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Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
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Honolulu Cellphone Ban: You can Walk the walk, but don’t talk the talk
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:19 PM :: 7017 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Honolulu City Council has got to have more important things to focus on than regulating and restricting yet another aspect of our lives.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
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Plaintiffs Seek Injunction to block Honolulu Rail Construction, Contracting
By Selected News Articles @ 2:44 PM :: 8563 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief to ensure that Defendants do not implement the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project...before complying fully with federal environmental laws.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
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Psychiatrists Boycott Honolulu Meeting Over Desmond Tutu Invitation
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 14254 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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In a speech in Boston, Mr. Tutu directly attacked the Jewish supporters of Israel as being in effect traitors to America, controlling U.S. foreign policy for the benefit of Israel and to the detriment of America. In that speech he compared American Jewish supporters of Israel to Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin, Milosevich, Stalin, and Pinochet.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
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Brookings: Honolulu The Bus is #1 Transit System in Nation
By News Release @ 12:38 PM :: 8483 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Transit coverage is highest in Western metro areas such as Honolulu and Los Angeles, and lowest in Southern metro areas such as Chattanooga and Greenville....
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
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Honolulu’s Frieda Takaki to head US Employee Stock Ownership Foundation
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 9288 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Ms. Takaki is active in the Hawaii Chapter of The ESOP Association has served on the Executive Committee's State & Regional Chapter Council. From 2007 – 2009, Ms. Takaki served as Chair of The ESOP Association.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
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Porn Pastor to appear at former Wahiawa XXX Store
By News Release @ 7:10 PM :: 10419 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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In an effort to raise awareness about pornography Craig Gross founded XXXchurch.com, the website mixes the seedy with the sacred in an effort to raise the often taboo subject of pornography as a problem that needs to be dealt with. The website has had over 70 million visitors....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Rep Gene Ward’s Sine Die Speech
By Video @ 5:06 PM :: 10631 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Representative Gene Ward, Minority Leader, Sine Die Announcement May 2011, Hawaii State House of Representatives ....
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Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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Coverup: DoE changes tests, surveys to create illusion of progress
By Selected News Articles @ 5:58 PM :: 8520 Views :: Education K-12
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…a decade’s worth of reform and rhetoric that hasn’t made much of a dent.
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Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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UPDATE: Hawaii Right to Life PAC endorses more Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidates
By Janet M. Grace @ 5:34 PM :: 7436 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Janet Grace, Executive Director of Hawaii Right to Life, states, "We believe the Neighborhood Board election is as important as any other state electoral contest because it gives voters the opportunity to choose lawmakers who are uncompromisingly committed to pursuing life-affirming policies in our local statutes. Each vote for candidates who value life will help bring the urgent change Honolulu needs to thrive and prosper."
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Thursday, May 5, 2011 |
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Panos to Council: Floating Rail Bonds before federal funds are secured is dereliction of duty
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 7414 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The 2011 New Starts funds for the whole nation is $1.59 Billion and Honolulu is asking for $1.55 Billion.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Marumoto: State becoming addicted to Marijuana Money
By Video @ 8:44 PM :: 7523 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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This fee increase will only help perpetuate the program. If there’s one thing we’ve all learned this year, it’s that once you put money into a program and personnel, it’s very hard to get it back out. It’s harder still to shut down the program entirely. In a word, if we provide more money, the program will become dependent - even addicted - upon that money.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Berg on Transit Authority: Mayor, Council Leadership put Cronyism ahead of qualifications
By News Release @ 8:03 PM :: 5750 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Apparently, neither the mayor nor my council leadership want transportation experts overseeing a transportation project. Clearly, they want inexperienced 'yes men' to do the bidding of the rail consortium and developers rather than truly qualified experts who'll keep an eye on how taxpayer funds are expended with Hawaii's largest and most expensive public works project ever.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Cam Cavasso: Family and the Future
By News Release @ 7:58 PM :: 10970 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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I have initiated establishment of a 501(c)4 nonprofit educational organization called "Foundation 1776,"the mission of which will be advocate for the application of the foundational principles on which our nation and our families were built.... We will also build a separate Political Action Committee designed to help recruit, train and fund the campaigns of like-minded candidates seeking to serve in the 76 legislative seats in the Hawaii House of Representatives and Senate.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Hawaii Right to Life PAC endorses Neighborhood Board Candidates
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 6626 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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As Honolulu County voters begin casting their ballots in Neighborhood Board elections, Hawaii Right to Life reveals its list of endorsed candidates ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Slom: Business freeze hiring in response to Legislature, Non-Profits may close doors
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 2:47 PM :: 7266 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Several businesses have already announced hiring freezes, and possible layoffs because of the legislative action. Several local non-profits are even harder hit and several may cease operations.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Marumoto: Retirees have won the Day, Pension Tax is Dead
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 7312 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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“All during this session I received a steady stream of letters, phone calls and e mails. I was stopped several times in neighborhood markets and shopping centers. None of the communications were form letters, but individual pleas reminding me that retirees could not afford to lose more income to taxes."
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Inouye, Akaka votes: A ticket to USA for Guantanamo detainee who attempted attack on Honolulu
By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 14352 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed spent most of 1994 plotting to blow up or hijack 12 airplanes carrying about 4,000 passengers bound for Honolulu and 11 other locations as part of Operation Bojinka, based in Manila, Philippines. He would later use operational experienced gained from his Bojinka failure to mastermind 9-11.
Now Hawaii's two Senators have voted to help spring Mohammed from detention at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Study: Hawaii has most expensive rentals in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 PM :: 8761 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...NLIHC calculates Hawaii’s "housing wage" at $31.08 per hour. The “housing wage” which is the full-time hourly wage a household would need to earn in order to afford the fair market rent for an apartment....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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UH Medical School to lose Tobacco Settlement Funding
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 7329 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The JABSOM measure appeared to have support in both houses, but the conference committees deadlocked over a different bill-one the House of Representatives supported to tax pension income over $200,000. The Senate firmly opposed any pension tax.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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144 Bills Face Final Votes by May 5
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 12:41 PM :: 5397 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...the 2011 Legislative Session ends on Thursday. Tomorrow, for the last time, your House of Representatives will vote on the entirety of bills still alive this session....
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission looking into Depleted Uranium paperwork violations
By News Release @ 9:10 PM :: 10284 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Separately from the Army’s license application, a resident of Hawaii filed a petition on March 4, 2010, requesting the NRC take enforcement action against the Army if it found the Army possessed or released depleted uranium to the environment without a license in violation of NRC requirements.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Immigration Files: UH Manoa Counseled Obama Sr. “about his Playboy Ways”
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 13492 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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…And another immigration memo, from June 1964, records that Harvard officials were trying "to get rid of him" and "couldn't seem to figure out how many wives he had."….
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
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House saves the day after Senate votes 24-1 to dishonor Polynesian Discoverers of Hawaiian Isles
By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 11275 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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On the second Monday of every October, Hawaii celebrates, “Discoverers' Day", in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands.” But the Senate wants to put a stop to the celebrations.
According to the text of SCR55, introduced March 3 by Abercrombie-appointed Senator Maile Shimabukuro, the holiday should be dropped ....
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Djou: Oahu has nation’s Highest Gas Taxes, City may raise higher
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:37 PM :: 9591 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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With Hawaii now experiencing the highest gasoline prices in history, it is baffling that the politicians in the City government are actually contemplating an increase in the gasoline tax.
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Honolulu Pacific Office Properties could be De-listed by Stock Exchange
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 9864 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PCE), a real estate investment trust owning interests in 45 office buildings primarily in Hawaii and California, reported today that it received notice from the NYSE Amex (the “Exchange”) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the continued listing standards ....
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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HCR135: Special Interests hijack ALOHA Resolution
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:43 PM :: 7960 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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in a House committee, HCR 135 was the victim of “gut and replace” ....
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Friday, April 22, 2011 |
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Former California Mayor Jumps Into Hawaii Election Legislation Controversy
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 8883 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Tony Santos, former resident of Hawaii, Farrington High School student, and past Mayor of the City of San Leandro, California, has been actively advising Hawaii lawmakers to kill off a proposal to establish Instant Runoff Voting on the county level.
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Friday, April 22, 2011 |
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Ambitious Turkey
By Daniel Pipes @ 12:57 PM :: 6567 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Here is a geopolitical look at the Turkish Gulen Cult currently attempting to curry favor with Hawaii legislators and take over Mokapu Elementary School....
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Friday, April 22, 2011 |
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Berg: Cut the Golf Subsidy, no new taxes
By News Release @ 11:40 AM :: 6800 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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“I refuse to impose on my constituents the lethal combo of a fuel tax increase, a property tax increase, and a sewer rate increase while a whopping nine million dollars per year from the general fund is diverted to subsidize the game of golf .... "
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Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
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TEA Party: Support Sen Slom’s No New Taxes Budget
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 10739 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Why should private sector struggling businesses become cash cows for an irresponsible Governor and spineless Legislature?
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Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
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Shell Game: Rail Costs down, but Handi-van getting $1.15B?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:11 PM :: 9213 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Is the City is hiding a politically damaging increase in rail cost projections by placing the money in the Handi-van account and using inflated census numbers to justify it? At a future date, will the moneys be quietly transferred back to rail?
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
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Carlisle nominates Horner, Okinaga, Hong to Transit Authority
By News Release @ 2:14 PM :: 8123 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Mayor Carlisle appointed retired union representative William Hong, current Corporation Counsel Carrie Okinaga, and First Hawaiian Bank Chairman Don Horner.
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Friday, April 15, 2011 |
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Fontaine Factor: Judges speak up on Drug Courts
By Video @ 11:13 PM :: 9389 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Representative George Fontaine discusses Hawaii Drug Courts with Chief Judge, Judge Shackley Raffetto from Maui and Judge Michael D. Wilson from Oahu....
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Friday, April 15, 2011 |
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No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
By News Release @ 8:27 AM :: 22608 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Hawaii has one of the highest State Tax Rates in the United States, and yet the State Legislature is considering many new increases in taxes including income, excise, and other fees. Are you Taxed Enough Already?
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
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Marumoto: Pension Tax is a foot in the door towards taxing moderate, low income Pensioners
By News Release @ 1:13 PM :: 7561 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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If we pass this measure today, we will have our "foot in the door" to start taxing the pensions of all our seniors. We may end up taxing pensions at $10,000 or $5,000 or maybe at no threshold at all. If we returned to the Governor's original proposal of a $37,500 threshold, it will be harmful to our low-income seniors.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
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Honolulu Councilmembers reject Berg resolution, cite fear of retaliation
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 7802 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Berg’s proposed resolution – adopted unanimously in the Council's government affairs committee two weeks ago – was voted down six to three amid concerns that most council members found the timing of Berg’s “message sending” resolution too risky ....
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
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Brookings: Honolulu Rail Cost Overruns inevitable
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:37 PM :: 9045 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Winston criticizes in particular the now-under-construction Dulles Airport rail line that will become a part of the Washington, D.C.–area transit system, noting that the route is not cost-effective. He characterizes cost overruns on the Dulles rail line and the soon-to-be-under-construction Honolulu rail line as “inevitable”....
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Monday, April 11, 2011 |
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Atlas Shrugged to Open In Honolulu April 15
By FreedomWorks @ 8:49 PM :: 9976 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Consolidated Theatres Kahala 8 4211 Waialae Avenue #3080, Honolulu, HI 96816
- Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18 735 B Iwilei Road, Honolulu, HI 96817
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Monday, April 11, 2011 |
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Djou: Hawaii needs Civil Service Reform
By Rep Charles Djou @ 12:15 AM :: 10062 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The last time Hawaii had a real conversation about reforming the civil service system was in 1999 lead by then Democrat Governor Ben Cayetano.
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Sunday, April 10, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Sen. Slom introduces Balanced Budget with no tax hikes
By Video @ 4:04 PM :: 7861 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Sen. Sam Slom on Friday proposed eliminating about 1,500 jobs and about 500 vacant positions as a way to reduce government costs.... Slom's bare-bones budget would cost $4.4 billion in general funds, a $500 million decline from the current year's budget and $1 billion less than the House's proposal.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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Full Results: Daily Kos Hawaii Poll
By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 7901 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Daily Kos Hawaii Poll Public Policy Polling, 898 Registered Voters, MoE 3.3%, Mar 24, 2011 - Mar 27, 2011. Do you approve or di...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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Hirono, Hanabusa vote for Government Shutdown, stop paying troops
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 9018 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hanabusa, Hirono oppose House continuing resolution which keeps the federal government operating and ensures federal employees will receive a paycheck, including those of our military men and woman serving in harm’s way ....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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Chief Justice Recktenwald Appoints Four District Court Judges on Oahu
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 6978 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald appointed Lanson K. Kupau, Melanie Mito May and Dean E. Ochiai to the District Court and Catherine H. Remigio to the District Family Court of the First Circuit (Oahu).
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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Ward: 100s of alternatives to tax hike
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 7042 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Rep. Gene Ward (R-Hawaii Kai – Kalama Valley) today issued a warning to the public not to believe the latest threats by the Senate as well as the Hawaii’s public labor unions that an increase in the general excise tax (GET) is the only option on the table.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 |
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Todd Apo and KoOlina: Ethics Violation kept secret since 2007
By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 AM :: 11301 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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According to sources at Honolulu Hale, Mayor Carlisle is pushing for Todd Apo, former Honolulu County Council Chair, to be one of his nominees to serve on the newly-created Transit Authority. Apo is making the rounds speaking to his former colleagues. But before Carlisle acts, he may want to ask himself why Apo so suddenly resigned from the Council last year.....
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Saturday, April 2, 2011 |
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Waialua Robotics wins big in Vegas
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 7874 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Waialua High School robotics team competed again today at the Las Vegas Regional among 39 teams from across the country. Waialua finished as a Regional Finalist and was recognized with two awards....
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Saturday, April 2, 2011 |
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City finally 'Sees the Light' on Lunalilo Home Rd
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 6284 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Street lights crowd roadside on installed section of project.
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Saturday, April 2, 2011 |
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Abercrombie names new UH Regents, E-W Center Board members
By News Release @ 11:03 AM :: 7758 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie today announced his appointments for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawai'i (UH) and the Board of Governors to East-West Center....
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