Pay no attention to the mayor behind the curtain! Honolulu wants a better police chief. The mayor wants to be the Wizard. And the only one pulling back the curtain is a tiny dog with a Civil Beat pin.

A wannabe Caesar, a dangling auditor, two hungry lions, and a wheelbarrow full of no-bid cash. Virgil would weep.

Step right up! As the Incredible Blangiardi bends the iron bar of police commission autonomy, the commissioners clown around, and Chief Logan is shot from a cannon! The Honolulu Circus is coming to take you away!

The Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle is on Kaua‘i now, and the state isn’t doing enough to combat this and other devastating invasive pests. Our fragile ecology and our economy are both at stake.

There are always winners and losers in every proposed budget, but some of the guests at this year’s budget banquet might be consuming more than makes sense, while others could use more than breadcrumbs.

Defeated Speaker of the Hawaiʻi State House, Scott Saiki, might get a bailout from his buddy, Governor Josh Green, who is rumored to be considering appointing Saiki to be the new state insurance commissioner. Must be nice to have that insurance policy!