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U.S. President Barack Obama says a deal has been reached with House and Senate leaders to raise the nation's debt ceiling and keep the government from defaulting on its $14.3 trillion debt. Mr. Obama appeared in the White House briefing room Sunday night to announce the proposed deal, which he said cuts $1 trillion in [...]
BY LOWELL L. KALAPA - The Gordian knot that seems to be confronting public officials is how to keep the state and county governments solvent while avoiding either having to make deep cuts in public services or, on the other hand, raising taxes and fees that will infuriate the tax paying public. Although elected officials [...]
BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational. But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger, nature shrinks from." - Joanna Baill It was on April 28, 1918, that the Young’s of Tiffin Ohio had a son [...]
BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - UCLA Urban Planning Professor Brian Taylor sent me this brief but informative article about California's proposed High Speed Rail: High Speed Rail and Social Equity It contains a lot of interesting points and many of them such as construction cost, jobs, "green" transportation and equity apply to Honolulu's proposed heavy [...]
BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - Here is your weekend comic relief. (At my expense!) You are visiting a foreign country. You sit at the restaurant, peruse the menu and order. They also offer house wine, but there is no price for it on the menu. After enjoying the meal you ask for the bill. "Right [...]
BY SEN. WILL ESPERO - Possible presidential candidate Governor Rick Perry recently criticized President Obama for ending the space shuttle program. One can argue that ending the aging space shuttle program is in line with what Tea Party members and some Republicans have been calling for, a reduction in federal spending. Asking the private sector [...]
BY SEN. WILL ESPERO - You may be one of those wondering why there is all the fuss about the November 2011 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Honolulu. Here’s the bottom line – it’s the bottom line. Improving the conditions and processes for making business flow and increase within the Asian-Pacific Rim region is [...]
HONOLULU -- According to the Injury Prevention and Control Program of the Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH) there were no fireworks-related injuries treated in O'ahu hospitals during this year’s 4th of July period. In the previous eight years (2003 through 2010) that the DOH has monitored fireworks injuries, there was an annual average of 17 such [...]
Honolulu – Governor Neil Abercrombie last week signed an executive order that establishes the Hawai'i Interagency Council on Homelessness (HICH). The 24-member council—composed of state department directors, federal agency representatives, and community leaders—will develop a unified plan on addressing homelessness. The creation of the Council was first announced in May by the Governor and Marc [...]
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