Honolulu Harbors. The large-vessel ferry could potentially impact the number of endangered humpback whales, the dispersal of inter-island invasive species and the traditional cultural practices conducted on the islands, the EIS said.<br><br>The comprehensive report declares that cultural activities within the vicinity of West Harbor in Kahului would significantly and adversely be impacted due to "new harbor improvements." New pier construction at Kawaihae Harbor would also result in significant and adverse impacts, including those to nearby Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Park, obstructing views and affecting not only the rock walls of the heiau, but ceremonial activities as well, due to noise and construction.</span><br><br> <span>Indirect impacts noted in the report include activities such as fishing, surfing and diving, including the potential loss of natural resources as stated in the cultural impact analyses.<br><br>The only reportedly beneficial impact reviewed in the environmental draft is that the large-capacity ferry vessel would provide to all harbors a "superior" mode of transportation for disaster planning and emergency response. The statement concludes that the vessel would increase the capabilities and response times of first responders and relief efforts.<br><br>To view the EIS in its entirety and to leave comment, visit the Department of Transportation's Web site, <a href="http://hawaii.gov/dot/harbors">hawaii.gov/dot/harbors</a><br> <br>For full coverage of the Draft EIS, see Friday's edition of <em>The Garden Island</em>.</span><br> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-67489093587165404602008-12-30T07:07:00.001-10:002008-12-30T07:07:22.419-10:00ABCNEWS.com: The Mission: Send 1,000 Love Letters to Complete StrangersI found this special news story on ABC News.com and thought you'd enjoy reading about it and the intention behind it. It's pay it forward in action, and is inspiring to me.<br><br>Aloha,<img goomoji="330" style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" src="cid:330@goomoji.gmail"><br> John<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Subject: ABCNEWS.com: The Mission: Send 1,000 Love Letters to Complete Strangers<br><br> <br> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6542201&page=1" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6542201&page=1</a><br> </div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>John Tyler, owner.<br>Toll free 866-530-4117<br><br>For CPR training at your home:<br><a href="http://www.jtacpr.com">www.jtacpr.com</a><br><br>For our swim school and private lifeguard services:<br> <a href="http://www.happyswimmers.com">www.happyswimmers.com</a><br><br>Serving California, Arizona, and Hawai'i Founded in 1991<br><br>POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY<br>-----------------------------<br>Dwight L. Moody - "I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I've met."<br> <br>-----------------------------<br><br>Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small<br>by his own will.<br><br>-- J.C.F. von Schiller<br><br>The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.<br> <br>-- Chinese proverb<br> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-7415182073107015962008-12-09T15:59:00.001-10:002008-12-09T15:59:23.001-10:00Superferry's interisland service depends on court ruling<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br> <font size="4"><b>HONOLULU ADVERTISER Tuesday, December 9, 2008</b></font><div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081209/NEWS09/812090362/1001/LOCALNEWSFRONT" target="_blank"><font size="1"><b>http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081209/NEWS09/812090362/1001/LOCALNEWSFRONT</b></font></a></font></div> <p></p> <div><span><font size="6"> <hr> Hawaii Superferry's interisland </font></span></div> <div><font size="6">service depends on court ruling</font></div> <div><span> <h2><font size="4"><i>Service may be halted if high court rules against law that let ship operate</i></font></h2></span> <div></div><span> <p><font size="3"><b>By </b></font><a href="mailto:ddepledge@honoluluadvertiser.com" target="_blank"><font size="3"><b>Derrick DePledge</b></font></a><br><font size="3"><b>Advertiser Government Writer </b></font></p></span> <div> <p><font size="3"><b>The state Supreme Court, whose ruling last year led to a three-month shutdown of Hawaii Superferry, will decide whether the interisland service can continue in a new case to be heard next week.</b></font></p> <div> <div><font size="3"><b>The court will decide whether Gov. Linda Lingle and the Legislature violated the state Constitution last year with a new law that allowed Superferry to resume operation while an environmental review of the project is completed.</b></font></div></div> <p><font size="3"><b>A ruling could have an immediate impact on whether Superferry can operate between O'ahu and Maui. It could also influence the separation of powers among the governor, the Legislature and the courts.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>The Sierra Club, Maui Tomorrow and the Kahului Harbor Coalition, the nonprofit groups that brought the legal challenge that temporarily stopped Superferry last year, have asked the court to declare the new law unconstitutional.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>Arguments before the court are scheduled for Dec. 18.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>The Supreme Court ruled in August 2007 that the state should not have exempted the Superferry project from an environmental assessment. A Maui court subsequently halted ferry service to Kahului Harbor, while public protests kept the ferry from returning to Kaua'i.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>Lingle called a special session of the Legislature, where lawmakers passed a bill that allowed the ferry to resume operation under conditions designed to protect the environment while an environmental impact statement is prepared. Lingle signed the bill into law, and the Maui court allowed the ferry to return to Kahului Harbor.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>Many political observers thought the legal challenges were largely over, but the court's willingness to hear the appeal so soon raises the possibility that Superferry may again be stopped.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>"This case is now a case of even greater public importance," Isaac Hall, the Wailuku attorney representing the environmental groups, said in court filings.</b></font></p> <h3>violations alleged</h3> <p>Hall's main arguments are that the new law violates two parts of the Constitution: Article I, Section 21, which bars the state from making any irrevocable grants of special privileges; and Article XI, Section 5, which says the Legislature can only exercise power over state lands through general laws.</p> <p>The constitutional restriction on special privileges, according to the Legislative Reference Bureau, is meant to ensure the state acts on behalf of all people and not for the sake of the elite. The provision limiting the Legislature's power to general laws over state lands is designed to prevent sweetheart land deals for private interests.</p> <p>Lawmakers, mindful of the constitutional restrictions, were careful not to mention Superferry by name in the new law, and instead described a "large capacity ferry vessel."</p> <p>But Hall argues that the new law was "conceived, cut and tailored" solely for Superferry, a special law that gave Superferry access through an operating agreement to state land at Kahului and other harbors.</p> <p>Hall also argues that the new law deprives the environmental groups of a vested right, given by the Supreme Court's ruling last year, for an environmental assessment under the state's environmental review law. The new law removed the large-capacity ferry vessel from under the state's environmental review law and created a similar — although not identical — process to conduct an environmental impact statement by next summer.</p> <p>Hall argues that the new law "amounts to a legislative and executive revision of judicial decisions."</p> <p>Lawmakers were guided when drafting the new law by the 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Robertson v. Seattle Audubon Society. The ruling found that it was not unconstitutional for Congress to change timber harvesting rules in federally managed forests in response to legal challenges by environmentalists, who had argued that the old rules threatened endangered northern spotted owls.</p> <p>The ruling found that Congress did not direct results in the legal challenges under the old law, but instead replaced the legal standards with new provisions.</p> <p>Lawmakers in Hawai'i essentially did the same thing with Superferry.</p> <h3> State lawyer counters</h3> <p><b><font size="3">Dorothy Sellers, the state solicitor general, argues in the state's legal briefs that the governor and lawmakers acted within their authority to create new public policy.</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="3">Sellers said the new law is not an irrevocable grant of special privileges for a ferry company because it expires when the environmental impact statement is accepted by the state or, at the latest, by next summer.</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="3">The new law is not a special law involving legislative power over state lands, Sellers argues, because the operating agreement is between an executive-branch agency — the state Department of Transportation — and a ferry company. The ferry company also does not have an exclusive right under the agreement and must share state harbors with other users.</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="3">Sellers said Hawai'i courts have not addressed the meaning of general law as it applies to Article XI of the Constitution, but the Supreme Court has upheld a legislative act designed to respond to a singular circumstance. In Bulgo v. County of Maui in 1967, the court found that it was constitutional for the Legislature to pass a law tailored for Maui calling for a special election to replace the chairman of the board of supervisors, who had died shortly after re-election and had not begun his new term.</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="3">Sellers also argued that the environmental groups have no vested right to an environmental assessment for Superferry under the state's environmental review law because the August 2007 Supreme Court decision was not the final judgment in the case.</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="3">The appeal, Sellers said, is "an assault on the inherent, essential power of the Legislature to speak for the people and to revise the public policies of the state as the Legislature determines necessary."</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="3">Last year, lawmakers were not enthusiastic about returning in special session to help Superferry but agreed because of the potential benefits of interisland ferry service. Lawmakers found that the ferry was an alternative mode of transportation that could help move people and cargo between the islands and could be an asset in disaster relief.</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="3">State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, D-21st (Nanakuli, Makaha), said she believes the Legislature acted properly. She wishes, however, that the state House, Lingle and Superferry had agreed with the Senate and supported an environmental review of the project before the court ruled that such a review was required.</font></b></p> <p><b><font size="3">Hanabusa predicted that justices would decide the appeal based on an Article XI test of whether the new law is general or special.</font></b></p> <h3> 'a major problem'</h3> <p><font size="3"><b>If the court were to issue a broad ruling limiting the Legislature's power, Hanabusa said, lawmakers may have to consider asking voters to amend the Constitution.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>In 2006, for example, voters approved a constitutional amendment that allowed the Legislature to define what constitutes the continuous sexual abuse of a minor under 14. The court had ruled that a law defining continuous sexual abuse was a violation of the right to due process because jurors were not instructed that they had to be unanimous about which specific acts amounted to continuous abuse.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>"If the Supreme Court comes back and says that we don't have the right to make exceptions to the law, for whatever reason, then we're going to have a major problem," Hanabusa said.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>Irene Bowie, the executive director of Maui Tomorrow, said the environmental groups deserve a real environmental assessment of Superferry, not what their attorney has described as a "pseudo-process that falls far short" of the state's environmental law.</b></font></p> <p><font size="3"><b>"I think that this has been an illegitimate process. I don't think there's any real results that we'll come away with on this," Bowie said of the new law. "We would absolutely like to see this done over again in the proper way."</b></font></p> <p><i><font size="3"><b>Reach Derrick DePledge at </b></font><a href="mailto:ddepledge@honoluluadvertiser.com" target="_blank"><font size="3"><b>ddepledge@honoluluadvertiser.com</b></font></a><font size="3"><b>.</b></font></i></p> </div></div></div> </div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>John Tyler, owner.<br>Toll free 866-530-4117<br><br>For CPR training at your home:<br><a href="http://www.jtacpr.com">www.jtacpr.com</a><br><br>For our swim school and private lifeguard services:<br> <a href="http://www.happyswimmers.com">www.happyswimmers.com</a><br><br>Serving California, Arizona, and Hawai'i Founded in 1991<br><br>POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY<br>-----------------------------<br><br>The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.<br> <br>-- Chinese proverb<br> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-64804034144952621722008-11-12T07:59:00.000-10:002008-11-12T08:06:32.650-10:00The New Book, Fargo on the Big Island, and Confronting Act 2<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><a href="http://hisuperferry.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-book-fargo-on-big-island-and.html" target="_blank">The New Book, Fargo on the Big Island, and Confronting Act 2</a><h3> </h3> <div></div> <div><span style="font-size: 85%;">There is a lot going on right now: </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">1.) The book on this is catching fire. There have been some interesting phone conversations and e-mail's exchanging hands between the islands about the book. </span><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">2.) Fargo went to speak to the Kawaihae community on Sunday. They were expecting him there for at least a couple of hours. He started getting peppered with difficult questions, like about DU, so he got short and left after only an hour before a number of people in the small audience could ask their questions. The flaming about this in e-mails from those in attendance is noteworthy. Why would a person take a time consuming round-trip to go over their from Oahu and then only stay for an hour? Here is the only article on the event: </span><a href="http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2008/11/10/local/local01.txt" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><font color="#336699">"Superferry Update; Questions remain unanswered at Kawaihae meeting."</font></span></a><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">3.) HSF announced yesterday they are offering 2 for 1 deals but only to military personnel. I wasn't even going to recognize this story, but others have, so I'll just say ridership must be low. Otherwise, the preference doesn't surprise me.</span><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">4.) Lastly </span><a href="http://kauaieclectic.blogspot.com/2008/11/musings-matter-of-conscience.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><font color="#336699">Joan Conrow</font></span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"> has a fairly decent blog entry today on word about the new book, <i><b><a href="http://www.superferrychronicles.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#336699">Superferry Chronicles</font></a></b></i>. I found the <b>comments</b> to her blog entry to be especially enlightening. One or two of the comments there clarify the size of the crowd at Nawiliwili Harbor in August 2007; it was somewhere between 1000 and 1500. Those comments also clarify the filled and overflowing auditorium at the beginning of the event when the Governor's Unified Command came to speak in Sept. 2007. </span><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">But what I found especially interesting was that one of the anonymous commentors asks if people have read what </span><a href="http://kauaian.net/blog/?p=157#comment-26345" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><font color="#336699">Ken Stokes</font></span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;"> has written on the issue? Surprisingly, I had not, so I looked it up. I was surprised with what I found. This is important because it relates to a similar type of evaluation that could be used by others with an influenced Act 2 EIS. Here are my responses to Ken's 2006 post on this subject:</span><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">"...Well, we'll take it in order:<br></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">1. Claim- "Ironically, concerns about the energy efficiency of inter-island transport have only recently entered the debate amid claims these boats would actually generate more emissions than inter-island jets, though the available data (see below) suggest the opposite is true." </span><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">Response- HSF burns 15 times more petroleum based fuel to cover the same route than an Hawaiian Air jet. Even if you brought the maximum number of people transported to the same for each, a jet airplane is at least twice as efficient as HSF using no more than 1/2 the fuel that HSF takes to transport the same number of people the same distance. This is mainly so because the boat has 4 diesel engines moving through more water resistance and these planes have 2 jet engines moving through less resistant air. One could question whether one pollutes the air more than the sea and vis-a-versa, but I would think the petroleum carbon is released into the environment nevertheless. From an economic standpoint, a jet plane is much more efficient than HSF, assuming there is not really the need to move cars quickly interisland.<br> </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">2. Claim- About the traffic, and "300 vehicles" split evenly going north and south. </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">Response- A key point here is that they don't all come and go in one day. They accumulate over a number of days in the beginning, as people are here for a number of days, weeks; ie. visitors and construction workers. The accumulated daily average total, assuming uninterrupted service, would amount to more like 1000 to 2000 additional cars on the island. These roads, esp. between Wailua and Kealia, cannot handle that kind of influx.<br> </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">3. Claim- As for "the added risk and impact" of invasive species "must be fairly small." </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">Response- Well, first of all, we don't know, and certainly an economist would not know. Maybe a biologist or a DOA or DLNR officier might have a better idea on that. What we do know is that Kauai does not have the size of invasives populations that Oahu and the Big Island, and that even Maui have. Those would include the mongoose, fire ants, varroa mites, and coqui frogs, among others. All of those have been spreading between the other islands, but not to Kauai, except for the coqui in small numbers.</span><br> <br><span style="font-size: 85%;">Just one example I'll mention. <a href="http://gotouring.com/howdy/book1/pages/236x06-Nene-geese.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#336699">The Nene geese</font></a> are well established on Kauai, at least on the Northshore. I see and hear them on the land and at low altitude all the time. That is not the case on the other islands. THIS IS the beautiful state bird. If the mongoose gets established here, you can kiss the Nene and other egg-laying endangered native species goodbye.<br> </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">4. Claim- "And, regarding threats to whales...the Superferry's "mitigation" responses to these challenges probably makes this boat less of a threat than the hundreds of "whale watch" tour boats...Again, there is some risk here, yet probably not large." </span><br> <span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">Response- "Less of a threat" how so? When whale watch boats have infrequently had accidental collisions with whales, they almost never result in the whale's death, as the whale watch boats are relatively small and moving slowly. Inertia, mass and velocity, are what determine the threat of fatal collisions between boats and whales as has been documented about every couple of months in places like the Canary Islands. So far, the ferry here has not operated consistently or at all in Jan., Feb., or Mar. last season. It remains to be seen what its track record will be operating daily during the height of the whales season here, assuming it can handle the Winter sea conditions and not run into other mechanical problems again as it did last Winter.<br> </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">5. Claim- "Conceivably, the ferries could be a win-win…As in: keep the travel AND cut the [CO2] emissions." </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">Response- It's not a win for the company, because they have not and probably never will actually cover all of their costs, much less the significant costs they have been able to formally externalize to the State. As for less CO2 emissions, I am not convinced that burning 400 gallons of jet fuel releases more CO2 to the environment than burning 6000 gallons of diesel fuel to cover the same route.<br> </span><br><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">Aloha, Brad</span> </div></div><br><br><hr>Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/" target="_blank">Click here</a></div> </div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>John Tyler, owner.<br>Toll free 866-530-4117<br><br>For CPR training at your home:<br><a href="http://www.jtacpr.com">www.jtacpr.com</a><br><br>For our swim school and private lifeguard services:<br> <a href="http://www.happyswimmers.com">www.happyswimmers.com</a><br><br>Serving California, Arizona, and Hawai'i Founded in 1991<br><br>POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY<br>-----------------------------<br><br>The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.<br> <br>-- Chinese proverb<br> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-713757911431743992008-10-16T12:43:00.001-10:002008-10-16T12:43:55.078-10:00Superferry begins seasonal voyage into seasickness<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://disappearednews.com/2008/10/superferry-begins-seasonal-voyage-into.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><h2> Superferry begins seasonal voyage into seasickness</h2></a> <br> <p>by Larry Geller</p> <p>As we head into Winter, the seas around Hawaii will begin to get choppy. Bouncing in the middle of it all is the Hawaii Superferry, now with increased passenger load, headed for another barf-filled season. It's inevitable and predictable. Here's possibly the first report of the season, with thanks to Dick Mayer.</p> <p>Blogs started as personal "journals," and many still are. So it's interesting to see <a href="http://hawaiianwannabe.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/aloha-maui/" target="_blank">this account</a> of a Superferry voyage as part of a blog post on a Maui vacation: </p> <blockquote> <p>So we just got back from our vacation on neighbor-island Maui (not neighboring and NOT outer island). We took the Superferry (huge mistake) and stayed at the all-suites Fairmont Kea Lani in Wailea. Hung out in Wailea the whole time and had a blast. Since we already live on a tropical island, wasn't sure how "vacation-y" it would feel, but it was so much fun. We can't wait to visit more islands. </p><p>First, the Hawaii Superferry. We chose to take the Superferry because we thought it would be a fun experience and a convenient way to take our car. Wrong. I was so seasick, I made frantic calls on the Superferry to the reservations desk to cancel my return trip. It was 3+ miserable hours. Joe and kids did okay, but we (foolishly) sat in first class at the bow (front) of the ship which made it extra rocky! Joe returned on the ferry with the car, and the kids and I flew back. It was about the same price and only a 34 minute plane ride.</p></blockquote> <p>This is news that is not filtered through a newspaper that runs Superferry ads, it's real. The author talks about all the <em>al fresco</em> dining on Maui, and ABC stores, so I think we're looking at a genuine tourist experience.<br> </p> <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e6502e46-58f8-4b6c-b980-c24e6b090bc6" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline; float: none;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Hawaii+Superferry" rel="tag">Hawaii Superferry</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/seasickness" rel="tag">seasickness</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Barf-o-Meter" rel="tag">Barf-o-Meter</a></div> <br><br> <a href="http://disappearednews.com/2008/10/superferry-begins-seasonal-voyage-into.html" title="permanent link"> <b>Permalink</b> </a> posted by <a href="mailto:lgeller@gmail.com">Larry</a> @ 10/14/2008 11:11:00 AM<br clear="all"><br><br>POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY<br>-----------------------------<br><br>The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.<br><br>-- Chinese proverb<br> </div> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-65315932708133683622008-09-30T19:20:00.001-10:002008-09-30T19:20:58.850-10:00Second Superferry on budget and ahead of schedule for Hawaii Delivery<div dir="ltr">Well folks,<br>Now they're not even hiding the fact the new SF is to benefit the military.... see the inconspicuous last line of the news report...<br><br><table class="horizontalrule" cellspacing="0" width="940"> <tbody><tr><td width="601"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><div class="padding"><div class="hon_article_top"><span class="hon_article_headline"><h1>Second Superferry on budget and ahead of schedule for Hawaii delivery</h1> </span> <div class="article-tools"> <ul><li class="comments"><a href="javascript:gsl.redirectToCommentPage();"><span id="gslCtl|comments|20080930.honoluluadvertiser.M180930078.article.BREAKING01" class="gslArticleControl"><span class="gslCommentsLink"><span class="gslCommentsLabel"> Read comments </span><span id="gslCommentsCount" class="gslCommentsCount">(11)</span></span></span></a></li> <li class="recommend"> <span id="gslCtl|recommends|20080930.honoluluadvertiser.M180930078.article.BREAKING01" class="gslArticleControl"><span id="gslRecommend:articles:20080930.honoluluadvertiser.M180930078.article.BREAKING01"><span class="gslRecommendLink"><a href="javascript:void('Recommend')" title="Recommend this article" alt="Recommend this article" onclick="gsl.Recommend('articles','20080930.honoluluadvertiser.M180930078.article.BREAKING01','3');"><span class="gslRecommendLabel"> Recommend </span><span class="gslRecommendCount">(3)</span></a></span></span></span></li> <li class="print"><a href="javascript:NewWindow(600,800,'http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/BREAKING01/80930078&template=printart');">Print this page</a></li><li class="email"> <a href="javascript:NewWindow(300,400,'/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=Xsendmailpopup&GPUBDATE=200809301630&GCATID=BREAKING01&GARTNO=80930078&GTITLE=Second%20Superferry%20on%20budget%20and%20ahead%20of%20schedule%20for%20Hawaii%20delivery');">E-mail this article</a></li> <li class="share"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onmouseout="hideSrchOptions('bookmark-tools',350);" onmouseover="showSrchOptions('bookmark-tools');">Share</a> <div id="bookmark-tools" style="visibility: hidden;"> <ul><li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?v=2" onclick="return snl_click('delicious')" onmouseout="hideSrchOptions('bookmark-tools',350);" onmouseover="clearTime();" target="_blank">Del.icio.us</a></li> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php" onclick="return snl_click('facebook')" onmouseout="hideSrchOptions('bookmark-tools',350);" onmouseover="clearTime();" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2" onclick="return snl_click('digg')" onmouseout="hideSrchOptions('bookmark-tools',350);" onmouseover="clearTime();" target="_blank">Digg</a></li><li class="reddit"> <a href="http://reddit.com/submit" onclick="return snl_click('reddit')" onmouseout="hideSrchOptions('bookmark-tools',350);" onmouseover="clearTime();" target="_blank">Reddit</a></li><li class="newsvine"><a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed" onclick="return snl_click('newsvine')" onmouseout="hideSrchOptions('bookmark-tools',350);" onmouseover="clearTime();" target="_blank">Newsvine</a></li> <li class="YahooBuzz" onmouseout="hideSrchOptions('bookmark-tools',350);" onmouseover="clearTime();"> <span class="yahooBuzzBadge yahooBuzzBadge-text" id="yahooBuzzBadge-25812532521222838001591"><a title="Vote for your favorite stories on Yahoo! 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Kubota </font></b><a href="mailto:gkubota@starbulletin.com?subject=http://starbulletin.com/2008/09/20/" target="_blank"><b><font size="3">gkubota@starbulletin.com</font></b></a></div> <p><b><font size="3">WAILUKU » Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares said she was "gravely" worried about attempts to take prohibited resources from waters around the Valley Isle and bring them aboard the Hawaii Superferry. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">"I am appalled by the reported amount of marine resources that are leaving our island with Superferry passengers," she said. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">During a state oversight task force meeting yesterday, enforcement officers reported that in the first half of August, they found passengers trying to take aboard 63 pounds of opihi, 60 pounds of fish and 43 pounds of limu. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">Tavares said in a written statement that she wants state agricultural and conservation officials to continue inspections beyond December. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">State conservation enforcement officers have been assigned to work with Superferry employees to inspect passenger belongings through the end of December and to assist the task force in preparing a report. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">The task force report is expected to be presented to the Legislature by January. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">Tavares said state enforcement officers are needed to conduct the inspections. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">"The years of education and training they bring to the operation cannot be replaced by a handful of hours of training that Superferry employees receive," she said. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">State conservation enforcement official Randy Awo said there has been a rise in the volume of ocean resources that passengers have tried to bring aboard the Superferry, including fish, limu and opihi. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">In response to Maui residents' concerns, a state executive order banned using the Superferry to transport many ocean resources. </font></b> </p><p><b><font size="3">Superferry official Richard Houck said he felt his employees were capable of doing the inspections and the taking of ocean resources has been small. </font></b></p></div> </div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>John Tyler, owner.<br>Toll free 866-530-4117<br><br>For booking our private, at-home swim lessons see: <br><a href="http://happyswimmers.com/enrollform.php">http://happyswimmers.com/enrollform.php</a><br> <br>For Booking Private Lifeguards for Pool Parties see: <br><a href="http://happyswimmers.com/lg.html">http://happyswimmers.com/lg.html</a><br><br>For CPR training at your home:<br><a href="http://www.jtacpr.com">www.jtacpr.com</a><br> <br>and for Lifeguard Training courses for your group:<br><br><a href="http://www.happyswimmers.com/lifeguardflyerwebpage.htm">http://www.happyswimmers.com/lifeguardflyerwebpage.htm</a><br><br><br>Serving California, Arizona, and Hawai'i Founded in 1991<br> <br>POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY<br>-----------------------------<br><br>No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no<br>material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the<br>sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for<br> the preservation of self-approval.<br><br>-- Minot Simons<br> </div> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285200882635020826.post-34216493031477290472008-09-17T14:23:00.001-10:002008-09-17T14:23:13.122-10:00Court appeal hangs over Superferry<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><br><h3>Court appeal hangs over Superferry</h3> <h4>Three groups are challenging a law that allowed the ship to begin interisland trips</h4> <h2>Honolulu Star-Bulletin<br> Sunday, August 24, 2008<br> By Ken Kobayashi<br> <br> One year after a Hawaii Supreme Court decision that led to a temporary halt of Superferry operations, the interisland service enjoys increased ridership and plans to expand to the Big Island next year.<br> <br> The legislative power over the lands owned by or under the control of the State and its political subdivisions shall be exercised only by general laws, except in respect to transfers to or for the use of the State, or a political subdivision, or any department or agency thereof.<br> <br> The Superferry survived thanks to the state Legislature, which passed a law that essentially negated the high court's ruling of Aug. 23, 2007. But the Superferry must still overcome a remaining legal hurdle to continue its twice-daily service between Honolulu and Kahului Harbor on Maui. Three environmental groups - the Sierra Club, Maui Tomorrow Inc. and the Kahului Harbor Coalition - have filed an appeal challenging the constitutionality of the law, called Act 2.<br> <br> If the groups prevail, the Superferry would be not be able to use the Kahului Harbor improvements built for the ferry until a review is completed on the impacts of the Superferry on the environment, a process that could take months.<br> <br> While state and Superferry lawyers defend the law, one environmental lawyer said the challenge has merit.<br> <br> "Ultimately, I think the Supreme Court will take very seriously this type of appeal," said David Henkin, staff attorney for Earthjustice, an environmental group not involved in the case.<br> <br> Tom Fargo, Superferry president and chief executive officer, declined to speculate on what might happen if the Maui groups prevail. "It's impossible for me to comment on a hypothetical situation like that," he told the Star-Bulletin. "Nobody's crystal ball is that clear."<br> <br> A ruling on the appeal is not expected for weeks, perhaps months.<br> <br> <b>Environmental Impact<br> </b><br> The heart of the legal dispute is whether the state should conduct an environmental review of the Superferry operations before its 350-foot Alakai can bring passengers and cars to Maui.<br> The high court ruled that the state erred in determining in February 2005 that the Superferry operations were exempt from the review, which must be done under state law prior to the start of the activity.<br> <br> The high court's unanimous opinion came five days before the ferry's planned inaugural voyages to Maui and Kauai.<br> <br> The Aug. 23 ruling by the five justices set off a tumultuous week that included Superferry officials moving the start date two days ahead of schedule at a reduced $5 fare; Kauai protesters preventing the Alakai from docking at Kauai's Nawiliwili Harbor; and Maui Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza issuing a court order on Aug. 27 halting Superferry operations to Maui.<br> <br> Two months later on Oct. 31, state lawmakers convened in a special session to pass a law that said the "unique and critical importance" of the ferry service warranted a change in the environmental laws. The law required the state to conduct an environmental review of the operations by preparing an environmental impact statement, but also allowed the Superferry to resume operations.<br> <br> Act 2 was signed two days later by Gov. Linda Lingle.<br> <br> Cardoza lifted his order Nov. 14. The Superferry's Alakai later resumed sailings to Maui. Sailings to Kauai remained on hold after Coast Guard officials recommended suspending service because of security concerns.<br> <br> <b>Draft Being Prepared<br> </b><br> The environmental impact statement is a keystone of the state's environmental protection laws. For the Superferry, it requires a study of the service's impact on "the economic welfare, social welfare and cultural practices of the community and state" as well as on marine animals and plants, traffic, public safety and control of invasive species.<br> It also allows the public to express concerns about the proposed projects, according to state law. And it must consider ways to minimize any "adverse effects" and alternatives to the proposed action.<br> <br> The state is preparing that statement, not only for Superferry operations on Maui, the subject of the legal dispute, but also for Kauai and the Big Island.<br> <br> State Transportation Director Brennon Morioka said 11 public hearings have been held around the state from March to May and hopes to complete the impact statement by June or July.<br> <br> A draft statement is scheduled to be completed in October or November, at which time the public will have 45 days to comment on the draft. The state would then address those comments in preparing the final impact statement, he said.<br> <br> <b>Legislature's Role<br> </b><br> The completion of the statement, however, will not resolve the legal dispute, according to Isaac Hall, the three Maui groups' lawyer, who calls the current effort to prepare an environmental statement "bogus."<br> Hall said that if Act 2 is declared unconstitutional, the state must redo the environmental impact statement because laws require that the state prepare the statement before the operation starts.<br> <br> "If you prepare an EIS while the action is undertaken, it jeopardizes the validity of the statement," he said. "It's likely you'll tolerate more of the adverse impact of the project."<br> <br> An environmental impact statement normally takes two or three years to prepare, Morioka said. But he also said the state might be able to rely on some data collected in the current process, which would shorten the time if the state had to redo an impact statement.<br> <br> Whether the state has to start all over in preparing an impact statement, however, depends on the Maui groups' appeal of the law.<br> <br> Some legal observers say they face an uphill fight. The rationale is that because the Legislature passed the state laws requiring an environmental review before a project gets under way, the lawmakers are free to change the law.<br> <br> It's a point emphasized in the state's legal briefs.<br> <br> "The judicial branch of government construes and interprets the laws that are relevant to disposition of a case, but does not itself legislate or make laws," Deputy Attorney General Dorothy Sellers said.<br> <br> "The Legislature speaks for the people," she later added.<br> <br> But the Maui groups cite two state constitutional provisions: Article 1, section 21 and Article 11, section 5. Hall argued that the provisions prohibit state lawmakers from passing a special law to benefit a single business enterprise, particularly when dealing with state lands, site of the Kahului Harbor improvements for the Superferry.<br> <br> The reasoning is that the Legislature should be passing laws for the general welfare of the public and should not be cutting special deals on behalf of a single business, Hall told the Star-Bulletin.<br> <br> Although the law refers to a "large capacity ferry vessel company," Hall argued that it's clear that Act 2 deals solely with Superferry.<br> <br> Henkin said he believes the Maui groups have raised a "very serious claim, one that has a lot of appeal in terms of making sure our environmental laws can be effective in protecting us from unwise decisions ahead of time."<br> <br> <b>The State's Position<br> </b><br> The state responded in its legal brief filed last week that Act 2 does not violate either constitutional provision. Superferry's legal brief incorporated the arguments by the state.<br> <br> The law did not give anyone an "irrevocable grant" prohibited by Article 1, section 21 because Act 2 specifies it will be repealed on the 45th business day following the end of next year's legislative session or when the environmental impact statement is completed, whichever is earlier, the state argued.<br> <br> The state also said Act 2 does not provide "special benefits and immunities" for the Superferry alone because the law applies to all large-capacity ferry vessels. The law also did not deal with exercising control over state lands, the state argued. Act 2 simply exempted large ferry vessels from the laws requiring an environmental review before a proposed activity, the state said.<br> <br> The Maui groups failed to establish that it is "unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt (or by any standard)," the state said.<br> <br> <b>Rise in Ridership<br> </b><br> While the appeal has been simmering, Superferry officials are touting an increase in ridership. They celebrated its 125,000th passenger last week and continued to plan for expanding to the Big Island and Kauai.<br> The Alakai carried 36,600 passengers between Honolulu and Maui in July, about a 40 percent increase from June, according to Superferry officials. The number of vehicles was 9,200, a 36 percent increase over June.<br> <br> "Ridership is still very good," Fargo said. "I would say we're just about where we expected to be." He said they are targeting May to start service from Honolulu to Kawaihae Harbor on the Big Island using a second ferry, whose construction is about 80 percent complete.<br> <br> For Kauai, he said, Superferry officials wanted to first establish a reliable track record of service to Maui, hear from Kauai residents and make sure they get reliable information about the interisland operation.<br> <br> Fargo said they didn't have a firm date for the Kauai service, but said it would be after the state completes its impact statement.<br> <br> During the now twice-daily trips to Maui, Fargo said, the Superferry has been "very diligent" about complying with environmental laws. No major issues involving violations of the law have surfaced, he said.<br> <br> "Our goal is to meet and exceed the (environmental protection) standards because we believe them to be important also," he said.<br> <br> <b>Looking to High Court<br> </b><br> But the final word on whether the state's current environmental review is adequate rests with the Hawaii Supreme Court, which a year ago yesterday shocked the state and Superferry officials.<br> With its ruling issued just days before the Superferry's inaugural voyages, the high court made clear that environmental laws must be followed, regardless of the potential harm to the business.<br> <br> The appeal is with the Intermediate Court of Appeals, but Hall said he will ask that it be transferred to the high court because the appeal deals with matters of "great public importance" and whichever side loses in the Intermediate Court will likely ask the high court to review the ruling.<br> <br> Hall said he has until early next month to respond to the arguments by the state and Superferry, the final legal briefs for the case.<br> <br> He would not comment on whether he has a better chance with the five justices who would be considering the constitutionality of a law that shot down their decision.<br> <br> Henkin doesn't think so. "I'm confident the justices are not going to be caught up in any kind of personal connection to round 1," he said. "I'm sure they will look at round 2 and give a neutrally fair and dispassionate decision."<br> <br> <b>WHAT'S THE LAW?</b><br> <br> The two state Constitution provisions cited by the Maui groups challenging the state law that allows the Superferry to operate before an environmental impact statement is completed:<br> Article 1, section 21 - Limitations of Special Privileges<br> <br> The power of the State to act in the general welfare shall never be impaired by the making of any irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities.<br> Article 11, section 5 - General laws required; exceptions<br> <br> <b>Key dates in the superferry legal battle</b><br> <br> » Aug. 23, 2007: After hearing arguments earlier in the day, the Hawaii Supreme Court unanimously rules that environmental laws require the state to review the impact of the Superferry operations on the environment. The ruling overturned a 2005 decision by Maui Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza.<br> » Aug. 24, 2007: Superferry officials announce they are moving up the scheduled launch by two days, and one-way fares will be reduced to $5 a person and $5 a vehicle.<br> <br> » Aug. 26, 2007: Superferry's Alakai departs Honolulu to Kahului Harbor and returns, but the afternoon cruise to Kauai is met by protesters in the waters of Nawiliwili Harbor. Alakai returns to Honolulu Harbor.<br> <br> » Aug. 27, 2007: Cardoza issues an order banning Superferry operations to Maui until the state conducts an environmental review. (The Maui court case does not directly apply to Nawiliwili Harbor, but Superferry and state officials follow the Coast Guard's recommendation in suspending service to Kauai because of security issues raised by the protest.)<br> <br> » Oct. 31, 2007: The state Legislature passes Act 2, allowing the Superferry to operate while the state prepares an environmental impact statement. Act 2 says, "It is clearly in the public interest that a large capacity ferry vessel service should commence as soon as possible."<br> <br> » Nov. 14, 2007: Because of Act 2, Cardoza lifts his ban on Superferry operations to Maui.<br> <br> » Dec. 13, 2007: Superferry resumes service between Honolulu and Maui, although it is later disrupted by high waves and repairs.<br> <br> » Feb. 29: Sierra Club and two other groups file formal notice that they will appeal Cardoza's ruling. Like all appeals, the case goes to the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, the state's second-highest court, but the three groups will ask that the appeal go directly to the Hawaii Supreme Court.<br> <br> » Aug. 18: The state and Superferry file legal briefs defending Act 2.</h2><br> </div> Jennifer Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101864124214887690noreply@blogger.com