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Where's the governor?
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12-29-2015, 03:41 PM
With the current Dengue crisis, has anyone seen Me Kenoi at any of the informational sessions? He was everywhere during the lava crisis and even the post Iselle cleanup, but I would be hard pressed to identify the County leader if I was new to the Island. Is this his post-Pcard laying low or has he abdicated?
12-30-2015, 03:18 AM
The governor has been mostly invisible on the dengue crisis, other than to offer words of support for what a good job he thinks the DOH has done. Kenoi seems to be laying low after the P-card debacle on most issues.
12-30-2015, 07:11 AM
People criticize the Mayor when he's visible and they criticize him when he's not visible. What expertise does Billy bring that would supplement the combined expertise of the CDC, the Department of Health and the Civil Defense staff? Given the level of animosity of some people, his appearance at the info meetings might be more of a distraction than an enhancement (remember all the "Save the monkey pod" people who sidetracked the Pahoa lava meetings???) I'd rather have a Mayor who delegates responsibility to the appropriate people and serves as a manager rather than a show horse who strives for lots of attention but doesn't bring much to the party.
12-30-2015, 07:39 AM
It's called the holy-days, jungle pundits. Are you at work? Dengue was down to 3 active cases about a week ago, indicating the spraying is working, plus they have closed down a couple parks that were primary areas. Seems the self anointed civic purity people think drooling babble is more important than finding out what is really going on.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
01-12-2016, 07:36 PM
This is an appropriate question now, not so much specific to dengue, but what has happened to Ige? He has some huge problems developing and it almost looks like he is taking the Jimmy Carter Rose Garden approach (his last year in office where he disappeared for several months after the botched hostage rescue effort). He has a huge pile of federal highway money that is on the verge of expiring. He canceled the state computer modernization study but that still leaves a creaking, antiquated state computer system, he has a growing homeless problem, he volunteers to take Syrian refugees but doesn't have a clue what to do with Micronesians, many other things that are developing into crises by taking the aloha time route. It's good locals are trying to take back the government from being transplant run but if they are ineffectual, the result is going to be an embarrassing crawling on knees to some haole transplant savior and that will not end well.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
01-13-2016, 04:52 AM
Ige is the state employees unions' revenge for Abercrombie having suggested just the merest hint of accountability for their invincible and unfireable cohort. When we look at the TMT permitting fiasco, multiple state agencies threatened with losing federal funding for failing to process it on time, the lackluster response to the dengue outbreak, and other failings by state agencies, the common element (besides incompetence) is lack of consequences for poor performance. They don't even get rebuked by their chief executive, Ige. Ted is probably right about the answer not being a transplant. It will take a home-grown reformer and a lot of public anger for things to really change. Will that ever happen? Don't hold your breath.
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