08-01-2016, 07:22 AM
I've said it before, but it bears repeating. Ilagan has aligned himself with local big money/big land interests and outside good old boy political "leadership" factions. (If those good old boys who never have done and never will do anything for Puna want Ruderman out of office, that's a clue that I should be voting for him.) Ilagan thinks it is acceptable to dodge questions, sometimes for years, by saying "I need to research that and get back to you." He smiles a lot and has signs plastered all over Puna, but that doesn't impress me. His tenure on the county council has not seen him pass any significant legislation that helps Puna. And now he wants to be senator? Ruderman may be far from ideal, but he is the better choice by far.