A reader’s comment posted here yesterday caught my attention and deserves a response. With all due respect Ian, why in the world would you think the general readership of either Honolulu daily would be the least bit interested in a 5 year battle with Guild in Hilo??? I suspect the Editors there are just making [...]
The Lingle administration has requested an exemption to enable purchase of $2 million of interisland airline tickets during 2010 without going through a competitive bidding process. According to the exemption request filed with the State Procurement Office, state offices can get lowest rates by shopping for “seasonal rates, web specials, or corporate rates” on an [...]
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Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle made the following remarks during a December 21, 2009 press conference to discuss the supplemental budget she has submitted to the 2010 Legislature. It refers to an AP story that appeared in the NY Times and many other newspapers. It will be interesting to see how her comparisons to budget priorities [...]
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No, Mr. Romeo was not celebrating Christmas, more likely just enjoying a big of sun on the deck. And that sort of sets the stage for this Feline Friday. Lots of cats, not so much Christmas in evidence. Our neighbor, Elizabeth, did managed to bedeck her two cats with festive colors, and so I’ve included [...]
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We enjoyed a relaxing Christmas Eve which included a brief visit with my father at his nursing home and then our family’s traditional Christmas Eve celebration with my mother and sister. Click on my mother’s wreath for a few more photos. Today, more of the same. We’ll stick around home most of the day, drop [...]
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Just a few things to catch up on. The Office of Information Practices says seven members of the Hawaii County Council violated the sunshine law by holding a series of private conversations before a council reorganization earlier this year, according to a story in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald. The ruling came despite what looks at first [...]
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Okay. It’s not quite Christmas yet. But I’m guessing a lot of you won’t be checking in here for the next few days, so best get my seasons greetings in while I can. Yesterday we squeezed in a viewing of “Up in the air”, the new George Clooney movie. It was actually a very good [...]
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New car buyers who pay an extra fee for a “vehicle theft registration system” that supposedly deters car thieves are probably wasting their money, according to evidence compiled in several lawsuits against local car dealers. Despite testimony that the systems actually do nothing to deter theft, the Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that [...]
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