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 ...
Ending the year on this note
As the world continues to hurl toward a point in space that marks the demarcation between 2021 and 2022, a few final thoughts from this humble writer of this blog. More a look forward to 2022 and what would be nice to see, rather than rehashing the year that was, which turned out to be a modified version of the dumpster fire that was 2020. This sucker isn't going away ...
Hawai‘i’s Chernobyl
Blowing the traditional news out of the water – in this case, the COVID numbers, the variants and the various petty arguments that go on with our government officials, the Red Hill fuel leak and resulting water contamination at the Navy well has become the news to pay attention to the last couple of weeks. In watching the developments, this writer has been looking for an angle that does not ...
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 ...
Ending the year on this note
As the world continues to hurl toward a point in space that marks the demarcation between 2021 and 2022, a few final thoughts from this humble writer of this blog. More a look forward to 2022 and what would be nice to see, rather than rehashing the year that was, which turned out to be a modified version of the dumpster fire that was 2020. This sucker isn't going away ...
Hawai‘i’s Chernobyl
Blowing the traditional news out of the water – in this case, the COVID numbers, the variants and the various petty arguments that go on with our government officials, the Red Hill fuel leak and resulting water contamination at the Navy well has become the news to pay attention to the last couple of weeks. In watching the developments, this writer has been looking for an angle that does not ...