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Here we go–another round in the developing war over housing rights in Hawaii. First there was the Kailuan, where Kaneohe Ranch evicted apartment owners early last year after allowing the building’s lease to simply expire, circumventing a state law that requires landowners to give current lessees the “right of first refusal” if the leased fee [...]

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Senate President Colleen Hanabusa isn’t the only one who is suggesting that Gov. Lingle appears to be inflating the state’s budget deficit.
Lawrence “Bill” Boyd, labor economist on the faculty of the University of Hawaii’s Center for Labor Education & Research, says the cuts being proposed by Gov. Lingle are 25% greater than required to meet [...]

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I just finished a quick edit on this set of photos from yesterday afternoon’s unity rally that brought thousands of members of the four public employee unions together at the State Capitol. It was a remarkably diverse crowd, as you can see in these photos. I haven’t had a chance to add captions and other [...]

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With Hawaii’s public employee unions poised for a unity rally at the State Capitol this afternoon, it seemed like a good time to check furlough-related news from across the country.
• From Stateline.org, an overview of furloughs being implemented across the country.
• Another review of furloughs comes from Illinois, where the governor lacks legal authority [...]

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Services for Duke Bainum are being held today, and state flags will be at half-staff in his honor.
DUKE MARK EDMUND BAINUM
56, of Honolulu, died June 9, 2009. Born in Takoma Park, Md. A physician and Honolulu city councilman. Survived by wife, Jennifer; sons, Z and Kona; stepson, Johnny Lesseos; stepdaughter, Jennifer “Leona” Lesseos; a stepgrandchild; [...]

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Sharp eyes of folks at PBN noted an unusually long set of “corrections” published this week by the UH Manoa student newspaper, Ka Leo, and tracked down the story.
PBN reports that 26 stories written by former Ka Leo reporter and news editor Kris DeRego included fabricated quotes or other errors, including misspelled names and misidentification.
The [...]

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How time flies. I “knew” it was Wednesday because the crew arrived at 5:30 a.m. to pick up our trash. But my brain still let a “Tuesday” headline into the original version of this entry. An early morning short-circuit!
There was a lot of traintosterone at Blaisdell Center yesterday at the city’s rain transit symposium, which [...]

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A correction is in order regarding Ka Leo’s report on the theft of Congressman Neil Abercrombie’s car in Manoa.
The “facts” reported by Ka Leo “were not all correct,” according to Captain Don Dawson, current chief of security at the UH Manoa campus.

UH Campus Security knew about the car being parked at College Hill. Mrs. Ambercrombie [...]

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