Ask Governor Lingle to Sign Medical Marijuana Task Force Bill Into Law

Media Release Both chambers of the state legislature have approved SB 1058, which would establish a task force to examine crucial issues surrounding Hawaii’s medical marijuana law. The bill is now sitting on Gov. Linda Lingle’s desk awaiting her signature. Please send an e-mail to Gov. Lingle today asking her to sign this bill into [...]

Hawaii Superferry Files for Bankruptcy Protection

May 30 (Bloomberg) — Hawaii Superferry Inc., which provided high-speed ferry service for cars and passengers between Hawaii’s Oahu and Maui islands, filed for bankruptcy protection today. Hawaii Superferry and parent HSF Holding Inc. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions in Wilmington, Delaware. They cited a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling in March that struck down a [...]

3.5 Earthquake Hits Kilauea Summit

This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist. A minor earthquake occurred at 3:55:27 PM (HST) on Saturday, May 30, 2009 . The magnitude 3.5 event occurred 9 km (5 miles) SW of Kilauea Summit. The hypocentral depth is [...]

Sea Level Surprises in Hilo

The following is a post from Roger E. Sowell posted on May 6th, 2009 on his post titled Sea Level Surprises in Hilo on his blog EnergyGuy’s Musings. While doing research for my comment to EPA on their Proposed Finding that CO2 is a dangerous air pollutant, I ran across some data for sea level [...]

Mayor Kenoi Greets Honolulu OAV Team

Phillipines Department of Foreign Affairs The Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu conducted Oversees Absentee Voting (OAV) field registration in Hilo, the capital city of Hawaii, last May 16. Hilo is known as Big Island for having the largest land area among the other counties – Oahu, Maui, Kauai – in the state of Hawaii. The [...]

Hawaii Police Department Starting Online Community Satisfaction Survey

Media Release The public is invited to participate in an anonymous Community Satisfaction Survey for the Hawai’i Police Department during the month of June. Baring any technical difficulties, the Internet survey will available from 9 a.m. Monday, June 1, until 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at www.hawaiipolice.com . The survey takes about five minutes to [...]

Burglars Rip Off 100 of Konawaena’s Football Jerseys

On May 25, 2009 Kona  patrol officers responded to a reported burglary of the Konawaena High School locker room. Unknown persons broke into the locker room and removed approximately 100 green-and-white football jerseys valued at $8,000. Police ask that anyone with information on this case call Detective Scott Kurashige at 326-4646, extension 265, or the [...]

OCD Over TP

I was taught a long time ago to “pick my battles” with people that you love and often times certain things just aren’t worth fighting over. I’ve come to the conclusion that my wife has Obsessive Compulsion Disorder over Toilet Paper (OCD over TP). I’m the type of guy that really doesn’t care where my [...]

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