Say Yes to the Honolulu Rail System (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Governor Linda Lingle made the unsurprising statement on a talk show yesterday that she’ll be no “rubber stamp” when it’s time for her to sign off on the rail project’s Final Environmental Impact Statement. Here’s the pertinent passage from the Advertiser’s story today : "I'm going to spend my life in Hawaii," Lingle said. "I'm...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... a rustic-themed resort just outside Austin. Only two were women (Jan Brewer of Arizona and Linda Lingle of Hawaii), but Haley Barbour of Mississippi, the current chairman of the RGA, made sure to propel them close to the podium. The night before, in Washington, DC, Senate Democrats had presented their version of the health-care reform bill. The Republican governors happily seized on the...
Hellbound Alleee (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Thanksgiving noms with NPR. Playlist Thanksgiving Cooking Tips Alleee1 Dizzie Gillespie * Hey Pete! Let's Eat Some Meat Benny Goodman * Stealin' Apples Bing Crosby FDR Thanksgiving Eric "Two Scoops" Moore * Big Buffet Louis Armstrong * Struttin' with some Barbecue Liquor Turkey Guy Clark * Homegrown Tomatoes Berenstein * Candide Mincemeat Pie Guy Davis * Shortnin' Bread Prokofiev 5, 2nd Movement...
Say Yes to the Honolulu Rail System (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The beautiful thing about this age of modern communications we’re in is that years-old news is just a click away. Take this comment by Governor Linda Lingle reported in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in October 2003 about the proposal then to build a bus rapid transit system: “I won’t support any project that takes existing lanes off the roadway,” the Governor said. This...
Disappeared News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
by Larry Geller Today’s Advertiser breaking news features the story Hawaii auditor calls for removal of DBEDT Director Ted Liu which begins: The state auditor, citing "numerous and egregious acts," has recommended that Gov. Linda Lingle remove Ted Liu as director of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The auditor speaks with some authority (the...
Mondo Diablo (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... Meat and No Potatoes Thanksgiving for Two Nat “King” Cole * The Frim-Fram Sauce Pie Dough Paul Lingle * The Good Gravy Rag Nesselrod Pudding The Andrews Sisters * Hold Tight Skillet Apple Pie Alleee2 Download
Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... production, requiring 20 percent of the state’s energy to come from renewables by 2020. Gov. Linda Lingle (R) last year set a nonbinding goal that the state produce 70 percent of its energy from renewables by 2030.Unlike other states, Hawaii’s feed-in tariff, established in October, was created through the state’s Public Utilities Commission and not passed by the legislature. “A lot of this...
PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... production, requiring 20 percent of the state’s energy to come from renewables by 2020. Gov. Linda Lingle (R) last year set a nonbinding goal that the state produce 70 percent of its energy from renewables by 2030. Unlike other states, Hawaii’s feed-in tariff, established in October, was created through the state’s Public Utilities Commission and not passed by the legislature. “A lot of...
