From a regular reader: I have to give my hat off to Senator Daniel Inouye last night. At the precinct meeting he stood in line from around 6:00 pm to past 7:30 with all the other attendees. An attempt on behallf of Richard Port, the Dist. 23 chairman and past Hawaii Democratic Party chair, to [...]
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The byline strike has put several Advertiser blogs on hold, including Prep Talk by Wes Nakama, Steven Tsai’s The Warrior Beat, and The Capitol Notebook from the capitol bureau. Unfortunately, they don’t have full participation. Browse the ‘Tiser blogs to see which reporters are honoring the union action. Update: I’m told that the byline strike [...]
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I received a notice about a “unity rally” of Honolulu Advertiser employees at noon today where Congressman Neil Abercrombie is expected to make an appearance and offer support. The attachment with info was unreadable…But I’ve since learned the rally will be on the front steps of the Advertiser building. Remember the Star-Bulletin rally in the [...]
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I’m just out of bed early to check the numbers…amazing. The turnout was nearly eight times the previous record, some 37,000+ for last night’s caucuses vs. the previous reported high of around 5,000. It was amazing. Here are just a few quick images from our District 47 caucus at Kahaluu Elementary School. Normally a lazy [...]
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