Category Archives: Government / Politics

International Travel Gets President’s Attention

By Richard R. Kelley I was very pleased and excited to learn last week that President Barack Obama had flown to Disney World, Florida, and, with the unique structures of the Magic Kingdom in the background, announced a number of … Read More.

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APEC 2011 – An Outstanding Success!

By Dr. Richard Kelley As the last caravan of black limos surrounded by blue-light-flashing police escort vehicles headed for Honolulu International Airport, and as the barricades tracing along Saratoga Avenue and around Ft. De Russy are lifted onto trucks and … Read More.

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APEC 2011 – The Properties’ Perspective

Outrigger Reef on the Beach “The Russians Are Coming!” By Bill Comstock Yes, there were moments of excitement during APEC 2011: the President’s motorcade passing the hotel, streets closed with soldiers on the corners armed with some pretty impressive firepower, … Read More.

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APEC Is Here!

By Dr. Richard Kelley This is the week everyone in Hawai‘i has been waiting for – some eagerly, others with apprehension – since the plan to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Waikīkī was announced two years ago. … Read More.

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Avery Aoki Appointed to the Council on Revenues

By Kathy Foley Congratulations to Avery Aoki who has been appointed by the President of the State Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for a two-year term to the State of Hawai‘i’s Department of Taxation Council on … Read More.

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