If there is a prediction to be made about 2020 and Gabbard, it is that the 38-year-old Hawaii Democrat will not be president and any claims of political accomplishment will be unfulfilled. Read more
The threat to crack down on Big Oil and its conspiracy to keep us in the dark about global warming failed to register any changes. Read more
So there is a suspicion that the well-off are getting special treatment while other park users are ignored. That’s not a people’s park, a gift to the city or a legacy of careful stewardship. Read more
The folks on Mauna Kea, in Waimanalo and in Kahuku need to become part of the solution — they must become advocates for something, not just a problem. Read more
You don’t run for president of the United States because you are modest, but the wrong-headed self-importance of Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign has gone from being a national political oddity to just becoming tedious. Read more
If local Republicans can learn to embrace issues like Thielen does, their chances of political success would soar. I’m betting that’s not a flight many in the Hawaii GOP are likely to take. Read more
Presidential candidates have until next January to file with the Hawaii party. Officials say they expect between five and 10 candidates to still be running in early 2020. Read more
The unsolved fight over Mauna Kea’s Thirty Meter Telescope is dragging Gov. David Ige to an ignominious end — and greatly worrying Hawaii. Read more
Kenji Price, U.S. attorney for Hawaii, last week announced new federal investigations into illegal gambling outfits in Hawaii. Price kicked off the action by saying the local- federal joint investigation has identified 80 illegal Oahu game rooms in both commercial areas and residential neighborhoods. Read more
Let’s take a look at the candidates waiting until February to file for the historic 2020 Hawaii elections. There’s more than the usual interest in local politics. Read more
In some ways it is fitting that the first really major obstacle in front of Honolulu’s still-not-built rail system is Dillingham Boulevard. Read more
Barring a last-minute reality check, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has represented Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District for seven years, will continue her run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Read more
There are six or seven serious Honolulu politicians waking up and going to bed with a dream: the day they take the oath of office as Honolulu’s 18th elected mayor. Read more
For the protesters and Hawaii’s leaders, making the result a compromise and not a disaster, is an ability that today neither side appears to possess. Read more
The expected pushback is mounting, but the interesting reaction is that the folks at City Hall are not doing the usual retreat in the face of opposition. Read more
For the second time in his administration, Ige has been forced to pull back from the construction of the $1.4 billion project as protesters physically blocked the path up the mountain. Read more
Hawaii may top the ratings as the “happiest place to live” in the U.S., but it is the nation’s high-tech laughingstock. Read more
This week let’s talk about dogs. National politics is hateful, local politics is torpid and besides, we are entering the “Dog Days of Summer” and need to chill. Read more
At the end, building the telescope, neither delay nor talk, can be Ige’s only resolution. Read more
Of course, disgraced former police chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, who were convicted on federal conspiracy and obstruction charges, have no one except themselves to blame for crashing from crime fighters to convicts. Read more
If you think Mayor Kirk Caldwell and the Honolulu City Council last week really took care of the problems caused by Airbnb and other short-term vacation rentals in Honolulu, then your reality check is going to take a really long time. Read more
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