Here’s a bit of history that might add some perspective to the issue of whether the Kauai County mayor has the authority to suspend or discipline the police chief. This morning I was nosing around in news reports and court records of a previous case involving former chief George Freitas. Two complaints were filed against [...]
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How about those devastating comments on this year’s Pro Bowl by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who said he would just as soon put the event out of its misery. “I really didn’t think that was the kind of football that we want to be demonstrating for our fans,” Goodell said. “And you heard it from [...]
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This legislative alert was received from Donna Wong of Hawaii’s Thousand Friends. ACTION ALERT! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! WHAT’S HAPPENING – Your Free Speech is at Risk! As many of you know, Public Access Television is under a huge threat! For Oahu, Olelo Community Media will have to shut down its community media centers and [...]
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The Star-Advertiser editorialized Saturday against the failure of Kauai County officials to provide any information about the reasons for the sudden suspensions of the police chief and two assistant chiefs. Unfortunately, the editorial sits behind the newspaper’s pay wall. (Mayor Bernard) Carvalho placed Chief Darryl Perry on leave Wednesday, a day after placing Assistant Chiefs [...]
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Celebrating 90 years of student journalism! This in from Jay Hartwell, student media advisor at UH Manoa. We have completed the installation of an exhibit at Hamilton Library’s bridge gallery that celebrates the 90 years that students have edited Ka Leo O Hawai`i for the University of Hawai`i at Manoa community. It will be open [...]
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In this morning’s email stack was an unsolicited message from City Councilmember Tom Berg, actually a copy of a message addressed to Honolulu Weekly. Subject: BERG AT APEC EVENT. This email consisted of a rambling series of accusations against the Honolulu Police Department and federal agents based on what Berg says is the “truth” of [...]
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Trolling through the web this morning, I ran into an article by Arizona Republic reporter Craig Harris describing the development of what eventually became an award-winning eight-part series on public pensions. It’s always fun to read good reporting, and the inside story on the series is an added bonus. You might also want to check [...]
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I received an email several weeks ago from a reader who described an idea for a do-it-yourself political ad campaign. Here’s how he described it. I want things to change but I don’t want waste my money by making donations to someone’s political campaign. Why should I donate to others when I can do it [...]
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