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February 15, 2007
WHO GAVE: Hawaii Superferry, Inc.
WHO RECEIVED: State Representative Joe Souki (D, 8th District)
DATE: Jan. 24, 2006
AMOUNT: $1,000
Joe Souki, who's sat in the state Legislature representing Wailuku,
Waihee, Waiehu, Puuohala and Waikapu for a quarter of a century, chairs
the House Transportation Committee. He's one of the most powerful men
in the state House. And because of the Democratic Party's
near-dictatorial control over the state House, Republicans hold just
two of the committee's 13 seats, he doesn't have to worry about
achieving any bi-partisan consensus. This term, probably the single
biggest item going before the Transportation Committee is the
Superferry, which hasn't exactly been stingy with the campaign
contributions. Slow growth activist Dick Mayer knows this, which is why
he wrote a letter to the editor of The Maui News, which published it on
Feb. 9, 2007. In his letter Mayer calls on Souki to pass House Bill
702, which would force Hawaii Superferry, Inc.—which hasn't exactly
been stingy with the campaign contributions, as the above notation
makes clear—to commission an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of
its proposed operations. "An EIS would not only describe the
impacts but more importantly would indicate means to mitigate the
problems," Mayer wrote. "The people of Maui are counting on Rep. Souki
to help get an EIS."
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