Posted on March 21, 2010 by Damon
So to anyone that doesn’t understand what is happening… or what I think is happening, feel free to watch the following video that was filmed in Honolulu last week amongst some of the top media folks in Hawaii. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5539926
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Posted on March 21, 2010 by Damon
I always know I’m home again… when I hear these dang coqui frogs.
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Posted on March 20, 2010 by Damon
If you look closely… you can see my old apartment next to the Ala Wai Baseball field.
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Posted on March 19, 2010 by Damon
Well I’m wrapping up this phase of the Census work. I’m off to Oahu tomorrow and will be back on Sunday. Maybe I’ll have a chance to post a decent blog posting again sometime soon? In the meantime … Don’t forget tomorrows Green and White Parade to celebrate Pahoa High School’s State Championship in Basketball. [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2010 by Damon
Posted on March 17, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is seeking long-term cancer survivors on the Big Island for a research study on the quality of life. The study, conducted by Dr. Cheryl Ramos, associate professor of psychology at UH Hilo, who is a long-term cancer survivor, will examine cultural factors, stressors, coping resources and health [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Big Island On The Cheap is pleased to announce that its FREE e-book, which is entitled “Merrie Monarch Side Trips” and includes coupons and discounts from Big Island retailers and other businesses, is now available for download. “We decided to gather up information for people who are coming here to the Big Island [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2010 by Damon
Posted on March 16, 2010 by Damon
With an anticipated vote just days away, Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) took to the floor of the U.S. House to voice her continued support for comprehensive healthcare reform in America.
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Posted on March 16, 2010 by Damon
Posted on March 16, 2010 by Damon
Posted on March 15, 2010 by Damon
So I went to Jack in the Box today to have what I thought would be a short bite to eat on my lunch break today and as I was eating, some guy walks up to me and says “Are you Damon Tucker… I read your blog… I’m Jason Armstrong“. At first I didn’t think [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2010 by Damon
Today Yesterday, was the 7th Big Island Internet Society meet up at Big Island Pizza. I’m sending this from my phone and will update this soon. (Well as you can see… I guess my phone was backlogged or something. Still trying to figure out why it wouldn’t post automatically).
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Posted on March 15, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: The County of Hawai‘i will be continuing its Coqui Frog Community Loan Sprayer program after previously announcing it would end with a public auction of the County’s coqui frog spraying equipment. The loan sprayer program had been slated to end on April 30. County Mayor Billy Kenoi announced today that the program will [...]
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Posted on March 14, 2010 by Damon
Posted on March 13, 2010 by Damon
I tried to post a temporary blog from my cell phone and I’m trying to figure out why this buggah isn’t working! Don’t you love technology at times? I mean sometimes when I post from my phone to my blog it get’s posted in a few minutes…. other times, like now, it’s taking over a [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2010 by Damon
Well as most of the folks know in Pahoa, our town is changing rapidly and we are getting a Longs, a KFC and a Burger King SOON! The “Header” picture I took was from about a year ago… the look of this sign is now changed. Thinking about a new header and a complete new [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Mayor Billy Kenoi has accepted the resignation of Hawai‘i County Director of Environmental Management (DEM), Lono Tyson, effective June 30, 2010. Tyson was Mayor Kenoi’s choice for the DEM director job from the beginning of his administration on December 1, 2008. Tyson had served Hawai`i County previously as Solid Waste Division Chief from [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Mayor Billy Kenoi has submitted his package of proposed reforms to the Hawai’i County Code of Ethics to the Hawaii County Council, including a proposal 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. Mayor Kenoi submitted [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2010 by Damon
Editors note… who call’s these buggahs Headlamps? I always have called them my Head Lights or High beams or Low Beams. Media Release: The Hawai’i Police Department would like to remind the public about the law regarding the use of headlamps while operating a vehicle during the evening, early morning hours and inclement weather conditions. [...]
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