Contact Governor Lingle
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This landmark legislation (Act 204) to require solar on new homes would not have passed without community support. But Governor Linda Lingle is threatening to veto three key environmental bills.
This landmark legislation (Act 204) to require solar on new homes would not have passed without community support. But Governor Linda Lingle is threatening to veto three key environmental bills.
- Electronic Waste Recycling – SB 2843 establishes a much-needed electronic waste (e-waste) recycling program.
- “Right to Dry” Clothesline Bill – SB 2933 allows the use of clotheslines anywhere-including in community associations where restrictive covenants sometimes prohibit them.
- Invasives Prevention Funding – HB 2843 increases critical funding for the prevention of invasive species.
Contact Governor Lingle at 808-586-0034 or governor.lingle@hawaii.gov ASAP (before Friday, July 4), thank her for supporting the Solar Roofs bill, and ask that she let the measures below become law.
BORN ON THIS DAY – June 27th
1846: Charles Stewart Parnell, Ireland nationalist
1869: Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher
1880: Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer
1927: Bob Keeshan, aka Captain Kangaroo/Clarabelle
1938: Bruce E. Babbitt, former governor of AZ
1942: Bruce Johnston, rocker
1966: J.J. Abrams, writer/producer
1975: Tobey Maguire, actor
1991: Madylin Sweeten, actress
1846: Charles Stewart Parnell, Ireland nationalist
1869: Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher
1880: Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer
1927: Bob Keeshan, aka Captain Kangaroo/Clarabelle
1938: Bruce E. Babbitt, former governor of AZ
1942: Bruce Johnston, rocker
1966: J.J. Abrams, writer/producer
1975: Tobey Maguire, actor
1991: Madylin Sweeten, actress
EVENTS ON THIS DAY – June 27th
1542: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo departs from the port of Navidad Mexico, leading the first European expedition to explore what is now the west coast of the United States
1838: Queen Victoria is crowned
1844: Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, is killed (Carthage IL)
1846: Smithsonian Institution established
1847: Telegraph wires connect Boston and New York
1950: President Truman orders Air Force and Navy troops into the Korean conflict after the U.N. calls for assistance for South Korea
1950: The U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1954: CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow the elected government of Guatemala
1955: The first automobile seat belt legislation is enacted (Illinois)
1969: The birth of the homosexual rights movement: police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village NY (about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against the police for 3 days)
1973: John W Dean tells the Watergate Committee about the “enemies list” of the Nixon White House
1986: The World Court rules that U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan Contras is illegal
1990: Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8,600 to help their earthquake victims
2007 Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister, succeeding Tony Blair.
1542: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo departs from the port of Navidad Mexico, leading the first European expedition to explore what is now the west coast of the United States
1838: Queen Victoria is crowned
1844: Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, is killed (Carthage IL)
1846: Smithsonian Institution established
1847: Telegraph wires connect Boston and New York
1950: President Truman orders Air Force and Navy troops into the Korean conflict after the U.N. calls for assistance for South Korea
1950: The U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1954: CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow the elected government of Guatemala
1955: The first automobile seat belt legislation is enacted (Illinois)
1969: The birth of the homosexual rights movement: police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village NY (about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against the police for 3 days)
1973: John W Dean tells the Watergate Committee about the “enemies list” of the Nixon White House
1986: The World Court rules that U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan Contras is illegal
1990: Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8,600 to help their earthquake victims
2007 Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister, succeeding Tony Blair.
