08-20-2016, 04:41 AM
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Originally posted by ElysianWort
What, HiloPuna, you don't think he's a thief? You think he is honest and up-and-up with us, the people? Leilanidude is right on target and accurate here. He is in the majority. Billy Kenoi is a thief! It is so obvious. And if you REALLY do believe he is innocent then the wool is being pulled over your eyes....or something.
There is a vast legal and ethical chasm between being a "thief" as defined by law, and being "honest and up-and up with us the people." I think Kenoi's actions have not yet been proven to be theft as defined by the legal system, but he clearly has not been honest or up-and-up with the citizens of Hawaii county who elected him and paid his salary.
The whole thing is a tragic waste, Kenoi had the potential to go far as a "local boy does good" and a role model. He is smart, personable and able to connect with a wide variety of people, but now he will forever be branded as another sleazy politician who played fast and loose with the rules for his personal benefit, no matter if he is convicted or not of the legal charges.
There is an impulse control test done with young children that has turned out to be an accurate predictor of eventual outcomes for their lives. You leave the kid alone in a room with a cookie and tell them if they wait and leave that cookie alone they will get 2 cookies. The children were then followed until adulthood to see how their lives turned out. Those who waited for 2 cookies had better lives across the board: educational levels, income, intact marriages and families, less incarceration and so on. Billy is the classic example of that kid who, for whatever reason, just couldn't delay gratification, he had to take the cookie.