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State judge blocks Lingle furlough plan
July 2, 2009
HONOLULU (AP) — A state judge has blocked Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle from forcing public employees to take three unpaid days off per month.
First Circuit Court Judge Karl K. Sakamoto issued a preliminary injunction Thursday.
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Paniolo Parade set for Saturday in Makawao
July 2, 2009
MAKAWAO — Cowboys and cowgirls, floats, the Isle of Maui Pipe Band, classic cars, roaring Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a paniolo riding a 1,700-pound Texas longhorn steer named Mufasa.
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Demand for firecrackers too low for local sellers
July 2, 2009
WAILUKU — For the second year in a row, there will be less pop in Maui’s Fourth of July celebrations because county retailers will not be selling firecrackers.
“This year, nobody brought in any firecrackers. None, zer.
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Brush fire burns 7 acres
July 2, 2009
FIRST PHOTO: A firefighter hoses down flames in a Kihei field between Hope Chapel and Lokelani Intermediate School along Piilani Highway on Wednesday afternoon. The brush fire was reported at 3:05 p..
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Maui leaders ‘surprised’ by veto threat
July 2, 2009
WAILUKU — Some Maui state lawmakers and Maui Memorial Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Wesley Lo said they were surprised that Gov. Linda Lingle had put a bill to provide more independence to state hospitals on her list of potential vetoe.
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COUNTY / IN BRIEF
July 2, 2009
Man’s body recovered below Kahakuloa cliff
WAILUKU — A man’s body was recovered Wednesday from rocks below a cliff in Kahakuloa, police said.
Police were working to identify the body, which was spotted about noon.
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Chili Cook-Off
Thu, July 2, 2009 @ 9:06PM
Some like it hot — really hot. I found that out the hard way as I ate my way through the Maui Harley Owners Group’s annual Chili Cook-Off last Sunday. More than a dozen cooks put their best chili forward in hopes of swaying the taste buds and winning the votes to be crowned this year’s chili champion. Attendees had the final say on who would receive that title by voting for their favorite in two categories — best motorcycle club and an open division. I may have been just one judge out the hundreds, but it was a duty I took very seriously. Armed with a spoon and an empty stomach I diligently stopped at every booth to sample their creations. The cook-off proved that no two chilies are exactly alike. There was the in-your-face chili that lit my tongue on fire, the sweet tomato-based chili that cooled it down again, the vegetarian chili that almost made me a convert and the bean-based chili that had me worried about what might happen later.
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Look who’s coming to Maui Film Fest
Thu, June 4, 2009 @ 3:57PM
F orget the paparazzi. Leave the entourage in LA. The Maui Film Maui Film Festival, which returns June 17 to 21 for its 10th season in Wailea and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, isn’t about tabloid versions of fame and glory. Our homegrown cinema celebration with its toes in the sand and its head in the heavens, is more about honoring film artists who are real … and friendly. In fact, when the festival presents this year’s Maverick Award, it will feel less like Hollywood than a backyard homecoming, since the recipient is the island’s favorite next-door icon,Willie Nelson. The legendary singer-songwriter and sometimes movie actor’s “biography is as long as his hair,” says Festival Director Barry Rivers.
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Kapalua drops LPGA event, faces possible lawsuit
Tue, June 30, 2009 @ 10:54PM
Kapalua hit a home run when it recently announced a 10-year deal with Korean TV giant SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System) to keep the winners-only season-opening event on the PGA Tour, which had been sponsored by Mercedes-Benz USA for its first 11 years at the Plantation Course. The first SBS Championship will be in early January. Even without the current economic difficulties, 10 years is nearly unheard of for an agreement between a venue, sponsor and the PGA Tour. And Kapalua announced that it sold the Plantation Course for $50 million to a group from Oahu after Kapalua’s parent company Maui Land & Pine announced a $70 million fourth-quarter 2008 loss just a few months before the SBS stunner. I personally thought at that point, that was a startling fire-sale kind of price for a course like the Plantation, but obviously something was in the works. But with the good comes the bad, I guess.
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Obsequies for cap-and-trade
Wed, July 1, 2009 @ 7:05PM
One good reason for Restating the Obvious not to waste any effort on screeds against the cap-and-trade bill that passed the House was that it was DBA -- dead before arrival. Bloomberg reports that Jairam Ramesh plunged the stake through its heart this morning, although the Chinese had already donned the black cap and pronounced sentence of death: “India will not accept any emission-reduction target -- period,” Ramesh said. “This is a non-negotiable stand.” He's India's environment minister, so he oughta know. Don't Obama and the Democrats in Congress read the papers? Apparently no.
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Cultural difference No. 399
Fri, July 3, 2009 @ 0:03AM
I haven't seen it in the past month or so, but for a while there the local public access television station, Akaku, regularly played a show devoted to how a regular schmo like me could grow his own organic marijuana. DIY THC. *Disclosure. I'm not that schmo. I know. I know. Why live in Maui if you don't smoke? But I don't. Let's just leave it at that. Weed has been decriminalized my home state of Minnesota for a few years. That means getting caught by authorities is about the same as a traffic ticket. But in May, the Minnesota Legislature joined dozens of states, including Hawaii, that have passed law legalizing marijuana for sick folks. The Republican governor and 2012 presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty vetoed it, even though only terminally ill patients could get the chronic. The medical marijuana law here is more liberal. Maui Wowie is basically for anyone who can get a prescription and then doesn't mind registering with the government to get an "it's all good" car.
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Obnoxious Hollywood journalists (part one)
Tue, June 23, 2009 @ 3:41AM
Just finished watching the latest episode of The Closer, which is one of my favorite "procedural" type TV crime dramas -- except for one thing: the show's annoying and unrealistic portrayal of journalists. In this episode, Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson needs to interview a suspect who's in the hospital. But the suspect's attorney and family members are sitting outside his room, keeping her out. So she persuades one of the reporters who's been trying to write a story about the investigation to lure the family and attorney away so she can sneak inside -- and promises him a big scoop if he helps. She won't give him any hints about what the scoop is, but he eagerly agrees. Puh-leeze. First of all, and I almost can't believe I have to write this: professional journalists don't assist police in their investigation.
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