This ain’t the first time, this ain’t the last time
Over the past couple of days, I started hearing the news about CARES money, awarded to the City and County of Honolulu, being spent on material and personnel for the Honolulu Police Department. At the time, I thought “oh, yeah, they bought a bunch of ATV (all-terrain vehicles) that I saw at Old Stadium Park”. The police there were patrolling to keep people out of the park during the second ...
Results of the final interview – General Election 2020 results
It was 11:30-ish or so on Tuesday the 3rd of November when the first results of the Hawai‘i elections were finally released. And, while some of the results were foretold by reported pollsters in October, the fact that the final results pretty much tracked the same as the pols were quite interesting. So without further ado, some post-election analysis by PHwSF. Differences in the waving of the hand. President Trump ...
2020 Holiday Season*
Over the past couple of weeks, as we get closer to Halloween, my wife and I have been talking about what we plan to do on that day. Typically, our discussions talk about where we plan to walk around in, what costumes to wear, etc. Large gatherings (relatively speaking for Hawaii) are already being discouraged for the holiday season. That will not go down well with a certain sect of ...
Spending the kālā
Last week the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, David Ige, came to the podium to announce how he was going to spend down the millions of dollars the state has at hand from the CARES act funding given to Hawai‘i. As some may know, the state has been slow in spending down the money, so much so that even members of the Congressional delegation of Hawai‘i in Washington, as ...
Experience matters?
Today, saying you're "not the incumbent" is actually an asset to the first time candidate for political office in Hawaii, according to how the primary election panned out. PC: "MORE JOBS! NOT THE INCUMBENT" by bjmccray is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 You’d think that political “experience” was a hard and fast rule for anyone seeking to occupy a political office. That being said, no matter how you slice or dice, experience always becomes ...
This ain’t the first time, this ain’t the last time
Over the past couple of days, I started hearing the news about CARES money, awarded to the City and County of Honolulu, being spent on material and personnel for the Honolulu Police Department. At the time, I thought “oh, yeah, they bought a bunch of ATV (all-terrain vehicles) that I saw at Old Stadium Park”. The police there were patrolling to keep people out of the park during the second ...
Results of the final interview – General Election 2020 results
It was 11:30-ish or so on Tuesday the 3rd of November when the first results of the Hawai‘i elections were finally released. And, while some of the results were foretold by reported pollsters in October, the fact that the final results pretty much tracked the same as the pols were quite interesting. So without further ado, some post-election analysis by PHwSF. Differences in the waving of the hand. President Trump ...
2020 Holiday Season*
Over the past couple of weeks, as we get closer to Halloween, my wife and I have been talking about what we plan to do on that day. Typically, our discussions talk about where we plan to walk around in, what costumes to wear, etc. Large gatherings (relatively speaking for Hawaii) are already being discouraged for the holiday season. That will not go down well with a certain sect of ...
Spending the kālā
Last week the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, David Ige, came to the podium to announce how he was going to spend down the millions of dollars the state has at hand from the CARES act funding given to Hawai‘i. As some may know, the state has been slow in spending down the money, so much so that even members of the Congressional delegation of Hawai‘i in Washington, as ...
Experience matters?
Today, saying you're "not the incumbent" is actually an asset to the first time candidate for political office in Hawaii, according to how the primary election panned out. PC: "MORE JOBS! NOT THE INCUMBENT" by bjmccray is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 You’d think that political “experience” was a hard and fast rule for anyone seeking to occupy a political office. That being said, no matter how you slice or dice, experience always becomes ...