Say to step down as House speaker; recommends Oshiro

whoa

Thank you Mr. Say for the way you handled this. You are a true Gentleman.

So much for any attempts at bipartisanship. Oh well, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

I appreciate Say's service, but is it ungracious to point out he is spinning as he falls away? If the GOP reps vote for Souki, that would only be a tactical moment, not the start of a governing "coalition." Speaker Say relied upon Republican votes in 2011 in order to get the dissidents to crumble and agree to accept committees as part of a package deal. It would have been appropriate for Say's supporters to do the same this year.

Instead, Speaker Say uses the Republicans as a boogeyman, appeals to "party loyalty" in order to guilt-trip Souki supporters for engaging in the same behavior he engaged in two years ago. While I like Marcus Oshiro, it would not be a real change to have Marcus and Say change places. We need a new leadership GROUP, not the same Say group, just sitting in different places.

Just like Obama--splitting the voters/classes and parties. These politicians!! Of course in HI all the ballots are preprinted D. Have some class, sir!!!! But you are a D in this State--you don't need to!!

I am sorry to see Say go. He had an even handed calm nature that I think the lege will miss at crunch time. We would never have saved Kukui Gardens without him as a champion. He was one of the most successful Speakers we have ever had.

Marcus Oshiro would make a great choice for speaker. He is an outspoken leader and is the type of politician that won't let special interests push him around.

Calvin much mahalo for all your fine stewardship and for looking ahead and doing the right thing. Pono!

Let the games begin!

Calvin "on the take" Say recommends Marcus "on the take" Oshiro. No change.

This is good news. We need fresh, untainted, new blood in leadership positions. Now if we can find the right person we can move ahead.

Calvin thanks for the many years serving as the speaker and am still looking forward to your service as a representative of Palolo Valley........Imua!!!!!!!!

Mahalo to Speaker Say for his great service. I got to know him while I worked for a legislator with whom he shared part of his constituency, and I think he is a fair & honorable man. I do not feel the same about who he wishes would succeed him. In fact: Please contact your State Repersenatative (capitol.hawaii.gov) & ask them to support Rep. Joe Souki for Speaker of the House. Here's why: Ok. Do you believe those in the minority (whether ethnic, political or otherwise) matter? ... or do you believe that the dominant faction should deliberately exlcude the minority, and even be PROUD of this? It's certainly true that in our State House, there is a clear (super)majority (party) and they (we) deserve to make the decisions. It's also true that the minority (party) consists of qualified & capable legislators who were elected to represent their districts, just like us Democrats. When you have one individual who is so divisive that he tells his colleagues "it's important to elect a Speaker WITHOUT the minority party, WITOUT forming a coalition, he is also telling you what a failure he already is as a leader. The Speaker of the House is elected by the members to speak for ALL members of the House, not just the majority party. It's true that the majority sets the direction, especially one as lopsided as ours in Hawaii, but Marcus Oshiro just made it clear that he is so obstinate in his "us vs. them" mentality that he thinks it's more important not to have minority members vote for him than to form a united coalition in the House. Please contact your State Representative (capitol.hawaii.gov), use the "find your legislator" link on the upper right of the page, and ask your State Representative to support Rep. Joe Souki for Speaker of the House, because Joe will be a fair leader for ALL our elected Representatives, and not deliberately exclude the minority.

See ya Say. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

can always go back as busboy....

Joe Souki supports gambling/gaming in Hawaii. I like that.

It seems that these legislators spend more time and effort jockeying for position than doing the people's work. Someone pls list the five most significant things Say accomplished in his 14 years of 'leadership'.

So Say believes that Democrats and Republicans should not work together; he steps down to try to sabotage the Democrat who is. I'm kinda rooting for Souki now.

Say still needs to be investigated by the ethics board for sticking his nose and trying to influence UH business

These losers voted themselve's another 25% raise.