Hawaii residents: URGENT ACTION NEEDED: AMERICAN FLAG IN JEOPARDY

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: AMERICAN FLAG IN JEOPARDY
Forwarded from Rep. Kym Pine's office:

HEAR REP. PINE DEFEND THE FLAG LIVE ON NATIONAL TALK RADIO!

Aloha Friends and Neighbors,

I introduced HB2311 on behalf of a veteran who expressed frustration and the
hoops he had to go through just to honor his fallen comrades who he served with in
Iraq.

Veterans and many others are prohibited from flying the American flag on a
pole on their property year round in various PCA's.

The measure is similar to the clothesline bill passed last year in that the
community associations themselves would dictate where and how the flag and
pole would be displayed.  Certainly, if such provisions and importance can be
applied to laundry, the fabric of the American flag rises above that.

I have attached the background on this for your review.  Last week, the
Committee on Housing held the measure keeping it from advancing. My proposal and plea to
you, is to help me revive the bill by doing what's called, "Pulling the bill out of
committee for a floor vote."  We would need 17 House members to agree with
that motion and 26 of the 51 members to pass the actual bill.

If you do not know who your Representative is, please utilize the link here
to get the contact information needed:
http://capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/info/vstreet/voterinformation.asp

For those that can come to the Capitol on Tuesday the 16th at noon for
session, please wear red, white and blue and bring a flag. I will be making the
motion on that day.  If you use Twitter or Facebook, please pass along this effort
that stands to treat the flag better than we do dirty laundry. A "Save Old Glory"
movement has already been started on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=337519132570

Please do not hesitate to contact me at 586-9730 if you would like more
information.

Here is a link to the story covered on the news yesterday:
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11953926

I will be on national talk radio today at 5:30pm Hawaii time on the AM dial
- 990 where our own local radio talk host personality-Mike Buck, will be filling
in for Rusty Humphries on the Rusty Humphries Show. We will be discussing this bill
across the nation.

MAHALO

Kymberly Pine
State Representative
Ewa Beach
(808) 586-9730