
The Right Price reflects Larry Price’s views on political issues facing the state of Hawaii, and the nation. Larry Price is the co-host of the morning drive Perry and Price Show on KSSK, and a professor in residence of the MBA Program at Chaminade University of Honolulu.
Below are the last 5 columns written by Larry Price
It wasn’t long ago that President Obama reduced 2010 federal pay increases to 2 percent. Federal workers were expecting a 2.4 percent raise, but Obama’s reasoning was that the national unemployment rate and the size of the federal payroll demanded his actions.
Read Column>>Trying to keep up with the negotiations of our public unions is a full-time job. The reason is no one in the system is truly accountable to anyone else. Or at least that’s how it seems.
Read Column>>MidWeek columnist Yu Shing Ting wrote an insightful story (MidWeek, 8/31/05) about one of the most stressful factors facing incoming students on a university campus. She writes, “College life is often seen as a time of freedom, independence and, of course, no parents!”
Read Column>>Few labor negotiations have been subjected to so much political and mass media scrutiny with so little impact, but union members have stayed united and the system appears to work, even though it’s evident that Hawaii’s collective-bargaining laws need to be revitalized.
Read Column>>It’s a little amazing that, with all the money and media attention being showered on dysfunctional communities and urban decay, someone in Hawaii’s government doesn’t step up and point out the importance of public parks during these tough economic times and their ability to be major contributors to the physical and aesthetic quality of our urban communities.
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