EDITORIAL: Hopes high for Kalaeloa housing
This potential jump in affordable units would represent laudable progress, and progress has been slow in coming to Kalaeloa.
EDITORIAL: First DHHL high-rise must not be last
It’s been nearly 30 years since the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) acquired the property where the Stadium Bowl-o-Drome once stood.
EDITORIAL: UH must make most of Navy pact
Hawaii’s tenuous relationship with the Navy reached a tipping point in November 2021, when a crisis at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility saw thousands of gallons of jet fuel gush into a fire suppression system and later contaminate a drinking water network serving some 93,000 people.
HOOSER: Advice for the ‘first-timers’
At least a dozen brand new people were elected this past November 5th to serve at all levels of Hawaii state and county government.
EDITORIAL: Hawaiian changes ready for takeoff
Changes are coming for flyers using Hawaiian Airlines, as its new parent company, Alaska Air, revamps routes, planes and services to boost profits.
EDITORIAL: Honolulu must reckon with HPD behavior
Over the past month, new developments on two fatal shootings by Honolulu police and one related case of alleged police brutality have stirred public emotions about right and wrong. About crossing lines that are not clearly black or white. About the very nature of justice.
EDITORIAL: Assess EMS to aid creative solutions
Less than a year after Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS) became the sole concern of the city Emergency Services Department (HESD) following an Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services Division spin-off, the ambulance service is facing scrutiny on reports of protracted response times due to long-standing staffing issues.
HOOSER: Rules of the House, up close and personal
“Meet the new House boss, same as the old House boss”…is not the headline we want to see 6 months from now when “post session” reviews are conducted.
HOOSER: Missive for the change-makers
Without a doubt, I’m the luckiest, most fortunate guy on the entire planet.
HOOSER: Down the political rabbit hole
Kaua‘i’ Mayor Derek Kawakami told Hawai’i Public Radio’s Catherine Cruz last week, ”I think ultimately I’d like to make a run for either one of the seats on the fifth floor at the state Capitol…” (either lieutenant governor or governor).
Letter for Friday, November 22, 2024
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HOOSER: A New Kaua‘i Council Dynamic
Congratulations to former Councilmember Arryl Kaneshiro and our brand new Councilmember Fern Anuenue Holland, both of whom recently won election to the Kaua‘i County Council.
HOOSER: To those candidates who lost
Losing sucks, but please don’t blame the voters.
HOOSER: It’s time to pivot local
No matter what happens in Washington, D.C., in the coming days, here in Hawaii we need to take a deep breath and turn our focus immediately toward local issues.
HOOSER: Political inspiration from jersey No. 6
He doesn’t know me at all and I only know him as jersey No. 6. He’s probably 9 years old, maybe 10. His actions on the soccer field this past Saturday should make us all very proud, and remind us of how civil society is supposed to act.
HOOSER: Candidates on a string — super PACs at work
The biggest threat to democracy is not unregulated immigration, but rather the unregulated and unlimited flow of money into political campaigns on both sides of the aisle.
HOOSER: One vote can make a difference
So who you going to vote for?
Hooser: A voter’s conundrum
Recently I received an email asking a simple and straightforward question that quickly became entangled in complicated thoughts and counter-thoughts.
HOOSER: Reorganizing the state House without the nuance
“I’m now curious: How does the Speaker get that position — is it a public vote or in-house vote by the other reps?”
Letter for Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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