Sam Slom
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Sen. Sam Slom, a member of the Republican Party, represents the 8th Senatorial District in the Hawaii State Senate. The 8th district includes the Hawaii Kai, Aina Haina, Kahala and Diamond Head areas of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, in the state of Hawaii. He has held this senate seat since 1996.
Originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sam moved to Hawaii in 1960. He earned a B.A. in Economics & Government from the University of Hawaii Manoa (1963) and an LL.B. from LaSalle Law School (1966). He completed financial management and business condition forecasting with the American Institute of Banking (AIB), and is a seminar graduate in Free Market Economics from the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).
Professionally he is a private consulting economist. Slom was an economist with Bank of Hawaii, for 14 years (1968-1982) prior to his consulting business.
Slom is President/ Executive Director of Small Business Hawaii (SBH), a small business advocacy organization. SBH is a private, independent, association of 2,000 firms. Slom is editor/publisher of Small Business News and SBH Referral Directory.
Sen. Sam Slom has a consistent record of voting against environmental measures according the Sierra Club Legislative Scorecard. (see below)
In general, Sen Slom is unsympathetic to any legislation dealing with gay rights. In 2003, Sen. Slom voted against adding "gender identity or expression" to the state's hate crimes law. Hawaii's existing hate crimes law covers race, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin and sexual orientation, providing authority to give longer sentences if a crime is committed because of hostility based on any of the covered characteristics. In 2004, Sen. Slom voted against legislation making it illegal for real-estate agents or landlords to discriminate against potential home buyers or renters based on sexual orientation. During the 2005 legislative session, Slom, along with all republican senators, voted against bills that would prohibit Hawaii's landlords and employers from discriminating against gays, lesbians or transsexuals.
Senator Slom scored a A+ grade from the Hawaii Rifle Association in 2006.
On civil liberties and government accountability, Sam Slom scored higher then any other legislator in Hawaii at 79.2 by the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii. He is also a proponent of "True clean money elections" and strongly opposes tax increases.
Slom and Democratic State Sen. Colleen Hanabusa air their political views every Thursday from 7am to 8am on the Rick Hamada show on KHVH Newsradio 830AM.
Member of the following Senate committees:
- Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing
- Economic Development and Taxation
- Human Services and Public Housing
- Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs
- Senate-House Felix Investigative Committee
Contact:
- Hawaii State Capitol, Room 222
- 415 South Beretania Street
- Honolulu, HI 96813
- phone 808-586-8420
- fax 808-586-8426
- e-mail senslom@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Related Articles
- Malia Zimmerman - Hawaii Reporter's founder, a website that consistently took Talon News feeds. She is heavily into conservative politics; also accused by Sen. Sam Slom's ex-wife as being his girlfriend during their divorce trial.
- Small Business Hawaii - Sen. Sam Slom is on the board of directors, along with Richard Rowland, the president of Grassroot Institute of Hawaii who co-founded the institute with Malia Zimmerman
External Links
- Sam Slom (Hawaii State Legislature)
- State Sen. Sam Slom website
- Sierra Club Legislative Environmental Scorecard 2005-2006: Sen. Sam Slom - 14% (Sierra Club of Hawaii)
- Sierra Club Legislative Environmental Scorecard 2003-2004: Sen. Sam Slom - 15% (Sierra Club of Hawaii)
- Sierra Club Legislative Environmental Scorecard 2001-2002: Sen. Sam Slom - 13% (Sierra Club of Hawaii)
- Sierra Club Legislative Environmental Scorecard 1999-2000: Sen. Sam Slom - 40% (Sierra Club of Hawaii)
- Senate bills ban anti-gay bias -- BYU-Hawaii wins exemption from a measure prohibiting discrimination in work and housing (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 4-5-05)
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