Things are not looking good for those of us who like to travel. Even traveling to the mall or a neighbor island costs more these days. Gasoline prices are up, so driving around town becomes an expensive pastime. Airline prices are up so heading to the neighbor islands or the mainland is more expensive. Hawaii … Read More »
More garbage, same neighborhood
January 16, 2008
Manoa and Kahala residents can breathe easy. My proposal for building neighborhood landfills probably won’t happen this year. Honolulu’s Planning Commission has agreed to a two-year extension on the Waimanalo Gulch landfill permit. What? You were expecting strings? Strings we got. The state’s Health Department needs to allow incinerator ash to be piled higher than … Read More »
Who was that masked woman?
January 14, 2008
I went to the dentist today for my twice-yearly cleaning. Sandy, who works for my dentist, was wearing her blue uniform with a white mask. Uh oh. “Sandy, are you sick?” I asked. She replied, with a little sniffle slightly muffled by the mouth and nose mask, “I have a cold. It’s almost gone.” ‘Almost … Read More »
The Real Hawaiian Revolution
January 13, 2008
This isn’t politically correct, but nonetheless quite accurate. The real revolution in Hawaii is not political, not racial, and has nothing to do with Hawaiian sovereignty. Sorry. That’s just the way it is. The real revolution in Hawaii is financial. First, the rich are getting richer. The rest of us rent. Who do you know … Read More »
$312,000 and a little class
January 8, 2008
Finally, someone at the University of Hawaii stepped up and took responsibility for the June Jones contract fiasco. UH President David McClain displayed a little class. He acknowledged that UH didn’t step up and get the job done to keep Jones in Hawaii. From what we can tell, McClain got involved in the last minute … Read More »
Parting (I told you so) is such sweet sorrow
January 7, 2008
Despite the trail of obvious signs, shock and disappointment reverberated across Hawaii today. UH football coach June Jones is gone. Coach Jones was idolized by a successful team, revered by hundreds of thousands of fans, and mostly ignored by a pompous and bureaucratic university who expected the status quo to last indefinitely. It doesn’t. It … Read More »
