Puna turnout, pics, luau, marathon
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 05:22AM 
Here are some photos from yesterday's meeting with Legislators in Pahoa, and one of me being interviewed by Tiffany Edwards Hunt Saturday about the recent decision by the NLRB that reinstates fired reporters at the Hawaii Tribune-Herald (Dave Smith and me). It will be aired Thursday on KHBC 1060 AM/92.7 FM.
Only about 25 people turned out in Pahoa for the Saturday morning event with lawmakers. Too bad there wasn't a bigger turnout.
Meanwhile, I'm off early this morning for six or seven hours of being a volunteer marshall at the Big Island Marathon in Hilo with the East Hawaii Kiwanis Club (I'm a member), then to a first birthday baby luau in Hilo this afternoon.
But first I wanted to note that today, March 16, is Freedom of Information day, the birthday of James Madison, father of the U.S. Constitution, and the day each year that the Big Island Press Club announces the winners of its annual Lava Tube and Torch of Light recipients. See the press release here. A hui hou.
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I do not mean Chaucer or law or medicine, just plain, standard English. For if they could read the County Charter they have sworn to uphold upon taking office, they would have known the closed-door meeting with the mayhor was plain wrong. The charter spells out in 13-20 (b) how to hold an emergency meeting, written by Fred Koehnen in 1968. Fred was chair of the first Charter Commission.
He was a serious but uncomplicated guy who wrote what he meant. For those unable to demonstrate reading comprehension, there are clases at Hilo High adult school or remedial courses at Hawaii Community College to assist.
"...closed-door meeting with the MAYHOR was plain wrong"..."there are CLASES at Hilo High"
Trust me... I'm the very last person to be critical of spelling.
But your post just cracked me up.
6 elected officials showed up and identified themselves.
citizen turn out was; 4 couples and 2 individuals [10total]
citizen voiced issues included;
- the fate the Catholic Charities interum housing
- long term senior health care
- water worries
- poor Civil Defence communications during disasters
- a concern about special interest monies in the election process on the Big Island
- a comment on the CDP process
None of the $1000, $2000, & $4000 political contibutors to the above elected officials were evident at the event.
next time we should just dance and talk[ more intimate], get rid of all the tales and chairs.
Mahalo,
Uncle Alexander
Read? Write? Spell? Absolutely essential for Councilors -- if not small-time bloggers like you and me ;).
For better or worse, literacy is not the problem.
a functioning mastery of the written and spoken forms of the English language, as well as cognitive competence are present, if not always accounted for.
Even if a Councilor reads the Charter, or Code of Ethics, or whatever, there is the matter of D - O - I - N - G.
Councilors, in public session and out, no matter how much they can or can not read, must live and breathe open-door government, respect for the community's right to know and capability to make decisions, and sustainable systemic solutions rather than throw-big-money-at-it wastefulness ...
Besides, Modest Proposals should always end with new and exciting food sources. Or, perhaps non-readers should be turned into books to better and more efficiently feed the reading public. But, I digress...