Prioritizing lists
With the new year now here (2023), the governmental entities that make laws and influence the making of those laws are hard at work. One of those tasks seems to be putting out lists of priorities, based on what they see as important. But which list is “more important” to our lawmakers, than others? If all were the same, this blog could come up with a great list of priorities ...
A Celebration of Hawaii Casual Cuisine – L & L at 70
By Brandon Dela Cruz In a get-together with the esteemed owner of this blog, I brought up the fact that L & L turned 70 in 2022. In his typical, “heh, now ain’t that somethin”‘ response, he casually asked me to provide some retrospect into it. I told him that I’d oblige his request with something better – I’d write about it. In thinking about my tenure with the company ...
End of the year, with new directions
With the end of 2022 now with us, being that today is New Year's Eve, Politics Hawaii with Stan Fichtman is looking ahead to the new year, with new features for readers. First and foremost, Politics Hawaii will continue to adhere to its mission: looking at the world through a Hawaii perspective…The political, social, and business zeitgeist – analyzed. As dedicated readers will note, though, the weight of the writing ...
When the Communications Director is away
While relaxing on the 23rd of December, I went on Twitter to see what was going on. It was filled with typical banter on what was going on in Arizona (the Kari Lake court case trying to overturn her loss to Katie Hobbs for AZ governor) and the noise about the “omnibus” budget bill (the $1.7 billion budget bill passed in the last hours of the current Congress). But in ...
The quiet end
In the middle of the afternoon of December 2, 2022, an email was sent to all civil servants in the state of Hawai‘i by its governor, David Ige. It was one of those messages that listed the things the administration had done and stated that it was proud to have served the state, and overall, a positive spin on what the last eight years have been like under his administration ...
Prioritizing lists
With the new year now here (2023), the governmental entities that make laws and influence the making of those laws are hard at work. One of those tasks seems to be putting out lists of priorities, based on what they see as important. But which list is “more important” to our lawmakers, than others? If all were the same, this blog could come up with a great list of priorities ...
A Celebration of Hawaii Casual Cuisine – L & L at 70
By Brandon Dela Cruz In a get-together with the esteemed owner of this blog, I brought up the fact that L & L turned 70 in 2022. In his typical, “heh, now ain’t that somethin”‘ response, he casually asked me to provide some retrospect into it. I told him that I’d oblige his request with something better – I’d write about it. In thinking about my tenure with the company ...
End of the year, with new directions
With the end of 2022 now with us, being that today is New Year's Eve, Politics Hawaii with Stan Fichtman is looking ahead to the new year, with new features for readers. First and foremost, Politics Hawaii will continue to adhere to its mission: looking at the world through a Hawaii perspective…The political, social, and business zeitgeist – analyzed. As dedicated readers will note, though, the weight of the writing ...
When the Communications Director is away
While relaxing on the 23rd of December, I went on Twitter to see what was going on. It was filled with typical banter on what was going on in Arizona (the Kari Lake court case trying to overturn her loss to Katie Hobbs for AZ governor) and the noise about the “omnibus” budget bill (the $1.7 billion budget bill passed in the last hours of the current Congress). But in ...
The quiet end
In the middle of the afternoon of December 2, 2022, an email was sent to all civil servants in the state of Hawai‘i by its governor, David Ige. It was one of those messages that listed the things the administration had done and stated that it was proud to have served the state, and overall, a positive spin on what the last eight years have been like under his administration ...