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The Office of Elections has invited legislators to a demonstration of the new Election Night Reporting system (ENR) which is planned to be up and running by this fall’s elections.

This ENR system will enable any person in any location with internet access to obtain up to date election results down to the county and precinct level. THis system has been widely tested and successfully used in many states on the mainland.

The demonstration will be held on Tuesday, June 17, in Room 309 at the State Capitol beginning at 2:30 p.m. Is it considered a “private” demonstration or open to the public? Unknown.

On the important ag lands bill, one reader commented:

I think Jill and Dean did a good job talking about the strengths and weaknesses of the measure. A problem with the opposition has been its propensity to go to ludicrous extremes in describing what the bill could do. Because they are environmentalists, their credibility is high, especially with the print media. But in some cases, especially with this bill, they demonize good intentions. It’s disheartening that we can’t do better in our dialogue on issues like this.

I fear that if the governor vetoes the measure that comprehensive planning for important agriculture will sit around in the mulch pile for another 30 years.

I received an email earlier this week from Clarissa Tourtelot, Account-Supervisor-Marketing at Communications Pacific, inviting me to attend the media preview of Bodies…The Exhibition, which opened at Ala Moana Center yesterday. She said that she had seen what I wrote in Honolulu Weekly. Perhaps I wasn’t clear enough. I’m afflicted with too much moral imagination to want to gawk at preserved cadavers that might have been political prisoners who died in Chinese prisons. Apparently there are a lot of others who feel the same way, judging by the comments on this Star-Bulletin story.

Hmmm. Not only did the Advertiser run a “breaking news” story on Thursday that linked directly to a GMAC Insurance ad, but then they turned around the next day and ran a “local news” story based on the results of the insurer’s “test” and readers comments on the ‘Tiser web site. Manufactured news at its best!

This book cover might look familiar to regulars here at iLind.net, because the appeared here back in 2005, courtesy of Amy Price, a Texan who happens to own a house in Kaaawa.

Amy says the author of this new book ran the Ghost Tours at Carnton Mansion, where the ghostly cover photo was taken.

She reports: “It’s a good read - her writing is lively with interesting stories. ”

And finally, for this Sunday morning, here’s a calming 15-seconds or so from our Saturday morning on the beach in Kaaawa.

Just click on the photo…But if that doesn’t work, try this link.