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Entries from December 31st, 2011

Happy New Year Greetings (from 1962 to 2011)

December 31st, 2011 · 3 Comments · General, History, Photographs

I dug out a few more photos from the archives. The first was taken 40 years ago tonight. Meda and I were living in a small, two bedroom apartment in what was then known as the Circle Jade, the unusual round apartment building on 9th Avenue in Kaimuki. It’s now a condominium. In those days [...]

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Honolulu’s daily newspaper misses the boat on city ethics scandal

December 31st, 2011 · 20 Comments · Business, lobbyists, Politics

The year ends with a typical day’s news, it seems. I got up early, checked the Star-Advertiser. A headline in the local news section, repeated online, stated incorrectly that a lawsuit seeking to block implementation of the state’s new civil unions’ law was “thrown out.” The story was correct, unlike the headline. Federal Judge Mike [...]

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