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Chief election officer Kevin Cronin’s press release on Tuesday addresses the issue of when House Majority Leader Kirk Caldwell resigned from his House seat in order to run for the city council.
At the outset let me say the good people of our beautiful state and especially all elected public officials ought to respect the law [...]

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Jay Hartwell responded regarding Melanie Sill’s UH appearances, which were noted here yesterday.
Yes, the public is welcome to sit in on classes where she will be speaking. The dates, time, and locations are on the flyer (posted here yesterday).
When SPJ-Hawai`i decides the location for its Thursday, Sept. 4, evening gathering, we will let you know.

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For the second time in a couple of weeks, I somehow disappeared this entry after posting it in the early a.m.
I didn’t discover the problem until just a few minutes ago, after noon Hawaii time.
Apologies.
I’m doing my best to restore the full entry, although I may not remember it all.
Thanks to Jay [...]

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I went looking this morning for news coverage of Saturday’s gathering of union members from the Honolulu Advertiser. According to a media advisory sent out on Friday, Wayne Cahill, administrative officer of the Hawaii Newspaper Guild and spokesman for the six unions that represent the Advertiser’s 600 employees, would be available for interviews following a [...]

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Noted: Former Honolulu reporter Rod Antone (who reported for KHNL and the Star-Bulletin, and most recently at the Yakima Herald-Republic in Washington State), is the new deputy press secretary for Congressman Steve Pearce of New Mexico, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
This morning’s papers feature dueling transit polls. Both the Advertiser/KGMB and Star-Bulletin/KITV polls [...]

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Cartoonist John Pritchett took on the Advertiser layoffs in his editorial cartoon featured in this week’s Honolulu Weekly. It’s a caricature of ‘Tiser publisher Lee Webber wielding his budget axe. Click on the cartoon to get the full view.
I wish this caricature included a bit more context, perhaps the wrecked castles of newspapers past, the [...]

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A Star-Bulletin editorial today calls for removing two candidates who reportedly were allowed to complete their nomination papers after the filing deadline. The editorial names Kirk Caldwell, who filed to run for the City Council seat vacated by Ann Kobayashi, and Chrystn Eads, who filed for Caldwell’s House seat. According to published accounts, Caldwell’s petition [...]

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From a reader, criticism & kudo:

The Star-Bulletin cheated its readers when it did not include the list of candidates in the primary election in Wednesday’s print editions. Putting the list on the Internet was not enough.
Kudos to the Bulletin for its excellent obituary last week by Helen [...]

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