Re-evaluation of leadership

On a day that this blogger was off work and at home watching CNBC (yes because I have investments and want to know what is going on with the market, but I digress) I happened to come upon the hour when they would feature an author who wrote what could be said is the first “real” examination of how government acted during COVID Titled “The Big Fail”, co-authored by Joe ...

Charm offensive?

There have been a few reports coming out over the past month or so that make this blogger question whether the United States Military is on a charm offensive with O‘ahu government officials. (“O‘ahu government” means the City and County of Honolulu, it's just shorter to write). Two reports that this blogger has heard, one where the military is willing to help O‘ahu find a new landfill site on one ...

Unintended fractures

This blogger has memories of various "off-elections" (ones held every other year that only elect Congress, and in Hawaii's case, its Governor) since at least 2006. Back in that year, when I saw some political friends on the night of the election, I remember them being excited that the Republicans could potentially take back both the House and the Senate with a slight majority. In those discussions, I remember thinking ...

Stay where you are at

On Friday, the 29th of September, it was announced that long-time California Senator Diane Feinstein had passed away at the age of 90. Since 1992, she has sat in a seat for California in the US Senate and has become the Senior Senator of the state in the chamber. Her passing, while not unexpected (her seat would be up for grabs, anyway, in 2024 as she announced she was not ...

The price list

Since the Lahaina, Maui fires on August 8th, there has been a question of “just how much is it going to cost to restore Lahaina?” It's not an easy question to answer because there are so many factors to consider when approaching that question. After a few weeks, though, Bloomberg came out with its first dollar estimate of what restoration of Lahaina would cost. They pegged it at $6 billion ...

Re-evaluation of leadership

On a day that this blogger was off work and at home watching CNBC (yes because I have investments and want to know what is going on with the market, but I digress) I happened to come upon the hour when they would feature an author who wrote what could be said is the first “real” examination of how government acted during COVID Titled “The Big Fail”, co-authored by Joe ...

Charm offensive?

There have been a few reports coming out over the past month or so that make this blogger question whether the United States Military is on a charm offensive with O‘ahu government officials. (“O‘ahu government” means the City and County of Honolulu, it's just shorter to write). Two reports that this blogger has heard, one where the military is willing to help O‘ahu find a new landfill site on one ...

Unintended fractures

This blogger has memories of various "off-elections" (ones held every other year that only elect Congress, and in Hawaii's case, its Governor) since at least 2006. Back in that year, when I saw some political friends on the night of the election, I remember them being excited that the Republicans could potentially take back both the House and the Senate with a slight majority. In those discussions, I remember thinking ...

Stay where you are at

On Friday, the 29th of September, it was announced that long-time California Senator Diane Feinstein had passed away at the age of 90. Since 1992, she has sat in a seat for California in the US Senate and has become the Senior Senator of the state in the chamber. Her passing, while not unexpected (her seat would be up for grabs, anyway, in 2024 as she announced she was not ...

The price list

Since the Lahaina, Maui fires on August 8th, there has been a question of “just how much is it going to cost to restore Lahaina?” It's not an easy question to answer because there are so many factors to consider when approaching that question. After a few weeks, though, Bloomberg came out with its first dollar estimate of what restoration of Lahaina would cost. They pegged it at $6 billion ...