Tomorrow will be the eighth anniversary of the slightly premature 1999 announcement of the Star-Bulletin’s closure. If Gannett had its way, the S-B would be only a dim bit of Hawaii media history. Instead, it continues as a thorn in the side of Gannett’s Honolulu Advertiser. How time flies when you’re having fun. The recent [...]
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It’s Friday again and time to display a few more of our favored felines. This is Mr. Romeo. He’s just big, friendly, and very very jealous. If a cat is getting attention, Romeo pushes forward and insists on attention. If a cat is in Meda’s lap, Romeo will insist on getting in my lap. He [...]
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A reader notes that the trial of Gerald Paakaula, charged with viciously beating an Army couple at Waikele Center early this year, is scheduled to begin with jury selection next Tuesday and Wednesday. Another reader notes: The day most of us got our MidWeeks in the mail — with financial adviser Mark Teruya’s cover-page ad [...]
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I meant to include this photo in today’s main entry, but just didn’t have time before we went walkabout. So I’m adding it as a special update. It was taken a couple of days back. I love the sun hitting the top of the cloud while rain falls below. The Yin and Yang of our [...]
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In a column last week, Advertiser columnist Lee Cataluna praised Amazon.com and its selection of local foods, which she describes as ready for those care packages to the mainland. At www.Amazon.com, which has done a solid job of living up to the goal of being a one-stop super retailer, you can buy Hawaiian Sun guava [...]
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The State Department of Transportation has requested an exemption from the regular procurement process in order to award a $1 million contract to Belt Collins to conduct an environmental assessment of the Superferry as ordered by the Supreme Court. The cost is estimated at $1 million over a one year period with an option to [...]
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Thanks to Christy Wilson for the story in Sunday’s Advertiser looking at the actual record of past environmental assessments done for state harbor projects. She found the record contradicts assertions that the Supreme Court decision “singles out” the Superferry project. It was a good read based on solid documentation. I’m interested in seeing the Advertiser’s [...]
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If you visited here early yesterday, please check back on that entry for my major correction. It seems the email I received from Kona blogger Aaron Stene was simply calling my attention to negative comments published at Hawaii Threads. He didn’t write them, just flagged them for me. They were forwarded without comment, and I [...]
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