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Isle task force unlikely to 'reinvent government'

Google "task force" and the search will spout a list of close to 50 million bits. Add "Hawaii" to narrow the sift and you'll still turn up 1.5 million, a robust number that's not surprising, seeing as how our government leaders have an exceptional fondness for appointing groups to study some troublesome subject or another.


Grumbling about rail isn't going to go away

If colorful language were the standard for a successful election, Mufi Hannemann would stand taller than Neil Abercrombie as figuratively as he does literally in the race for governor.


What's the attraction of lieutenant governor?

Declaring "Me, too," state Sen. Robert Bunda last week signed up for membership in the club of politicos running for lieutenant governor, the list of which now numbers six or seven, if the wannabe count includes both those who have said "for sure" and "kinda, maybe."


No religious divisions in call to serve others

For agnostics, skeptics, atheists or adherents of faiths other than the Roman Catholic Church, the ceremony in the canonization of Father Damien might not be deeply meaningful.


Lingle can be obstinate or show some leadership

In the normal scheme of things, what state legislators have to say about Gov. Linda Lingle's proposals doesn't carry much weight, except to perpetuate the back-and-forth feuding politicians seem to believe is legitimate substitute for reasoned discussion.


State's lack of foresight has us making lemonade

When life hands you lemons, as the advice for perseverance goes, make lemonade.


Community activists are also everyday folks

When the Ho'opili housing project began to get lots of play in the news recently, an e-mailer demanded to know where the heck "is the Sierra Club guy" and why wasn't he and the organization "doing something" to stop urban development of 1,500 acres of important Ewa farmland.


Oahu gobbles resources as other isles make do

Maggie Cox makes a good point. If public libraries on rural islands are to be closed to save the state some money, it's only fair that libraries on Oahu share the pain.


Taking our worries to the next level

Just when you think the cup of concerns is full to the brim, another stream of worries comes flooding in.


Specter of development looms over farm land

The Aloun Farms stall is the second shoppers encounter upon arriving at the farmers market at Kapiolani Community College.