The May 20 editorial is surprising in its simplistic endorsement of the Superferry’s return, this time with gambling and alcohol added. Talk about a bad mix. Let’s remember that this vessel was already known for its high rate of seasickness with each crossing, and its high diesel fuel consumption made it uneconomical and hardly in […]
Superferry Bill Appears Dead
The Ferry bill was not heard by the Senate Ways and Means Committee prior to the Committee transmitting its completed budget package on Tuesday 4/6/20110. This means the measure is dead unless attached to some other bill.
Ferry system bill lacks key information, is misguided
Maui News As general manager of Sea Link Of Hawaii, Hawaii’s oldest ferry system, I feel obligated to share my 25 years of experience. Sea Link has operated since 1986 between Maui and Molokai at then-Gov. John Waihee’s request to ease Molokai’s unemployment problem. New ferry legislation (HB1239) has passed the state House and is […]
HB 1239 – State Financed Superferry
House Bill 1239 (Senate Bill SD1), would require that the State buy and operate a “High Speed Ferry Vessel”. It next goes to the Senate’s Ways and Means Committee for funding. Ways and Means Committee: Chair David Ige (Email sendige@Capitol.hawaii.gov) Vice-Chair Michelle Kidani (Email senkidani@capitol.hawaii.gov) Suzanne Chun Oakland, Donovan M. Dela Cruz, J. Kalani English, […]
Sink state-run superferry idea
Honolulu Star Advertiser POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 25, 2011 State legislators skeptically backed away from ordering a study last year about the wisdom of launching a state-sponsored multi-island ferry system. They are now on the brink of falling overboard by creating a framework of such a system without a study. Some people are under […]