Hawaii Gay civil unions bill stalled after 8,000 protest (rebellion in Obamaland)

Hawai`i Free Press ^ | 3-6-09 | various

[AndrewWalden]

Hooser pushes for floor vote: Hawaii civil unions bill stalled amid procedural concerns

Crisis? What Crisis: Hotel Occupancy back up to 75%

FBI probed judge in Pali trial (Mayor-to-be-Governor, why not a judge, too?)

Revised projections expected to shuffle budget (Dems fight for tax increase)

UH student arrested at campus demonstration (entire semester listening to Marxists, but not a minute listening to preachers)

Train Robbery: Senate panel approves raiding transit fund

Pork Cutlet: Stimulus will bring $43.8M to Hawaii for transit work

Hawaii County Housing dept. moving forward (unless sued)

Secret plaintiffs appeal Kamehameha lawsuit

[AndrewWalden]

Today's headlines from Obamaland....

See related stories: www.HawaiiFreePress.com 1400 testify in Gay Civil Unions hearing, 2-25-09 Gay Civil Union supporters outnumbered 100-1, 2-24-09 Mass rally against gay civil unions 2-23-09

[AndrewWalden]

Here are the related stories about the Demonstration and testimony aghainst gay civil unions:

http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesDailyNews/tabid/65/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/461/February-25-2009.aspx

http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesDailyNews/tabid/65/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/457/February-24-2009.aspx

http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesDailyNews/tabid/65/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/456/February-23-2009.aspx

[jagusafr]

Glad to hear it. Got a nephew who lives with his homosexual US Navy officer boyfriend (whose identity I don’t know, or he wouldn’t still be a naval officer) in Honolulu and I was concerned they might actually be able to make it “legal”.

Colonel, USAFR

[reformedliberal]

I have always been told that 85% occupancy is break-even in the resort business. Plus, a lot of these tourists are there on discount deals and the Asians and Aussies are likely getting volume discounts from their tour operators. Who knows what deals have been cut for the timeshares.

So they are “back up” to 10% below break even if the bookings were full price. Add in the discounts and let’s say they are back from losing their shirts to maintaining an anemic, negative cash flow, at best.