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Entries from June 9th, 2009

Tuesday (3)…Council member questions transit funding plan

June 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · General

Honolulu City Councilmember Romy Cachola has questioned Mayor Hannemann’s transit funding plan in a June 5 letter to the mayor. Based on the current financial plan, and not counting possible (and perhaps almost certain) cost overruns, Cachola estimates the city is short over $2 billion needed to complete the minimum operating segment of the proposed [...]

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Tuesday (2)…This morning on the beach

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Kaaawa, Photographs

This was the view from the beach in Kaaawa when we got there this morning, probably about 6:15 a.m. Not a bad way to start the day.

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Tuesday…Back to the city after nearly two decades, transit funding catch, behavioral economics, and a few more old photos

June 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · General, Photographs, Politics

Well, I’m going back to work, at least for a while. City Council Member Duke Bainum called last week and asked if I would be interested in filling in temporarily for a staffer who has had to return to the mainland. I worked at the council as senior advisor to then-councilmember Neil Abercrombie from 1988-1990, [...]

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