The current issue of the journal of the American Bar Association has a good article on the legal questions surrounding videotaping of the police by private citizens (Good Cop, Bad Citizen? As Cellphone Recording Increases, Officers Are Uneasy). The article reviews several legal cases, completed and pending. “The prevalence of cellphone cameras with high enough [...]
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During his “State of the City” speech last week, Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle defended the planned rail system as a defense against sprawl and urbanization of other parts of the island. Here’s the key paragraph that caught my attention: Rail will ‘keep the country, country’. It will ‘keep Kailua, Kailua’. It will ‘keep East Honolulu, [...]
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I was surprised by a phone message yesterday morning from Senate candidate and former Congressman Ed Case. He wanted to respond to my post here on February 13 concerning the endorsement of Case by the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly. His response follows. Case also provided a copy of a letter addressed to Hawaii Democrats [...]
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Here’s another legislative alert, this time courtesy of Hawaii’s 1000 Friends. BEWARE – your legislators have launched an aggressive attack on our islands environment. Tuesday 2/28 House Finance Committee will hear 4 of the bad bills. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/hearingnotices/HEARING_FIN_02-28-12_2_.HTM Testimony is needed to remind our elected officials that they work on our behalf and we do not [...]
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I’ve been a supporter of Olelo and the community media organizations on the neighbor islands since serving on the Olelo board for a term “way back when”. But let me argue against myself for a minute. At that time, a bit more than 20 years ago, organizations like Olelo provided the only practical way of [...]
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With the “First Decking” deadline coming up on Friday, legislators and lobbyists are making last minute runs at saving their favorite bills or issues, often by maneuvering around House and Senate rules and procedures. Here’s an example. SB2893, “to perform a comprehensive analysis of the social and financial costs and benefits of different types of [...]
Saturday morning in Kaaawa: Sunday morning in Kaaawa: It’s windy and wet this morning, but we managed to get through our walk without having to open the umbrellas. However, at 9:15 a.m., it’s still gray and blustery.
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This alert arrived via Henry Curtis of Life of the Land. Henry calls attention to hearing scheduled for tomorrow HB2874 originally had a triple referral, but missed the deadline when neither the committee on economic development and business, or consumer protection and commerce, set it for a public hearing. But on February 16, it was [...]
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