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Credit Gannett’s Honolulu Advertiser for following through with legal action to force the University of Hawaii to disclose the list of those who traveled to the Sugar Bowl at public expense.
UH did belatedly respond, but the list actually released fell short of full disclosure, with 45 names (over 8 % of the total) blacked out [...]

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Hawaii is back in the national election spotlight with the opening this afternoon of the Democratic Party’s state convention. At least two issues are drawing national attention.
Most important is the election of three superdelegates who could make a key difference in the tight presidential race where every vote is likely to count. Delegates will [...]

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Last week the news arrived that iLind.net will be part of the State Blogger Corps at the Democratic National Convention. This week I’m still waiting for further info on the Blogger Corps and how this is all going to work. Of course, all hotels anywhere within driving distance of Denver are sold out for the [...]

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Speaking of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government, the Star-Bulletin assisted the illusion yesterday with its headline, “Hawaiian officials return to palace“. Officials? Shouldn’t the S-B regularly signal that it is at least somewhat skeptical of the claims made by this group?
If you happened to follow the flap at the end of the legislative session over amendments [...]

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I just upgraded the version of Wordpress used for this blog. It’s a leap of faith, as I don’t fully understand all the stuff “under the hood” of this beast.
So far, it looks like all went well, but if you notice problems, please let me know via email to ian(at)ilind.net.

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Watch that counter. It will pass 1.2 million later today.
You’re invited to a special evening at the Mandalay Restaurant this Thursday, May 22, to celebrate the re-launching of a Hawaii chapter of Common Cause! I was fortunate to be part of CC/H back some twenty-something years, and still have people stop me from time [...]

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A reader made this request a few days ago: “If possible, please post a dog video on Monday morning. That last one of Alice Brown was such a nice way to start the week off.”
So, by popular demand, here’s your Monday morning link to Ms. Amedine’s video, unedited because I haven’t [...]

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I was musing in a recent Honolulu Weekly column about the difficulty in dealing with Hawaiian issues. The community at large has trouble, as does the Hawaiian community itself. So I was quite interested in the the statement issued by several Hawaiian groups criticizing actions of the group calling itself the Hawaiian Kingdom [...]

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