Circuit Court Judge Joel August has ordered Attorney General Mark Bennett and Commerce and Consumer Affairs director Larry Reifurth to turn over a copy of a previously secret legal opinion for court review. The order came in a legal challenge brought by Akaku: Maui Community Television, represented by Maui attorney Lance Collins. In a September [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2008
Tuesday (continued)…Maui court decision blasts secrecy of Attorney General legal opinions
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Sunshine
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Tuesday…Looking at the financial (“bailout”/”stabilization”) bill
September 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General, Politics
To tell you the truth, I don’t know what to think about the proposed financial bailout plan. But I do know what I think about a new Great Depression. Bad idea. One thing is clear. The news media, by readily accepting the label of “bailout”, adds an editorial twist to virtually all reporting on the [...]
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Monday…Sunshine Law requirements triggered by delegated authority, and fuzzy math at the Advertiser
September 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · General, Sunshine
I just noticed an important opinion issued by the Office of Information Practices back in July (Opinion 2008-2). The opinion, prompted by questions concerning Honolulu’s Mass Transit Technical Expert Panel, came to a two-part conclusion. First, according to OIP, a board created by resolution (rather than state statute or county ordinance) is generally not subject [...]
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Sunday…My dad’s observations soon after arriving in Hawaii nearly 70 years ago
September 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · History
What was it like getting off a ship in Honolulu for the first time back in 1939? In a word: “Swell.” At least that’s what my father wrote to a woman back home in Long Beach, California, just about a month after he stepped off the boat to start a new job in the islands. [...]
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Saturday…former media council employee pleads guilty to multiple counts of felony theft and forgery, conservatives start to bail on Palin, and a look at sunshine law issues
September 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Campaigns, Politics, Sunshine
Holly Green, who not too many years ago served as staff to the Honolulu Community-Media Council, pleaded guilty to 47 felony counts of theft and forgery in state court this week, the Star-Bulletin reports. Green was charged with stealing more than $329,000 from former Advertiser publisher Thurston Twigg-Smith. The brief non-bylined story doesn’t mention Green’s [...]
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Friday’s Sunrise
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · General
Friday’s Sunrise, originally uploaded by ilind. It was threatening during our early walk, with heavy clouds in most directions. But the rain held off until we got home. It’s raining now, just before 8 a.m. The plants appreciate it. And the weather does make for some dramatic photos.
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Friday…My father, a 94-year old sometimes Republican, endorses Obama, Hannemann, and Mr. Toby on Feline Friday
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Campaigns, Cats
I spent a good deal of time with my 94-year old father this week. We had a good time yesterday morning when I stayed with him while my mother and sister went shopping. After sharing a few videos and photos of our Kaaawa cats and dogs, I enlisted Google Earth and Google Maps to take [...]
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Thursday…Newspapers boosting street prices, Doonesbury on newspaper buyouts, McCain-Palin links, and the Big Bite by Mr. Yeats
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Campaigns, Dogs, Media, Politics
Did you see the “breaking news” yesterday afternoon that the Advertiser is boosting its street price to 75 cents daily and $2 Sunday? Of course, the Advertiser is not alone. We’ve seen recent price increases at the Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times and P-I, and at a slew of other papers [...]
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