John Carroll is a Honolulu Republican running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Brian Schatz. A former state senator, Carroll previously ran in 2012 for the Senate seat then held by retiring Democrat Daniel Akaka, but lost in the Republican primary to former Governor Linda Lingle (Carroll got 2,900 votes, or roughly 5.9 percent). Anyway, that was then. This … [Read more...] about Know Your 2016 Maui County Election Candidate: John Carroll
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Know your Maui County 2016 Election candidate: Karla Gottschalk
Karla Gottschalk is an Ocean View Republican on the Big Island who's running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Brian Schatz. Gottshchalk didn't care for MauiTime's questionnaire ("I believe a full exposure of my character is much easier if you consult my resume on LinkedIn as these questions do not speak to my qualifications but "knee jerk" emotional issues," … [Read more...] about Know your Maui County 2016 Election candidate: Karla Gottschalk
We also listened to the secret 2013 recording of Mayor Alan Arakawa’s aides but we just thought it was pathetic
Oh, to be a fly on the wall in Mayor Alan Arakawa’s 9th Floor county office today. You guys saw The Maui News’ huge front-page story yesterday on the dramatic Mar. 5, 2013 meeting at Starbucks in Kahului between then-Maui Film Commissioner Harry Donenfeld (who secretly recorded the meeting because he was worried about his job) and three key aides to Mayor Alan Arakawa: Managing … [Read more...] about We also listened to the secret 2013 recording of Mayor Alan Arakawa’s aides but we just thought it was pathetic
As cannabis co-op owner Brian Murphy languishes in prison, the Hawaii Legislature may finally legalize medical marijuana dispensaries
The modern American drug war is now deep into its 43rd year. Every year, the federal government spends between $20 billion and $25 billion on measures designed to combat the sale of illegal drugs like cocaine, heroin and marijuana. The results of these expenditures are a monument to failure: despite the fact that one in five inmates in state prison, and one out of every two … [Read more...] about As cannabis co-op owner Brian Murphy languishes in prison, the Hawaii Legislature may finally legalize medical marijuana dispensaries
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz: Let’s Remember 9/11 By Starting Yet Another War In Iraq
Before Sept. 11, 2001, the darkest and arguably most important reason anyone would remember that particular date is because on Sept. 11, 1973, a coup toppled Salvador Allende's democratic government in Chile. The CIA–at the behest of President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger–had spent three years destabilizing the Chilean economy, creating exactly the kind … [Read more...] about U.S. Senator Brian Schatz: Let’s Remember 9/11 By Starting Yet Another War In Iraq