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The sudden and largely unexpected demise of Molokai Ranch and Aloha Airlines reminded me that the e-mail disclosed by Governor Lingle’s office is as interesting for what is missing as it is for what was actually found.
Case in point: There’s precious little email during the four-day period concerning Lingle’s Turtle Bay plan, and I […]

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The Star-Bulletin’s Rod Thompson reports today on an opinion by the Office of Information Practices that a closed meeting of the Hawaii County Council last year to consider potential public danger of lava that was flowing at the time did not violate the sunshine law. The opinion itself isn’t available yet, but according to […]

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So what about the Honolulu Advertiser’s new online look? I find it annoying because you’ve got to wade through two screens of fluff before getting to the news. First you see a headline story/photo plus “breaking” news (too often verbatim press releases), then “user submitted stories”, and only then do you reach the “real” news […]

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Those attending the OIA Athletic Foundation’s fundraising dinner Tuesday night honoring House Speaker Calvin Say walked away with copies of a 106-page full color photo book featuring Say’s life in photos and accompanying essays. The glossy book, “Calvin: Blueprint for a Better Hawaii”, sure looks more like the launch of a campaign for higher office […]

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The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor has scheduled decision making on HB 2557 HD1, the so-called reporters’ shield bill Friday morning at 9 a.m.
It looks like there is still considerable disagreement over this bill. Meanwhile, the push for a national shield law continues to generate news. There’s a column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle […]

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Just click on the mailbox link to the left for the results of my request for disclosure of mail sent or received by Governor Lingle’s office during the first few days of February.

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The good news is that the house didn’t burn down. At least that’s what we realized in retrospect. It started in mid-January when we noticed two plugs in our kitchen were dead. I check the electrical box and the breaker had popped, so I flipped it back on. A pop and a sizzle later, it […]

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The State Procurement Office has signed off on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands plan to pay $75,000 for a portrait of Prince Kuhio to hang in its new offices in Kapolei. The SPO essentially said that DHHL has a statutory right to purchase art without bidding.
But the move prompted several readers to comment here, […]

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