Apr 1, 2019
“It’s Hawai‘i, Jake”: In the State Legislature, water legislation grows murkier by the minute
“It’s Hawai‘i, Jake”: In the State Legislature, water legislation grows murkier by the minute
The film classic Chinatown tells a story of power, perfidy, and stolen water rights in 1930s Los Angeles. In 2019’s Honolulu, the same elements seem to be swirling around the State Legislature, where a recent surge of backroom maneuvers has rivaled any movie plot twist.
Late Friday night, HB1326, the so-called Corporate Water Theft Bill, was suddenly joined by a separate but almost identical…
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