Showing posts with label The Ledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Ledge. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The Ledge: Manta Lovers

"The Ledge" is produced by the office of Rep. Hermina Morita. Here's the latest video on Manta Rays:


Representative Denny Coffman, a freshman lawmaker from the Big Island, talks about a pro-active measure he introduced this session that would make it illegal to kill or capture manta rays. Only 154 manta rays have been identified in Kona, Hawaii since 1992. These majestic creatures are susceptible to overfishing and are hunted and killed for their dried gill rakers in order produce traditional Asian medicine. There is no immediate threat to the manta population in Hawaii. However, new demand for manta rays have already threatened local populations in Indonesia, Mexico and the Phillipines. HB366 makes an exception for special permits granted for scientific, education, management and propagation purposes.

The Senate Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs will be hearing HB 366 March 18, 2009 at 3 p.m. in conference room 229.

Monday, March 9, 2009

The Ledge: HB 444 Civil Unions


House Bill 444, introduced by Rep. Blake Oshiro, stalled in Senate Committee last month with a vote of 3-3. Senators are considering forcing the bill out of committee for a full floor vote. The Honolulu Star Bulletin has an article on the rally and candlelight vigil held by civil unions supporters Saturday night. The rally is featured in this weeks "The Ledge" episode, which is created by staff of Rep. Hermina Morita's office.

Monday, February 9, 2009

"The Ledge" perspective on Ceded Lands

"The Ledge" is produced by the office of Rep. Hermina Morita. Here is this week's video on HB1667:

Monday, January 26, 2009

"The Ledge" on YouTube

Each Friday staff from Representative Hermina Morita's office will post to YouTube a new episode of "The Ledge," a video series that will focus on what has happened throughout the week at the Hawaii State Capitol during the 2009 Legislative Session.

Joel Guy, a filmmaker from Kauai’s North Shore who is active in conservation and the perpetuation of Hawaiian culture, joined Morita's office staff this year as a session worker and will film, produce and direct the episodes.

Thus far, three videos have been posted to the YouTube website.

Here's this past Friday's episode, which looks at Opening Day of the 25th Legislature:



Visit the website weekly! We will also post episodes to the House Blog as they are released.