Several things are warning us that Hawaii is on a collision course with chaos. Not only the too-expensive rail project, but a public school system that has been screaming for a draconian do-over. The third is a weak and cowardly U.S. congressional delegation and a state Legislature dominated by Democrats whose record of honesty, accountability and transparency is suspect.

There have been opinion writers who have tried to convince the Hawaii voter that everything is OK. All their time is spent ragging on the president and Republicans who have attributes the Democrats do not have. What’s amazing is that voters here will still return Democrats to office. Of course the Dems are targeting U.S. Rep. Ed Case because he’s the only member who doesn’t always put party before place.

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