BJ Penn Ends TV Taping and is Unhappy About Portrayal

I was just at the BJ Penn Academy today and I didn’t hear anything about this and only now reading about it. …A source close to the show on Tuesday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) B.J. Penn recently shut down a taping and interview session for the series and no longer wants involved in the project. Penn [...]

Tonights Agenda for Highway 130 Meeting

The next KPAG Highway 130 meeting will be held on Monday, January 26th TONIGHT at 5:45 at Keaau Elementary School. Kea‘au‐Pāhoa Advisory Group Meeting #5 Agenda 1. Opening comments – Jiro Sumada, Deputy Director, HDOT 2. Review of the Reasonable Set of Alternatives from KPAG No. 4 Discussion by members 3. Discussion of the types [...]

Hawaii Filed “Brief” Backing Missouri Against Klu Klux Klan in “Adopt-A-Highway” Program – (Free Speech 1… States 0)

A neo-Nazi group has joined the state’s (Missouri) “Adopt-A-Highway” volunteer litter pickup program, taking advantage of a free speech court fight won four years ago by the Ku Klux Klan… …The state says it had no way to reject the group’s application. A 2005 U.S. Supreme Court ruling arising from a similar effort by the [...]

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Complaint Lodged Against My Blog

I just found out someone was unhappy with an image of Linda Lingle that I posted on my “Smuck Hall of Fame” page. While I’m sorry the image may have offended someone, I honestly just googled the image “Linda Lingle” and was looking for funny images of her and placed that image below the “smuck [...]

Inside BJ Penn’s Academy… Pictures

I made it into Hilo for a couple of things today, one of them was a quick stop by the BJ Penn Academy. If you haven’t been to the location, it’s located at 639 Kinoole in  the Old Hilo Macaroni Factory. As you enter the facility, there is a gift shop to the right which [...]

Randrup’s Father Indicted… Tiffany Edwards Hunt Meeting with Police Chief Re: Communication Breakdown

I just noticed on the Big Island Chronicle the Twitter feed from Tiffany a while back that she was: “Going to meet with the police chief re communication breakdown” I hope everything is ok  and I really don’t want to speculate on too much, however, I can only assume this meeting would stem from the [...]

Lingle Unveils Comprehensive Highway Modernization Plan… $524 Million for Big Island

Governor Linda Lingle, together with Senate Transportation Chair Kalani English, House Transportation Chair Joe Souki and State Transportation Director Brennon Morioka today unveiled a $4.2 billion dollar, six-year Highway Modernization Plan.  The statewide plan would implement critical highway projects and programs aimed at reducing traffic congestion, improving highway safety, maintaining roads, and saving motorists time [...]

U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General Lt. Mixon Speaks to Big Island Rotary Club Members

Lt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon, commanding general, U.S. Army, Pacific, spoke to members of Big Island rotary clubs at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Jan 20 to discuss the role of the Army in the Pacific. Representatives from South Hilo, Hilo, Hilo Bay, Pahoa, Volcano and Kona Rotary Clubs attended the event. “It’s important for Rotarians [...]

County Expands Bus Service, Adds Accessible Buses

Media Release COUNTY EXPANDS BUS SERVICE, ADDS ACCESSIBLE BUSES The Hawaii Island’s county Mass Transit Agency will increase bus service on some of the transit system’s most popular and heavily used routes beginning February 17, 2009, as part of the ongoing effort to make the system more convenient and accessible to users. Additional bus service [...]

Surfings Darkside on the North Shore – New York Times NEW Video

Many people still remember this beat down by a famous local surfer that is featured in this NY Times piece: Here is the movie trailer to “Busting Down the Door”

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