Danny de Gracia
Honolulu Civil Beat
Honolulu, HI, United States
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Danny De Gracia: How To Make Or Break A Visitor Fee In Hawaii
Spend it on projects and improvements, not more staffers or administrative costs. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Give Visitors Something Worth Seeing At Hawaii's Capitol
Lawmakers should invest in more parking, beautifying the grounds and robust food options. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Want To Help Hawaii Taxpayers? Reconsider The GET
Gains in private employment and private wages would offset the loss of state revenues. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: The US Should Fire Navy Red Hill Commanders Until It Finds A Responsible Leader
The money's available, so why is the job not being done? → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Hawaii Should Take Action Now To Protect People Battered By Soaring Costs
Even Pacific islands cannot avoid the coming price shock from Russia's war with Ukraine. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Want To Stop Corruption In Hawaii? Be A Better Voter
The bottlenecks for power in Hawaii are obvious and the rewards for kowtowing are consistent. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Our Turtle Model Of Governance Falls Short Against Covid
Hawaii needs to deploy greater flexibility and more initiative during this surge. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Hawaii Is Falling Apart. Let's Make Tourism Pay To Fix It
If we're going to bring tourism back in full swing we should get something from it. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: We Urgently Need To Reopen Hawaii's Capitol Building
Democracy is better served when citizens can interact more freely with lawmakers. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: A Casino Won't Resolve Hawaii's Broken Promises To Hawaiians
The state needs to do more to address the systemic challenges facing Native Hawaiians. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: We Have Another Chance To Build Harmony And Freedom
Every election outcome, no matter who wins or loses, is an opportunity to fix things. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Be Yourself And Vote For the Person You Like, Not The Party
This election is your chance to think different and be different. Vote your conscience. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Don’t Forget The City Charter Questions
The late President Ronald Reagan, just before leaving office, shared with Tom Brokaw a blunt observation that “People that are elected to public office are no better and no worse than the people who sent them there, but they’re all better than those who don’t vote at all.” In this election, we have important questions that must be addressed on our ballot, and now is the time for Oahu residents… → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Don't Miss This Opportunity To Fix Honolulu
There are many, many reasons you don't want to sit out this primary election. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Maximize Federal Aid Before We Chop Up The State Budget
Our columnist often wonders “what would Sen. Daniel Inouye do” for Hawaii in a situation like this. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Let's Keep The Pandemic's Positive Changes
Teleworking, exercise, home crafts: these changes will make life better. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Don't Let COVID-19 Destroy The Upcoming Election
We need to turn our attention to the 2020 mayoral race in Honolulu before it's too late. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Say Good-Bye To Chili And Rice Campaign Events
Political campaigning in the face of the coronavirus will be a whole different thing. → Read More
Danny De Gracia: Coronavirus Could Be Hawaii's Final Straw
Our economy is on the verge of collapse and the virus is pushing us closer to the edge. Hawaii lawmakers need to put the brakes on big, ambitious spending proposals. → Read More
Danny de Gracia: Hawaii Should Welcome New Defense Radar
The state needs to stop rejecting everything and start looking for wins. → Read More