Is winning the Filipino vote important in putting Filipinos into government—musings from the experienced legistlator. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Photos courtesy of Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran I’m the only Filipino legislator in the Maui delegation. In the just completed 29th Legislature, there...
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Are all my attitudes about our islands truly colored by foolish nostalgia? Not actually, I still find merit in things past. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran I’ve just discovered I’m a charter member of MAUI YESTERDAY. All my attitudes about our islands...
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What is the relevancy of endorsements in our government’s elections today? Culturally, politics is a Filipino blood sport. Just as basketball is the national sport of the Philippines and every Filipina should win a beauty pageant at some point of...
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When Bob Nakasone passed in the winter of 2008, shortly after winning another term as the House of Representatives member for Kahului-Pā‘ia, Maui lost one of its great appropriators. For much of his tenure in the State House, Rep. Nakasone...
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Spring and the Advent of the Giants! I love the Spring. March Madness has just ended. The NBA season has a couple of months of playoffs coming. The Barrio Fiesta is right around the corner. And baseball returns. By the...
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2018 Regular Session of the State Legislature We’ve reached the midway point of the 2018 Regular Session of the State Legislature. The House and Senate have exchanged bills that have been approved by the chamber that introduced them. The Senate...
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