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No soda, no dish soap, no salad oil, fresh meat, frozen vegetables, fresh vegetables (packaged).... it goes on.

You have no clue what you're talking about. You don't even have to read the bill to understand that you're talking bananas. TFA makes it clear what they actually propose to ban:

The bill [...] would ban state and county agencies from buying, using or distributing single-use plastic foodware (including beverage containers, utensils, straws and polystyrene foam containers) by July 2021.

The ban would extend to food establishments and hotels by the following year.

In 2023, a statewide plastic bag ban would go into effect.

And by 2025, no individual or business in Hawaii could sell or âoeotherwise provideâ single-use plastic beverage containers in Hawaii.

You, sir, should perform at least the most cursory research before you go off half-cocked. It could save you a lot of senseless frothing.

It's also worth mentioning that even if you were correct about what they proposed to ban, you'd be incorrect about what the results would be. There are compostable replacements for not only what they actually propose to ban, but also literally all of the things you thought they were banning. If Hawaii actually banned those things you think they want to ban (which they don't) then processors would use compostable packaging for the Hawaiian market. There would be no competitive disadvantage, because they'd all have to do it. You are wrong in every possible way.

Instead of homicide, you just have to deal with ridiculous amounts of homeless people that make Hawaii resemble a third world country, sleeping on sidewalks, defecating and peeing everywhere.

I've been to Hawaii a number of times and not in the tourist trap parts either. Doesn't remotely fit my anecdotal observations. There are more homeless people in Chicago than in Hawaii.

Astronomer here, I live and work on the Big Island. You are completely wrong to assume this means the end of TMT in Hawaii, it was pretty much what was expected to happen after the state supreme court vacated the permit last December. While the new permitting process is going to take more time (months or years, nobody knows for sure), TMT seem to be taking their time deciding on their next step and are still hoping to continue as planned. I have heard nothing that would suggest otherwise. Please understand a big project like that doesn't just up and leave after having so much invested. Supporters of the TMT here (of which there are plenty) are still hoping a new, watertight permit will come out of all this. Frankly, we're more shocked by the recent news about another batch of anti-TMT protesters being acquitted because they claimed to have "prevented a greater harm from occurring". But then again, this is Hawaii, and that's how things work here.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14694941/special-report-youth-gangs-in-hawaii

What, did you think Hawaii was a special case because all the pictures show you a tropical paradise?

About a month or two ago (maybe longer,i lose track) a company called "Nixie" put in service (with the city and county of Honolulu) a text and/or email alert service.

Story from local paper: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/global/story.asp?s=12921149