Senator Ruderman and Graham Ellis have been friends for over 30 years, and Mr. Ellis stumped in lower Puna for his friend, aiding in his election. Moreover, Mr. Ellis himself wrote the first bill (SB 2274) that Senator Ruderman ever ran up.  Mr. Ellis publicly admitted his authorship of the bill SB2274. This seems concerning since Mr. Ellis is an illegal alien and Sen. Ruderman knew it. Do you know that SB 2274 would have made Mr. Ellis’ non-compliant activities in Seaview legal? The bill was labelled as a green initiative, but it was limited to offering specific benefits to Ellis’ organization. While it originally failed, earlier this year Mr. Ellis appeared before the council to testify for an unchanged version of that same bill! When I use the word “hubris,” I mean it.