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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 |
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Lyon Bribes: Caldwell Appoints Crook to Zoning Board After Receiving $16.5K
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 9640 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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...After receiving the campaign contributions, Caldwell appointed the criminal Lyon to the juicy position July 30, 2014 for a term ending June 30, 2019....
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Friday, January 25, 2019 |
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Auction: Omidyar Dairy Liquidating?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 5942 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, Tourism
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...In addition to spawning anti-dairy activism, Omidyar’s Kauai dairy proposal created a political and perhaps legal precedent requiring previously exempt farmers to obtain an environmental impact statement before commencing operations....
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 |
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Police Impersonators Attack OHA Offices, Most Escape Scot-free
By Andrew Walden @ 11:09 PM :: 9144 Views :: Kauai County, OHA, Police
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...Waving fake police badges, recidivist criminal police impersonators claiming to be ‘Federal Marshals’ from Kauai today assaulted employees at the State of Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Police let most of the group leave....
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Monday, January 14, 2019 |
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FCC Slaps Down Sandwich Isles Again--Orders Company to Continue Serving Customers
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 4582 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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...SIC may not discontinue service without our express authorization....
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Saturday, January 12, 2019 |
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Candidates Already Lining up to Run for Gabbard's Congressional Seat
By Andrew Walden @ 12:15 AM :: 9287 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Office of Elections, Politicians, Republican Party
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...Within hours of Rep Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign announcement, the first hat is thrown into the ring for Hawaii CD2....
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 |
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Ill-Fated Ocean Cleanup Boom Collected only 2000kg Plastic
By Andrew Walden @ 10:39 PM :: 4970 Views :: Environment
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...the boom, tagged “Wilson” and “System 001” by OC, is being towed very slowly--between one and three knots--and is not expected to arrive in Hawaii until mid-January....
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Sunday, December 30, 2018 |
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OHA CFO: We Keep Trustees in the Dark About LLCs
By Andrew Walden @ 9:06 PM :: 8628 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...Managers have explicitly limited OHA's access to information, and reserved their right to continue to do so...."
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Sunday, December 30, 2018 |
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OHA’s $500K Cookie Crumbles
By Andrew Walden @ 2:38 AM :: 7152 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Small Business
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... “Hawaii Gourmet Cookies has ceased operations.” That’s the word from Oahu Auctions and Liquidations ....
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018 |
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Al Hee Sues Water Board Because Rail Project Not Rerouted to Protect His Tax Scam
By Andrew Walden @ 1:10 AM :: 6815 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...At the top of his list of complaints: Things just aren't like they were back in the Inouye days....
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Monday, December 24, 2018 |
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Lawsuit: Lloyd's of London Kickback Scheme Steered Lava Victims to Worthless Coverage
By Andrew Walden @ 12:21 PM :: 5290 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics
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...The Broker Defendants received kickbacks from Lloyd’s for steering Plaintiffs and the Class to the Lloyd’s surplus lines policies....
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Friday, December 14, 2018 |
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Dubin Disbarment? Another Step in the Process
By Andrew Walden @ 10:06 PM :: 6629 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Dubin, along with ex-Governor John Waihee, co-host "The Foreclosure Hour" on AM830....
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Saturday, December 8, 2018 |
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Will US Supreme Court Hear Lesbian Home Invasion Case?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 4735 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...The high court has Aloha BnB 'Distributed for Conference' –to decide whether to hear the case--on January 4, 2019....
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Thursday, December 6, 2018 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Drivers
By Andrew Walden @ 1:00 PM :: 3599 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...The best and worst states for drivers, ranked....
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Sunday, December 2, 2018 |
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Fraud, Collusion, Embezzlement: Hawaii OPEB Debt
By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 AM :: 7132 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Labor
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...The majority’s interpretation embraces the view that the legislature has authorized payment for fraud, collusion, embezzlement, and bad faith dealings....
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Friday, November 30, 2018 |
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What’s an airconditioned Neal Katyal worth?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:04 PM :: 4393 Views :: Second Amendment
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...$185,000, according to a UIPA’d documents obtained from the Hawaii Attorney General’s office....
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Sunday, November 11, 2018 |
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Telescope: OHA Greenmail Overplays its Hand?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM :: 5367 Views :: Ethics, Greenmail, OHA
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...political cronies haven’t figured out how to grab a cut of your kid’s PhD salary....
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Thursday, November 8, 2018 |
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Teachers Union: Push Sovereignty Movement in Classrooms
By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 6032 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Labor
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...Sovereignty flows from the will of the people. The people’s will is statehood. But the teacher’s union is pushing the rhetoric of an internationally-known anti-Semite to change your child's mind....
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 |
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Final Read—Hawaii Election Results
By Andrew Walden @ 11:33 PM :: 6495 Views :: Office of Elections
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...Republicans return to State Senate....
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Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
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Crooks and Cronies: Who's Cashing in on the 2017-18 OHA Check Register
By Andrew Walden @ 9:34 PM :: 6510 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Hawai’i Free Press has obtained a copy of the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Office of Hawaiian Affairs check register in response to an open records request....
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Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
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Full Text: HART RFP for Rail P3 Partners
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 AM :: 5219 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Proposals responding to RFP Part 1 will be accepted up to 2:00 p.m., Hawai‘i Standard Time (HST) on December 21, 2018....
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Saturday, October 20, 2018 |
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ConAm: Supreme Court Strikes Down HSTA Poison Pill
By Andrew Walden @ 1:03 AM :: 6953 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes
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...HSTA members should note that their leadership has been played for the fools that they are....
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Lesbians Mandatory? Aloha B&B Case Appealed to US Supreme Court
By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 AM :: 5057 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals judicially rewrote the “Mrs. Murphy exemption” for the first time in Mrs. Young’s case....
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Friday, October 12, 2018 |
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Leadership Change at ODC
By Andrew Walden @ 10:20 PM :: 5801 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Bruce Kim is no longer Chief Counsel of the Office of Disciplinary Affairs, the Hawaii Judiciary office handling errant lawyers....
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Sunday, October 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii’s Largest Carbon Credit Scheme to be Evicted from its own HQ?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:22 PM :: 6881 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...The eviction suit, filed October 1, 2018 in Honolulu District Court is the latest of several lawsuits filed against HLH—including a separate eviction suit seeking removal of HLH from several big island houses on Kukaiau Ranch land....
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
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DoH Report on Underage Transsexuals Makes no Mention of the Child Molesters who Victimize Them
By Andrew Walden @ 9:47 PM :: 6417 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...The term “hate crime” comes up six times in the report but the phrase “child molestation” never appears....
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Monday, September 24, 2018 |
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Report Ties Hawaii Youth Suicide Rate to HSTA Grab for HGEA Positions
By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 115920 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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"...Behavioral Specialists described an alarming frequency of significantly dangerous behaviors exhibited by a number of students, including suicide attempts that were nearly fatal...."
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Saturday, September 22, 2018 |
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Rail in Default? Feds Give HART 60-Day Warning
By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 AM :: 5486 Views :: Rail
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"...in the event of default, the Government may demand all Federal funds provided to the Grantee for the Project be returned...."
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Sunday, September 16, 2018 |
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Lawsuits Close in on Hawaii’s Largest Carbon Credit Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 PM :: 17033 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Ethics, Agriculture
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...When a couple of penny-stock touts, one of whom is listed in the Panama Papers Offshore Leaks Database, start selling timber futures and carbon credits in Hawaii, the greenwash is thicker than most....
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Friday, September 14, 2018 |
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Evacuate? 'High Risk' Nuuanu Reservoir--What is Caldwell Administration Hiding?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 AM :: 5804 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Hawaii Statistics
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...In Hawaii 124 of the state’s 133 dams are deemed ‘at High Hazard Potential’ by the National Inventory of Dams....
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Thursday, September 6, 2018 |
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Hirono: Kavanaugh 'Critical' 8th Vote in Rice v Cayetano
By Andrew Walden @ 3:01 PM :: 6575 Views :: Hawaii History, Judiciary, OHA
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...Will Justice Brett Kavanaugh become the ‘critical’ 8th vote against racially discriminatory OHA elections? Could Kavanaugh become the ‘decisive’ 10th vote against the Hawaii Supreme Court’s Ceded Lands Decision. Or maybe Hirono is afraid Kavanaugh will be the fifth vote against Nai Aupuni....
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018 |
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Manhunt: Gabbard Cult Associate Arrested for Stealing Police Car, Leading Wild Chase Across Island
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 10256 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Law Enforcement, Religion
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...after allegedly stealing a police vehicle in Kaimuki, smashing into a bread truck, leading officers on a cross-island chase, getting shot in the shoulder, and running into the jungle near Waiahole, Jaya Keahonui Titcomb has been arrested by Honolulu police....
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Saturday, August 18, 2018 |
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Uber Caldwell: Level the Playing Field for Everybody Except HandiVan
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 4994 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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...In the midst of all the Uber/Lyft hysteria, Caldwell conveniently leaves the UPW job trust Handi-Van Service out of the equation....
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Saturday, August 11, 2018 |
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Mortgage Fraud: DCCA ‘Findings of Fact’ Expose Dubin Financial
By Andrew Walden @ 1:45 AM :: 10625 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Politicians
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...Hawaii foreclosure attorney Gary V Dubin and ex-Governor John Waihee III are going all-out in an effort to rustle up more foreclosure clients for the Dubin Law Firm—even as state disciplinary proceedings threaten Dubin’s law license....
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Thursday, August 9, 2018 |
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HD43 Republicans Lose Chance to Replace Disqualified Candidate
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 AM :: 5595 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...Instead of Republicans nominating a replacement, Sailau Timoteo, August 6, 2018, sent the following message to the Hawaii Attorney General....
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018 |
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Full Text: State Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Telescope
By Andrew Walden @ 9:12 PM :: 6713 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The court’s decision overrules a December 2016 decision by Third Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura that the state Board of Land and Natural Resources should have held a hearing for the 2014 sublease agreement for the six acres of land atop Mauna Kea for use by TMT....
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Sunday, August 5, 2018 |
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American Samoa Citizenship Question Not So Simple
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 10148 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...people who might be accused of knowingly promulgating the candidacy of a non-citizen or voting by a non-citizen should very carefully consider the ramifications of the following federal laws....
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018 |
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False Name Anti-Bunda Mailers Blanket North Shore
By Andrew Walden @ 9:56 PM :: 5515 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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...would most likely benefit Tsuneyoshi....
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Saturday, July 28, 2018 |
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Foreclosure Hour? ODC Investigation Targets Attorney Gary V Dubin
By Andrew Walden @ 11:15 PM :: 9981 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Governor John Waihee’s ‘Foreclosure Hour’ AM830 radio host, attorney Gary V Dubin, is being investigated by the State Office of Disciplinary Counsel....
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Thursday, July 26, 2018 |
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Eco-Hypesters Complain About ‘Dirty’ Clean Energy
By Andrew Walden @ 11:24 PM :: 4888 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...maybe anti-GMO dupes in skeleton suits will now start showing up at the filthy crony-capitalist Hu Honua biomass station....
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Sunday, July 22, 2018 |
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Staffer for Sen Stanley Chang Accused of Sex Assault
By Andrew Walden @ 10:04 PM :: 13175 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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...Asami Kobayashi, co-founder of Young Progressives Demanding Action (YPDA), has a story to tell....
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Sunday, July 15, 2018 |
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A Rogues Gallery – Hawaii Candidates 2018
By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 6135 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...Are these people really running for office?....
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Monday, July 2, 2018 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How They Voted July 2, 2018
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 3310 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...Weekly Digest of Hawaii Conressional Delegation Votes from GovTrack.us....
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Friday, June 29, 2018 |
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Hawaii Sierra Club Leader Hit With $1000 per day SMA Fines
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 PM :: 10208 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Greenmail, Land Use
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... Fines in excess of $236,000—still accruing at $1000 a day—and a lawsuit--are forcing into the open a 13-year battle over alleged violations of numerous State and County permitting and land use laws on a Huelo, Maui shoreline property owned by Hawaii Sierra Club Vice Chair and Maui Tomorrow President Lucienne De Naie ....
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Sunday, May 27, 2018 |
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Secret OHA LLC Created to Sell Marijuana
By Andrew Walden @ 9:03 PM :: 9054 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Drugs
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...Hawai’i Free Press has been attempting—unsuccessfully--to obtain the six OHA LLCs’ check registers since 2016. Now we have discovered a seventh OHA LLC....
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Saturday, May 19, 2018 |
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OHA Trustee Candidates Aila and Kiaaina ‘Instrumental’ in OHA’s Biggest Boondoggle
By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 9261 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...IUCN has been tagged as a ‘Greenwashing Event’ funded by Shell Oil. Why would they need OHA money?....
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 |
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HRS 171-93: Law Allows Swap of Lava-Covered Lots for State Property in Zone 3
By Andrew Walden @ 9:57 PM :: 60770 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii History, Land Use
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...After the 1960 Tsunami, homeowners in the destroyed Shinmachi area of Hilo bayfront were given fee-simple lots on newly subdivided state land in Waiakea Uka. Shinmachi is now the site of the Hilo Bayfront Park....
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Friday, May 4, 2018 |
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Legislators Save Union Bosses from not-yet-written Janus Decision
By Andrew Walden @ 8:39 PM :: 5639 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...Worried about “maintaining a favorable political and social environment” legislators have approved two bills and one resolution designed to force union members to keep paying dues....
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