I appreciate your bringing the above sentiments to light - for me trust in the government of Hawaii (and police, and prosecutor, and courts, etc etc) comes down to 1 thing - money!  The amount of waste and corruption evident in every undertaking, every department and every island is staggering to behold.  The ole' boy Hawaii network works well to stuff the pockets of insiders off the backs of Hawaii citizens.  And people don't scream back, but somehow convince themselves that is the way it is, and therefore it remains.  Its shocking, demeaning, and utterly defeating in a "democracy" to realize you really have no power.  So why vote, most ask?  Anyone's opinions other than the inner circle go in the trash heap.  That is what you get when a government is corrupt and rotten to the core.  So far the only dent in this armor is when the feds come in, as in the Bishop Estate scandal, and reveal what's behind the curtain.