| For some Hawaii residents, tourists make lousy neighbors
HONOLULU Hawaii's verdant volcanic peaks and crystalline waters have made tourism the state's biggest industry. But not all Hawaii residents are thrilled by the millions who flock to their shores. They complain that some visitors are renting homes and rooms in their residential neighborhoods. These tourists create noise, drive up home and rental prices and destroy the sense of community, residents say. "When you live in a place like Hawaii that is a resort 24-7, you need areas where people can feel at home," said Katherine Bryant-Hunter, chairwoman of a neighborhood board on the island of Oahu. "Our neighbors change everyday. They don't coach volleyball. They don't go to church with us. They are not part of the community fabric." Their concerns have led to a flurry of new proposals by lawmakers on Oahu, Maui and Kauai.
Swan blames inflation rise on previous govt
Analyst Chris Richardson from Access Economics expects interest rates to rise next month as a result of today's inflation figures. He says there is a lot of momentum behind inflation in Australia with the strong economy creating price pressures. "This was an ugly inflation result. It will be one that makes the Reserve Bank nervous and chances are rates will rise when the Reserve meets early next month," he said. Tags: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, government-and-politics, the-budget, federal-government, australia .
A daughter remembers the Dodgers’ of f icial photographer
Major League Baseball blogger Derek Savage recently wrote: “They were the only team in MLB history to be named for a neighborhood rather than a city or state. It was all about community. The Dodgers were family; a metaphor for life in America. In the 1950s, the Brooklyn Dodgers were America." There is a photograph of me at age 10 taking pictures of Jackie Robinson in the dugout with my Brownie. I had first met Jackie and his family in 1948 in Dodgertown. Little did I know at the time the significance of Jackie's presence on the bench. It was my early introduction to race relations. And there are pictures of me with Vic Lombardi, Carl “Oisk" Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges and other idols of the day. Dad loved to take the more personal, candid, quirky shots of the Dodgers' lives off the field, so there are lots of pictures of the players in funny poses which bring back those simpler times.
Grocer stew thickens
Aldi enters a Florida food market fighting to stabilize as Wal-Mart continues to challenge the traditional four big players and feisty natural/gourmet food retailers try to pick off more high-end shoppers. Aldi most directly challenges Save-A-Lot, another limited-service, no-frills grocer owned by SuperValu Retail Inc., the nation's fifth-largest food retailer, that attracts less than 3 percent of bay area food dollars. Expect only the basics at Aldi. There's no live lobster tank, or fresh seafood for that matter. There are packaged deli products, baked goods and meats, but no butcher or slicer for custom orders. The produce lineup is an old-school 50 items, so don't ask where they hid the star fruit. While the 1,300 products (equal to the food selection at Costco) are one brand and usually come in one size, Aldi avoids the bulk volume sizes.
The Katrina of All Fences
I don't want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas." Has Rove accidentally ripped the mask off the vicious social inegalitarianism of Bush's immigration plan, as Mark Krikorian argues, or does a more benign interpretation of his comments save him? It's not like he hasn't said this sort of thing before, apparently. Indeed, his June, 2006 version makes the probable context of last week's remark quite clear--and Rove's not simply "saying that every parent wants their child to have a high-skilled, high-wage job," as the White House's damage control suggests. Here's the 2006 pitch: "Now frankly," Rove said during a riff on the temporary worker part of President Bush's immigration reform plan, "I don't want my kid digging ditches. I don't want my kid slinging tar.
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