August 23, 2008
Local Election
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The Maui Almanac has asked Maui County candidates running for office to complete a questionnaire of issues pertinent to voters. See a complete listing of Election Offices & Candiates – Click here.
SUMMER STARR
Hawaii State Representative: 12th District
Age: 25
Occupation: Non-profit
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Sun Sign: Gemini
Website: www.electsummer.org
What is your position on TVRs? We must assure that they are not disturbing the peace, or disrupting the neighbors. But if legalized, the County is able to regulate and enforce those regulations. I think that this could provide income for many of our islands’ local families, who are in great need right now.
What is your plan to improve Maui’s water supply? We must repair our intake systems, build more storage facilities, and encourage the use of grey water, and water catchment.
Do you think development should be linked to infrastructure? I think that one of the first steps in creating any sort of development is to take into account the existing infrastructure, or that which will be created in lieu of existing facilities.
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August 23, 2008
> MAUI TODAY
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Senator Barack Obama, the great candidate of change, the actual, real-to-life “Washington Outsider” that has energized a nation with the call of duty and the promise of hope, who has run a campaign based on the power of differences, who has seen the tremendous political rise of women in his party and in this country, who has given his word to bring fresh ideas to our nation’s capitol has reached a momentous day in his campaign.
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August 23, 2008
> MAUI TODAY
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 Nat’l Spongecake Day
Day 236 of 2008
230 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Eke ‘ea: Plastic bag
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Plastik: Plastic
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “Where were you when the rain was blowing.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Please all and you will please none.” (Aesop)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
WOZ.ORG
Yesterday: Maui County Concil gave final approval to Plastic Bag Ban. The ban will will prohibit retail business from using plastic bags after January 11, 2011. More
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 23rd
1833: Britain abolishes slavery in its colonies (700,000 slaves are freed)
1872: The first Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco carrying tea
1957: Digital Equipment Corporation is founded
1977: A man-powered plane first flies for a mile (Bryan Allen in the Gossamer Condor)
2003: Former priest John Geoghan, the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, was killed by another inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2005: Israeli forces evicts militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 23rd
1852: Arnold Toynbee,economist/social reformer
1868: Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist
1912: Gene Kelly, dancer/actor
1930: Vera Miles, actress
1932: Mark Russell, political satirist/pianist
1947: Keith Moon, rocker
1947: Rex Allen Jr, country singer
1947: Linda Thompson, rock singer
1949: Shelley Long, actress
1970: River Phoenix, actor
August 23, 2008
Raphael O'Suna
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Americans, of course, are unaware of the history of their country, because many things are kept from us. How many people, for instance, know that between the years 1868 and 1871–a three year period after the Civil War–more than 20,000 black people were lynched or otherwise tortured to death by the KKK? 20,000!
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