Pod Squad: Debate Over Honolulu Rail Rolls Into Capitol Auditorium
It’s time for some civil discourse about one of Hawaii’s key public issues. Find out what Friday’s event is all about.
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Civil discourse on controversial topics may be out of style in Washington, D.C., but it’s exactly what organizers of the Capitol Debate series strive for here in the islands.
On Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the state Capitol Auditorium, of whether the state should allow Honolulu to further extend its general excise tax surcharge to bail out the city’s over-budget rail project.
Pod Squad host Chad Blair is joined by Debate Hawaii President Ian Ross and HPU debate team captain Christoper Marrow to talk about the event, which will be carried live on .
The efforts of debaters from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Willamette University in Salem, Oregon; the聽University of Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific University will be adjudicated by a panel of legislators, aides, community leaders and journalists.
Disclaimer: Chris Morrow does not speak on behalf of HPU.
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