{"id":25724,"date":"2020-03-24T13:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colef.mx\/elmuro\/?p=25724"},"modified":"2020-03-24T13:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:55:01","slug":"hawaii-in-a-pandemic-no-state-is-an-island-by-david-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colef.mx\/elmuro\/hawaii-in-a-pandemic-no-state-is-an-island-by-david-bacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii: in a pandemic, no state is an island | By David Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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James \u00abJiro\u00bb Yuda protests continued flights to and from Hawaii as the Covid-19 pandemic worsens.<\/em>


James \u00abJiro\u00bb Yuda holds a sign at the entrance to the access road to the Hilo, Hawaii, airport.\u00a0 It reads, in part, \u00abBe Responsible. No More Flights to Hawaii.\u00bb Yuda, 44, is the former deputy public defender on the Big Island, and now works in the Family Law Division of the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General.\u00a0 \u00abI’m doing this,\u00bb he tells Capital & Main, \u00abbecause someone has to.\u00a0 Our leaders have to accept the reality of this situation, and what has to be done.\u00a0 We face an existential threat.\u00bb

Yuda says his protest was motivated by the inactivity of the Big Island’s political leaders in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.\u00a0 On March 20 Hawaii Lt. Governor Josh Green, an emergency room physician on the Big Island, urged the state to suspend \u00aball non-essential travel\u00bb in and out of the islands.\u00a0 Some airlines have stopped or limited their service, including Hawaiian Airlines, which suspended its nonstop service between Maui and Las Vegas.

In the meantime, the Big Island’s County Council urged Governor David Ige and island Mayor Harry Kim to impose a 15-day lockdown with a mandatory \u00abshelter-in-place\u00bb order if conditions deteriorate, a move the mayor continues to oppose. In the meantime, another council resolution urged a limited restriction allowing only \u00abessential businesses\u00bb to operate.\u00a0 Hawaii has a state government, and each island is a county with a mayor and council.

Kim has argued that it is sufficient for the island to help businesses use preventative practices and for the county to sanitize its public areas.\u00a0 In a broadcast statement last Tuesday Kim announced, \u00abThe County of Hawaii will maintain all of its services and operators as normal.\u00bb\u00a0 He called a state directive on restaurant and church closures \u00aba guide\u00bb and declared, \u00abWithin this county, restaurants, bars and places of worship may make their own decision as to open or close.\u00bb

Some Big Island restaurants have begun serving take-out food only, while others still have table service.\u00a0 In the island’s numerous farmers’ markets, booths selling items other than food are now banned, while others selling fruit and vegetables from local farms continue.\u00a0 Hilo’s Farmers’ Market, normally thronged with people, has seemed virtually deserted, while other markets have closed entirely.

Yuda feels more urgent measures are necessary, like those imposed in California by Governor Gavin Newsom.\u00a0 \u00abWe can’t carry on like this,\u00bb he warns.\u00a0 \u00abLook at what’s happened in Italy.\u00bb\u00a0 Hawaii’s economy is more dependent on tourism than any other state’s, and stopping travel to and from the islands would have an enormous impact, especially on workers in the tourism industry.\u00a0 While stringent measures will cause sacrifices, he acknowledges, \u00abYou can’t work if you’re dead.\u00a0 We have to put life before the economy.\u00bb

Yuda is one of 10 candidates who have filed papers to run against Kim in the next mayoral election-a primary on August 8 and general election on November 3.\u00a0 Yuda says his priorities are public safety and climate change.


Photos:\u00a0 Maku’u farmers market in Pahoa, as people begin to be aware of the COVID 19 crisis<\/em>



HAWAII: IN A PANDEMIC, NO STATE IS AN ISLAND
By David Bacon
Capital & Main, 3\/23\/20
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