Election 2010

Okay the candidate filing deadline is over. Interesting things on the list:
Mazie Hirono is the only democrat running in CD2.
Larry Price is running for senate and house. But I don’t think it is that Larry Price.
For the Senate Shan Tsutsui, Sam Slom, Brian Taniguchi, Suzanne Chun-Oakland, Donna Kim, Glenn Wakai, and Jill Tokuda have no primary race.
In the House Mark Nakashima, Jerry Chang, Clifton Tsuji, Bob Herkes, Denny Coffman, Gil Keith-Agaran, Angus McKelvey, Kyle Yamashita, Mele Carroll, Mina Morita, Scott Nishimoto, Scott Saiki, Tom Brower, Corinne Ching, Karl Rhoads, John Mizuno, Mark Takai, Roy Takumi, Ryan Yamane, Marilyn Lee, Marcus Oshiro, Kymberly Pine, Jessica Wooley, and Chris Lee have no primary race.
Gene Ward, Barbara Marumoto, and Cynthia Thielen face no opposition. All are Rs.
For the Board of Education Ray Hart and Barry Wurst are running in Maui. Both were teachers. In Central Eileen Clarke faces no opposition. At large Kim Coco Iwamoto is running for reelection and Roger Takabayashi is also running.

Epiphany

Okay I finally figured it out. Okay I actually found this out. HSTA is not a union. Hence many of their positions and dealings now make sense.
We really need to correct this immediately. We need to start acting like a union.
At the NEA I couldn’t believe some of the positions. From the resolutions committee “we worked hard on the resolutions” to the many who were more concerned of the costs.
Also I was not happy with the behavior of our delegation. Many who should consider returning their travel allowances.

Candidates Position

Abercrombie Hanneman Aiona
Civil Unions Yes ??? No