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Wordless Wednesday – My Baby For a Few
Posted on September 23, 2009 by Damon
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Kona CDP Wins Planning Award
Posted on September 22, 2009 by Damon
From the Mayors Office: The Kona Community Development Plan has won the 2009 Outstanding Planning Award from the American Planning Association’s Hawai’i Chapter. The plan took three years to complete and was officially adopted last year as the district’s guideline for future development. The award will be presented Thursday at a luncheon of the 2009 [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, County Council, Kenoi, Kona | Tagged: Billy Kenoi, Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, Kona Community Development Plans, Margaret Masunaga | 4 Comments »
Panaewa Squeeze
Posted on September 22, 2009 by Damon
Geez folks… leave earlier but no crowd in and make driving dangerous! This picture was taken yesterday as I was heading into work. I’ve post dated this blog to reflect about the same time I’m drivng through the rush now.
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The Salty Droid on @AlohaArleen
Posted on September 21, 2009 by Damon
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Back at the Bureau
Posted on September 21, 2009 by Damon
So for those two readers of my blog that follow my blog, you may remember that I did Census Canvassing for a few months and it turned out to be quite an experience. I was called at the end of July to take a Supervisors test that is for the Census operation that will be [...]
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Is UH Really Updating Their Alumni Information?
Posted on September 21, 2009 by Damon
Did any other UH Alumni receive this? I’m a bit suspicious of it. From: “University of Hawai’i” alumnibroadcasts@harrisconnect.com> To: “University of Hawai’i Alumni” <damontucker@yahoo.com> RE: University of Hawai’i Update Please review your online Verification Form. (Link Removed) Thank you in advance for your assistance in this important matter. Now we need your confirmation of the [...]
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Statewide Campaign to Save Ag Inspectors
Posted on September 21, 2009 by Damon
Media Release: The Lingle administration, attempting to balance the State budget, has authorized the layoff of 118 employees of the Department of Agriculture – including 50 of the 78 inspectors. The DOA, with one of the state’s smallest budgets, is getting the biggest cut. The drastic layoff of DOA inspectors means that most imported produce [...]
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Malama Hamakua
Posted on September 20, 2009 by Damon
I was sent this while I was away: www.nosellhamakua.com, Support Bill 132. Support Transparancy in Hawaii County Government. Why is our Mayor selling public land to balance our budget? Why is he selling the land known for having the best soil on the whole island to a ‘agro-corporatation’ or developer? Support councilman Dominic Yagong from [...]
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What Did You Do This Weekend?
Posted on September 20, 2009 by Damon
Well I went to Waikiki for the weekend… and I pretty much tweeted the entire time I was there accept for a couple meetings. You can read these in reverse order. Posts 1-18 are from when I returned home today at the Hawaii County Fair after I got off the plane today. Subliminal Message hidden [...]
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A Post to Keep Posted
Posted on September 19, 2009 by Damon
Well as many of yo know, I’m in Waikiki staying at the Aqua Hotels Ilikai Hotel. It’s tough to blog from my phone, however, in order to keep my record going of blogging everyday since my blog started.. I’ll just post this from my phone. The first picture is the Ilikai. The second picture is [...]
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VIDEO TRAILER – The National Parks: America’s Best Idea – Hawaii’s New Land
Posted on September 18, 2009 by Damon
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks Ken Burns’s newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, showcases hypnotic footage of glowing lava from a Hawaiian volcano in as it streams into the ocean. Writer Dayton Duncan describes the exhilarating experience of witnessing this creation of new land. For more information on the film, visit [...]
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Chelsea Announces Partnership with Hawaii Academy
Posted on September 17, 2009 by Damon
From today’s Sport’s Illustrated: Chelsea has reached an agreement to form a partnership with Le Jardin Soccer Academy in Hawaii. …This becomes the fifth such partnership the club has in the U.S. and Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon — who will leave the club at the end of October — feels it will help the [...]
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Mahalo to Aqua Hotels and Resorts
Posted on September 16, 2009 by Damon
I just wanted to give a quick shout out to the latest sponsor of my blog, Aqua Hotels and Resorts. I’ll be staying at their hotels as I travel from the Big Island to Oahu during the next year and I just wanted to say thanks ahead of time for sponsoring my blog:
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Mayor Kenoi Proposes Ethics Reform Package
Posted on September 16, 2009 by Damon
From the Mayors Office: Mayor Billy Kenoi today announced a package of proposed reforms to the Hawai’i County Code of Ethics (Article 15), including one that would ban county employees from contracting with county departments. Another proposal in the package would tighten certain restrictions on lobbying County boards and agencies. As part of the reform [...]
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Wordless Wednesday – Life Cycle of an Ali`ipoe
Posted on September 16, 2009 by Damon
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Board of Ethics – New Business Agenda
Posted on September 16, 2009 by Damon
The Hawaii County Board of Ethics will be meeting on Wednesday, September 23 at the Department of Liquor Control Conference room (101 Aupuni Street, Suite 230) The following items are listed under new business: a. Petition No. 2009-6: Petitioners allege that a County officer or employee violated Sections 2-83(a)(3) and 2-83(b)(5) of the Code of [...]
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2009 Hawaii County Women’s Hall of Fame Winners Announced
Posted on September 16, 2009 by Damon
The Winners of the 2009 Hawaii County Women’s Hall of Fame were announced on Saturday September 12th at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel. The following ladies each were selected to the Hall of Fame that night: Lily Inouye from Hilo, Susan O’Neill from Hilo, Madeline “Madie” Green from Puna, and Shizuko Teshima from Kona (all [...]
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My $.02 Cents on The Social Blade Show
Today I was a guest on The Social Blade Show. This of course stems from my blogging about the @AlohaArleen scandal. Which coincidentally, she failed to show up on the show… however, she did send in a message that she wrote out and had one of the hosts read. You can hear her message hear… [...]
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