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Local League News - HonoluluViolence Prevention. Court monitoring continues in Honolulu on violence prevention. Monitoring is for newly set up jury trials to catch up with backlog of cases. Campaign Finance. Honolulu League became a member of a coalition of community organizations working toward campaign finance reform. This is part of League's "Making Democracy Work" project. Gambling Study. The gambling study was compiled and mailed out. Return of the questionnaire was requested before August 2, when there will be a consensus membership meeting in the Honolulu office. Developer Fees. The Planning & Zoning chair just recently (7/16) testified at the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) opposing the proposed waiver and reduction of housing and development fees for One Archer Lane project. The authority rejected the developer's request for a 3.7 million dollar reduction 6-1. Student Voter Registration. The Voter Service chair is working with the University of Hawaii Student Senate to do a pro bono vote count in return for their organizing a student forum to register students and have a discussion on the important issues facing the electorate. Web Page. Honolulu is working toward setting up a Web page-details of cost and procedures are being reviewed.
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