On Politics http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium RSS Feed for On Politics Premium en-us Sun, 06 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT Environment pushback may push some right out of office http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120506_Environment_pushback_may_push_some_right_out_of_office.html The Republicans are channeling Teddy Roosevelt and the Democrats are high on Gordon Gekko. Cayetano takes on Caldwell as his primary opponent http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120504_Cayetano_takes_on_Caldwell__as_his_primary_opponent.html In his prime, Roberto Duran was quite the fighter, winning fights in five separate decades. But for all his fame, he is remembered for saying “No mas” (no more) as he sat down and quit a title fight after being pummeled by Sugar Ray Leonard. Many questions surround this year's primary election http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120501__Many_questions_surround_this_years_primary_election.html Let us celebrate May by worrying about the calendar. In many ways this election year will be a peculiar one, because it will be driven by a new calendar. Cayetano’s brash campaign will rattle more than rail http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120429_Cayetanos_brash_campaign_will_rattle_more_than_rail.html On one side there is Kirk Caldwell, collecting union endorsements like they were baseball cards. Abercrombie gets up close, personal with Legislature http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120427_Abercrombie_gets_up_close_personal_with_Legislature.html It was like old times, but no old times you have seen with any former Hawaii governor. Earmarks have given way to 'opaque' budget process http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120424_Earmarks_have_given_way_to_opaque_budget_process.html There it sits, a lone entry in the huge Washington, D. It is the only listing for Hawaii in the Citizens Against Government Waste annual "Pig Book." HSTA’s flex shows muscle of unions in isle politics http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120422_HSTAs_flex_shows_muscle_of_unions_in_isle_politics.html If you don't ask, you never find out who are your friends. In order to find out whom to endorse, unions and other groups send out questionnaires, asking candidates to put on the record their views about their union and its issues. Thielen takes her best shot against 25th’s heavy hitters http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120420_Thielen_takes_her_best_shot_against_25ths_heavy_hitters.html If you were a white Republican looking for a district to win an election, the 25th Senate District in Windward Oahu would be a likely pick. Solving Natatorium issue could be governor's legacy http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120417__Solving_Natatorium_issue_could_be_governors_legacy.html Sports news: Two University of Hawaii sand volleyball teams are going to the nationals in Gulf Shores, Ala. 'Historic' OHA agreement falls short of erasing debt http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorialspremium/onpoliticspremium/20120415__Historic_OHA_agreement_falls_short_of_erasing_debt.html In an act that supporters call "historic," Kakaako Makai now belongs to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The state gave OHA about 25 acres of contiguous parcels in Kakaako valued at about $200 million in partial payment for a long-standing debt.