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  • It takes a friend

    My father grew up in a conservative family, but like most working-class families in Hawaii at the time, they identified as Democrats. It wasn’t until a fellow pastor and friend told him “You can vote for Reagan,” that his whole mindset changed and we’ve been Republicans ever since. It’s okay to vote REPUBLICAN and vote…

  • Online media

    UPDATE: Olelo Community Media has released their Candidate in Focus series for the 2024 Primary Election. Here’s the link for the US Congressional candidates. Candidates in Focus 2024 Group 7: U.S. Congress (Primary) (youtube.com) On July 4, 2024, Civil Beat published the candidate profiles for US Senate. To their credit, they did post my complete…

  • Voter Guides

    UPDATE: The Office of Elections has issued the Primary Election Voter Guide. You can see your Precinct sample ballot and Voter Guide at the link https://olvr.hawaii.gov/altballotsearch3.aspx Some voter guides are useful, others seem to be data mining tools to collect on election metrics. iVoterGuide is a joint project between AFA Action, FRC Action, Tea Party…

  • Campaign material

    Download the campaign flyer “Lokahi, Aloha, Malama” Listen to the five radio spots, on local governance, federal funding, voting, Elections by Mail, and federal reform.

  • Time for choosing

    Nearly half of the ballots in the August 10 Primary will have no contests in the down ballot races. Thirty-five of 66 partisan races go straight to the General Election. Only the US Senate race will give people a choice in the Primary. Do they continue to vote Democrat and nominate Mazie Hirono, or make…

  • Hundred years

    The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 still stands as the worst piece of federal legislation that has negatively impacted Hawaii’s economy, let alone to the detriment of the US economy as a whole. The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii can regularly be relied on to point out the need for reform of the hundred year-old, outdated…

  • Elections Matter

    A bedrock principle of our Republic is to have the consent of the governed. In most cases, we achieve this by voting to elect representatives who conduct business and make decisions on behalf of the public. After the 2020 General Election, I had questions of my own; finding a voter record in my neighborhood by…

  • Your vote matters

    Did you know that each vote is worth more than $36,000 dollars? As a stakeholder in this corporate body we call the State of Hawaii, the value of your equal share in an $18 billion dollar annual budget is around $36,000. Whether you pay more or less than $36,000 a year in State taxes, that…

  • Memorial Day

    I am reminded of the words Abraham Lincoln in his letter to Mrs Bixby near the end of the Civil War. The closing words are enshrined at the Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Executive Mansion,Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. Dear Madam,– I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement…

  • Kuhio Day

    Happy Kuhio Day! Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole was the first Congressional delegate to represent Hawaii in the United States Congress. His vision for the State of Hawaii is just as relevant today as it was 100 years ago, from statehood to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. Prince Jonah recognized the ideals of the Party of…