Hawaii Republicans are understandably growing restless with the abject failure of party leaders to effectively contend with the paralyzing grip that Democrats have had on power in the state for decades, allowing them to advance an agenda propped by an unquenchable thirst for irresponsible spending and corruption (“Isle GOP needs better candidates,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Nov. 28). This past election was merely a continuation of the acute embarrassment that we have suffered for far too long.

Unqualified candidates are merely a symptom of the cancer that is at the core of the matter. Until our impotent micro-caucus in the Legislature, along with leaders at the state level, recognize the need to engage the majority party on issues that have clearly never been more in their favor, from taxes to homelessness to unfunded liabilities, they will continue to be the problem.

The only solution is a complete overhaul involving new leaders and a strong platform proposing common-sense solutions upon which candidates can run.

Stephen Hinton

Waialua

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