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Marshall recovers from
tumor surgery at homeCity Councilwoman Barbara Marshall expects to return to the office this week after undergoing surgery two weeks ago to remove a cancerous tumor.
Four days after she was elected in 2002, Marshall was diagnosed with endometrial cancer, but it was successfully removed, she said.
Some of Marshall's colleagues waved "hi" to her this past week during televised Council committee meetings as she apparently watched some of the meetings at home while recovering.
As a result of her surgery, Marshall is canceling one of her monthly "3 TALK" community forums that had been scheduled for 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Waimanalo Public Library.
The Waimanalo forum will likely be rescheduled sometime in August, but no date has been set.
The next 3 TALK forums are scheduled for 7 p.m. June 16 at the Kaneohe Community & Senior Center and at the same time on July 7 at St. John Lutheran Church in Kailua.
Bainum cuts the ribbon
Mayoral candidate Duke Bainum's campaign officially begins today with the blessing of his campaign headquarters near Ala Moana Center."Although we've been campaigning for several months, this is the official kickoff of our campaign," Bainum said.
Bainum's campaign headquarters is at 1501 Kapiolani Blvd., between Keeaumoku and Kaheka streets.
Lingle goes live on Web
It's live with the governor ...Gov. Linda Lingle is now broadcasting her news conferences live on the Internet.
"We're going to try to use them for the news conferences to get the neighbor island media more access," said spokesman Russell Pang.
The first news conference to go live was on April 13 without fanfare as a test run, but last week, the governor broadcast all her news conferences live on the World Wide Web.
Live news conferences as well as an archive of past news conferences can be seen on the governor's Web site, www.hawaii.gov/gov.
Baptiste blasts HGEA pact
LIHUE » Last month, Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste spoke out against the arbitrated contract for Hawaii Government Employees Association members.Sounding not unlike Gov. Linda Lingle, a fellow Republican, Baptiste said he could not endorse an agreement that was dictated by an arbitrator rather than government officials.
Baptiste stopped short of urging the County Council to reject a bill authorizing the 8 percent pay raise, but he asked Council members to consider it carefully.
Though he spoke out against the pay raise, Baptiste's budget for the coming fiscal year, sent to the Council a month earlier, included money for the HGEA pay hikes. The union represents 31 percent of Kauai County employees.
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