David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
Here’s How The Legislature Is Slow-Walking A Reform Hawaiʻi Needed Years Ago
Many lawmakers keep saying they support longer sessions. But it never happens.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
No Confidence: We Need To Force Legislative Leaders To Clean Up Their Own Houses
One thing the public can do is petition leadership to investigate the $35,000 given by the FBI to a lawmaker during a federal corruption investigation.
Hawai‘i State Senate/2025
This Senator Thinks Trump Is A Danger To Hawaiʻi. He Hopes To Convince You Too
Karl Rhoads worries that too many people are not paying close attention to the president’s “bleeding to death” of government.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Hawaiʻi Could Learn From Traditional Korean Policy Making
Well-funded, autonomous policy centers for research and analysis could help inform Hawaiʻi leaders.
Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2024
Hawaiʻi Still A Tolerant Place, But That Tolerance Is Frayed
This writer worries that Trump’s loyal MAGA followers appear unconcerned, emboldened by the shift to totalitarianism.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
The Housing Numbers Keep Talking. We Must Listen
To house Hawai‘i’s future, we must be ready to reform, invest and build, a new essay argues.
Kalany Omengkar/Civil Beat/2022
Blue State Blues: One-Party Control? In Hawaiʻi It’s More Like No-Party Control
Running as a Democrat or Republican says more about political calculation than party allegiance or ideology.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022
Fix The Honolulu Police Commission. Don’t Abdicate Its Authority To The Mayor
The selection process for police commissioners must be drastically overhauled as well.
Screenshot/2023
Hawaiʻi’s Ombudsman: ‘We Don’t Have Teeth, But We Can Gum Them To Death’
For decades, one of the state’s main agencies to help the public has been understaffed and lacking in authority.
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I Fought For Democracy Abroad. I Never Thought I’d Be Fighting For It Here
I served because I believed America stood for something greater than brute force or personal gain.