It’s been seven months since Abercrombie was sworn in, and many Hawai‘i residents are shocked at the job the governor is doing so far. I think Star-Advertiser columnist Lee Cataluna hits the nail on the head. What do you think?
Abercrombie’s attitude goes from mellow to mean
By Lee Cataluna
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 10, 2011
Abercrombie’s attitude goes from mellow to mean
By Lee Cataluna
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 10, 2011
...We forgot that sometimes this grandpa can go off, and unlike Hannemann, he does his own dirty work. Bad Mufi had his XXL red-shirted supporters shouting down the opposition at debates. Bad Neil shouted down a nurse on Maui. Bad Mufi had his minions write angry response letters to every word of public criticism. Bad Neil barks, “I’m not your friend!”
It’s looking like Abercrombie isn’t anybody’s friend. Gov. Linda Lingle’s loathsome furlough Fridays were at least agreed upon by the teachers union. Abercrombie’s last, best offer is being forced upon Hawai‘i’s overworked, undervalued public school teachers. No employee wants a pay cut, but worse than that is having no voice in the negotiations. That is the insult to the injury.
There was a good deal of bar stool debate over Abercrombie’s “dissing” of the NFL, when he vowed to quit giving the league money to bring the Pro Bowl to Hawai‘i. Abercrombie may have shot his mouth off again in this instance, but surely the NFL is tough enough to take it. It’s not like getting in a nurse’s face in a parking lot on Maui.
It’s looking like Abercrombie isn’t anybody’s friend. Gov. Linda Lingle’s loathsome furlough Fridays were at least agreed upon by the teachers union. Abercrombie’s last, best offer is being forced upon Hawai‘i’s overworked, undervalued public school teachers. No employee wants a pay cut, but worse than that is having no voice in the negotiations. That is the insult to the injury.
There was a good deal of bar stool debate over Abercrombie’s “dissing” of the NFL, when he vowed to quit giving the league money to bring the Pro Bowl to Hawai‘i. Abercrombie may have shot his mouth off again in this instance, but surely the NFL is tough enough to take it. It’s not like getting in a nurse’s face in a parking lot on Maui.
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