Is Hawai'i the most liberal state? something to think about if you move there (Honolulu: inspection, cost of)

[McFrostyJ]

Originally Posted by whtviper1

The ERA is considered liberal?

It probably was back in the day. Think about how silly many of the issues that we are dealing with today will look in 40 years! How many of them will people be surprised to hear that they were once considered "Liberal" issues.

[hawaiian by heart]

Hawaii was also the first to protect employees with this bill



http://www.nelp.org/page/-/SCLP/Mode...es.pdf?nocdn=1

[Robin Rossi]

Originally Posted by hawaiian by heart

Hawaii was also the first to protect employees with this bill



[URL]http://www.nelp.org/page/-/SCLP/ModelStateHiringInitiatives.pdf?nocdn=1[/URL]

Are you offering this as a positive, or a negative event?

[hawaiian by heart]

Originally Posted by Robin Rossi

Are you offering this as a positive, or a negative event?

Nothing just offering it as Hawai'i was the first in the Nation to do this.

[Fredesch]

Why wouldn't you consider it a positive thing? If the person has paid their debt to society, why would you continue to punish them?

[hawaiian by heart]

Did you know Hawai'i also was the first in electing an Asian American Gov and other congress positions

Asian Americans in government and politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Robin Rossi]

Originally Posted by hawaiian by heart

Did you know Hawai'i also was the first in electing an Asian American Gov and other congress positions

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Americans_in_government_and_politics"]Asian Americans in government and politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL]

I am all for that. Asian Immigrants are generally diligent, hard-working and make great Americans.

[Robin Rossi]

Originally Posted by Fredesch

Why wouldn't you consider it a positive thing? If the person has paid their debt to society, why would you continue to punish them?

You means besides "recidivism"

[hawaiian by heart]

Another First but it was not good news. Is it still like this?




Hawaii: Scolded for Furlough Fridays | Mother Jones

[mdand3boys]

In Hawaii County, those Furlough Friday's only seemed to prove that the County doesn't really need as many people as the government unions claim they do...