Federal job cuts hit Hawaii workers at NOAA
Hawaii News Now ^ | March 1, 2025 | HNN Staff
Posted on 03/02/2025 11:30:26 AM PST by Jyotishi
More rallies in Hawaii as DOGE cuts hit NOAA in the islands
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- A march and rally in support of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) was held on Saturday.
A newly formed citizen group called Allies in Resistance hosted the event in honor of human rights champion and former U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink.
Mink was a champion of Title IX, which is part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It is a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on gender in any school or education program.
Organizers said the march started at 11 a.m. at Iolani Palace.
The march then went down King Street, then to Punchbowl Street and up to Beretania Street.
A lei was placed on the statue of Mink in front of the Hawaii State Library.
The march ended at the front of the state capitol, where a short rally was held at 12 p.m.
The latest rally in Hawaii against the Trump administration comes on the heels of a new round of federal cuts.
HNN has learned they include a position at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center located on Ford Island.
“I got my termination letter last Thursday,” said Kayla Besong.
“We cover all U.S. island territories. If we are fully staffed, there’s only 12 people. And we need two people on for a 24/7 watch at all times.”
While it’s unclear just how many jobs in the state are being affected, it’s alarming federal and state officials.
“Whether it’s the Maui wildfires. Whether it’s the earthquakes. Whether it’s any type of impending hurricane. National Weather Service is the first people that give us information,” Hawaii Lt. Governor Sylvia Luke.
“We’re just seeing a further decimation of an ecosystem that we hold very dear here in Hawaii, especially when it comes to our relationship with our resources and our environment,” said U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda.
Earlier this week Elon Musk who runs the Department of Government Efficiency explained the need for the cuts.
“If we don’t do this, America will go bankrupt,” said Musk.
“The overall goal here with the DOGE team is to help address the enormous deficit, we simply cannot sustain as a country a two trillion dollar deficit.”
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: 50th; activism; adiosmofos; budget; climate; dei; discrimination; doge; education; efficiency; federal; human; law; mink; musk; pacific; rights; state; tidal; trump; tsunami; warning; whether
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1 posted on 03/02/2025 11:30:26 AM PST by Jyotishi
To: Jyotishi
why new hires didn’t take the buyout offered puzzles me. LIFO is SOP.
2 posted on 03/02/2025 11:35:20 AM PST by avital2
To: Jyotishi
“””Mink was a champion of Title IX, which is part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It is a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on gender in any school or education program.”””
I wonder how she feels about Title IX allowing boys in the locker rooms now? Even though President Trump stopped it many states are ignoring him.
3 posted on 03/02/2025 11:37:45 AM PST by shelterguy
To: Jyotishi
Never should have been a state.
4 posted on 03/02/2025 11:38:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Jyotishi
The video confirms that our federal budget cuts are working.
Almost all the signs were hand-made!
5 posted on 03/02/2025 11:39:18 AM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: Jyotishi
“We have a fundamental right to work in Paradise! It’s in the Constitu.... In the Founding Docume....”
“Okay,fine. It is raaaaaacist to terminate us who work for Paradise”
6 posted on 03/02/2025 11:41:12 AM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
To: Jyotishi
Why do Hawaiians need a weatherman. They live on an island. They can look usually to the horizon and tell what it’s going to do.
7 posted on 03/02/2025 11:43:25 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Schmucky Schumer says that Government "hard workers" are working anonymously.)
To: dfwgator
Exactly. We’ve got a lot out of Alaska. What have we received from Hawaii? Fruitcake Feral Judges and nutso politicians. Oh yeah. And a phony Barry Soetoro Birth Certificate. Just an island version of Disneyland.
8 posted on 03/02/2025 11:47:23 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Schmucky Schumer says that Government "hard workers" are working anonymously.)
To: Jyotishi
Let them come to the White House to talk with Trump.
9 posted on 03/02/2025 11:48:49 AM PST by Jonty30 (Groundhogs don't falsify their predictions for grant money, whereas climate scientists do. )
To: FlingWingFlyer
I always said that the most boring job in the world is to be a weatherman in Hawaii.
10 posted on 03/02/2025 11:48:56 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Jyotishi
I’m sure the Navy in Hawaii has an excellent meteorological division.
11 posted on 03/02/2025 11:49:00 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Exactly. We’ve got a lot out of Alaska.
Well, there is Murkowski.
12 posted on 03/02/2025 11:49:23 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Hawaii to tourists: “Spend $$$, then go home brah.”
13 posted on 03/02/2025 11:49:54 AM PST by dakine
To: dfwgator
Oahu weather report: trade winds and Mauka showers
14 posted on 03/02/2025 11:51:46 AM PST by dakine
To: dakine
I remember “Kill Haole Day” when I lived there.
15 posted on 03/02/2025 11:52:48 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Jyotishi
The Spirit of Aloha should see them through just fine.
16 posted on 03/02/2025 11:54:37 AM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Why do Hawaiians need a weatherman. They live on an island. They can look usually to the horizon and tell what it’s going to do.>>> On a ship or a smaller boat, It’s possible too late to detect a storm by the time you can see it.
17 posted on 03/02/2025 11:57:06 AM PST by kvanbrunt2
To: Jyotishi
They didn’t just send them to Alabama like the FBI staffers?
As I understand it, the FBI critters are simply refusing to move, which raises the question, “Why are they still employed at all?”
18 posted on 03/02/2025 12:00:38 PM PST by 9YearLurker
To: Jyotishi
If you ever want to meet the most useless and stupid government employees, visit Hawaii. I use to live on Oahu. Mazie is the best and brightest.
19 posted on 03/02/2025 12:02:01 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: FlingWingFlyer
“Why do Hawaiians need a weatherman. They live on an island. They can look usually to the horizon and tell what it’s going to do.”
Lived here 25 years.
We have several islands. All with separate weather.
NOAA locally has almost no redeeming value.
The guy is right, look at the horizon!
I only worry about hurricanes, and I can get that off
the web or the automated radio station(VHF KAB99).
20 posted on 03/02/2025 12:11:14 PM PST by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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