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Two Wolves And A Lamb Decide On Dinner
Civil Beat’s recent story “Mayor, City Council Move Closer to Litigation on Rail” details the potential lawsuit over who gets to control the $18 million budget of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit (HART), the newly created “semi-autonomous”…
What Do You Want To Save In Honolulu (And How Much Will It Cost?)
Civil Beat’s recent report on the mayor’s plan to demolish the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial, a salt-water swimming pool erected to honor those who served in “the Great War,” not only brought back some childhood memories (I swam there…
All Aboard? Honolulu Rail Is Coming
As we’ve mentioned here before, the City & County of Honolulu has given the green light to a new public railway, described as “a 20-mile elevated rail line that will connect West O`ahu with downtown Honolulu and Ala Moana Center.…
Honolulu Moves the Homeless
By propertyprof
Honolulu's stuggle to balance the needs of its homeless population against the needs of its tourist economy has drawn national attention again. The Hawaii Community Development Authority has given the 100 homeless residents of Kakaako until 1 pm today to…
Is POTUS’ Hawaiian Vacation Rental “Illegal?” Here’s Official City Policy
Honolulu Civil Beat reports this exclusive “Obama’s Winter White House an Illegal Rental” (complete CB stories are usually behind a paywall, but they’ve posted this one in its entirety). According to the Civil Beat story:President Barack Obama’s two-week…
A Former Diplomat’s Stupid Son
The ABA Journal reports that Nigel Salmingo, the son of a former Philippine Consul General to Honolulu, embezzled $300,000 from a law firm in Honolulu. His defense attorney said that Mr. Salmingo mistakenly believed that, as the son of a former…
News Briefs — November 1, 2010
RICHMOND HEIGHTS (Mo.): “Municipal officials said Friday they were preparing a breach-of-contract resolution against the developer who proposed a $394 million project for the Hadley Township neighborhood.”HONOLULU: “A controversial ruling in Hawaii that damage resulting from construction defects does not constitute an…
Debate in Hawaii over how tough to get on drunk drivers who kill
Main August 27, 2010Debate in Hawaii over how tough to get on drunk drivers who killThis local story from our 50th state, which is headlined “Prosecutors, defense attorneys spar over sentencing of deadly drivers,” highlights that sentencing judges are…