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Says one reporter on hearing of the global attention to last week’s byline strike:

“Oh gawd, we’re in trouble if the Tiser bloggers are considered militants.”

If you don’t routinely check the comments left here, there was quite an active back-and-forth yesterday regarding the public financing of elections.

One upshot is that Voter Owned Hawaii, the key backer of the current public financing bill, isn’t actually supporting the existing House draft of HB661, and actually disagrees with some of its provisions. They are actually backing a different proposed draft of the bill which is not generally available yet. I don’t think this changes the substance of yesterday’s debate but it may smooth out some of the rough edges.

The Advertiser’s Capitol Notebook blog reported last night on the latest House draft of the proposed reporters’ shield law, which is coming out of the House Judiciary committee much broader than expected with clear coverage for bloggers.

And, on that topic, here’s an interesting commentary titled, “Bloggers vs. Journalists is over.”

I’m cutting this short today as we’re dealing with some family medical issues. Just how serious is still not known.

It’s one of those “hope for the best but prepare…” situations, I’m afraid.

[Update: Good news in this a.m., so it looks like we've dodged a bullet again on the family health front.]

In the meantime, enjoy each sunrise that comes your way.