rirapoza: "Kai Kahele replaced his father Gil"

Yes, excuse the mistake. 

What do you make of the fact that Kai, a first year junior senator, was made chair of the higher Ed Committee instead of a veteran senator? Is it because he will vote the way he is told to?

rirapoza:  "They put themselves in positions to get better assignments and chair important committees, so good for them."

Yes, their positions are good for them and for Maui and outer islands, but not for us on Oahu. I never called this a "conspiracy". It's just politics. We agree on this. But I also think this outer island leadership "clique" has been bad for Oahu and the state, with one blunder after another.

This is seen repeatedly in senate's spending and tax priorities that attempt to disproportionally shift resources from Oahu to the outer islands.

All senators get one vote, and the large Oahu delegation needs to unite their votes to take over the "better" leadership positipns. We desperately need better leadrship.