An update on Mark

Back in August of last year, this blog posted an entry from a gentleman named Mark Lindquist. I invite you to read that piece before reading this update as you will get better context from that post. As you can read below, allowed to be posted by permission of Mark, he has chosen another path of life than that of elected office. He heard a calling and now is working ...

We asked for this

It’s been interesting to see the discourse going on in Hawaii about the statewide mask mandate. From being one of many states, as of this writing, Hawaii has become the only state in the United States that has a mask mandate with no announced end-date to the mandate. For some, and they have a right to express this feeling, they want the mandate to stay, and when asked when they ...

Taking advantage

The news coming down that two former lawmakers – J. Kalani English and Ty Cullen – were indicted for taking bribes while in office, moved like St. Elmo’s Fire through the political establishment in Hawaii. From the release of the indictment, which happened on a Tuesday, through the resignation of Ty Cullen from the House, to the revealing of who was “Company A” and the disclosure that this individual was ...

It’s not weird, it’s constitutional

The Governor of the State of Hawai‘i made his last official “State of the State” address on Monday, January 24th. David Ige, who is the current Governor, is in the last year of his second, and last term in office. Governor David IgePC: "File:Governor David Ige (cropped 2).jpg" by Dallas Nagata White is licensed under Creative Commons There are many elements of his speech that this blogger can focus on. But, instead, let’s ...

A Political Hot Potato

The earthshaking news this week of the arrest of Donna Leong, Max Sword, and Roy Amemiya, all former high-ranking officials in the City and County of Honolulu, on conspiracy charges immediately drew the attention of political pundits to the 2022 election. For a little background focused on one of the three - Roy Amemiya was the Managing Director of the City and County of Honolulu, the second command to the ...

An update on Mark

Back in August of last year, this blog posted an entry from a gentleman named Mark Lindquist. I invite you to read that piece before reading this update as you will get better context from that post. As you can read below, allowed to be posted by permission of Mark, he has chosen another path of life than that of elected office. He heard a calling and now is working ...

We asked for this

It’s been interesting to see the discourse going on in Hawaii about the statewide mask mandate. From being one of many states, as of this writing, Hawaii has become the only state in the United States that has a mask mandate with no announced end-date to the mandate. For some, and they have a right to express this feeling, they want the mandate to stay, and when asked when they ...

Taking advantage

The news coming down that two former lawmakers – J. Kalani English and Ty Cullen – were indicted for taking bribes while in office, moved like St. Elmo’s Fire through the political establishment in Hawaii. From the release of the indictment, which happened on a Tuesday, through the resignation of Ty Cullen from the House, to the revealing of who was “Company A” and the disclosure that this individual was ...

It’s not weird, it’s constitutional

The Governor of the State of Hawai‘i made his last official “State of the State” address on Monday, January 24th. David Ige, who is the current Governor, is in the last year of his second, and last term in office. Governor David IgePC: "File:Governor David Ige (cropped 2).jpg" by Dallas Nagata White is licensed under Creative Commons There are many elements of his speech that this blogger can focus on. But, instead, let’s ...

A Political Hot Potato

The earthshaking news this week of the arrest of Donna Leong, Max Sword, and Roy Amemiya, all former high-ranking officials in the City and County of Honolulu, on conspiracy charges immediately drew the attention of political pundits to the 2022 election. For a little background focused on one of the three - Roy Amemiya was the Managing Director of the City and County of Honolulu, the second command to the ...