Thursday, January 31, 2008

A letter to the Governor: Fix the harbor to preserve the reef

Jerry Johnson
1/29/2008 4:02:05 PM, The Molokai Times

Dear Governor Lingle,

In the local newspaper this week, there was an article on your “Year of the Reef” program (“Ocean pH levels could damage world reefs”) and the work that Mike Field is doing with Feds on reef study. I had spent many hours some 10 years ago with Mike discussing their findings on the reef and the siltation that threatens it.

The older locals were always telling stories of how clear of mud the south shore was ... eastside of Kaunakakai harbor ... back in the 40s and 50s ... people could walk out to reef on actual sand instead of mud ... there was good fishing for crab and fish ... it's common knowledge that when the Department of Harbors put the wharf in ... and did not put flow-through culverts in ... the flow of cleansing currents were stopped and the mud started to pile up ... sludging up the reef ... settling in mud and backing up eastward ... leaving a human created and growing mess.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Na`iwa, Makahiki Piko

By Jennifer Smith and Léo Azambuja
Wednesday 1-30-08, The Molokai Dispatch

Today most people associate Makahiki with Kaunakakai Ball Field. However, for centuries, Na`iwa, one of the most breathtaking and significant places on Molokai, opened its grounds for the seasonal Hawaiian games.

Descending upon the green hills overlooking Ilio Point, the island’s most accomplished athletes of past and present would compete in feats of skill and strength in this spiritual center.

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Events of the Makahiki

By Tom Patrick
1/21/2008 3:52:24 PM, The Molokai Times

Games to take place Friday, Saturday

Inspired by the plight of the god Lono, who dealt with his inner turmoil caused by rash murder of his wife by fighting men through out the Big Island, the Makahiki games are one of the essential stages of the Makahiki season. The following are brief descriptions of some of the events taking place this weekend on Molokai.

Haka Moa (chicken fighting)

Within a circle on the ground, balanced on one foot and holding their other leg behind them by the ankle, two competitors hold hands and attempt to either knock their adversary to the ground or out of the circle. The one remaining upright or ...

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Ka Molokai Makahiki to take place Jan. 25 and 26

By Tom Patrick
1/14/2008 6:50:11 PM, The Molokai Times

With the 27th annual Makahiki Games of Molokai to take place Jan. 25 and 26, Lono, the god of music and fertility, is surely pleased.
Beginning in mid October and culminating on Feb. 2 with the casting off of the Ho'okupu Wa'a, the ceremonial and symbolic canoe used to remember Lono's departure and his promise to return one day, ...

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Ho'okupu Wa'a canoe on display

By David Lichtenstein 1/14/2008 12:29:42 PM, The Molokai Times

The Ho‘okupu Wa‘a — the name of the ceremonial and symbolic canoe — will be used for the closing ceremonies of the Makahiki season. Ho‘okupu, or gifts, are placed in the canoe for kupuna as a show of respect and sharing.

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Olelo to air Dennis Kucinich's fall forums in Hawaii

Updated at 12:14 p.m., Tuesday, January 29, 2008, THE HONOLULU ADVERTISER

A TV series featuring U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, will begin on Olelo Channel 54 this Sunday.
Kucinich's Sept. 15, 2007, presentation "Strength through Peace," given at Kaimuki High School, can be seen at 10 a.m. Sunday on Channel 54.

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Printing story lacked ethics, taste and pandered to curiosity

Friday, January 25, 2008 By Lance D. Collins, THE MAUI NEWS

It is unfortunate that The Maui News decided the private dispute with my parents was newsworthy or fit to print Jan. 18.


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Sensitivity shown elsewhere missing from attorney story

Friday, January 18, 2008, 2008 By Linda Puppolo, THE MAUI NEWS

Have you heard about the name change at The Maui News? Folks are now calling it the “Maui Inquirer” because inquiring minds want to know all about your personal business.

I am referring to the Jan. 17 trash article about Lance Collins’ lawsuit against his parents. The article...

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Wailuku attorney sues his parents in business dispute

Friday, January 18, 2008, 2008 By ILIMA LOOMIS, Staff Writer, THE MAUI NEWS

WAILUKU – Wailuku attorney Lance Collins, a past candidate for the Maui County Council who has been involved in a number of high-profile community issues, is suing his parents, Corey and Daina Collins, for $184,000.

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Court won’t block bids for cable TV PEG contract

Friday, January 25, 2008, THE MAUI NEWS

WAILUKU – Second Circuit Judge Joel August said Thursday that the state could continue with a competitive procurement process for public-access television services.

Akaku: Maui Community Television, which holds the Maui contract for public-access TV, had asked August to stop the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs from using a competitive bidding process, saying it was illegal and inappropriate given the station’s role in protecting free speech.

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Akaku court motion seeks end to bidding process

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 By ILIMA LOOMIS, Staff Writer, THE MAUI NEWS

WAILUKU – The bidding process has already been delayed more than a year, and now Akaku: Maui Community Television will seek a judge’s order to free it from competing for its contract altogether.

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New La'au Point EIS an Improvement

Steve Morgan, 1/14/2008 2:54:25 PM, The Molokai Times

Well, anyone who thought that there would be no improvements with Molokai Ranch's new EIS is totally wrong. The font style used on the front cover of the EIS is absolutely beautiful and displays a distinct style that is both inspiring and thoughtful.

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Responding to the Draft EIS

Tuesday 1-29-08 BY: JENNIFER SMITH, THE MOLOKAI DISPATCH

With a new year and a new Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed La`au Point development, now is the time to get involved. Molokai Properties Limited (MPL) will be accepting comments on the Draft EIS until Feb. 22.

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Planning Commission requests extension for Laau Point DEIS comment period

DeGray Vanderbilt
1/29/2008 5:48:41 PM, The Molokai Times

On behalf of the Molokai Planning Commission (the Commission) I respectfully ask Molokai Properties Limited (MPL) to concur with the following three reasonable requests, which are intended to facilitate and encourage maximum and meaningful public participation in the state's environmental review process associated with MPL's second draft environmental impact statement

(DEIS) for its proposed La'au Point project and provide the following:

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MPL Submits New Document

Thursday 1-10-08 BY: JENNIFER SMITH, THE MOLOKAI DISPATCH

With a new year and a new Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed La`au Point development, now is the time to get involved. Molokai Properties Limited (MPL) will be accepting comments on the Draft EIS until Feb. 22.

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La`au Point a No-Brainer

Wednesday 1-23-08 BY: KALANI THOMPSON, THE MOLOKAI DISPATCH

Molokai Ranch's John Sabas was recently quoted in the Maui News stating that supporting the La'au Point development on Molokai is a "no-brainer."

Ahh, that explains a lot: According to this quote, the executives of Molokai Ranch, and others...

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New Meaning to Silent Majority

Monday 1-28-08 BY: BRANDON ROBERTS, THE MOLOKAI DISPATCH

In an unprecedented move, the Land Use Commission (LUC) chose to omit all public testimony from the La’au Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) hearing last November.
"To selectively censor testimony from the official record of the La'au LUC hearings is wrong under any circumstance," said Molokai Planning Chairman DeGray Vanderbilt.
Under the instruction of former LUC Executive Officer Anthony Ching, the Court Recorder did not type any verbatim testimony of Molokai residents during the Nov. 15-16 meetings This announcement was included in the Nov. 15 transcript by the Court Recorder.
With the resubmission of Molokai Properties Limited (MPL) draft EIS, the Molokai Planning Commission (MoPC) will find it difficult to review past public sentiment when none was recorded.
The MoPC has formalized a letter to the LUC asking for an explanation as to why public testimony was omitted and to request that all testimony be included on the official records.
A video taped copy of the LUC meeting ...

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