Whenever I run across a blank financial disclosure form filed by a public official, my alarm bells go off. That’s what happened yesterday when I happened to look at the disclosures filed with the State Ethics Commission by UH West Oahu Chancellor Gene Awakuni. Awakuni filed a “Disclosure of Financial Interests (Long Form)” report on [...]
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Here we go again. Another year, another bill to secret away important information about consumer complaints against licensed professionals, from real estate agents to auto mechanics to travel agents to massage therapists and more. HB 2298, “Relating to Privacy Rights,” is scheduled to be heard at 8:30 tomorrow morning (Tuesday, Jan. 31) before Rep. McKelvey’s [...]
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Trolling through the web this morning, I ran into an article by Arizona Republic reporter Craig Harris describing the development of what eventually became an award-winning eight-part series on public pensions. It’s always fun to read good reporting, and the inside story on the series is an added bonus. You might also want to check [...]
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So what happens to all the foreclosed properties we read about in the news? Three foreclosed homes located behind the Kaaawa post office were recently bought by a real estate group specializing in buying and “flipping” depressed properties. The same group is already targeting two more homes in the neighborhood. Get Tubed LLC, owned by [...]
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When I’m short of cat photos for Feline Friday, I take a camera with me out into the yard in the mid-to-late afternoon. The cats follow. I feel liked the Pied Piper, with the camera as my magic instrument. The cats seem to know that they’re going to be on camera, and they enjoy it. [...]
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Gotta love Montana. A column by former Nixon attorney, John Dean, called my attention to the importance of a Monntana Supreme Court decision issued at the end of last year. While the U.S. Supreme Court’s granting of personhood to corporations in the now infamous Citizens United v FEC case continues to reverberate, the Montana Supreme [...]
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A friend Googled “ilind.net” today and alerted me to the importance of the date. The domain, iLind.net, was created on January 27, 2000, according to public domain records. So today is its 12th birthday, anniversary, whatever. I started in mid-September 1999, when the old Star-Bulletin was targeted for closure. For the first several months, I [...]
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Press release from Rep. K. Mark Takai: ROADSIDE RALLY AGAINST PUPPY MILLS Protections Needed for Puppies as well as People Aiea, Hawaii – Community residents, Poi Dogs & Popoki, Hawaii Military Pets and other animal welfare advocates will hold a peaceful roadside rally at the Pearl Kai Shopping Center in Aieaon Saturday, January 28 from [...]
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