The Civil Beat Staff

The authors of a recent opinion piece make some valid points, but there are some “contravening facts” that must be pointed out.

The last of the votes were cast on a sunny Saturday, then candidates and their supporters sweated out the returns through the night.

Civil Beat’s coverage of Hawaii’s primary election starts here with reports from the field, community comments and more on the races.

Tom Coffman had the story long before Martin Hamburger showed up.

“New development needs to be planned around available infrastructure to minimize costs. ‘No Build’ zones need to be established to protect sensitive areas.”

“It is imperative to keep agricultural land for our farmers, and not allow development projects that threaten the open space and prime agricultural lands.”

“Look at the last 60 years under one-party leadership, it has been a disaster — the worst schools in the nation.”

Suspicions about super PAC support for a Hawaii lieutenant governor candidate.

“We need to create a comprehensive agricultural preservation program. We need to use our farmland for producing food for local people.”

“I support changing the state constitution to allow taxing investment properties to fund initiatives for our public schools. Our public schools have been chronically underfunded for at least a hundred years.”

Not all environmentalists oppose the use of liquified natural gas as a bridge fuel for Hawaii, letter-writer says.

“We have to make funding of our public schools a top priority. We have to find new, innovative funding sources, including revenues through the diversification of our economy.”