I was checking out Starbulletin.com this morning and realized that they’ve added headlines from “Other Hawaii Media”, including rival Honolulu Advertiser and three local network broadcast stations. To make room, they apparently dropped the detailed “Today’s Edition” story list that used to appear on the main page, which made moving through the days stories simple [...]
Tags: animal cruelty·dangerous dogs·hawaiian humane society·kauai police department
Concerns about private prison operations got a boost last month when two Pennsylvania judges were indicted on charges of taking kickbacks for steering juveniles to a privately operated detention centers. According to a statement by the US Attorney, the judges closed a state-run facility in order to force the county to use the private company, [...]
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Campaign spending issues have drawn lots of interest. Thanks to Bartman for his comment here yesterday. In case you missed it, he wrote: You made a significant error in your discussion of the Big Island public funding bill. You wrote: “But the commission points to a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that found this [...]
Here’s another winter-in-Kaaawa morning to start out the holiday-shortened work week. It’s still dark when we start walking in the morning, which these days is around 6 a.m. Last month at this time, sunrise was at 7:12. Tomorrow, it will be a 7 o’clock. By late next month, it will have shifted back to 6:30, [...]
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The smokers’ lobby is back at work at the State Capitol with their daily deliveries of single-page pro-smoking diatribes. The problem is that they failed to learn one of the basic lessons of politics–never threaten if you don’t have the means to follow through. Last year, after failing to roll back Hawaii’s strict anti-smoking law, [...]
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Nothing political today. It’s Sunday. Hey, who’s the old guy sitting with my 95-year old father? Oops. That’s me. Photo taken during a late afternoon visit. My sister had just taken him out for a walk along Beretania Street to the next corner and back, aided by a fancy 4-wheeled walker. He was pooped out [...]
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Here are a few bits and pieces of recommended reading for the weekend. Larry Geller (www.disappearednews.com) had some very thoughtful comments on Act 221 high tech tax credits earlier this week. There are many good reasons (location, location, location are three) why Hawaii will not be the high-tech center of anything, with a few possible [...]
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Please forgive these rambling reflections on a windy Friday morning. I would think those seeking reforms in our campaign finance system would be happy about HB 539, introduced by House Speaker Calvin Say and Judiciary Chair Jon Riki Karamatsu. The bill would prohibit corporations and companies from making free use of their own funds for [...]
