It seems so much easier to fight negative people head on and sacrifice the ultimate level of compassion and happiness. A couple of my mentors from the World War II generation didn’t take anything from anyone. They challenged racists and the mistreatment from their own country. They were willing to die so that future generations like [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 13, 2008
Written Remarks on S.B. 2646, S.D.2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1, Important Agricultural Lands: Part 2
Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu
Final Reading Written Remarks
Senate Bill 2646, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 2, Conference Draft 1
Relating to Important Agricultural Lands
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Continued…
Designation of Important Agricultural Land and Reclassification to Other Land Use Districts by Declaratory Order of the Land Use Commission
Chapter 205-44, Hawaii Revised Statutes, defines the standards and criteria for [...]
May 13, 2008
Written Remarks on S.B. 2646, S.D.2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1, Important Agricultural Lands: Part 1
Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu
Final Reading Written Remarks
Senate Bill 2646, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 2, Conference Draft 1
Relating to Important Agricultural Lands
Thursday, May 1, 2008
I rise in support.
In 1978, voters approved Article XI, Section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, which sets out the framework for state policies to promote [...]
May 9, 2008
Final Reading Written Remarks on H.B. 2954, S.D. 1 Relating Towing Companies
Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu
Final Reading Written Remarks
House Bill 2954, Senate Draft 1
Prohibits a towing company from charging the owner of a vehicle hooked up for towing if the owner of the vehicle appears on the scene.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I rise in support.
I want to thank Speaker Emeritus Joseph M. Souki for inserting [...]
May 9, 2008
Final Reading Written Remarks for S.B. 2803,S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1 Relating to Personal Information
Representative Jon Riki Karamatsu
Final Reading Written Remarks
Senate Bill 2803, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1, Conference Draft 1
Relating to Personal Information (Identity Theft)
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I rise in support.
The purpose of this bill is to protect the personal information collected and maintained by state and county agencies through the implementation of the [...]
May 9, 2008
Final Reading Written Remarks on S.B. 2456, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1 Relating to Harassment
Representative Jon Riki Karamatsu
Final Reading Written Remarks
Senate Bill 2456, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 1, Conference Draft 1
Relating to Harassment (Harassment by Impersonation)
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I rise in support.
Since the 2005 Legislative Session, I have been working to create a new law to discourage impersonation. The reasoning is that people are being [...]
May 9, 2008
Final Reading Written Remarks for House Bill 2500, H.D.1, S.D.1, C.D.1 Relating to the State Budget
Representative Jon Riki Karamatsu
Final Reading Written Remarks
House Bill 2500, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1, Conference Draft 1
Relating to the State Budget
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I rise in support.
House Bill 2500 appropriates supplemental funds for the operating and capital costs of the Executive Branch for the fiscal year July 1, 2008, through June 20, [...]
May 4, 2008
Compassion: 3. Your Opponents
Opponents are those who are mean, vindictive, heartless, impatient, jealous, self-righteous, and/or selfish. They like to criticize and attack you in hopes of taking you down personally or your career. I do not hate them. I only wish them peace and happiness.
In April 2008, I made an invocation for the Hawaii State House of Representatives. My [...]
May 4, 2008
Compassion: 2. Your Enemies
Having compassion for your enemies is the most difficult thing to do in my opinion. How do you have compassion for someone who harmed you or a loved one, or even go as far as to kill your loved one?
I still have difficulty with the males who raped female friends of mine. For some of us, our first instinct [...]
May 3, 2008
End of the 2008 Legislative Session
I authored and passed bills to prevent harassment by impersonation, float $35 million in special purpose revenue bonds for Sopogy, Inc. to build a solar farm on Oahu, create a $1 million beach restoration fund that requires a $1 to $1 match from the private sector, require tow truck companies to drop a vehicle and not place a fine if the [...]
