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Court ruling on substitute teachers’ pay, update on the alleged Maui sovereignty scam, good news on Ms. Wally

November 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Cats, Politics

Same old, same old. The Star-Bulletin reports today on the ruling of the Intermediate Court of Appeals upholding an earlier circuit court decision that the state underpaid substitute teachers. The Advertiser reported this yesterday, but didn’t do their own reporting, instead carrying a Maui News story. None of the reports bothered to link to the [...]

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Monday (2)…Confidence scams

June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · General

You’re heard the term “con man”. The term doesn’t derive from the term “convict”, as some believe, but from “confidence man”, meaning someone who swindles his or her victim after gaining their confidence. Often the con man (or woman) targets specific groups they are part of–a church, a neighborhood, an ideological group, etc. This works [...]

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