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Hawaii senators stood to take their oaths of office on Wednesday, the opening day of the 33rd Hawaii Legislature at the state Capitol.
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I was disappointed to see state Sen. Brenton Awa on TV the other day, during the Legislature’s opening day, being unnecessarily abrasive and showing his machismo in belittling the Democratic majority. His arrogance defeats the desire to work with the majority to hopefully get some of what he would like to accomplish done, for his constituents.
The idea of people coming together for the common good, trying to constructively solve disagreements and compromise their differences is what I believe most of us would like to see and is what a governing body is all about. Unfortunately his belligerence shows voters that he seems reluctant to participate constructively, and that is too bad.
Michael Garsva
Waikiki
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