Looks like Reed Flickinger woke up from his binge and realized who he was in bed with. While I am not quite ready to give him the highly coveted Bust da Moves Award, he does deserve some credit — this despite the fact that the term “tar baby,” which he used in his editorial blasting Billy Kenoi, is best known as a racial slur. Still, the truth is the truth even when pointed out ungraciously by those who come lately to it.
No, Shon Pahio is the one who gets the award for having the guts to go public with his experience. Anyone who knows Pahio knows what an upstanding young man he is — the sort who represents everything good about Hawaii. Right now, he needs all the support he can get. Back him up by demanding access to the public records Flickinger has requested.
And just what is this truth that has dawned, way too late, on Flickinger? That Billy Kenoi has no regard for the rule of law. This was obvious to those who didn’t buy the snake oil, obvious to those who checked the contents of the package and strove to inform others rather than getting caught up in the frenzy to get the oil off the shelf before it went rancid.
Just wait until Kelly Greenwell and Guy Enriques hit their strides on the county council, that’s when we will realize the full extent of the damage Flickinger’s dangerous kingmaker ego wrought.
Dear readers, this is just the beginning.
Read Flickinger’s editorial in West Hawai`i Today and stay posted.
