Yet, the Voter Owned Elections Bill -HB443 won't even get a hearing.  So that tells me that these pesticide bills are likely not advancing - along with lots of other issues of importance to the people - because of legalized bribery in Hawai`i elections.  

If we had voter owned elections and some legislators weren't persuaded, or had constituents opposed to some measure, that would be an exercise in democracy. Hawai`i used to be able to do great things and lead, but now that's over.  We can tinker on the edges, but we're currently relegated largely to just managing state owned assets for the benefit of rich folks and corporations.

IMHO, the left needs to focus on voter owned elections, because this is the change that makes all the other changes possible.  We may organize and get some good people elected, and stop some bad bills, but the system will still be operated as a cash and carry/pay-to-play one until we publicly finance elections.