Mayor Vetos Anti-GMO Bill and Kaua'i Council Overides It!
http://muchneededvacations.com/category/hawaiian-islands/kauai
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LIHUE — Bill 2491 is headed for the Kauai County law books.
The controversial bill’s five-month legislative saga closed a major chapter Saturday, when the Kauai Council voted 5 to 2 to override the mayor’s veto.
“We passed the bill!” a joyous and emotional crowd screamed repeatedly in front of the Historic County Building after the vote came in around 12:30 p.m.
The law, which will go into effect in nine months, will require the island’s four biotech seed companies to disclose their use of pesticides and genetically modified crops. Kauai Coffee, the country’s largest coffee grower, will also be affected.
In the end, 2491’s fate fell on the shoulders of the council’s newest member, Mason Chock, who was sworn in Friday as the replacement for former Council Vice Chair Nadine Nakamura.
While some had urged Chock to recuse himself from the vote because he was so new to the debate, he said that was not an option for him — that he had “been called to act.”
“If I’ve been given the opportunity to make a difference in the health of a child’s life, I’m going to take it,” he said, causing those inside the council chambers to gasp and cry in approval. “So let’s take the step. I’m all for overriding the veto on Bill 2491.”
Much More~
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/overrode/article_0d7f22fc-4f52-11e3-9b90-001a4bcf887a.html
Drama on the High Seas but we did it!
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I've been there before and I loved it!
Thanks for the thread, Cha.
We are so happy right now.. we thought for sure the Mayor's veto and the changing of another's vote on the council had doomed our long hard fought for Accountability for the Monsantos and their Ilk.
Kaua'i is a sweet place and it doesn't need to be ruined environmentally by Pesticides Unlimted! grr!
Damn that is excellent news!
Love love love..Mason Chock~
"While some had urged Chock to recuse himself from the vote because he was so new to the debate, he said that was not an option for him — that he had “been called to act.”
“If I’ve been given the opportunity to make a difference in the health of a child’s life, I’m going to take it,” he said, causing those inside the council chambers to gasp and cry in approval. “So let’s take the step. I’m all for overriding the veto on Bill 2491.”
Mahalo, Mason Chock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Great news for Hawaii, Cha!
“However, let’s call this overcompensation for what could be, and err on the side of safety here, to continue to do more than less,” he said.
Chock also discussed the divisiveness of the bill and how it has “fractured our community.”
“My hope is that my action today will be a catalyst for healing to begin,” he said. “I believe healing will not begin in this issue and will not go away until we unfold the truth, and validate the concerns being questioned.”
News on the ground says people are getting sick with all the spraying on the West Side of Kaua'i and something needed to be done.
That's two great things for Hawai'i this month, she!
but it would not come in...I was wondering what happened with the vote......thank you for the link...so very happy for you, the people, and the children 
So you knew all about the saga of Bill 2491?
afraid of?
Mahalo for the news about the "first lawsuits".. keeping my fingers crossed
That's so depressing that they're only paying that much for lands to destroy.. It really makes me mad at all those land owners who did that.
I use to live on the West Side in the '90s and then when I came back in 2010 I moved there again. But, then when I started finding out about all the GMOs and spraying roundup on the Levee in Hanapepe by the Swinging Bridge I finally had to move to Kapaa. I'm really sensitive to all that poison. It was like a nightmare. Our beloved Kaua'i.
Mahalo for all your information.
Bless Organic Farmers!
This is the website that published the info of the leases to the GMO companies. If only we could get enough political pressure for these companies to lease to Kauai Organic Farmers at the same rates. Gay & Robinson is the biggest land owner on Kauai; Grove Farm is the 2nd largest owner.
One of the biggest challenge is the cross pollination with native Hawaiian species and with the crops of Organic Farmers. It's why most of the Organic Farmers are on the north shore. The sheet flow of rain water past Kekaha and near Polihale has also been altered. All of the canals are dried up. The west side could be barren if and when they leave. They do NOT care what they do to the aina.
DOW just built a huge Campus between Waimea and Hanapepe. They landscaped the entrance with a monument sign. Everything else is dead. Come visit old neighbors and see for yourself just how dead everything is. Maybe we should take photos and publish them here! 
Aloha.....
I believe you how dead it is over there.. I had to get out. That and I don't have a car anymore so I wanted to be closer to the organic farms and health food stores on the East Side.
That is sad.. "DOW just built a huge Campus between Waimea and Hanapepe. They landscaped the entrance with a monument sign. Everything else is dead."
But, good to know..again, thank you, KK.
Photos of such devastation would be a good thing. Knowledge of what they're doing Is Power.
Aloha, K~ To fighting back the poison and putting a halt to the killing of our Aina.
vultures, she.
Rape our Planet Earth for Profit under the guise of more Food(too bad it's Franken) and the hell with the people's health!
"Newspapers", Etc.
To the Light, she
Out of the Oppression of our Land being poisoned and Hating on those who need our support! 
lawsuits we got a weakened Bill passed and then the Mayor Vetoed it!
It's a tiny miracle that we got it overridden.. it was meant to be!
"Stay green, Hawaii!" We're trying but it ain't easy with big brother gmo seed companies licking their chops and seeing some of their grip slip away.
Our Earth Our Seeds~
Mahalo, BMC
Republicons going to hate this, because they so love totalitarian corporatocracy, and so hate democracy. But, tuff noogies.
The Environmentalists and Visionaries for the Future Won this battle.
The GMO Seeds will have us in court soon trying to strike it down.. here's to hoping Democracy prevails.
thank you!
http://www.healthyhutkauai.com/farmers-markets-schedule/
A Big Mahalo to all those who helped get this news out about an environmental win on Kaua'i~
Alexa appears to be the head of our quality control department
Kaua'i wins, we all win, Cha!
eater after my own heart! Alexa~
I only drink/brew Hawaiian coffee.
These are the two brands I buy.
http://perrykonacoffee.com/
This one is owned by a Democrat and advertises on Ed's radio show: http://www.usacoffeecompany.com/
We are pleased that people like our coffee, but we are especially honored that it is now served at the home of America’s First Family – the Obama White House.
http://organiccoffeehawaii.com/
backtracking or Environmentalists on our tiny Island will be out in droves to vote for someone who wouldn't Veto an anti-GMO bill!
(very fine, indeed)
That peak is perhaps the wettest spot on Earth, with over 400 (!!) inches of rain annually. But now there's some upstart jungle in Colombia that claims to be wetter. 
attached. Mahalo for the reminder about Wai'ale' ale being the "wettest sopt on Earth", KamaAina! Or pretty darn close.. whatEver the case may be. 
