Democratic Underground - But, thanks to privatization, the government is pretty much shut out

as I mentioned above. All the city can do is to try to raise revenue -- that is, fares, since they're too chicken to even touch the gas tax.

As for the state, it's now controlled by the Repukes -- 'nuf ced.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Aug/23/ln/ln02a.html

Gov. Linda Lingle said yesterday she hopes the union and bus company work things out. If she did have the power to intervene she said she would prefer not to use it. "Whether or not I have the authority, my preference is for the union and the company to work this out," Lingle said. "Like everyone in the state I'm concerned about a strike of the bus system. It would be bad for everyone, it would be bad for the economy and make life difficult for people trying to get to school and to work."

State chief negotiator Ted Hong said the governor does not have the legal authority to intervene should bus workers strike.

"There's no state law that would permit her to intervene in this strike," he said. "There's really nothing she can do. There's no money she could offer or throw into the mix, there's no legal authority that she could utilize to compel the Teamsters to go back and operate the buses."

This is what happens when you fall asleep and let your neighbors vote for Repukes! The irony is that ol' Fish-face got in in large part because of a perception that unions are too powerful in Hawai'i! If they were, they wouldn't have to employ these sorts of tactics.

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