29 percent Portion by which hotel-room tax collections have increased in Hawaii in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, compared to last year 17 percent Portion by which individual income tax collections have decreased 71 Number of times Maui Electric Company’s Kahului Generating Station violated the federal Clean Water Act between 2005 and 2008 $0 Total fines … [Read more...] about MECO Water Violations And Republican Hopefuls
Abercrombie Attacks NFL While TSA Cleans House
Bowled Over Attacking football in Hawaii isn’t the best way to win friends—a lesson Gov. Abercrombie is clearly prepared to learn the hard way. In widely publicized remarks made last week, Abercrombie blasted the NFL Pro Bowl, which returned to Honolulu in January after a one-year hiatus, calling the $4 million annual fee Hawaii pays to host the game “egregious” and dismissing … [Read more...] about Abercrombie Attacks NFL While TSA Cleans House
County Sets Meeting To Discuss Proposed Wailuku Parking Structure
If you're fed up with the parking situation in Wailuku (which is to say, if you ever park in Wailuku), make plans to attend a meeting this Thursday, June 16, where the Department of Public Works will, according to a County release, present a "conceptual design" for a new parking structure (to be located in the same location as the current municipal lot) and answer questions. A … [Read more...] about County Sets Meeting To Discuss Proposed Wailuku Parking Structure
Eh Brah! Stiff Armed
Let me get this straight: First you follow me around the party all night demanding I arm wrestle you. I refuse, repeatedly, before finally agreeing, mostly to shut you up. Then you say you want to put 20 bucks on it. I ask if you’re sure, you say yes, and so we go for it. I win, convincingly, but I don’t gloat or try to embarrass you in front of that girl (who, by the way, was … [Read more...] about Eh Brah! Stiff Armed
Hurricane Odds and Hawaii Graduation Rates
1 Rank of Honolulu on a list of “2011’s Top Five Hurricane Overdue Cities” 6/7/11 Date on which the first tropical cyclone of the season formed in the Eastern Pacific 66 percent Hawaii’s high school graduation rate, according to a recent report by a national nonprofit 80 percent Hawaii’s high school graduation rate, according to the state Department of … [Read more...] about Hurricane Odds and Hawaii Graduation Rates