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Tuesday, February 07, 2012         

Editorials

There is some good news coming out of the morass of Mayor Wright Homes, a state-subsidized housing complex that for too long received the back of the hand from leaders who should have been keeping it in better shape. Story »

CTY - Coin-operated parking meters are seen on Monday, January 30, 2012 near Kapiolani Park in Waikiki.  (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser). Parking meter rates along Kapiolani Regional Park were doubled three years ago. The City Council is now considering doubling them again — and city parks officials are already envisioning installation of meters at parks elsewhere on Oahu. Story »

Island Voices
Now that Hawaii Medical Center/St. Francis Medical Center has closed after 84 years, the community should be grateful for the valuable services received.  Story »

Many of the problems our nation faces today must be solved at the national level, but at least five of them can be approached at the state level as well.  Story »

 

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For Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Don't install meters at parks, beaches • Why is gov upset about PUC votes? • People can't win with electrical rates • Park neighbors do have parking rights • Bush tax cuts added to our budget debt • Let's treat symphony better this time

For Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Support bone-marrow transplant service • Ease up on Pro Bowl restrictions

Sunday Comic
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It was former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo who advised, "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." In this campaign season we have not yet been visited by the bard.


There it is, through the window behind Patricia Mau-Shimizu's desk: the state Capitol building. The former chief clerk in the state House of Representatives left that post after 30 years.


Washington, Feb. 5 (U.P.) -- The labor department warned congress Wednesday that the antagonisms caused by the Communist issue in Hawaii could become so bitter "as to cause breakdowns in the Hawaiian economy."


Synopsis: The beginning of Norm Chow’s building of the legacy of the Rainbow Warriors. Let’s hope the trend continues in the following years of his contract.


From time to time, I will drive through Waikiki just to see what's up in the center of our economic universe.



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