Aloha,

Rep. Evans is looking forward to your questions this Thursday! In addition to being Chair of the Public Safety and Military Affairs comittee she also serves as a member of the following committees;
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transportation
Labor & Public Employment
Judiciary

She also serves as the Chair of the Hertiage Caucus.

We hope readers from the Big Island and West Hawaii will also participate.

Mahalo!

I understand that you have been very involved with the issue of prisons and Hawaii's inmates and I read your recent HA Letter to the Editor on the Governor's announced plan to build tent prisons. What do you think of that idea and why can't we seem to get it together and build our own modern state prison? And also I've heard you recently visited Hawaii's prisoners on the mainland. What does it matter if they do their time here or there?

Mahalo

Sharon

Aloha
Looking forward to talking with you later today!
Rep. Evans

Representative Evans,
I was very disappointed to see your name listed as an introducer to House Resolution 153 and House Concurrent Resolution 180, requesting the general assembly of the United Nations to officially commemorate cockfighting as a global sport. With all of the important issues facing our islands why would you support glorifying a practice, which is outlawed in Hawaii (and 48 other states)? The Resolutions state “even the American Founding Fathers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson recognized the value of cockfighting, as participants in that sport”, as somehow justifying the practice. Representative Evans, there are many things our founding fathers practiced (slavery, growing cannabis etc.) which in hindsight today I doubt very seriously you or any of the other introducers would glorify. Cockfighting is a cruel, inhumane practice, which serves no purpose. Please explain why you support cockfighting and helped introduce these Resolutions.
Jen

Rep. Evans: We Hawaiians of the VFW are really ticked off at those who are harassing our soldiers over training areas thats used for over 60 years. Most of them are non-Hawaiian Christians who hustle people to go to Makua with adds in Westside Stories. Our elected brought our soldiers here and they are expected to perform in combat for us. Why haven’t we heard any supporting words for our soldiers from members of the Legislature like those in the Military Affairs Committee?

There are a bunch of proposals floating in the Legislature that basically seeks to micro-manage the Department of Public Safety on many different levels. Other than Representative Hanohano, a former ACO, I think its very fair to ask what credentials or correctional experience do you or your legislative partners-in-crime have to try to impose ill-conceived policies upon this department that are rooted in absolutely zero professional or even personal understanding of what it takes to run a prison, much less a state-wide prison-system?

There are a bunch of proposals floating in the Legislature that basically seek to micro-manage the Department of Public Safety on many different levels. Other than Representative Hanohano, a former ACO, I think its very fair to ask what credentials or correctional experience do you or your legislative partners-in-crime have to try to impose ill-conceived policies upon this department that are rooted in absolutely zero professional or even personal understanding of what it takes to run a prison, much less a state-wide prison-system?