I'm out here in the thick of it. Bout to head down to Makaha beach and watch sunset and drink a beer. Trump get one "Hawaii Strong" and they give'm plenty votes. Then we get Samantha Decorte, buggah dont do nothin. But I try to not even see how the Kanaka community is a monolith. Plenty ain't down with that "Don't mistake Aloha for strength" angry reactionary politics, but they a minority within the Kanaka community.

I think the biggest issue we face on the west side is something that even few Democrats are willing to address, which is that people here don't think government can work. They just don't believe its possible because they've never seen it. And fair enough right like I get it because I've also never seen a government that works for its people.

What I think we need is something like the Mandami race. We need to have a candidate, maybe for governor, but someone who is there to make the argument that Hawaii needs to be affordable so that local kine can stay local. Someone who is committed to the project of making government work for the people.