Comments on: Lt. Governor: Out of sight, out of mind http://ilind.net/2010/08/27/lt-governor-out-of-sight-out-of-mind/ Ian Lind • Online daily from Kaaawa, Hawaii Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:21:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Bryant http://ilind.net/2010/08/27/lt-governor-out-of-sight-out-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-21888 Paul Bryant Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:19:11 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=5621#comment-21888 The bottom of the gubernatorial ticket is very important. I believe that the top of the democratic ticket has already been decided by the debate of August 30, 2010 with Mufi and Neil. The question maybe asked; Who is going to be a good LG for Neil? Bunda, Sakamoto, Schatz and Berg are very hard for me to grasp. Hooser rings out load and clear. We need a neighbor island person in the seat of power. Hooser fits the bill. Issues on 444, marijuana, education, super ferry seem to fit with Hooser. Just a thought. The bottom of the gubernatorial ticket is very important. I believe that the top of the democratic ticket has already been decided by the debate of August 30, 2010 with Mufi and Neil.

The question maybe asked; Who is going to be a good LG for Neil? Bunda, Sakamoto, Schatz and Berg are very hard for me to grasp. Hooser rings out load and clear. We need a neighbor island person in the seat of power. Hooser fits the bill. Issues on 444, marijuana, education, super ferry seem to fit with Hooser. Just a thought.

]]> By: Nikki Heat http://ilind.net/2010/08/27/lt-governor-out-of-sight-out-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-21787 Nikki Heat Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:53:59 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=5621#comment-21787 We should reframe your question: what has Lyla Berg shown by her time in the House to indicate she can get anything done as Lt. Gov.? She was a member of the uncooperative, do-nothing "dissident" Democrats faction and I only recall a proposal with the Hawaii Kai Rep. to enshrine one of Obama's small kid time rental homes as a monument, and the mean-spirited shooting down of the ceremonial sendoff of retiring Fred Hemming with a paper surf reserves bills. As the two former Lt. Govs. interviewed by Borreca describe, you gotta be able to work with people (and if you become Lt. Gov., get the confidence of the Cabinet that you have something on the ball). Lyla is nice but she's just airy fairy talk and no action. I gotta go (as a liberal) with Brian Schatz or Gary Hooser-- if the best part of the office is the bully pulpit being Lt. Gov. provides, then those two may have the best shot at pushing certain issues forward (Norman Sakamoto and Bobby Bunda worry me with their stands on certain social issues and would not be a good counterpoint to a moderate/conservative Governor Hannemann). We should reframe your question: what has Lyla Berg shown by her time in the House to indicate she can get anything done as Lt. Gov.? She was a member of the uncooperative, do-nothing “dissident” Democrats faction and I only recall a proposal with the Hawaii Kai Rep. to enshrine one of Obama’s small kid time rental homes as a monument, and the mean-spirited shooting down of the ceremonial sendoff of retiring Fred Hemming with a paper surf reserves bills. As the two former Lt. Govs. interviewed by Borreca describe, you gotta be able to work with people (and if you become Lt. Gov., get the confidence of the Cabinet that you have something on the ball). Lyla is nice but she’s just airy fairy talk and no action.
I gotta go (as a liberal) with Brian Schatz or Gary Hooser– if the best part of the office is the bully pulpit being Lt. Gov. provides, then those two may have the best shot at pushing certain issues forward (Norman Sakamoto and Bobby Bunda worry me with their stands on certain social issues and would not be a good counterpoint to a moderate/conservative Governor Hannemann).

]]> By: Wailau http://ilind.net/2010/08/27/lt-governor-out-of-sight-out-of-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-21786 Wailau Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:32:30 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=5621#comment-21786 The lieutenant governor's position is an unfortunate example of the inability of government to discard entities which no longer serve a useful function. There is no purpose to this office, and it should disappear if for no other reason than to keep legislators from padding their pensions with a generous "high three" snooze. In these terms Rod Tam would be the ideal candidate, and I wonder why he's not running. The lieutenant governor’s position is an unfortunate example of the inability of government to discard entities which no longer serve a useful function. There is no purpose to this office, and it should disappear if for no other reason than to keep legislators from padding their pensions with a generous “high three” snooze. In these terms Rod Tam would be the ideal candidate, and I wonder why he’s not running.

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