Hawaii has some of the best entertainers in the world, but you won't find them in Waikiki. Many tourists have told me they will not return to Waikiki because they expected to see and hear Hawaii, but it doesn't exist there. They will also say entertainment is too expensive, but that is because they only look at it in terms of cost vs. revenue per square foot, not customer satisfaction. Very few Hawaiian entertainers can earn a livable wage. When these special people are gone, we will have lost an irreplaceable part of Hawaii.
Teams accomplish more than individuals by themselves.
Ben Cayetano and Mazie Hirono are a team. Among other things, they have brought workers' compensation costs down by 50 percent and lowered auto insurance rates. I was raised in a liberal, Democratic Party family. When my brother openly declared himself a Republican during the first Reagan presidency, heated debate rocked the entire family. Today I continue to be a very liberal Democrat, as well as a 25-year Hawaii state employee, longtime union member and educator.