Musings: That's Their MO

So today we have Dylan Hooser in The Garden Island talking about what an honor it was to represent Hawaii at the Democratic National Convention, yada, yada, yada.

Meanwhile, he's prominently featured in a news clip with Chelsea Lyons Kent, who is standing next to former Gov. John Waihee, and behind Sens. Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, flipping the bird as delegate votes are announced for Hillary Clinton.

Dylan laughs and smirks at her gesture, like a kid who has just seen someone throw a spitball at the teacher.

Wow. Immature, much? Talk about sore losers among the Bernie brigade. Where's your dang “shame” banner when we really need it, Dylan?

Kent lost her DNC credentials when she refused to apologize for her childish act. According to an email from Hawaii State Chair Tim Vandeveer:

After consulting with the party leadership that was gathered on the convention floor, I made the decision to revoke this member's floor pass for the evening and provide her an opportunity to apologize for her actions in exchange for being allowed to attend the rest of convention. She was unwilling to do so. Therefore, her floor credentials have been revoked for the duration of convention and she will no longer be a part of our delegation.

Delegates of both campaigns have expressed their shock and disappointment at the incident and have asked me to stress that this in no way reflects the sentiments of the rest of our delegation, regardless of their candidate affiliation. This incident notwithstanding, we have had an excellent convention thus far.

Kent used GoFundMe to raise money for her trip to the DNC, but from the recent comments left on that page, it appears her actions have generated blowback:

Neil Carmody: What a shameful disgrace you are! You should return every dime and go back to wherever your no class I joke came from. AUWE!

Anna Peahu: You're an embarrassment. You don't deserve a single cent raised on GoFundMe. Do the right thing. Refund everyone their money and apologize. You're a disgrace!

Reinaldo Pacheco: You just wasted 85 people's money and embarrassed a state you aren't even from. Keep your disgraceful actions away from Hawaii.

Kent's obscene gesture reflects poorly on the Aloha State, but mostly on her, and also Dylan, was was fully aware of what went down, and even bragged about — wow — getting on TV:

So these punks are the “seeds of the revolution?” Their juvenile behavior is reflective of what Dylan described as “our progressive values?” 

As I've pointed out repeatedly, none are so regressive as the new “progressives," like Kent (in the middle) and her fellow anti-GMO activists, who have been pulling cheap stunts like this for a while now:

And few are more hypocritical, as evidenced by Dylan's quote in the paper:

“It's not about unity. It’s about respect and patience with each other.”

Yeah, tell us all about that respect, Dylan. But then, what do you expect from a guy whose father, Councilman Gary Hooser, has twice told other elected officials to “bite me” when he didn't get his way? 

As the old saying goes, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

In other news, Earthjustice is back on the money trail, suing the state health department and Agribusiness Development Corp. over a westside ditch. Of course, there are lots of questionable waterways on the island. But Earthjustice likes to sue government entities. That way it can collect its $650/hour fee — even if it does not fully prevail in the legal action — from the taxpayers.

As ADC's Jimmy Nakatani previously explained, the agency didn't renew its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit because the health department wants it to work out a memorandum of understanding on water monitoring instead.

And as he also previously explained, ADC is continuing do water monitoring, just as it did under its NPDES permit.

Earthjustice knows this. But that doesn't stop attorney Kylie Wager from making stuff up:

It’s bad enough that ADC thinks it’s above the law. It’s even worse that the Hawaii Department of Health, the agency charged with enforcing the law, is giving ADC a pass, leaving communities and visitors at risk.

So do attorneys have to take special training in inflammatory rhetoric in order to work for Earthjustice? Or do they just pull it out of a can?

This lawsuit is simply another way to smear the seed companies and mess with westside ag. Because Earthjustice is not seeking anything more than what is already in the works: Monitoring and permitting.

But hey, if EJ can sling a little mud at "big ag" and make a little dough in the process, mo bettah. Because that's their MO.