The real reason for the police raids is, that the police got to get their last licks in, before this bill is passed by the Governor.
[URL]https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/asset-forfeiture-reform-measure-on-iges-desk/[/URL]
[QUOTE=DangerBoy;4251134]Don't kid yourself. Hawaii is far from being any thing close to a progressive state when it comes to sex worker rights or respecting civil liberties enough to just let two consenting adults do what they want to do.
Consider how much people from Hawaii spend in Vegas on gambling, but something as widely accepted as a lottery can't even pass here. I think the only other state that doesn't have a lottery is Utah.
I think the problem is, and always was, that power's always been top-down here. You were either a chief or a commoner. A missionary or a Hawaiian. A plantation owner or a coolie. It's just more of the same how things have always been here.
(I'll get off my soapbox, but the status quo here drives me fucking nuts.).[/QUOTE]
