I’ve been doing a little online wandering since getting back from our early morning walk. First I noted a Seattle Times story on electricity prices, and learned the city is served by a public power company, City Light. That’s public as in “part of the city government,” not public as in “publicly traded corporation.” It’s [...]
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It was interesting to see the ruckus involving Senator Inouye, former Gov. Ben Cayetano, and the pro-rail labor-industry group, Pacific Resource Partnership, all boiling over at about the same time that a lawsuit over access to University of Hawaii records offered a reminder of the senator’s behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing. The lawsuit was filed two [...]
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We drove to Kailua on Sunday to see the new Whole Foods store. We walked through once soon after the store opened, but hadn’t really had a chance to shop. We saw it, but couldn’t find parking. It was amazingly busy. Driving endlessly around a full parking lot praying to be the first to spot [...]
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Well, here’s the list of bills passed by the Hawaii State Legislature this session. Spend some time browsing and suggest your “favorites” for bills, or provisions buried in bills, that seem to run counter to the public interest by promoting secrecy, eliminating public safeguards, damaging the environment, etc, etc. Leave your comments below, please. I [...]
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Civil Beat’s poll question regarding the proposed undersea cable to move electricity generated on other islands to Oahu provided another example of a basic lesson in survey research–How you pose the question often determines the answer. The survey asked registered voters, “Do you support or oppose Hawaii’s plan to construct underwater cables between some of [...]
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It looks like the larger newspapers are losing their monopoly on publication of foreclosure notices. Last year’s amendments to the state’s foreclosure process, known as Act 48 but referred to by the Star-Advertiser as “the troubled law,” contained a goodie for newspapers. Here’s the publication requirement in the current law (Section 667-27) after being amended [...]
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The Honolulu Ethics Commission is urging the City Council’s Committee on Executive Matters and Legal Affairs to pass two ethics bill when it meets at 1 p.m. today. Bill 39 (2012) closes a loophole in the city’s requirements for personal financial disclosures by elected and appointed officials. It requires certain employees and officials to file [...]
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Here is more video from Saturday’s “Stop the war on women” rally at the State Capitol. Andrea Anderson, CEO, Planned Parenthood of Hawaii. Meda Chesney-Lind, Feminist Criminologist and Director, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa Representative Chris Lee Coming soon: Esther Kiaaina, candidate for 2nd Congressional District
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