All aboard the Superferry Express! While most news media focused on Honolulu Mayor Hannemann’s announcement of a labor agreement that will prevent strikes during the construction phase of Honolulu’s proposed rail system, Star-Bulletin reporter Gary Kubota jumped on the more important news of the signing of the first phase construction contract. Signing the contract was [...]
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First, from the incoming mail, a reader comments on the HGEA negotiations: Yesterday’s article seemed like a puff piece fed by Lingle’s office blamming the Mayors for holding up a contract with HGEA. Absent from the reporting were such details as how long the Mayors have had to review the details of the proposed contract [...]
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I received an email from a friend yesterday on the rail issue. He wrote: just for your edification: the city rejected at-grade light rail because (a) it would have to run on existing roadbed and compete with other transportation (b) it would require short trains and defeat the idea of large-carrying-capacity transit from the west [...]
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Well, I’m going back to work, at least for a while. City Council Member Duke Bainum called last week and asked if I would be interested in filling in temporarily for a staffer who has had to return to the mainland. I worked at the council as senior advisor to then-councilmember Neil Abercrombie from 1988-1990, [...]
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–Beginning cat commentary (for those who want to skip down to other stuff– It’s not a good Monday morning because Romeo has gone missing. Romeo was a no-show at dinner time last night, which for Mr. Romeo is definitely unusual. Even the sound of cans of cat food being opened didn’t draw him in. And [...]
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