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Entries for May 2017
| Wednesday, May 31, 2017 |
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May 31, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:26 AM :: 2808 Views
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- Help Stop This OHA Cover-up
- UHPA Contract: Four Salary Hikes and a Reopener for UH Faculty
- Trump Education Budget Cuts Native Hawaiian Education, Boosts Charter Schools
- Honolulu Construction Employment Down 1%–Maui up 8%
- Foreign-built floating dry dock arrives for Jones Act work in Hawaii
- Good News: Legislators No Closer to Agreement on Tax Hikes for Rail
- COR: No Idea What Legislature Will Do – Ask Us Again in 3 Months
- Maui Council Passes Millions in Fee Hikes
- Hawaii Co Council hearing Wednesday on doubling of gas tax
- DoE Began Hiding School Failures Last October
- Kaiser: $35M Saved After Repeal of Obamacare Fees
- Political Corruption Becomes Excuse for State to Steal Home Equity from Working Class
- Insiders Milk HCDA’s Bogus ‘Affordable’ Housing
- Final arguments filed in TMT case
- 17 Oahu schools have lacked working fire alarm systems for Years
- Maui Officials: Eliminate Wharfage Fees so County Fair can go on
- SA1240: Just Say No to Anti-Aquarium Hype
- Homeless Take over Iolani Palace, Smash Windows
- Secret Dope Dealership: Kauai Councilman Violated The Public’s Trust
- Marijuana for Four-Year-Olds
- Hawaii Will Soon Have 32,000 Medicated Potheads
- SB505: Limit Opioid Prescriptions
- The Atlantic: Mapunapuna Street Puddle is Proof of Global Warming!
- Thanks to NAFTA, you can say aloha to Hawaiian sugar
- North Korean Missile Could 'Shut Down Hawaii For Decades'
- Ostrov’s goal for the GOP
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| Tuesday, May 30, 2017 |
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May 30, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:24 AM :: 4920 Views
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- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 30, 2017
- DTL: Sen Donovan Dela Cruz on Payroll of OHA’s Kakaako Developer
- HSTA: Principals Can Hide Their Failures, Why Can’t We?
- Parking rates might be raised to fund rail
- ‘Homeless court’ gets 4 of 21 into housing
- After 26 Years, State-Owned Affordable Units to be Sold
- King Tides: Global Warmers Receive “100s” of Propaganda Photos
- COFA Funds to be Reduced?
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| Monday, May 29, 2017 |
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May 29, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:21 AM :: 4071 Views
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- Memorial Day: Our Resolve is the Highest Tribute to the Fallen
- Political Connections Pay Off: Former OHA Officer on the Inside Developing Kakaako
- Telescope: “Canary Islands are an Excellent Site”
- Tuna Monuments: Hanabusa, Democrats Take Stand Against Fishermen
- Kealoha Chaos: HPD traffic citations Dropped Sharply in 2016, Back up in 1Q 2017
- Man arrested for vandalizing Iolani Palace and capitol building
- Memorial Day Events
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| Sunday, May 28, 2017 |
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May 28, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:18 AM :: 2420 Views
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| Saturday, May 27, 2017 |
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May 27, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:16 AM :: 5226 Views
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- Maui Hospital: The Little Engine That Could
- US-built fish-boat needs congressional Jones Act waiver
- Education leaders formalize Maunakea Scholars program
- Waimea Valley: OHA’s $20M Secret
- BoE: We Knew All About Kishimoto, And Picked Her Anyway
- Arakawa to Run for LG to Save Rail from Ige
- Arkawa Would Have Easier Chance to Win Republican Nomination, Will Run as Democrat
- Rail Has Blood on its Hands, but the Right hand Doesn’t Know what the Left is Doing
- In Effort to Force New Stadium Deal, Aloha Stadium’s preventive maintenance costs are made to appear to climb
- Hu Honua: Biomess Energy Will Cause $813.60 HELCO Rate Hike
- DoH: Weed Sales May not be Profitable Enough to Sustain our Bloated Bureaucracy
- DLNR Raids Kalalau Homeless Camp: Marijuana, Crossbow, and a Pizza Oven Confiscated
- Jacobins: ‘Tulsi Gabbard Is Not Your Friend’
- Global Warmers Disappointed: King Tides ‘Not Dramatic’
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| Friday, May 26, 2017 |
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May 26, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 AM :: 2062 Views
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- Akina Praises Trustees Unanimous Support for OHA Audit
- Fake news is nothing new: 6 pseudo-news websites have colored GMO debate for years
- HB209: Tax credit to help poor really helps politicians
- Hawaii Visitor Spending Rose 9 Percent in April 2017
- Report: Hawaii Shows Little Growth in Preschool Funding
- Intermarriage: Honolulu is #1 in USA
- Death Tax? Yes Hawaii Has One
- Hiding Failure: DOE to stop ranking schools
- Rocky Nervousness : Kishimoto Rejected, Downgraded
- Revenge Porn: DoE Teacher Sells Photos of Sex Encounter at Hilo School
- Kouchi: Tax Sister Isles to pay for Oahu Rail
- Hawaii County: We Could of Eliminated Vacant Positions, But We Are Raising Property Taxes Instead
- New GOP Hawaii head Ostrov sees strength in core beliefs, diversity
- Hawaii Anti-GMO Organic Farms Based on Slave Labor?
- SquatThePlanet: Website Directs Mainland and Foreign Homeless to Maui
- TMT is slipping away, and we should all be sorry
- Coco Palms Shakedown: Affordable Houses are $500K Hint, Hint
- Simple Solution to Traffic—Add a Lane!
- TOD: Council Makes a Hash out of Affordable Housing Rules
- One News Story, a Few Protesters and Hawaii Begins Importing Sand from Canada
- Aloha Stadium reviews security procedures
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| Thursday, May 25, 2017 |
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May 25, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:11 AM :: 2802 Views
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- The case for short-term rentals
- KOS: Is the Hawaii GOP dead?
- UH Manoa Prof Freaks Out After DOI Lightly Edits New Release On Climate Change
- Hawaii Preparing New Nuclear Contingency Plan Because of North Korea
- HB209 Tax Cuts for the Poor—Republicans Had a Better Plan
- Foster Parents: Sylvia Luke’s Million-Dollar Ripoff
- Claims: Sen Keith-Agaran’s Million-Dollar Ripoff
- ‘Not In Good Standing’—But Hawaii Hi Tech Schemer Scores Million of Your Tax Dollars
- UH Regents Will Soon be Expected to Approve More Fat Juicy Salaries
- Is Hu Honua Gaming the Public Utilities Commission?
- Solar and Wind Project Kill Birds, Spill Oil
- Homeless Drug Addicts on Na Pali Coast: Decades of Entitlement Mentality
- Travel Ban Case Heading for Supreme Court
- Ex-police officer to stand trial
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| Wednesday, May 24, 2017 |
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May 24, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:06 AM :: 2234 Views
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- OHA Trustees Approve Independent Audit
- Honolulu Rail Counting the Cost
- Whistleblowers: Sunrun Faked Hawaii Sales Data to Boost IPO
- Trying to Save Money? Honolulu Among Worst Places to do it
- NFIB: Hanalei River Ruling a Victory for Small Business
- Proposed revisions to Central Oahu Plan available for review
- Robotics Showcased by Yap Island Students
- 4th Best Access: Hawaii Medicated Marijuana is Grade B
- $210M Money Grab: DoE Imposes $9,584 per Unit Tax on Affordable Housing
- Bob McDermott: Pass The GET Surcharge And Finish Rail
- Yet Another ‘Affordable Housing’ Plan for Honolulu?
- DPP Holds Back on Battery Approvals Due to Safety Concerns
- DLNR cover-up of helicopter misuse
- How do Bureaucrats Fail? Let Me Count the Ways
- Kauai Councilman Fails To Disclose His Medical Marijuana Venture
- Medicated Marijuana to Be Tested for Heavy Metals, Pesticides
- Drug Addicts Refusing Shelter form New homeless camp on sidewalk along Nimitz Highway
- 100 Mainland Drug Addicts Forced out of Maui Park—3 Accept Shelter
- Waikiki: 340 Homeless Sent Back to Mainland
- Insane: Hawaii County to Build Homeless Tent City Because of Homeless Tent City Problem
- Ten Years Later-- Kauai to get Juvenile Drug treatment Center
- Ex-HPD Officer Gets 60 Days for Drugs
- With More Muslims Practicing Their Religion, Honolulu police urge vigilance for upcoming events
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| Tuesday, May 23, 2017 |
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May 23, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:59 AM :: 2741 Views
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- Sex, Lies, and Repetitious Badgering: Meet Hawaii’s New Superintendent of Schools
- UH Manoa Professor Lists Pregnancy, ‘Racism,’ ‘Misogyny’ As Professional Experience On ‘Liberated’ Resume
- DBEDT: Hawaii Consumers Highest Mortgage Debt in USA
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 22, 2017
- DoI Announces Budget for Territories, Micronesia
- Pasha Hawaii Selects foreign-owned yard to build Jones Act containerships
- Gabbard Bipartisan Bill: End Warrantless Collection of Americans’ Emails
- 2018 Senate Race: Gabbard Raises Mainland Money
- Maui County tax increases are just feeding government growth
- HIDOT Socks airport tenants with double-digit rent increases
- Counties: ‘We Got Screwed’ By The Legislature On Lifeguard Protection
- Caldwell’s Zoo Lacks Leadership
- Shimabukuro Uses Procedural Delays to Keep Waimanalo Gulch Open While Pretending to Fight It
- Civil Beat, Lawyers and Anti-GMO Activists Coordinate Attack on Pioneer
- Global Warmers Become Hysterical over Missing Prayer to Eco-Goddess
- New legislation allows University of Hawaii to cash in on intellectual property
- Avoiding a Second Pearl Harbor: Why America Must Boost Hawaii’s Defenses
- Hawaii DOE Homosexual Rape Gang Tops Litigation Awards
- Big Island Homeless Stay Drunk, Throw Trash Around
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| Monday, May 22, 2017 |
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May 22, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:42 AM :: 2427 Views
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- State Scores ‘F’ -- Balance Sheets Hide Retirement Debt
- Skin in the Game? 5% Raise for Caldwell, 48 Other City Officials
- SB410: Keith-Agaran Behind Bill Giving All Power to Unions
- Fukumoto: Democrats are ‘Silly’
- Teacher burnout and low test scores
- Elected Morons Talking up Homeless Tent Cities (again)
- OHA Finds Excuse not to Post Telescope Transcripts – Delaying Tactic Restored
- Papahanaumokuakea: Fishermen Push Back
- Elon Musk Needs Hawaii Electricity to Stay Expensive
- Trial Lawyer Teams up with Anti-Pesticide Hypesters to Attack Pioneer
- Bizarre News: Scientist Explains Real Reason for Sea Level Rise
- Elections panel to mull 2014 complaint, case returns from Hawaii Supreme Court
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| Sunday, May 21, 2017 |
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May 21, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 3379 Views
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- GEMS: A Raid by Any Other Name…
- OHA to Vote on Audit Wednesday
- DOE: New Superintendent Picked for her Opposition to Charter Schools
- Shapiro: Millennial Legislators Feel ‘Entitled’
- Lone legislator snuffs foster care settlement
- Counties Won’t Legalize TVRs—So Legislature Refuses to Protect County Beach Lifeguards
- Caldwell’s Honolulu Zoo promises go unfulfilled
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| Saturday, May 20, 2017 |
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May 20, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 3010 Views
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- Board of Education selects next Superintendent—No word on Golden Parachute
- Matayoshi’s DoE Receives national innovation award
- UHERO County Forecast: Economies Still Growing, But Slowing
- UH Announces Plan to Use Upcoming King Tides for Global Warming Propaganda
- Where Might Kim Jong Un Strike If He Gets His Treasured ICBM?
- OCCC guard attempted to smuggle drugs, cellphone to murder suspects
- Maui Council Approves Budget Larded with Fee Hikes
- Decoupling Hikes Electric Bills Again
- PUC: After Gorak Rejected, Ige Appoints Morita Minion
- BLNR Helps Anti-Telescope Protesters Reestablish Excuse for Further Delays
- The Simple Answer to Judge Paez’s Question about Korematsu
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| Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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May 19, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 3803 Views
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- HB209: Sneaky Legislators Limit Usefulness of Earned Income Tax Credit
- State, Counties Pass Tax Hikes off to Each Other
- Which Places Pay the Most in Property Taxes?
- FCC Takes Step Towards Freeing the Internet
- Lawsuit against Hawaii Churches Hurts the Surrounding Community
- Honolulu Rail Creates Inequality
- Saiki and Smug Millennial Caucus Take over House
- Kaiser ready to take on county hospitals—Dramatic Improvement to be Seen Immediately
- Paying double? Public on the hook twice as HIDOT workers collect incentive some didn’t earn
- If the State Has to pay for Rail, Why Do We Need Counties?
- Hawaii Co Council Passes Massive Property Tax Hike, Pretends to Oppose it
- Phony allegations against Hawaii churches dangerous for all
- Don’t compound GEMS failure
- SB859: Lawyers Find Way to Scuttle Workers Comp Reform
- HPD plagued by startling number of officer vacancies
- Maui: Polystyrene foam takeout container ban is approved
- Practicing His Religion: Muslim Tries to Break into Cockpit on Honolulu-Bound Flight
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| Thursday, May 18, 2017 |
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May 18, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:18 PM :: 3303 Views
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- Controversial New VA Director to Host Kauai Town Hall Meeting
- OHA community meetings to update on Corrupt Kakaʻako Makai planning process
- UH Manoa Prof Demands Colleges ‘Stop Hiring White Men’--Unless They're Trannies
- Two days left to vote in the 2017 Neighborhood Board elections
- ‘US Built’ Matson Ships Return from Chinese Shipyard
- Retaliation: Supreme Court Upholds Hanalei Land Seizure
- HB451: DHHL Answers Questions on Blood Quantum Reduction
- No Skin in the Game: Honolulu Council Refuses Hotel Property Tax Hike
- New Story: HART Now Says it will Run out of Money in January
- Honolulu Police Commission Finds Self-Created Excuse to Eliminate Citizens Selection Panel
- Shakedown: Judge Refuses to Order Greenmailers off Coco Palms Site
- Forbes: Maui 5th Least Affordable, Honolulu 13th
- Caldwell Claims Honolulu is Just Like a Sanctuary City
- Alleged child sex trafficker won't face charges
- Marijuana Applicants Should Stick to One of Four Lies to Maintain Veneer of Medicality
- Iwi Found under Waikiki Hotel Renovation Site
- Police Called After War Activist Harasses Teachers at Charter School
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| Wednesday, May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:10 PM :: 3445 Views
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- Hirono Cancer is 'Stage 4'
- ACLU: Ten Questions for Honolulu’s Next Chief of Police
- OHA’s Secret Contract
- Rail: The Real Trouble is Caldwell Doesn’t Care How Much it Costs
- Caldwell, Council: Make the Handicapped Pay for Rail
- Vampire HART Sues State Blood Bank To Take Land For Rail
- While Hiking Fees, Council Adds Useless ‘Climate Change’ Positions
- Kim Adds Positions While Raising taxes
- Saying ‘That’s Just Hawaii’ Doesn’t Cut It Anymore
- How House Leaders Scuttled Better Pay For Foster Parents
- Filmmakers distort GMO ag in Hawaii
- Biofools: A Look Back at HECO`s Palm Oil Fiasco
- Aquaculture Gains Sustainability Cred
- How to Pretend to be a Tech Entrepreneur and Score Hawaii Tax Credits
- Who’s on furlough? New decision favors public’s right to know
- Gangland Serial Killer to Get out Early, thanks to Judge Michael Town
- City rousts homeless campers from Waipahu cultural center's grounds
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| Tuesday, May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 4816 Views
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- Hirono to Undergo Treatment for Kidney Cancer
- Peter Apo: ‘People can just make up stuff, and pronounce cultural claims with little or no validation’
- Ikaika Anderson Land Use Facepalm
- USNWR: Put the Jones Act Out to Sea
- More Government Isn’t Puerto Rico’s Answer
- Drug Use Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks 38th
- One Party System: Politicians Bicker Amongst Themselves, The Status Quo is King
- SB410: Did Hawaii Lawmakers Just Give Public Worker Unions Too Much Power?
- If Property Taxes Are Raised For Rail, A Real Rebellion May Result
- Hawaii County: Massive Property Tax Hike to Pay for Council Slush Fund
- HMSA: $55.4M Saved Because of President Donald J Trump
- Struggling loan program cannibalizes successful energy initiative
- Project Delays: Why HIDoT is More Incompetent than UH and DoE
- Hawaii Government: Six Years to Butcher One Pig
- Papahanaumokuakea: Devotees of Eco-Religion Flood Comments
- After Al Hee Associate Ousted from KSBE Trustees, 2 of 3 Nominees are Non-Hawaiian
- After Death of Girl, Kauai Residents Organize to Evict Homeless Drug Addicts
- Numbers of homeless questioned
- Hawaii Criminal Dies in Las Vegas
- Hawaii Denies Gun Permits to Medical Marijuana Patients
- Planned Parenthood to Open Honolulu Abortion Superstore, Target Underage Girls
- Hawaii v. Trump: What Would an “Objective Observer” Think of President Trump’s Travel Ban?
- Kim Jong-un could soon have long-range weapons capable of reaching Alaska and Hawaii
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| Monday, May 15, 2017 |
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May 15, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 3098 Views
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- Hawaii Democrats Push for Closed Primary Fails--SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Case
- Star-Adv Flacks for DHS Insiders--Trashes Peter Boy Book
- After Death of Kauai Girl, DLNR Clears Homeless Drug Addicts out of Kalalau
- Jones Act: An out of date anchor on the American Economy
- Travel Ban Case May Hinge on Hawaii Lawyer’s Own Words (LOL!)
- Campaign Cash Flowed To Hawaii Lawmakers As Hot Topics Debated
- Beijing Solar Company Accused of Colluding with HELCO to Rip Off Ratepayers
- Hawaii Most Expensive ‘Typical’ Homes in USA
- Honoring Hawaii's Fallen Officers
- North Korea: New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke
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| Sunday, May 14, 2017 |
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May 14, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 3816 Views
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- Hawaii Republicans Elect Ostrov Chair
- What has the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Done for you Lately?
- TrumpTax: Losing the State Tax Deduction
- Rail Tax: No Special Session, No Blank Check for Liar Caldwell
- Saiki: Need Special Session for Rail Tax Hike
- Three Nominated for KSBE Trustee
- Latest Attempt to Shut Down Hawaii Fishing Industry Fails Miserably
- Bill to ban cesspools statewide awaits governor's signature
- West Hawaii source of almost 70% of property tax revenue
- Oahu Homeless Veterans Jump to 449
- Homeless Can Stay Drunk, but Still Won’t Accept Shelter
- Military adds much to our communities
- UH ventures fail to turn a profit for athletics
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| Saturday, May 13, 2017 |
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May 13, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 AM :: 3990 Views
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- Hawaii taxpayers about to get railroaded?
- Wind Power Is ‘Neither Clean Nor Green’
- Largest US Solar Panel Maker Files for Bankruptcy After Receiving $206 Million in Subsidies
- Hawaii Politicians Steering a Course for Economic Decline like Bankrupt Puerto Rico
- Caldwell appointments Ember Shinn to HART Board of Directors
- Grassroot Institute video goes viral
- McDermott for Governor, 2018
- Dela Cruz Takes Over Ways And Means
- Kauai Council Rejects Property Tax Hike, Cuts Spending Instead
- Maui Council Votes to Jack up Property Taxes
- Star-Adv: Legislators Did not give away Enough Free Stuff to green Energy Scammers
- Ige: A Billion Dollars Later, Act 221 Was a Good Law
- Marijuana is Racist, So Says the Legislature
- Squatters Occupy Coco Palms Until Paid
- Free-meals plan is sign of disparity in the state
- Bill Allows Community Groups to Sponsor Park Improvements
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| Friday, May 12, 2017 |
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May 12, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 3324 Views
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- Cost of Living? $75,698 in Honolulu
- Attorneys General to Feds: Let us Investigate Home Care Fraud
- Trump administration chooses growth over Jones Act protectionism
- 10 Hawaii Towns Ranked for Socioeconomic Diversity
- Hawaii Expats: There's No Place Like Home
- Abortion Safety? Hawaii is 10th Worst Abuser
- Eco-Cash: Dropout Raises $21M to Deploy Miles-Long Booms in Non-Existent ‘Garbage Patch’
- PBS: Insights Grades Hawaii Legislature
- Anti-Telescope Protesters Angered After OHA Wipes Out Delaying Tactic
- When It Comes To Native Hawaiian Affairs, Authoritarianism Is In Vogue
- Sup’t: HSTA Whines About ‘Outsiders’ it Does not Own
- Backup power is latest project plagued by costly delays at Honolulu airport
- State Budget Has Money for Union Contracts, but not Affordable Housing
- Developer of luxury condo threatens boycott over permitting snag
- Caldwell Admin Plans to Make Traffic Even Worse
- Shelter-Refusing Drug Addicts to Be Cleared out of Kalihi
- By June Marijuana Testing for Mold, Heavy Metals, Pesticides
- Interview with Completely Typical and Average Punatic Behind Mauna Kea Vandalism
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| Thursday, May 11, 2017 |
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May 11, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 3131 Views
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- Oahu Homeless Count Up—Sister Isles Down
- Oahu Neighborhood Board Elections: 15,500 votes cast so far
- Will Criminal Activity at OHA Ever Stop?
- The Right to Couch Surf: Home-sharing in Hawaii
- Federal organic fraud in America
- Political Correctness: Conformity or Electrocution on the Waterfront
- Is Hawaii Open Primary Unconstitutional? SCOTUS May Decide
- HART Comes up with New Scare Tactic After Federal Deadline Passes
- Homeless Count Inaccurate?
- Homeless Shelters Report Most Vacancies in 5 Years
- Star-Adv: Marijuana Sales need to maintain Veneer of Medicality
- Last minute amendment blocks council from voting on Honolulu's plastic bag ban
- Hawaii Legislature reduces funding for High Technology Development Corp.'s matching grant program
- ‘Clean’ Energy Tries New Trick: Low Teaser Rates
- Negligent homicide investigations can take months, even years with few going to trial
- Incompetent Caldwell Admin. Blames Military for Abandoned Vehicles
- Kauai hosts GOP state convention
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| Wednesday, May 10, 2017 |
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May 10, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 5594 Views
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- Governing in the Shadows: OHA Scores ‘F’ on Transparency
- UH 2017 legislative recap
- How High Are Cigarette Taxes in Your State?–Hawaii Ranks 5th
- DOBOR Scandal: Did Suzanne Case Authorize Attack on Hawaii County Prosecutor?
- Has the 'swamp' at Veterans Affairs drained out on the Pacific Islands?
- Neighbor island mayors propose property tax hikes
- Bring The Honolulu Rail Project Back To Planet Earth
- Bill 15: Ease Zoning Restrictions for 33% Affordable Housing
- It Looks Like Political Insiders Will Help Pick The Next Honolulu Police Chief
- HB1410: A Possible Solution For Hawaii’s Overcrowded ERs
- Homeless Count to be Released Today
- Activist Behind Kenoi Ethics Complaint Targeted by Smoking Ban
- Typical and Average Punatic Busted for Mauna Kea Desecration
- Plastic bags: Enviros Brainwash Little Kids
- Ostrov can help Hawaii GOP
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| Tuesday, May 9, 2017 |
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May 9, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 PM :: 8361 Views
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- Inouye Institute Event to Feature Trump’s Transportation Secretary
- Will the regulatory state strangle waterborne shipping in the U.S.?
- Criminal Probe of OHA’s $435K Beamer Contract
- Will Oahu General Plan Legalize Some TVRs?
- SB559: How Climate Change Can be Used to Justify More Tax Credits for Billionaires
- Billionaire Movie Moguls Cry About $35M Cap on Hawaii Film Tax Credits
- Hits and misses as state tries to crack down on Medicaid fraud
- EBT Funded Homeless Drug Addicts Desecrate Heiau—One Death Tied to Camp
- 300-400 Homeless Fly In from Mainland Each Year
- Big Island Drug Court graduates largest class
- City, contractor to pay $700K for clean water violations
- 10-cent fee Proves Bag Ban is Just a Tax Hike
- Maui, Kauai Councils mull ban on 'plate lunch' containers
- Local businesses know full well the ‘price of paradise’
- Mike Hansen talks Jones Act on Hawaii Public Radio (HPR)
- Hawaii Democrats squabble without Republicans
- Shirlene Ostrov Wants To Be GOP Chair
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| Monday, May 8, 2017 |
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May 8, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 3035 Views
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- Legislature acted responsibly in denying rail funding
- Hawaii Republican Party Leadership Candidates--Convention Set for May 12-13
- The Jones Act and other regulations have buried the shipping industry
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 8, 2017
- TAT: Sister Isle Taxes Pay for Oahu Rail?
- Hirono, Tupola Want Legislators to Come Together with Liar Caldwell
- After his Lies Destroy Hope for Rail, Caldwell Blames Legislators
- Message to Rep Kaniela Ing: “What Goes Around, Comes Around”
- Vacation rental homes are vital, study says
- VIDEO: Tent in Iwilei homeless encampment catches fire
- Misinformed Imbecile Spray Paints Inaccurate Anti-Military Slogans in Mauna Kea Ice Age Preserve
- 9th Circuit Criticizes Hawaii Gun Ban Rules
- 0.05% DUI Laws Unfairly Target Women
- Hawaii DoH: Gays Abuse Each Other 7 Times More Than Straights
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| Sunday, May 7, 2017 |
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May 7, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 3799 Views
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- The Rail Bill and Other Curiosities
- OHA Procurement Violations: Crabbe, Lindsey and the $435K Beamer
- Dexter Kaiama: Keanu Sai's Favorite Lawyer Censured
- Rail: Secret Maneuvering Continues
- Privatize? Rail debacle should prompt developers, bankers to step up
- Panos: Rail Has Funding thru 2027 and Ability to Float Bonds
- Conflict of Interest: Max Sword’s Wife was Bounty Hunters’ Publicist
- Liar Caldwell Paid only $300/year Property tax
- Hawaii County Democratic Chair: Should Every Candidate be Able to Put a D by Their Name?
- Legislature passes bill that would lower requirement for Hawaiian homestead successors
- County vs State: Unlocking the B&B, TVU conundrum
- How to gerrymander Kakaako into Economic Distress
- Travel ban faces key test in appeals court Monday
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| Saturday, May 6, 2017 |
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May 6, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 3782 Views
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- Anti-Dairy Activism Spreads: Big Island Dairy faces fine, possible lawsuit
- NRA: Second Amendment Wrap-up--2017 Legislature
- Gov. Ige Proclaims May 2017 as “Hawaii Military Appreciation Month”
- UHERO: Hawaii economy begins Trump Era in fine form
- Video: Lingle Joins Harvard Governors Panel on Opioid Crisis
- Joe Souki to Run for Lt Gov?
- Rail Lie of the Day: HART says cost of killing project the same as finishing it
- Councilwoman on shortening, stopping rail: ‘I would love to buy a Jaguar, but I can’t afford it’
- Hawaii County: Kim Proposes major hikes in property, fuel taxes to Pay for Union Contracts
- Counties Refuse to Legalize TVRs—Yet Complain About Cut in TAT!
- Lifeguards, Orphan Roads, Schools: Legislators Stick it to Liar Caldwell Again and Again
- Chief Selection Panel: Max Sword’s Clown Show is Illegal
- Here's how big the gap is between Oahu's affordable housing need and its inventory
- How Trump-hatred warps the judiciary
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| Friday, May 5, 2017 |
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May 5, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:19 PM :: 4192 Views
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- De-Railing the Legislature
- Full Text: Joe Souki Resignation letter
- Complete List of Bills Passed by the 2017 Legislature
- Court: OHA Trustees Violated Sunshine Law Responding to Kerry Letter
- Interior Department Releases List of Monuments Under Review—Announces Public Comment Period
- West Kauai Water Settlement opens door to ‘Renewable Energy Project’ on DHHL Land
- To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Individual Income Taxes?
- Legislators: Rail Failed because Caldwell is not Trusted (Should have elected Djou.)
- Caldwell’s Latest Story: Rail will Run out of Money This Summer (or Not)
- Caldwell’s Numbers “kept on changing. Even up until yesterday it was changing.”
- Kym Pine: The Rail is Dead, Long Live the new Tax Hikes
- Airport Admin Bill fails After Bumpy Ride for Maui Memorial
- Trump Gives Hawaii Everything, Legislature Gives Hawaii Nothing
- Superintendent finalists outline their vision for Hawaii’s schools
- Police Commissioner Cites Another ‘Failed Investigation’ Of Possible Abuse
- A hollow ethics threat by former HPD Chief Kealoha
- Rep. Andria Tupola Running For Chair Of State GOP
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| Thursday, May 4, 2017 |
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May 4, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4039 Views
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- Union salary hikes include hidden costs
- Thanks to Jones Act, US would struggle to resupply forces after 30 days war in Korea
- Special Audit of OHA and Its Subsidiaries
- Two Tricks OHA is Pulling
- SR33: Appoint OHA Trustees?
- The First Step in Revoking Obama’s Land (and Ocean) Grab
- Trump Signs Executive Order on Religious Freedom
- Rail Fail: Souki Gets Boot
- Ways and Means: Tokuda Out Dela Cruz In
- Retaliation is blamed for lost lungworm funds
- Ige rejects 4 mayors’ request to extend legislative session to deal with rail
- City Council advances bill to use property tax funds for rail
- Takings: Kauai Planning Commission considers time limit for land
- Bill 59: Plastic Bag Tax Before Honolulu Council
- Clown Show: Dog The Bounty Hunter’s Wife Might Help Select HPD’s Next Chief
- Police panel: Espero tried to sway key vote
- Good News: HSTA Not Happy with Superintendent Nominees
- Cry me a River: Anti-GMO Activists Epic Fail
- Ostrov: With a passion to rebuild, Hawaii’s GOP can be a force again
- State GOP chair candidates focus on party's funding problems
- Waipahu cultural center troubled by overnight homeless campers
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| Wednesday, May 3, 2017 |
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May 3, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 5028 Views
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- Video: House, Senate Fail to Agree on Rail Tax Hike
- Hawaii--Worst State for Nurses
- Pago Pago Declaration ‘We are Here to Stay’
- Mercatus: An Economic Analysis of the Jones Act
- President Trump’s Jones Act dilemma
- Big Q: Should Honolulu adopt a resolution to become a “sanctuary city”? No = 73%
- Victory! Rail Tax Hike Fails
- Kauai's PMRF could be Hawaii's one-shot defense during a missile attack—But Hanabusa Says ‘No’
- GEMS Scam Program Attracts Scrum of Grifters
- Senate Kills Effort To Save Telescope from Eco-Lawyers
- Papahanaumokuakea Is Domain of the Living Eco-Gods
- Maui Council Hearing on Property Tax Hike
- Contract Negotiations: SHOPO Next
- Maui Homeless Camp “Mostly from mainland’—Some from Canada
- Immigration: Palauans being offered suitcases 'full of cash'
- Biofuel: “The greatest destroyer of biodiversity on the planet”
- State Supreme Court’s DUI decision helps Drunks and Lawyers
- Soft on Crime: Rapist Gets probation, Allegedly Molests Child
- Community event to raise money for women’s center in Waipio
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| Tuesday, May 2, 2017 |
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May 2, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 4007 Views
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- Boom Over: Honolulu Construction Jobs Down 4%
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 1, 2017
- Hawaii Republicans Postpone Lincoln Day Dinner
- Floor Amendment: New rail deal slashes hotel tax increase—Brings Back GE Tax Hike
- Caldwell Still Lobbying for GE Tax Hike: TAT Hike May Not Have Senate Votes
- Rail recovery plan submitted to FTA, does not incorporate latest funding proposal
- DoE to Steal 1/3 of GEMS Money
- What’s happening to dozens of vacated properties purchased for rail?
- Long-awaited Privatization of Maui public hospitals clears big hurdle
- Hawaii Unions Rally on Communist Holiday, Predict Many Members Would Quit of they Could
- Anti-GMO Losers: We Got Nothing, Legislators Gave Us Excuses
- Money Laundering: HCF Funnels Donations to Anti-GMO Operatives
- Reassessing Assumptions About Organic Food
- Pretend Politics: Honolulu fakes ‘sanctuary city’ for Criminal Illegal Aliens
- Homeless Criminal from Mainland Moves to Hawaii, Allegedly Kills Kauai Girl After Stealing Truck
- Schatz: ‘Hawaii Got Almost Everything We Sought’ In Trump’s Federal Budget
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| Monday, May 1, 2017 |
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May 1, 2017 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:28 PM :: 3423 Views
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- Tracking Tax Hike Bills: And Then There Were Two
- 70 Republicans Running for Oahu Neighborhood Board
- HB1469: Allows BLNR to Extend Telescope Lease
- Eco-Lawyers Outline Strategy to Keep Obama Tuna Monuments
- Eco-Lawyers Grab for Control of Lanai Water Supply
- Hawaii: High Costs Squeeze Local Food Processors
- NB Elections 541 Candidates Represent an 11% Drop from 2015
- SB505: Regulate opioids to curb misuse
- HMSA Putting Pediatricians on Welfare
- HSTA Minion: 13.6% is Not Enough
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