New Food Safety Rules; Balancing Multiple Education Reforms; The Last Samurai, Toshiro Mifune
Proposed Changes to the Food Safety Code: Peter Oshiro
We’ve all come to recognize the stoplight placards on the windows of restaurants in the state….and recent issues with food safety has been one of the ongoing stories of this year Today on Kauai, the state Department of Health will hold its last public hearing about changes to food safety codes. Peter Oshiro is the Environmental Health Program Manager for the Sanitation/Food and Drug Branch of the Department of Health.
Intro Music: Kaulana 'o Waimanalo by Guava Jam
Outro Music: Change by Blind Melon
Gay Men’s Chorus: Butch Merideth
Are you having far too much fun this holiday season? It’s a risk the Gay Men's Chorus of Honolulu is willing to take; its new show is “Way Too Merry,” a Winter Concert. It’s coming up this weekend, and its Executive Producer, Butch Merideth, is with us this morning.
Intro Music: Call Off Your Dogs by Lake Street Drive
Outro Music: Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen
Civil Beat Reality Check: Resistance to Smoking Ban
A question for this morning: should union members be able to disobey a smoking ban? One union says that administrators started following the law without consulting its members and that violated collective bargaining agreements. Civil Beat’s Chad Blair has the reality check.
Outro Music: I Feel Alright by The Cherry Dolls
Governor’s ESSA Team Update: Darrel Galera
Many educators were very happy to see the federal directive, No Child Left Behind get left behind last year when President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act. The ESSA gives more control over school systems to the states. Since last summer, Governor Ige’s ESSA team has held statewide meetings to gather public input. What emerged is a blueprint for a long-term plan for Hawaii’s schools. and it was presented this week to the states Board of Education. Darrell Galera led the Governor’s team and now also sits on the BOE.
Intro Music: Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen
Outro Music: Can't Let Go, Juno by Kishi Bashi
Mifune: The Last Samurai: Steven Okazaki
Toshiro Mifune is one of the great heroic actors in cinema, able to transform himself into a warrior, a king, a crazy loner or a compassionate doctor without ever descending into caricature. If his characters have a unifying trait, it’s their complexity. There’s always something going on behind the eyes and the viewer can’t take his eyes off him. Steve Okazaki is the director of Mifune: The Last Samurai, a documentary that will be screened tonight in Honolulu, and he’s on the line with us now.
Intro Music: Melatonin by A Tribe Called Quest
Outro Music: Eastern Wind