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Who shows up to a Green and White Day Parade wearing red and white? Puna Councilwoman Emily Naeole-Beason. When she got out of her vehicle wearing a red and white floral mu’umu’u with a red silk lei wrapped around a black cowboy hat, I just took a deep exhale. It was just one more thing on my list to illustrate all the politics involved with putting on a parade.
After my exhale, I couldn’t help but be amused. What was she, a Pahoa High School alumna, thinking, when she decided not to wear her school colors? Did she want to stand out amid all the basketball players in their green jerseys? Was she trying to match the Hawaii County Band? After all, their uniforms are red and white gingham. She can’t blame it on not getting the memo. Her Council Aide Gwen Kupahu wore a green T-shirt and her legislative aide, RJ Hampton, wore a green and white gingham button-down shirt.
What Naeole-Beason didn’t realize when she showed up decked out in red and white was that, prior to her arrival, I had been having hard time finding a volunteer driver for her. By the time she arrived, she was shown to a red Chevy pickup that — turning a negative into a positive — matched her dress! What she didn’t know or may not have come to know is that the driver of that pickup is the campaign manager for Loren Baker, who, along with a couple of others, intends to run against Emily Naeole-Beason for the District 5 Council seat. The guy was kind enough to volunteer, after two other drivers of classic cars said they didn’t want Naeole-Beason in their cars.
We had that behind-the-scenes pre-parade drama after, the day before, I sat with Fred Blas, Peter Frost and, later, Hunter Bishop, writing, erasing, and re-writing on a white board, trying to figure out in which classic cars and hot rods we would be putting the basketball players and politicians.
At first, we had cousins Rep. Faye Hanohano and Naeole-Beason in the same car. But I thought twice. I called Naeole-Beason’s office and spoke with volunteer aide Sheryle “Sativa” Sulton. “Is Emily getting along with Faye? I want to put them in the same car,” I said. ”I think so… let me check,” Sulton said. She returned to the phone, “She made a face when I told her. Maybe you shouldn’t put them in the same car.” After hanging up the phone, I erased their names from riding in the Buick Riviera. Blas, Frost and I opted not to put the politicians together, but to mix them up with players and cheerleaders.
We really didn’t want any politicians to eclipse the players. The parade was to be about the Pahoa Daggers Basketball Team, not the politicians. Earlier in the week, a representative with the Hawaii Democratic Party called me trying to get into the parade with, amongst other signs, a “Neil Abercrombie for governor” sign. ”This is about the Pahoa Daggers,” I said, after an emphatic “no.”
As Blas, Frost, and I worked on who to put where, I got a phone call from Sulton. Naeole-Beason wanted to ride with her other cousin, the mayor, she said. ”The mayor’s riding on the fire truck with Helene Hale,” I said, not knowing until a few minutes later, when Bishop arrived, that nobody could ride on the fire truck with the mayor due to liability concerns. Sulton noted that Naeole-Beason is the councilwoman of the Puna district and she should ride with the mayor. I told Sulton that we decided to mix up the politicians with the players and cheerleaders. ”We want a player then,” Sulton said, noting that Naeole-Beason had personally donated $300 to the players for their trip to Oahu to the state championships. ”We want that tall, handsome black boy, Nick Fisher!” “Okay, Nick Fisher can ride with Emily,” I said, before hanging up the phone. I wrote Naeole-Beason and Fisher underneath the Buick Riviera and relayed the phone conversation to Blas and Frost. Frost started laughing, and Blas got angry. ”I donated $400! This is not about how much money you donated! This is about the players!” We continued to work on our who-goes-where mission and then, after Bishop arrived, sat on the floor cutting and pasting on green construction paper the typed names of all the players, cheerleaders, coaches, school officials and politicians that would be in the parade. ”People have no idea all the little things involved in putting on a parade,” Blas noted at one point. Indeed, they have no idea.
Just a few notes on what we had to do in the last couple of weeks to make this parade happen: We had to arrange for 12 special-duty police officers, submit paperwork for the road closure, put a notice in the newspaper, persuade the county band and classic car and hot rod owners to participate, publicize, blow up balloons and distribute balloons around town, and wish and hope the rain would stay away long enough for a successful run.
In arranging the line-up, we worked with the classic cars and hot rods we had, and we did not stress about the ones we didn’t. We rejoiced upon discovering the cars not on on our list that opted to participate. When people said they didn’t want a politician in their car, or anyone in their car for that matter, we took it in stride and went back to our notes, trying to figure out where we could possibly place people.
The Pahoa Rotary wanted to participate in the Green and White parade, given that March 20 was the service organization’s Walk To End Polio. We consented, saying they could walk at the end of the parade as long as they wore green to be in the Dagger spirit. Then, after a KHBC radio broadcast announcing the parade, retired Puna santa Vic Beardsley called to see if he and 103-year-old Saramae Landers could be in the parade to promote the Puna Community Medical Center. ”I don’t know about that,” I said, “Let me see what I can do and get back to you.” I could barely find enough classic cars and hot rods to accommodate the players, cheerleaders, coaches, school officials and politicians. I wasn’t able to accommodate Beardsley and Landers. When Sara Burgess showed up with her 103-year-old mother on Saturday afternoon, my heart sank. I didn’t want to be a meanie and say, “Your mom can’t be in the parade.” But I was a meanie and said, “I’m sorry, but your mom can’t be in the parade. This is about the players, not your mom, Beardsley, or Puna Community Medical Center.” Then, a while later, out of the corner of my eye, I see Landers and Beardsley perched on the back of a red convertible and someone affixing onto the car a Puna Community Medical Center sign. I let out a deep exhale and continued on my mission to figure out who went where. Madie Greene approached. “What’s with the Puna Community Medical Center sign? This is about the players.” “I know, I tried to shut them down,” I responded. A few minutes later, Greene was back, telling me the Puna Community Medical Center signs were going down.
Once we figured out who was going into what vehicle, we had to figure out the line-up. I had a request for the mayor not to be next to the Hawaii County Band, given the politics with the mayor proposed the county band be axed from the Parks and Recreation budget. So, the mayor went in the fire truck behind the blue-and-white marked police car and in front of the Interstate Batteries truck and girls associated with Interstate Batteries walking with a congratulatory sign for the basketball players. The County Band went behind the Interstate Batteries truck. They were followed by the Pahoa Daggers cheerleaders and coaches and parents of the players who opted to walk. Then, we had the players in the cars.
At first, I had most outstanding player (MOP) Isaiah Akau riding in Fred Blas’ corvette. But then Clyde, a Hawaiian Paradise Park resident who recently moved over from Maui, showed up in a stunning green Corvette. I went up to Blas and said, “No offense, I’m moving the MOP into Clyde’s car.”
It was kind of chaotic, trying to orchestrate the line-up. I wanted to be sure all the players went ahead of the politicians. And I wanted to be sure that the senator went ahead of the representatives and that they preceded our councilwoman. I was trying to respect protocol. I guess, as I was shouting out the line-up, Naeole-Beason told her driver, “Just go.”
After everyone was lined up, I rode my bike down to our shop and waited for the parade with my friends and our kids. We had a blast, rooting everyone on as they passed. I cringed when I saw Rep. Clift Tsuji in line before Sen. Russell Kokubun and Rep. Faye Hanohano, who represents the Puna District. But hopefully none of them were offended. A couple of my friends hadn’t known until they were sitting there watching the parade with me that I was one of the people who had arranged it. We all enjoyed the sirens on the police car, the fire truck, the band, and all the neat-looking cars. It was fun to hoot and holler, and play with the paraders as they passed by. I loved the scorekeeper kid who rode near the end behind the Pahoa Rotary walkers, and revved his engine for us to get more hoot and hollers.
I really hope all those kids loved the parade. The intent was to make them feel lock rock stars in their hometown. Imagine what it must be like to be a high school kid parading through your hometown in a hot rod after winning a state championship. That is a good kind of high. At the school cafeteria after the parade, the players seemed blissful. They had smiles on their faces and happily posed for pictures with the politicians.
Sen. Kokubun and Rep. Hanohano gave them each certificates. Bishop gave them key chains from the mayor. Naeole-Beason, after the speeches from the senator, Rep. Hanohano and Tsuji, and Bishop, stood in her red and white mu’umu’u and reminded the players that she is a Dagger alumna. As she emphasized that the school is her alma mater, I couldn’t help to think to myself, “You wouldn’t know it by the dress you chose today.” I thought, Naeole-Beason’s cousin, Mayor Billy Kenoi, is a Kalapana native and he commuted to Hilo to attend and graduate from Waiakea High School. But on parade day he wore a Dagger jersey with pride in his native Puna. Naeole-Beason from promised the players she would present each one of the players with certificates at an upcoming Council meeting. She then stood next to her cousin, Hanohano, wearing a green polo with a white collar, and posed with the Daggers for a picture.
As we left the cafeteria, a friend asked, “Did you notice that Emily was one of the only people not wearing green?” I sure did. Later Saturday night, Karolyn Lundkvist called. She, too, commented about Naeole-Beason’s attire and said she asked Naeole-Beason directly, “Where’s your green?” Naeole-Beason responded with a smile. I guess Naeole-Beason got what she wanted: everyone to wonder why she didn’t wear green.
I’m going to have to refer to my two suppositions above: she either wanted to deliberately eclipse the players or she wanted to match the Hawaii County Band. She could very well be intending to vote to reinstate the $327,000 necessary to save the County Band, and wearing red and white was her way of giving us a hint. We shall see what color she wears tomorrow when council members take up the proposed budget in Finance Committee Monday.
The people asking me why Naeole-Beason wore red and white don’t know that she apparently ordered herself and her staff some green T-shirts. Here’s the inside scoop — the politics — on that: Blas ordered T-shirts for parade organizers and his friends. He used the same company that Naeole-Beason uses for her campaign shirts. Blas paid for the design and set-up fee for the T-shirts that read, “Pahoa High School HHSAA Division II State Basketball Champions.” Naeole-Beason apparently jumped on his band wagon and added four more T-shirts to his order. That act might have very well been Blas’ last straw in his deliberation whether or not to run for County Council against Naeole-Beason.
Meanwhile, Naeole-Beason aside, two of her intended contenders in the upcoming election opted to participate in Green and White Day parade festivities. Loren Baker escorted one of the players in his convertible Corvette, and Barbara Lively showed up as a spectator and Dagger supporter with the Jacobsons, all of them wearing green and white “Get Lively” campaign shirts. Every other politician who participated in the parade wore green, from Sen. Kokubun’s Sig Zane aloha shirt to Helene Hale’s vibrant mu’umu’u with a number of shades of green.
Politics aside, the parade was a huge hit. It was so successful that school officials and Pahoa merchants are hoping to continue with the Green and White Day tradition. Mayor Billy Kenoi declared March 7th “Dagger Day,” so it should very well be that day. Principal Dean Cevallos suggested we highlight in next year’s parade all the school athletes involved in spring sports. Will there be a Dagger Day parade? We can do that if we can raise the money for the special-duty police officers, newspaper advertisement, and required parade insurance. We can open up the parade to the whole community, inviting people to submit float entries.
The idea for Green and White Day came when Mainstreet Pahoa Association members were trying to think about events we could host to boost business in the old town. It was thought to be an event similar to a Black and White night, but more like a town pep rally by specifying the school colors.
Thanks so much to all the Mainstreet Pahoa Association members — Greene at Puna Buy and Sell, Shawn Douglas of Puna Style, Gwen Kupahu of Councilwoman Naeole-Beason’s office, Olivia Cockcroft of Paradissmo Tropical Spa, Ophelia of Boogie Woogie Pizza, Mike Hale, and Star Newland. Also, thanks to Blas and Bishop, of the Mayor’s Office, who was as affected as we Mainstreet Pahoa Association members were and wanted to put on a Green and White Day Parade for the basketball players. Thanks to Tom Lackey for the Hulihuli chicken, and to all the volunteer drivers in the parade, every single one of them. That was a tremendous public service. I bow with gratitude to know you all.
March 21st, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Fred Blas running for the Council? Now there’s an idea a lot of people could get behind. Too bad nobody told the politicians to just stay home and let the kids have their moment.
Tiff, did you get the feeling that you were dealing with spoiled toddlers at a play date? I don’t know how you put up it. Oh wait, you have a toddler of your own and a lot of experience with Emily. You were the perfect person for the job. Well done!
March 21st, 2010 at 9:03 pm
I have a strong feeling Fred Blas is going to decide for County Council.
March 21st, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I for one am truely disgusted with myself for not making the time to attend a single basketball game this season. I did enjoy listening to the championship game on the radio!
I’m going to make a point of seeing Isaiah, Nick and his pals on their most excellent volleyball team as the season is underway.
March 21st, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Congratulations on a job well done – and the beginning of a new tradition!
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:52 am
Fred Blas for county council now there is something that will set the clowns on their heads. My head is reeling with toons. Go for it Fred.
Thank you Tiff for all that you do and Fred the council job is still part time so you can still cut everyone’s grass. [that’s a joke Fred that’s a joke.
The Lack
March 22nd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
The picture of Fred Blas saying “I’VE HAD IT!” is worth a million words! haaaa. Right on Fred! Go for it. The campaign should read “Give ‘em hell Fred!”
Classic Aunty Em story. Hollywood can’t make this kind of stuff up. It mirrors some of the political stories out of Jersey, Chicago, and New Orleans. Aunty Em is Classic!
Keep the cameras rolling, there are many more great showdowns to take place this election season! You might be able to win $100k on America’s Funniest Home Videos.
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I have always been impressed with the fact that if there is no mess to step into Emily will provide her own.
Fred has all the makings and markings of a good council representative for Puna. Vote for Puna.
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Why did she wear those colors?
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:46 pm
RJ,
Sorry that isn’t clear in my notes. Auntie wore those colors in the parade with the players then at the school cafeteria where we ate with and congratulated the players.
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Maybe she’s color blind?
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight,
Red is gray and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Moody Blues.
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Perhaps she opted to ‘dress up’ because she had a speaking engagement that very morning at Hawaiian Shores Community Association. She held our audience rapt with her presentation with loud applause for her taking time to come and share herself with us. To be honest, I thought she looked beautiful in red. It may not have been the color for the parade but with other engagements that day perhaps it was her best choice.
Perhaps Mr. Blas — who drives passed our Marquee routinely — missed the large display that the Councilwoman was guest speaker for our Town Hall Meeting Saturday morning. She was there until nearly noon.
I just wanted to add a little back story of my own. So long as the Parade was a success, so long as the Team and their coaches, boosters and parents were happy, so long as the ‘spirit’ of the day was so present that you all had a great time rooting and hollering in joy, why focus on the color of her clothes? Like I said, she was well received at our community event.
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Maybe we should have a pick on Emily day……How about every Saturday…I have real problems with some of her positions, but…Some of the things people rag on her for seem more personal than substance. What she wears?…..I can not remember how many times I have read in the blogs about her hats……They do not bother me sorry…They remind me of many aunties I have known here the last 30 years. If you really want to beat her here is a clue stick to the issues…..It seems desperate to use the way she dresses…..You have good reason to be worried about her winning again but…I think this only helps her, if you can’t stick to the issues it makes your argument seem weak…..The smoking ban would have been a better argument than her dress……..With James, Loren, Barbara, and maybe Fred splitting the vote, it appears likely she will bee in the final run…..No matter what she wears….
March 23rd, 2010 at 12:16 am
Just one more thing my mom use to wear dresses and hats much like that, This ain’t California……Take a look at the story above this one……Check out auntie Dottie Thompson…Hat, Leis, dress,….remind you of anyone……Anyone care to make a rude comment about her clothing?….Very similar to some of the clothes Emily wears….Local style…Stick to the issues……
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:14 am
Let the record reflect I’m not bagging anyone’s mu’umu’u. I like mu’umu’u and the aunty style. If you think that, you are misconstruing my notes and you might rethink reading my work. Oppositional defiance, that’s what you call it when someone shows up to a Green and White Parade in red and white.
As for sticking to the issues, I am. Oppositional defiance is clearly the issue. It is a reoccurring theme for Aunty. It’s why supporters like “Thomas” and Toni are endeared to her, but it’s actually what prevents her from being effective as a parliamentarian.
Let the record also reflect that when I was on the phone with Helene on Monday, wishing her a Happy 92nd Birthday and asking her about Dottie Thompson, she mentioned the red and white. She said she asked Emily why she wasn’t wearing green and white. Emily told her she didn’t have any green in her closet… this was a wonder to me, having been told by Fred Blas that she put in an order for one 2x and three medium green Dagger basketball championship shirts. I would have hoped if she hitchhiked onto Blas’ order, she would have worn the shirt to the Hawaiian Shores community meeting, and rallied all the Hawaiian Shores folks to come to Pahoa to celebrate the Dagger win. I would have hoped for some “Go green and white!” cheers… “Rah! Rah! Go, Daggers!”… at the community meeting…
Did anyone from that Hawaiian Shores community meeting follow auntie up to Pahoa?
March 23rd, 2010 at 9:34 am
Yes, the more important issue is that sometimes people feel the sense of entitlement just because of charitable action.
So if someone contributes a large sum to Emily’s campaign, by her own actions and thinking they should be entitled to some special benefits? If she thinks this way for herself, then who’s to say that she doesn’t for others? Is anyone else alarmed by that? She donated $300 dollars, and feels entitled to ride in the parade in a particular way? Will she apply this way of thinking to people who contribute to her campaign?
There’s an issue for you.
March 23rd, 2010 at 9:40 am
Thank you, RJ, for understanding connotations.
March 23rd, 2010 at 12:39 pm
I would like to thank Tiffany for the excellent parade.
After a review of the photos of the parade, I noticed most of the basketball team, elvis, the rotary marchers, and many of the car drivers were not wearing green.
To me, his whole longwinded article is kind of ridiculous and speculative. More like a gossip column, not news reporting.
March 23rd, 2010 at 1:29 pm
If anyone thinks my ***commentary*** is news reporting, well, you clearly aren’t reading the title properly. It’s my ***commentary***, my opinion, and you can take it or leave it. Sometimes I like to share my thoughts, my opinion, this being my blog and all.
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:38 pm
My bad about the “news” reporting Tiffany. I do appreciate the Big Island Chronicle, and all you do, I guess I just get tired of everyone picking on Emily…
I’ve known her for many years, and guess I’m just overly sensitive to some aspects of how she is critiqued. That being said, I definitely do not approve of some of the things that she has supported (Hamakua land sale, smoking ban) but then I think she is great (vaccines and marijuana issues), and others I’m not sure about (tent bill – only for Puna) so what to do??? I may/may not vote for her. I’m still doing my research on that subject.
Once again, I apologize for being rude, xoxoxo BB
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I have similar conflicting emotions.
Part of my writing venture is about me processing and thinking aloud, well, with a keyboard.
It helps me sort to write.
March 24th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Tiffany asks: “Did anyone from that Hawaiian Shores community meeting follow auntie up to Pahoa?”
Me: I do not know if anyone from the subdivision went to the Parade. Our meeting lasted until 1P. It was clearly announced a few times the Parade began at 2P. In fact, a blog entry, [taken down on Monday as time stamped information now outdated], for our web site not only promoted our Town Hall but also the Parade, as a result of the e-blast Tiffany sent to everyone a few weeks back. I did have occasion to ask, on Sunday, if one of the attendees was able to catch up with Faye Hanohano at the parade — as was suggested at our meeting — and he said that he was very tired after our meeting and went home to rest. I pointed Ms. Hanohano out to him on Sunday at the VFW Breakfast so that he could follow up…our members are very community spirited, not just this community, and some have kids who attend PHS. I would imagine many attended.
And to this point: “As for sticking to the issues, I am. Oppositional defiance is clearly the issue. It is a reoccurring theme for Aunty. It’s why supporters like “Thomas” and Toni are endeared to her, but it’s actually what prevents her from being effective as a parliamentarian”
I would acknowledge that I support ‘oppositional defiance’ if doing so is based on rational and intelligent premise. Where Parliamentary law is concerned, I have found, that though it is clearly set out in the compendium used for Rule of Order — the ‘chair’ should be familiar with Parliamentary procedure — it has not been my experience that even those who are paid parliamentarian by the County of Hawaii show allegiance nor strict adherence to parliamentary law. I have witnessed at the County Council and at the Action Committee meetings I have attended either ignorance or lack of parliamentary protocol in enforcement of procedure. All of us make mistakes, especially in the exercise of parliamentary procedure and those of us charged with the responsibility of enforcing it know mistakes are made by each of us. Whether or not the Councilwoman lacks in parliamentary decorum or it is simply innate in her nature to not acknowledge its importance is not to me a big deal in the bigger picture, when those paid to be parliamentarians at times manifest oppositional defiance. Two wrongs do not make a right…but they do provide a commonality upon which individual judgment may make a sliding rule of exceptions when listing out character and qualifications. Would I warm to someone who was a strict parliamentarian? After watching the House’s Parliamentarian on C-Span on Sunday conduct parliamentary law, I don’t think so. He was strict, he was not personable, he was there to move an agenda along which had been agreed upon in the Rules Committee Sessions and he did that exactly.
I am the first to announce the ONLY candidate that I voted for in the 2008 election that won was Mayor Kenoi! I had my reasons for voting for [thus against] all others. I admit, until Saturday morning, I honestly had never heard Emily speak in a forum where it was just her making a report to the community, with her having no ‘forum’ with rules other than to discuss the community [not the Hawaiian Shores community only but also the broader community] just her being spontaneous I saw why she is so well received by those whose opinions are based on ‘liking’ their representative. She walked away with people REALLY liking her on Saturday. Will it mean any of them will look at her record? Will they simply walk away with what they heard and that is enough? Who knows. Each citizen takes on their civic duties to each their own. I wasn’t thinking ‘wow, she is defiant for defiance sake.’[ I can tell you who I think is, in my opinion, the 219 who voted yes on Sunday.] I can tell you, as a person, with all her foibles and flaws, Emily’s heart is manifestly more good than not, IMHO. In today’s world, that is a bonus. And for those who will grade my thoughts as naive, uninformed, non-relevant, it’s okay. We all have opinions and as my dad used to say long ago, ‘so long as there are 2 people on earth there will be a disagreement in opinion and that is what makes horse races.’ I don’t want to live in a world of ‘me’ I love living in a world of ‘you’. Where I bump I bump, where I am embraced, I am embrace, and where I inspire I have been likewise more inspired.
April 8th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I am curious about your relentless, passive aggressive attacks on Councilwoman Naeole-Beason… didn’t you used to work for her? No little birds spilled any beans about there ever being a problem between the two of you… in fact word has it that you were still employed after you gave birth and were one of a select few state employees ever allowed to bring your baby to work, and that you got to work from home often… just wondering what happened there, what made you jump ships. It takes a lot of energy to repeatedly bash an individual, public figure or not… maybe you are planning on running for office one day yourself? The attitude you convey through your blog is very politician-like… one-sided and slightly nasty, without ever really talking about what’s important. For the record, I am totally apolitical myself and just like to see what’s going on in our community. I happen to have read your blog a few times, and there is always this subtle attack going on… so this is really just to satisfy my curiosity.
April 8th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I think “attack” is not at all accurate, but that is subject to interpretation. I felt attacked reading your comment, but I’m not going to let myself feel attacked. If you want to know why I quit working for the County — not the State — scroll back to the first blog entry. I will always be grateful to Emily for being such a mother to me. The fact that she or anyone else thinks I am attacking her when I make critical comments about her politics is unfortunate. What people need to realize is dissension is essential to democracy. I think it is really dangerous to suggest that if people do kind things for you, you should not be allowed to make any critical statements about them when they serve in public office. All I have to say is, Thank God for free speech, and hopefully I can be thick skinned enough to keep this blog going in the long run. This venue is far more effective in my mind than a desk job writing resolutions and ordinances.
April 9th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Just wondering, your ramblings don’t sound apolitical. And do you think it is appropriate to be so critical (nasty, even) of another on the basis of reading something “a few times”? If I believed you were truthful, I would say read it more often before you speak, as Tiffany has had many nice things to say about Emily over the years (more than deserved, some might say). But I actually believe your curiosity doesn’t run nearly as deep as your thinly veiled support for your chosen candidate. And all posted anonymously, to boot. If you’re going to be critical of someone, especially one who works as hard as Tiffany, have the courtesy to use your real name.
To Tiffany, I would say just consider the source. Life’s too short to allow oneself to be bothered by anonymous cheap shots.
April 11th, 2010 at 11:46 am
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October 22nd, 2010 at 11:12 am
FYI – The Abercrombie for Congress PAC made $500 contributions to Pilago, Ford, Hoffmann and Yagong on 9/16/10. Does he see the writing on the wall that the balance of power on the Hawaii County Council is going to turn towards this group? I don’t know, but it sure raises some eyebrows on why he did this.