08-12-2018, 02:53 AM
Ashley won handily, with over 60% of the vote. That's a pretty big margin, and it surprised me. Was it the rooster legislation that did Ohara in? Was it voting for Harry Kim's tax increases without asking hard questions about the budget? (My reason.) Was it Ashley's Filipino ethnic connections? (Frankie Stapleton mentioned here on Punaweb that Ashley would use those connections, and sort of implied that it was somehow wrong. Oh, and Ashley was seen in public with ***gasp!*** a known conservative. Can't have that.) All of those reasons played a part, but on a totally anecdotal level a lot of people I know said they just didn't like Ohara without mentioning any particular policies. So another Puna council rep bites the political dust.