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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 November 28, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 3008 Views Ige-Green Administration is Hiring Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C? Charitable? Hawaii Ranks 46th Revolving Door: DBEDT Director Quitting to Join Law Firm's Lobbying Arm Hawaii County: Top Contractor Headed Salary Commission—Gave  Massive Raises Really, how hard can fixing jail blunders be? Danners won’t face prosecution Hotel strikers to get $6.13 in raises over 4 years State Law Allows Minors to Refuse Psychiatric Treatment Marshallese Adoptions Fuel A Lucrative Practice For Some Lawyers Man who suffered heart attack during Hawaii missile alert sues state Consumers sue maker of ‘Hawaiian’ potato chips President 2020? Gabbard Speaking to Democrats in New Hampshire Read More..

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Letters to the Editor, November, 2018 By Letters to the Editor @ 2:44 PM :: 2670 Views Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C? Read More..

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 November 27, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 3012 Views Sen 19 Loser Lopresti Claims Golojuch Altered Ballots--Demands Recount The County Strikes Back (part 1) Council Resolution: Ban Cars, Buses from Waikiki by 2030 Inspector General Releases False Missile Alert Report 4 Problems With the New Climate Change Report Plastic Straw Ban Crusades Are About Progressive Virtue Signaling, Not Practical Solutions Professor Thinks Banning These Words Would Fix Free Speech on College Campuses Connected: Rail, Pensions, and Vacation Rentals Caldwell Claims: ‘No More Important Issue’ Than Climate Change – While Building Rail in Inundation Zone Proposed Palehua Wind Farm May Violate State Law Windfarm to be built on top of Hawaiian archaeological site? Kurt Fevella: From school custodian to sole Republican in the state Senate     Losers LoPresti, Waters Sue for Recount Marriott-managed hotels, union reach agreement, vote set today Police Security Cameras May Soon Blanket Waikiki CPB Raises Minimum Wage to $16—Socialists Still Dithering on $15, Just Can’t Keep up with Trump Economy Star-Adv: Affordable Housing Plan ‘Scary’ HPD Calls for Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities Enviros Prepare to Launch Fake Humpback Hysteria Honolulu mayor exploits Thanksgiving to spin Iwilei homeless center debacle Board of Water Supply starts new push to redevelop downtown parcel Kauai Council Chair Chosen: Anti-GMO Freaks Lose 5-2 Black Market Babies from Marshall Islands Port of Honolulu Master Plan Being Updated Read More..

Monday, November 26, 2018 November 26, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:34 AM :: 2764 Views Schatz deletes tweet suggesting ‘chemical weapons’ used at US-Mexico border Tax Credits: Proposed Biofuel Plant Faces $100M Deadline GET blocks ability to survive on 1 job Legislative Agenda: State lawmakers pander, knowing Committee Chairs will Kill Minimum Wage Hike Fee to fish?: RPL Public Meetings Set Program prevents former inmates from becoming homeless Opioid Prescriptions Down—So Are Overdose Deaths Big Island Bus System Still a Mess Read More..

Sunday, November 25, 2018 November 25, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:06 PM :: 2770 Views City Piles on Big Ticket Projects as money woes mount Star-Adv: DLNR must extract more rent money from Small Businesses Flacking for Hotel Industry, Appleseed Center urges tough vacation rental rules Rape victim sues DOE Hawaii County seeks flexibility in using GET funds Hawaii’s disability benefit denials reversed at highest rate in nation Caldwell: Don’t delay needed fire sprinkler law Bitchy Gabbard Just a Trump Copycat Gabbard Going from the ridiculous to the profane Read More..

Saturday, November 24, 2018 November 24, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:16 PM :: 5469 Views Lloyd’s of London Throws in the Towel on Lava Exclusion The Jones Act: Charting a New Course after a Century of Failure Political Connections Pay Off: Gill Family to Cash in on Makakilo Wind Farm Sex, Lies and Retaliation at Big Island Election Office—6 years later Case Reaches Supreme Court Climate report paints dire picture for Hawaii – Public Laughs at Mindless Eco-Hysteria Iwase Out at PUC—Who Will Raise our Rates Next? Bus fares could go up, again Big Island Taxicab drivers say Uber, Lyft putting them at unfair disadvantage An alternative for the homeless? Read More..

Friday, November 23, 2018 November 23, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 3202 Views Honolulu Tax Evader a Big Deal in Guam, Micronesia Criminal Al Hee’s Scam Company May be Forced into Bankruptcy Key to DPP Change: Fewer HGEA Members Making Excuses   Ex-prison guard charged in three inmates’ assaults Read More..

Thursday, November 22, 2018 November 22, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 3082 Views The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom Wind Farm: Hearing to Consider Plan to Kill More Bats, Petrels DoE Announces New Scheme to Extract CIP Money from Legislature Hawaii AG Demands More Focus on Trannies If Hawaiians Were Indians, Hawaii Would be #3 for Reservations Medicaid waivers allowed for inpatient psychiatric treatment UH: Convicted Felon Paid to Get Other Convicts Released State economic growth downgraded Permitting delays hinder small business, startup growth in Hawaii State’s unfunded liabilities crisis has a silver lining Honolulu’s Secret Home Buyers Must Now Reveal Their Identities Hawaii Legislative “Tricks” HECO Playing Games With Proposed Makakilo Wind Farm East Honolulu City Council candidate to appeal razor thin loss Family blames bureaucracy for keeping 85-year-old sex offender on the streets Substance abuse put former athletes on different paths to redemption Read More..

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 November 21, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 2991 Views UHERO: Revenue Decoupling Jacks up Utility Rates Tulsi Gabbard Just Called Donald Trump A Bitch for Being Insufficiently Russian Ikaika Anderson: Council Homeless Policy Like Homosexual Gathering With Few Days Left in Office, Drug-Infused Councilwoman Continues to Spout Sovereignty Rhetoric Homeless Child Molester Busted at Ala Moana Beach Park Anti-Dairy Protesters Drive Big Island dairy farm out of business Change Honolulu Rail’s Route Right Now Because of Sea Level Rise Caldwell vetoes bill giving condo owners more time to comply with fire safety law Native Hawaiians claim voter suppression at Leeward Oahu polling sites during general election Former Hawaii Geothermal site destroyed by lava; PGV says risk of of hydrogen sulfide release ‘minimal’ Hawaii County Council passes measure regulating short-term vacation rentals Federal Report: No Evidence That Agent Orange Was Used On Guam Read More..

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 November 20, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 2617 Views Hawaii putting bond investors in a world of hurt Hawaii Grade C for Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Laws HRA Backs Hawaii Concealed Carry Lawsuit UH 'Scientists' Assemble Cavalcade of Global Warming Hysterias A Smaller World  Women's March Founder: "Anti-Semitism, anti-LBGTQIA sentiment, and hateful, racist rhetoric part of the platform" Grandstanding: Hirono Lawsuit Challenges Trump Appointment OHA Money Grab Behind Star-Adv Push for Higher DLNR Land Rents Telescope foes ask Hawaii high court to reconsider ruling AG to Release Result of Investigation into HGEA-Controlled Lunatic Asylum Did Hawaii Lawmakers Poison Their Relationship With Gov. Ige? $17M—300% Sewer fee hike advanced We’re Number One!  Construction underway in Iwilei for largest hygiene center in the nation New location discussed for Waianae homeless Soft on Crime: 10 Convictions out on the Streets Does it Again Time For Honolulu To Finally Decide On Natatorium’s Future? Read More..

Monday, November 19, 2018 November 19, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 2995 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 18, 2018 HART Admits Taxpayers 100% on the Hook for P3 Contract Waters and supporters threaten recount lawsuits Green Energy Hustlers Thrilled at Prospect of 20% Higher Electric Bills Rename Hawaii Consumer Advocate the Rate Advocate Shakedown: Judge calls inspections at Pohakuloa training area ‘grossly inadequate’ DLNR Leasing Strategy: Wait for Phone to Ring DLNR Criticized for Not Looting Tenants of Kanohelehua Industrial Park DHHL: Three Years of Paper Shuffling Before Construction Can Begin DPP Whac-a-Mole Maui: Will Planning Comm Water Down $20K/day TVR Fines? Read More..

Sunday, November 18, 2018 November 18, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 3320 Views Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy Senate Announces Leadership, Committee Chairs Full Bilingual Hawaiian-English Bible Published Walden versus OHA’s LLCs OHA Operatives Squeeze DLNR Harbors Division for Money as Ala Wai redevelopment Looms Open-Carry: Hawaii Paints itself into corner  Lt. Gov. needs a real job or save us the big salary Hygiene Center Homeless Vortex: Drug dealing, public drinking, street sex, street brawls, stabbings and murders Hanalei Residents Angle for Six More Months Without Tourists, TVRs Bill Would Keep Hordes of Tourists out of Leilani Estates New Age Quacks Behind Anti-Vaxxers Mobilizing to Keep Your Kids Sick When hype overpowers fact, we get mongoosed Read More..

Saturday, November 17, 2018 November 17, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 7128 Views City to Feds: OK We've Done What You Told Us To State Legislature Hiring for Upcoming Session Maui rental fines not fine Hawaii: Nobody Has More Individual Income Tax Brackets UH: Ken Lawson Admits his “Innocence Project” Brought Alleged Pimp to Hawaii Legislative Agenda: State to Build 1000s of Condos at $300K ea? Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to pay $13M for construction claims Ala Wai Harbor P3 Draws Interest from Developers Homeless Tent City: “Rapes, stabbings, theft. It was the weak preying on the weaker.” Read More..

Friday, November 16, 2018 November 16, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 2857 Views Auditor Rips Health Department Oversight of Board and Care Homes HR5025: Protect Fishermen from Enviro Fines Bum Patrol: City Launches 24/7 Security Project for Nine Parks HART approves rail recovery plan—New Cost $9.196B DoE SPED: We’re Incompetent so Give Us More Money  Hawaii Suicide Squad too Eager—Might Blow Chance to Spread Scheme to Mainland States HGEA Coverup: A year later, few answers into how admitted killer escaped from Kaneohe psychiatric hospital Maui Solar Schemes to Score $0.11 per kwh DHHL: Remove unauthorized hale NELHA Tax Credit Scheme Blames Global Cooling for Losses Bruno Mars Proves Aloha Stadium Structurally Sound Read More..

Thursday, November 15, 2018 November 15, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 2980 Views Esther Kia'aina--New OHA CEO? GE Tax Receipts Down 0.7% $206M Short: Hawaii’s budget surplus shrinks to $750M 10 Family Members, 4 Bedrooms And ‘A Dream To Have Your Own Place’—The Reality of ‘Monster Homes’ Council Passes Expedited Permitting Ordinance—DPP Promises to Retaliate by Slowing Occupancy Permits  Kauai Bill 2725: Fake Affordable Housing Bill Would Squelch Development, Lock Buyers out of Real Estate Appreciation Hawaii County Sewer Rates to Double? BUSTED: Hu Honua Lies Designed to Cover Up 28.6 cents per kwh Cost of Production Maui Enviros Panic as Real Farmer Considers Growing on former HC&S Cane Lands Money is the sticking point for striking hotel workers Two Inmates Alleged Beatings by HCC Guards Hawaii Democrats Should ‘stop kowtowing to entrenched special interests’ Read More..

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 November 14, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 3892 Views Hawaii 39% of Homeowners are 'Equity Rich' Applications Being Accepted for Maui County Boards and Commissions Nine New Democrats Elected to House Ninth Circuit Considers Plea of Guam Elders in Airport Land Compensation Case Anti-Pesticide Hysteria: Enviros Shift from Bees to Birds Who’s Who: 2019 Legislative Committee Chairs Time to plan for next election already here HART’s P3 Plan Another Bad Sign For Rail FAR would hurt all homeowners Blaisdell vision costs too much Maui Vacation rental fines inviting legal trouble Oahu retirement home clarifies assisted suicide rules—ACLU Not Satisfied It’s not just that Hawaii can’t hire enough teachers. Schools also can’t convince them to stay Council: Hike Bus Fares 300% for Seniors Honolulu Council Working to Reestablish Kakaako Homeless Tent City Slow-Moving VA System Keeps Homeless Vets on the Street How Prosecutors Blew Pimp Case Analysis: Lane Could Have Destroyed Thousands of Aging Honolulu Homes Read More..

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 November 13, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 3967 Views Hawaii rank goes up, but not its economic freedom How to Build More Housing in Hawaii Caldwell: No Limebike Treatment for Ride Sharee Soft on Crime: Judge drops all charges against former death row inmate prosecutors said wanted to build prostitution empire Hawaii’s stun gun ban will be Overturned Soon Defeat of HART charter amendment to be Exploited as Latest Excuse for delays and costs     Star-Adv: City Faking TOD Affordable Housing Requirement Housing First Reduces Veteran Homelessness Ige plans to push for lava relief funding (sort of) Legislative Agenda: Wakai Pushing Wasteful Aloha Stadium Replacement Project Nago Screw Up:  Waianae polling places ran out of same day registration forms Hawaii Needs Automatic Recount For Close Elections Teenage Tranny On the Lookout Every Day for Excuse to File Grievance against HSTA Members Read More..

Monday, November 12, 2018 November 12, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3301 Views Telescope: OHA Greenmail Overplays its Hand? Honolulu VA has Lowest Job Vacancy Rate in USA Hawaii 3rd Skinniest State Tulsi Gabbard for President? Campaign Decision by Christmas Hawaii Ethanol Craze Ran Amok Producing Bad Legacy Legislation DOH to hold hearing on Hu Honua power plant Hawaii Trannies Put on Blackface Show while Pushing Gay Bullying Policy in DoE Bills 79 and 80: Outlaw Affordable Housing ‘Monsters’ Schatz: Remove Troops from Border so Caravan of Democrat Voters Can Get in Hawaii Students Drugged Read More..

Sunday, November 11, 2018 November 11, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3510 Views Hawaii WWI Centennial - a Full Day of Events at the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial Honolulu VA Touts Few Improvements Oh? Can’t We Keep HART’s Funding Sources “Pure”? Special Funds: Auditor Looks at HART, OHA, PUC and Others Hawaii GOP lost by largest margin since statehood Was rail worth all the pain? Voters suggest maybe not Legislative Team Hanabusa: Ige Still isn’t Talking to us Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again Legislative Agenda: More Spending for Education Legislative Agenda: Micromanage UH Textbook Selection Nanakuli charter school once hailed as educational leader in upheaval amid financial woes Kauai: ‘Affordable’ Housing Residents Will Never Catch Up Hawaii County Council to Dump ‘Open Spaces’ Fund Read More..

Saturday, November 10, 2018 November 10, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3132 Views Hawaii Supreme Court Affirms TMT Permit 4-1 -Dissenting Opinion Published House Republicans Select Gene Ward as Leader Bad News has a Silver Lining Higher taxes do not make housing cheaper Meet the New and Recycled Faces in the Legislature Telescope: Wilson Dissent Published, Protesters Given 10 More Days to File       Maui Eco Activists Horrified at Possibility of Coffee and Citrus Spreading Across Maui Cane fields Homeless Lunatics Must be Forced to Accept Shelter—but Politicians Would Rather Play Politics Failure of Mental Health Care System: Lunatic Terrorizes Local College Falls of Clyde to be Returned to Scotland  Read More..

Friday, November 9, 2018 November 9, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3111 Views Hawaii ACLU Threatens to Sue Nursing Home for Refusing to Help Patients Kill Themselves Cost of Long Term Care--Hawaii 3rd Highest in USA Ige Proclaims ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’ Hawaii #1 State for Viagra Prescriptions Trump Admin: Caldwell a Section 8 High Performer Star-Adv: Lets Make General Elections Democrat-Only Bill speeding up building permits poised for final vote at City Council Kim resumes work on plan for Maunakea Vacation Rental Ban Could Be ‘The Final Death Blow’ For Puna Legislative Agenda: Potheads to Push for Edibles Hilo gun owner contests petition in open-carry case California Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System Soft on Crime: Child Molester May be Released on Technicality Read More..

Thursday, November 8, 2018 November 8, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 3355 Views Teachers Union: Push Sovereignty Movement in Classrooms House Democrats Announce Committee Chairs Public meetings scheduled for Oahu Climate Action Plan More Traffic Jams -- Oahu Bike Plan update to be announced at public meeting Does Your State Have a Marriage Penalty? Premature Birth--Hawaii Grade 'D' EPA requires closures of 10 illegal cesspools in Hawaii in 2018   Hirono to Telescope Protester: ‘The Court has Ruled’ News Flash: So-called ‘Monster house’ Really Two Houses built on Land Zoned for Apartment Building---Rampaging Mob of Star-Advertiser Editors Continues to Demand Demolition After a two-year dry spell, Hawaii once again has a lone Republican in the state Senate Fevella’s win gives Republicans a state Senate caucus of 1 (again) LoPresti Refusing to Concede? Tommy Waters not conceding to Trevor Ozawa in Honolulu City Council race Toppled after 28 years at OHA, Rowena Akana punished for Giving Evidence to Attorney General Maui Anti-GMO Council Majority to Crown Biofuel Schemer King? Precinct Vote is Anti-GMO, Absentee Vote is Pro-GMO (again) Kauai 2020: Solution to Anti-GMO Ignorance—Abolish Polling Places After Ruggles joins Sovereignty Movement--Proposal would give County Council power to censure absent members HPD Chief: Police Not At Fault In Closing Of Domestic Violence Program Hawaii Harbors Division looking to capitalize on development opportunities amid rail project Read More..

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 November 7, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 3243 Views Final Read—Hawaii Election Results Statewide Election Results: Hawaii’s Voter Turnout Was Almost A Historic Low Exit Poll: Hawaii voters say nation headed wrong way Senate Monopoly Broken: Republican Kurt Fevella beats Matt LoPresti in Ewa Beach Recycling Crazy: Rida Cabanilla re-replaces Matt Lopresti in State House Oahu: 7,000 Late-Arriving Absentee Ballots Counted Overnight Put Ozawa Over the top by 22 votes Assorted Anti-GMO Nuts—Election Results Kauai County overwhelmingly votes to keep term limits Big Island Voters Say Yes to Fiscal Notes, Transparency Maui Voters Want Tougher Fines For Unlicensed Airbnbs Suicide in isles underreported If You Really Believe in Sea-Level Rise You will Change rail route How Self-Obsessed are Hawaii Environmentalists? Read More..

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 November 6, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 4056 Views Election Day Reminders DCCA Seeking Applicants for State Boards Legislative Agenda: Oxycontin Will be Excuse to Make Your Insurance Policy Cover Marijuana ConCon Complaint: Campaign Spending Violation on Front page Caldwell Decides to Soak Property Tax Payers $214M for Rail Loan Social Engineering: Caldwell Plans to Ban Cars and Buses from Waikiki Gubernatorial candidates both focusing on the high cost of housing Hawaii GOP focusing on conservative-leaning districts in battle against blue wave Maui Anti-GMO Candidate Funded by Dead Man ConCon opponents raise $740,000 Hawaii: Low Voter Turnout Dictated by Lack of hot races Despite easier registration rules, early voting figures remain low Strategies 360: Money-oriented PR Firm Is Getting Involved In Hawaii Politics Kauai Disaster Becomes Excuse for anti-TVR Policy: Mayor Extends Ban on Hanalei TVRs There's a big increase in crime due to 15 cents bag fee on Oahu, says Retail Merchants of Hawaii City Council Plays Politics--could halt homeless enforcement bills Hu Honua: How a Dirty Biomess Plant Gets to be considered ‘Green’ State review prompted by false missile alert months behind schedule Victim Advocates Withdraw From Partnership with Honolulu Police Read More..

Monday, November 5, 2018 November 5, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:34 PM :: 4389 Views Honolulu 3rd Highest Proportion of Homeless Veterans Honolulu Tagged in Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge Mainland Gays: Our Agenda Only Half-Complete in Hawaii Mental Health Care: Report Ranks Hawaii at Bottom of States Report on the Implementation of State Auditor’s Recommendations Filmmaker Sues Hawaii: My Film Is ‘Not The History They Want Told’ Rent-Seeking Behavior: OHA, DLNR Destroy Hawaii’s Only Flour Mill Ineffectual Hawaii Republicans Allow Hawaii Democrats to Flood Mainland with Money Some hotel workers in CA reach a deal, but Hawaii’s strike continues   Two Years Later Builder Finally Gets Building Permit How Shrinks Help Lunatic Escape Justice--Win for public’s right to know Soft on Crime: Honolulu Rape Kit Tests Produce 120 Hits and 19 Serial Rapists – But no Prosecutions Prostitution charges against ‘johns‘ dismissed Big Island Real Estate Sales Down Sharply Global Warming: How One Environmentalist Scores a Lifetime of Free Hawaiian Vacations Read More..

Sunday, November 4, 2018 November 4, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:37 PM :: 2797 Views It’s Real Property Because We Said So! Rail: Ansaldo seeking $200M over rail delays By Thumbing Nose at Auditor, HART Alienates Legislature 2020: Pine, Anderson Already Raising Money for Mayoral Campaigns Shapiro: Death of GOP Makes Election Pointless, Need Shift to ‘Top Two’ Runoff System Maui Council: Anti-GMO Activists Leave Trail of Chaos, Criminality Maui County awaits appeal of timeshare tax ruling Sovereignty Activists Block Entrance to Barking Sands, Demand Money Feds target Big Island police officer in beating death investigation Hilo: Program to curb homeless trespassing Read More..

Saturday, November 3, 2018 November 3, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3203 Views Lawsuit: OHA-Owned Corporations Must Comply With Open Records Laws Cheese: The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love, but don’t want to label Hawaii 2nd Highest Down Payment Percentage in USA 2018 -- Best Small Cities in Hawaii Who Spent What, When, and Where on the Con-Con Referendum UH Manoa Reorganization Would Create Fat Juicy Administrative Positions Democrats Worried Looney LoPresti May Lose Ewa Senate Race Early voting numbers predict low voter turnout for general election Maui Council panel OKs bill to cut Paia and Haiku short-term rentals to 65 Hawaii County Another step forward for vacation rental bill UPW Just Can’t Get it Right: Erroneous releases from HCCC continue Waikiki Natatorium one of 100 memorials nationwide to receive special WWI honor Read More..

Friday, November 2, 2018 November 2, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 3248 Views Why OHA Needs to be More Transparent Oahu: Lack of Wind Threatens Rolling Blackouts Hawaii DoE: 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year Lower cost of living to help teachers, everyone Election Day Reminders Design Flaws May Delay Rail’s Interim Opening Set For 2020 City will be using $214M of HGEA’s Property Tax Revenue to help pay for rail Too busy to spend money: Hawaii County crises boosted budget savings HUD report: Hawaii sees fewer homeless veterans this year compared to last Ballard: HPD Focusing on Mental Health of Street People Police Commission: Why Is It So Hard To Get A Permit To Carry A Gun In This City? State Supreme Court rules those who solicited prostitutes can wipe record Report: DOE Has Mostly Fixed Flaws In Its Bus Transportation System Navy points finger of Red Hill fuel on human error, community uneasy over future problems “Extra”utility poles going away under $45M Hawaiian Telcom, HECO deal Policing Hawaii’s Illegal Vacation Rentals Read More..

Thursday, November 1, 2018 November 1, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM :: 4863 Views Rail: Bill 42 Breaks a Promise Hawaii ACLU: Catholics Must Participate in Assisted Suicide Honolulu Development Plan Forum Set for Weds Nov 7 Who Are OHA's Real Misspenders? HR 5026: Streamline Citizenship process for American Samoa US Nationals Con-Con: Hawaii’s only hope for term limits Some OHA Candidates Back Telescope Project Mauna Kea: Chin Promises No More Crying Police Apologizing to Protesters Telescope: End of the Line for Legal Obstructionism Hawaii DoE 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year Retaliation: Honolulu curtails 'courtesy inspections' of construction, delaying commercial projects by 2 years for No Particular Reason Planning panel endorses Caldwell’s new plan on vacation rentals Next Episode of Red Hill Drama Set for Thursday State considers Leeward Oahu property as site for homeless ‘ohana zone,' but not everyone is on board Why The State Wants To Build This Ala Moana High-Rise Above A Shelter Venture Capital in Hawaii—37% goes to Marijuana Legislators Tricked HSTA Leadership into Spending $521K on Doomed Ballot Initiative UH Preps Budget Sales Pitch HMSA Forces 3000 onto Obamacare -- Making Taxpayers Cover More Expensive Plans Another Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Sued Read More..

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 October 31, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:29 PM :: 3272 Views UH: After Pittsburgh Attack We Must Focus on Trannies Tourist Count up 3.5% --Big Island Drops 14% Voting Power: Hawaii Ranks 10th Prison for Kaniela Ing?  Updates may reveal more offenses Honolulu Taxpayers Now On The Hook To Help Build Rail Because They Were Lying HART Won’t be Going After Rainy Day Funds Unions spend heavily against ConCon HTA: Vacation rental homes Account for Nearly All Tourism Growth—Hotel, Timeshare in Decline Civil Beat: Send in Police to Keep Telescope Protesters off Roads Lucky Prisoner to Cash In after being Locked up longer than legal? Read More..

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 October 30, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 2993 Views Hawaii Supreme Court Affirms TMT Permit Hawaii Electricity Prices to Jump 20% Thanks to New Ship Fuel Requirements Hawaii WWI Centennial - a Full Day of Events at the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial Feds to Caldwell, Council: We have been very patient with you GOP: Vote 'No' on Bill 42 Rail Ripoff The Cost of Utilities: Hawaii Pays the Most in USA Secret Recovery Plan: Borrowing costs for rail have increased by $42 million Andria Tupola denies blocking running mate Marissa Kerns from debate Ige far outstrips Tupola in fundraising Ron Curtis Voice of Reason vs Crazy Mazie Caldwell unveils new vacation rental bill Critical shortage of doctors prompting range of solutions After 35 Years One Schizophrenic Accepts Housing Danner Protests at DHHL HQ Read More..

Monday, October 29, 2018 October 29, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 2979 Views Crooks and Cronies: Who's Cashing in on the 2017-18 OHA Check Register UH: Bitcoin Causes Global Warming Trump Makes it Easy for Ige to Defeat Tupola--Media Sings Along Target HSTA and HGEA: A Maui Mother Outlines how Faculty and Staff Get Drawn into Bullying Complaint Bullying: Gays vs DoE Star-Adv: We Have to Make Suicide Look good to Trick the Mainland   Read More..

Sunday, October 28, 2018 October 28, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 3655 Views Full Text: HART RFP for Rail P3 Partners ‘P3′ for rail a budgetary ruse Civil Beat vs Star-Advertiser on the Con-Con Referendum Take-Aways from the “Con-Am” Argument Property Tax Impact on Hawaii Business Environment Ruggles’ Supposed Sovereignty “Expert” Has A Troubling Past Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again HSTA Members will be Targeted by New Bullying Policy Caldwell Quietly Gives Ala Moana Mall, Waikiki Hotels Multi-Million Dollar Tax Breaks Some Candidates ‘Sketchy as Hell’ Josh Green Already Running for Governor--2022 Green to Exploit Relationship with Ige to gain Control of Homelessness Industry Kawananakoa’s former attorney testifies at OHA trustee’s ethics hearing Listen to Hawai`i Supreme Court Oral Arguments re Hu Honua Leilani Estates lawyers up: Association to sue county over access issues One state senator wants to get rid of vehicle safety checks Constant human interaction makes dolphins vulnerable to sharks Read More..

Saturday, October 27, 2018 October 27, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 2902 Views The State of Obesity in Hawaii Highest in USA--Hawaii Electric Rates a Burden for Low Income OHA: Insiders Fighting to Cash In on Kakaako Makai Development Compact Impact: Guam, NMI, Hawaii Must Develop Uniform Accounting Framework A Tale of Two Homeless Shelters: Cut Red Tape and Permitting Takes One Month, not 24 Navy says most marine mammals won’t be affected by sonar, explosives tests off Hawaii Two Dead: 15 Months Later Mental Patient Ready to Walk Free Read More..

Friday, October 26, 2018 October 26, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 3576 Views Bat Killing Windfarm Buys Enviro Support for $2.75M Auditor: Agriculture Department Hides $2.4M from Legislature Chemophobia epidemic—Fanning fears about trace chemicals obscures real risks and ‘damages public health’ DoE Touts AP Exam Results A victory to savor, but core issue remains Election Day Is Already Over For Almost 80,000 Hawaii Voters ‘Appearance of Impropriety’ -- Hawaii Senate confirms Ige Campaign Manager for post on Appeals Court Payments restart as DOE computer system is partly restored Kealohas’ Bank Fraud Trial Moved To June OHA Insiders Target Akana After Decade of OHA Obstructionism--Kauai Juvenile Drug Treatment Center Almost Complete After years of complaints and $1M in fines, homeowner just keeps operating illegal vacation rental Kilauea tops USGS ranking of nation’s ‘very high threat’ volcanoes Read More..

Thursday, October 25, 2018 October 25, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 2752 Views Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Gets Busted OHA Candidate Evicts Kauai Anti-Drug Program Finalists named for UH Hilo chancellor Rail Funding Solution--Raid Every Department Secret Rail draft plan reveals potential cost-cutting measures HART’s P3 plans built on unbelievable ridership estimates Ratepayer Impacts Due to Hu Honua`s Unusual Financial Arrangement Ethics Complaint: Anti-GMO Councilmember Atay Used County Resources for Political Mailer Election Takedown: Crabbe Operatives Line up to Testify Against Akana Emergency Help For Hawaii’s Mentally Ill Is A Revolving Door thanks to law preventing Forcible Treatment Suicide Push Could Save State $16M/year  Read More..

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 October 24, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 3877 Views How Much Does Over-Regulation Increase Hawaii Housing Costs? Laughed out of Court: Criminal Al Hee's Scam Company Loses Again Iowa: Gabbard Spending Campaign Cash on 2020 Presidential Run Ige, Tupola disagree on how to bolster funding for education First day at the new Kihei Charter School campus-- While Kihei HS remains a vacant lot ACLU: DoE Bullying Policy Doesn’t Do Enough for Gay Recruitment Kamehameha pays $65 million as part of settlement for One Homosexual Child Molester The Strange Legislative Path Of The ConAm Bill ‘Showboat Politicking’ Keeps Homeless on the Streets  Diminished Hawaii Republicans aim to incrementally rebuild—May Win One Seat Crabbe Operatives Point Finger at Akana Kealoha ‘Sickness’ Used as Excuse to Delay Trial Should Unlicensed Airbnbs On Maui Face A $20,000 Fine? Eco Religion: Pilgrims are ruining dolphins' sex lives Read More..

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 October 23, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 3091 Views ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA Affordable Hawaii Coalition: We Will Continue After Victory Graham: "I wouldn't want to be a Republican charged with a crime in Hawaii" Did Anti-GMO Activist Rip You Off?  Maui County Can Help HSTA Member arrested for allegedly choking a student Homeless Sex Offenders Visit Hawaii, Fake Registration Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Finally Gets Busted Akina: Why I Don’t Spend OHA Trustee Allowance If Rowena Akana is Reelected, What Will Legislature Do? Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning to break ground next year (AGAIN!) Eco-Hucksters Try Disappearing Island Trick (again) UH says it’s not the reason vets home plan was changed AG: Gun Crime Down in Hawaii Big Island hotel RevPAR dropped 12 percent in September as Kilauea effects linger Tulsi Gabbard stumps in Sioux City, Iowa Read More..

Monday, October 22, 2018 October 22, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 2588 Views IMF to HART: How to Control the Costs of Public-Private Partnerships Con-Con Opponents’ Nostalgia for Hawaii’s Golden Age of Democratic Reform Walk-in Early Voting Sites Open Tuesday Oct 23 Auditor Looks at HDoT Energy Savings Contracts Test Case for Hawaii? Internet Providers Take On Vermont Net Neutrality DoE Antique Mainframe Crashes--Vendors Still Waiting 3 weeks Later VIDEO: Cam Cavasso - Ed Case Congressional Debate Soft on Crime: Armed Robber Allowed to Run for Mayor Katherine Kealoha accused of faking illness to delay her trial date Convicted murderer returns to OCCC almost 4 hours late Population Decline Hurts Hawaii Wanna Kill Off an Annoying Oldster?  Suicide Squad is on Big Island Read More..

Sunday, October 21, 2018 October 21, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 2908 Views Do We Really Have a Spending Ceiling? Would You Pay $10 for Maui Beachfront Land? ‘Kalikimaka Kritters’ picked as theme for 33rd Annual Holiday Wreath Contest Shore water event application deadline extended for non-North Shore surf events Poor Farmer Rail: Stonewalling helps HART Evade Subpoenas Star-Adv: Trying to pour more money into Education Department coffers an illusory solution More free-speech awareness is needed Government Employees Dominate Salary Commission Homelessness: ACLU Part of the Problem Kauai CrossFit gym shut down by Aila Ethics hearing starts Monday for Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee Rowena Akana Did Anti-GMO Activist Rip You Off?  Maui County Can Help Prosecutor Bungles Sex Trafficking Case DHHL: Small farm homesteads are planned for a former sugar plantation site UH: Priests of the Eco-Religion Rant About Trump Again Read More..

Saturday, October 20, 2018 October 20, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 2755 Views ConAm: Supreme Court Strikes Down HSTA Poison Pill HSTA Property Tax: Two Wolves Fight Over Dinner Tulsi Gabbard weighing 2020 presidential bid NY Mag: Tulsi Gabbard 'remains in the Trump orbit' Auditor: DoH 'Loses' Paperwork--Kills Investigation of PKF Recycling Audit More taxes won’t cure our ills Jones Act: How it Impacts the Military and the State of Hawaii Permitting Delays Encourage Bribery Haleiwa solar farm fined $1K for storm water runoff on North Shore Soft on Crime: Rapist Gets Early Release, Becomes Child Molester Read More..

Friday, October 19, 2018 October 19, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 4129 Views Team Hanabusa Grills Ige Campaign Manager over Judicial Nomination Hawaii 2nd Most Regressive Tax System in USA Study: Need $111,892 'To Get By' in Hawaii Influence of Law Clerks at SCOTUS HSTA Sex on Campus: Drug-Using Teacher Gets Probation in Revenge Porn Case CSC: Anti-GMO Campaign Funded by Money Taken from Dead Man Dela Cruz, ADC, Evicting Plantation Families to Build ‘Trendy Retail Center’ at Whitmore Village Poll: Independents Shift Negative on Hirono After Kavanaugh Rants How Antis Fake the ConCon Pricetag Oahu homebuilders rally for faster city permits Hawaii High Court Weighs Whether To Release Secret Investigation Of State Auditor UH Board of Regents agrees to allow changes to proposed rules for Mauna Kea UH Students to be Stuck with $35M Parking Fee Increase Hawaii State Public Library hasn't had any major upgrades in 26 years Read More..

Thursday, October 18, 2018 Letters to the Editor, October, 2018 By Letters to the Editor @ 11:17 PM :: 6244 Views Influence of Law Clerks at SCOTUS 1978 Delegate: New ConCon Needed Low voter turnout gives special interests even more power 'Shut Up': Why people elected Trump Teach Your Children Read More..

Thursday, October 18, 2018 October 18, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 3448 Views Hawaii Family Forum Releases Voter Guide Hawaii AG Tells Supreme Court: Vote No on HSTA Property Tax Report: Honolulu Roads 5th Worst in USA Complaint Demands Expulsion of LoPresti from Democratic Party ConCon: CNHA Rejects Abercrombie Alaska Pitch Lawsuit Challenges 'Illegal' Maui Council Frankenbill ConCon: CNHA Rejects Abercrombie Alaska Pitch Politically Engaged States--Hawaii 50th Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Annual Survey Ranking Sales Taxes on the 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index Poll: Ige 52% – Tupola 31% Star-Adv Refuses to Back Cachola, Cabanilla  One-party state drives away voters OHA trustee files temporary restraining order against State Ethics Commission Council advances bill to raise $44M for rail from city bonds Contractors: City permitting delays forcing workforce lay-offs Hawaii Co Council rejects tax relief for Pahoa, Volcano Aila Raids Anahola: Danner arrested in Fight over Squatter Leeward Oahu homeless shelter that can house 80 families set to close at end of month City Closes Two More Parks Overrun with Homeless Drug Addicts Program for formerly homeless kids helps them break habits DOH employee questions medical marijuana quality, policies for checking it Owned by HSTA: Ige supports state tax on properties to fund education Commission Doubles Fines For First-Time Campaign Spending Violators Convicted Killer Now Hides Behind “Sovereignty’ Read More..

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 October 17, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 2662 Views Bogus Study Debunked: Hawaii Teacher Salaries Above Average Why ConAm Will Hurt Teachers and Keiki The Cost of a Constitutional Convention States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud--Hawaii 51st DoH: Prepare Workflows for Optimal Suicide Experience Starting Jan 1 HSTA Tax Would Mean $5,000 Annual Rent Increase Poll: Voters Want Term Limits For State Legislators Voters Like The Idea Of A ConCon, They’re Just Not Going To Vote For It Caldwell Exploits Federal Rail Deadline in Bid to get Tommy Waters Elected Hawaii Democrats Have Strayed Too Far To The Left How OHA Trustees Spent Their Allowances Top Lobbyist Would be Dead if Assisted Suicide Were Legal It stinks to high heaven: a raise for the managers of Hawaii County Kim Names New Chief for Big Island Bus System O’Hara withdraws resolution that would recognize animals as ‘sentient beings’ County takes $100K grant from Atay assistant Courts: Finding Hawaiian interpreters a ‘challenge’ Read More..

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 October 16, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 3392 Views Gay Bullying Policy: DoE Sets Public Hearings Hawaii Family Advocates 2018 Voter Guide Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition: Hawaii 38th Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 14, 2018 Volunteers Needed for Polling Places Lawsuit over $109M Fraud: Oahu Head Start Fakes Enrollment, Scores Megabux Poll: Hawaii Voters Oppose HSTA Property Tax UHPA Says No to HSTA Rental Tax Mind Control: Ige Debate Strategy—“Tupola = Trump” Absentee mail-in ballots arriving for Hawaii voters Ige Extends Emergency Proclamation to Destroy Tax-Free Hanalei TVRs Brower: Affordable Housing Set-Asides Backfire Finding work that’ll actually cover the bills Caldwell Scheme to ‘Completely’ Jam up Pearl City Streets Hawaii Co Charter Commission recommends cutting back 2% Open Space Fund Sears played groundbreaking role in creating modern Hawaii City OK’d Permit For Site With Native Hawaiian Remains City sued over damage caused by flooding Read More..

Monday, October 15, 2018 October 15, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 3149 Views Hawaii 2nd Lowest Uninsured Rate in USA Four Hawaii Govs Team Up To Defeat HSTA ConAm HSTA Finds 120 Liars in One Place—UH Manoa Lack Of Mental Health Treatment Among The Culprits In Police Shootings With Matt LoPresti Around, When Will Police be Called Next? ‘Monster houses’ bill is criticized as not addressing the cause of the problem New version of Hawaii County vacation rentals bill heads to Planning Committee Hawaii County: Case Study of How the Tax Cut Doesn’t Happen Hawaii Supreme Court Holds Three Public Oral Arguments: Education, Access & Hu Honua Total Failure: KSBE Again Seeking Contractor to Cut Down Larry Mehau’s Broken Trust Scam Eucalyptus Trees Hawaii Preparatory Academy didn’t stop adult-student affair, report says Read More..

Sunday, October 14, 2018 October 14, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 2802 Views #AuditTheRail, now more than ever Why Con-Con Opponents Willfully Ignore Legislative Bypass Issues General Income Tax Credit: How Legislators Subverted Will of 1978 ConCon ACLU: Let the Homeless Eat Meth Legislators Leave Puna in Lurch—No Special Session Will Ige Call Special Session?  -- Bellatti—No State Funds for Punatic Property Buyout Putting school tax on ballot lets unions sidestep debate Strike-related dampening of visitor numbers could cross into 2019 Mililani: Will Republican Val Okimoto Win Legislative Seat? DoE Anti-Bullying Policy – Not Enough Effort put into Gay Recruitment Push for Legislature to Fund Medicaid Dental  Plan See Level Rise?—or Not: Priesthood of Eco-Religion has a Plan for Your Land   Read More..

Saturday, October 13, 2018 October 13, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:30 PM :: 2618 Views Insiders: How the 1978 Constitution Keeps us in Power Leadership Change at ODC VIDEO: Mazie Hirono Covers Up Sexist Harassment at UH Regents to consider revisions to proposed Maunakea administrative rules after public hearings ACEEE: Hawaii Scores Points for GEMS Scheme  Kiplinger: Hawaii Among Least tax-Friendly States HPR Begins to Wonder if ‘Price of Paradise' Actually a Bad Thing      State seeks 44% fee hike for harbors—500% for Moorings We May Finally Get To See Honolulu Police Salary Information Soft on Crime: Judges sentence Kihei men to 18 months in jail for fatal beating—They’re already out on streets One Homosexual Child Molester -- 130 Victims Read More..

Friday, October 12, 2018 October 12, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 3022 Views Individual Income Taxes--Hawaii Drops 9 Places to 47th Obamacare: 38-state lawsuit reveals deep national divide over states’ rights, federal role, taxation Justice Department Signs Off on CVS-Aetna Merger Planned Parenthood Endorses Ige-Green Ticket Guam Argues for Native Voting Law Before 9th Circuit City Council schedules meetings to fund rail Honolulu rail or a new spaceship to Mars? Hawaii County: Only a quarter of lava evacuees have found permanent housing   Caldwell signs bills to keep homeless from blocking sidewalks Plan Takes Aim at Hardened element of homeless Police Shootings Up Sharply Kelly King: Why I’m Voting ‘No’ On The Proposed New Tax Case: I will Join Reformers Caucus Kauai: Council Members Want To End Term Limits — On Themselves Trustee Akana says investigation into her OHA spending is hampering her campaign Lab: More than 20 percent of Hawaii medical marijuana products rejected for sale 5th Circuit Refuses to Revive Hawaii ERS Lawsuit Against Whole Foods Read More..

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