Archive for 2012 August
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Will Maui’s Speaker Emeritus Joseph Souki Drop ‘Emeritus’ From Title?
Seems there’s a chance that a group of “dissidents” in the state House of Representatives are attempting to replace Speaker Calvin Say with Maui’s own beloved Speaker Emeritus Joe Souki, says today’s Maui News.
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Hard Labor: Talking With Filmmaker Brian Kohne About The Work That Went Into ‘Get A Job: The Movie’
In honor of Labor Day, which goes down Monday, Sept. 3, I’d like to start off with a bit of heresy: the 1999 movie Office Space, directed by Mike Judge and starring Ron Livingston,
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Stop Being Such A Rotten Restaurant Owner!
To the restaurateur: You’re not a very good employer. Take, for example, one of the several times you didn’t pay your staff on time. And the dishwasher cried because he didn’t have any money.
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Is Kamaaina Loan in Wailuku Joining Pawn Stars on the Reality TV Circuit?
Want a cameo in a reality show? The growing popularity of History Channel’s pawn shows like Pawn Stars, a reality show filmed in Las Vegas, is spurring on new shows. In fact, Bob McCullough
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Maui SPCA hosts an Upcoming Cat Spay Neuter clinic September 9 2012
Even one unspayed or unneutered kitty can multiply quickly. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) wants to help anyone who needs assistance with spaying and neutering cats at their upcoming
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New website directory for Maui Artists links Art, Artists, Galleries and Maui in one site
Lawrence Taylor launched a new artist web directory at MauiArtistDirectory.com, which features about 200 artists and 10 galleries on Maui. His goal is to join art seekers with some of the island’s best artists. Local
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Sisters and Co. Boutique and Salon to hold a Locks of Love Hair drive Saturday September 1 2012
Teen years are bad enough, but try being a young person struck with hair loss due to medical treatments. It’s devastating. Thankfully, Locks of Love is coming to the rescue for these youth by providing
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Maui County Council Votes To Demolish ‘Montana’ House At Kapuka’ulua While Beach Erosion Continues
We seem to be at the end of an era. But on Tuesday, Aug. 21, the Maui County Council voted 7-0 (Joe Pontanilla and Elle Cochran were absent) to demolish the structure popularly known
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Yet Another Republican Joins Democratic Senate Candidate Mazie Hirono’s Team
First, it was Alaska Republican Congressman Don Young, who’s been in the US House of Representatives as long as I’ve been alive. He endorsed 2nd District Congress Member Mazie Hirono during the primary race
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Standing Alone: Talking Story With Tom Coffman, Author of ‘I Respectfully Dissent,’ About Former Supreme Court Justice Edward Nakamura’s Often Lonely But Principled Dedication To Workers’ Rights
Not long ago a local attorney told me that during Judge Richard Pollack’s recent swearing-in to the Hawaii Supreme Court, Pollack wore a robe that had earlier been worn by the late Justice Edward
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