Reports are circulating within the architectural community that Parsons Brinckerhoff, the lead consulting firm for the Honolulu rail transit project, is pressuring architects who have worked on the project to publicly criticize the position of the local American Institute of Architects favoring a light rail system capable of operating at ground level. At a recent [...]
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This classic photograph taken on Waikiki Beach during WWII features Duke Kahanamoku and others displaying trophies while apparently promoting an upcoming surfing or paddling competition. It was among the old photos and clippings in my father’s collection, which I spent more time sorting through yesterday. Now I’ll have to go back and search out the [...]
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Please keep an eye out for Duke, Duke, an Alaskan Malamute who was lost along our Windward coast in May. Since that time, Glenn & Liz, his people, have launched an incredible search for Duke. I first saw Duke’s photo on a flyer on the bulletin board down by the Kaaawa post office. Then a [...]
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I’m spending time this week going through more of my dad’s “stuff”. Yesterday I managed to fill two garbage bags with stuff I culled out–old catalogs, saved corporate annual reports from his investments, old junk, worn out shoes, etc. Miscellaneous old negatives and photos went in a box for future review, along with some old [...]
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The state’s Office of Information Practices has, for the second time, determined that the Hawaiian Humane Society is an agency that must comply with the public records law and make its records available for public inspection as required by law. Back in 1990, OIP issued a legal opinion (Op. #90-31) that dog license information maintained [...]
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Governor Linda Lingle, quoted in a story in today’s Honolulu Star-Bulletin: “It puts the Legislature in a very difficult position next session,” Lingle said, “because if that arbitrator comes up with a settlement — whether I agree to it or not — I have to submit it to the Legislature and then they will be [...]
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Sunrise at Swanzy Beach Park in Kaaawa. The rain in the background missed us, carried by the wind off towards Punaluu. But we ran into more rain that blew in just as we reached the far end of the beach and turned around. Umbrellas were necessary, but luckily it passed and the sun returned. Right [...]
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Sharp-eyed readers came up with a couple of good points. On Aug 18, NYT editorial writer Lawrence Downes (local boy) wrote about our subdued statehood observance and said: “A Honolulu newspaper columnist, David Shapiro, lamented all the ambivalence….” But when that editorial was reprinted in the S-B (on Friday), the “David Shapiro” had disappeared!!!!! Yup. [...]
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