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[QUOTE]Governor Lingle has named 48 volunteers on six Neighbor Islands to advise her administration on issues of importance to their islands and ways to improve state government.
The councils' duties include providing the governor with a list of issues and goals that should be addressed by state government and identifying spending priorities and potential new sources of revenue for the state.
The governor established the councils of advisers in May though an executive order. She says the new councils build on the success of the four Neighbor Island advisory committees she established when she first took office, Lingle said.
The East Hawaii council includes three Lingle appointees who were rejected by the state Senate. Attorney Ted Hong failed by one vote to win Senate confirmation as a Circuit Court judge last year, and businessman John Kai and student Dylan Nonaka were denied confirmation as University of Hawaii regents this year.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Governor Lingle has named 48 volunteers on six Neighbor Islands to advise her administration on issues of importance to their islands and ways to improve state government.
The councils' duties include providing the governor with a list of issues and goals that should be addressed by state government and identifying spending priorities and potential new sources of revenue for the state.
The governor established the councils of advisers in May though an executive order. She says the new councils build on the success of the four Neighbor Island advisory committees she established when she first took office, Lingle said.
The East Hawaii council includes three Lingle appointees who were rejected by the state Senate. Attorney Ted Hong failed by one vote to win Senate confirmation as a Circuit Court judge last year, and businessman John Kai and student Dylan Nonaka were denied confirmation as University of Hawaii regents this year.[/QUOTE]