Much of the article is about Ed Case winning his primary:
"U.S. Rep. Ed Case was correct when he told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser ahead of the Aug. 8 primary election that mainland political trends, namely the unexpected rise of democratic socialists knocking off more moderate members of their party, do not always translate to Hawaii.
They certainly did not in Case’s own primary race against state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, 42, a left-of-center Democrat who represents Kaneohe and parts of Kailua.
The more moderate, 73-year-old incumbent won the party’s nomination in a landslide, with 55.7% of the Democratic vote, or 63,679 votes, compared to 35.6% of the vote for Keohokalole, who drew only 40,740 votes."
Note that while Senator Keohokalole may be more progressive than Ed Case (not hard to do), he isn't a DSA member.
Another important issue to highlight:
"Former state Rep. John Mizuno, 62, failed in his Democratic Party comeback attempt to regain his former House District 29 seat to represent Kamehameha Heights-Kalihi Valley, losing to incumbent Rep. Ikaika Hussey, 48.
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Even though Hussey is more progressive than he is, Mizuno said local Democrats are wary of embracing extremely left socialists who want “free (school) lunch and free health care... "
So Mizuno lost to a younger and more progressive candidate (Hussey has said he favors "public financing of renewable energy and agriculture" and Hawaii should "raise taxes on the ultra-rich so that we can invest more in education"), but Mizuno is consoling himself that at least he didn't lose to a DSA member? Apparently no (?) DSA members ran in Hawai'i's Democractic primaries, and hence no conventional Hawai'i Democrats lost to them? Um, ok, strange cope.
leilanidude - Most school complexes already have free breakfast, lunch and after-school snacks for 100% of the campuses. It is based upon the percent that are in S.N.A.P. Pahoa and Keaau are among many that have this.
Actually, near all public schools in Puna provide free meals regardless of income through the Community Eligibility Provision or (CEP) program. This includes Keonepoko, Pahoa El/Intermediate/High, HAAS PCS, Keaau El/Intermediate/High, Mt View El, Volcano PCS, and many other schools on island and across the state.
It looks like the socialists are already here, all around us, and they're (gasp!) making sure school kids have enough to eat, something that most local families would say is thankfully the situation.
"U.S. Rep. Ed Case was correct when he told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser ahead of the Aug. 8 primary election that mainland political trends, namely the unexpected rise of democratic socialists knocking off more moderate members of their party, do not always translate to Hawaii.
They certainly did not in Case’s own primary race against state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, 42, a left-of-center Democrat who represents Kaneohe and parts of Kailua.
The more moderate, 73-year-old incumbent won the party’s nomination in a landslide, with 55.7% of the Democratic vote, or 63,679 votes, compared to 35.6% of the vote for Keohokalole, who drew only 40,740 votes."
Note that while Senator Keohokalole may be more progressive than Ed Case (not hard to do), he isn't a DSA member.
Another important issue to highlight:
"Former state Rep. John Mizuno, 62, failed in his Democratic Party comeback attempt to regain his former House District 29 seat to represent Kamehameha Heights-Kalihi Valley, losing to incumbent Rep. Ikaika Hussey, 48.
...
Even though Hussey is more progressive than he is, Mizuno said local Democrats are wary of embracing extremely left socialists who want “free (school) lunch and free health care... "
So Mizuno lost to a younger and more progressive candidate (Hussey has said he favors "public financing of renewable energy and agriculture" and Hawaii should "raise taxes on the ultra-rich so that we can invest more in education"), but Mizuno is consoling himself that at least he didn't lose to a DSA member? Apparently no (?) DSA members ran in Hawai'i's Democractic primaries, and hence no conventional Hawai'i Democrats lost to them? Um, ok, strange cope.
leilanidude - Most school complexes already have free breakfast, lunch and after-school snacks for 100% of the campuses. It is based upon the percent that are in S.N.A.P. Pahoa and Keaau are among many that have this.
Actually, near all public schools in Puna provide free meals regardless of income through the Community Eligibility Provision or (CEP) program. This includes Keonepoko, Pahoa El/Intermediate/High, HAAS PCS, Keaau El/Intermediate/High, Mt View El, Volcano PCS, and many other schools on island and across the state.
It looks like the socialists are already here, all around us, and they're (gasp!) making sure school kids have enough to eat, something that most local families would say is thankfully the situation.