06-12-2012, 02:26 PM
My take was as a member of the press working in Hilo, not as a Punatic! I was so pissed that she got in the same sort of little turf kine battles that Emily did with the county workers. And he showed up for work more than she did! She accomplished nothing!!! Like I said, her father was the true leader in that family.
You all have no clue how the council treated women back in those days. They were so disrespectful and horrible to Merle Lai and to Helene when she was still on the council. And then for Keiko to turn around when she actually was able to form a majority and play the old female games just proved she was no better than the good ole boys. Sorry but that's how I saw it from inside the newsroom where people spoke freely about what was going on. I didn't cover the County Council, that wasn't my beat. But I heard the scuttlebutt and, as a working woman, observed how she played her hand.
You all have no clue how the council treated women back in those days. They were so disrespectful and horrible to Merle Lai and to Helene when she was still on the council. And then for Keiko to turn around when she actually was able to form a majority and play the old female games just proved she was no better than the good ole boys. Sorry but that's how I saw it from inside the newsroom where people spoke freely about what was going on. I didn't cover the County Council, that wasn't my beat. But I heard the scuttlebutt and, as a working woman, observed how she played her hand.