A Progressive Legislative Lament, by John Bickel

http://www.civilbeat.com/2015/05/a-progressive-legislative-lament/

So the deep blue state of Hawaii is criticized for being too liberal. Yet it seems that on a lot of issues, our supposedly liberal, Democrats are acting like Republicans.
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They leave us a state where the poor are overtaxed, wealthy campaign contributors are powerful, the environment is under-protected, education is under-supported, and our criminal justice system is over-bloated. The progressive wave of voters speaking out in the 2014 election has hit the conservative wall called the State Capitol.