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The water dripping from the ceiling onto computer equipment left Thielen fuming.
"Taxpayers paid $69 million to renovate this building," she said. "Given this sum of money and the four years it took to do the work, there's simply no excuse for these kinds of defects. Leaking ceilings can cause thousands of dollars worth of damage, and taxpayers should not have to foot that bill," Thielen added.
But yesterday's ceremony near the Kamehameha statue downtown was solemn, the announcement postponed pending a judge's ruling on two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the vote.
"I'm absolutely upset," said Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee Kina'u Boyd Kamali'i. "The judge has a right to do what he has to do. But having the ballots counted, it's very hard for me to take. If it was me, and I had known what the ballot count is, I would have announced it anyway.
But too many boats tend to disturb the dolphins, according to preliminary research by the nonprofit Pacific Whale Foundation.
Researchers, who are conducting a five-year study, say they don't yet know if the growing number of boats is significantly affecting spinner dolphins. But they have noticed that the curious and friendly dolphins tend to leave as more than two boats approach and scatter when a boat plows directly into a group.
She was taken to Queen's Hospital with internal head injuries and leg fractures, traffic investigators said.
The woman was a front-seat passenger in a Kailua-bound car when it collided with another car turning left onto the Pali from Dowsett Avenue.
Her driver, a 68-year-old Honolulu woman, was treated for minor injuries and released.
Both women appeared to have been wearing seatbelts, police said.
The driver of the other car, a 17-year-old Kaneohe man, was not injured, police said.
Police said speed and alcohol do not appear to have been factors in the crash.
Tae Hyun Kim, 37, faced two counts of second-degree assault at his arraignment in District Court today.
His bail is $40,000.
Kapiolani Hospital called police Saturday when the father brought the boy in for treatment.
The father told investigators the boy had been crying Friday because they were about to return to Korea, police said.
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