A total reorg of the Senate is needed, with competence, integrity and Oahu representation being the criteria for leadership. Unfortunately, replacing Tokuda with DelaCruz as chair of WAM is s shaky misstep in the wrong direction.

Maui is just 12% of the state's population, and its outsized power at the legislature has not been good for the state. Frankly, it hss had a corrupting influence as there has been no way for Oahu voters to hold outer-islander legislative leaders responsible for mismanagement and using Oahu taxpayers as their cash cows.

The gradual return of House leadership from outer islanders to competent Oahu representatives is needed, and Saiki is a start. Let's hope it continues in the Senate so that we can begin to sensibly respond to the various looming disasters facing the state's largest county and economic engine - Oahu.