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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: Whistleblower Suit Claims Ansaldo Padding Rail Contract
By Selected News Articles @ 7:15 PM :: 5897 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...money meant for the rail project is being diverted to other Ansaldo divisions....
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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Panos: Why Rail Projects Don't Get Stopped
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 4:20 PM :: 5629 Views :: Rail
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Last week one of my students asked why rail projects don't get stopped....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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UHERO: Tourism, Construction Lead Economy
By UHERO @ 4:41 PM :: 7358 Views :: Economy, Rail, Tourism
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Tourism is pushing toward new records, and the construction upswing is building in strength....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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Caldwell, Hanabusa: HART Will Need More from Legislature
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 8092 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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"...come January, when the Legislature convenes, we’re going to have to address it...."
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Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: HART Invents New Billion Dollar 'Crisis' to Pressure Council for Tax Hike
By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 5319 Views :: Rail
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...HART is now ginning up a new billion dollar "financial emergency" timed to justify a Honolulu Council vote to raise the GE Tax by 0.5% for the years 2022-2027....
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
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Conference to discuss development opportunities, environmental issues along rail line
By News Release @ 5:06 AM :: 7728 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail
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The workshop is designed for landowners, developers, real estate brokers....
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Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
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Rail Builds Four Miles, First Car Shipped from Italy
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 5232 Views :: Rail
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...the first two rail cars are now in Pittsburg, California and are on schedule to arrive in Honolulu in the first quarter of 2016....
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015 |
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015 |
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Rail Revote: Is There Anybody Without a Conflict of Interest?
By News Release @ 5:17 PM :: 7306 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...all Council members received a great number of donations from entities that would profit directly from approval of the Ho’opili/Rail project....
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
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Gridlock: Honolulu Commuters Waste 50 Hours/year in Traffic
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 6389 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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...Honolulu came in 18th, with 50 hours of delay per commuter, costing $1,125....
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Saturday, August 1, 2015 |
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"How Much Will Rail Cost Us In the End?"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:36 AM :: 5538 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the only honest answer is "as much as it takes."....
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 |
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HART: Caldwell Appoints 'Expert' tied to Rail Projects Even More Messed up than Ours
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 5047 Views :: Rail
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Mr Burns' extensive rail project experience includes the Third Street Light Rail and Central Subway Project in San Francisco....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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HART seeks applicants for vacancy on Board of Directors
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 4725 Views :: Rail
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“We are looking for an individual who ... supports rail transit ...” said HART Board Chairman Ivan Lui-Kwan....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Ige Signs Rail Tax Hike, Demands HART Report to Him
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 7469 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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The excise tax is an investment by the taxpayers of Hawai‘i and my job is to ensure that their hard earned money is being spent efficiently, effectively and productively....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Congress Appropriates $250M for Rail -- Delegation, Mayor Keep Silent Until Ige Agrees not to Veto Rail Tax Hike
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 6230 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Rail
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The U.S. House passed its FY 2016 transportation appropriations bill earlier this month, and the Senate bill was reported from the Senate Committee on Appropriations on June 25....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Grassroot Institute Publishes HART Check Register
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:16 PM :: 6176 Views :: Rail
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The HART check register can be viewed here ....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Rail Creates Only 870 Local Jobs
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 5838 Views :: Rail
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Remember This? "Rail Construction Will Create about 10,000 jobs Each Year" ....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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Rail: The Cost is the Benefit
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:18 AM :: 5269 Views :: Rail
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"It must always be remembered how cost-effectiveness works in the public sector: the cost is the benefit."
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Fox, Henhouse: Caldwell Appoints Hanabusa to HART Board
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 5585 Views :: Rail
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“The largest public works project in Oahu’s history demands the strongest possible oversight” -- Caldwell
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 |
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Rail: It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride
By Selected News Articles @ 6:31 PM :: 5642 Views :: Rail
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At least two concrete columns have developed cracks and have had to be replaced....
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 |
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Rail Tax Hike: How They Voted
By Andrew Walden @ 1:14 AM :: 7563 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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Senate 21-4 : House 39-12
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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Desperate to Push GE Tax Hike Thru, HART Pretends Property Tax Hike is Only Alternative
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 7616 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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Watch HART try to pitch a Property Tax hike in order to make the GE tax seem palatable....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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HART GE Tax Receipts $9M Above Expectations
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 5760 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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“We now have collected nearly $1.47 billion in local revenue funding for rail”
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Tiny Honolulu Rail Stations Limit Capacity of $300M per Mile System
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 5232 Views :: Rail
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Heavy-rail lines have much higher capacities because train lengths are limited only by platform lengths, which in most cases is 8 to 11 cars. But Honolulu is building a heavy-rail line whose platforms are only long enough to allow four 60-foot cars....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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Auditor: City Unable to Track Federal Transportation Funds
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 6280 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...grants and appropriations had lapsed or were subject to de-obligation because project managers lacked accurate, complete and reliable information....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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Desperate to Pass Rail Tax, HART Finally Agrees to Televise One Meeting
By News Release @ 2:12 PM :: 4976 Views :: Rail
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‘Ōlelo to provide live television coverage of next week’s Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s (HART) Board of Directors meeting....
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Friday, April 17, 2015 |
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DBEDT: Solo Commuters up 74%
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 5368 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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The number of commuters driving alone increased 74.2 percent from 253,680 in 1980 to 441,988 in the 2009-2013 period....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Senate Passes Rail Surcharge Extension, State to Skim $496M
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 2:54 AM :: 6512 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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Senators Russell Ruderman, Glenn Wakai, Lee Ihara, Mike Gabbard and Gilbert Keith-Agaran voted in the affirmative but with reservations. A no vote at this stage serves to exclude the person voting no from participating in the Conference Committee....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Stop the Rail GET Surcharge Extension Bills
By News Release @ 5:38 AM :: 5878 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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HB134 will be voted on this Tuesday - 4/14 - in the State Senate....
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Sunday, April 12, 2015 |
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Rail Tax: If You Don't Ask You Don't Get
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6926 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...we are getting closer to a resolution on the two bills that are seeking to extend the life of the 0.5% Oahu county surcharge on our general excise tax....
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Thursday, April 9, 2015 |
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Rail Tax: 2022 Sunset is Only Remaining Check on HART Spending
By Natalie Iwasa @ 2:58 AM :: 5949 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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The only way to contain costs is to force HART to live within its current means....
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Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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Prosecutor: HART & OHA Auditing Firm Victim of 3-year, $500K Embezzlement Scheme
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 14980 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Rail
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... from January 27, 2011, through and including January 27, 2014, Oki perpetrated four separate and distinct fraudulent reimbursement schemes against PKF Pacific Hawaii ....
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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UHERO: Despite Kakaako, Residential building permits fell last year
By UHERO @ 11:03 PM :: 10491 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Rail
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...Assuming affirmative resolution of ongoing entitlement battles for Hoopili and Koa Ridge, single-family building will begin to pick up over the next two years....
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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Honolulu Auditor Releases Citizen Centric Report
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 6333 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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Characteristics receiving the lowest percentage of excellent or good ratings were the availability of affordable quality housing, cost of living, and traffic flow on major streets....
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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Eminent Domain And The Honolulu Rail
By Robert Thomas @ 4:59 PM :: 5535 Views :: Rail
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...eminent domain, property rights, and the Honolulu rail project....
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 |
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GE Tax: Significant negative effect to state economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:24 AM :: 5633 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...The current trend of increasing state and county revenues via various state tax increases and surcharges represents the sort of short-term planning that inevitably leads to economic troubles....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Top Issues? Budget, Homelessness, Housing, Rail Tax, and Marijuana
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 8478 Views :: Homelessness, Rail, Taxes, Drugs
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A report on the top state issues of 2015....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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Lawsuit: OE Local 3 Hawaiian Stabilization - multimillion-dollar slush fund for union bosses
By Selected News Articles @ 10:26 PM :: 9955 Views :: DHHL, Labor, Rail
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...union members accuse union leadership of cavorting with the Japanese Yakuza and the Chinese Triads crime syndicates....
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Sunday, March 15, 2015 |
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Leaked Docs: Wong, Dwyer, and Harry Mattson Got 26% of Kanaiolowalu Contracting Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 9:41 PM :: 12257 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA, Rail
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Contracts with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) reveal hundreds of thousands of dollars in Kanaiolowalu “consulting” fees paid in 2012 and 2013 to Dwyer and Wong....
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Sunday, March 15, 2015 |
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Video: House Republicans Speak Out on HB134 Rail Tax
By Video @ 4:23 PM :: 7081 Views :: Rail, Republican Party, Taxes
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...0.25 per cent rate, beginning January 1, 2017. Amends the administrative fee for the collection of a county surcharge by the State....
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Monday, March 9, 2015 |
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Video: Rail Line Property Owners Meet With Attorneys
By Robert Thomas @ 5:36 AM :: 4427 Views :: Rail
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..."just compensation and damages" are required by the constitution....
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Friday, March 6, 2015 |
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Raise it Higher? GE Tax one among worst practices in fifty states
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:24 AM :: 6723 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...And the poorer you are, the more of your income goes to GE Tax....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 |
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Rail Project Forum: Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, and Protecting Property Rights
By Robert Thomas @ 1:53 PM :: 6494 Views :: Land Use, Rail
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Date: Tomorrow, Thursday, March 5, 2015
Time: 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Location: Farrington High School Cafeteria
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
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HART Directors' Secret Discussion: State May Grab 25% Cut to Ease Passage of GE Tax Extension
By Andrew Walden @ 2:30 PM :: 7241 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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HART Chairman Don Horner suggests the State's surcharge will be raised to 25% even though such a move would "result in a deficit in anticipated GET revenues."
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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Hitachi Buying Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
By Selected News Articles @ 5:13 PM :: 5246 Views :: Rail
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Italy’s largest union, Cgil, called for “a meeting with the government to discuss the possibility of blocking the sale to protect jobs and one of the country’s strategic industries.”
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
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Seminar: Your Rights When HART Comes to Take Your Property
By Robert Thomas @ 9:25 PM :: 7229 Views :: Rail, Small Business
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...Thursday, March 5, 2015, from 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. at the Farrington High School Cafeteria....
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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In Hawaii, The State of Liabilities, The Cost of Rail is Just the Beginning
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:20 PM :: 7331 Views :: Labor, Rail, Taxes
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Liabilities everywhere: The rail project, the failing state hospital system, overdue maintenance on state buildings and campuses, underfunded public worker pensions and health insurance, and so much more....
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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Full Text: Rail Cost Engineer on 'Billion Dollar Mile'
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:12 AM :: 6302 Views :: Rail
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...a brood of unethical government contractors and incapable government enforcers....
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