Jack of Harts

The Second Great Depression was not as great an issue in Hawaii as it was in other areas of America. Make no mistake that there were hardships, but the Hawaiians had a far more important issue to deal with while the Federal Government on the other side of the world was losing its hold on reality. The governor of Hawaii was a crook. And not merely the garden-variety corrupt politician that voters had long since become accustomed to. He was crooked. He took bribes before handing out lucrative government contracts. And if a company didn’t have one of his children on their board of directors they never got the premium contracts. Banks gave his family members generous loans or were audited. He fired prosecutors investigating companies that avoided safety rules to the detriment of hundreds of thousands of people, and women and children all over the islands feared his creepy touching. His crimes against the people of Hawaii were legion, and they actually voted him out in an overwhelming no-confidence vote that left them far more concerned about who would succeed him, than whatever it was the corrupt politicians in Washington DC were crying about.