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Hawaii's newsmakers find money talks -- and walks

By David Shapiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 14, 2012

~~<p>Hawaii hoteliers put a little umbrella in our political brew as we &quot;flASHback&quot; on the week's news that amused and confused:</p>
<p>&raquo; The Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association gave its U.S. Senate endorsement to all three major candidates &mdash; Demo&shy;crats Mazie Hirono and Ed Case and Republican Linda Lingle. They seem to be confusing buying influence with buying a pupu sampler at the hotel bar.</p>
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Hawaii hoteliers put a little umbrella in our political brew as we "flASHback" on the week's news that amused and confused:

» The Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association gave its U.S. Senate endorsement to all three major candidates — Demo­crats Mazie Hirono and Ed Case and Republican Linda Lingle. They seem to be confusing buying influence with buying a pupu sampler at the hotel bar. Login for more...



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