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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Gaza Flotilla Roster Portends Another Violent Clash
By IPT News @ 8:59 PM :: 12669 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

A flotilla is determined to sail to the Gaza Strip this weekend in breach of Israel's naval blockade on the Hamas-controlled territory. This decision comes in spite of growing international pressure to stop the campaign, damaged ships and fewer passengers than expected. 

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Thursday, June 30, 2011
4th of July celebration as Schofield turns 40
By News Release @ 8:41 PM :: 13155 Views :: Maui County

As the nation celebrates its 235th birthday July 4, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii invites the public to its 40th Annual Fourth of July Spectacular on Weyand and Sills Fields....

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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Hawaii Meth Survey Shows Significant Shifts in Attitudes
By News Release @ 8:30 PM :: 7534 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Hawaii Meth Project today released findings from the 2011 Hawaii Meth Use & Attitudes Survey which revealed that, compared to a benchmark survey conducted prior to the launch of the Hawaii Meth Project, Hawaii’s young people are significantly more aware of the dangers of trying Meth and increasingly disapprove of trying the drug.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Sumitomo: Ready to go all the way with Rail Contract Protest
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 9167 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Emphasizing this, Gino Antoniello, VP, Transportation Systems and Equipment for SCOA explained: "Our protest--a first for us--was prompted by the conviction that our bid was improperly passed over in favor of another vendor with less experience and a questionable track record that lacked the proper legal qualifications to undertake a project of this scope."  ...Antoniello stressed that in starting down this protest path, the company did so with a readiness to go all the way.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Study: Rich or Poor, Hawaii DoE Fails everyone more Equally than Most
By Selected News Articles @ 11:25 AM :: 6750 Views :: Energy, Environment

ProPublica analyzed new data from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights along with other federal education data to examine whether states provide students equal access to programs — such as Advanced Placement or higher-level math and sciences classes — that researchers say will help them later in life.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Heritage: Time For Congress to Lead on the Debt Ceiling
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:18 AM :: 4498 Views :: National News, Ethics

As we saw at yesterday's press conference, President Obama is not going to lead on the debt ceiling issue. Nor is he going to compromise or play a mediating role. He is more interested in blaming others for his troubles, demagoguing other solutions and running for re-election. 

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Big Wind to be debated on PBS Insights Thursday
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 10938 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

Insights: Lanai & Molokai

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Abercrombie imposes new contract terms for HSTA, UPW
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 7246 Views :: Energy, Environment

Beginning on July 1, with the start of the new fiscal year, we must implement the state budget as passed by the State Legislature. This included 5 percent in temporary pay reductions from June 30, 2009 salaries and an equal contribution of health care benefits for state employees.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Hawaii Debt, obligations $25K per Taxpayer—4th highest in nation
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 7958 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"If governors and legislatures had truly balanced each state's budget, no taxpayer's financial burden would exist," said Sheila Weinberg, Founder and CEO of the Institute. She continued, "A state budget is not balanced if past costs, including those for employees' retirement benefits, are pushed into the future."

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Molokai Wind Developer: “We will pack up and leave.”
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 11449 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

“If the community does not want this project it will not go through,” said Pattern Senior Developer Christian Hackett. “And we will pack up and leave.”

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
CNBC: Hawaii #1 in cost of living, 48th in Business Climate
By Selected News Articles @ 1:54 PM :: 8886 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

From CNBC America’s Top States for Business 2011....

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Victory: Obama Admin cancels stealth survey of Hawaii MDs
By Selected News Articles @ 1:00 PM :: 8056 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had shelved plans for a survey in which “mystery shoppers” posing as patients would call doctors’ offices ….

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Kos: Will Hanabusa let Case beat Hirono?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 9128 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

With fellow Rep. Mazie Hirono already in the race, it's hard to see how Hanabusa wouldn't compete for the same pile of votes and risk giving the nomination to DLCer Ed Case in the Democratic primary.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Heritage: Five Ways Obama Is Circumventing the Legislative Branch
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:19 AM :: 4707 Views :: National News, Ethics

The Obama Administration generally employs one of two strategies to legislate without—and often in spite of—congressional action: (1) administrative decree establishing a new federal rule, or (2) a refusal to enforce existing federal law. In five separate policy areas, the President and the federal agencies under his command have spurned congressional authority to achieve Obama’s objectives.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
SciAm: Biofuels Responsible for Surge in Food Prices
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 AM :: 5600 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Since 2004 biofuels from crops have almost doubled the rate of growth in global demand for grain and sugar and pushed up the yearly growth in demand for vegetable oil by around 40 percent. 

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Generic Republican Candidate 46%, Obama 42%
By News Release @ 9:50 AM :: 4010 Views :: National News, Ethics

A generic Republican candidate now holds a four-point lead over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup. It's a fifth week in a row that the GOP candidate has been ahead and the widest gap between the candidates to date.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Victory for Civil Rights: All Persons shall be counted for Hawaii reapportionment
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 AM :: 7899 Views :: Energy, Environment

"They did listen to our testimony about the contributions that military personnel make, and about how they are part of the community," said Tom Smyth, president for the Hawaii chapter for the Military Officers Association of America. "I'm very pleased it came out the way it did." …

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Rep Michelle Bachmann: “We want to win Hawaii”
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 AM :: 8061 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Bachmann said she plans to win decisive early victories in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina on her way to the White House. She promised to follow that with a national campaign – even in the heavily Democratic state of Hawaii.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Abercrombie announces plan to let more criminals out onto the streets
By News Release @ 7:11 PM :: 6292 Views :: Energy, Environment

 The state’s plan to bring Hawai'i’s prisoners home include expanding prison space in the state, creating alternatives to incarceration and reducing recidivism through community-based programs.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Hawaii 2011 Pork Report points to DoE Embezzlement
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:55 PM :: 7030 Views :: Energy, Environment

Today, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii announced the publication of the 2011 Pork Report, an examination of state spending that reveals the depth of government waste and inefficiency that has contributed so much to the State’s economic woes.

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Monday, June 27, 2011
Abercrombie announces Intent to Veto 23 Bills—including HB1134 which may have endangered Prepaid Health Care Act
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 5951 Views :: Energy, Environment

House Bill 1134 repeals Part V of the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act and Act 99, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994, relating to the future termination of the prepaid health care law. Further investigation is needed on whether approval of this bill would have unintended consequences to Hawaii’s Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) waiver.

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Monday, June 27, 2011
Hawaii 8th Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference Sept 20
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 13848 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

HONOLULU – Lesley Jane Seymour, Editor-in-Chief of More magazine, will address delegates at Hawai‘i’s 8th annual International Women’s Leadership Conference (IWLC), taking place on September 20, 2011 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and Resort.

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Monday, June 27, 2011
Abercrombie replaces DHHL official ousted in Treadmill Scandal
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 8088 Views :: Energy, Environment

Ms. Kauhane replaces retiring DHHL Deputy Robert Hall, who is leaving the department on July 1.

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Monday, June 27, 2011
Abercrombie appoints former Sandwich Isles Communications Exec to assist Chief Information Officer
By News Release @ 8:16 PM :: 9072 Views :: Energy, Environment

Jan Gouveia was the vice president for Executive Operation at (Al Hee's) Waimana Enterprises (no conflict of interest here, eh Neil?) prior to joining the Abercrombie Administration in December 2010.

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Monday, June 27, 2011
Heritage: Obama Plays Politics in Afghanistan
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 7309 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

The nation’s two highest-ranking military commanders have gone on record raising serious concerns about President Obama’s flawed plan to bring 33,000 troops home from Afghanistan by September 2012.

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Monday, June 27, 2011
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted June 27
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 7096 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Confirmation of Leon E. Panetta to be Secretary of Defense
  • House: Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
  • House: America Invents Act
  • House: Authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya
  • House: To limit the use of funds to support NATO Operation Unified Protector with respect to Libya
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Coalition launches to promote Cut, Cap and Balance pledge
By Selected News Articles @ 11:03 AM :: 5476 Views :: National News, Ethics

WSJ--The U.S. debt is now above its current limit of $14.3 trillion, a figure so large that it is nearly impossible for the average American to comprehend. Under the budget proposed by President Obama for 2012, the debt would rise to $15.7 trillion in 2021. The annual interest alone would be about $700 billion, and that would only increase with inflation. President Obama's proposed budget was so excessive and fiscally irresponsible that it was voted down in the Senate 97-0.

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Monday, June 27, 2011
Resignation call after Audit reveals “ward heeler’s slush fund” overseen by Honolulu Councilman
By Andrew Walden @ 1:05 AM :: 16312 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

After the Audit became public, Cox called for Martin’s resignation as Chair of the Council’s Budget Committee. But the December, 2010 Community Benefits Audit hasn’t received much media attention. It almost became news June 21--but just before it was to be discussed on the agenda of that day’s Honolulu Council Recreation Committee meeting, Martin’s council ally Ann Kobayashi got up and walked out, denying the committee a quorum and ending the meeting.

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Monday, June 27, 2011
NYT: Obama Administration Plans Stealth Survey of hundreds of Hawaii MDs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 AM :: 8888 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

“I don’t like the idea of the government snooping,” said Dr. Raymond Scalettar, an internist in Washington. “It’s a pernicious practice — Big Brother tactics, which should be opposed.”

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Sunday, June 26, 2011
TEA Party to join July 4 Parades in Kailua, Makawao, Hilo, Kona
By Selected News Articles @ 6:39 PM :: 15787 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Please come and join us in Makawao on Saturday, July 2nd for the Annual Makawao Paniolo July 4th Parade. TEA Party Maui plans to enter a patriotic float in the Parade....

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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Iran developing capability to hit US with Nukes
By IPT News @ 1:48 PM :: 11316 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Iran has also improved its launch capabilities, recently placing a data-gathering satellite into space with its powerful Safir booster rocket. The move will accelerate Iran's program for intercontinental ballistic missiles, bypassing the U.N.'s efforts to control the Islamic Republic and giving it the capability to hit the United States....

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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Abercrombie Admin signs contract to keep prisoners on Mainland for rest of his term
By News Release @ 10:32 AM :: 8078 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The new contract, at a cost of $45.5 million a year, begins July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014, (in other words, until the next gubernatorial election)....

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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Am. Samoa Congressional Delegate bought and paid for by Kazakhstan?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 AM :: 11989 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

"One Member of Congress, Delegate Eni Faleomavaega from American Samoa, a co-chair and driving force behind the creation of the Central Asia caucus, particularly stands out. In the 2010 election cycle, two of Faleomavaega’s top organizational contributors had been under contract with the Republic of Kazakhstan...."

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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Ka Pua Makaha: Multi-million dollar giveaway of DHHL assets disguised as “gift”
By Andrew Walden @ 10:14 PM :: 14983 Views :: DHHL, Development

For over a year most of Hawaii’s pliant and un-inquisitive media have gone along with the ridiculous story that Koolina developer and Broken Trust player Jeff Stone was donating 300 Makaha acres to Hawaiian Homelands and Kamehameha Schools as “a gift from the heart….”

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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Abercrombie plans more forums: I’m on a mission to change the direction of Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:33 PM :: 6788 Views :: Energy, Environment

The new fiscal year begins on July 1st with a mission to change the direction of Hawai'i....Last night we held a community forum at Washington Middle School.... Stay tuned for details about more upcoming forums around the state.

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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Full Text: City Rejects Rail Bid Protests
By News Release @ 1:25 PM :: 9823 Views :: Ethics, Rail

The City’s Department of Budget and Fiscal Services (BFS) has rejected two bid protests regarding the awarding of the core systems contract for the Honolulu Rail Transit Project. BFS found “no procedural or legal violations in any aspect of the procurement” for the contract.

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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Berg: $1.4B Rail Contract upheld by City
By Tom Berg @ 1:24 PM :: 8911 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

I have introduced resolution 11-109 to start the bidding process over again that could result in saving the taxpayers $250 million and put 150 residents here on Oahu to work building the rail cars.

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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Hawaii Kai: One Supermarket for 92,000 people
By Video @ 12:52 PM :: 7945 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

The demographics for the zip codes 96821, 96822 and 96825 shows approximately 92,000 people.  "It's insane to think that Safeway and Costco can sustain a community and just Hawaii Kai...."

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Saturday, June 25, 2011
VIDEO: Fontaine Factor interviews HECO’s Rosegg on Clean Energy
By Video @ 12:10 PM :: 10743 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

Representative George Fontaine, HD 11, Kīhei, Wailea, Makena, talks with Peter Rosegg with the Hawaiian Electric Company and Maria Tome, Renewable and Transportation Energy Program Manager /Hawaii State Energy Office about Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative.

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Friday, June 24, 2011
VIDEO: Homeless Tent City at Keaau Beach Park
By Tom Berg @ 3:33 PM :: 10051 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

We were doing a cleanup of Kea`au Beach Park along the Waianae coastline when past Councilman John DeSoto of this area gave a tour of what you see in the video....

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Friday, June 24, 2011
How Much Would a Fully Funded Pension System Cost?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:57 AM :: 5695 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Without policy changes, contributions to state and local pension systems in the United States would have to immediately increase by a factor of 2.5, reaching 14.2 percent of the total own-revenue generated by state and local governments (taxes, fees and charges).

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Friday, June 24, 2011
President Obama Abuses Nation's Oil Reserves
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:54 AM :: 4697 Views :: National News, Ethics

This morning, in a scathing editorial entitled "The wrong reason for depleting the strategic oil reserve," the Post argues the White House is likely more focused on a "political emergency" and "the government should not tap the reserve absent a genuine crisis."

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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Progressive Network touts Hawaii tax increases and State-owned Bank proposal
By Selected News Articles @ 10:07 PM :: 8151 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Three Progressive schemes Hawaii legislators are trying to implement--and ten more they haven't thought of yet....  

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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Pension Reform: Abercrombie raises Retirement Age
By News Release @ 9:41 PM :: 8580 Views :: Energy, Environment
  • Raising the retirement age for certain new employees from 55 to 60 years old, and for most others from 62 to 65 years old
  • Increasing the number of years for state employees to be “vested” to receive retirement benefits from five years to 10 years.
  • Raising the employee and employer contribution rates
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Cash Flow Problem: Honolulu Council to borrow $100M for Rail
By Tom Berg @ 9:17 PM :: 8755 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Substantial discussions took place at the marathon June 3rd Council meeting concerning the borrowing of more than a hundred million dollars (Bill 40) for the rail system due to offset cash flow problems with the rail project and sagging tax revenues. 

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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Abercrombie signs budget, asks Departments to identify programs for elimination
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 6307 Views :: Energy, Environment

"I have asked all departments to work together in a deliberate and thoughtful process that will identify programs that may be affected. In recent weeks, our administration began discontinuing financial support of programs that are valuable but can no longer be sustained, such as Vanpool Hawai'i and the State Pharmacy Assistance Program. These cuts and others that follow will be difficult but the financial constraints we face allow for no other course of action."

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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Berg: Hundreds attend town hall meeting on Rail in Ewa
By Tom Berg @ 3:12 PM :: 8402 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Our office held the meeting on rail because I believe the public has not had an adequate forum to sound off on the project’s blunders. 

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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Study: Hawaii Economic Outlook Ranks 46th
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 7629 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

This new study explains how states can most effectively drive economic growth, create jobs, and improve the standard of living for their citizens.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Ethics Violation? NASA Chief allegedly paid off by Global Warmers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:46 PM :: 4439 Views :: National News, Ethics

 A shared $1 million prize from the Dan David Foundation for his "profound contribution to humanity."

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Life Without Subsidies: Vanpool Hawaii Announces New Group Rate
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 7185 Views :: Energy, Environment

Vanpool Hawaii has announced a new monthly rate of $985 per vanpool group, effective Aug. 1. For a vanpool group of 6 or 7 passengers, that equals a per-person cost of approximately $164 or $141 per month, respectively, or less if shared between more participants.

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