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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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Kamehameha Admissions: Without Affirmative Action Defense, Who Needs Victimology?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 AM :: 90 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Education K-12, Judiciary, OHA
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... SFA’s lawyers do not acknowledge their argument would render much of US Indian policy unconstitutional. This is their blind spot ....
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| Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |
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US Senate is laying down terms for military land use negotiations in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 AM :: 847 Views :: Land Use, Military
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... authorizes acquisition through exchange or lease ....
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| Thursday, October 16, 2025 |
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Falsely arrested by their own Department? Four Sheriff Deputies File Suit
By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 820 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... trumped-up the charges against the four deputies as part of a convoluted scheme to manipulate Horton as a ‘pawn’ to retaliate against the number three man in the State Sheriff Division, First Deputy Lanikoa Dobrowolsky ....
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| Friday, October 3, 2025 |
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Not Anonymous: Employees Demand ‘Investigation’ of DoTax Director Suganuma
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 5010 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... yelling, cursing, swearing, finger-pointing, accusing, etc., and it has created a very hostile and toxic work environment for DOTAX staff ....
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| Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
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Supreme Court Orders Disclosure of Adoption and Foster Records in Kalua Murder Case
By Andrew Walden @ 2:35 PM :: 1160 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... The court decision sharply reverses stringent secrecy rules ....
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| Sunday, September 28, 2025 |
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HTA Whistleblower Isaac Choy Illegally Fired by Governor’s Chief of Staff
By Andrew Walden @ 10:48 PM :: 5086 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... Court documents allege Choy was illegally fired September 5, 2025, on the written order of Green’s Chief of Staff, Brooke Wilson ....
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| Saturday, September 27, 2025 |
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Hanabusa Resigns from HART Board
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 AM :: 1836 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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"...the decision was made last month...."
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| Wednesday, September 24, 2025 |
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Paia: Will Maui lose ANOTHER town to fire due to refusal to clear out Holomua Homeless Camp?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 2568 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... on average the homeless meth heads at Holomua start a grass fire every three days threatening Paia Town ....
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| Saturday, September 13, 2025 |
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Supreme Court: Doctors and Patients May Skip Arbitration and Sue HMSA
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 5078 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Judiciary
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... Judge Kim described HMSA physician contracts as, “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable.” ....
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| Friday, September 12, 2025 |
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| Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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Next Boondoggle: Useless $240M Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 AM :: 6412 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... Desal is an energy hog and Hawaii has the most expensive electricity in the USA ....
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| Friday, August 15, 2025 |
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Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 72359 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....
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| Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 9448 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police
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... one deputy committed suicide after DLE’s Criminal Investigations Division attempted to use deputies as pawns to hedge against a lawsuit filed by the #3 man in the department ….
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| Friday, August 1, 2025 |
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Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 5193 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness, Police, Drugs
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... Joe Logan’s son, Zane Logan, has a lengthy court record involving meth, theft, and prostitution, but he always manages to get away with minimal punishments ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 3888 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Drugs
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... Do the math: 1+22+14+18+14+8 = 77 emergencies ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 5250 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... Behind this blockage, total traffic gridlock took hold for three hours between 4pm and 7pm on Kapolei-area roads ....
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 4379 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA
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... alleges that ‘8a’ insiders from several interrelated 8a contracting firms are systematically shortchanging the Kailua-based ‘Native Hawaiian Legal Defense and Education Fund, LLC’ aka Ho‘omaka Foundation ....
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| Monday, July 21, 2025 |
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Sovereignty Activists team up with Chinese Communist Front Group
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 2666 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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... "How a U.S. Tech Mogul Used Nonprofits to Sow Chinese Propaganda" -- NYT ....
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| Friday, July 18, 2025 |
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Fraud and Misrepresentation: IDG Geothermal Schemers Get Cold Reception from Hawaii County Council
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 4039 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics
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... Successful geothermal project leadership in New Zealand? There is a record of litigation surrounding those efforts which include claims of fraud and misrepresentation ....
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| Wednesday, July 16, 2025 |
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After Latest Fire at Sea, Matson Begins Refusing Shipment of Electric Cars
By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 4587 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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... Questions: Will Pasha follow suit? Does Matson's ban extend to shipments of lithium batteries for consumer products and for solar installations? ....
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| Monday, July 7, 2025 |
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July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 55100 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor
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...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time. Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....
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| Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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Feds Rule on Campaign Spending Complaint Four Days after Hawaii Republican Convention tosses out Crazies
By Andrew Walden @ 12:12 AM :: 2171 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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... The akamai reader may wonder what type of campaign spending account is neither state nor federal. ...
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| Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Mayor Signs Three Bills to Crack Down on Game Rooms
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 PM :: 1660 Views :: Honolulu County, Gambling
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... “These bills will bring to bear the authority and power of City agencies to aggressively attack the illegal and insidious game rooms that are so harmful to our communities,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi ....
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| Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
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June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 67174 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor
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Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....
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| Friday, June 13, 2025 |
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Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 4306 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ....
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| Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 PM :: 3979 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Small Business
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... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....
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| Saturday, May 31, 2025 |
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Next Tulsi? Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration!
By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 AM :: 2943 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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... The report -- larded up with Jabola-Carolus' usual lurid sex claims -- repeatedly cites activists from meth-connected Lahaina Strong to sell the idea that 1-in-6 fire survivors had to trade sex for food ....
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| Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 1607 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Taxes
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... The cost of the Sand Island upgrade aligns with the Council’s dispute with the Blangiardi administration over the amount of sewer fee increases to be forced upon Oahu ratepayers ....
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| Sunday, May 25, 2025 |
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VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo
By Andrew Walden @ 9:02 PM :: 7648 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics
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... Was it worth it? Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz got $4,000 in campaign contributions from convicted Unity House felon Roberta Cabral. In exchange, we got a shouting match in Hilo ....
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| Thursday, May 15, 2025 |
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Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 7077 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Drugs
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... when authorities raided the Kiakona compound, a mere $140,000 of cash was seized, along with 2 pounds of crystal meth and multiple firearms. Where are the rest of the millions? ....
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| Tuesday, May 6, 2025 |
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‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 3954 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Homelessness
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... Was John Mizuno lobbying for a gaming bill while on state time as director of the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions? ....
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| Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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SB1396: Parts of Green Fee are Already Doomed in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 3302 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism
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"Federal courts (including the Supreme Court) have consistently ruled for over a century that fees or taxes imposed on vessels by non-federal entities are prohibited."
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| Wednesday, April 30, 2025 |
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SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil
By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 3567 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics
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"...We kicked your butt and took your subrogation money. Now you work for us and serve our agenda by wasting your time on yet another bogus climate change lawsuit filed by Sher-Edling, of course...."
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| Monday, April 28, 2025 |
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‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 7561 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... Even the bill’s supporters don’t pretend rents will come down ....
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| Thursday, April 24, 2025 |
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Republicans Give Josh Green Opportunity to Appoint his Former Office Manager as State Rep
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 5539 Views :: Republican Party
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... It is not clear what low-budget legislative shenanigans caused Republicans to give Green this chance ....
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| Sunday, March 30, 2025 |
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HB900 Dies in Senate: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids
By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 4198 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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“...Hawai’i is one of only five states that does not currently guarantee the right to legal counsel for children during the duration of their child welfare case....”
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| Wednesday, March 26, 2025 |
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Prince Kuhio's Fight to Americanize Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 45333 Views :: DHHL, Agriculture, Hawaii History, Land Use
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...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....
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| Friday, March 14, 2025 |
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'We Were Scammed:' NZ Lawsuits Expose fraudulent Hawaii Geothermal Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 10132 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics, OHA
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... Maori Trust insolvent, placed in receivership, after being looted by IDG Hawaii Geothermal schemers ....
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| Tuesday, March 11, 2025 |
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Crackpot Lawsuit is all it takes--Maui Mayor and SHOPO make Complete Fools of Themselves Trying to get rid of Chief Pelletier
By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 AM :: 4989 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police
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... Pelletier credit card records prove he was in Las Vegas, hundreds of miles away from the alleged rape scene ....
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| Sunday, March 9, 2025 |
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The Unity House Scandal Never Really Ended — decades later, it might bankrupt Hawaiian Electric
By Andrew Walden @ 1:39 AM :: 9993 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, OHA, Cost of Living
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... a leftover Unity House scheme could be costing Hawaiian Electric as much as $476M per year ....
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| Saturday, March 8, 2025 |
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Social Worker Arrested in Torture Death of Foster Girl
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 6600 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Higher Education, COVID-19
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... The latest foster parent arrested for child torture is a university instructor, social worker, DoE behavioral health specialist, and UH Manoa PhD student ....
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| Tuesday, March 4, 2025 |
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Lawsuit Filed Against State After Latest CWS Child-Torture Death
By Andrew Walden @ 10:24 PM :: 2842 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement
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... allegedly CWS and PACT informed four times but did nothing before death of Sarai Perez-Rivera ....
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| Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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Gabbard Attended Pro-Russia Conference in Rome--then invented story about Terror Watchlist
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 PM :: 9026 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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... UPDATE: Jan 28, 2025 NYT confirms we were right. Rome Conference with pro-Russia agenda was cause of Gabbard's incluson on 'Quiet Skies' -- not her criticism of Harris ....
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| Wednesday, January 29, 2025 |
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Lahaina Fire: How Maui Emergency Operations Center Lost 'Situational Awareness'
By Andrew Walden @ 1:02 PM :: 2930 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History
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... What was happening at the Maui County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) while Lahaina Burned? ....
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