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60. Hawaii hairdresser buys ticket for homeless man to be with ailing father after plea fr Sen. Mizuno

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 05:47 PM

Aug 2013

HONOLULU – A Hawaii hairdresser is helping send a homeless man from Seattle back home to be with his ailing father. Denise Sakai answered a call from state Rep. John Mizuno for donations to send Gregory Reese to Washington state. Instead of just a partial donation, Sakai bought Reese a $299 ticket online for a flight Thursday to Seattle.

Sakai said she read about Reese in the paper and was touched that he just wanted to be with his dad.
Reese became homeless when two job offers here fell through. The 39-year-old said his father has lung cancer and cannot afford a ticket to bring him back.

Mizuno hopes to create a program to send more homeless from the mainland back home.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/01/hawaii-hairdresser-buys-ticket-homeless-man-fly-ailing-father-seattle/#ixzz2b2VFdJIm

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Hawaii Sets Aside $100,000 To Offer 17,000 Homeless People One-Way Airfare Back To The States [View all] big_dog Aug 2013 OP

Or you could always help them with that money NoOneMan Aug 2013 #1

Simple as that huh? ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #2

this is sickening big_dog Aug 2013 #4

Wait...what? Oh, THAT. Well, we can, or...but...they are POOR! We don't want them here in paradise. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #21

Wow. Way to go, Hawaii, helping to solve problems you've helped create. closeupready Aug 2013 #3

I don't think it about forcing people to leave Marrah_G Aug 2013 #10

Oh, okay - well yeah, I didn't see it like that. closeupready Aug 2013 #27

How do you know "Hawai'i helped create them"? Cha Aug 2013 #16

Right - Marrah made that point above; I wasn't thinking closeupready Aug 2013 #28

Cheers and Cha Aug 2013 #29

Why would they leave? humbled_opinion Aug 2013 #5

that's just it.. it's only if someone wants to.. Cha Aug 2013 #17

See my post #12. You don't want to be homeless there Hekate Aug 2013 #20

As compared to being homeless somehere else. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #22

Aside from the bad sunburn... how do you get away if you want to? Hekate Aug 2013 #31

I lived on Oahu for 10 years humbled_opinion Aug 2013 #33

In Kauai there is a sort of tent village at Salt Pond beach. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #81

Southern California and South Florida have similar climates... n/t SylviaD Aug 2013 #23

Oh brother. mahina Aug 2013 #49

and some of the worst poverty in the country dlwickham Aug 2013 #51

Most of the homeless I see aren't Hawaiian. dkf Aug 2013 #52

Me too, and there are more every day it seems. mahina Aug 2013 #55

Curious which mele or moolelo bring you to this conclusion? mahina Aug 2013 #54

I went to Hawaii a few years ago and could not avebury Aug 2013 #85

I wonder hoe many if them want Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #6

And I've heard it is expensive to live there too Marrah_G Aug 2013 #7

In my experience I have never met a person humbled_opinion Aug 2013 #34

I'd like to visit, but not live there Marrah_G Aug 2013 #36

I know people who wanted to leave and did leave. Some miss being on the road system or being able uppityperson Aug 2013 #44

My marine brother in law was desperate to leave after his time was up there. Butterbean Aug 2013 #77

Many kama'aina can't wait to get out KamaAina Aug 2013 #82

Two sides to every coin DainBramaged Aug 2013 #8

There's no jobs to speak of. A large chunk of my high school graduating class left. Hekate Aug 2013 #14

Yes, families are tight here, many living in a multi-generational situation. dkf Aug 2013 #57

Thanks for understanding my POV.... Hekate Aug 2013 #73

Aloha, Dain.. Visitors aren't "bothered" by homeless people as Cha Aug 2013 #24

Oh Cha, sheshe2 Aug 2013 #32

I loved it she~! Cha Aug 2013 #37

Oh Cha, I'm glad it was a good experience for you Hekate Aug 2013 #39

It was, Hekate.. it was the Cha Aug 2013 #41

Funny...l live here and don't like feeling all salty but you make it sound wonderful. :) dkf Aug 2013 #58

In my experience, most of the homeless are not in that position due to losing a job. Beacool Aug 2013 #79

OK I'm a dumb ass 100,000.00/17,000.00 = $5.88 BlueJazz Aug 2013 #9

Perhaps not all 17,000 will want a ticket... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #13

Where do you get this "discount rate"? starroute Aug 2013 #38

One way tickets to and from Hawaii... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #40

I'm with you customerserviceguy Aug 2013 #42

I'm guessing they acknowledge there will be a low take up dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #46

Priority Mail if it fits in this box flat rate... Octafish Aug 2013 #64

"One-Way Airfare Back To The States"?? OmahaBlueDog Aug 2013 #11

Perhaps they mean... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #18

Thanks, that bothered me, too Ishoutandscream2 Aug 2013 #50

That's exactly my reaction. Pterodactyl Aug 2013 #75

They got the idea from Mainland welfare agencies, who tried to send people to the Islands Hekate Aug 2013 #12

Exactly. Aloha, Hekate.. So many are acting like Hawai'i doesn't care Cha Aug 2013 #25

Solid 21st century Democratic values at work. Poor? Ship em' out! Safetykitten Aug 2013 #15

The Rep who is pushing this the hardest has donated his own money to help the homeless dkf Aug 2013 #62

"Hey, kid! I'll give you six bucks to leave my state! Here!" struggle4progress Aug 2013 #19

Locally we used to call that Greyhound therapy. (nt) pinto Aug 2013 #26

Hawaii should give them little pink slips with their airline tickets... Lugal Zaggesi Aug 2013 #30

If I Were Going to be Homeless lordsummerisle Aug 2013 #35

It appears not too many read the article in full ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #43

Lots of misunderstandings on this thread LTG Aug 2013 #45

that's quite a bit different from the stateside "return to skid row" practice yurbud Aug 2013 #53

not like some states that dump humans on the street out of jails, hospitals. Sunlei Aug 2013 #47

Hasn't Hawaii ever heard of shipping containers? kentauros Aug 2013 #48

And where are these shipping containers going to go? former9thward Aug 2013 #56

I would suspect cities own parcels of land like any other city/municipality. kentauros Aug 2013 #69

I was not inferring anything. former9thward Aug 2013 #71

Homeless family gets one way tickets to mainland dkf Aug 2013 #59

You didn't mention the most important part ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #63

Thank you for saying that. dkf Aug 2013 #65

More than Welcome ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #67

Yes we are. dkf Aug 2013 #68

Hawaii hairdresser buys ticket for homeless man to be with ailing father after plea fr Sen. Mizuno dkf Aug 2013 #60

Rep John Mizuno giving Hawaii homeless man money for plane ticket to Calif. dkf Aug 2013 #61

great idea, maybe California can ship their homeless to Hawaii. olddad56 Aug 2013 #66

Why the snark? ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #70

Been doing so for quite some time, mahina Aug 2013 #72

As has Nevada. KamaAina Aug 2013 #83

Hey Kama'aina mahina Aug 2013 #84

Next up: Texas and Florida? moondust Aug 2013 #74

Probably FL. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #76

This, coming from The Daily hate Mail Turborama Aug 2013 #78

Good Idea ShawnRIN Aug 2013 #80

That is not going to fix anything truthisalie Aug 2013 #86