The legislature is advancing a bill to crack down on illegal mopeds. Some lawmakers say this could be the year for passage of strict requirements. HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka reports.
Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawaiʻi. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master's degree in Communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.
Senate Bill 106 would establish the program in counties with populations of 250,000 people or less — all the islands except Oʻahu — that “prohibits a pedestrian from being stopped, fined, or subjected to a penalty for crossing outside of a marked crosswalk.”
Gene Ward, the longest-serving member of the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives who retired this week, died Friday morning at age 82. He was in public service for over three decades, including more than 27 years working for his constituents in the East Oʻahu communities of Hawaiʻi Kai, Kalama Valley and Portlock.