So I was listening to KINE Hawaiian 105’s web stream, like you do, and this gorgeous (and new to me) medley of The Beatles’ “In My Life” and “For No One” by Jon & Randy came on. I know you guys are gonna love this.
So I was listening to KINE Hawaiian 105’s web stream, like you do, and this gorgeous (and new to me) medley of The Beatles’ “In My Life” and “For No One” by Jon & Randy came on. I know you guys are gonna love this.
Hawaii governor: Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison agrees to buy 98 percent of island of Lanai
Breaking news: the Lana’i buyer is apparently Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle. From the AP:
Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison has reached a deal to buy 98 percent of the island of Lanai from its current owner, Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie said Wednesday.
The land’s owner, Castle & Cooke Inc., has filed a transfer application with the state’s public utilities commission, Abercrombie said.
The sale price for the property — the vast majority of the island’s 141 square miles — was not immediately clear. The Maui News previously reported the asking price was between $500 million and $600 million.
Officials discuss Hawaiian island’s potential sale
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, AP:
The sale of Hawaii’s smallest publicly accessible inhabited island is imminent, and local leaders are anticipating what new ownership could mean for the island’s some 3,200 residents.
A potential buyer of Lanai, part of Maui County, was revealed to Gov. Neil Abercrombie and the county’s mayor at a meeting last week with representatives from landowner Castle & Cooke Inc. Self-made billionaire David Murdock’s Castle & Cooke owns 98 percent of island’s 141 square miles.
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The asking price is reportedly between $500 million and $600 million, the Maui News reported.
The island of Lana’i is indeed almost entirely owned privately. This is part of the legacy of plantations and the Big Five on Hawai’i.
Hawaii passes transgender employment protections
The Hawaii Senate approved a bill, previously passed by the House, to ban discrimination based on gender identity and expression in the workplace.
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Discrimination against transgender individuals is already illegal in Hawaii for housing, public accommodations and employment, but the ban on employment discrimination has only been established by rulings of the Civil Rights Commission and has not been written into the state statute.
Earlier this year, the state passed a civil unions bill which will start on January 1, 2012. And now this. The governor, Neil Abercrombie, has only been in office four months!