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Hawaii retail space tight, compared to Mainland - Bizjournals.com

Bizjournals.com, NC - Apr 15, 2009

Hawaii retail space tight, compared to Mainland“This infrastructure does provide a cushion in a declining sales environment but there are signs that this downturn will continue for the next year or two and if it does expect additional store closures and rent renegotiations to restructure leases,”

Hawaii NextGen Data Center Solution Design Clinic April 30 With ... - IT News Online

IT News Online, India - Apr 15, 2009

Hawaii NextGen Data Center Solution Design Clinic April 30 With Hawaii 96815 WHY:IT Professionals can take a close look at: -- Virtualization strategies that increase operational efficiency -- Ways to enhance overall data center performance, security, and availability, while preserving existing infrastructure

The Eco-Pig Book: Pork Barrel Spending on Environmental Projects

Daily Green - Apr 15, 2009

Neil Abercrombie and Mazie Hirono (all Hawaii) for floriculture. $239000 for a Carpinteria shoreline study - Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) $237500 to acquire the remaining 62 acres of Keil Farm, a park in Toledo - Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) $206000

RapidEye Enters the US Governmental Arena with MakaLani - DirectionsMag.com (press release)

DirectionsMag.com (press release), IL - Apr 15, 2009

RapidEye Enters the US Governmental Arena with MakaLaniRapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate their own satellite constellation, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with MakaLani, LLC of Honolulu, Hawaii, to be one of their distributors in

2009 "pigbook" of Congressional Pork Spending Released - Gwinnett Net Daily

Gwinnett Net Daily, GA - Apr 15, 2009

Gwinnett Net Daily2009 "pigbook" of Congressional Pork Spending ReleasedThe runners up were Hawaii with $235 per capita ($302 million) and North Dakota with $222 per capita ($142 million). Although this is the second year of so-called transparency, which requires every earmark to be identified with the requesting member of

Hawaii retail space tight, compared to Mainland - Bizjournals.com

15.04.09

Retail vacancy rates are running higher in most Mainland markets, with many in double-digits, the fallout from closures of department stores, big-box retailers and car dealers. Seattle’s retail vacancy rate stands close to 10 percent, according to a recent report by the National Association of Realtors .

In Hawaii, asking net lease rents increased to $3.65 per square foot per month during the first quarter, up from $3.55 during the same quarter a year ago, while operating expenses, or common area maintenance charges, averaged $1.25 per square foot per month.

The report notes that retail rents as outlined in leases call for a base rent or a percentage of sales, which allow for rent reductions during a slow market.

“This infrastructure does provide a cushion in a declining sales environment but there are signs that this downturn will continue for the next year or two and if it does expect additional store closures and rent renegotiations to restructure leases,” the report said. “That will lead to a further erosion of rental income and this will have a negative effect on property owners and in turn their lenders.”

Source: Bizjournals.com, NC

Another crumbling infrastructure

By Edwin Bender

Our democracy's infrastructure is crumbling, just as our roads, water systems and sewers are deteriorating across the country — and we have a unique opportunity now to fix them all properly.

I'll leave the roads and such to the engineers. The infrastructure of our democracy, though, is something I know a thing or two about. You see, more than 16 years ago, I and a few other hearty souls across the country began compiling state-level campaign-finance data and making it available to the public.

We created databases by performing thousands of search-and-replace functions on 700-page Word documents that had been input at state agencies. And, even more time-consuming, we input donor information from innumerable paper reports that candidates had filed at their state disclosure agencies. And we made all this available to reporters via floppy disc and fax.

Then along came the Internet, and we happily upgraded our delivery system. But to this day, we still have to type in data by hand, because many candidates still file paper forms with state disclosure agencies. Can you believe it? In this day and age! What a waste of time.

The lack of uniform disclosure for the 50 states is a failure by design. Fragmented campaign-finance reporting means it's more difficult for people to follow the actions of their elected representatives — otherwise known as holding them accountable. Many candidates don't want you getting too familiar with their donor base. And lobbyists certainly don’t want you looking over their shoulders, especially when their actions might cost you money as a taxpayer.

We disagree with that. We think democracy works best when...