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Entries from June 26th, 2008

Supreme Court decision may undermine Hawaii’s new public finance experiment

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Campaigns, General, Politics

The Supreme Court today struck down a federal law that attempted to offset the advantage of wealthy candidates who finance their own campaigns by giving benefits, including higher contribution limits, to their opponents. I haven’t yet read the decision itself, but initial news reports indicate that the court soundly rejected the idea of “leveling the [...]

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Thursday…Bad news from a friend, Star-Bulletin owner posts a quarterly loss due to currency-related derivatives, McCain’s computer illiteracy, and crime news from Manoa

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments · General

I was sitting at a small desk in the Land Use Commission office yesterday afternoon reading through some old documents when my cell phone rang. It was the wife of a friend we’ve known and kept in contact with for about 20 years. She was crying. “He’s sick. He’s really sick, and he didn’t want [...]

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