Former state representative, longtime women’s advocate and Hawaiian activist, Annelle Amaral, was honored last night at a reception sponsored by the State Commission on the Status of Women. The event at Washington Place was part of the commission’s celebration of Women’s History Month. Amaral addressed the current fiscal crisis in her brief remarks, calling for [...]
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I drove my mother, Helen Yonge Lind, up to University of Hawaii Foundation offices on the Manoa campus yesterday morning where she signed the final paperwork to establish a small scholarship fund to support nontraditional students in the UH system. There was a time when she wanted to go back to school and couldn’t afford [...]
I received an interesting email yesterday from my old friend, Chuck Smith, a proud product of Lanai High School, now living in California. His blog, Of Two Minds, is a constant flow of provocative economic and political data and analysis. His comment takes off from a Wall Street Journal story about income taxes on high [...]
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Court watchers seem to agree that the Supreme Court appears poised to strike down the “equalizing payments” provision of Arizona’s campaign finance law as unconstitutional by a narrow 5-4 majority based on comments during yesterday’s oral arguments. From the SCOTUSblog, cited here yesterday. Four of the members of the Davis majority (all but Justice Clarence [...]
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in a consolidated case that will determine whether public campaign financing systems that include so-called “equalizing” funds are legal. The transcript is available already, and the audio recording should be available soon. The two cases which have been consolidated are Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club [...]
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A slow Sunday morning. Time to share a couple of recent lunch stops. First, BC Burrito in Kaimuki. It’s on Waialae Avenue, between Koko Head Avenue and 12th Avenue. For those who are familiar with Kaimuki, it’s in that short block between Coffee Talk and Azteca. Last week was spring break at UH, so Meda [...]
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Senate Bill 671, the controversial measure that would allow state officials and employees to solicit or accept gifts of tickets to charitable fundraising events was re-referred this week to the House Judiciary Committee, allowing it to stay alive for the time being. The bill originally had a double referral to JUD and Legislative Management, which [...]
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This intriguing suggestion arrived in an email from a friend. Is there any way to impose a moratorium of a year or even nine months on discussion/speculation about the election for the Akaka seat in the U.S. Senate? Can we avoid seeing every waking deed and word of every possible candidate over the next year [...]
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