Hawaii Reporter's 7th Anniversary Party on Feb. 20th at the Waialae Country Club was a gala affair featuring seven Hawaii 'Super Heroes' of the year including GRIH Founder Dick Rowland. Each was awarded a super hero name with Rowland being named Captain America. Other Super Heroes honored for their community activism included:
 
1. Batman Cliff and Bobbie 'Mrs. Incredible' Slater, HonoluluTraffic.com and Stop Rail Now, for their extraordinary effort to derail Honolulu’s costly rail system and for their advocacy for taxpayers.
 
2. Dale Evans of Charley’s Taxi and Hawaii Highway Users Alliance was named Wonder Woman, for her enthusiastic advocacy for better transportation options and facilities in Hawaii.
 
3. Jack Schneider, JS Services Inc., is Spiderman for his quiet, continuous support and leadership in Hawaii’s key conservative and free market organizations.
 
4. Ironman Panos Prevedouros, PhD., University of Hawaii Professor of Engineering, for his remarkable courage in challenging the status quo in Hawaii politics and being a watchdog for better government.
 
5. Richard Rowland, founder of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, was named Captain America for his unrelenting advocacy for individual freedom and liberty.
 
6. Green Lantern Rick Hamada, KHVH Radio’s "The Rick Hamada Show", was awarded for his intrepid effort to keep Hawaii’s government officials in check.
 
7. Sen. Sam Slom, Small Business Hawaii, was named Superman for his extraordinary dedication to bettering Hawaii's business climate and safeguarding Hawaii's taxpayers from government waste and fraud.
 
Congratulations to Malia Zimmerman, Jay McWilliams and Hawaii Reporter.com for seven wonderful years of independent news coverage!

"Captain America" Dick Rowland

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