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With the 2023 state legislative session underway, I re- main committed to working together with all members of both chambers to conduct the people’s business. We will not agree on all issues, but to- gether, we will work always with aloha for each other and to make Hawai‘i a better place for our people.
With the help of our House colleagues, we have intro- duced a measure in both chambers to create a new state permitting office to eliminate the red tape.
Let’s all support a Hawaiian Cultural Center where residents and visitors will learn about our culture, history, traditions and practices.
We must also commit to help more small farmers to realize their dream of own- ing the land they farm on and increase Hawai‘i’s ability to produce our own food. To achieve sustainable farming for our people, the state must take a page from developer Peter Savio’s playbook. Sav- io acquired the fee interest
on 280 acres of agricultural lands and subdivided and sold individual lots to work- ers and farmers in Waialua. This helps promote agricul- ture and helps keeps farmers on the land to produce food for their families and our families.
is legislation for the state to build a new, eco-friend- ly, waste-to-energy facility. A new green facility would process all waste, filter the emissions well below clean air standards, process the ash for recyclable metals and use the rest of the unrecycled ash for construction and road materials.
Contact state Sen. Kurt Fevella (District 20 – ‘Ewa Beach, Ocean Pointe, ‘Ewa by Gentry, Iroquois Point, portion of ‘Ewa Villages) at 808-586-6360 or senfevel- la@capitol.hawaii.gov.
STATE SEN. KURT FEVELLA
Working Together To Create A Healthier Hawai‘i
I have been working close- ly with our local film indus- try stakeholders. Hawai‘i’s film tax credit provides tax savings for qualified produc- tion costs, but we don’t know who and how much a produc- tion company received in tax savings. More must be dis- closed on the impact of this tax credit, the actual earnings and jobs created for Hawai‘i’s residents and to build a film
studio on the West side of O‘ahu.
Hemp is a high value crop and can bring diverse reve- nues to Hawai‘i. There are more than 50,000 uses of hemp — fiber for clothes, wood, cement and other con- struction material.
For decades, we have talk- ed about a Hawaiian Cultural Center. Let’s all support a Ha- waiian Cultural Center where residents and visitors will learn about our culture, his- tory, traditions and practices.
The mental well-being of our residents remains a priority. Our patients from the West side have testified how ketamine is an effective treatment. We need to take a closer look to have this cov- ered for those who are suf- fering from depression.
Hawai‘i’s electricity rates are among the highest in the nation. Currently, there
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