SUPERFERRY TASK FORCE STACKED WITH FERRY SUPPORTERS
Honolulu Advertiser - October 25, 2007
At Sunday's Superferry meeting on Kaua`i, Sen. Colleen Hanabusa represented herself as being evenhanded and undecided on the special legislation issue regarding the Superferry.
I was distressed to come home and read on The Advertiser Web site that she is recommending a bogus "watchdog commission" comprised of three of the governor's minions, the attorney general, Superferry CEO John Garibaldi and enough "business representatives," (read chamber of commerce) to provide a solid pro-Superferry majority on the 13-member commission.
If she truly meant it when she said, "I think we need to heal as best we can," then she needs an extreme makeover of her diagnosis of the condition.
This sort of duplicity will, in time, earn her the distrust of her colleagues and constituents, and she will marginalize her influence as Senate president.
Kip Goodwin
Kapa`a, Kaua`i
