Governor Linda Lingle

Hawaii is also starting a program. http://www.phoenixmotorcars.com/news-and-events/releases/2008/pr-081209.php GOVERNOR LINGLE, MAYOR TAVARES AND PHOENIX MOTORCARS ANNOUNCE INTENT TO BRING ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO MAUI BY 2009 Electric Vehicle Partnership Supports Hawai’i’s Move Toward Energy Independence Ontario, Calif. –December 9, 2008 Governor Linda Lingle today announced a plan to bring all-electric vehicles and an electric vehicle infrastructure to the island of Maui through a...Read Full Story

Tuesday was a chance for a politician to do the right thing and, instead, she blinked. The Hawaii legislature passed the controversial Civil Unions bill by a vote of 31 to 20. Governor Linda Lingle had the option to either sign the bill, veto it, or allow it to become law without her signature. In her opinion, the legislature was manipulating the process and that the bill they passed did not reflect the will of the people. Of her veto, Lingle said, “After months of listening to...Read Full Story

Apparently, Hawaii GOP Governor Linda Lingle puts her own beliefs ahead of the will of the state legislature and the majority of the Hawaiian public which polls showed support civil unions for same sex couples. Lindle's hubris reminds me of that of the delusional Chimperator , George Bush, who allowed his religious lunacy and sense of "I know best" lead the USA into the continuing nightmare in Iraq. Few things are more dangerous than politicians who believe that their religious beliefs should...Read Full Story

I ask this question shortly after the announcement by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle that she had decided to veto the civil union bill that was passed by the legislature in late April. With her body blocking the state seal – with its (loosely translated) motto of “The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness” and its depiction of the Goddess of Liberty – Lingle issued the by-now boilerplate blather about letting the people, rather than the legislature, decide. It’s as though she’d...Read Full Story

Tuesday was a chance for a politician to do the right thing and, instead, she blinked. The Hawaii legislature passed the controversial Civil Unions bill by a vote of 31 to 20. Governor Linda Lingle had the option to either sign the bill, veto it, or allow it to become law without her signature. In her opinion, the legislature was manipulating the process and that the bill they passed did not reflect the will of the people. Of her veto, Lingle said, “After months of listening to...Read Full Story