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Entries from February 11th, 2010

And you thought rail was about transportation

February 11th, 2010 · 33 Comments · Politics

Fair warning: Personal opinion follows…. I had an “Alice in Wonderland” moment yesterday when it was announced that 39 members of the House of Representatives had signed a letter to the Governor requesting that she quickly approve the final environmental impact statement for the Honolulu rail project. According to the Star-Bulletin: “There’s no reason, in [...]

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Recording of arguments in Gov. Lingle’s appeal of judge’s ruling on furlough authority is unavailable due to “computer malfunction”

February 11th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Court, Politics

There’s a lot of news coverage of yesterday’s hearing on school furloughs before a panel of the 9th Circuit Court yesterday, but Governor Lingle’s appeal of a court ruling that blocked her from imposing across-the-board furloughs was argued last week before the Hawaii Supreme Court without drawing similar news coverage. If there was any reporting [...]

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