Tomcat, Shmomcat. :sleep_125What have they EVER done for da' Islands???
Now, if the HNL legislature had taken the time to honor the "local Bruddahs" ... I might have been more impressed.
ALOHA 
You've missed a couple of points here on the process and issue at hand:
1) Hawaii
has asked for a Tomcat to be displayed and local political scientist worked this caper as quid pro quo.
2) They aren't honoring the Tomcat as a legislature per se, they are calling for United States to do so and other states will likely follow their lead. They simply are the first and, if anything, it's a zinger to Virginia, California or New York that Hawaii stepped up to the plate when they should have because of their state's more direct relationship.
3) If you think the Adversaries should be "honored", you or anyone else can testify and organize others to do so and it will happen easier than you might imagine. "Our guy" will certainly help. These events don't cost any true political capital so you're not fighting opposition as much as dealing with political process.
Note: It takes time and effort so poking at others who did something merely highlights lack of effort on the part of other people or organizations. The Intruder Association could have easily done the same thing and succeeded. That said, I'm already talking to Postal Service about a Naval Aviation series using this effort to start it off with a bang so everyone will get their favorite aircraft honored at some point. The better organized your community is, the higher up on priority list your aircraft will be (they want to sell stamps that don't get used if that isn't obvious).
