Interesting to watch the deft spin by the Hannemann campaign as it deflected the issue of the “Atomic Monkey” blog, a “no holds barred” web site that had been pounding Neil Abercrombie from various directions. Abercrombie, of course, is Hannemann’s main opponent for governor in the Democratic primary and a political adversary for at least [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mufi Hannemann'
Which description fits: “campaign volunteer and advisor” or “Hannemann appointee and paid campaign consultant”?
July 5th, 2010 · 19 Comments · Blogs, Campaigns, Politics
Tags: Keith Rollman·Mufi Hannemann
Carroll Cox gets Mufi fundraiser story
June 11th, 2010 · 26 Comments · Campaigns, Politics
Credit to KHON’s Ron Mizutani for his story last night about a fundraiser by Mayor Mufi Hannemann’s campaign held in Pittsburgh while the mayor was on a city-paid trip to Washington, and to watchdog Carroll Cox for raising the issue. Watching the video, it seemed that Hannemann campaign spokesman Dean Okimoto implied that this was [...]
Tags: Mufi Hannemann
City Ethics Chair resigns to avoid violation of ban on political activities
May 17th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Campaigns, Politics
The chairman of the Honolulu Ethics Commission has resigned from the commission in order to avoid potential legal questions stemming from his participation in political campaigns. Ethics commission members are permitted to vote and to make campaign contributions, but any further political activity or support for or against any candidate is strictly prohibited. The mayor [...]
Tags: Honolulu Ethics Commission·Kirk Caldwell·Lex Smith·Mufi Hannemann
Cayetano questions city rail contracts, plus more on mayor’s plan to raid the Clean Water & Natural Lands Fund
May 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Politics
Good story by Sean Hao in today’s Advertiser concerning a complaint about procurement practices at the city filed on behalf of former Gov. Ben Cayetano and others. If you’re interested in reading more, here’s the link to the pending complaint, which once again wasn’t included in the story. Political note: Gov. Cayetano and his wife [...]
Tags: Ben Cayetano·Clean Water and Natural Lands Commission·Honolulu·Mufi Hannemann
What happened to the light rail alternative to Honolulu’s transit plan?
March 8th, 2010 · 18 Comments · Politics
Thanks to RLB for returning to the issue of the city’s examination of alternatives in a comment a couple of days ago. He wrote, in part: I don’t pretend to understand the ins & outs of the Environmental Impact Statement planning and implementation, but I don’t see how your statements are supported by publicly available [...]
Tags: honolulu high capacity transit project·Honolulu rail project·Light Rail·Mufi Hannemann
The Neil-Mufi rematch could reflect more than a little of 1986
December 13th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Politics
This early phase of the Abercrombie-Hannemann 2010 gubernatorial battle royal is already giving me the creeps. Do you remember what happened the last time around? It was 1986, and Congressman Cec Heftel resigned in order to come back and run for governor. A special election to fill the short remainder of Heftel’s term was scheduled [...]
Kamehameha School’s plan puts organization fully into transit debate
September 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Politics
Back in April 2009, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects held a panel discussion at which a mainland transit consultant predicted Honolulu’s rail EIS could be “in trouble”. As I wrote at the time, the problem is “the city failed to deliver an environmental impact study that fulfilled what was promised in [...]
Friday…Is Mayor Hannemenn’s train in danger of going the way of the Superferry?
April 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Politics
City Councilmember Duke Bainum warned last week that the city’s rush to begin construction of the proposed rail transit system coupled with its insistence on a train running on an elevated concrete guideway for its entire distance “will create a Superferry-Like legal limbo for the rail project”. Bainum pointed to choices made by the city [...]
