Maui's EIS meetings are set for THIS Monday, March 17
Maui's Baldwin High School Auditorium
Afternoon 2pm to 5pm
OR Evening 6pm to 9pm

It seems like the Superferry might be down for the count...but wait! HSF is still forging ahead on their second ferry which is even now being built in Alabama and to be delivered next year.

So the fake-EIS process called for in Lingle's Superferry Bailout bill continues forward...while Lingle stonewalls on providing requested information in the investigation of this fiasco which the bailout bill called for too.

Lingle is claiming attorney-client privilege in refusing cooperation with the Superferry investigation. So what dirty dealings is she hiding? And if she thinks she'll incriminate herself by cooperating in the investigation, isn't it time we started impeachment procedings?

But au contraire, rumblings are that Lingle might be rewarded for her illegal actions in pushing the Superferry and all its expensive problems onto us, by the GOP VP nomination to McCain. Looks like the conspiracy theorists might have been right...this was all about looting tax dollars to enrich the Bush/Cheney/Rove/Lehman gang in return for her political advancement.

It has come to light that our interisland freight had to wait outside the harbor for hours because of the Superferry (when it was running). Now that it isn't running, that useless hunk o junk barge is parked at Pier 2B, taking up valuable and scarce freight docking space.

Let's ask Garibaldi at the EIS hearing about that - what are they going to do with this very expensive Chinese-made piece of junk that Lingle commissioned in her failed attempt to bypass environmental law? What the heck are we going to do with it now that they're going to spend 1/3 of a billion dollars making the Superferry and cruise ships their own dock?

Speaking of Garibaldi, only 12 people showed up on 'Oahu to the Superferry hearings. Where were the thousands of people that Garibaldi claimed were clamoring for the Superferry? In fact, where were they when it was running? They sure weren't riding it!

And what about Garibaldi's statement that if the Superferry Bailout Bill wasn't passed immediately, he'd be out of business. HSF has been down for far longer than he whined about, so why are they still in business? When a businessman lies to the House and Senate, isn't there any consequence?

And let's hear about the Superferry employees who have been the most used, abused and mistreated pawns in Garibaldi's cynical propaganda machine. Oh sure, he was all crying about their plight when he was trying to get out of complying with environmental law. But do we hear about HSF doing any fundraisers for them now? No, they are ruthlessly laid off while Garibaldi collects his huge salary: money that we taxpayers will be paying back when HSF defaults on their taxpayer-guaranteed MARAD loan.

Come to the EIS scoping meeting and give Garibaldi an earful. Let's call him on all his lies.