Hawaii Superferry Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection [www.financial24.org]  Hawaii Superferry Inc., which provided high-speed ferry service for cars and passengers between Hawaii's Oahu and Maui islands, filed  for bankruptcy protection today. Hawaii Superferry and parent HSF Holding Inc. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions in Wilmington,' [...]
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dick Mayer <dickmayer@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:10 PM Subject: SUPERFERRY CASE:: "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration is DENIED" To: Dick Mayer <dickmayer@earthlink.net>
The Supreme Court has denied the Department of Transportation's motion and the request by the legislature [...]
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dick Mayer <dickmayer@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM Subject: Superferry To Announce Future Thursday morning 6:30am To: Dick Mayer <dickmayer@earthlink.net>
[www.kitv.com] Superferry To Announce Future Thursday (Live on TV - 6:30am) Options Include Leaving, Waiting, Supreme Court Reconsideration  HONOLULU -- The [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Superferry Draft EIS finds significant impacts By Coco Zickos Published: Thursday, January 8, 2009 2:22 PM HST After many months of waiting, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was made available to the public [...]
I found this special news story on ABC News.com and thought you'd enjoy reading about it and the intention behind it. It's pay it forward in action, and is inspiring to me.
Aloha, John
Subject: ABCNEWS.com: The Mission: Send 1,000 Love Letters to Complete Strangers
HONOLULU ADVERTISER Tuesday, December 9, 2008 [www.honoluluadvertiser.com] Hawaii Superferry's interisland service depends on court ruling Service may be halted if high court rules against law that let ship operate
1.) The book on this is catching fire. There have been some interesting phone conversations and e-mail's exchanging hands between the islands about the book.
As we head into Winter, the seas around Hawaii will begin to get choppy. Bouncing in the middle of it all is the Hawaii Superferry, now with increased passenger load, headed for another barf-filled season. It's inevitable' [...]
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dick Mayer <dickmayer@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:31 AM Subject: Maui ocean resources finding way onto ferry To: Dick Mayer <dickmayer@earthlink.net>
Court appeal hangs over Superferry Three groups are challenging a law that allowed the ship to begin interisland trips Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sunday, August 24, 2008 By Ken Kobayashi
One year after a Hawaii Supreme Court decision that led to a temporary halt of Superferry operations, the interisland service enjoys [...]
from reporter Joan Conrow's blog, Kauai Eclectic Superferry Military Link I just checked out Larry Geller's Disappeared News blog and he has a very interesting post that confirms something that many of us have believed all along: the Hawaii Superferry is indeed intended for military purposes.
Three Windward O'ahu men accused of illegally taking rocks from a Maui conservation district last year each will be fined $3,050, the state Board [...]
Aloha, Here is a great list of HSF articles: SOURCE: [www.maui-tomorrow.org] The following articles track the progress of one of the most controversial issues facing Hawai'i residents today. (Most recent first) Superferry lobbies for military upgrade Company spends $210K on lobbyists to obtain funds [...]
HONOLULU ADVERTISER Wednesday, June 18, 2008 [www.honoluluadvertiser.com] Superferry lobbies for military upgrade Company spends $210K on lobbyists to obtain funds for vehicle ramp
Time to jump ship? Superferry manufacturer under fire By Kristin Hashimoto Thursday, May 1, 2008 9:54 AM HST
Former Austal employees allege the Hawai`i Superferry's Alakai is operating with manufacturing defects. They also warn that her sister ship, currently under construction, will have similar problems.
I know the sun rose today, because that's what it does every morning, right? But I swear it actually got darker when Koko and I were out walking, and the sky looked' [...]
RE: Military version of Superferry From "Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers" [sname.marinelink.com] Austal Launches LCS2 4/29/2008 9:49:42 AM The launch of Independence (LCS 2) closely follows the recent delivery of the first Hawaii Superferry vessel. A 107 metre vehicle and passenger carrying [...]
I ask one simple question: Why was no "Special Session" of the Hawai'i Legislature, or an "Emergency Session" of the Legislature called to keep afloat Aloha Airlines, a 61-year-old loyal transportation company with thousands of longstanding employees affected; whereby we all know a Special Session [...]
Source: [capitolnotebook.honadvblogs.com] Friday, April 11, 2009 Probably from Honolulu Advertiser reporter, Derick DePledge's own Blog. Garibaldi drafts letter for Lingle: Sincerely
The Advertiser has received thousands of documents from the Lingle administration — 21 boxes — as part of a request under the state's open-records law' [...]
Ride 'really, really rough' Superferry sails, but voyage not smooth; many suffer sickness MAUI NEWS Tuesday, April 8, 2008 [www.mauinews.com] CLAUDINE SAN NICOLAS, Staff Writer claudine@mauinews.com KAHULUI — After a two-month layoff for repairs, the Hawaii Superferry returned to Kahului Harbor on Monday with a [...]
By Christie Wilson, Advertiser Neighbor Island Editor
Hawaii Superferry will return to service Monday, soothing some concerns about interisland travel options in the wake of this week's shutdown of Aloha Airlines passenger flights.
LIHU'E - About 120 Kaua'i residents met with state Department of Transportation officials yesterday and most opposed the return of the Hawaii Superferry to the Garden Isle.
The Superferry began service between O'ahu and [...]
Hawaii Superferry — now running (weather permitting) between Oahu and Maui, thanks to a gubernatorial and legislative override of a State Supreme Court ruling — [...]
Oahu Superferry EIS Meeting: Kauai can do better than that. image above:om Mitrano of Belt Collins, the state's consultant for an EIS , gave instructions to people at a meeting at Farrington [...]
Informational public meetings on the Superferry's Environmental Impact Statement conducted by the Hawai`i state Department of Transportation for the Hawai`i Superferry are under way.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Judy Dalton <dalton@aloha.net> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:09:56 -1000 Subject: URGENT! BILL TO WEAKEN EIS LAW! PLEASE ACT NOW! To: Judy Dalton <dalton@aloha.net> URGENT & EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! Sorry , but just got notice of this Hawaii State Legislative hearing to be held at 10am this (Thursday) morning. PLEASE send a quick [...]
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Tyler <mysticseaswimmer@gmail.com> Date: Feb 6, 2008 9:15 PM Subject: Save Kahului Harbor : George Peabody's Video of Superferry's Wild Ride To: mysticseaswimmer@gmail.com
John Tyler has sent you a link to a blog:
Blog: Save Kahului Harbor Post: George Peabody's Video of Superferry's Wild [...]
More lies from Superferry...blame it on the weather, rather than broken rudder...
When does Superferry actually tell the truth????
Superferry Repairs Keep Ship In Harbor Coast Guard Says Vessel Must Undergo Sea TrialsPOSTED: 9:57 am HST February 1, 2008UPDATED: 11:08 am HST February 1, 2008[...]
In casse you missed Derrick DePledges blog yesterday... http://blogs.honoluluadvertiser.com/capitolnotebook2008.php/2008/01/29/superferry_in_context#comments spacer
Capitol Notebook A behind-the-scenes look at state government and politics from Capitol Bureau reporters Derrick DePledge and Treena Shapiro. Share insider tips or ideas with the bureau at 525-8070 or via e-mail. Reach Derrick at ddepledge@honoluluadvertiser.com and Treena [...]
Koko was literally hopping when we set out this morning, because the chickens were up and about, and that urge to chase and kill always gets her excited. I wasn't hopping, or experiencing any bloodlust, but I was excited, too, [...]
Honolulu Star-Bulletin source: [starbulletin.com] Friday, January 4, 2008 12:58 PM HST Superferry adding second daily Maui trip Kauai service is still in limbo Star-Bulletin Staff citydesk@starbulletin.com The Hawaii Superferry will begin a second daily Oahu-Maui service starting Jan. 16, company officials announced today.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS HUMPBACK WHALE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY This humpback whale calf was struck by a ship on March 9, 2006, between Maui's Maalaea Harbor and Molokini. A photograph showed the ship's propeller sliced the whale multiple times.
Ferry speed called key to collisions with whales [...]
Hoover, FBI Planned Mass Jailing in 1950 By TIM WEINER, The New York Times Posted: 2007-12-22 22:02:54 (Dec. 22) - A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans [...]
Thursday December 20, 07:26 PM Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from USThursday December 20, 07:26 PM Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US Photo : AFP
Maui Tomorrow 'guiding light' Ron Sturtz dies By BRIAN PERRY, Assistant City Editor
WAILUKU – Ron Sturtz represented Maui Tomorrow through much of its weekslong legal battle in 2nd Circuit Court earlier this year to block the Hawaii Superferry from operating without [...]