SB1141 SD2 was referred to the House Finance Committee on Friday, its last stop on the way through the legislature’s committee process. If the bill eventually passes, giving the members of the Sand Island Business Association (SIBA) the right to purchase the properties they now lease from the state, it will be another political victory [...]
Entries from March 31st, 2009
Tuesday, Part 2: Sand Island Business Association seeks special interest deal
March 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments · General
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Tuesday…Opening scenes
March 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Cats, General
First it was a somewhat hoarse meow in the dark. Then two large paws started kneading on whatever part of my body they were closest to. Next, the whole 16-pound cat climbed onto my stomach as I lay in the dark, front paws towards my face, paws & claws pumping up and down in a [...]
Monday…Bill sliding through legislature to sell 73 acres of state-owned land on Sand Island
March 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · General
SB1141 SD2 is one of those old-style special interest bills designed to benefit a small but politically connected constituency. It would require the state to sell the 73-acre Sand Island Industrial Park to its current lessees. The bill hasn’t gotten any public attention, and it has passed the Senate, and cleared its first committee in [...]
Sunday…Photo flashback, a two-newspaper moment, committee report error on Internet tax bill, sovereignty column suggests perjury
March 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · General
In the midst of last week’s Taro Festival at the State Capitol, a women tapped me on the shoulder as I was trying to get a photo of several children pounding poi. She introduced herself as Tootsie Dodge, daughter of Fred Dodge, the Waianae coast physician who, back in the 1960s and 1970s, was extremely [...]
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Saturday…Akaka’s tie, Popoki returns, Senate committee responds to Amazon threat to cut Hawaii affiliate program, UHPA review governor’s proposals
March 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · General, Politics
A sharp-eyed reader flagged this photo of Tammy Duckworth and Senator Dan Akaka, who will chair a hearing next week on Duckworth’s nomination to a top Veterans’ Affairs post. His comment: “Check out this Akaka tie!!!!!!!!!” You have to click on the photo to see the larger version and get a good look at it. [...]
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Friday morning light
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments · General
I had to hustle through the first couple of blocks of our walk this morning to get down to Swanzy Beach Park while the colors were still strong. It was worth it. It gave a boost to this orphan working day following the Kuhio Day holiday. Remember that you can click to see a larger [...]
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Friday…More on publicly funded elections and “equalizing” funds, post-newspaper communication, Island Insights, and Feline Friday
March 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Cats, General, Media, Photographs, Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year declined to consider a challenge to a North Carolina public financing system for judicial elections involving what have now become controversial “equalizing” funds, additional public funds which are made available if publicly funded candidate is being outspent by privately funded opponents. This appeal to the Supreme Court was [...]
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Thursday…Visiting peacocks, Pennsylvania case recalls Hawaii lawsuit, civil union vote, budget issues, etc.
March 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · General, Politics
I’m a bit late posting today, as I was a little “under the weather” yesterday and slept in this morning. I hope all will understand. This was the view in our front yard yesterday morning. The three are part of a slowly growing peacock family in the neighborhood. And yesterday we spotted a peacock grazing [...]
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