text: “Right now, states have an opportunity and obligation to lead on a variety of issues, and Hawaii will continue to fight for the values that are important to our community,”
  
  My values as a taxpayer are as follows:  State of the art schools, clean and safe parks, smooth roads, modern international airport, sidewalks I can actually walk on, a legislature that actually gets meaningful things done and the list goes on.  Doing symbolic things to make as if politicians are doing a good job at some of the above is just diversion from what's severely failing in this state.  Did I forget the under funded pension?  Yes, a big hazard in the future for our kids and grand kids.