I voted today

At 9:45 am I filled out the ballots at Kuhio Elementary School.

This is who I voted for

President : Micheal Badnarik (Libertarian)- this was one of the toughest decisions I had to ever make! Though Bush did some good things as President (something the Radical Left would get mad at me for saying), and it isn't easy to vote against that, I had to do what I had to do. I sincerely hope all the draft scares turn out to be total BS, but I can't be certain at all! For self-protection, i chose Badnarik, even though some of his statements are loony. But only time will tell if the post-election secret draft plans are even true.


As for John Kerry, I cant trust a guy who is inconsistent throughout the campaign on multiple issues. Is he going to flip-flop on the draft too?

US Senate Hawaii: Jeff Mallan (Libertarian) I struggled with this one because in one of the local newspapers, Mallan's profile was missing, while it showcased arrogant pork-king Dan Inouye (D), morality fascist only motivated by same sex marriage and abortion - Cam Cavasso (R) and mega-left liberal Jim Brewer (Independent). Luckily the other local paper had his profile, so I chose Mallan

US House - Hawaii District 1 : Dalton Tanonaka (Republican) Tanonaka ran for Lt. Gov. but lost to current Lt. Gov Duke Aiona in the primary 2 years ago. I liked Tanonaka's economic expertise, and his moderate image. I also liked it when he slammed incumbent Neil Abercombie (D) for even bringing up the draft proposal in Congress (along with NY Dem Charles Rangel)! Abercombie is always friendly when replying to my e-letters to Congress even when I dont agree with his views. So in a way, I do feel a bit bad voting against him, but this is politics so I vote on who I think who will be a better Representative. Tanonaka was on the ballot, so I chose him,
The race also had Libertarian Allysa Young, a former stripper. Of course, that got my attention! But I found out that she declared she was going to leave the US for good after the election, so I decided not to vote for her. Plus, Tanonaka was on the ballot, and it was someone I could be satisfied with for now.

State House -District 22 - Scott Saiki (Democrat) I know, you all heard me criticize Hawaii Democrats. I stand by those criticisms. But Saiki's opponent Craig Stutzman (R) had said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in this campaign. He refused to answer ANY questions from the media. He sent no fliers. He doesn't seem to take this election seriously! I had him in my Journalism class at UH, and he was SILENT when the topics was politics. However, that silence was non-existent when the topic was sports. (side note: Stutzman was UH football player) Though I do appreciate all the catches Stutzman made in UH games against BYU and Fresno State, this election isn't about football! If Stuttzman even made an effort to say something in this campaign, chances are, I would've voted for him! Meanwhile, I'll keep a close eye on what Saiki is doing as a legislator.

Honolulu Mayor : Mufi Hanneman This was a non-partisan race between two long time Democrats, Hanneman and Duke Bainum. I voted for Mufi ( as everyone calls him) because of his opposition to the idiotic BRT system, the endorsements by state senator Sam Slom (king of pro-capitalist advocates) and the interesting idea to have a ferry for workers to commute from Waianae to Honolulu. Anyone who can get the endorsement of Sam Slom and still get a lot of support from low income communities (including my former home in Kalihi) is definitely someone I will support.

Board of Ed. (at large- can vote up to 3)Lei Ahu Isa, Darwin Ching, Guy Kaulukukui - Isa once repped my former district as a Democrat, but later defected to the Republican Party and support more local control of schools. Guy Kaulukukui and Darwin Cing said that "one size cant fit all" meaning what schools might work for one person, another person might benefit more from a different school. That should but hasn't been acknowledged by many people! Kaulukukui even wants to do away with district requirements to attend certain schools, AMEN for that!

Board of Ed. (Honolulu) Keith Sakata - not a far-right case like his opponent Denise Matsumoto who once proposed teaching of creationism in PUBLIC schools.

State Constitutional Amendments

I voted for 1,2 and 3 because 1 allowed convictions for each separate case of sexual assault of repeated assaults by the same person. 2 allows the public to be informed of sex offenders living nearby, and 3 protects confidentiality of rape victims.I voted against 4 because I dont want to be in a situation where I am accused of something and not know what the accuser looks like before the trial begins. It could be just someone you passed by at the mall that's made an accusation, and you wouldn't know who that was before the trial begins.

I'll talk about OHA and city charter amendments some other time.