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In the spirit of transparency, participants in Saturday’s Tax March will be asking President Donald Trump to produce his tax returns — something presidential candidates have done for the past four decades. Read more

In the spirit of transparency, participants in Saturday’s Tax March will be asking President Donald Trump to produce his tax returns — something presidential candidates have done for the past four decades. Plans are underway for more than 100 protest events nationwide, including marches in Honolulu, Kailua-Kona on Hawaii island and Lihue, Kauai.

While Trump has stated he will not be releasing his returns due to an ongoing audit, the IRS has countered that he’s free to release them. And in response to a journalist’s question about whether Americans care about the returns, Trump said: “I don’t think they care at all.”

Here’s hoping he sees the matter differently after the weekend rallies.

Sustainability begins with having a place to stay

The Hawaii Community Development Authority has negotiated a lot of big deals over the decades, in Kakaako and other regions. But the smaller ones, such as the Kupu lease, deserve attention, too.

A small shed facing Kewalo Basin will remain the group’s home for five years, under a lease HCDA will negotiate. Kupu is a nonprofit that gives vocational training to youth in conservation and sustainability projects. It seems a worthy notion. If Hawaii is to deliver on sustainability promises, giving the next generation the needed skills makes it a safer bet.