Council Hearing on no-GMO bill - November 13th
Special Council hearing on Bill 361, the no-GMO bill recently vetoed by Mayor Kim
The Hawai'i County Council will hold a special hearing to consider overriding the Mayor's veto of Bill 361, which the Council passed unanimously not long ago.
The hearing will be at 10:00 AM in Hilo on Thursday, November 13th.
The location for this hearing on bill 361 to overturn the Mayor's veto is at the County Council chambers:
333 Kilauea Avenue
Ben Franklin Building, 2nd Floor
Hilo, Hawai‘I
This is the pink building next to the Ben Franklin craft store.
Please come and give in-person testimony, however brief. We need a lot of people there to support the Council in overriding Mayor Kim's veto.
If you cannot come in person, please call or e-mail testimony to your councilperson and the entire council on this issue.
961-8225 is the number for council member offices - call and ask for your council member.
Also send your testimony to the entire council at this address:
counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Individual council member e-mails are:
Brenda Ford: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us
Stacy Higa: shiga@co.hawaii.hi.us
Pete Hoffmann: phoffmann@co.hawaii.hi.us
Donald: Ikeda: dikeda@co.hawaii.hi.us
Bob Jacobson: jjaco@co.hawaii.hi.us
Emily Naeole: enaeole@co.hawaii.hi.us
Angel Pilago: kapilago@co.hawaii.hi.us
Dominic Yagong: dyagong@co.hawaii.hi.us
J. Yoshimoto: jyoshimoto@co.hawaii.hi.us