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BY GLORIA GARVEY- Three weeks before she died... “We remember Gloria as the “Holiday Lady.” From Easter Egg trees to Christmas Trees to Halloween ghosts and fireworks. She loved life with the enthusiasm of a child…” from the memory prayer for my mother. One Halloween, Mother’s Casper The Ghost was smashed by a bunch of [...]
May 11th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »

Scanning the week’s national news, views and clues with you and yours in mind By Malia Hill ""It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and [...]
May 11th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »

BY RETIRED GENERAL ROBERT LEE - In a recent email to supporters, Mazie Hirono's campaign manager blasted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - the world's largest business organization with more than 3 million member businesses - for formally endorsing Gov. Lingle's campaign for U.S. Senate. In her statement, Mazie's team once again called the organization ‘a [...]
May 10th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary,Hawaii Politics | Read More »

The HART website is misleading despite claims of transparency: Let's start with the HART's Q&A section where they pose a question and answer it themselves. Here's one: City Q & A: Is rail transit going to make a difference in traffic congestion? Yes. By 2030, unless we have rail, there will be an estimated 40,000 more car [...]
May 10th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »

BY TULSI GABBARD - I congratulate President Barack Obama for taking a strong stand today on marriage equality for all Americans, regardless of sexual orientation. I understand his journey, and stand with him on this issue. This is why in Congress I will work for the repeal of DOMA and support and co-sponsor the Respect for [...]
May 9th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »

BY GEORGE BERISH - Please note it wasn't former Gov. Ben Cayetano or U.S. Senator Inouye who recently painted Hawaii in the media as a place where childish name-calling substitutes for serious public debate. It was John White, the young, unaccomplished head of Pacific Resource Partnership. He did that by presuming he had the right [...]
May 9th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »

BY MAUI MAYOR ALAN ARAKAWA --This letter is in response to recent comments disparaging U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. For anyone to say that a man like Senator Inouye is out of touch, only proves that it is they who are completely out of touch with reality. In Maui County Senator Inouye has supported the high tech industry by [...]
May 7th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »

BY FORMER GOVERNOR LINDA LINGLE - Former Governor Linda Lingle, candidate for Hawaii's open U.S. Senate seat, released the following statement regarding the progress of the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative. I am encouraged that yesterday the Hawaii State Legislature passed SB 2785, which establishes a regulatory framework for the private investment in, and development of, [...]
May 5th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »

BY ESTHER KIAAINA - If you drew up a list of my top priorities in Congress, advocating for policies that would help improve public education would rank right near the top. For that reason, I stand ready to assist with efforts to instill in Hawaii’s public school students a real interest in science, technology, engineering [...]
May 5th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »

BY MICHELE VAN HESSEN - Hawai‘i State Representative Cynthia Thielen (R, 50th District: Kailua, Kaneohe Bay) today tried to save a food sustainability bill widely supported by local farmers by amending another agricultural bill, HB 280 HD1 SD2 CD1, on the House floor. This amendment, which would have added the language in HB2703 HD2 SD2 to [...]
May 4th, 2012 | Posted in Guest Commentary | Read More »
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