A Drive Home Tonight… Where is the Lighting on H-130

I drove home tonight along H-130 during the evening time for the first time in a while.  I’ve been thinking about H-130 for awhile and what we can do to make it safer. H-130 Needs more lighting. I emailed Andrew Cooper the other day and he gave me reasonings for the street lights on this [...]

Moms New “Pace-Maker”

I’ve kept kind of quiet about this, however those that know me, know that my mom has had a lifetime of heart problems.  She has alway had “Tachacardia” (sp?)… however within the last few years mom’s been faced with other issues with her heart that for a long time…doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong. [...]

Giraffe Missing… New Zookeeper in Place

Well a Giraffe decided to go on vacation with his parents to the mainland.  This Giraffe’s Father… was the head Zookeeper of my son’s zoo. I’ve assumed Zoo keeping duties until he get’s back from the mainland. In case your wondering wtf I’m talking about, you can see that the Giraffe’s have been ripping up [...]

Barack’s Sister on Big Island this Saturday at Several Events

From the Hawaii Democrats website: Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of Democratic nominee Barack Obama, will be campaigning for her brother on the Big Island on Satruday, September 13. The Obama campaign will also announce that Sen. Russell Kokubun, Rep. Dwight Takamine, and Rep. Josh Green have agreed to serve as the honorary co-chairs for the Obama [...]

Hawaii to Get Federal Money to Help Fight Human Trafficking… McCain Not Going to be Happy.

John McCain delivered a big speech where he’s speaking out about the horrible practice of human trafficking. However, according to the Congressional Record back on November 15, 2001 he complained about a $200,000 earmark that would have gone towards promoting a human trafficking conference in Hawaii, something the White House was pushing at the time. [...]

Punahou Moves up to 26th In the Nation in Football Polls

A couple weeks ago I blogged about Punahou being 38th in the nation.  Well they have now moved up to 26th.

Video of the “Lava Lake” That Everyone is Talking About

Jess Deemer over at Volcano Summer has video footage on her blog of the “Lava Lake” that many newspapers have been talking about lately. I urge everyone to check out the video with your sound on over here.

Bush Administration Awards $3 Million to Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native Colleges and Universities

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today awarded $3 million to four Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian colleges and universities to help revitalize neighborhoods, promote affordable housing and stimulate economic development in their communities. The funding is provided through HUD’s Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities ( AN/NHIAC ) Program. For an institution [...]

Pilago Qualifies for Matching Funds

A note from one of Angel Pilago’s assistants: ALOHA FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS THANKS TO THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU, ANGEL HAS QUALIFIED FOR MATCHING PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FUNDS WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $15,000 IN CONTRIBUTIONS OF $100 OR LESS AND WE WILL RECEIVE $16,341 MATCHING FUNDS! IT’S POSTED ON THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING [...]

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