Richard Borreca signed off on his column today in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for the last time after a 50-year run as one of Hawaii’s most important political analysts and reporters.

We were face-to-face in adjoining cubicles during my relatively short stint in the newsroom of the old Honolulu Star-Bulletin, which ended in March 2001 when the newspaper was sold to Canadian publisher David Black.

And after he finally retired from daily reporting, Richard produced a regular column aimed at making sense of dynamics of local politics.

I learned a lot from him as a colleague, although I was a Mac guy and he was hooked on his PC.

Richard, you’ve produced an extraordinary lifetime of works!

Thank you from all of us out here who have relied on your sage perspective over many years.