David Ige continues to show a quiet incapacity for leadership. OF NOTE in this forced march to nowhere was the stunning silence of the aquarium crowd in the stretch. A known tactic of The Nature Conservancy is to consolidate all voices into the TNC voice. In this case former TNC Ex. Director Suzanne Case ruled the roost, commandeering Ige's last hope for leadership, willing to take the risk of loss to Ige, loss to Hawaii reefs, people, host culture. Within minutes of killing SB 1240, DLNR "reached out" to all "stakeholders" to come together and work for better blah blah blah. SB 1240 had 2/3 majorities in both chambers, but DLNR pre-empted fair play again, announcing Monday that the legislature will hear no overrides. Something is rotten in The Reef State. Nathan--can you check that out?