HONOLULU (AP) — As the only Republican survivor in Hawaii’s Senate, Sam Slom worries that majority Democrats could ram their proposals into law, sink his legislation or stifle his enthusiastic speeches.
While most of the country experienced a Republican tidal wave on Election day, Slom is the last GOP stalwart in the Hawaii senate. There were two Republicans but Sen. Fred Hemmings didn’t seek re-election and a Democrat took his place.
Republicans grew in the 51-member state House, from six to eight, but still left the state with the most one-sided legislature in the country.
More bitching, whining & moaning in the remainder of the story. An obvious case of AP bias: We are treated to one Democrat (Note the typically vicious, hateful tone of a man prepared to ram it down your throat!)
Democrats don’t intend to stand in Slom’s way too much, and they’ll even second his motions, said Senate Majority Leader Brickwood Galuteria.
“We’re going to work with him,” said Galuteria, D-Downtown-Waikiki. “We’re looking toward creating collaborative solutions here. I don’t want to sound naive. I think it’s possible.”
No other legislative body in the country has just one Republican or one Democrat, according to statistics gathered by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
but three whiny right-wingers in addition to the beleaguered, put-upon subject of the story.
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