How times have changed

As this humble blogger spoke to a Church Elder on Sunday, the 3rd of December, my phone started going off something terrible. “What was it?” I thought as I ended the conversation with the Elder... earthquake? Did something happen at home? The Christmas brunch I was about to host a table for had a problem? No, it turned out that it was the announcement, and subsequent texts by friends telling ...
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Fundraiser season is upon us

Along with the preparations for Thanksgiving dinner, the decorating of one’s house for the holiday season, and being sure that vacation time is put in for people, your elected government officials are also prepping for another type of season. That is the start of the “fundraising season” for candidates up for election in the 2024 polls. Since the start of November, 30 different fundraisers have been announced by candidates throughout ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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