Articles tagged with: Governor Linda Lingle
Lingle Backs Akaka Bill Changes But Some Native Hawaiians May Not
Gov. Lingle was for the Akaka Bill before she was against it–and now she’s for it again. Her latest about-face came after Senators Akaka (pictured above) and Inouye met with Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett …
Governor Lingle Is Picking the Next Chief Justice of Hawaii and She Wants Your Help
Want to select the next Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court? All you’ll need is a time machine and an election team capable of getting you to the Governor’s office. Failing that, you can …
Hawaiian Air intros its “Fleet of the Future”
The new A330 is named for the constellation Makali‘i, otherwise known as Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, which guided ancient Polynesian voyagers across the Pacific and was seen high in the sky when Inter-Island Airways (renamed Hawaiian Airlines in 1941) launched its first scheduled flight on November 11, 1929. Each of Hawaiian’s new A330s are being named after a star or constellation used by Polynesian voyagers for celestial navigation…
Obama Administration: Honor state pot laws
Back in the ’70s, Barry Obama was a high schooler on Oahu sporting a rockin’ big collar and giving shouts-out to his choom gang. Flash forward a few decades, and President Obama’s justice department is …
