A nationally known entertainment company won the bid. Medeiros had the right to bid but declined. State Senator Slom was hauled before the State Ethics Commission for tweaking the governor in a press release sent out on his personal stationary. Democrats dominate Hawaii state elected offices because the Republicans just don't get it. In 1974 there were nine Republicans sitting on the 25-member state Senate.
Today there are only two.
Democrats dominate Hawaii's elected offices because the majority of Hawaii's voters support their political values. It is that simple. I understand the Journal's biases to business and its inclination to support Republicans rather than Democrats. But I continue to read the Journal because I believe it holds the high journalistic standards one could expect from a newspaper that is read and respected around the world. The state of Hawaii did not deserve that kind of treatment.