Inside Honolulu: September 9
There’s always something interesting going on at Honolulu Hale.
Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
5:35 p.m. Carlisle’s Public Sked
Mayor Peter Carlisle has a busy week coming up. Here is a list of his public events:
Saturday, September 10th
- 8:30 am鈥擬ayor Carlisle delivers remarks at the first ever 鈥淏ackyard Heroes鈥 event for youth featuring University of Hawaii star athletes. McCully District Park.
- 5:30 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle attends a special screening of the Hawaii 5-0 season premiere. Waikiki Beach
Sunday, September 11th
- 4:00 pm鈥6:30 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle leads a special Remembrance Walk in observance of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and addresses participants. Honolulu Police Department headquarters, through Kakaako, to Honolulu Hale.
Tuesday, September 13th
- 6:00 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle delivers remarks at a welcoming reception for the Inaugural Hawaii Counties Sister-Cities Summit, which brings together sister city partners from around the world. Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
Wednesday, September 14th
- 10:00 am-5:30 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle attends and addresses the Inaugural Hawaii Counties Sister-Cities Summit (see above). Hawaii Convention Center.
- 6:30 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle attends a dinner reception for InHa University and Incheon City delegations. Seoul Jung restaurant, Waikiki Resort Hotel.
Thursday, September 15th
- 11:00 am鈥擬ayor Carlisle delivers remarks at the Incheon sign/plaque rededication ceremony. Pawaa InHa Park.
- 5:30 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle attends a dinner and reception for visiting delegations from the Philippine cities of Baguio and Ormoc. Philippine Consulate General.
Friday, September 16th
- 1:00 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle delivers remarks at the Zhongshan dragon boats gift blessing and presentation. Honolulu Hale front lawn.
4:25 p.m. Remembrance Walk
Mayor Peter Carlisle is on his way back from Washington D.C. today, and hasn’t had much on his public schedule recently, but will be leading a remembrance walk for the 10th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday.
鈥淲e must never forget that horrible day ten years ago or the thousands of innocent victims, especially those who bravely endeavored to save and protect others,鈥 Carlisle said in a press release.
The Remembrance Walk will begin at 4 p.m. with a blessing and wreath presentation at Honolulu Police Department headquarters. Police Chief Louis Kealoha will speak.
Read the full release .
9:23 a.m. Congestion Deception
Civil Beat‘s editorial board weighs in this morning on what is perhaps rail opponents’ central complaint. They say that the city misled the public into believing that rail will solve Honolulu’s traffic problems. Is that true?
The short answer: No, it’s not.
For the long answer, including numerous citations to statements made by former Mayor Mufi Hannemann, current Mayor Peter Carlisle and numerous other rail proponents, read the lead story today: Did City Mislead Public About Rail’s Impact on Congestion?
9:15 a.m. ‘Outrage’ on Mayor’s Homeless Comments
Earlier this week, Civil Beat shared Mayor Peter Carlisle‘s comparison of Honolulu’s homelessness problem to a rat infestation. Two contributors in the days since have expressed their disappointment in that comparison.
- On Wednesday, our formerly-homeless blogger Joe Bright shared his thoughts on the comments and homelessness in a piece titled Re-Homed & Off the Edge: Rats Really Are Everywhere.
- Today, Curtis Kropar, a formerly-homeless reader, shares his anger and asks Where is the Outrage?
If you haven’t already, go read Carlisle’s thoughts and the two thoughtful responses. What do you think about how our mayor looks at homelessness?
Successful Sewage Trucking
Remember that controversial plan to truck raw, untreated sewage from Sand Island to Honouliuli? Well, the one-month trial ends today, and the city is pleased with the results so far.
Keoki Kerr from our partners at KITV caught up with Environmental Services chief Tim Steinberger yesterday and filed a story about the trucking operation.
“It’s shown that it has not had any impacts that we can tell on the instantaneous data. There’s some data it takes several days before you actually get the results back. But so far, the results look good,” Steinberger said.
Read the full story .
Where’s Carlisle?
Mayor Peter Carlisle has no local public events today or for the rest of this week. He’ll be in Washington D.C. with Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Board Chair Carrie Okinaga and Interim Executive Director Toru Hamayasu. Read for all things Washington, including updates on the Honolulu officials’ visits with the congressional delegation and the Federal Transit Administration.
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
September 8: What We Learned; Honolulu’s Lousy Traffic; Undercover in Washington; Eagles Have Landed; Corp Counsel on Procurement; Horner Impressed; Stanley Chang Testifies; Aloha From Italy; Sale Or No Sale, Finmeccanica Is Obliged; Joint and Several Liability; Finmeccanica: Failure ‘Impossible’; The Questions; The Players; Ansaldo On The Big Screen; Where’s Carlisle?
September 7: Four Council District Plans; The Resignation Letter; Jamila Resigns From Planning Commission; Thoughts on Washington Trip; Not Following Rules; Where’s Carlisle?
September 6: Thursday Night In Waianae; Council Public Hearing Notice; Mayor On Homelessness; Jobs Claim Half True; Where’s Carlisle?
September 2: Peter, Toru, Carrie All Washington-Bound; Carlisle’s Public Sked; HART at First Hawaiian; Carlisle at Civil Beat; Ansaldo: We Complied With Licensing Requirement; Long Weekend; Civil Beat’s ‘Hatchet Job’; Where’s Carlisle?
September 1: PIG Picks Bunda; Carlisle’s Rail Pep Talk; Semi-Autonomous, But Connected; All Sewage Ideas Welcome; Defining ‘Undercover’; Today’s Meetings; Where’s Carlisle?
