HOOSER: Pulling back the curtains on Coco Palms

Who won and who lost on Jan. 24? On the surface, as is way too often the case — the developers won. But scratch just a tiny bit and you’ll see their victory was a hollow one. They stepped in it, actually. They stepped in it big time.

What keeps you up at night?

A friend asked me recently about what keeps me up at night. What do I think about most when I lay there in bed in those final moments before drifting off?

HOOSER: What do I want for Christmas?

Money, of course. Money for the houseless. Money for education. Money for I Ola Wailuanui. Money for community organizing. Money for hard core legislative advocacy work.

HOOSER: Why citizens sue government

I was actually in the room when it happened, and could not believe what I was witnessing. In fact, I said that out loud at the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) hearing held on Oct. 28. There was a moment when I attempted to interject, saying, “I can’t believe members of the board are going to vote to renew permits allowing the use of public lands to an entity that did not exist.”