Sam Slom, the sole Republican elected to the 25-member state Senate, displayed his political and research prowess recently when he fell for a decade-old urban myth of the “Stella Awards,” and then dug himself deeper by returning to defend his references to the bogus prizes. Slom used the February 22 “News + Views” column on [...]
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Last April, I wrote about a man’s search for his cousins, who he believed had lived in Hawaii at one time. Barry Tabel search was launched after he found old family photos among his mother’s possessions after her death. He thought that his cousins, who he never met, would be in their 60s. Finally, just [...]
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A bill which includes specific guidelines for use of social media by members of public boards or commissions was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with amendments last week and recommended for approval by the full Senate. SB2859, drafted by the Office of Information Practices, is included in the governor’s legislative package. There are [...]
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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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Attorney, community activist, and blogger Margaret Wille is “moving towards” running for a seat on the Hawaii County Council. Wille, a Waimea resident, hopes to fill the District 9 seat being vacated by Councilman Pete Hoffmann, who can’t run again due to the council’s term limits. I”ve been a fan of her blog, MargaretWille.com, for [...]
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Things seem to be bogged down this morning. I’ve reported the slowdown to my hosting service, and hopefully they’ll be able to tweak things from their end. So far, the site isn’t “down,” just very slow. I thought maybe Oceanic Cable was causing problems, but speedtest results show my broadband connection is working just fine. [...]
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Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s post about an unsolicited email that turned out to be planted by the American Beverage Association. This time, though, it’s an online petition that also sweeps off information to be used by the activist group MoveOn.org. A reader called it to my attention. Hi Ian, Just saw this article online [...]
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Thanks to my cousin, Leslie (clutter museum.com), for her collection of links to a variety of news and comments from the recent pepper spray incident at the University of California Davis campus. I was especially struck by the observations of Kristin Stoneking, campus chaplain, who was asked to assist the chancellor, who reported being trapped [...]
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