Nat’l Self Awareness Day Day 328 of 2008 38 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Makakau: Awareness
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Kaikaim: Bite
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “What is gone is gone.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “If voting changed anything it would be illegal” - Anon

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Democracy Now!
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Barack Obama is Irish
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Left Wing Conspiracy
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Media Matters

MAUI NEWS TODAY – November 23, 2008
MAUI ALMANAC JOINS THE MAUI NEWS in calling for Wayne Nishiki to resign his 12th-term seat on the Maui County Council, to which he was unfairly elected November 4. This comes after it was revealed this week that Nishiki violated the law by filing a financial disclosure form more than a month after it was due. This kept  voters from knowing before the election, that he had borrowed $100,000 from developer Everett Dowling.

Nishiki, whose  reputation as an anti-development lawmaker, was widely supported by Maui environmental groups, During his campaign for the South Maui County Council seat, he attacked his opponent Don Couch for accepting campaign donations from developers. At the same time, Nishiki still owed developer Dowling $100,000 from a loan he received in 2005 while a private citizen. Details of the loan, or whether any of it had been repaid, have not yet been made available. Read today’s editorial >

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