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Author Archives: George Stott
April 2012 E-Mail Update
This is my 4/11/12 E-Mail Update. I send an Update out each month after the statistics for the preceding month have been posted on the Honolulu Board of Realtor’s website and for newsletter mailing months like April, after our quarterly newsletter has been posted on our website at http://stott.com/oahu-information/quarterly-newsletters/ where if can be down loaded. [...]
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March 2012 E-Mail Update
This is my 3/7/12 E-Mail Update. I send an Update out each month after the statistics for the preceding month have been posted on the Honolulu Board of Realtor’s website. If you want to be taken off the distribution list for our monthly E-Mail Update, hit reply and send me an e-mail stating that. Please [...]
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February 2012 E-Mail Update
This is my 2/7/12 E-Mail Update. I send an Update out each month after the statistics for the preceding month have been posted on the Honolulu Board of Realtor’s website. The statistical data for the first month of the calendar year is not too meaningful, as the year-to-date (YTD) is based upon the calendar year [...]
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January – March 2012 Mixed Plate of Talk Story
Two 40-45 foot humpback whales spent nearly eight hours frolicking in Honolulu Harbor on January 5th to the delight of tourists who were able to get very close to the endangered, federally protected mammals that winter in Hawaii waters. The whales shadowed a commercial fishing boat for several days while the crew fished for ahi [...]
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October – December 2011 Mixed Plate of Talk Story
Known affectionately as the “beloved mother of the outcasts,” Blessed Marianne Cope, who ministered to Hansen’s disease patients in Kalaupapa, is one step away from being canonized as a saint, Hawaii’s second after St. Damien who was canonized in 2009. Soon, little Kalaupapa on Molokai will have been the home for two saints, as the [...]
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July – September 2011 Mixed Plate of Talk Story
More than 100,000 military members and their dependents call Hawaii home. An ongoing issue has been whether they should be included in state election maps. Kansas and Hawaii have been the only recent states to continue to exclude the military in reapportionment plans. Defenders of this practice argue that very few military members and their [...]
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April – June 2011 Mixed Plate of Talk Story
The June 20th Wall Street Journal had a lengthy article on analyzing a housing market. It was interesting but not too applicable to an island in the middle of the Pacific. According to the article, there is a new punch line to the three most important things to consider when buying a home. Location, location [...]
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January – March 2011 Mixed Plate of Talk Story
Governor Neil Abercrombie signed a bill in February making it legal for same-sex and heterosexual couples to enter a civil union. The legislation that goes into effect January 1st opens up business and tourism opportunities for the state and affords members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities the right to mark their unions [...]
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October – December 2010 Mixed Plate of Talk Story
In addition to the quarterly newsletter, I send out a monthly E-Mail Update that consists of more timely articles than what is in the quarterly newsletter. To be put on the distribution list, send me an e-mail at team@stott.com Please include your first and last name so it is easier for us to find you [...]
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May 2012 E-Mail Update