SBH Sunrise
May 25, 2006
Lynn Finnegan
State Representative
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SBH Office 11:45 am
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SBH Sunrise
Rep. Lynn Finnegan
Macy's Pineapple Room
7 - 8:30 am
Thursday, June 22
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Business Conference
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May 2006 | Top of the News
Rep. Lynn Finnegan Reviews
2006 Legislature at SBH Sunrise
The Minority Leader of the state House of Representatives, Lynn Finnegan (R-32nd) will review the recently concluded 2006 legislative session at the next Small Business Hawaii Sunrise Networking Breakfast, 7am, Thursday May 25, at the Pineapple Room, Macy’s Ala Moana Center.
Finnegan, a member of the House for 6 years, was chosen Minority Leader earlier this year and is considered one of Hawaii’s brightest political stars.
Last month’s speaker was attorney and co-author of the best selling new book Broken Trust, Randy Roth.
SBH monthly Sunrise offers great networking, a terrific speaker and full buffet breakfast.
Sponsor for the May Sunrise is Peter Matsumoto’s Century Small Business Services.
Members enjoy a Free exhibit area. New attendees present brief introductions. The public is welcome. Parking is free and easy.
The cost is still only $20 for members and their guests who pay in advance; $30 for non-members and at the door if space is available.
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MidYear Conference to Feature
Business and Government Leaders
Save Thursday, June 22, from 9 am to 1:30 pm for SBH’s 2nd annual Mid year Business conference. (Location to be confirmed next month).
Business leaders, government leaders — and political candidates for this year’s November elections — will all be featured in an event you won’t want to miss.
Sponsorships will be available; contact Malia Zimmerman at 306-3161 or Darlyn Evangelista at SBH — 396-1724.
Reservations for the event, including validated parking and a full luncheon, will be $40 per person (SBH members and their guests, or $50 for non-members and at the door if space is available. A special $30 “Early Bird” reservation will be available until June 5. Contact SBH.)
A detailed program agenda will be published next month.
No Small Business Help from Legislature?
The 23rd State Legislature is scheduled to adjourn May 4 — and so far there still is no unemployment, workers comp or tax relief, even though the estimated state cash surplus has surpassed $600 million.
As this issue went to press there still is the likelihood of:
Higher business and consumer fees
An increase in the cigarette tax
A change in the Transient Accomodations Tax (TAT) as it applies to time share owners
Higher salaries for Department of Education bureaucrats ($115,000, $120,000)
No protection from expanded eminent domain property takings
Multimillion dollar special interest tax credits
No tax rebate (as required by the state Constitution)
No real property tax relief
An even worse version of the gas cap bill
Expanded bottle tax (to 69 ounce containers)
More state debt
VEBA trusts for public unions that will exclude retirees and push health care costs higher.
Emphasis has been on yet more money for education — already a $2.2 billion annual recipient—the homeless, alternative energy and more social welfare spending.
Bills moved into murky conference committees where legislators play “let’s make a deal” with taxpayer money and freedom. SBH will publish a detailed review of the session and its annual ratings list of each of the 76 (51 House and 25 Senate) legislators. You can monitor the session from links and alerts on our website: www.smallbusinesshawaii.com and the RSS feed from HawaiiReporter.com, which appear on our front page.
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