HOOSER: Why should you care?
Why should you care? Why should you take the time to send off some meaningless little email to some politician who’s not going to read it, and will do what they want regardless? Trust me, I feel this way more often than I’d like to admit.
Letter for Wednesday, February 8, 2023
• Bureaucracy creates waste
Letters for Tuesday, February 7, 2023
• Poor creature suffered • Dangerous intersection
HOOSER: Pulling back the curtains on Coco Palms
Who won and who lost on Jan. 24? On the surface, as is way too often the case — the developers won. But scratch just a tiny bit and you’ll see their victory was a hollow one. They stepped in it, actually. They stepped in it big time.
Letters for Tuesday, January 31, 2023
• A 2-ton problem • Thank you
HOOSER: A birthday rumination
Turning 69 years old on Thursday, Jan. 19 was an exhilarating day for me, and I thank all who helped make it so.
Letter for Tuesday, January 24, 2023
• Unleashed dogs are result of irresponsible owners
Letters for Thursday, January 19, 2023
• Etiquette of driving • Kuamo‘o Road woes
Hooser: Muddy waters of Coco Palms
Tuesday, Jan. 24, could be a big day for the perennially promised and never fulfilled Coco Palms development.
VOICES: An opportunity to diversify delegation
So, Jimmy Tokioka has now resigned his elected position as a member of the state House of Representatives.
Dancing with the devil — a Faustian dilemma
Money, elections and politics — a Faustian dilemma and an untenable reality facing every elected official.
Letters for Wednesday, January 11, 2023
• One system for voting • Annoying campaign signs
Letter for Sunday, January 8, 2o23
• Longing for the good old days
Letters for Wednesday, January 4, 2023
• ‘Good old boys club’ • ‘Traffic mosh pit’
Hooser: Legislative reform: ‘A deep moral crisis’
The cynics and skeptics will say it’s just gonna be more of the same. Always the optimist, I beg to differ. There’s too much at stake.
Legislative reform: ‘A deep moral crisis’
The cynics and skeptics will say it’s just gonna be more of the same. Always the optimist, I beg to differ. There’s too much at stake.
Letter for Sunday, January 1, 2023
• Congress must act
What keeps you up at night?
A friend asked me recently about what keeps me up at night. What do I think about most when I lay there in bed in those final moments before drifting off?
Letter for Thursday, December 22, 2022
• Guiding principles
HOOSER: What do I want for Christmas?
Money, of course. Money for the houseless. Money for education. Money for I Ola Wailuanui. Money for community organizing. Money for hard core legislative advocacy work.