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John Pritchett: There's No Place Like Seoul

Five members of the Honolulu City Council and a staffer are traveling to South Korea this week as part of a Sister City relationship. Their hosts are picking up part of the tab.

By John Pritchett

October 8, 2023 · 1 min read

John Pritchett/Civil Beat/2023

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John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

Five members of the Honolulu City Council and a staffer are traveling to South Korea this week as part of a Sister City relationship. Their hosts are picking up part of the tab.

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About the Author

John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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Its great that the council can visit cities around the globe and within the nation, to see how efficiently they can be run and how immaculate they can be, but what is the translation to Honolulu? I too can visit, compare and dream, but the fact is Honolulu is not them, even if we spend 10x as much money on city projects, like rail. Another sad fact is that some people here would never allow city property to be immaculate and rather vandalize, destroy, occupy and ruin things for the majority.

wailani1961 · 2 years ago

Can there at least be a report back to the public on what was learned on these trips? Or how this sister-state relationship benefits Hawaii?

H_byrdman · 2 years ago

While you are at it, start taking a dive into our councilmembers social media accounts. I for one am seeing at least one of them out there partying in Korea, on our taxpayers dime. I'm sure it's not just the one...

potagee808 · 2 years ago

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