KauaiEclectic

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After nearly 10 years of writing Kauai Eclectic, it's time for a change. I'm in a very different place — literally and figuratively — than I was when I started this blog. My muse was crying out for a new venue, and here it is:
Please visit my new site, where I will be writing about science, agriculture, GMOs, tourism, philosophy, politics and whatever strikes my fancy....

Grafitti was discovered on rocks atop Mauna Kea late last month, prompting the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to launch a criminal investigation.
Rocks were found with spray-painted messages in both the Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve and “various areas” property managed by the UH Office of Mauna Kea Management. One message was “stop bombing,” apparently in reference to the live-fire exercises...

Earlier this week I wrote about Hawaii Community Foundation, and how undisclosed donors can funnel money through such entities to gain tax breaks and discretely influence policy.
As a friend noted:
What's going on at HCF is reflective of a massive national trend. A lot of new wealth philanthropists are dumping money into community foundations. It saves them the bother -- and accountability -- of starting up their own foundations and the more activist...