Fly in the Ointment
October 14, 2007 2:59 pm > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays, > Superferry |
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY - LELE: Fly (as a bird) - PONALO: Fly (the insect)
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY - “Where the odor is bad, there the flies hum.”
October 14, 1922: Flying was about 19 years old, and even newer to the Hawaiian Islands, when then Hawaii Governor W. R. Farrington takes a sea plane from Maui to Honolulu. Near the end of the estimated 60-minute flight, the plane catches fire and is forced to ditch in the sea, well off the coast of Pearl Harbor. Luckily, radio had already been invented, and another sea plane swooped down to the rescue. The governor swam from one plane to another. No one was hurt. The plane sank.
October 14, 2007: Governor Linda Lingle prepares to call the Hawaii Legislature into special session in order to exempt one company–the Hawaii Superferry–from environmetal laws. She had originally exempted the company from complying with the laws, but Hawaii courts ruled her action illegal. She’s now attempting to change the law for the Superferry and its principals, who have spent over $175,000 on lobbying and political contributions, including $12,000 to Lingle herself. Read the full story in the Honolulu Advertiser …
