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Entries from June 29th, 2010

Timing is everything in the sewer settlement

June 29th, 2010 · 20 Comments · Campaigns, Politics

What a deal! After stalling and deferring necessary sewage upgrades for his six years in office, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann yesterday announced a settlement in the long running environmental lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club. The announcement comes just weeks before he walks out of city hall to make his run for governor, leaving behind [...]

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GOP group raises a fuss over restriction on campaign email

June 29th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Campaigns, Ethics, Politics

Mike “Big Mike” Palcic and a group calling itself the Hawaii Republican Assembly probably erred by including House Speaker Calvin Say among the recipients of a June 23 email blast with the subject, “Help Support Hawaii’s Republican Candidates for State House and Senate in 2010″. The email was addressed to Say at his state capitol [...]

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Bill to make consumer complaints confidential deserves to be vetoed

June 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Politics

Did you catch Derrick Depledge’s story in yesterday’s Star-Advertiser about the bill (HB 1212) that would cut off public access to any information about consumer complaints filed with the state unless the complaint is first investigated and processed? Even the existence of the complaints will remain confidential until that point. The story fills out the [...]

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