And then Honolulu and Mombassa becoming “sister cities” a couple of years ago - read it on a recent thread. And Honolulu (according to the poster - wish I could remember who - was it El Gato?) sent over people to help Mombassa get their record keeping organized.
Hmm mmm, yup.
Nope, don't think so.
“Honolulu-Mombasa Sister City is an organization that twinned the cities of Mombasa in Kenya and Honolulu in Hawaii. Sister Cities agree to bring their communities closer, by exchanging their students, experts,citizens, in areas of culture, economics, politics and all other relevant disciplines... Year established: 2000... Honolulu-Mobasa Sister City idea statrted with Mrs. Marsha Joyner, a State of Hawaii Electoral College Member, Political Actvist, and a Community leader in 1998.”
http://www.commongrantapplication.com/grantseekers/3980/Honolulu-Mombasa-Sister-City.html
“Longtime civil rights activist Marsha Joyner tearfully apologized yesterday for stealing $14,700 from her condominium association... Joyner, [ex]president of the Martin Luther King Coalition-Hawaii and one of four presidential electors chosen by the state Democratic Party in 1996, admitted yesterday she took money that belonged to the association 22 times”
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/03/12/news/story8.html
“I am the oldest of the seventh generation, has owned Afro-American Newspapers... There has never been a time in my life when I have not been a part of a “cause”. The newspaper was always championing the cause of “Civil Rights”. Which has afforded me the opportunity to know most of the great Black, leaders and martyrs of our time.”
Bingo, connecting dots to Hawaiian newspapers and the BC announcement. There’s much more on her but this was just a quick couple minute search that is screaming further investigation.
http://www.crmvet.org/vet/joynerm.htm
Blacks make up only 3% of the population in Hawaii, yet look at all the coincidences.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/15000.html