Don’t miss Paul Krugman’s column in today’s NY Times, which takes a closer look at California’s fiscal crisis and its national implications. He writes: …Proposition 13 made it extremely hard to raise taxes, even in emergencies: no state tax rate may be increased without a two-thirds majority in both houses of the State Legislature. And [...]
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Here’s one I forgot to mention yesterday, a news site devoted to “world news, Twitter style”: www.breakingtweets.com. Content is a bit thin right now, but you can certainly see the potential. And here’s a spooky one for journalists–a call for a military approach that includes attacks targeting reporters and the news media. I recently ran [...]
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Macleans.ca, the online edition of the Canadian magazine, featured an interview with Star-Bulletin owner David Black this week. Black is portrayed as a discriminating buyer of newspapers at bargain prices, although swimming against a strong tide of financial analyst opinions, which tend to rate the newspaper industry as a sector to run away from. In [...]
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The Honolulu Advertiser’s Rick Daysog reports: HECO scales back Oahu rate hike request to 6.2% But the Honolulu Star-Bulletin’s Dave Segal reports: HECO now seeks 4.3% rate increase The Star-Bulletin has the explanation: A separate filing yesterday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stated that the revised increase was 6.2 percent. But Hawaiian Electric [...]
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Earlier this month, the Advertiser reported that the city is about to abandon its shift to hybrid fuel-efficient buses because the promised 60% savings have not materialized and, basically, we can’t afford the price of this “green” technology. Unfortunately, the Advertiser story doesn’t link to the report it quotes, so it’s difficult to evaluate what’s [...]
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If you’re interested in technology and politics, you might want to check out the June 4 Tech Legislation Update put on by the UH Outreach College and Pacific New Media. Click that link for details and cost. Two featured panels are planned, followed by a luncheon keynote by former Gov. Ben Cayetano. 9:00 am – [...]
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An tale of corporate trickery from a reader, accompanied by a copy of a settlement agreement between Countrywide Financial and the State of Hawaii: I have a friend in Kauai who is losing their home. She is a lifetime resident of the island and has 2 children under five (the home has been in her [...]
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These two pictures emerged while I was digging out those class photos. The first one is the original Den 1, Cub Scout Pack 116, shortly after it was formed in 1955. We’re in our unfaded newly purchased uniforms. As noted, I’m on the far right. The second photo was taken of Den 1 a couple [...]
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