06-30-2016, 04:33 AM
Originally posted by TomK
"I think Ige insulted everyone on the Big Island, no matter what views they have. How the hell did he become our governor? "
I know this is a rhetorical question but since it's the political season I'll bite! Our former governor had "insulted" a few narrow interest groups, coupled with a press that promotes controversy he sealed his fate. The key constituency Neil insulted? The teachers...he gave a great contract to the UHPA and nothing to HSTA. Turns out Ige's wife is an HSTA v-p and he was the sitting chair of Senate Ways&Means. Voila, our accidental governor!
Throw in the "greens" with the Carleton Ching/DLNR appointment, and the seniors with an offhand scolding early in his tenure, and Neil cobbled together just enough opposition to result in a landslide for Ige.
So Ige wasn't voted in, Neil was rejected.
If you're concerned about the mountain, and the rule of law, from what I hear Ige is not your problem in the future. The word is he now "gets it" and is preparing to support both the process and the effecting of the result, up to and including state control of the access and policing of civil disobedience. The state didn't get it right the first time and they know it.
"I think Ige insulted everyone on the Big Island, no matter what views they have. How the hell did he become our governor? "
I know this is a rhetorical question but since it's the political season I'll bite! Our former governor had "insulted" a few narrow interest groups, coupled with a press that promotes controversy he sealed his fate. The key constituency Neil insulted? The teachers...he gave a great contract to the UHPA and nothing to HSTA. Turns out Ige's wife is an HSTA v-p and he was the sitting chair of Senate Ways&Means. Voila, our accidental governor!
Throw in the "greens" with the Carleton Ching/DLNR appointment, and the seniors with an offhand scolding early in his tenure, and Neil cobbled together just enough opposition to result in a landslide for Ige.
So Ige wasn't voted in, Neil was rejected.
If you're concerned about the mountain, and the rule of law, from what I hear Ige is not your problem in the future. The word is he now "gets it" and is preparing to support both the process and the effecting of the result, up to and including state control of the access and policing of civil disobedience. The state didn't get it right the first time and they know it.