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Sunday, April 18, 2021 |
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State Auditor Facing a Whack Job?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 4694 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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... the report spends lots of time reviewing the Auditor’s recent actions involving the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ....
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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After Kaka'ako Makai Debacle: 'OHA Shall Seek Decision Making Influence over All Land in Hawai'i'
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 AM :: 4603 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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... OHA shall promote the idea that every property in Hawai'i is sacred and pursue initiatives that help achieve a broad acceptance of this truth ....
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
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Aipoalani: Being banned never stopped him
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 PM :: 2710 Views :: Ethics
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he “...had previously attempted to divert federal grant funds to his bank account”....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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SB1350: Hawaii House Votes to Suspend Pay Raises for Legislators
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 3115 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The House voted for a suspension running through December 31, 2022 ....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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Auditor: Working Group Report "Slipshod and riddled with errors and omissions"
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:06 PM :: 3849 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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... Scathing ‘audit’ of Hawaii state auditor Les Kondo is met with scathing rebuttal ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Trump campaign boosted by $1.7M Pass Thru via Hawaii GOP
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 2686 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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... Federal regulators are probing financial reporting discrepancies stemming from an effort to funnel $75 million through state Republican parties to the national GOP effort to reelect Donald Trump ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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Rep Ward Questions Inaction on Legislative Pay Hikes
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:48 AM :: 3325 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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.... Speaker Saiki and Senate President Kochi have until April 28 (Adjournment Day) to rectify the situation if they so desire ....
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Monday, April 5, 2021 |
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DCCA Finally Going After Fake ‘Hawaiian Kingdom Bond’ Scheme?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:14 PM :: 4448 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, OHA
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“...Securities Commission of the State of Hawaii is about to commence an enforcement action ... based upon the sale of unregistered Kingdom of Hawaii Exchequer Bonds, in violation of HRS § 485A-301....”
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
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What Does the Honolulu Council Want to Know About Kimura Shooting?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:50 PM :: 4253 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... Six years after the fact, State court litigation in the Sgt Anson Kimura shooting case is about to kick into high gear ....
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
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Al Hee Claims Ownership of Federal Subsidies--Court Laughs
By Robert Thomas @ 2:47 AM :: 3282 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... There's a lot there: acronyms, bureaucracy-speak, family-inside politician dealings, tax fraud convictions, and the like ....
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Friday, April 2, 2021 |
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Hanabusa Attack on Auditor is all about hiding corruption in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 AM :: 5596 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... The report was written solely for the purpose of keeping OHA Trustees Executive Session minutes out of the hands of State Auditor Les Kondo ....
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Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
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DLIR Update: $5.2B in Pandemic Benefits Paid
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 2765 Views :: Ethics, Labor, COVID-19
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... DLIR hired a vendor to perform investigations focusing on overpayments. Solid State Operations, Inc. will begin with 25 investigators on April 6 ....
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Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
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Applicants Wanted for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 2937 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill upcoming vacancies on the Hawaii State Ethics Commission and Campaign Spending Commission ....
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 |
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Feds Bust Six in DPP Bribery Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 1:04 AM :: 7154 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... Federal corruption probe targets DPP staffers and one local architect ....
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Sunday, March 28, 2021 |
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What Does Blangiardi’s Police Commission Nominee Know About Kimura Shooting?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:54 PM :: 6146 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... Cap't Ben Mahi was the 2nd-highest-ranking officer of HPD Division 1, when a drunken Division 1 Sgt Anson Kimura accidentally shot waitress Hyun Ju Park ....
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Saturday, March 27, 2021 |
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Guilty of Bribery, Embezzlement: Caldwell Admin CARES Act Administrator Hanalei Aipoalani
By News Release @ 3:26 AM :: 8455 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... Hanalei Aipoalani, 42, of Waianae, Hawaii, pled guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $500,000 from AmeriCorps and to agreeing to accept a bribe for the administration of grants under the CARES Act ....
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Friday, March 19, 2021 |
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ODC Complaint: Megan Kau Worked for Miske and Cop Who Arrested Him
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 6394 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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... ODC complaint claims a conflict of interest existed when local attorneys Megan Kau and Tristan Andres worked simultaneously for a Michael Miske company and for an HPD Sgt who arrested Miske ....
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Friday, March 19, 2021 |
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Grassroot Institute Legislative Update
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:55 AM :: 3648 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, COVID-19
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... Hawaii's Legislature is about halfway through its 2021 session, and if we're lucky, the good will outweigh the bad when it's over ....
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Thursday, March 4, 2021 |
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Rep Ohno: 'Give Me Money and I'll Show You How to Get Your Bill Passed'
By News Release @ 10:56 PM :: 2866 Views :: Ethics
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"... make a contribution of any amount to my campaign, and I’ll send you a Zoom invite to my webinar fundraiser. It’ll be worthwhile, I promise!...."
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021 |
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OIP: UIPA Under COVID Emergency Rules
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 2419 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... SP18 requires an agency that relies on the suspended deadlines to acknowledge receipt of “UIPA Requests” ....
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Police Chief says 263 officers abused overtime policy
By Video @ 2:34 AM :: 2766 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... The video was sent to officers Friday morning on the department’s private communication channel ....
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Monday, March 1, 2021 |
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Ethics: Cows and Church at HYCF
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 2663 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... HYCF has conducted cattle ranching operations on HYCF property for many years ....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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Rep Har DUI Arrest: Smelled of Alcohol, Yelled 'Black Lives Matter'
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 11110 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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... “Sharon then related that she was going to be the next governor but ‘this’ will mess up her plans.” ....
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Friday, February 19, 2021 |
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Sand Island Disclosure After BRAT Threatens Blangiardi with ‘Citizens Arrest’
By Andrew Walden @ 10:20 PM :: 5022 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... The parcel is one of several not included on Blangiardi’s, June 8, 2020, Candidate Financial Disclosure form ....
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Friday, February 19, 2021 |
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Bill to Dissolve Agribusiness Development Corporation Passed Out of House Committee
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 2961 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture
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...HB1271 dissolves the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) and transfers all its resource except the director to the Department of Agriculture....
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Thursday, February 18, 2021 |
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9/11 Conspiracy Theorist to Rewrite Maui County Charter?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 AM :: 4336 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... One of the nation’s leading 911 conspiracy theorists has been nominated to serve on the Maui County Charter Commission ....
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Saturday, February 13, 2021 |
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Lawsuit: Vendor Skimming Hawaii Child Support Payments
By Selected News Articles @ 2:00 PM :: 3338 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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"... those payments came with a 3.5% convenience fee — higher than any other vendor taking electronic payments ...."
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Friday, February 12, 2021 |
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Auditor Exposes Speaker's Office--Manipulating 'Working Group' to Save OHA's Dirty Secrets
By News Release @ 1:52 PM :: 4328 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... The Working Group’s questions about the lawsuit filed by OHA against me and the office – a lawsuit that is ongoing – are also wholly inappropriate and can only help OHA in the litigation ....
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021 |
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Lawsuit: Hee Crime Family Under the Table Deal with Time Warner
By Andrew Walden @ 1:18 AM :: 4772 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... According to the complaint filed by Bankruptcy Trustee Michael Katzenstein, Clearcom, a Hee family company, has been receiving payment under the table from Oceanic Time Warner, Charter, and possibly others ....
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Sunday, February 7, 2021 |
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Bill 31: Former Meth-head Helps Sand Island Lobby for Property Tax Cap
By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 AM :: 4786 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Taxes, COVID-19
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... It is naturally hard to say no to an ex-tweeker who, at Bishop Estate, achieved the kind of things most Honolulu politicians can only dream of ....
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Friday, February 5, 2021 |
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Feds link Bay Area man to California/Hawaii coke smuggling ring, illegal gambling hall
By News Release @ 12:47 PM :: 8349 Views :: Ethics, Police, Drugs
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"... Lee said she and Officer Chu have been growing marijuana ever since her husband left her ...."
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Friday, January 29, 2021 |
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Completing the Work of Restoring OHA's Credibility
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:04 AM :: 2390 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... A survey commissioned by the agency in 2015 found that the public regarded OHA as the least favorable of the major Hawaiian-serving organizations ....
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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Ex-CFO: I was fired to keep Legislators from Seeing OHA's True Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 7:41 AM :: 5699 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... According to Laeha’s suit he was suspended by OHA’s then-CEO Kamanao Crabbe one day before he was set to reveal OHA’s real budget and "corrupt and unlawful practices" to Legislators ....
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
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Ethics: Legislator Wants to Hire 'Intern', Pay Under the Table
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 3188 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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"... Soliciting, selling, or otherwise engaging in a substantial financial transaction with a subordinate or a person or business whom the legislator or employee inspects or supervises in the legislator's or employee's official capacity ...."
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Monday, January 25, 2021 |
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Legislature Stages Vaccination Party for 500 Cronies and Insiders
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 4660 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... all Legislative employees working in the Hawaiʻi State Capitol will be able to be vaccinated as members of its prioritized vaccination system's Phase 1b (i.e., individuals essential for government operations), on January 28, 2021 ....
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Monday, January 25, 2021 |
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Hawaii Opens Door to More Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Schemes
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 4053 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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... This is made possible with the issuance of a “no action message” by DFI, which will not take any action against these companies during the two-year period of the program ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Let's get our voice back
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:50 AM :: 2767 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... a perpetual emergency status ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Agribusiness Development Corp: "Costly, disorganized and ineffective"
By UHERO @ 1:06 AM :: 2863 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture
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... ADC’s emphasis on land acquisition has made it a costly, disorganized and ineffective program while the state and counties have failed to fulfill their promises to landowners participating in the IAL program ....
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Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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Supreme Court Suspends Katherine Kealoha's Boyfriend's Lawyer
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3569 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... but he can get back to being a shyster in 5 years ....
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Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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Hawaii's Lum Crime Family Pays Lobbyist for Last-Minute Trump Pardon
By Selected News Articles @ 7:43 PM :: 5281 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... Nickie Lum Davis has retained Potomac International Partners to push for a grant of clemency. One of the lobbyists on the account is Mark Cowan, who was a member of Trump’s transition team ....
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Saturday, January 16, 2021 |
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Former Schofield contractor sentenced for role in bribery and kickback scheme
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 2864 Views :: Ethics, Military
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... from 2011 to 2018, Winslett paid over $100,000 worth of bribes to two U.S. Army contracting officials who worked at the Range at Schofield Barracks, in order to steer federal contracts worth at least $19 million ....
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Friday, January 15, 2021 |
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Meth Trafficking: Former Mayor of Yona, Guam Sentenced to Prison for Extortion
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 2895 Views :: Ethics, Drugs
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... bribes from a drug trafficker to obtain United States Postal Service cluster box units ....
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Friday, January 15, 2021 |
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30 Years Without a Plan -- Auditor Rips Agribusiness Development Corp.
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:36 AM :: 4758 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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"...ADC has done little – if anything – to facilitate the development of agricultural enterprises...the State can no longer wait for ADC to figure out what it is, what it is supposed to do, and how it is supposed to do it...."
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Sunday, January 10, 2021 |
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Say 'Uncle' -- What Connects Miske to Kealoha?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:25 PM :: 14276 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Rail
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... Kealoha was selected Chief thanks in part to Michael Miske’s ‘uncle’ ....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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Rail critic Natalie Iwasa named to HART board of directors
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 3098 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... “Ms. Iwasa's official engagement on the Board will ensure increased accountability and transparency at HART.” ....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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OHA Chair Hulu Lindsey "Will push for a better relationship with the state auditor"
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 PM :: 2613 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...“We will rely on the advisory opinion of the auditor in making corrective changes. If OHA’s in-house policies do not conform to our obligations as a state agency, then we should create policies that do.”....
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Saturday, December 26, 2020 |
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DoJ: Hawaii's Lum Crime Family Trades American Hostages in Trump's White House
By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 14804 Views :: National News, Ethics, Hawaii History, Obama
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...Hawaii’s Lum Crime Family is back in the news—allegedly channeling a Malaysian billionaire’s money to buy Chinese communist influence in Donald Trump’s White House via a top Trump fundraiser--convicted fraudster Elliott Broidy....
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
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US Senate Report: Whistleblower Retaliation Behind Hawaii Helicopter Crashes
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 4148 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Tourism
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... Allegations of Misconduct at the Honolulu Flight Standards District Office ....
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020 |
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Good News--Where's it coming from?
By Video @ 11:39 PM :: 3051 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Where This Good News Is Coming From May Surprise You ....
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