2009 Hawaii Pork Report Book Making Its Debut.WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, January 28, 2009, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii (GRIH) and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW CAGW Citizens Against Government Waste ) will jointly release the 2009 Hawaii Pork Report, focusing on government waste, fraud, and abuse in the state budget. The report will detail how the Hawaii Transportation Department is railroading rail·road·ing n. The construction or operation of railroads. Noun 1. railroading - the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads rail technology Hawaii's taxpayers into paying for an unaffordable and unnecessary rail system, expose the real costs of "free" state healthcare, uncover government employees getting paid to play hooky Verb 1. play hooky - play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky" bunk off jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" , and describe the overall laxity laxity /lax·i·ty/ (lak´si-te) 1. slackness or looseness; a lack of tautness, firmness, or rigidity. 2. slackness or displacement in the motion of a joint.lax´ laxity looseness. of state and local officials, who are failing to exercise oversight over expenditures. The first-ever annual Hawaii Pork Report sheds overdue light on state government waste and inefficiencies. Hawaii can no longer afford to stand by and allow millions of tax dollars to be squandered. [TABLE OMITTED] The mission of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is to promote individual liberty, free market economic principles and limited, more accountable government. Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement mis·man·age tr.v. mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing, mis·man·ag·es To manage badly or carelessly. mis·man  age·ment n. in government.
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