Entries from January 31st, 2010
Another strange twist in the tale of the city’s “disclosure” of personal services contracts
January 31st, 2010 · 10 Comments · Politics, Sunshine
Hold on to your seats! Here we go on the latest round in the sunshine saga of how the city handles disclosure of a quarterly report of personal services contracts required since a 1997 city council resolution was adopted.. The latest twist. The personal services contracts listing for the October-December 2009 period was released earlier [...]
Candidate filing begins on Monday, despite what the Office of Elections web site advises
January 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Campaigns, Politics
I hope this isn’t an indication of things to come! This notice to candidates was copied this morning directly from the “Candidates” page on the Office of Elections web site: Actually, I think candidate filing begins this coming Monday, February 1. Will there be a rush of early filers? In any case, they’ll soon be [...]
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A wet Saturday morning in Kaaawa
January 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Kaaawa, Photographs
We managed to make it almost all the way through our walk this morning before the rain really started falling. We were within a block of home when it finally got quite wet. This was how it looked about 7:23 a.m. down on the beach in Kaaawa. Not much sun in evidence, but lots of [...]
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Responding to thorny questions about blogging and bias
January 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics
I suppose I should take the time to reply to two recent critical comments received in response to my query about whether or not to accept political advertising on this site. Both appear bothered by the fact that I’ve continued to blog even during periods where I’ve been employed at the legislature. And both were [...]
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UH dean on “House Hunters”, the financial industry’s double standard, and Moscow’s dogs
January 29th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Dogs, General, Politics
Did you catch Maenette Behnam, dean of the UH Manoa School of Hawaiian Knowledge, featured in a recent episode of HGTV’s House Hunters? Here’s the promo for the episode: Maenette and Bob Benham live in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo in downtown Honolulu with their two young children, Kiana and Kaimi. The place has become much [...]
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Two morning views from Kaaawa
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · General
What a difference a few minutes can make. Here are two views yesterday morning in Kaaawa as the sun worked its way towards the horizon.
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