Governor Booed The public outrage over the newly formed 5-member appointed Public Land Development Corporation is spreading from Oahu to neighbor islands. According to a report in Kauai's Garden Island News, Gov. Neil Abercrombie was "booed several times" at a “Governor’s Cabinet in Your Community” event he organized at the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School on Wednesday. Several of the [...]
Final Day for Early Voting or Mailing in Absentee Votes Today is the final days to walk in to Honolulu Hale, Kapolei Hale or the Pali Golf Course Banquet Hall to vote by absentee or to send in absentee votes by mail. Polls show several races in a statistical dead heat, including Ed Case and [...]
Final Chance to Vote for Your Favorite Candidates Two more days – today and tomorrow are the final days to walk in to city hall, Kapolei hale or the pali golf course banquet hall and vote by absentee. Many of Hawaii’s politicians have already voted including Gov. Abercrombie, former Gov. Linda Lingle, former Congressman Ed [...]
Dueling Political Polls The Star Advertiser and Hawaii News Now released a media poll yesterday conducted by Ward Research on July 12, which shows Hirono ahead Former Congressman Ed Case, D-Hawaii (2002-2007), 55 percent to 37 percent. Case said yesterday three recent polls show him "virtually tied with Hirono and doing far better than her against Lingle in the [...]
Hawaii Financial Picture Sunnier but Some Storms Ahead Gov. Neil Abercrombie said in a recent press conference the state has a second quarter ending cash balance of $300 million, and as a result, his administration can restore some cuts to state personnel made a couple of years ago under former Gov. Linda Lingle. Abercrombie attributed [...]
Hirono Controlled by Special Interests, Case said Former Congressman Ed Case, (D-Hi, 2002-2007), who is in a heated U.S. Senate primary race against Congresswoman Mazie Hirono, D-HI, said yesterday his opponent is raising her war chest from DC insider special interest PACs and other political committees. Hirono has received $700,000 in this campaign, and over [...]
Lingle Tops Hirono in Fundraising One of the most competitive and contentious political races this year is for the open U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the retirement of U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka. Congresswoman Mazie Hirono and former Congressman Ed Case, both Democrats, are in a hotly contested Primary this August 11. The winner will [...]
Matson Decreasing Fuel Surcharge but What About HECO? Matson, one of two major cargo container shipping companies operating in Hawaii, will decrease its fuel surcharge 3 percentage points. The decrease from 42% to 39% for its Hawaii service, and from 38.5% to 35.5% for its Guam/CNMI and Micronesia services, comes as the cost of bunker fuel [...]
Dissing Voters? Hirono Refuses to Divulge More About Her Background, Record to Local Media Congresswoman Mazie Hirono, D-HI, has been criticized by former Congressman Ed Case (D-2002-2007), her opponent in the U.S. Senate race, for refusing to debate him on statewide network television and for missing several other joint forums they were invited to attend. [...]
City Council Members Want Rail Public Relations Contracts Audited, Cancelled Honolulu City Budget Chair Ann Kobayashi and other members of her committee are advancing a resolution that calls for the city auditor to examine millions of dollars in public relations contracts that were issued by the city and its rail agency, the Honolulu Authority for [...]
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