Mayor Rick Blangiardi takes your questions and comments once again for the full hour on Ask The Mayor this week on the Rick Hamada Program. Your calls always take priority, but Rick Hamada and the mayor get into other hot-button City and County of Honolulu issues.

Rick Hamada is joined by retired Colonel Ray "Frenchy" L'Heureux (USMC) to talk about the latest development with the state of Hawaii and land lease negotiations for training areas for our servicemembers. The military contributions to Hawaii are substantial--just in overall economics--and the discussion is in-depth.

On this episode of Sustaining Hawaii, brought to you by Bayer, we sit down with representatives from Ho'ola Na Pua to discuss their critical mission to combat youth sex trafficking in Hawaii. We explore the life-changing work happening at their Pearl Haven campus and highlight a recent partnership with Bayer Hawaii’s Oahu Outreach Initiative that is planting seeds of empowerment through a brand-new sustainable community garden.

Rick Hamada spends a few moments with Naeha Breeland--the President and Co-Founder of Ola Brew. Find out the backstory of this great company and the products they've brought to market.

Rick Hamada talks with the man behind one of Hawaii's most popular Facebook pages: Stolen Stuff Hawaii. Michael Kitchens joins the conversation this morning to talk about overall crime in Hawaii and about the top stories on his site right now.

Rick Hamada once again welcomes Joe Kent of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii to talk about Hawaii's economic picture and how the financial decisions made in your state capitol affect the everyday life of its citizens.

To wrap up Friday morning, Rick Hamada welcomes Kam Napier from Aloha State Daily to talk about local news headlines and in-depth information covered in Aloha State Daily.

In a wide-ranging commentary, Rick Hamada reacts to news of the day, starting with protests outside an ICE facility in New Jersey.

Just ahead of their appearance at Blue Note Hawaii, members of the Illeagles--Joey, Jesse, and David--call in to the Rick Hamada Program to talk about the upcoming shows and their passion for the music of the Eagles.

In a brief commentary, Rick Hamada talks about his attendance at the Honolulu mayor's Memorial Day commemoration at Punchbowl Cemetery...and wonders if our local community has the energy, passion, and patriotism to fully celebrate America's 250th birthday coming up on July 4th.