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	<title>Poinography!</title>
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	<description>Political rants and raves with a Hawaii focus.</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Council, minus Higa, hears the case at last</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6032</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Neighbor Islands</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been a long time coming, but the Hawaii County Council finally went into Executive Session to hear from the County Attorney about the EEOC complaint that is casting a cloud over Stacy Higa&#8217;s campaign.  (Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today)  Higa recused himself from the vote and neither he nor his lawyer took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can an issue have too many websites devoted to it?</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6030</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Honolulu Politics</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has it already jumped the shark?  It seems you can&#8217;t fire up a web browser without hitting on a transit-oriented website.  The Advertiser reports on the latest rail-related website, this one pro-rail, called &#8220;GoRailGo!&#8221;
Meanwhile, a newly formed pro-rail group called Go Rail Go accused the main anti-rail group, Stop Rail Now, of disseminating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kauai County Attorney wanted - may require shift work</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6025</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6025#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Neighbor Islands</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The obvious story today from Kauai is that the Council will choose an interim mayor next Monday.  However, I did not want to let this gem of a story from the Garden Island News about the County Attorney escape notice.
The county attorney’s term parallels the term of the appointing person. It will be up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogs and websites play key roles in rail debate</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6028</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6028#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Honolulu Politics</category>
	<category>HI Media</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting piece in the Star-Bulletin about the pro- and anti-rail internet campaigns.  The &#8220;debate&#8221; (and I use that term very loosely, as it is mostly name-calling so far) is definitely vigorous, but I have my doubts about how wide and deep it is really penetrating the public opinion.  Because, contrary to bloggers&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VERY random drug testing</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6023</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6023#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HI State Politics</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neither the Board of Education nor the Governor set aside any money to pay for drug testing teachers, and now that the beginning of the new fiscal year is begun the Governor is left sputtering and saber-rattling about the lack of any testing.  Both Honolulu dailies have similar stories (Star-Bulletin and Advertiser).  So, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look, an inspirational dog!</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6020</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6020#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in a very good mood today.  Too good to focus on writing a blog post, actually.  So I&#8217;m taking the night off and I&#8217;ll leave you with this shocking/inspirational photo of a two-legged (and one-eared?) dog playing in a new bark park.
Never mind that cat photo leading the two.  

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		<title>Backroom dealmaking passes muster with Editor?</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6018</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6018#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HI State Politics</category>
	<category>HI Media</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertiser Editor Mark Platte has a new column in praise of the about-to-be-enacted (either with or without the Governor&#8217;s signature) Shield Law.  It&#8217;s a pretty big win for the professional journalists, but half-a-loaf for &#8220;never been paid for it&#8221; bloggers like myself.  Unlike the traditional media workers, I will need to assure any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP seeks Ethics Commission opinions about use of State voting machines and facilities by Democrats</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6016</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6016#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HI State Politics</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I notice a post at Hawaii Reporter by the Chair of the Hawaii Republican Party.  He is seeking rulings from the State Ethics Commission regarding Democrats using state voting machines and school buildings for party purposes.  He alleges these are provided to the Democrats without charge, and, further, that the GOP is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What fun! A classic &#8220;prisoner&#8217;s dilemma&#8221; situation</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6015</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6015#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Neighbor Islands</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big hat tip to Andy Parx for this post with the following fascinating analysis of how Kauai&#8217;s Mayor will be selected, and the timing thereof:
Had [Mayor] Baptiste passed away one month- or more precisely 27 days- later whomever was selected by the Council would be serving a two-year. four-month plus term.
After describing what many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higa seeks new trial - as a defendant, not a witness?</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6006</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6006#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HI Media</category>
	<category>Neighbor Islands</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is weird stuff.  The West Hawaii Today reports (as the Star-Bulletin did on Wednesday) that Councilmember Higa is asking for a new trial.  The Mayor election is building up steam, and the negative publicity of the lingering allegations (caused by the gag order) are weighing down his campaign.
However, how does Higa have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kauai Police Chief warns that construction will be considered grave desecration</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=6002</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=6002#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Neighbor Islands</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rather dramatic turn of events on Kauai, where the Police Chief has said he will make arrests if construction of a home over numerous burial sites goes forward.  (Garden Island News, Star-Bulletin,
KGMB)  The chief cites a criminal law, but it&#8217;s not really clear how that law interfaces with the law about burial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Onward, to the inevitable succession infighting</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=5996</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=5996#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Neighbor Islands</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here&#8217;s an instance when I&#8217;m nowhere near familiar enough with Kauai politics to say anything intelligent about the jockeying to select a member of the County Council to serve as Mayor until the November election.  The media take a few whacks at the topic (Garden Island News, Advertiser, and Star-Bulletin).  Joan Conrow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, behave!</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=5995</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=5995#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>HI State Politics</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever feel like not showing up for work, but you have bills to pay?  That&#8217;s when you think of the paycheck.  Or, as a clever manager in this Star-Bulletin article would term it, the &#8220;behavior incentive.&#8221;
Businesses that hire disabled workers are allowed to pay less than the state&#8217;s minimum wage, now $7.25 an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cynics rule the roost, but usually they have more tact</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=5992</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=5992#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Neighbor Islands</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was super busy today (I rented a car to take care of a bunch of errands and run a 10k), but take a look at this West Hawaii Today article about another debate on &#8220;concurrency&#8221; about to begin at the Hawaii County Council.  Especially note this comment from the Council Chair:
Hawaii County Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aloha State Games 10k</title>
		<link>http://poinography.com/?p=5993</link>
		<comments>http://poinography.com/?p=5993#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need to do some track work!  I gave up second place because I did not have enough reserve speed remaining to counter a late pass.  Drat.


Aloha State Games 10k

Originally uploaded by poinographer


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