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Time for The Silent Majority to Flex Their Muscles Time to Fire Someone - by Rick Kirkham

The person we, the people of Hawaii, “hired” with the most powerful tool the world has seen, the right to vote, has negatively impacted our children's education AND unbeknown to her employers, the people of Hawaii, our children's abilities to gain a nutritious meal in school and the parents pocket books. It started, when our employee reduced the education budget by 250 million dollars!

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Linda Lingle
Governor, State of Hawai`i

You're Fired Antieducational Governor

I don't write this in jest or lightly. I rarely write those people I hire with my vote to take care of my family.

My son just finished a four day weekend and now must begin refocusing for his public education which you are supposed to protect and ensure. he, has, for the first time, made his own lunch because the $250 million dollars to took away from our children will not fund a proper meal for him any longer without having to double the rate.

You have done more to hurt education than any other governor I've witnessed in the two states I've resided and in the 50 years I've been on this earth. The repercussions of your plan to take money from our children will last for years. Every time a child cannot catch a bus to school or has to get up early to pack a lunch instead of a hot meal parents can no longer afford the name Lingle will appear on their lips as it does mine.

You don't touch education, period. As you've now learned, the results are long lasting and will help ensure an early retirement for you if voters are able to keep you away from positions in which you may do further harm to our children.

Why not just put the money back so our children may have a good education without a new governor or having to move to a different state. I don't believe you'll put the money back as you won't even reduce the furlough days.

My family and I no longer have any faith in your ability to do the job in which we hired you with our vote. I and other like minded fathers and mothers of children, will do our best to make sure you are never placed in a position where you can once again become the antieducation representitive we hired with our vote.

Rick Kirkham
Father and Voter