One of the many bad things that can happen to politicians who fall victim to the bullying and sleazy smear attacks that pass for political dialogue of the Hawaii Carpenters is that they lose their voice.
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Nothing catches your eye like a police report about “a sword-wielding 7-Eleven employee (who) allegedly severed a man’s hand and lacerated his abdomen.”
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As the Sierra Club of Hawai‘i one year ago said in a news release critical of Hawaii’s promotion of tourism: “All together now, like we have been saying it for 20 years: NUFF ALREADY!”
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Hawaii’s voters are getting some national recognition. Not for our primary election winners or losers. And not because of our unique local politics, but thanks to our local voters.
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Four years ago, Josh Green, then a Hawaii island state senator, was on his way to becoming the strongest lieutenant governor candidate in a contested Democratic primary.
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A sure way to rile up the voters is with an attack ad. The supporters of the victimized candidate will be furious at the mudslinging. Neither side wins — or do they?
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For Hawaii, the 2022 election is the second statewide election with all voters mostly going to the mailbox instead of the polls to participate in democracy.
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The question is about character: Who has enough tenacity to do an honest, thoughtful and competent job as governor for the next four years.
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Just as the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping how nations, states and cities react to the health crisis, Hawaii’s politics changed as it fought the disease.
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As we all have been told, business is about business. Your heart may call you to a business, your spirit will keep you going, but there will be no place for tears on your spreadsheet.
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If your job isn’t going well, befallen with bad luck and repeated fumbles, the nice way to put it is “inauspicious.” Bad luck and repeatedly failing to do the job, however, are different.
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National reports show that, “The median price for a typical home in Hawaii is $848,926, more than twice the national average. Hawaii also has one of the country’s lowest homeownership rates, with 59% of its residents owning their homes.”
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After years of facing little serious opposition, state Rep. Scott Saiki faces an election rematch against an articulate, Democratic primary opponent with some skill in successfully espousing controversial issues.
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Hawaii politics is not played in a vacuum. Usually, much of what is said and done happens in reaction to past history and its victories and defeats.
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Thanks to last week’s deadline for filing for office, we now know the cast of characters for Hawaii’s fall elections. That news sparks two questions: What will they do; and who cares?
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A total of 4,130 miles separate Hawaii from Mississippi by air, but if you go by differences in gun culture, not air miles, the distance is measured in lives.
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Once he became president of the state Senate, Richard “Dickie” S.H. Wong really started to grow. In all, Wong ran the Senate for 14 years, a hard-to-beat record of political longevity.
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Hawaii’s Republican Party met in its annual statewide convention last weekend. According to a party representative, there were several hundred members, delegates and supporters in attendance at the gathering at the Hawaii Convention Center.
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