Who is Larry Harmon and where in the world is he? Those are questions that are going to be asked at a hearing scheduled early next month on a complaint filed by the Hawaii Venture Capital Association, which is asking the state to reject the business name of the “Venture Capital Association of Hawaii.” The [...]
It looks like both Hannemann and Abercrombie are having to deal with items from the past. In Neil’s case, it’s his somewhat infamous September 1977 “F*** you” letter addressed to then-Board of Education Chairman Noboru Yonamine. In today’s climate, I would guess that a lot of people would agree with Neil’s concisely expressed sentiment about [...]
Tags: Neil Abercrombie
This early phase of the Abercrombie-Hannemann 2010 gubernatorial battle royal is already giving me the creeps. Do you remember what happened the last time around? It was 1986, and Congressman Cec Heftel resigned in order to come back and run for governor. A special election to fill the short remainder of Heftel’s term was scheduled [...]
The crowd at yesterday’s teach-in on the budget crisis at the University of Hawaii’s Manoa Campus was estimated at “over 500″, while organizers said they signed up 700 people who provided email addresses to be notified of future actions. Please click on the photo for more views of the event. After a march through the [...]
Check out the war of words (or Tweets) that flared this month on Twitter.com between the official Kamehameha Schools persona (@KSNews) and a cyber squater that has grabbed onto a related name (@KSBE). The official school site says: Aloha. Please do not follow @KSBE. This is not an authorized representative of our organization. Thank you. [...]
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