Dear "Quiet and Effective",  I will assume your comment is well-intended.  But if it is meant to be reassuring in some way, and simply accepted on face value as somehow useful and informative, I think you may have created the wrong impression. 

To me, it sounds as if it is being spoken by someone who is, or pretends to be, an "in the know" insider who is part of the behind the scenes cartel that is accustomed making all the big decisions in Hawaii, but always with a facade of public input and "democracy".  

Am I wrong, or did you intend to say something more genuinely substantive?  For example, i would be interested in your thoughts about the topics I addressed in my other comments in this thread.  Mahalo:)