Blogger, Guild staffer, and former Tribune Herald reporter Hunter Bishop is also joining the staff of Big Island Mayor Billy Kanoi, he said in a blog post yesterday.
Entries from November 30th, 2008
Sunday, back again…Just saw Hunter Bishop’s Saturday post
November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · General
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Sunday…early rain, livestock feed subsidies, more newspaper blogs, Sunday reading on the end of Wall Street
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments · General
Just after 6 a.m., and it just started raining in Kaaawa. It’s a substantial rain, with the drumming sound on the roof and on the leaves of trees and plants around the house. I hope it’s just one of those brief morning rains, but these days you never know. I suppose that I could break [...]
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Saturday Sunrise
November 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Photographs
The clouds were a little threatening this morning, but they provided quite a dramatic backdrop for our morning walk on the beach. Just click for a larger version.
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Saturday…Lingle’s budget, beware that turkey dinner, prison visits, and an old comedy
November 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · General, Politics
I noticed this headline on Governor Lingle’s official web site yesterday: Administration Leads Effort to Submit Balanced FY10 Budget It sounds like they’re claiming credit for going beyond the call of duty by “leading” the balanced budget effort. Of course, the governor’s responsibility for preparing the state budget and the requirement of a balanced budget [...]
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Friday…News from Mumbai, Newspaper Guild faces own cutbacks, Minnesota’s disputed ballots, Thanksgiving pics
November 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · General
Global Voices has has been providing excellent information on the Mumbai attacks, for all you newsaholics. I noted this recent news from the Newspaper Guild’s own situation as newsrooms shrink across tne country. The 75-year-old union is already struggling for the resources it needs to operate. It may lose roughly $200,000 this year and that [...]
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Thursday…Trying to be thankful, school battles, Oxford podcasts, and the former Parker Ranch Beach
November 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · General, History, Photographs
Thanksgiving is going to be a bit different than we had expected. There’s a turkey waiting to move from refrigerator to oven, and my sister was scheduled to drive my parents out mid-day. Instead, my dad is in Queen’s Hospital after a fall at home on Tuesday evening. It looks like he’ll be there until [...]
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Wednesday, continued: A glass float morning
November 26th, 2008 · No Comments · General
Meda was a little ahead of me when we got to the end of the beach this morning, so she was the first to see the find of the day. It’s a glass fishing float about the size of a tennis ball. We’ve found three during 2008 after several years where they were extremely rare. [...]
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Wednesday…Closing small schools will be loss to communities, Honolulu’s online data, Kamehameha archives, and Ala Moana 1965
November 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · General, History, Photographs
No one out here in Kaaawa will be happy to see that our elementary school is on the list for possible closure or consolidation. It is a small school, that’s true. But it is, in some ways, the heart of the community. It ties people and families together in a way that a school miles [...]
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