(For some reason this AP story isn’t in the Hawaii media.  We found it at Lehigh Valley Live, THE source for Hawaii news.)

by Herbert Sample Oct. 19, 2010, 8:43 p.m. EDT  Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie on Tuesday switched positions and voted for a proposed constitutional amendment that would give a governor the authority to appoint the state Board of Education.

Abercrombie's move came amid criticism from his Republican rival, Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona, that the former congressman flip-flopped positions on the Nov. 2 ballot proposal....

READ THE REST at Lehigh Valley Live

UPDATE: KPUA has this story and HTH is running it on the front page but not on their website.

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