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I just noticed this youtube clip. I really dislike security guards who act like they are doing their jobs but in reality… they are just being assholes! The person’s comments are below the clip. *UPDATE* looks like they have made this clip a private clip now. Watch how he try’s to provoke me. He is [...]
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Today was the first of few debates to come in the next few weeks amongst East Side of the Big Island Candidates. Today’s debate was sponsored by Tiffany Edwards-Hunt and the Big Island Chronicle . Tiffany did an excellent job of transcribing the debates and you can see it on her blog by clicking HERE [...]
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Media Release: “Youth and Future” are powerful themes for this year’s Peace Day celebrations around the globe. Young people can focus on creating a more peaceful future, by entering the Peace Poster Contest, part of the 4th Annual Parade & Festival for the United Nations International Day of Peace, Sunday, September 19 in Honokaa. The [...]
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Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, sponsor of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776), visits with the crew and receives a tour of the submarine. Hawaii is the third Virginia-class submarine constructed and the first submarine to bear the name of the aloha state. (U.S. Navy video/Released)
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From the Mayor’s Office: The County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management is temporarily closing the White Goods Recycling Area at the Pāhoa Transfer Station due to ongoing construction at the site. It is not known exactly when white goods (large appliances) recycling may resume at the site. It is anticipated that the closure will [...]
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I just talked to Russell “Jay” Haas and he has confirmed that the trespassing case against him for doing his census duties has been dropped. He is planning a civil suit against the county and he spoke of fear and/or retaliation against him from officers on the island if something were to happen again. *Update* [...]
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Media Release: The Department of the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the basing and operation of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and H-1 Cobra and Huey helicopters in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force units stationed in Hawaii. Because the squadrons would train on land owned or controlled by [...]
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I just talked to Russell Jay Haas as he is up in Honolulu facing the trial that I believe will be dismissed tomorrow. He is unaware of the pending dismissal of the case right now as he is on Oahu. I hope I haven’t been mislead in my previous statement that the case has been [...]
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So as I mentioned the other day, I was subpoenaed for Federal Court for the census worker that was arrested by a police officer for trespassing. The trial was suppose to start tomorrow and earlier in the day one of the attorneys called to make sure that I had all my travel arrangements made and [...]
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A Kona couple has been recognized by Guinness for growing the world’s largest soursop. Media Release: Ken Verosko and Beth Smith of Honaunau’s South Kona Fruit Stand and Farm recently produced an 8.14-pound soursop that measured 24 inches around and 11.5 inches long. The gargantuan fruit was harvested in June. According to Ken Love, executive [...]
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Vancouver police say 45-year-old Officer Andrew Young suffered a medical emergency and died while on an off-duty mountain biking trip in the Hood River, Ore., area… …Young worked for the Honolulu Police Department for nearly seven years before being hired by Vancouver police in February 1999… Vancouver officer dies on off-duty bike trip
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So on Thursday I will be sitting in a Federal court room in HONOLULU. All of this over a $25.00 trespassing ticket and a bunch of cops!
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This one was sent to me by the folks at the Royal Kona Resort and was shot off South Point on the Big Island:
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Geez, I just looked at today’s police releases and noticed the following: Missing teen: Thompson (update) 08-03-10 Missing teen: Santos (update) 08-03-10 Missing teen: Mepham (update) 08-03-10 Missing teen: Pacheco-Fernandez (update) 08-03-10 I sure hope these are all just “Runaway” cases.
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Craft Brewers Alliance Inc. said Tuesday that the company will acquire Kona Brewing Co., building on a long-standing relationship. “After nine years of dating, we decided it was time to get married,” said Craft Brewers board chairman Kurt Widmer. Portland-based Craft Brewers (NASDAQ: HOOK) will pay $13.9 million for Hawaii’s largest brewery, $6 million in [...]
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…In the Hawaiian deal, a partnership of Blackstone and mall owner Glimcher Realty Trust has agreed to buy the Pearlridge Center mall on the island of Oahu for $242 million, people familiar with the talks said… Wall Street Journal
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Rep. Coffman Selected as UH Legislator-in-Residence
From the House Communications: State Representative Denny Coffman (District 6 – North Kona, Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, Honokohau) has been selected as a Legislator-in-Residence at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Rep. Coffman will join the College of Social Sciences during the Fall 2010 semester. Established in 2002, the Legislator-in-Residence program provides an opportunity for lawmakers to [...]
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