★DISCUSSION of ACT 55~PLDC★ (Public Land Development Corporation) Monday, DEC. 3, PAIA Community Center’s Main Hall, 7pm UPCOUNTRY SUSTAINABILITY hosts Mahina Martin and Lucienne de Naie will present their research on the controversial PLDC recently passed by the legislature. Specifically, they will address: ~How Act 55 evolved legislatively (using some of Gary Hooser’s insight/info) ~The […]
Mahina Martin Testifies at PLDC
Maui opponent Mahina Martin flew to Honolulu to attend today’s meeting, criticizing the agency in part for holding a single state-wide followup hearing on O’ahu, which she said was difficult for neighbor islanders to attend.
Life of the Land PLDC Testimony 10-13-2012
re: Proposed Adoption of Hawaii Administrative Rules This meeting is not listed on the PLDC “2012 Board Meeting” Web page (20 nor is it listed on the Hawaii eGov Calendar site.2 The PLDC has posted its proposed rules on the DLNR website.(3) Life of the Land was born in 1970, before the first Earth Day […]
PLDC Meeting
The Public Lands Development Corporation meeting will be televised live on Akaku November 13th at10:30am. (Meeting is on Oahu)
Summary of Public Lands Development Corporation Law
Information on Act 55 By Donna Wong, Hawaii Thousand friends In the 2011 legislative session Senator Donovan Dela Cruz introduced SB 1555, which created Act 55 the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC). SB 1555 snuck through the legislature with only 3 public hearings including only 1 hearing on the exemption language. Act 55: […]
SIERRA CLUB LAUNCHES PLDC REPEAL CAMPAIGN
HONOLULU, HAWAII – Today the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club, the state’s largest environmental grassroots organization with over 12,000 members and supporters, unveiled a campaign to repeal the Public Lands Development Corporation (PLDC). Based on the concerns raised by thousands of worried residents, the Sierra Club is encouraging legislators to publicly commit to repealing the […]