Chopping up the islands
Every 10 years, the redrawing of Congressional, state legislative, and city/county council districts takes place after the report from the Census Bureau comes out, telling us how many people are in our country, among other data points. Once those figures come out, at least for Hawaii, a redistricting commission is appointed to look over the numbers. For Hawaii, there are two different commissions. One is for the statewide offices (House, ...
She is right
Over a weekend, a message is circulating on social media that Honolulu City Councilwoman Andrea Tupola spoke on Instagram. It was the verbal reading of a letter she sent to the Mayor of Honolulu, Rick Blangiardi, asking him, in essence, to end the emergency decrees over COVID-19, and return the power of management of it to the Honolulu City Council. You can hear the entire piece here Although there are ...
This pundits list
“Stan Fichtman I still wanna see your list”, came a request from a fellow political pundit on Facebook one evening after a post. That post was announcing that Hawaii Congressman Ed Case told Civil Beat that he intends to run for re-election for the House seat he holds, rather than throw his name into the ring for Hawaii governor in 2022. In response to that request, I informed the pundit, ...
100th post, with some values
Making it to 100 on many things is a big deal. From push-ups to miles to, well, blog posts, 100 seems to be something of a big deal in blog land. That I can appreciate, so with this being the 100th post of the Politics Hawaii with Stan Fichtman, I went to seek out what others did for their celebration. The man behind the keyboard PC: Stan Fichtman Some posted ...
On Afghanistan
As readers of this blog may have realized, I have been more active in posting items on the blog’s Facebook page, rather than writing thoughts and observations here. There is a good reason for this omission – and it has a lot to do with the core reasons why I engage in the political discourse and study it so much. Since the middle of August, I have been watching with ...
Chopping up the islands
Every 10 years, the redrawing of Congressional, state legislative, and city/county council districts takes place after the report from the Census Bureau comes out, telling us how many people are in our country, among other data points. Once those figures come out, at least for Hawaii, a redistricting commission is appointed to look over the numbers. For Hawaii, there are two different commissions. One is for the statewide offices (House, ...
She is right
Over a weekend, a message is circulating on social media that Honolulu City Councilwoman Andrea Tupola spoke on Instagram. It was the verbal reading of a letter she sent to the Mayor of Honolulu, Rick Blangiardi, asking him, in essence, to end the emergency decrees over COVID-19, and return the power of management of it to the Honolulu City Council. You can hear the entire piece here Although there are ...
This pundits list
“Stan Fichtman I still wanna see your list”, came a request from a fellow political pundit on Facebook one evening after a post. That post was announcing that Hawaii Congressman Ed Case told Civil Beat that he intends to run for re-election for the House seat he holds, rather than throw his name into the ring for Hawaii governor in 2022. In response to that request, I informed the pundit, ...
100th post, with some values
Making it to 100 on many things is a big deal. From push-ups to miles to, well, blog posts, 100 seems to be something of a big deal in blog land. That I can appreciate, so with this being the 100th post of the Politics Hawaii with Stan Fichtman, I went to seek out what others did for their celebration. The man behind the keyboard PC: Stan Fichtman Some posted ...
On Afghanistan
As readers of this blog may have realized, I have been more active in posting items on the blog’s Facebook page, rather than writing thoughts and observations here. There is a good reason for this omission – and it has a lot to do with the core reasons why I engage in the political discourse and study it so much. Since the middle of August, I have been watching with ...