The Honolulu Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii • 8

A-8 Saturday, Feb. 17, 1973 HONOLULU ADVERTISER environment panel proposal backed in the hopper Island residents should be lured into registering as voters by offering them lottery prizes in return, State Rep. Kenneth K. L. Lee suggested yesterday.

Lee, D-17th Dist. (Kalihi-Palama), proposed that a "voter lottery" be held following each election. Within each representative district, the State would award prizes to be determined by the Lieutenant Governor equal to the number of House seats in the district. The names of every registered voter would automatically be tossed into the pot for a possible prize. Lee said this practice would "promote, encourage and preserve maximum voter participation at general "can make them the most important output of this legislative session." Support for the resolution also came from the Sierra Club and from Doak C.

Cox, director of the University of Hawaii Environmental Center and a member of the Governor's Environmental Council. Cox told the committee he spoke more as an individual than as a representative of the council or of the University. Dave Raney, representing the Sierra Club, said the group supports the resolutions even though it is not in complete agreement with the composition of the commission. "WE WOULD welcome stronger measures to assure the protection of our environment, but support this resolution as a positive step in the right direction," Raney said. But he said the Sierra Club is skeptical that the proposed commission will be able to forge a strong State policy, because of its size (27 members), the diversity of interests of its members and their geographical separation.

Cox said the makeup of the proposed commission is one of its strongest assets. He said the commission, representing various levels of government and the different branches of State and County agencies "will be well constituted for the function identified." By DOUGLAS BOSWELL Advertiser Government Writer Environmental committees of both houses of the Legislature yesterday appeared ready to endorse establishment of a new State commission to set statewide environmental policies. Concurrent resolutions introduced in both houses went to a joint public hearing of the Senate Committee on Ecology, Environment and Recreation and the House Committee on Environmental Protection. The resolutions call on the Governor to name a 27-member commission composed of State and county representatives and members of the public from all Islands. NEW STATE policies recommended by the commission late in 1974 would then be integrated into the State's planning processes as a guide to such agencies as the Land Use Commission, the Board of Agriculture and the Department of Land and Natural Resources, along with County planning agencies.

Creation of the commission was recommended by the State's Environmental Council, as a means of dealing with mounting problems involving population, the economic bases of various Island areas, and urbanization. Dr. Richard E. Marland, director of the State's Office of Environmental Quality Control, told the hearing Advertiser emphasize the quality of life, not quantity," he added. Marland said the commission's work is seen as substantially a full-time job for its members, but he added that the commission should make use of citizen task forces in all neighborhoods.

SAID enactment of the resolutions to create the commission, plus continued support by the Legislature, to ease Oahu 'crises9 Capitol senator urges bricks in Isle tanks proposed again SEN. EUREKA FORBES. yesterday introduced a bill to allow persons to buy and use "Mace" for self-defense. Mrs. Forbes' bill would require anyone wishing to buy the protective aerosol device to obtain a permit from the county police chief.

Anyone under 20, or who had been adjudged insane, or who had been convicted of a "crime of violence," a narcotics charge, or of prostitution, would not be granted a permit. SEN. NADAO YOSHINAGA yesterday introduced a bill that wTould give the Legislature veto power over any plan to dispose of public lands fronting the shoreline. Either a two-thirds vote against the plan in the Senate or the House, or a majority vote against it in both houses would constitute a veto. A TAX ON AIR PASSENGERS departing from Hawaii' was proposed in a pair of bills introduced yesterday in the State House of Representatives.

Rep. Peter S. Iha, Nuuanu Democrat, suggested that a $5-per-person tax be levied, to be collected by the airlines and turned over to the State. A similar measure was introduced by Manoa Democratic Rep. Anson Chong, but his bill specifies no exact amount for the proposed tax.

PRESIDENT NIXOxN'S impounding of Federal funds is "merely a sophisticated ploy" for wiping out poverty programs, a State Democratic lawmaker charged yesterday. Rep. Patsy Young said in a House resolution that it would be "tragic" to dismantle the poverty effort on the Federal level, a step which she said would cost about 600 jobs in Hawaii. If adopted by the House, her resolution would urge Hawaii's congressional delegation to fight the presidential impoundment of appropriated funds. The Honolulu yesterday that many of the basic policies needed to assure Hawaii of an improved and protected environment do not exist now.

"INDEED, many of the basic policies which we follow are leading inevitably to a decline in our status as a favored and beautiful place," Marland said. "What is clearly called for is a change, a change which is based on new policies; policies which seek to new 6pot' proposals offered Rep. John S. Carroll yes-" terday introduced two bills relating to marijuana," one of which would reduce the penalty for its possession to a $25 fine. Carroll, R-12th Dist.

(Waikiki-Moiliili), had indicated earlier in the session that he was considering legislation to "non-criminalize" marijuana. His bill on marijuana possession would prevent users from having their arrests put on record, Carroll said. Other representatives who signed the bill were Jack Suwa, Richard Garcia, Jean King and Tony Kunimura, all Democrats. CARROLL'S second bill would sentence those who sell or give marijuana to minors to two years at hard labor with no possibility of probation or parole. "We've got to do something to cut the traffic to children," he explained.

"That's where the problem is." I Under present Hawaii law, possession of more' than 2.2 pounds of. marijuana or distributing the drug to minors is a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Possession of. anywhere from one ounce to 2.2 pounds, or sale to an adult, is a misdemeanor carrying a one-year jail sentence. Possession of less than an ounce is punishable by 30 days in jail.

State Sen. Donald S. Nishimura yesterday 4 tried to flush out support for a program which he says will save 170-million gallons of water a year not to mention providing a bonanza for Hawaii's brick industry. Nishimura, D-7th Dist. (Palolo-Hawaii Kai), introduced a resolution taking note of the "Put a Brick in Your Tank" water-conservation campaign initiated in the town of Cherry Hill, N.J.

The campaign was described in last Sunday's "Parade" magazine, distributed by the Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser. The goal? To stop flushing so much good water down the drain every time you flush your toilet. SPONSORS OF the Cherry Hill program claim that the typical toilet holds eight gallons, far more than is needed to do a proper flushing job. So each resident of that community has been asked to "put a brick in his tank," placing an ordinary clay brick in the toilet's closet tank. The brick displaces about a quart of water, thus making each flush of a toilet one quart less.

Venturing into higher mathematics, Nishimura estimated that: Hawaii's 216,000 residential units average two toilets apiece. Each of the 36,000 hotel rooms has one. Each toilet gets flushed about four times daily. "At that rate, 54.7 billions gallons of drinkable water gurgle down Hawaii's toilet basins each year," Nishimura said in his resolution. "IF ONE CLAY brick was placed in each of the 468,000 toilet tanks in our State, then 170.8 million gallons of drinkable water will be conserved in Hawaii each year." Nishimura urged that Gov.

John A. Burns appoint someone to coordinate the program and that each Hawaii resident "who owns, rents or uses a toilet" be asked to participate. Moving the State government to a Neighbor Island could solve Oahu's housing, transportation and welfare problems, State Rep. Hiram Fong Jr. said yesterday.

According to Rep. Hiram Fong, such a move could be the answer to the housing, transportation and welfare crises on Oahu. The Manoa Republican plans to reintroduce, for the fifth time, a resolution to request the State Department of Planning and Economic Development "to study the desirability and feasibility of moving the State Capitol to a Neighbor Island." "PEOPLE HAVE one of two reactions (to the idea)," Fong said, "either you're right, or you're crazy. "We've reached a stage where we've got to look at the crazy ideas." Fong said that moving the seat of government to, say, Maui or the Big Island, would remove 100,000 persons and 50,000 cars from Drastic solutions to Oahu's problems, such as limiting in-migration and ALL BUILDINGS of more than two stories should have automatic sprinkler systems, says State Rep. John S.

Carroll, R-12th Dist. (Waikiki-Moiliili). A bill introduced yesterday by Carroll would impose that requirement on all new buildings on which construction has not yet begun. Owners of existing buildings would be given three years to comply with the mandatory sprinkler requirement. proposal would scrap improvements program 'marginal9 farming areas new land districts urged i 1 new land-use district called "utility" lands, which would consist of lands rated or in productivity by the University of Hawaii Land Study Bureau.

All higher-rated farm lands would continue to be labeled "agricultural." Under Kawakami's proposal, only the Land Use Commission itself, not the land owner, could petition for upgrading of the land-use designation on th prime farm land. Now, all land in Hawaii is designated by the Land Use Commission as either urban, conservation, rural or agriculture. There are constant pressures to rezone agricultural acreageto meet the needs of the expanding population. UNDER A BILL introduced yesterday by Kawa-kami, these changes in land-use could be accomplished while still retaining top farmlands in production. Kawakami would create a Anderson chides Demos relocation FONG the number of cars an individual can own, are unconstitutional, Fong said.

HE SAID implementation of his plan would costless than trying to "catch up" with Oahu's problems. He cited the $700 million projected cost for a 16-mile mass transit system on Oahu that would merely I prevent the -traffic problem from getting any worse, as well as the housing shortage. on holidays, Saturdays and nights it's going to be a hot August here." The 60-working-day session is scheduled to end in mid-April, but problems with a huge State budget deficit have stalled progress thus far. There is increasing agreement at the Capitol that one or more recesses or extensions of the session are in the offing. SUE s313oo SME Slll00 s223 A Republican Senate leader yesterday chided the Democratic majority for the slow pace of the current State legislative session.

In brief floor remarks yesterday, GOP Floor Leader D. G. Anderson cautioned that: "If this body and the one across the hall (the House) doesn't get to work soon BJOIMCO BtiaMImg Better Homes is a HaMt mnkWZZ streets, drainage facilities, parks and the like. Because of Mayor Frank F. Fasi's unwillingness to implement it, however, it has not gotten off the ground.

CARROLL PROPOSES to wipe out the appropriation, and start all over again. During a one-year (July, 1973-June, 1974) building moratorium, the State Legislature would be mandated to "undertake the formulation of a plan for the general improvement of Waikiki, including solutions to the problem of overbuilding." Reg. $474.00 FULL ''CLASSIC "SUPER scratching such as DOOR KING The State House yesterday received proposals to scrap the controversial 1971 Waikiki improvements program and impose a one-year building moratorium in the area while a new general development plan is worked out. Those suggestions came in bills introduced yesterday by State Rep. John S.

Carroll, R-12th Dist. (Waiki-M-Moiliili). The 1971 Legislature made a $9 million appropriation to kick off a State-County program of improvements to Waikiki 3 PC. SET. t.

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