Island Agriculture Inspectors Receive Layoff Notices… 25 AG Employees Stand to Lose Their Jobs

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Damon

I attended the Big Island Press Club Scholarship Dinner where Mayor Kenoi shocked the Press Club by telling them that Layoff notices had been sent to Agriculture Inspectors on the Big Island earlier that evening. Tiffany Edwards Hunt spoke to the Mayor earlier today and was able to confirm what was said. Yes, we heard [...]

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Today’s Council Meeting to Be Live Streamed, Tweeted, Then Clipped and Archived on the Internet… WE ARE WATCHING

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Damon

I just noticed that Margaret Wille’s Blog will be attempting the first ever live stream of a County Council meeting to the public tomorrow. I love it… what the county won’t provide… the people will! I have to say props to local company AMARAK.TV who appear to be the folks providing this service. I have [...]

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The Sky is Falling… and Mars is Not Getting any Closer to Us this Year

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Damon

I got an email from a “reliable source” telling me that I should take Hayden and the family out one night in August to check out the sky and look at Mars because it’s going to be super close to the earth and will appear as bright as the moon. Well here is a portion [...]

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Beauty and the Beast

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Damon

Before I left for California, I mentioned a brief blurb about a Beauty and a Beast and to stay tuned… Asian Supermodel Jacylnn Joseph has returned home to the Big Island for a short vacation where she has been seen in local spots such as her former place of employment, Luquins Restaraunt in Pahoa Town,  [...]

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57th Annual Hilo Orchid Society Show and Sale

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Damon

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