GOVERNOR SHARES LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WITH NEIGHBOR ISLAND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND KONA ROTARY CLUB
January 25 -
The Governor delivered keynote remarks at a joint meeting of the Kona-Kohala
Chamber of Commerce and Kona Rotary Club and to a meeting of the Maui
Chamber of Commerce. In her remarks at each meeting, Governor Lingle
outlined her Administration's top priorities for the 2007 legislative
session, the centerpiece of which is the Hawai`i Innovation
Initiative. The Governor described this initiative as a "dynamic
process which links together our people, our knowledge and our many assets
to transform ideas, insights, and inventions into new processes, products
and services that are desired worldwide." Governor Lingle also
discussed proposals relating to tax relief, education, changing medical
malpractice laws, affordable housing, land use policies, the environment,
increasing Hawai`i's competitiveness in the global economy, protecting our
citizens, and upgrading highways, harbors and airports.