Nothing is more a part of good government than the local School Boards.  Because of Hawaii’s century old habit of centralization, the once statewide elected School Board was changed, by vote, to that of a Governor appointed one. How sad, not only because the issues of a elected School Board […]

This illustrates how democracy is short changed by the City & County system using Council District 3 on the island of Oahu as an example.    District 3- Waimanalo, Kailua and Kaneohe, together the total about 115,000 people. To compare representation let’s look at Douglas County Oregon which has approximately […]