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Honolulu Civil Beat: The Hawaii Legislature Is Winding Down. Will The Gut-And-Replace Ban Hold Up?

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…Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, said he’s not sure that either HB 510 or SB 775 “crosses the line.”

“We don’t know what the boundaries are,” Yamachika said. The bills are “pushing it, that’s for sure.”

The Tax Foundation and Grassroot Institute both filed court motions in support of the efforts by Common Cause and the League of Women Voters to overturn gut-and-replace legislation.

But Yamachika said the public may still be able to sniff out instances of gut and replace as they arise.

“It’s like pornography. You don’t really know how to define it, but once you see it, you’re pretty sure you know what it is,” Yamachika said….

Read the full article here: https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/04/the-hawaii-legislature-is-winding-down-will-the-gut-and-replace-ban-hold-up__trashed/

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