STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3141

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 454

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 454, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Civil Defense Advisory Council

 

G.M. No. 454

EDWARD R. CRUICKSHANK,

for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Edward R. Cruickshank from the State Department of Defense.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Edward R. Cruickshank received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, a Master of Arts degree in Business Education, and is a graduate of the Hawaii Management Program from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He retired from the Hawaii Army National Guard as a Colonel with experience in intelligence and disaster preparedness.  The nominee is currently the President of Dallas Hawaii Investment, Inc., in Honolulu.

 

     Your Committee believes that the nominee's experience as a battalion and deputy brigade commander along with his work with the Civil Defense Commission has provided him with a wealth of knowledge in disaster preparedness.

 

     Your Committee notes favorably from the nominee's personal statement:  "My prior experience as Chair of the Civil Defense Commission, under then Mayor Jeremy Harris, involved revamping of the Board and the writing of Disaster Plans.  This experience should be invaluable to the Civil Defense Advisory Council."

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair