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  • A y Porcelain collectors out there? Need help to ID these!

    12/09/2007 4:02:35 PM PST · by eastforker · 48 replies · 104+ views
    my ebay ^ | 12/09/07 | eastforker
    OK folks, need some help. I have scoured the net and have yet to find documentation on what these are or a history on their worth.Anybody???
  • Rodrigues guilty of union fraud

    11/20/2002 10:04:53 AM PST · by Vidalia · 3 replies · 213+ views
    Honolulu Advertiser | Wednesday, November 20, 2002 | David Waite and Walter Wright
    United Public Workers leader Gary Rodrigues, one of Hawai'i's most powerful and influential labor leaders, was found guilty in federal court yesterday of 101 criminal charges that described how he enriched himself by taking kickbacks and steering phony union consulting contracts to his daughter. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated a little less than 12 hours beginning Monday afternoon before finding Rodrigues and his daughter, Robin Rodrigues Sabatini, guilty of all charges. The two were allowed to remain free, but they must return to court today to listen to arguments about how much, if anything, they must...
  • Rodrigues' daughter prospered

    10/10/2002 8:40:15 PM PDT · by Vidalia · 2 replies · 240+ views
    Honolulu Advertiser ^ | Thursday, October 10, 2002 | David Waite
    <p>Three years after receiving her degree from Kaua'i Community College, the daughter of United Public Workers union leader Gary Rodrigues was running her own consulting business for an annual income of more than $142,000, a federal court was told yesterday.</p>
  • Fraud case against union leader outlined

    10/03/2002 6:40:34 PM PDT · by Vidalia · 2 replies · 200+ views
    Honolulu Advertiser ^ | Thursday, October 3, 2002 | David Waite
    <p>United Public Workers union leader Gary Rodrigues systematically overcharged union members for health and dental insurance so he could steer lucrative consulting contracts to his daughter and share in the money, an assistant U. S. attorney told a federal court jury yesterday.</p>