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06 Sep 06

Ban on domestic shipping by foreign vessels needs critical scrutiny

  • One of Ed Case's campaign issues gains some traction. Senator Akaka has picked up $52000 in campaign contributinos from Matson and the ILA since 1989. - billso on 2006-09-06
  • Ban on domestic shipping by foreign vessels needs critical scrutiny
31 Aug 06

Court rulling chills Kailua B&Bs

  • Looking for a bed and breakfast in Oahu? The market is drying up as unlicensed operators close down and sell. Fines went up from $50 to $1000 per day in June 2006. - billso on 2006-08-31
25 Aug 06

Honolulu receives 2 more hybrod buses

  • The city now operates 40 hybrid buses. The newest model can actually climb hills, unlike previous versions that were restricted to low-lying routes. - billso on 2006-08-25


  • The buses are also "smart," with computers controlling engines, the destination signs, the fare box and radios, Morton said. "And through (the global positioning system) in our buses, the dispatchers and our buses themselves know exactly where they are. These buses announce the next stop automatically."


    He said the hybrid technology will allow the city to save at least 20 percent of the 7 million gallons of fuel the buses use per year.

Djou told to cooperate on Honolulu transit

  • Charles Djou seems more concerned with his potential as a mayoral candidate than with solving Honolulu's crushing traffic problems. - billso on 2006-08-25


  • Mayor Mufi Hannemann and U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie called on Councilman Charles Djou yesterday to move on and not be an obstacle to bringing mass transit to Honolulu.


    "It's pau already. Let's move forward," the mayor said.

22 Aug 06

Parents must help police stop driving teens

  • Hawaii teens are involved in 15 percent of fatal car accidents, while comprising only 6 percent of licensed drivers in the state. Parents need to set and enforce rules. - billso on 2006-08-22


  • GRADUATED driving requirements enacted by the Legislature last year were supposed to reduce traffic accidents such as the one that took the lives of two teenagers along the North Shore early Saturday, but it cannot be expected to eliminate them. Law enforcement, parents and schools must join in making the restrictions work, despite teenage peer pressure.

20 Aug 06

Hawaii gamblers cash out

  • The state of Hawaii has no office for helping gamblers, because gambling is illegal. - billso on 2006-08-20

  • HAWAII'S LOVE of gambling can also be witnessed in Las Vegas, which is the top destination for islanders and sometimes referred to as the "ninth Hawaiian island."
30 Jul 06

Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Kamehemeha Schools would benefit from better governance


  • The dramatic rise in value of the assets of the Bernice P. Bishop Estate has made the estate too large to be properly managed as a trust. A 19th-century trust document is no longer suitable to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As we shall see, almost every provision in the princess' will has been breached.
25 Jul 06

Honolulu Centennial

  • Ha'aheo no 'o Honolulu - billso on 2006-07-25

PACOM admiral evaluates carrier group location

  • 1992 defeat of mass transit tax may force the Navy to place the carrier group in Guam instead of Pearl Harbor - billso on 2006-07-25

Honolulu disaster planning is full of holes

  • The city's radio towers are rusted: $25 million needed for repairs. - billso on 2006-07-25

Tim Ryan fired for using unattributed material in newspaper articles

  • The Honolulu Star-Bulletin has dismissed entertainment reporter Tim Ryan following an investigation into stories he wrote during the past several years. The stories contained phrases or sentences that appeared elsewhere before being included, un-attribute - billso on 2006-07-25

Sodeman's letter to the editor on disaster readiness

  • The publication version of my letter to the Honolulu Advertiser is the 3rd item on this page. - billso on 2006-07-25

Think it's cold? You might be local

  • When the temperature goes below 70 in Honolul, the locals break out the jackets. Fashion sense? Whatever. It's funny. - billso on 2006-07-25

Ehime Maru - 5 years later

  • Honolulu Star-Bulletin report on the memorial service at Kakaako Waterfront Park. - billso on 2006-07-25
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