29 Oct 2014

Editorial

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The DLNR: Silent Accomplice in Heinous Crimes For 15 years, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife pleaded with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for DHHL to make its tenant at Kahikinui, Stephen Perreira, … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, March 1995 | 0

Irradiation: It’s an Idea Whose Time Still Hasn’t Come In the late 1980s, the people of Hawai`i said “No” to the state’s proposal to develop a fruit irradiation facility. At public hearings and in the public comments during the environmental … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, November 1995 | 0

Wake Up, DOBOR: Your Boat Is Sinking Imagine Liberty House not billing its charge customers. Think of Visa graciously allowing overdue accounts to ride for months with nary a nasty note to the deadbeats. Dream of the Internal Revenue Service … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, September 1995 | 0

After 85 Years, An EIS For Hamakua Ditch In 1910, the world was the Western man’s oyster. Anything technologically conceivable was held to be possible. And if something could be conceived of, it not only could be done, but probably … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: August 1994, Editorial | 0

Sea turtles Need Help; Can Fishery Council Give It? When hundreds of thousands of dolphins were trapped annually in tuna seines a decade ago, outraged citizens across the country mobilized to reduce the number of dolphins that could be “taken.” … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, February 1994 | 0

In a Hostage Economy, Who Calls the Shots? In a Hostage Economy Who Calls the Shots? Can the Lana’i Company be trusted? More than any question about water usage, shoreline access, or other agreements the company has made in return … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, June 1994 | 0

How to End the Great Kihei Give-away On its face, it seems like a good idea. Private landowners maintain state-owned ceded land that the public can use for a park. In return for their trouble of landscaping and providing liability … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: Editorial, November 1994 | 0

Curbs Are Needed to Save the Fish Mining the Sea: Curbs Are Needed to Save the Fish The delectable onaga, the delicate opakapaka: For good reason, these fish are among the most prized of Hawai’i’s catch. And for the same … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

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Waiahole Tunnel: A Drain on Windward Resources For 80 years, the streams of windward O`ahu have been diminished by the water that has been diverted to leeward O`ahu via the Waiahole ditch. In a chain reaction that probably has not … Continued

29 Oct 2014

Editorial

by | posted in: August 1993, Editorial | 0

Raising the Curtain on the Spaceport Follies Something is terribly wrong with the state’s plans to develop a spaceport. No, let us restate that: Many things are terribly wrong with these plans. As our July issue indicated, the bureaucratic framework … Continued