Author Archives: garyhooser

When bills are introduced to protect dolphins, whales, bees or birds – it is a given that the chamber will be full of testifiers. Likewise, if there is a measure before any legislative body that purports to regulate fishing, or … Continue reading →

What if I told you that the application of restricted use pesticides in Hawaii by the largest chemical companies in the world – has been cut by half over the past 7 years? What if I told you that the Department … Continue reading →

The Stonewall riots (also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the LGBTQ community against a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June … Continue reading →

The 2020 primary election is on August 8, 2020. Next week Thursday the first presidential debates will be held. In June of 2020 the first “absentee ballots” will be mailed out.   For the first time in our history, every … Continue reading →

We agreed last week that the most important thing to every politician is to get elected and stay elected.  We also agreed that this is not necessarily a bad thing, and in fact is human nature. And, we agreed there … Continue reading →

“El pueblo unido jamás será vencido” – a people united will never be defeated, says it all. While the singular act of individuals can move mountains, the combined actions of a group create movements which can change history. For those … Continue reading →

One of my first thoughts is to apologize to graduates everywhere, but sorry really doesn’t cut it. Though my generation has screwed things up pretty badly, there are also many of us who have learned from our mistakes and are … Continue reading →

45 years ago I fell in love with and married a beautiful young South African girl by the name of Claudette Comrie. We had met just months before in front of the Moana Surfrider Hotel in Waikiki as she was … Continue reading →