Do you have a household budget? Do you manage a budget where you work? Either way, or both, it’s not always an easy task and it becomes more complicated when there is a larger number of people, or more money, or both, are involved. Mayor Mufi Hannemann submitted Honolulu’s 2009 budget to the City Council. … Read More »
You know your roads are bad when…
February 28, 2008
My beloved and long-lived Beretania Street pothole has been filled up. He’ll be back. The filling won’t last. Old potholes never die, they just get covered up by election year street repaving only to rise from the grave like asphalt zombies whose only purpose in death is to destroy automobiles and terrorize drivers. Maybe it’s … Read More »
How not to treat customers
February 27, 2008
Sekiya’s Restaurant in Kaimuki is closed. Why? Hawaii’s worst outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 ever gave some Sekiya customers bloody diarrhea in the past few months. Worse, the Health Department says Sekiya’s had repeated health inspection violations and will remain closed until the entire facility is decontaminated, disinfected, and sterile. All anyone knows is that … Read More »
What are they hiding?
February 26, 2008
Hillary Clinton was asked when she plans to release her income statement. Why is that important? Because people want to know how much money she and Bill made last year, and how she could afford to loan $5-million to her presidential campaign. She refuses to release the details. What is she hiding? Voters want to … Read More »
Those damned cruise ship spreadsheets
February 25, 2008
I remember the first desktop computer spreadsheet. It was called VisiCalc and I first saw it running on a CP/M card stuck in an Apple IIe back somewhere in the early 1980s. Computers were powered by pedals and cranks in those days. Yes, I’m that old. There was VisiCalc, then SuperCalc, then Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, … Read More »
When banks compete, do you win?
February 24, 2008
The web site LendingTree says, “When banks compete, you win.” The idea is simple enough. If you need a home mortgage, your application gets shopped among different banks so you can choose the best offer from multiple offers. In a local exercise of what could pass as real investigative journalism, the Honolulu Advertiser shows that … Read More »
