Ms. Linda Smith, Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Linda Lingle, will be giving the
September address to the Conservative Forum for Hawaii on Sunday, 19 September, 2:00p.m., at the Naniloa Hotel's Sandalwood Room in Hilo

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The State Economy:
How this administration managed the worst fiscal crisis in the state's history without raising taxes

Ms. Smith will review key elements in the recent financial crises which has struck Hawaii, and the approaches taken to deal with them. One general theme has been to promote self-sufficiency and sustainability, and less of dependency on the State Government.
“Teaching how to fish, rather than giving out fish”.
Specific examples from the Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Department of Human Services and others will be cited.

Linda Smith:  Senior Policy Advisor to Hawaii  Governor Linda Lingle

Senior policy advisor Linda Smith is at the frontlines in shaping the Lingle Administration’s initiatives. With extensive experience in the public sector and a rich business background, Smith takes the leading role, with the Governor’s policy team, in developing legislation with a balanced agenda.  Smith provides Governor Lingle with perspectives on issues, bills, and initiatives covering all State functions, including health, education, public safety, economic development, and environmental protection. Assisted by her background in business, Smith co-owned and managed, with her husband, a diversified plastics manufacturing company in Kapolei from 1989 – 2003 (Pacific Allied Products, Ltd.). Smith’s strong fiscal track-record includes several prominent positions at all levels of government.  As Director of Finance for the City and County of Honolulu, she managed an annual budget of $900 million in operations and capital improvement projects and also oversaw the city’s Department of Finance. She also served under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan as Director of Administration for the President’s Office of Management and Budget, the office that advises the President on national fiscal policy.

 Monday, August 23, 2010 http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2688/Terrorism-Sovereignty-activists-prove-UHH-Professorrsquos-unspoken-point.aspx

From www.ConForHawaii.com

Terrorism? Sovereignty activists prove UHH Professor's unspoken point

Dr Thom Curtis gave the August address to the Conservative Forum for Hawaii on the topic of “Home-Grown Terrorism” on Sunday, 22 August.

(Curtis is the Chair of the UH Hilo Sociology Department, he also led a student-run study of Native Hawaiian attitudes towards the Sovereignty movement.  The 2006 study, which was published in the print edition of Hawai`i Free Press, showed that many Native Hawaiians felt intimidated into silence by thuggish sovereignty activists.  Hawai`i Free Press will shortly re-publish our 2006 article on Dr Curtis’ study.  His speech at the Conservative Forum of Hawaii dealt exclusively with Islamist terrorism, but….)

After his speech, the meeting was disrupted by many Hawaiian Sovereignty proponents who dominated the session with loud and acrimonious statements and prevented the usual civil discussion expected of the topic.

President Walter Moe began the meeting by greeting the 100 or so in attendance..........(see link)

 http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2010/08/23/local_news/local03.prt

Terrorism talk stirs emotions
Sovereignty supporters angered by study on homegrown violence
by Colin M. Stewart
Tribune-Herald Staff Writer
Published: Monday, August 23, 2010 8:57 AM HST

A speaker at a meeting of the Conservative Forum for Hawaii riled supporters of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, although he never actually shared his thoughts or research on the subject. University of Hawaii at Hilo Sociology Department chairman and professor Thom Curtis gave a Powerpoint presentation Sunday afternoon at Naniloa Volcanoes Resort in which he discussed his studies of homegrown Islamic terrorism.

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Dr Thom Curtis gave the August address to the Conservative Forum for Hawaii on the topic of “Home-Grown Terrorism” on Sunday, 22 August. After his speech, the meeting was disrupted by many Hawaiian Sovereignty proponents who dominated the session with loud and acrimonious statements and prevented the usual civil discussion expected of the topic. President Walter Moe began the meeting by greeting the 100 or so in attendance, and declared the objective of the Forum was to present conservative ideas and bring people together for discussion and exchange of ideas. Following the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, this opening tone was disrupted even at the beginning,

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