Abercrombie's Resignation

[John S. Rabi]

Running the affairs of the State of Hawaii is business and to run a business effectively you need a CEO. The job of the CEO is to make the business successful, thus the State of Hawaii. I'm not advocating "Joe Smith" who owns a store in the industrial area for the job. I'm advocating a real CEO.

I had the privilage to work as a middle-level executive at the headquarters of both a Fortune 500 company and a private company that was the second largest in its field in the world. I learned the mindset of the CEOs and like, it's not a job for them, it's a challenge. Their salary is not a salary, it's a compensation. A career politician will not be successful to right this ship.

Ever since I have lived here the State of Hawaii has been mismanaged and the shortcomings always were made up at the expense of the taxpayers. There is a reason why this state is called "The People's Republic of Hawaii" and is dead last on the list of the most unfriendly places to do business at.



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[Kapohocat]

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Originally posted by DaVinci... A businessman? A businessman is, by definition, not interested in the public welfare. He is self-interested. His special interest is to line his pockets with profits..., and if he deigned to run for public office, I would question his motives (unless he was a gazillionaire and had grown weary of the prospect of making yet more money)... If there was more profit in regulating the hell out of your life, he would do that in a heartbeat.

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I think you mean a capitalist. A businessman may work for a company and not be lining his own pockets necessarily.

Carry on.

[mailesomaha]

I thought Neil was FOR marijuana legalization and therefore a little too quirky for my vote. Maybe it's just me. When I first moved to the Big Island the temp librarian at the university asked me to his place for a bar-b-que. "Lots of people, lots of food, lots of fun" was what he said. When I got there, it was just he and I a bag of pot and some beers.

I don't know, it just freaked me out. Not cause I don't smoke pot and don't drink (beers anyway). Jack Daniels and I often hang out together on a Saturday night. I always just expect certain people to behave in a certain way.

But then I watched the debate and he said something like I don't think that criminals should keep medical marijuana from the peeps that actually need it. I just felt a little tingle inside; now I understand his position on pot. Hmmmmm.....you never know.

In the debates, he was really straight forward on his positions, ideas and thoughts as well. Mufi skirted too many issues for me. I really wanted to know what he thought or how he would vote on issues. Sad.

Also, while I'm on a tangent, Mufi said he was not for same sex marriage; rather would give equal legal rights. This, he said, is due to his religious beliefs. Mixing religion and politics is a volatile cocktail. If you cannot vote yea in position that is parallel to what our constitution guarantees you cannot be in office; especially if you're excuse is religion. I'd pay a cool mil or 2 to keep 'em out.

[DTisme]

Personally I think both of them are at fault for leaving their posts before their term was up. So that's a wash. I like Mufi, but I will vote Abercrombie strictly on the issue of civil unions/same-sex marriage. Either one is ok by me to run in the gen. election.

On how to treat a newbie, I agree posts here have been needlessly harsh. The person wanted to discuss local politics, and he was treated like a carpetbagger. I'm amazed how often aloha seems a crock.