By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on September 16, 2018
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on September 16, 2018
It’s hard to decide what’s worse, the persistent bad news about Oahu’s $9 billion rail project or the city’s unrelenting efforts to put a happy face on the problems.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on September 9, 2018 • Updated on September 9, 2018 at 6:13 pm
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on September 9, 2018 • Updated on September 9, 2018 at 6:13 pm
Twice in six years, state Rep. Romy Cachola has been accused of effectively stealing elections by intimidating elderly immigrants in his Kalihi district to vote for him via mail-in ballots.
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By David Shapiro on September 2, 2018 • Updated on September 1, 2018 at 10:43 pm
By David Shapiro Posted on September 2, 2018 • Updated on September 1, 2018 at 10:43 pm
The four counties make a fair point in their lawsuit trying to stop a poorly written constitutional amendment that would allow the state to raid real property taxes purportedly to finance public education.
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By David Shapiro on August 19, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
By David Shapiro Posted on August 19, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
The fight between Mayor Kirk Caldwell and the City Council over SamKoo Hawaii’s 513-unit condominium near the Ala Moana Center rail terminus again points up the the chaos that bedevils rail.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on August 12, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on August 12, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
House Speaker Scott Saiki and Finance Chairwoman Sylvia Luke are out of line in their political bullying of Big Island officials trying to recover from an ongoing volcanic disaster that has crippled a major quadrant of the island.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on July 22, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
For the first time since the infamous smear against Ben Cayetano’s 2012 mayoral campaign by Pacific Resource Partnership, a well-funded super PAC is investing heavily in a Hawaii election.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on July 15, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on July 15, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa is campaigning for governor on her abilities as a leader, but she is failing the first obligation of political leadership: telling voters exactly where she intends to lead us.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on July 8, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on July 8, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:12 am
Hawaii News Now deserves kudos for hosting debates that try to energize local elections, but made a couple of bad journalistic calls in the latest round by shutting out potentially the most interesting GOP candidate for governor and again letting U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard run and hide to deny opponents a chance to be heard.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on May 20, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on May 20, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
As the Honolulu Police Department makes good progress digging out from the Louis Kealoha corruption scandal, the last thing it needs is an infusion of politics into policing.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on May 6, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on May 6, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
With Gov. David Ige picking up fewer endorsements, lacking a coherent campaign strategy and facing a Honolulu Star-Advertiser poll showing him 20 points behind U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, many feel it’s already over three months before the Aug. 11 Democratic primary.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on April 15, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
Mail-in balloting has been popular among Hawaii’s most active voters, but the Legislature has sidestepped the next logical step of switching everybody to mail-in voting to improve our dismal overall turnout.
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By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on April 8, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on April 8, 2018 • Updated on August 27, 2018 at 10:13 am
The machinations at Honolulu Hale to fund a potential $44 million shortfall for rail administration in 2019 portend an even bigger predicament rumbling down the track.
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