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Entries from June 30th, 2007

“Extreme Makeover” home built on land purchased with state grant to a nonprofit agency

June 30th, 2007 · 11 Comments · General

The new 3,500 square foot home given to Theresa Leimomi Akana and her family by the hit ABC television show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” is built on land purchased just six months ago by the nonprofit agency she founded and now heads. The home, valued at over $600,000, was built on a portion of a [...]

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Saturday…More on Awana & Lingle, and last night’s meal

June 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Food, General, Politics

Jaymes Song’s AP story about Bob Awana’s resignations was getting reprinted in publications across the country yesterday. This can’t be good news for Lingle, who is looking ahead to a future campaign. The questions immediately arise: What did the governor know and when did she know it? Awana has said that he told the governor [...]

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“Not Guilty” plea to be withdrawn in Awana blackmail case

June 29th, 2007 · No Comments · General

Rajdatta Patkar, the Indian software professional facing charges of attempting to blackmail Bob Awana, will withdraw his “not guilty” plea and enter a new plea in response to the charges next week. A hearing on the motion to enter a new plea will be held before Judge Michael Seabright on Thursday, July 5. The move [...]

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Wow…The Advertiser reports Awana has resigned

June 29th, 2007 · No Comments · General

Here’s a link to the Advertiser breaking news report, which quotes Gov. Lingle: “Late yesterday afternoon, Chief of Staff Bob Awana and I discussed his current situation, and we mutually concluded it was in the best interest of all that he resign his position effective immediately,” Lingle said in her statement. The Star-Bulletin’s Richard Borreca [...]

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Hearing in Awana case cancelled

June 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment · General

A hearing that might have produced additional information in the convoluted case of the alleged blackmail of Gov. Lingle’s chief of staff was cancelled at the last minute after the attorneys apparently reached an agreement on the handling of information. The hearing had been scheduled to consider a motion filed by Patkar’s federal public defender [...]

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Friday…media and more

June 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Cats, General, Media

The Star-Bulletin reports today on plans by Elite Pacific Properties to auction off a portfolio of properties next month. The story stems from a press release distributed by the company. The first sentence of the release describes the need to be creative in “a slow real estate market”, but the notion that Hawaii’s real estate [...]

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Thursday…David Black says he is in a buying mode, go phishing, and more morning dogs

June 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments · General

Star-Bulletin owner David Black is at it again, this time taking aim at a chain of 54 newspapers in Ontario, Canada. Black bested a previous bidder with an offer of $405 million (Canadian) or $378 million (US). according to the New York Times today. The Akron Beacon Journal, another Black property, reports this comment: Black [...]

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Wednesday…Lingle sidesteps Awana questions, the Cheney series,

June 27th, 2007 · No Comments · General, Kaaawa

Gov. Lingle was a master of understatement in handling questions about chief of staff Bob Awana’s involvement in a complicated mess involving allegations of blackmail and sexual solicitations, as well as a separate corruption probe. Honolulu Advertiser: “Hawaii Gov. Lingle will speak with aide” KITV: “Lingle Has No Comment On Awana” The Advertiser, in its [...]

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