Oh what to do...........

State Legislature and Superferry
It appears the State Legislature is headed for a special session re the Superferry. Here's the dilemma--somebody has got to fix the problem created by the Supreme's late ruling. (Come on, guys --you had two years to rule on this but you waited until the 11th hour!) The finger pointing has already begun but the bottom line is this; Superferry officials did what they were told to do by the State DOT. Now they could be out a gazillon bucks and those investors are going to want to sue--the State of Hawaii.
While this could be a simple equation, its been complicated by the fact that many voters want the Superferry, especially on Oahu where the majority of legislators are elected to represent Oahu. (Did you see the poll from the Advertiser?)So, looks like reps listen to their voters who support the Superferry....or not, and possibly pay the consequences.
Of course, on Maui, the two stooges and the stoogette, aka our Senators face the same dilemma--a split community. Perhaps they will decide to stonewall, just as they did on the hospital issue here, by suggesting they have another solution and will form a committee that will study it, report findings and have them filed and never acted on. If they do that again, hopefully they will be out of office by the time the study is finished.
These Senators have another problem--almost all of their campaign contribution dollars come from Oahu - the same place there is tremendous support for the Superferry.
Our House reps are either silent or tiptoeing around the issue.

WELCOME BACK WHALES
Front page photo in the Maui News shows the first whale of the season off Lanai. Was that a zoomed photo shoot or was that boat way closer than the law allows? Shocked? Oh, grow up!
I've been reading about other places that whale watching is popular. They have regulations that only allow tour boats to stay in the area of active whale pods for 10 minutes and only three boats at a time. Poor whales get chased down by tour boats all season long including Pacific Whale Foundation boats! Coast Guard doesn't patrol so who's to know. Tourist on those boats aren't going to protest because they get their up close and personal with the whales.