It rained in Hilo on Friday. I suppose that’s not news over here on the Big Island. People seem to have adapted to the rain. In Honolulu, a good rain will often wash out planned road work, for example. In Hilo, road crews just don their rain gear and proceed normally. But the rain has [...]
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Here are a couple of Obama items not to be missed. First, there’s a group calling itself Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys with their performance of “No one as Irish as Barack O’Bama“. This is a video that definitely makes the cut. And a friend in New Zealand sent along this link to an [...]
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The opening House session seemed to take forever yesterday, with performers from several schools taking center stage. By the time they finally adjourned just before 1 p.m., the crowds of free food seekers, lobbyists, constituents, and others waiting upstairs were restless. There were long lines outside offices serving meals, shorter lines at other offices with [...]
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It’s the Legislature’s opening day at the State Capitol. Guests have been instructed to be seated by 9:30 a.m., and it takes off from there. By noon, halls will be crowded with visitors looking for lunch and a bit of glad-handing. I’ll be taking pictures of visitors to Rep. Berg’s office on the 3rd floor [...]
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Inauguration day. Bye bye, Mr. Bush. And not a moment too soon. Media Matters observes that mainstream media have misreported the costs of the Obama inauguration. Citing “estimates” ranging from $150 million (MSNBC) to $170 million (ABC News) in total costs for Obama’s inaugural events, the outlets have compared the purported total costs in 2009 [...]
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IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED to SAVE O’ahu’s NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL ZONING COMMITTEE ‘SPECIAL MEETING’ – last minute notice on a holiday weekend. When: Tuesday Jan 20 1:00 Where: Honolulu Hale Council Committee Room Signup: Just show up, you can sign up to testify and submit testimony on the spot READ On ……….. Save O’ahu’s Neighborhoods (SONHawai’i) is [...]
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It’s a holiday, adding up to a four day weekend for many in Hawaii following Friday’s storm-induced shutdown of state and county governments. Let’s see. The recently expanded online version of the UH alumni magazine, Malamalama, was ready for the Obama inauguration with a cover story tracing the life of Stanley Ann Dunham, Obama’s mother. [...]
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I knew it! The story hit the Los Angeles Times yesterday. “Killing cats to restore island backfires as rabbits take over“ Thanks to my old friend from college, Paul Helton, for the entry in his blog calling my attention to the story. It’s a simple story. Feral cats were blamed for ecological problems on a [...]
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