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Guest Post: Gary Hooser on Elections 2024

Posted on July 28, 2024 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

“We are literally only a handful of votes from a major House cleaning.” Gary Hooser Kim Coco Iwamoto, Candidate for House District 25

Tagged with: District 25, Gary Hooser, Hawaii elections, Kim Coco Iwamoto
Posted in 2024 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized

We Are Called To Be Prophets, Now More Than Ever

Posted on September 12, 2023 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

First published on Civil Beat Sep 11, 2023. Republished here with permission. It is hard not to feel overwhelmed by the daily rush of calamities, violence and human failures. How not to despair at the willingness of too many, some…

Business as usual at the Legislature, the Crooks are still firmly in charge. Guest post by former Hawaii State Senator Russell E. Ruderman

Posted on April 26, 2022 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

This guest post from Gary Hooser’s blog is republished with permission. Former Hawaii State Senator, Russell Ruderman is someone who deserves our attention as the Primary (August 13) approaches and ballots are due to arrive in our mailboxes mid-July. Candidates like Sergio Alcubilla and Kim…

Tagged with: Gary Hooser, Kim Coco Iwamoto, Russell Ruderman, Sergio Alcubilla
Posted in 2022 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized

“Look, identify, ask”–and take action

Posted on March 12, 2022 by freecatholic808 — 4 Comments

First published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser 3/9/2022. Republished here with permission. Nationally, there is the unembarrassed undermining of democracy in this country by the Republicans, an old, but no longer grand party, unwilling to denounce the indecencies of their…

Guest Post: Listen to Hawaii’s Women Leaders and Change-makers–and NINA TURNER for CONGRESS

Posted on June 14, 2021 by freecatholic808 — 3 Comments

Register here on Zoom for an exclusive virtual event featuring Nina Turner for Congress & 13 of Hawaii’s top progressive women candidates: State Representative Tina Wildberger Maui Councilmember Kelly King State Rep. Candidate Shannon Matson State Representative Jeanne Kapela State…

Hooser resigns as Vice-Chair, HI Democratic Party; Endorses Kim Coco Iwamoto for House Seat District 26

Posted on June 4, 2020 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

If you live in District 26, you can now vote for a TRAILBLAZER and a COMMITTED PROGRESSIVE, KIM COCO IWAMOTO We live in perilous times. This most hideous of weeks in a hideous presidency should motivate us all, not just…

Tagged with: District 26, Gary Hooser, Hawaii Primary August 8, Kim Coco Iwamoto
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Uncategorized

GUEST POST: GARY HOOSER on CORPORATE WATER THEFT

Posted on March 6, 2019 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

First of two updates on key bills making their way through the current session of the Hawaii Legislature from former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader, Gary Hooser, founder and volunteer Board President of the Hawaii Alliance Alliance for Progressive Action (H.A.P.A.)…

Keiki before corporations: Hawai‘i bans chlorpyrifos

Posted on May 1, 2018 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Scientists raised the alarm. Doctors raised the alarm. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) raised the alarm, warning that “the risk to infant and children’s health and development is unambiguous.” Sickened teachers and schoolchildren raised the alarm. Mothers who found…

Syngenta, Geneva, Kauai and Compunction–Come rally April 9 at noon, HI State Capitol

Posted on March 28, 2018 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
What does the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights held recently in Geneva Switzerland have to do with Kauai? Earlier this month, I was honored to be invited and to speak at…

Tagged with: chlorpyrifos, Gary Hooser, H.A.P.A., Kauai, Keiki First April 9 Rally, Restricted Use Pesticides
Posted in Children's health, Environmental Justice, Health and Wellness, I BLOG, Pesticides, Restricted Use Pesticides, Uncategorized

Former Senate Majority Leader, Hooser, calls for servant leadership in opening reflection at the Capitol

Posted on February 4, 2018 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

Former Kaua‘i Senator and County Councilmember Gary Hooser was honored Friday February 3rd by an invitation to offers words of “reflection and contemplation” to the Hawai‘i State Senate. Hooser was invited to speak by Oahu Senator Les Ihara and welcomed…

Tagged with: Gary Hooser, Hawaii State Capitol, opening prayer, Senate, servant leadership
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized