Sing, O Muse, of the ‘Herculean’ effort that could not tame the Cretan Bull of Planning and Permitting, a maddened beast of code and chaos that now stampedes over a cliff, crushing all hope in its path.

Submitted for your consideration: a civic dream of steel and concrete. A lesson in how not to build a future, now arriving on a lonely track… in the Skyline Zone.

Honolulu City Council chair Tommy Waters is running for a third term thanks to a loophole in the county charter. But should we even have legislative term limits?

The absurdity of Honolulu’s police commission fiasco deepens. Like a naked stadium streaker, ousted chief Logan’s salary demand makes everyone uncomfortable, and Mayor Rick’s favored, rejected replacement drops the ball in his own endzone.

Spilling the tea on the inappropriate relationship between a powerful State Senator and his māmaki tea business, and the conflict of interest inherent within.

The 2025 Hawaiʻi legislative session ended with an ignominious whimper when it comes to good government reform, or “sunshine,” bills—the last of which died in conference committee the week before this cartoon ran.

Three Honolulu City Council Members attempt to justify their flip-flopping on accepting salary raises in “The Office”-style camera confessionals.

Are you an unethical lawmaker willing to sacrifice the common good for your own personal enrichment and that of your friends and benefactors? Come on down and spin the wheel of extortion on “Quid Pro Go!”

A proposed package of pay raises for public servants would be a lot more palatable to voters if lawmakers hadn’t nixed a bill to make the legislature year round and ban side jobs.

John Mizuno, the state’s former homelessness czar, is in the doghouse after criticizing the high costs associated with some of his boss’s signature Kauhale tiny home villages.

Built backwards, started 30 years too late and handled by the most bumbling assortment of public and private officials imaginable, and now—with yet another lawsuit to slow it down and expand its cost to the taxpayer—it’s no wonder the Honolulu Rail project is making everyone a little crazy.

The Honolulu City Council is slated to vote on a new tax on homes that stand empty, a measure supporters say will force owners to rent the properties and help provide badly needed housing for local residents. Critics complain it’s unfair to the property owner.

The candidates with the most cash have an overwhelming likelihood to end up the winner in our current election system. That held true in 2024 as the Carpenter’s Union PAC “For a Better Tomorrow” spent more than $500,000 to ensure Tom Cook and Tasha Kama were re-elected to the Maui County Council over Kelly King and Carol Lee Kamekona.

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!

Drawn in the summer of 2016 and posted the same day Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party nomination for president.

A gut reaction to the Charlie Hebdo massacre five days prior.

Land is power in Hawaiʻi, and local politicians know the right alter at which to worship.

Back in 2012, GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney looked like he was going to try and buy his way into the White House.

Establishment Republicans soon found it difficult to control the monster they helped create by nurturing the upstart “Tea Party” movement.