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I’m Feeling Kind of Small on the Madland
Posted on August 24, 2010 by Damon
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The Best Ride at Magic Mountain – X2
Posted on August 23, 2010 by Damon
This was the best ride I went on at Magic Mountain yesterday. Still in California… will return Friday.
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ADA Projects Underway for the Puna Area
Posted on August 22, 2010 by Damon
The Department of Public Works has provided a map of projects that are either underway or planned for the Puna District. You can see it by clicking here: Puna Among the future/in planning projects are Traffic Controls for the district that would be ADA Compliant. My question is… when they say “future“ does this mean [...]
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Today – Pahoa Festival of Arts in Downtown Pahoa
Posted on August 21, 2010 by Damon
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Another Serious Highway 130 Wreck
Posted on August 20, 2010 by Damon
This one just happened at intersection of H-130 and Kapoho-Pohoiki Rd at 2:40 today! This guy the cop is talking to was wanting to fight and it didn’t even look like he was in the wreck!
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Hawaii Newspaper Guild and the Hawaii Tribune Sign Contract After Nearly Six Years of Negotiation
Posted on August 20, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: The Hawaii Newspaper Guild and the Hawaii Tribune-Herald have signed a contract after nearly six years of negotiations. The two-year agreement covers all employees at the Hilo newspaper except pressmen, who are covered by a separate contract, and managers. The pressmen’s negotiations lasted as long as the Guild’s. The contracts are similar. Both [...]
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Commentary in Response to Syd Singer Mangrove Lawsuit
Posted on August 20, 2010 by Damon
Commentary by Larry O’Brien from Knowing.net: Ours is not “a time of rapid evolution,” as claimed by Syd Singer in his misguided commentary recently posted at http://damontucker.com/2010/08/12/syd-singer-on-climate-change-and-conservation/. It is the opposite — a time of extinction and the passing of great things. It saddens and shocks me that anyone who lives on these islands can [...]
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4,000 Comments… Mahalo!
Posted on August 19, 2010 by Damon
I was approving my latest comments and I noticed that I had my 4,000th legitimate comment here. The scary thing is the amount of spam comments that gets generated when you run a site like this. Askimet has literally caught over 80,000 spam comments!!!! I’d go crazy if I had to moderate all that crap! [...]
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Mayor Kenoi Presents Honokohau Plan at National Institute on City Design
Posted on August 19, 2010 by Damon
From The Mayors Office: Mayor Billy Kenoi was among eight U.S. mayors selected to attend the 47th National Session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, August 4-6, 2010, in Los Angeles. The event was a National Endowment for the Arts leadership initiative in partnership with the American Architectural Foundation and the United States Conference [...]
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Blast From the Past: 1959 Statehood
Posted on August 19, 2010 by Damon
Does anyone know who these folks are that are in these pictures taken by Charles Hansen in 1959?
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To the Tripper that Confronted Me at My Son’s Soccer Field… Get a Grip!
Posted on August 18, 2010 by Damon
So yesterday as I was getting ready for my son’s soccer practice, this tripper comes up in my face and starts yelling all these 911 government conspiracy cover-up things at me holding up this piece of paper that has all these images of the twin towers exploding, etc. I’m literally holding my 6 year old [...]
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Wordless Wednesday – Room With a View
Posted on August 18, 2010 by Damon
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Syd Singer on the Continuation of the Mangrove Lawsuit
Posted on August 18, 2010 by Damon
Commentary by Syd Singer: A public meeting was scheduled by Mayor Kenoi to discuss the controversial mangrove eradication and poisoning project that has now left over 30 acres of mangroves dead and rotting along the Puna coastline. The meeting, scheduled for July 31 at the Pahoa Community Center, was the first chance given to the [...]
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Oceanic Big Island Road Runner Users Getting Screwed!
Posted on August 17, 2010 by Damon
Have you been having troubles uploading pictures, videos, or anything else of late? I’m a bit frustrated that I’m not able to upload large files ever since we have had our fiber cut. I will be researching ways to get a refund for my internet service until I am able to upload files to the [...]
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Battle of the BBQ – The Winner is…
Posted on August 17, 2010 by Damon
On Saturday, as part of the Mai Tai Festival and Third Eye Blind concert held at the Royal Kona Resort, they had a “Battle of the BBQ” that featured some of the best Big Island restaurants. Scrip was sold and for every $10.00 worth of scrip you purchased, you were allowed one voting ticket for [...]
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$10,000 Awarded to Oahu Bartender at 2nd Annual Don the Beachcomber’s Mai Tai Festival
Posted on August 16, 2010 by Damon
The 2nd annual Don the Beachcombers Mai Tai Festival was Saturday evening and 27 bartenders from around the world came to compete for $10,000 in prize money. Each bartender was brought to this event from other contests that were held throughout the year, so this was truly the best of the best. The one thing [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Kona, Tourism | Tagged: 39 Hotel, BACARDI Recipes, Christian Self, Don the Beachcomber, Mai Tai Festival, Mai Tai Recipes, Royal Kona Resort | 5 Comments »
Man Arrested After Major Traffic Collision on Highway 11 Yesterday
Posted on August 16, 2010 by Damon
Media Release: Big Island police arrested a 32-year-old Hilo man for first-degree negligent injury Sunday (August 15) immediately following a major traffic collision at the intersection of Highway 11 and Mamaki Street in Hilo. Alexander Borrero III was arrested at the scene of the 3 p.m. collision after witnesses informed investigators that the Honda sedan [...]
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