I heart aviation. Check out the latest PR re: Hawai'i's skies, from da MT inbox: PHOTO CAPTION: 110 students from the Pearl City High School Marching Band accompanied by 80 young hula dancers from Halau Hula Olana, performed at a ceremony to welcome Hawaiian Airlines’ first brand new Airbus 330-200. The company plans to take delivery of up to 27 Airbus aircraft over the … [Read more...] about Hawaiian Air intros its “Fleet of the Future”
Governor Linda Lingle
Obama Administration: Honor state pot laws
Back in the '70s, Barry Obama was a high schooler on Oahu sporting a rockin' big collar and giving shouts-out to his choom gang. Flash forward a few decades, and President Obama's justice department is telling its attorneys to honor state medical marijuana laws. That's been the Administration's consistent position, but it was solidified in a memo sent today to the 13 states … [Read more...] about Obama Administration: Honor state pot laws
‘Unique and Unprecedented’ Superferry and Lingle
On April 16 state Auditor Marion M. Higa released the first part of her office’s long-awaited report on the Lingle Administration’s decision to exempt Hawai‘i Superferry, Inc. from state environmental laws. Higa’s auditors found that “In the end, the State may have compromised its environmental policy in favor of a private company’s internal deadline that drove the entire … [Read more...] about ‘Unique and Unprecedented’ Superferry and Lingle