Post by Logan on Jun 15, 2016 22:42:10 GMT -6
Maui Steal the Farmland Initiative Fails--60% Signatures Bogus
KauaiEclectic June 14, 2016: The Maui Community Farmland initiative, which would have used taxpayer money to condemn private ag land for committee-dictated farming, has failed to make the Maui County ballot.
Organizers submitted one petition with 11,339 signatures, and then a supplemental petition with another 6,827 signatures. But 10,861 signatures were deemed invalid, leaving the initiative 1,896 registered voters short of the 9,201 required, according to a press release from the Maui County Clerk. (10861 / 18166 = 59.8% bogus)
On June 3, organizers were expressing confidence that their proposal “to convert the former [HC&S] sugarcane lands from private to public to create the world’s largest community-owned organic agricultural park” would go before voters. “We can now say with 90% certainty that we will be on the November ballot.”
Oops....
It's unclear how much was spent paying people to collect signatures, or where the money came from, because those loudly demanding transparency — these are the same folks that led the SHAKA GMO moratorium initiative on Maui — don't practice it themselves.
Read more: www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/17610/Maui-60-Bogus-Signatures-on-Ballot-Petition-to-Seize-Farms-from-Owners.aspx
KauaiEclectic June 14, 2016: The Maui Community Farmland initiative, which would have used taxpayer money to condemn private ag land for committee-dictated farming, has failed to make the Maui County ballot.
Organizers submitted one petition with 11,339 signatures, and then a supplemental petition with another 6,827 signatures. But 10,861 signatures were deemed invalid, leaving the initiative 1,896 registered voters short of the 9,201 required, according to a press release from the Maui County Clerk. (10861 / 18166 = 59.8% bogus)
On June 3, organizers were expressing confidence that their proposal “to convert the former [HC&S] sugarcane lands from private to public to create the world’s largest community-owned organic agricultural park” would go before voters. “We can now say with 90% certainty that we will be on the November ballot.”
Oops....
It's unclear how much was spent paying people to collect signatures, or where the money came from, because those loudly demanding transparency — these are the same folks that led the SHAKA GMO moratorium initiative on Maui — don't practice it themselves.
Read more: www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/17610/Maui-60-Bogus-Signatures-on-Ballot-Petition-to-Seize-Farms-from-Owners.aspx