Endorsing Patrick Walsh for the Board of Education

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

Despite my indifferences with a local rag paper that Mr. Walsh occasionally writes for, I’m throwing my endorsement to Mr. Patrick Walsh for the Big Island Board of Education position.
I’ve digitized every Board of Education Meeting that was held from 2001 up until May of this year for public broadcast… so trust me… I know [...]

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H130 Advisory Task Force Meeting Moved to New Location

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

On Monday, September 22nd, the Highway 130 task force will be meeting again at  Keaau Elementary School at 6 pm.
The meeting was previously to be held at the Keaau Community Center.

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$2,955 Cash Payment Lightens Sentence In Poretsky Murder

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

I wrote earlier about the family that wants to boycott travel to Thailand.
Here is more on the story, thanks to reader “Neeterlou”….who came across an even more discouraging article regarding the murder of Gary Poretsky.
It appears that a cash payment was made to lighten the sentence of the accused murderer.
Here is two pictures of the [...]

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Gumapac Talk Story Wednesday Sept. 17th

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

Talk Story with Kale Gumapac:
Wednesday, September 17th
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Ainaloa Longhouse
More info: 982-9020
Kale4Puna

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New Pilago Videos Posted

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

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Today’s KO

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

Konichiwa Gozaimasu:

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Buy a Tree and Earn Money When it’s Harvested in 30 Years

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

Visitors to the Big Island will have a chance to buy and plant a tree and then reap part of the profit when it’s cut down in 30 years or so…
..Guests will be offered the chance to plunk down $37 to buy a tree sapling, plant it in Hamakua and then watch it over the [...]

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More on Gary Poretsky’s Murder: Family Calls for Thailand Travel Boycott

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

I blogged about the man sentenced for Puna Resident Gary Poretsky’s murder last month in Thailand.  Before this came out, I also showed a picture of one of his buddies here on the Big Island and some previous thoughts on the situation here.
Here is a picture of him the night of his Murder:

The family is [...]

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Taxi Cab “Victim” RYAN FOTH Calls Me a Liar and Asks Me to Remove My Blogs

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

I wrote about my encounter with Taxi Cab Victim Ryan Foth  a couple weeks ago over here, and followed it up here.
Foth just left the following comment here, basically calling me a liar and telling me I had never encountered him that night as well as requesting me to take down my blogs about the [...]

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State Probing AIG

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

Yesterday I mentioned AIG in Hawaii might be in trouble.
Well the State is looking into things now:
State Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt has requested information from the local unit of American International Group Inc. as financial turmoil swirled about Wall Street and AIG mounted a frenzied effort to raise more cash….
…AIG Hawaii is the state’s third-largest [...]

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$.20 Cent Plastic Bag Fee to Go Before Voters…Not Here of Course

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

Here in Hawaii, we are constantly letting our politicians make our laws for us without much community input on things.
Recently, the council passed the Plastic Ban without much thinking about the actual law as it is wrote.
Technically, stores could sell Plastic Bags right at the counter for a penny and then allow the customer to [...]

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Kamakoa Scaled Back

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Damon

I don’t live on the Kona side of the island and I only briefly scan the West Hawaii Today Newspaper.
Aaron Stene made a comment on my blog that pretty much shuts me up on this whole Kamakoa project thing.
I see now from reading the article that he commented about, that the Kamakoa Project has been [...]

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