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 Sierra Club Endorsements
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August 29, 2002 |
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by: Sierra Club
 STATE CAPITOL — The Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter—the state’s largest
grassroots advocacy organization—is endorsing Ed Case for Governor. The
decision came after recent interviews with Case and gubernatorial
candidates Mazie Hirono and Linda Lingle. The Sierra Club cited Case’s
record in opposing sprawl, protecting agricultural land, supporting the
bottle bill and sponsoring renewable energy legislation.
Case has made it clear that environmental protection should be elevated to
a core government function. As Case explains in his vision statement, “This
is not only a matter of funding priority, but also of preserving
undeveloped natural resources as they are.”
The Sierra Club believes Ed Case has the right environmental vision and has
made it clear that environmental protection should be a core government
function. Case said his priorities as governor would be preservation of
agriculture and conservation lands from sprawl development, guarding
against alien species and development of renewable energy sources.
"We're all stewards of our land. We all have an obligation to take care of
our land and hand it off to the next generation," Case said. "We're just
passing through. The land lives for those generations that come after us."
Democrat Hermina Morita (14 – N. Kauai), was the
lead advocate behind the bottle bill last session, as well as initiatives to
encourage more clean energy in the state.
The Sierra Club’s endorsement process involved sending detailed surveys
out to the candidates, interviewing many of them, and reviewing their
records. All endorsements received at least a two-thirds vote of two
Sierra Club bodies in order to be approved.
You'll read this in The Garden Island newspaper on Thurssday:
Patsy Mink for U.S. Congress District 2, Mina Mortita for State House
District 14, Gary Hooser for State Senate, and Ron Kouchi for Mayor of
Kaua`i are endorsed by the Sierra Club.
The Sierra Club will make endorsements for Kaua`i County Council candidates
for the General Election only. Seven candidates will be selected for
endorsement from among the top vote getters in the Primary Election from
the following nine County Council candidates: Kaipo Asing, Carol Bain, John
Barretto, Ray Chuan, Jay Furfaro, Rhoda Libre, Anne Punohu, Ken Stokes and
JoAnn Yukimura.
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