by Andrew Walden

When Colleen Hanabusa backed Legislative pay raises, she argued, “Legislators work very hard and deserve the raise.”

But in her campaign commercial she says: “We passed campaign finance reform and cut legislative salaries too.”  

Apparently she believes Hawaii voters will not notice the deception.  What an insult.

With the media picking up on this big story, maybe they will start asking Hanabusa about the firing of Margery Bronster, or her meeting with Larry Mehau, or the land deal with a member of the Pali Shooter’s gang, or the Honolulu Raceway deal. 

Well, OK, we really can’t expect the media to do its job—which is how a politician like Hanabusa gets so arrogant that she thinks she can base her campaign message on such obvious deceptions.

• KITV Video: Case: Hanabusa’s ad misleads public  (Note only Case is quoted challenging Hanabusa, Djou?  Who''s that)
• Shapiro: Hanabusa Ad boldly Deceptive
• HFP: Hanabusa Ad Misleadingly Claims She “Cut Legislative Salaries”  (We had this story March 24.)
• HFP: Hawaii Legislators’ pay tops nation 
• HFP: Hanabusa: “Legislators work very hard and deserve the raise”
• HFP: Fireworks, dirt, and stolen trucks: Colleen Hanabusa and the Honolulu Raceway Deal
• HFP: Hanabusa, Souza tied to Pali Golf course shooters’ mob
• HFP: Cayetano: Hanabusa's Broken Trust connections lead to Ko Olina