By Ken Sakamoto, Star-Bulletin
More of these signs will be appearing.
Excuse me?
Actually, these little signs are all over the place, explained City Transportation Services Director Cheryl Soon. They're there because of lawyers. Actually, a lot of stuff is done on public property because of lawyers. It's called liability. (What politicians have is lie-ability; not quite the same.)
The deal is, highways in Hawaii tend to roll right through various jurisdictions, because the boundaries aren't all that clear on an island. Kamehameha or Farrington highways, for example, can tool along in the countryside being federal or state highways, but as soon as they go past a commercial site, such as a shopping center, uh-oh, they're City highways.
So the signs go up to mark the boundaries. It's easier than painting a dotted line across the asphalt. If there's an accident, one of the first things police do is note whether it's on a state or city jurisdiction roadway.
At Kinau and Keeaumoku, there's an overpass next to Cartwright Field that is controlled by the state because it goes above H-1. As you roll off the overpass, you're back in City borders.
Nelson Tamayori spotted Aloha Dry Cleaners at Ginowan City on Okinawa while on family vacation in 1998. Hopefully, they work with lots of aloha! Good, clean fun
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"Biography," 6 p.m., A&E. "Heinz: The Ketchup Kings" is the story of the Heinz family's three generations that helped build an international business giant with their famous ketchup. On air today
"Eco-Challenge," 6 and 9 p.m., Discovery. The competitors lay a course through the Atlas Mountains, rappelling down cliffs, then mounting stallions to ride through lush valleys to the oasis camp.
"Investigative Reports," 7 p.m., A&E. Ben Ferencz prosecutes 22 members of the dreaded Einsatzgruppen, the mobile Nazi killing units responsible for the murders of Jews during World War II.
"Love Letters," 8 p.m., KITV/ ABC. Laura Linney and Steven Weber star in a TV movie about a lifelong bittersweet relationship. Based on A.R. Gurney's own adaptation of his play.
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