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Will Caron: Panda Excess

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

By Will Caron

September 6, 2026 · 1 min read

Will Caron/Civil Beat/2026

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Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

Click image to enlarge. (Will Caron/Civil Beat/2026)

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About the Author

Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.

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Get a clue Rick.

wailani1961 · 6 days ago

This is the perfect cartoon. Although, sadly it’s not a cartoon. It’s for real. Wow, the Mayor is sooooo tone deaf and out of touch for even suggesting pandas for the zoo. We can’t even keep the lights on and elevators and ac running for our struggling citizens when there’s wind, how is Blangiardi going to keep the AC going for the pandas? And who’s going to pay for it? Oh, right, us. I’d rather pay for our very unfortunate handicapped and kupuna who are stranded in their bldgs without running elevators to have food delivered to them. Or for a generator to power their elevator. First things first.

MauiAloha · 1 week ago

I'm a big fan Will!

Valerie · 1 week ago

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