The Letter That Brought the Internet Scandal On

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Damon

From Councilman Yagong: “…I’ll send you the email that I sent to County workers requesting suggestions to help with our County Budget and processes. From this request, I received many suggestions from county employees, including allegations that there was Internet abuse by employees during working hours.  I was told that this abuse may be effecting productivity and could be [...]

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Internet Scandal… A Fox Watching the Hen House or Burning My Own Readership?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Damon

Earlier tonight I posted the email replies that I got from Hawaii County Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida and Councilman Dominic Yagong regarding the County Employee internet scandal. I have some concerns about this investigation. I don’t think for one second that they will be able to find evidence of people surfing on their own laptops [...]

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The Hawaii Document Database

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Damon

I just came across a pretty cool site that shows many of the Government Documents that have been uploaded to the internet, but not necessarily publicized. The Hawaii Documents Database (you have to scroll down as the layout for this site is terrible) State and County Documents FY09, State and County Publications received at the [...]

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Hawaii Volcano “Drainhole Piston”

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Damon

Aerosols smaller than 1 micrometer are mostly formed by condensation processes such as conversion of sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas (released from volcanic eruptions) to sulfate particles and by formation of soot and smoke during burning processes. After formation, the aerosols are mixed and transported by atmospheric motions and are primarily removed by cloud and precipitation [...]

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$1 Million to SSFM for Highway 130

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Damon

So as many of you may know, last night I asked SSFM how much were they given for their contract in working on this Highway 130 Project that I’ve been working with a group of community members with since October of last year. I was quoted in today’s paper: …Not all members of the advisory [...]

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Conflicting Emails From Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida and Councilman Yagong

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Damon

Yesterday I fired off two emails regarding the County Employee Internet Scandal that is under way. It appears there seems to be some conflict between what is allowed to be browsed and what isn’t allowed to be browsed on County time. Lincoln Ashida says browsing blogs on county time is ok… but Councilman Yagong doesn’t [...]

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X-1 World Championship in Kona May 9th

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Damon

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