Hawaii is a locked in a systemic One Party System that will never change without political reform. The reform needed goes back to the founding of the Territorial Government and its instituting of a political system which extended both the one party control of the Republic of Hawaii and the […]

l HAWAII PONO I: State Anthem Of Hawaii ENGLISH TRANSLATION Verse 1 Hawaii’s own true sons                                                                      […]

“Local government in Hawaii differs greatly from local government on the mainland United States. Hawaii has a highly centralized system of government, which the Territory administering many functions which on the mainland are handled by local government, there are only the City and County of Honolulu, the four Outer Island· […]

Hawaii’s journey to a one-party system is a result of different political choices made over the past 200 years.   Understanding this journey is vital in dealing head-on with modern Hawaii and its political challenges   After the death of Kamehameha the Great his wife Queen Kaahumanu and his son Liholiho […]

It Starts With Being Honest About The Problem Looking over some older Civil Beat articles reinforces our take on the dynamics that have to be dealt with for Hawaii conservatives (which actually line up as being (classic liberalism) to overcome the entrenched one party system. “Because of the Republican Party’s […]