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Advocating a ConCon are the Republican Party of Hawaii, the police chiefs and prosecutors of every major Hawaiian island, the state Attorney General, the lieutenant governor and former Hawaii Congressman Ed Case, the cousin of AOL co-founder Steve Case. Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona, a Republican, set the ConCon process in motion last year when he directed election officials to put the question on next week's general election ballot. In calling for the latest ConCon, Aiona says, "It's long overdue." A ConCon could well allow Hawaii's Republican governor, Linda Lingle, to create local school districts...
...expected record turnout for the island's favorite son Obama on Nov. 4 may result in the anti-ConCon groups having their way. But, given the political conservative nature of the state, it is not guaranteed...
...commission to determine legislative salaries; eliminate a requirement that people had to be able to read or write English or Hawaiian in order to vote; and wrote a constitutional provision granting privacy rights that Feder Lee says was ahead of its time. Some of the changes were good for island society, Feder Lee says. None of them could be predicted. "The only thing we know for certain," Feder Lee says, "is we never know what will come out of a ConCon...
...Tripper. Discovery Cruise Line is offering free day cruises to Grand Bahama Island from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for military personnel who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Register online, and the company will send an email entitling service members to the complimentary cruise. The offer's good until...
Street Sweepers. If you'll be in town this weekend, check out the New York City Marathon runners make their way through all five boroughs on Nov. 2. The course starts in Staten Island and finishes in Central Park; there are two good places in Manhattan to cheer the athletes - along First Avenue, between East 59th Street and the East 90s, and along Fifth Avenue south of East 110th Street, until the exhausted marathoners make their turn into the Park. If you're trying to get out of New York City, be aware of street and bridge closings, detailed...