Heard something stunning on the radio yesterday (which, in itself, is very unusual indeed). It was one of those mid-day news briefs read by Wendy Osher (click here for my completely unrelated take on what I perceive to be Osher's slippery ethics). And Osher was reading off headlines and news blurbs and then she came … Continue reading 60 percent?!
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‘Fretful little bureaucratic douche bags’
Freelance writing is all hell. When I left Maui Time Weekly in early June after five years as editor, I figured my days of chasing and kicking people were long gone. "I'm just a writer now," I told more than one friend. "It's going to be easy now because I just get to deal with professional … Continue reading ‘Fretful little bureaucratic douche bags’
Parsing Wayne Nishiki
I just read with great interest Wayne Nishiki's Viewpoint article on his election disclosure troubles in Thursday's Maui News. As is now well-known on Maui, ex-Maui County Council member Wayne Nishiki barely defeated former County Planning Department Deputy Director Don Couch in the race for the South Maui seat on the County Council–a race that … Continue reading Parsing Wayne Nishiki
Anthony Pignataro 