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RESOLUTION. NO. 88"7 S4
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WHEREAS, at the end of the 12th Session of the Hawaii State ~
Legislature, Representative Yoshito Takamine will retire from public
office after twenty-six consecutive years of public service; and
WHEREAS, from his election in 1958 to the then Territorial
Legislature to the present, Representative Takamine has represented
the districts of Hamakua and North and South Kohala; and
WHEREAS, during his tenure, Representative Takamine has proven
his leadership, for he has served as Assistant Majority Leader on
the important House Policy Committee, as Chairman of the House Labor
Committee, Chairman of the Harbors and Airport Committee, Chairman
of the House Agricultural Committee, as well as being selected
Vice-Chairman of numerous House Committees; and
WHEREAS, as an elder statesman with vast knowledge and wide
range of experience, he has counseled and shared his insight with
many young legislators and has offered advice to other governmental
agencies, to the trade unions, and to the business communities as
well; and
WHEREAS, when not engaged in his legislative duties,
Representative Takamine spends his time as Hawaii Division Director
of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Local 142, and will serve out his thirty-four years of full time
service for the Union, which began in 1950; and
WHEREAS, ILWU Director Takamine is responsible for legislation
which provided for the best in worker's and accident compensation,
supported education, consumer protection, health care, visitor
industries, conservation, the protection of our natural resources,
and many other legislative bills to generally benefit the people as
a whole; and
WHEREAS, Representative Takamine will always be remembered as a
man and public servant who has done so much to establish the worth,
the dignity and the appreciation of the working men and women of
Hawaii.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF
HAWAII that it congratulates and thanks Representative Yoshito
Takamine for his outstanding contributions to the people of Hawaii.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii be
hereby instructed to send copies of this Resolution to
Representative Yoshito Takamine along with the County Council's
wishes for good health and happiness during his retirement years.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 18th day of April, 1984.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNTY OF HAWAII
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