Entries in Politics (266)
Charter school hosts mayor's forum
There's a mayor's campaign forum today at Connections charter school in the Kress Building in downtown Hilo. Inouye, Higa, Pilago and others are expected to be there -- but not Kenoi, as I understand it. It's open to the public and starts at 1 p.m. It's right around the corner from my office so I guess that's where I'll take my lunch.
Hunter Bishop
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Can't find out when the mayor's poll ends
I called West Hawaii Today this morning to find out how long the Mayor's Poll will be up on the Web site.
Hunter Bishop
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Many more candidates to watch
One candidate's name I should have mentioned in my "Five races to watch" post is another one running for Stacy Higa's Fourth District Council seat.
Hunter Bishop
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Pilago leads Higa in WHT survey
West Hawaii Today is currently conducting a Web site survey on the Hawaii County mayor's race. A few moments ago I checked the results and, not surprisingly, West Hawaii Councilman Angel Pilago is leading but with less than half the votes -- 476, or 46 percent of the total.
Herkes gets under Harry Kim's skin
Rep. Bob Herkes (D-Puna, Ka'u, S. Kona) apparently hit a nerve with Harry Kim with his letter to the governor about the state's readiness to deal with volcano problems.
Hunter Bishop
in Politics, Local planning
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Five County Council races to watch
Interesting Hawaii County Council races developing in at least five districts could have a big impact on the nine-member panel next year.
Hunter Bishop
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Higa lawyers up to fight allegations
All weekend I wrestled with Stacy Higa’s shocking blog post from Friday and finally couldn’t bring myself to sound off again without asking a couple of questions first. Immediately I thought his comments were reprehensible and irresponsible, smearing the victim by innuendo and suggesting her sexual harassment complaints against him are frivolous and politically motivated. Higa wrote:
When people look into this Plaintiff’s history, there will be some startling information. I think that is the reason why the case was sealed. It is very common for people to sue the County for frivolous reasons. They are hoping for easy money during an election year. It won’t happen this time. This claim has no merit, and I am fighting to get this corrected.
Hunter Bishop
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Safarik running? Jordan a Dem again?
Gary Safarik is leaving open the possibility that he’ll seek to regain the 5th District Council seat that was wrested from him by Emily Naeole in 2006.
Hunter Bishop
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End the dance with Wheelabrator
Janet Snyder from Harry Kim's office e-mailed me Mayor Kim's testimony to the County Council on the Wheelabrator deal and noted that the "make or break" date is May 7, when the Council considers the Finance Committee's 6-3 rejection of the mayor's WTE incinerator plan.
Hunter Bishop
in Politics, Local planning
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