Last year’s news seemed to be dominated by a few stories– the football Warriors of the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii SuperFerry.
Other stories littered the news each week but with lesser impact– Don Ho died, Lisa Matsumoto died, Hawaiian Air beat Mesa Air group in court, so low fares died. Honolulu’s City Council approved the desire to impose a new mass transit solution on Oahu but did so without details of the actual solution.
It’s a new year already and that means new news. What will be the top news stories of 2008?
By the end of the year will people still be scratching their heads over Governor Lingle’s idea to buy Turtle Bay? Will traffic be better or worse (my guess is much worse)? Will an unexpected natural disaster strike Hawaii? Weather? Earthquake? Economic?
2008 started with an uproar at UH and the departure of popular head football coach June Jones to browner pastures and a bigger pay raise. The Warriors he left behind were perfect in 2007 but won’t be in 2008.
It’s hard to imagine that real estate prices can continue to increase. If they drop will that be the big news story? Does Hawaii SuperFerry have enough money to make it through 2008 or will they be forced to seek an opportunity in less hostile waters? I will reserve judgment until I can afford to use the ferry.
Nordstrom’s and Target will open just in time to enjoy Hawaii’s first recession in a few years, but 2008 will see the usual list of news items, the murders, traffic jams, bad weather, political fighting, crime and crime fighting, and other usual suspects, including a few stories about racism an prejudice. We won’t see solutions to the state’s most pressing problems, either.
In other words, this year’s news will be much like last year’s news but with different headlines.
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