Honolulu County

...a resolution that would have authorized up to $26 million in borrowing to help fund its over-budget and behind-schedule rail project....

... The number of appointments available to the public is completely full. Every morning, hundreds of people try to access the website to get an appointment. This causes the system to freeze and crash, something reminiscent of the state's unemployment website in the early days of the pandemic ....

...Rick Hamada Hosts 12 Honolulu Mayoral Candidates July 7, 2020, in the 2020 Mayoral Candidate Forum sponsored by the Sales and Marketing Executives of Honolulu, KHVH 830AM Radio, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and KHON....

...Honolulu county can't afford to borrow more for rail, Grassroot Institute says....

...Order 5: Non-Medical Grade Face Coverings now requires everyone on O‘ahu to wear non-medical grade face coverings over their noses and mouths.... 

...route 9 (Pearl Harbor-Kaimuki); 40 (Makaha-Honolulu); 42 (Ewa Beach-Waikiki); 88A (North Shore Express); and 501 (Mililani Mauka)....

...Online registration pilot project complete. Walk-in range usage beginning Wednesday, July 1....

...Caldwell expressed worries about the uncertainty of revenue collections that are supposed to pay for the city’s $9.2 billion rail project....

...This tax credit will be applied to next year’s taxes. Annual filing is required for this credit....

... Of the three candidates, two have family members that are already sitting in the Honolulu City Council ....

"...From now on everyone who is in line at HPD's firearms registration department by 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays will be served...."

...Honolulu Mayoral Candidate Keith Amemiya knows a lot about the ‘affordable’ housing system and how to ‘work’ it....

"...Current operational practices are reactive and appear to wait for park conditions to deteriorate before action is taken, rather than maintaining quality conditions...."

...use of CWAs, also known as project labor agreements, would drastically limit the use of nonunion employees on public projects, thereby reducing competition among bidding contractors and increasing costs for Honolulu taxpayers....

...The O‘ahu Pedestrian Plan’s draft pedestrian priority network open for public comment....

...to provide food assistance to recently unemployed individuals is set to conclude with two remaining food distribution events at Aloha Stadium....

...Parks and Recreation Online System, PROS, available to public beginning Wednesday, June 3 at 12 noon....

...Their legislation follows their recent initiative to create Hawaii’s first National Heritage Area at Ka’ena Point....

... a surprise on today's candidate printout ....

...City Council to hear union preference 'fixer bill' next Wednesday, June 3....

... They need better protections such as higher wages and safer working conditions....  Keith understands this deeply ....

...“Personal Service Providers” would be allowed to resume operations with modifications on Friday, May 29....

... Earlier this month, the Hawaii Republican Party’s (HRP) Chairwoman Ms. Shirlene Ostrov sent a letter to Chief Daniel Hanagami, Special Agent, Office of the State Attorney General, who is investigating Honolulu’s Light Rail Project ....

...neighborhood boards will be able to reconvene public meetings starting on Monday, June 1....

...expanding the bulky item appointment-based collection system island-wide starting July 1, 2020....

...Mayor Caldwell provides guidelines for resuming in-person spiritual services....

... Sampling wastewater is experimental but can provide broad testing results to indicate COVID-19 prevalence ....

...to expand testing capacity to help put Oʻahu safely back to work....

...TMC Lab will collaborate with Community Health Centers across Oʻahu and provide capacity to perform up to 50,000 COVID-19 tests and 49,000 antibody tests through the end of 2020....

...starting Friday, May 15, outdoor sport fields and courts will be open for one-on-one sports or exercise with limitations, as well as drive-in services (e.g., spiritual/religious services) that follow specific guidelines....

...Small Business Relief and Recovery Fund using $25 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding....

"...This money will directly support the City’s current transit service operations, TheBus and TheHandi-Van...."

...Oahu and Maui Counties reopening partially....

...total job reductions between January and April in Honolulu county were 34% of full-time jobs and 41% of part-time. These numbers were much higher on Hawaii (50% and 67%), Maui (69% and 68%), and Kauai (56% and 62%)....

...Stormwater: $100M Tax Hike After 36 Years of Lawyering and Foot-dragging....

...Realtors and car dealers at the top of the list....

...Six police cars swoop in on Honolulu Mayoral candidate Choon James, Monday, April 27, 2020, as she attempts to video the destruction of Monkeypod trees being cut down during repaving of the Ala Moana/Magic Island parking lot....

...Today, Life of the Land filed a direct appeal to the Hawai'i Supreme Court regarding the Public Utilities Commission's decision to deny its motion to void approvals related to the Kahuku windmills project....

...The funds will go to Hawai‘i Foodbank to deploy food distributions at four new locations across O‘ahu beginning Thursday, April 30, 2020....

...DLS: Contrary to what the Caldwell admin and Civil Beat claim, all of our COVID tests are approved by FDA under an EUA....

...suit against the Board of Education for holding a secret, closed door meeting last February, that resulted in denying her petition for rulemaking, violating the state Sunshine Law....

...City and County of Honolulu to commemorate essential public transportation workers....

...An owner or operator of an Essential Business may refuse admission or service to an individual who fails to wear face coverings....

...Mayor Kirk Caldwell: Classify Fabric Stores As An Essential Business....

...Mayor will decline pay raises for City officials....

...The Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) has announced that the Honolulu Zoo was granted accreditation by AZA’s independent Accreditation Commission....

...while you are locked down with COVID, this is what some politicians are doing....

...Ige’s Health Emergency Declaration waves many of the state laws ensuring public participation, transparency, and accountability.    

The implicit understanding is that elected officials will utilize these extraordinary powers only to combat the Corona Virus pandemic in Hawaii.

It only took two days to find out....

“...I replaced CIP funding for renovations and improvements to the Blaisdell Center and Ala Moana Park with funding for rapid housing, mobile hygiene centers, addiction rehabilitation facilities, mental health treatment facilities and quarantine and medical triage facilities...."

...Hawaii County is still going its own way....