{"id":512,"date":"2018-01-11T18:58:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T04:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.concon.info\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2018-11-06T07:43:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T17:43:31","slug":"letters-to-the-editor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.concon.info\/?page_id=512","title":{"rendered":"Letters To The Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section Header&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.5&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#f5eee1&#8243; global_module=&#8221;145&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_header global_parent=&#8221;145&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;on&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;on&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; 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_builder_version=&#8221;3.17.5&#8243; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f5eee1&#8243; prev_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text Letters To The Editor&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.93&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Letters To The Editor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text Yes&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Lee, Peter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/printreplica.staradvertiser.com\/?selDate=20181029&amp;goTo=A08&amp;artid=1\">ConCon could allow citizens\u2019 initatives<\/a>,\u00a0Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 29, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Stitham, Mark Dillen, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2018\/10\/19\/editorial\/letters\/letter-concon-foes-want-to-protect-power\/\">ConCon foes want to protect power<\/a>,\u00a0Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 19, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Dillen, Mark, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2018\/10\/letters-voters-just-cant-be-trusted-with-a-concon\/?utm_source=Civil%20Beat%20Master%20List&amp;utm_campaign=32aea7ace3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_19_06_00&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_51c2dd3cf3-32aea7ace3-401817913&amp;mc_cid=32aea7ace3&amp;mc_eid=910cbc8e7f\">After 40 years, don\u2019t we need change?<\/a>, Civil Beat, October 19, 2018. Note: the name is slightly different but the author of the letter above may be the same person.<\/p>\n<p>Craft,\u00a0Victor,\u00a0V<a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2018\/10\/14\/editorial\/letters\/letter-vote-yes-on-concon-to-break-status-quo\/?HSA=aec2c7d897c060ab33683268120ff26b90adfc41\">ote yes on ConCon to break status quo<\/a>,\u00a0Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 16, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton, Warner Kimo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiifreepress.com\/ArticlesDailyNews\/tabid\/65\/ID\/22404\/Letters-to-the-Editor-October-2018.aspx\">1978 Delegate: New ConCon Needed<\/a>, Hawaii Free Press, October 12, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Arinaga, Paul, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2018\/09\/letters-maybe-a-con-con-will-be-worth-it\/?utm_source=Civil%20Beat%20Master%20List&amp;utm_campaign=ec584bc5ed-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_23_06_49&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_51c2dd3cf3-ec584bc5ed-401817913&amp;mc_cid=ec584bc5ed&amp;mc_eid=910cbc8e7f\">Maybe A Con Con Will Be Worth It<\/a>, Civil Beat, September 24, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Kawamoto, John, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2017\/12\/27\/editorial\/letters\/con-con-could-fix-legislative-flaws\/\">Con Con could fix legislative flaws<\/a>, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, December 27, 2017. Press-Reader version, p. A7, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/usa\/honolulu-star-advertiser\/20171227\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text No&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.5&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>No<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Denny III, Lowell, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2018\/11\/04\/editorial\/letters\/letter-stand-up-for-labor-vote-no-on-concon\/\">Stand up for labor, vote no on ConCon<\/a>,\u00a0Honolulu Star-Advertiser, November 4, 2018. Same letter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhawaiitoday.com\/2018\/11\/04\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor-11-4-18\/\">published<\/a> in West Hawaii Today.<\/p>\n<p>Menor-McNamara, Sherry, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2018\/11\/03\/editorial\/letters\/letter-dont-waste-money-time-on-concon\/\">Don\u2019t waste money, time on ConCon<\/a>,\u00a0Honolulu Star-Advertiser, November 3, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong, Dylan P., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2018\/10\/19\/editorial\/letters\/letter-special-interests-pushing-for-concon\/\">Special interests pushing for ConCon<\/a>,\u00a0Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 19, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs, Jake, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2018\/10\/letters-voters-just-cant-be-trusted-with-a-concon\/?utm_source=Civil%20Beat%20Master%20List&amp;utm_campaign=32aea7ace3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_19_06_00&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_51c2dd3cf3-32aea7ace3-401817913&amp;mc_cid=32aea7ace3&amp;mc_eid=910cbc8e7f\">We have an uninformed electorate<\/a>, Civil Beat, October 19, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Dove, Larry,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2018\/10\/17\/editorial\/letters\/letters-spend-concon-funds-on-infrastructure\/\">Spend ConCon funds on infrastructure<\/a>,\u00a0Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 17, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Wildberger, Tina, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mauinews.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/2018\/10\/keep-hawaii-hawaii-vote-no-on-con-con\/\">Keep Hawaii Hawaii; vote no on \u2018Con-Con\u2019<\/a>, The Maui News, October 16, 2018. The author is the Democratic nominee for\u00a0State House District 11.<\/p>\n<p>Tanimitsu, Gary K.,<a href=\"https:\/\/printreplica.staradvertiser.com\/?selDate=20181008&amp;goTo=A08&amp;artid=1\"> Cost of a ConCon too high for kupuna<\/a>, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 8, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Moore, Willis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2018\/08\/letters-rejecting-donations-in-oha-races\/\">Implied support for a constitutional convention<\/a>, Civil Beat, August 22, 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Moore, Willis, <a href=\"https:\/\/printreplica.staradvertiser.com\/?selDate=20180625&amp;goTo=A08&amp;artid=1\">Con Con a forum for mischief-making<\/a>, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, June 25, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text Other&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.15&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Other<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wahiawa, Davis Seeholzer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2018\/10\/letters-thank-you-for-reading-hawaiis-constitution\/\">A ConCon would be a civics lesson<\/a>, Civil Beat, October 8, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawai\u02bbi State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse Information Related to Hawai\u02bbi&#8217;s November 6, 2018 State Constitutional Convention Referendum Letters To The Editor <div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Yes Lee, Peter,\u00a0ConCon could allow citizens\u2019 initatives,\u00a0Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 29, 2018. 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