Margaret Wille Taking on the County Charter… Live Streaming of Council Meetings on the Agenda

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Damon

I’d just like to draw everyone’s attention to Margaret Willes latest post, My Suggested Amendments to the County’s Charter (its Constitution): To Increase Transparency, Accountability, Public Participation This lady is looking to really shake things up down at the County and it’s for the benefit of all of us living on this island and I [...]

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Legal Question: Why is The County of Hawaii Paying for Mayor Kim’s Car Accident and Not an Insurance Company?

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Damon

County settles case involving ex-mayor for nearly $100K A car crash caused by former Mayor Harry Kim when he was in office will cost Big Island taxpayers $99,500, said the county attorney handling the case… …Kim said he was driving his county-owned 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe SUV back to Hilo from Keaau when he was distracted [...]

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New Big Island Blog Devoted to College Football Scouts

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Damon

I just stumbled across the following blog, “Island Built Athletes Videos“. They currently have videos of the following three Big Island Football Players: Koa Ambrosia and Chris Reed from Honokaa, Onipa’a Stevens from HPA. It’s a fairly new blog.  It looks like they also have flash videos  of the following,  Keli’i Kekuewa from Kamehameha, and [...]

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Hawaii County Council Terms to be FOUR YEARS No Staggering of Elections?

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Damon

2009-2010 HAWAI‘I COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSION TO: HAWAI’I COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSION FROM: ALAPAKI NAHALE-A, CHAIRPERSON, AD HOC COMMITTEE FORMED TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF AMENDING ARTICLE III SECTION 3-2 OF THE HAWAI’I COUNTY CHARTER RE: COMMITTEE REPORT AND FINDINGS The Ad Hoc Committee formed to investigate the possibility of amending Article III Section 3-2 of the [...]

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Local Football Star Turned NFL Player Killed Police Say Speed, Alcohol Factors In Crash

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Damon

Local football star turned NFL pro Jesse Mahelona was killed in a one-car crash on the Big Island early Saturday.Police said the crash happened on Kealakehe Parkway just east of Queen Kaahumanu Highway before 1 a.m… More Here

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“What’s a Birthmark?”

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Damon

I caught my son looking at his birthmark on his shoulder today, and I asked him, what are you looking at… and he said he got dirty. I said where’s the dirt, and he pointed at his birthmark on his shoulder.  I guess this is the first time he’s actually looked downward at that direction [...]

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Kandoo and Lifelock

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Damon

The owner of the Kandoo Watersports operation that was trying to set up business off Waikiki is in a bunch of trouble. The problem is the dude is in a bunch of trouble with his former company called lifelock. … In other LifeLock news, the ocean adventure company started by LifeLock’s founder, Robert J. Maynard [...]

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Unexplained Phenomenon

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Damon

Unexplained Phenomenon? You tell me… what is google trying to portray with it’s Google image today? Could it be one of the UFO’s A Pacific View has taken recently on the Big Island? A Pacific View: UFO Over Mauna Kea A Pacific View:  Sleepy Astronomer Witnesses UFO Weapon Test A Pacific View: Mysterious “Thing” Over [...]

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