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Wednesday, August 24, 2016 August 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 3173 Views 2016 ACT Scores: 85% of Hawaii Students not College-Ready ERS Saved: Judge Grants Restraining Order Against SB2077 Calling All Cronies: UH Has $50K to Give You Women’s Equality: Hawaii #1 in USA Unions Eye $1 Billion as State Ends fiscal year with record  surplus HGEA: ‘In Discussions to Facilitate Smooth Transition to Kaiser’ Small Business: Caldwell Hikes Property taxes 425% Promising HPD Expose Devolves into rehash of Domestic Violence and Civil Suits HPD’s body camera program still under development Three Law firms hired for Kealoha lawsuit City considers hiring outside party to audit ethics commission Soft on Crime: Let Him Out He Does It Again Will Sanders Supporters Get Behind Closed Primary Push? Tired of transplants who try to change Hawaii Papahanaumokuakea: Expansion Will Harm Hawaii’s One Sustainable Business Green Energy: “Really just an expensive way of making the tree-huggers feel good about themselves.”  Read More..

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 August 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 3709 Views End Caldwell Crony Capitalism Clean Energy: HECO Breaks Ground on New Diesel Plant ESSA: DoE Sets More Public Meetings How Politician Profits from BLNR Lease Assignment State Hides Oahu Zika Cases—Risking Public to Protect Tourism? We Don’t Want to Visit Waikiki Because of Caldwell’s Homeless HPD insists it takes domestic violence seriously, but in some cases its actions say otherwise Taxpayers forced to Cough up $12M in Green for Waikiki Eco Confab Finger: Hawaii Democrats Move to Expel Leading Sanders Supporters TRO: Alika Atay Maui Council Candidate Blocking Fire Ant Eradication Due to Anti-Pesticide Fanaticism Anti-GMO: Do Five Losers Make a Movement? Buying Organic Shows You Are a Sucker for Marketing Swimming with Dolphins--NOAA Takes Aim at Eco Religion—Dive Tour Operators Expected to Freak Out Regents Give Lassner High Marks ADB report: Poverty rate high in Marshall Islands Read More..

Monday, August 22, 2016 August 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:38 PM :: 3890 Views Hawaii Foster Grandparent Program Needs Volunteers Surprise: 20 More Marijuana Dispensary Licenses to be Awarded in October, 2017 Federal Prosecution Only Way to get Rid of Bad HPD Cops HSTA Calls for Halt as DoE Awards ‘Cool Schools Contracts at Mind-Blowing $78K Per Classroom Grabauskas did not do this on his own Council Overrides Caldwell to Give Tax Break to Kakaako Small Businesses 10,665 Sign up for Section 8 Housing Can Pueo be Used to Shut Down Affordable Housing Developments in Ewa? Civil Beat Tries to Blame Longliners for Scallops from Philippines Anti-Telescope Protest Leader to be Fined $27K for Interfering with Whale Rescue? Kudos to the Ethically Challenged Civil Beat: Record Low Voter Turnout Calls for Repetition of Stale Ideas Will politics get dirty over the issue of a landfill? Read More..

Sunday, August 21, 2016 August 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3595 Views GEMS as a Target for Raiding? Nut vs Nut in CD2 Republican Primary -- Hawaii GOP Chair Denounces Winner Obesity? Hawaii 3rd-Slimmest State ‘All Natural Wild Harvest’ Scallops Behind Hepatitis Outbreak HPD Misconduct: 16% of Officers arrested or prosecuted -- one every 5.7 weeks Impunity Starts at the Top: Caldwell Bought and Paid for by Banksters  Grabauskas Gone: Last Chance to Save Rail GE Tax Hike Coming -- Souki to remain House speaker with Unanimous Democrat Support Homeless chief warns against bypassing rules Hawaii DoE 1,600 Teachers Short Four New Councilmembers for Hawaii County Hawi: Seven Trump Signs Stolen $4.5M in Green: Waikiki Eco Confab Subsidized by Taxpayers Read More..

Saturday, August 20, 2016 August 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:21 PM :: 3396 Views Maili Most Stressed Place in Hawaii, Mountain View Least Honolulu adds hurdles for military families driving for Uber, Lyft Ninth Circuit Shields Hawaii Open Primaries HART: Two Down, Caldwell to Go Maui Hospital: Privatization injunction dissolved Suspended UPW Prison Guards Sue for Promotions, Lose Federal ban on Private Prisons Means Illegal Aliens Will be in Federal Penitentiary Cost of Living: Hawaii Teacher Salaries Lowest in USA ‘Green’ Energy Initiative to Justify $30B in Rate Hikes Biofooled: New Diesel Plant Will Provide Excuse for More Rate Hikes  Maui to Clear out Homeless Tent City at Kanaha Beach Park Anti-GMO Activist Blames ‘Brainwashed Filipinos, Puerto Ricans and Portuguese’ Kathryn Xian Busted by Undercover Sheriffs in Lyft Sting Read More..

Friday, August 19, 2016 August 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 3301 Views Djou: Formby Will Further Politicize HART Regents approve Lassner as UH Manoa interim chancellor Ige Extends Homeless Emergency Proclamation (again) Homelessness Decrees: Short-Term or Shortsighted? Statehood Backed by Silent Majority of Hawaiians 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American Caldwell, Formby will Beg Feds to Approve Middle Street Scheme—‘Tough Sell’ Morishige: Emergency Proclamations Allow Government to Act Quickly on Homelessness  Caldwell to be Saddled with Waimanalo Ditch Just Before Election Day 1,678 Votes Will Not be Counted: Absentee Ballots Arriving Late at Election Office Hospital: Time for HGEA to settle with Ige School Reform: HSTA wants you to believe it’ll be Different This Time A Decade Later--Kauai Adolescent Drug Treatment Center Groundbreaking Harry Kim Job Killer? Felony? ‘Cancer free’ Kaaihue Offers to Drop out of CD2 Race in Exchange for Inducement Read More..

Thursday, August 18, 2016 August 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 5384 Views Djou: Dismiss the HART CEO Tomorrow; Mayor in November OHA Funds Voter Sentiment Survey to Help Incumbents OHA Incumbents: Is 20 Years too Long? CD1: National Defense PAC endorses Ostrov for Congress Full Text: 9th Circuit Court Tells DOJ to Back Off in Medical Pot States Construction 5.9% of Hawaii GDP—#2 in USA Desperate Defenestration -- to Save Caldwell, Hanabusa Sacrifices Grabauskas Hawaii State Senate News: Former Drug Dealer’s House Torched--Twice Energy ‘Green’ -- $8B in Rate Hikes Needed to Help Solar, Wind Schemers Ethics: Enviros Allowed to Bribe Legislators, Staffers with $900 Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Punished for doing the Right Thing Telescope: What is the Cost of OHA Rent-Seeking? Hawaii Bureaucrats And The Can’t-Do Spirit DoBOR made a fool of themselves – Years of Income Lost Thanks to ACLU, Homeless Pay Cat n Mouse Game instead of Being Forced to Accept Shelter ESSA: “Administrative Empowerment”  Civil Beat reporters are too lazy to dig up news Former member of alleged Hawaii cult threatened as film featuring group debuts Read More..

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 August 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 3137 Views GE Tax: Audit Shows Tourists pay only 14.1% of Rail Surcharge  DBEDT Releases 2015 Hawaii Data Book Online Telescope: Educational Opportunities beat Rent Seeking Kenoi Copies Kealoha Strategy: Blame the Media for Grand Jury Indictment Did HECO-NextEra Merger Proponents have Insider Information from PUC? HD44 Dems: Who’s Trying To Sway Elections Now? Raises for DoE Execs? BoE Defers Action Board of Education considering a special performance review of the state’s charter school authorizer Ige reiterates opposition to LNG Candidates begin to file for District 1 special election Mother of Peter Boy now cooperating with investigators Maui taro farmers prevail in water dispute with state Local Enviros Aim to Score Megabucks from Waikiki Eco-Funders Conference Hawaii GOP: How many times does a party have to get skunked to wonder if there needs to be a Plan B? Read More..

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 August 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:37 PM :: 4314 Views Akina: Protect Hawaiian Entitlements from OHA Federal Recognition Scheme Cato: Hawaii Ranks 48th in Freedom, Near Top in Cronyism Hawaii Obamacare waiver could serve as national blueprint Closed Primary? 9th Circuit Rebuffs Hawaii Democrats (For Now) Full Text: 9th Circuit Rejects Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Suit Djou vs The Machine: We Care Puana Attorney to Police Commission: Too little, too late With Election Over, DoT Announces New Lanes to Ease Traffic Two election problems that need to be fixed CD1: Republican Candidate Shirlene Ostrov files for special election Hanalei Boatyard: NFIB, Owners Counsel ask Hawaii Supreme Court to Intervene Hepatitis Traced to Genki Sushi, Frozen Scallops Maui hospital plan a ‘blueprint’ for Big Isle, Ige says Democrats Urged to Fight for Patronage Positions at Honolulu Hale Power Mad Democrats Aim to Grab Last Senate Seat Hawaii Democrats May Sue Because Somebody Had the Audacity to Defeat ONE of their Incumbents Saturday Chief Kealoha Conspiracy Theory may Backfire Motions to dismiss filed in Kenoi theft case Will Ethics Commission Follow its own Rules? Hawaiian Electric Wins $80M Rate Hike—Spins it as Money Saver! Rail: HECO Wants to Soak Taxpayers for ‘Double Redundant System’ Slow #1 -- Government Procurement: HPD Buying Only 80 Tasers Per Year—Needs 500 More Slow #2 -- 900,000 Gallon Sewage Spill from Animal Quarantine Station--While Waiting for Government Contracting Slow #3 -- After 64 Years Maui Gets Another Hospital Slow #4 -- Health Department Hiring — Will The Mosquitoes Wait? Quick Action! ACLU Nuisance Suit Scores $2300 cash payout for All Money-Grubbing Honolulu Homeless—Millions to be Distributed Years Later, Molokai Boy raised by Potheads Recovers Anti-GMO Losers: Every Candidate Trained by Hooser Defeated Prominent Maui Anti-GMO Activist in Court on Child Molestation Charges Alleged pimp held in beating is first charged under new law Read More..

Monday, August 15, 2016 August 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 PM :: 4040 Views Runoff: Keli`i Akina Challenging 20-Year OHA Incumbent Haunani Apoliona Djou: Caldwell badly damaged and we are just getting started Judiciary Hosts Hawaii’s First Veterans Treatment Court Conference Hawaii’s ruling political party revels in its control over state Rail Scheme Exposed: Extend to UH Manoa in Exchange for Another GE Tax Hike Djou Wins in Kalihi, Waianae No Telescope Fabrication Until Site is Selected Surfrider: How Lawyers Aim to Destroy Agriculture in Hawaii Busted on Long Waits, VA now Denies Claims Neighborhood battles back against crime Read More..

Sunday, August 14, 2016 August 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5014 Views Primary Races: Full Statewide Results here Hawaii Budget: Taxes on the Horizon The Little Engine that Could? Thought of One Party Senate Gives Democrats Pause Democrats Lose Incumbent to ‘Candidate Who Should not have been running as Democrat’ Hawaii Turnout Sets New Record Low – 34.7% Anti-GMO candidates stumble in Hawaii Massive Pay raises sought for DOE execs Crumbling Capitol building Symbolizes State of the State Ethics: Union Lawsuit May Lead to More Free Golf for Procurement Department Waikiki Eco-Conference Seen as Opportunity to take more from Fishermen, Hunters, Farmers Hawaii—2nd Highest Concentration Of EVs Per Capita Hawaii Cult Leader Sexually Abused Male Followers Read More..

Saturday, August 13, 2016 August 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3787 Views Primary Election Day Saturday Aug 13—Find Your Polling Place Here Full Text: State, UPW Reach Maui Hospital Agreement Papahānaumokuākea: A Model for Everything Wrong in Hawaii Politics DHS Director Rachael Wong Leaving Hawaii: How to Quit Paying Union Dues—Legally Hyatt Worker Says Hotel Ignored Sex Assault by Saudi Maui: Zika May Have Spread to Local Mosquitoes Maui Hospital: HGEA Issues Still Open Primary: Little Drama—Don’t Expect Much Turnover Many Democrats are running unopposed for Hawaii Legislature Oahu Turnout Down: 93K Absentee Votes so far TMT hearings: Two months grinding slowly through dilatory motions as clock ticks Maui Anti-GMO Activist Jailed on Child Molestation Charges Government Contracting: Waianae boaters upset as pier goes unrepaired 8 months after collapse Bill 36: Uber Drivers Must Have Hawaii Drivers Licenses With Big Eco-Conference Coming, State Finally Agrees to Let City Clear Bums off Prime Ala Moana Real Estate Read More..

Friday, August 12, 2016 August 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 4582 Views Honolulu Most Expensive in USA--$100 worth only $80 India Parliament: War-Torn Kashmir is Approved as Site for Thirty Meter Telescope Two Years After Ousting Apple, Lassner forces to Appoint Himself UH Manoa Chancellor Hawaii: Fewest Malpractice Suits Per Capita ESAs: How to increase school funding without raising taxes It was 118 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory Kouchi Facing Senate Revolt—Caldwell’s GE Tax Hike Hangs in Balance? Sweetheart Deal: Lawmakers Ignore Risk to ERS ‘Running on empty’ — Many bumps and stalls in hospital management transition Djou Outraises Caldwell 4-to-1 It Pays To Be An Incumbent In The Hawaii Legislature Council Rides to Rescue: Kakaako Repair Shop Taxed $33K per Year by Caldwell Regime OHA: Obama Won’t Ignore our Grab for Papahanaumokuakea State Email Accounts Used by Anti-GMO Activists Homelessness: Ige Sets Precedent for Rule by Decree Shelters shift strategy to house homeless more quickly Lawsuit: Waikiki Hotel Runs After-Hours Massage Parlor for Muslim Prince, Entourage Child Molesters on Loose in Ewa Criminal Escapes Justice Hawaii debates first Time-Of-Use community solar proposal PZEV Internal Combustion Engines are 9X Cleaner than Filthy, Disgusting Electric Cars New Owner for Big Island Dairy Read More..

Thursday, August 11, 2016 August 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 4091 Views Hunting, Farming & Fishing Association backs candidates who “help feed Hawaii” Ige: Obama Administration Turning ESSA into NCLB UH community colleges most affordable in the nation Hawaii Section 8 Waiting List Opening for First Time in Decade 79,395 Absentee Votes Cast on Oahu Ige: Telescope Like a Movie I am Watching  Proof of Hawaii Brain Drain: Hanabusa ‘One of our top public thinkers’ Chief asks to be represented by private attorneys in police misconduct cases Entrepreneur Flees UH After Trying to fix Bureaucratic Black Hole Tax Credit Schemers Seek $3M from Taxpayers so they can buy themselves 70 Teslas Barrel Tax Slush Fund for Green Energy Schemers The price of democracy; how much does it cost to hold an election? No Science Behind Papahanaumokuakea GMOs Lead Fight Against Zika, Ebola And Next Unknown Pandemic Anti-Solar Protests Begin on Big Island Can Civil Beat Sink Any Lower? Read More..

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 August 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 3661 Views Full Text: ERS Files Suit to Stop SB2077 ‘Catastrophe’ The Case for Stopping Rail Dead in its Tracks TVR in a Ag Condo: Must Your Neighbors Approve? Ige Appoints Nature Conservancy Employee to BLNR Attorney: OHA Chair Secretly Supports Telescope Rail: The Difference is Djou Won’t Raise Taxes OHA Candidates Trask And Akina Teaming Up GEMS: State Spends $2.1M to Provide $388K in Loans Anti-GMO Lawyer Goes to Work for Anti-Geothermal Punatics Sierra Club Lines its Pockets with Carbon Credits Judge throws out charges from state's largest gambling case (Again) 13,000 Gallons: More Caldwell Spills on Waikiki Beaches—Nobody Tells Lifeguards UH Ed School Still Using Decrepit Buildings in Campaign for More CIP Money Hawaii’s commercial fishery a good steward of the ocean Read More..

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 August 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 4464 Views How Much Is Enough to Replace the Mayor? Audit: How Hawaii VA Solar Project Delayed 21 Months Honolulu Auditor Releases Annual Report Hawaii Court Orders Online Travel Companies to Pay Rental Car Taxes $188K Cesspools: EPA Fines State, Counties Early Voting: 62,000 Votes Already Cast on Oahu Grabauskas Sacrificial Lamb—Baffled Hanabusa Rants and Raves as Secret 14 Hour Debate Spills out into Public HECO trying to Milk Rail for More Money Caldwell’s Bank Job: How To Make $250K In Just Hours A Month! Nightmare for Honolulu:  Three-Term Mayors Abercrombie Slams ‘Nowhere’ Ing on Kihei HS Who Should Control Charter Schools? Hepatitis A, Zika: Vaccination Confusion And Hiring Delays FDA Takes Control of E-Cigs AirBNB ’Committee to Expand the Middle Class’ Gives to Incumbents State DHS gets federal grant to research paid-leave programs TV News: How investigative can you be in eight hours? Biogas: A lot of hot air? State pension fund finishes fiscal year with a 0.9% loss Hawaii has nation's highest mortgage closing costs Read More..

Monday, August 8, 2016 August 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 3814 Views Karma: Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Eyes $16B US Yoga Market I Feel Pretty: Gabbard’s looks cost campaign thousands Caldwell Ethics: Muzzled, Tarnished, Credibility Lost Kenoi coattails taint Lau TOD Kalihi: Shipping Containers, Then No Parking Ex-HPD sergeant pleads guilty to shooting bartender EV Drivers Caught Using Handicapped Parking Spaces Civil Beat Deletes Commenter(?)—Then Engages in Petty Bickering Read More..

Sunday, August 7, 2016 August 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 5382 Views Report: OHA Forms Secret Partnership with Homeland Security, FEMA Aftermath of the Maui Hospital Benefits Veto Override Caldwell Ducks Debate as Fundraising Fades State Issuing Fines on City for Sewer Spill and Failure to Maintain Infrastructure Fishery Council Asks for Transparent Analysis of Proposed Marine Monument Expansion Office of Elections Still Seeking Primary Day Poll Workers Rep Ing Under Arrest—Hammered for Absenteeism, Lying, Mishandling of Funds Death of Big Money:  Will Caldwell go the Way of Abercrombie? Rail projects in other major cities are dealing with similar budget woes 20 Honolulu Charter proposals Will be on Ballot Star-Adv: LNG Should Still be Considered Layoffs, “voluntary” buyouts hit Honolulu’s daily newspaper Next Step: Oceanfront Homeless Shelter Eases Rules Umi Street families to be displaced for months during cleanup, asbestos testing Voting preps underway ahead of Primary; volunteers still needed Read More..

Saturday, August 6, 2016 August 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 5352 Views This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing Occupational Licensing: Hawaii Most Burdensome Requirements in USA UH Law Prof: White Milk is Racist Food Oppression Hawaii Seed Crop Worth $151M—Up 7% Maui’s long waiting list for water 9th Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Hawaii Gay Marriage Law Republican Candidate for Ewa’s Senate Seat Demands Change Feds to Hit Corrupt Hawaii Democratic Party with ‘Biggest Fine Ever’ Sewage Spill Bringing Stiff Fine: State Orders Caldwell to Change Ways Star-Adv: Police Commission Needs to Act on Kealoha Telescope: Next Hearing August 12 Dozens pack the Hilo YMCA for TMT hearing Zika Fears Drive Tourists to Choose Hawaii Scary News: Farrington HS to be Model for DoE Maintenance Programs Papahanaumokuakea: Environmentalists excuse to cripple Navy operations Travel websites ordered to pay Hawaii taxes on car rentals Act 202: $3M Per Year State Giveaway to Biofuel Producers Securitas officers plead guilty to theft at Honolulu airport Read More..

Friday, August 5, 2016 August 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3663 Views Hawaii: 41% of Children Dependent on Government 53% – Hawaii Headed in Wrong Direction UPW Delays Destroying Maui Memorial Hospital Optimistic that hospital settlement is within reach Telescope Time Running Out: Flurry of Motions, Then Wait til October Tax Hikes Will Never be Enough to Pay for State DoT Djou: HPD needs to get a handle on officer misconduct How Kirk Caldwell Blew Through $500K In Just 29 Days Prominent Democrat Donors Give to Djou Public-Private Partnerships And Their Potential For Rail Rail Sinkhole is Developing Sinkholes in Ewa OHA Chair Claims Papahanaumokuakea Has Nothing to do with Money, LOL! Eco-Lawyers Push Federal takeover of Hawaii Agriculture Earthjustice has a great little scam going Read More..

Thursday, August 4, 2016 August 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4307 Views Fundrace: Djou Beats Caldwell 3-1 Latest Poll on Hawaii Island Shows 2-1 Margin in Support for TMT Construction Hawaii: $100 Worth only $85.62 Hawaii Family Forum Primary Voter Guide Honolulu Green Light-Red Light Ratio Designed to Jam Up Traffic Why it’s so expensive to cool Hawaii’s schools Hawaii School System Quality Ranks 42nd US News Ranks Best Hospitals in Hawaii Hawaii Scores B+ for Laws That Help Expecting and New Parents Maunalua Bay Recreation Advisory Committee Meets for First Time DLNR Initiates Public Comment Period to Post One Sign at Marina Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees Senatorial Candidates John Carroll and Makani Christensen Challenge Senator Brian Schatz to Debate Moody’s Hawaiian Electric Downgrade due to “unpredictable and highly political regulatory environment” Civil Beat Poll: How to Trick Voters into Supporting GE Tax Hike  Money: Civil Beat Co-Founder NOT Behind Anti-GMO Candidate Unconsummated hospital deal costs Kaiser $40M New police commissioner wants board to investigate embattled police chief City, State Still Talking About Removing Bums from Prime Walkway Between Waikiki and Ala Moana Mall Oahu Opening New Oceanfront Homeless Shelter at Kakaako Sanders Hawaii Leader: Vote for Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Hawaii Co Council Tries to Outfox Anti-Styrofoam Obsessives UH Manoa professor arrested on child porn charges Honolulu Airport bribery probe nets 3 guilty pleas Job Cuts Loom At The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Kauai Retaliation News: Assistant chief files injunction Read More..

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 August 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 3768 Views Caldwell Hammered on Bank Job, Lack of Ethics Will Olympic Visitors Bring Zika Back With Them? TOU Pricing: A Cool New Way to Raise Your Electric Rates Honolulu Ethics Commission Appoints New Director Hawaiian Electric Begins Peddling Batteries Elderly 45.8% More Likely to Suffer Traffic Fatality Hawaii Offshore Windfarms An Expensive ‘Political Agenda’ CD1 Special Election Set for General Election Day Truth and Transparency Lacking at OHA Poll: Djou Ahead 42-33 Money: OHA Cronies Demand Control of Papahanaumokuakea Caldwell Continues to Protect Chief Kealoha from FBI Computerization Opened Door to Cash Theft in Parks and Rec Dept Djou: Build Up in Urban Honolulu TOD Tax to Pay for Rail? Rap Back: Even Former Gun Owners Will be Included in Database Education: ESSA Forums Hit Big Island New charter schools’ authorizers sought Kapiolani Park Homeless threaten Journalist Stabbing suspect linked to previous incidents of road rage, pepper spray Big Island Windfarm Will Kill Endangered Bats and Birds Transportation Bill Decision Lawsuit: Kauai Marijuana Dispensary Funded With Stolen Money Believe in Sea Level Rise? Sell Now and Flee! Gabbard Slams Religious Bigotry in Clinton Camp Read More..

Tuesday, August 2, 2016 August 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 4674 Views Feds Contradict Caldwell: Hawaii Veteran Homelessness Only Down 3% Hawaii Medicare: 50% of Payments to be on Incentive Plan Why are more Micronesians coming to Hawaii? OHA Violates Trust Responsibility to Native Hawaiians If We Can’t Have it Nobody Will: More Delays as UPW, HGEA Work to Destroy Maui Memorial Kaiser Losing $500K a Week Waiting for UPW, Governor  Ige Doubles Down on Transportation Tax Blackmail Caldwell Boots Ethics Out the Door Rail: Caldwell Throws Out Option after Option until only Tax Hikes are Left Businesses blame Ridiculous, Irresponsible Years–Long Failure for Iwilei flooding Banks Pay Caldwell More Than City Does GEMS: Your Tax Dollars Shift to Corporations DoE Far Short of cooling a thousand classrooms Soft on Crime: Freeway stabbing suspect has previous felony conviction, pending cases Great News: 526 More Convicts may be Liberated from Expensive, Corrupt UPW-Controlled Prisons Death to Tourism: Zika Hits Miami, Visitors Cancel in Droves Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage Hokulea Arrives at Nova Scotia Home Port of Hawaii Superferry Ilagan Gets More Contributions from SD2 than Anti-GMO Ruderman The Problem with Hawaii is Obscene Anti-GMO Activists Who Move Here from the Mainland Same-Day Voter Registration Available at Walk-In Voting Locations Who Can Fire Police Chief?  Case Heading for Supreme Court Read More..

Monday, August 1, 2016 August 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:46 PM :: 3658 Views Walk-in Voting Begins Monday Aug 1 On Rail, Caldwell Stonewalls Council, Legislature, and Feds A Dream and a Vision 1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings ‘Pretend School’ – 625 Teacher Vacancies Statewide Tighten Rail’s Leash Most Homelessness Money Goes to People on Verge High Cost of UPW Prisons Behind State’s Soft on Crime Approach Caldwell’s Sewage Incompetence Dying To Cross The Street In Honolulu Petroleum supplier wants to deliver clean energy Solar Dirty Energy Complain Waianae neighbors Public Hearing: Big Island Windfarm Wants to Kill Endangered Species for 20 Years  Want a Copy of the Constitution? Now, That’s Controversial! Read More..

Sunday, July 31, 2016 July 31, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 4516 Views SB2077: Randy Perreira Face-Saving Bill Hawaii Budget: Taxes on the Horizon Maui County set to strangle Airbnb Time for the Subcontract Deduction to Be Upended? Hafa Adai! Caldwell Already Lobbying for Multi-Billion Dollar GE Tax Hike Papahanaumokuakea: Question the Motives  105 Hot Classrooms at Campbell HS--DoE, Contractors Figure Out How Much They Can get away with Charging HART to Make a Mess of UH Football Opener Rail: Murder on the Disoriented Express Gay Prostitute Gets Dishonorable Discharge Anti-GMO Activists Aim for Aug 13 Dem Primary Half of Medicated Marijuana Users Will Soon Become Unemployed Hot housing market leaves elderly tenants out in cold Read More..

Saturday, July 30, 2016 July 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3609 Views Screaming Haole Trespasses on Farm, Destroys Papaya Trees Hawaiian Electric: Significant Alt-Energy Projects Underway Without NextEra KIUC: 40% Renewable for 2016 Almost All Hawaii Catholic School Graduates go on to College High Tech Corporate Welfare: State Gives Away Another $3.2M of Your Tax Dollars Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Increased in First Half of 2016 Caldwell’s Darby Flood: 15 Homes Uninhabitable, 110 Damaged in Kalihi Convert Rail to Busway? Djou: Poor Zoning Blocks Affordable Housing Enviros Attempt to Force Fishermen out of Papahanaumokuakea discussion Mainland Lesbians Score $80K Bisexual Charged with Murder, Kiddie Porn, Prostitution DNC Finger Flipper Works for Gary Hooser Judge dismisses failure to disperse charge for six telescope protesters Five Years Later Hawaii-based BoA VP Arrested Read More..

Friday, July 29, 2016 July 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 4341 Views Rep Kaniela Ing Caught Lying About Arrest--Claims 'Conspiracy' Heart Association: Second Hand Marijuana Smoke Worse than Tobacco Djou: Open to More Money for Rail as Long as it is not Tax Money Caldwell Slips out of the Office to Meet with bank Board of Directors Fire Grabauskas on August 8? Caldwell Not Willing to Say HART Board Member Walkout Stops Action on Property Purchases Lawmaker Rebuffed At DOE Meeting Three Charter Schools Nearing Approval Anti-GMO Activists Demand Removal of HD7 Democrat District Chair Other Gays Call Tranny a Prostitute After Recreation Department Employee Busted Civil Beat Upset Because Homeless Cant Pee on Things Freely Homeless Shack Runs Aground, Washed out of Keehi Tweekers’ Camp—Lawyers Called Police Union Shouldn’t Block Body Cameras In Kauai Cow Manure: Anti-Dairy Phonies Find New Excuses to Whine Oahu, Big Island nearing Solar Cap Read More..

Thursday, July 28, 2016 July 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4791 Views Rep Kaniela Ing Arrested by Maui PD Secrets: 24 Candidates Fail to File Financial Disclosure OHA Elections are Decided by Oahu Voters Hawaii Capital Gains Taxes 29.2% U.S. establishes new Jones Act enforcement arm Cover Up: Jones Act Whistleblower Case Costs Matson $1M Hot Schools: DoE Prepares for Illness and Exhaustion Bernie Sanders Resigns from Democratic Party DLNR: Keehi Lagoon is Caldwell’s Mess Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Now Showing in Hawaii A Dozen Dead and Caldwell Does Nothing Gay Sex Scandal Rocks Caldwells’ Recreation Department Caldwell’s Darby Emergency Plan—Phone Hilo Here’s The Deal Caldwell Made to Oust Ethics Director HART to discuss council resolutions to suspend property acquisition, change of funding Most Doctors Don’t Want to Sell Weed Housing For Homeless Three Units in Waianae cost $752K Hawaiian Electric Industries Profits $60M from Failed Merger Hawaiians Plan to Violate Ige’s Kona Fishing Ban EPA Drawn into Dairy Farm Fight Why It Took A Republican Governor To Get Blue Hawaii On The Path To Clean Energy Soft on Crime:  Man on probation arrested in shooting Read More..

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 July 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 4244 Views Papahanaumokuakea: OHA’s Power Grab will harm State's ability to continue its trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians Hawaii Pension System $8 Billion in Trouble Sen. Sam Slom Endorses Kelii Akina for OHA Trustee Hawaii Police Departments decreasing in size per capita County by County: Where are the People Doped Up? Video: Tulsi Gabbard Nominates Bernie Sanders for President Lawsuit: Compel Department of Health to post long term care home inspection reports Hawaii Supreme Court: Hanalei Boatyard Connected to Area 51? Honolulu Tops Cities Where Coffee Costs the Most Hawaii County Mayoral Candidate Wally Lau Fears Perjury Charge in Billy Kenoi Case Djou is Only Candidate Pledged to Not Raise Taxes If voters don’t elect new leadership at City Hall, we’re all in big trouble Darby damage was avoidable? Fasi Building Air Conditioning Broken—Will Stay Down for Two Weeks Due to Caldwell’s Incompetence ‘That Ocean Belongs To Us,’ Former Governor Tells Feds HECO to Control Solar Development on Oahu? State, Feds Hand out $23.3M to so-called High Tech Companies State high court rejects ethics charges against Hilo charter school administrator Kauai Anti-GMO Activist Booted from Dem Convention After Giving Hillary Clinton the Finger on Live National TV BLNR OKs transfer of land lease in Milolii from Kahele to relative HPD Arrests City Employee in Gay Sex Scandal Read More..

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 July 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:42 PM :: 4505 Views Senator Slom Publishes Financial Report on the State General Fund Honolulu: Property Tax Bills and Absentee Ballots Arrive in Mail Another Sewage overflow near Ala Moana Tulsi Gabbard: ‘The Congresswoman Trump Fans Can Love’ DoE Community Meetings--Seeks Input on ESSA Precisely as Predicted: DoE Now Says $63K per Classroom is a Good Price for AC Crooked medevac firm files bankruptcy Liquefied natural gas bridge to Hawaii collapses Kauai: Anti-Agriculture Lawsuit Filed by Phony Environmentalists After Tuition Hike, UH to find out if it will get hit with a historic penalty Decade After Being Blocked by OHA, Will Kauai Finally Get Drug Treatment Center? Advocates For Elderly Sue State Over Inspections Of Care Homes 42 Handi-Van Vehicles out of Commission HPD officer arrested for DUI Makani Christensen has long been an ally of Hawaii’s fishing community Rod Tam Crosses The Aisle To Try To Come Back You Tube Video Reveals Homosexual Sex Harassment in Hawaii Community Service Program Here’s why the Hawaii LGBT Caucus doesn’t support Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s reelection campaign Corps of Engineers Plan for Waikiki?  ‘Build a Wall’ UH astronomers test waters for new telescope atop Haleakala Readers Not Fooled by Latest HI-Tech Tax Credit Sales Pitch Read More..

Monday, July 25, 2016 July 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 5382 Views Debt Financing: The mayor's word on rail has been broken – again Bishop Museum: ‘Fears that some pieces might have disappeared’ Telescope Doom: OHA intends to take state and UH to court Gabbard to Challenge Hirono in 2018? Should a deal be struck, it’s unclear how it will impact SB 2077 Top donors to state and local candidates so far this year Bankrupt Puerto Rico Cited as Model for Hawaiian Electric WSJ Looks at UH 15-to-Finish Program Special Session’s Price Tag At Least $10,000 Debunked Instantly: Civil Beat Pushing for Rent Control Read More..

Sunday, July 24, 2016 July 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 3313 Views Recreation Department Audit: No Way to Know How Much They Stole The “Turn Back the Clock Award” UH Law Grads Average $55K Debt City seeks non-profit organization for Kapolei City Lights parade and vendors Video: Winds of Change in Education How Much Money Does Hawaii Spend Per Student? Djou has a point, and Caldwell knows it Veto Override: The whole Democratic machine wobbles Maui Hospital: With Override, the transition should proceed Hawaii Sunshine Law—Constant Tug of War Hawaiian Electric: We’re Looking at all Fuel Choices Young Bros Seeks $3.1M Rate Hike The Evolution of Obamacare Kauai Anti-GMO Candidate Funded by Mainlanders, Celebrutards Read More..

Saturday, July 23, 2016 July 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4500 Views Hawaii Reapportionment Case: Only Mark Takai Put his Name on the Line Tax Hike Coming: Rail ‘Recovery’ Plan to Remain Hidden Until After Election Even With Economy Booming, HART Claims GE Taxes Running Short of Projections The Hawaii Legislature's Exercise in Short-Term Thinking Jones Act Shipbuilders Fail Again: Navy’s latest aircraft carrier cannot be deployed Darby: Hawaii and Maui County Shelters Open Feds Nail $2M Tribal Scam–Thousands Got Free Hawaiian Homelands Cellphones Tulsi Gabbard Votes Against Zika Funding HART: Will Seek GE Tax Hike After Election, Feds Order Caldwell not to Build $280M Pearl Highlands Station Will Darby Duplicate Iselle Impacts? -- Activists Eager for Damage to Geothermal Plant Ward Heeler Predicts Kim-Lau Runoff Candidate profiles GOP Convention Coverage Read More..

Friday, July 22, 2016 July 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 4410 Views VIDEO: HART Vice-Chair Endorses Charles Djou Hawaii 3rd Highest Excise Taxes in USA Golden Parachutes are Expensive -- Massive tuition increases approved by UH regents Honolulu ADU Incentives Now Law Ige Announces $12M Homelessness Plan DoH Socks Hawaii’s Last Cane Plantation with $600K Fine TS Darby heading to Hawaii, tropical storm watch issued for Big Island, Maui Co Big Mess: Legislators’ Trash Heap imperils pension fund Suddenly Caldwell Claims City Finances are All Better Now, Just Ignore that Rail Thingy  Hawaii GOP’s Only Senate Seat May Be In Jeopardy NextEra to pull out of Hawaii wind farm, undersea cable and power supply improvement projects Your Tuition Hike At Work: Vice Chancellor Quits, Scores Big Fat Salary to Teach English Kealohas file motion to dismiss federal prosecutor from grand jury investigation Chinatown Gambling: Price of HPD Protection $7,000? Hawaii health agency faces challenge in Hepatitis A outbreak Valley Fever Could be Excuse to Release Hundreds of Criminals Cab companies see profits plummet as ride-sharing expands Read More..

Thursday, July 21, 2016 July 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 3189 Views It Begins: Caldwell Launches First Negative Campaign Ad Maui Hospital Veto Override will jeopardize the Employee Retirement System Ige: The concerns expressed in my veto message have not changed IUOE ‘Hawaiian Stabilization Fund’ All But Clear of Lawsuit Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Fishermen get no response from Obama, Schatz DHHL Begins Work on 2017 Legislative Package Souki: Rather Difficult to Implement HGEA-UPW Payoff Bill Without Funding HART considers federal loan to help patch rail shortfall After All the Hype Oahu Electricity Still 71% Oil Star-Adv: UH Tuition Hike is ‘Reasonable’ Fitch warns utilities: Retail net metering could damage your creditworthiness Hawaii’s longline fisheries hit bigeye tuna limit early School Cleared In Ethics Case Prison Guard Facing Six Counts of Lesbian Rape Read More..

Wednesday, July 20, 2016 July 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 3086 Views Rep Mark Takai Dies--Special Election in November Hawaiian Electric withdraws request for approval of LNG contract and generation upgrades Supreme Court: Mixed Decision on Office Of Election Ballot Practices Voters win ballot shortage case against the Hawaii Office of Elections Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 19, 2016 Zika Spreads—1300 Cases in Continental US and Hawaii Hospital Privatization: Legislators Override Veto, Give HGEA, UPW Millions After All Caldwell’s Tax Hike Hype, HART Middle Street Contract Somehow Magically Comes in on Budget Facebook Being used to Impose Political Correctness: HPD Officer Reassigned After Writing Incorrect Things School misconduct investigations Sideline Employees for Year Teachers say Hawaii public schools plagued with faulty furniture, equipment County Recreation Department has One Employee for Every 2.8 Acres of parks ‘Village’ offers hope to homeless State Pays for Homeless Programs Slashed by Obama Administration Hawaii groups push co-op utility after failed merger Mainland Anti-GMO Loons, Civil Beat Team up to Attack Kauai County Water Board Nominee Poll workers sought for primary election Kauai PD Lt Stole $75K intended for Drug Buys Read More..

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 July 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 4477 Views Keli’i Akina and Mililani Trask Team-up to Reform OHA EPA Imposes $425M in Costs on Tesoro, Parr Refineries VIDEO: Linda Lingle Addresses GOP Convention 2016 Candidate Info Available on League of Women Voters Website Hawaiian Electric Will Move Forward as an Independent Company Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings Maui Hospital Bill: Legislators ‘Look Foolish Negotiating for Unions’ The transfer of the hospitals would be the largest privatization project in state history Caldwell: I Want Another $1.5B of Your Money Poll: Native Hawaiians Support Telescope GEMS a drain on ratepayers as well as taxpayers Hawaii Poll: Nearly Half of Voters Want HPD Chief to Resign HPA Gives Lifelong Criminal Early Release due to Overcrowding Hawaii's educators fed up with slow progress to cool classrooms First in History: Hawaii DoE Adopts a Curriculum NextEra Rejection Places LNG Project in Limbo Ige Claims Others Wait to Buy Hawaiian Electric Kauai Enviros Really Thrilled About Letting Enemy Subs Sneak up on Navy Ships UH recommends raising its tuition 2% Hawaii County Council Considers $39M Tax Hike on Agricultural Properties HMSA Insurance Rate Hikes Average 11.1% GOP Convention Coverage Read More..

Monday, July 18, 2016 July 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:49 PM :: 2972 Views NextEra Quits Hawaii Short $95M Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi Team Djou Challenge—Rail, Trust, Homelessness, Ethics Take rail all way to Ala Moana, voters urge Poll: People Happier About Homeless after they beat up Brower Porno Choices: Sex ed found to alter minds High cost of rents partially result of GE Tax Maui is being ruined by environmentalists Charter School Chief Job Offer Rejected SB2196 Creates Independent Police Review Board Civil Beat: We Need $400K for Hemp UH president’s pay in mid-range among college leaders, study finds Islanders hit Ohio for GOP convention Read More..

Monday, July 18, 2016 Letters to the Editor July, 2016 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:50 AM :: 5386 Views CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing Read More..

Sunday, July 17, 2016 July 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 5288 Views Poll: Djou Ahead 39-30 See it Here: Your August 13 Primary Ballot DLNR Seeks Nominations for Game Management Commission Hawaii Says ‘Aloha’ to Direct Primary Care Feds: Honolulu Highest Consumer Prices in USA No Tax Hike? Then Wait 20 Years for Your Roads! OHA Chair Lindsey Still Missing in Action Sue and Settle Scheme Aims for Federal Control of Waters off Main Hawaiian Isles Honolulu Charter Commission Prepares 27 Amendments for Ballot  HGEA Loses—Ige Veto will Stand:  Perreira -- ‘Incompetent Fools’ Clinton Winning Hawaii 49-25 Caldwell’s mayoral chances dissipating, blowing in wind 2012 Election Pattern Repeats itself? Easing Council term limits will deny voters fresh faces, ideas LAWSUIT filed: Hermina Morita vs. Thomas Gorak NextEra Has Until July 29 to Appeal Ruderman: I can be Blackmailed into Raising Your Taxes Walter Ritte Tries  to Shake Down Queens Hospital Gabbard Sitting on $1.88M COFA: Guam Governor Deports Inmate back to Chuuk Read More..

Saturday, July 16, 2016 July 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 3062 Views State lawmakers to return Monday to discuss wasteful $25 million union deal Rep Pat Saiki Endorses Keli’i Akina for OHA Rally Protests Federal Takeover of NW Hawaiian Isles Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment Auditor to review Maui county employee travel expenses Slim turnout for public hearings on Young Brothers’ proposed rate hike Hawaii Governor Signs Bio-Fuel Production Tax Credit Read More..

Friday, July 15, 2016 July 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:32 PM :: 3393 Views PUC Rejects NextEra Deal 2-0: Gorak Abstains DLNR Officer: ‘Sucker Punched’ by Firing of Friel HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing Djou Raises $259K in First Month Three Candidates For Mayor, Three Positions On Honolulu Rail Full Text: AG Opinion Backs Ige’s PUC Appointment Full Text: Attorney General Sues Bounty Hunter Duane Dog Chapman HGEA Sues to Block Airport Security Privatization GEMS: State Asks Cronies for $150M in Schemes HART board tight-lipped about Next Scapegoat HART Board Member: Rail is Runaway Train Caldwell Spends $814K to Buy Election But Nobody Likes Him Anyway Modular houses near H-1 will go to the homeless State Of Poverty: Recovery Has Left Too Many In Hawaii Behind Star-Adv: ESSA should encourage local control Dark Days for Anti-GMO Activists Prison Guard Arrested for Rape Borreca: All Hawaii Republicans are Just Like Trump Read More..

Thursday, July 14, 2016 July 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 3729 Views VIDEO: Djou Launches First TV Commercial 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations” DoI Final Ruling: Slippery Slope to Fed Wreck? A Practical Approach to Occupational Licensing Reform Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 14, 2016 Register to Vote Online Here -- Before Today's Deadline Djou: Middle Street is Disastrous Idea Just in Time for Primary Election: Grabauskas to be Next Sacrificial Lamb Honolulu Charter Commission advances proposal to extend officeholders’ terms DoT: We Worked hard to Shake Down Legislators HGEA files lawsuit to stop privatization of airport security Criminal inquiry focuses on IBEW ex-leader General fund tax deposits up 8 percent Land Board Writes Greenmail into new water lease approach Fisheries: Local Food Production Up, Enviros Seek New Ways to Shut it Down Peter Apo: Marine Monument Proposal Isn’t ‘Hawaiian’ Why Honolulu Can’t Be Sure How Many Homeless Veterans It Has Questions raised about mayor’s PV land lease Read More..

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 July 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 3856 Views CNBC: Top States for Business—Hawaii Ranks 49th Ex-Rep Richard Fale Pleads No Contest, Fined $1000 Ige Vetoes Workplace Social-Media Privacy Bill Star-Adv: Hospital payout veto should stand Ige: HGEA Hospital Payoff Jeopardizes Tax-Exempt Status of ERS Legislators Give Ige Six Days to Negotiate Union Hospital Shakedown Djou: Police chief should step aside A Peek Inside The Corruption Probe Of Honolulu’s Police Chief NextEra Rejection Decision could come this week Ige Vetoes Far Fewer Bills Than His Predecessors Suit challenges Vacation rentals enforcement SB2559: New law could slash number of homeless beds in Hawaii 269 candidates vying for public office—5 Get Public Funding Next? Kauai Nearing Solar Caps Kenoi ethics saga drags on: Crony Board further delays complaints against mayor Dru Kanuha Ethics Violation Slow Walked by Laughable Hawaii County ‘Ethics’ Commission Read More..

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 July 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 3215 Views Ige Vetoes Eight Bills Full Text: Contractor Offered Cool Schools at $5990 per Classroom—Was Ignored by DoE Djou Challenges Caldwell to Respond to On-Going EMS Staffing Problems Maui HGEA Payoff: Still $25M too Much Papahānaumokuākea: Schatz Absurdly Wrong AG Seeks Deputy Solicitors General Neighbor island ESSA town halls start Monday Power Has Been out at Oahu Jail Since Friday Report: $10K ‘Affordability Gap’ for Hawaii College Students As Predicted: Ige Vetoes HGEA Hospital Payoff, Calls for Legislature to Amend in Special Session Special Session Called to Amend Maui HGEA Payoff Bill NextEra Hardball--Iwase Panics, Gorak Law License Threatened 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations” Star-Adv: Push for Fake Indian Tribe ‘Almost Certainly will Stall Out’ Solar Contractors Scamming Consumers Again as ‘Grid Supply’ Maxes Out EMS plans changes, may reevaluate 12-hour shifts as UPW-induced staffing shortages continue Even PR Firms Don’t Want to Spin Rail Young Bros. seeks 4.36% rate hike GMOs Safe, Dennis Gonsalves A Big Island Hero Dark Money Behind Anti-GMO Candidates Ige Signs HB2707 – Giving Tax Credits to Marijuana Dispensaries State Marijuana Regulations so Complicated that Nobody Can Open on Time Honolulu Charter: Enviros Keep Tight Grip on Land Use Laws  Iwilei Sweep Teaches Skills to Homeless Ing Makes Fool of Himself, Forced to Apologize Read More..

Monday, July 11, 2016 July 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4035 Views HGEA Maui Endorsements Leaked HGEA: Ige Preparing Reduced Hospital Severance Package Healthcare: Legislators Muddle Definition of ‘Direct Primary Care’ VICTORY!  Nai Aupuni Won’t be Ready with Fake Indian Tribe Before Obama Leaves Office Problems In Interior’s Rule On Hawaiian Home Land Feds to OK New Kahuku Wind Farm Sister Islands: Registered Dope Fiends Exceed 2% of Population Disbarred Ex-Con Hired at UH Richardson Law School Four Killed by Police in Hawaii So Far This Year Read More..

Sunday, July 10, 2016 July 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 3240 Views Hawaii Legislature: 52% ‘Big Fail’ Full Text: Lawsuit Accuses Movie Mogul of Pressuring Maui Mayor to Fire Film Commissioner Shady Deals? Honolulu Grants in Aid Organic Food Tax Credit wins ‘Rusty Scalpel’ Award $42 Million Bid May Stall Hospital Transition and Jeopardize Union Jobs Absentee ballots go out, triggering Election Month Solar loan program wastes millions Natatorium: 20 Years of White Collar Make Work Even With Extra Funding UPW Ambulance Drivers Play Overtime Games Leave Squads Unstaffed HSTA Vision for Future of Hawaii's public schools focus of day-long summit Childcare study finds low pay, few parent resources HCDA: Make Affordable Housing Cheaper Enviros Pump up Hype Campaign Against Remaining Plastic Bags The final chapter in the story of sugar on Maui Legal Marijuana may add $4.5M to Kauai Crony Dispensary Read More..

Saturday, July 9, 2016 July 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 3259 Views Cool Schools: How Government Contracting Makes a $2,500 job cost $138,000 Hawaii Rap Back Law Coordinated with Obama Administration? Rifle Association: Six Lawyers Working on Hawaii ‘Rap Back’ Lawsuit Register to Vote Online Here -- Before July 14 Deadline UH study finds Housing First program improves quality of life for homeless Pro-NextEra PUC majority reached last month, but Iwase, Gorak stalled its release Just Long Enough to get rid of Champley Lawmakers May Call Special Session To Override Ige Veto of $40M HGEA/UPW Payoff HCDA: We Were Supposed to Call Insane Asylum to Report Sewage Spill ‘Untrustworthy’ People Attend Caldwell Fundraisers: City Council Shakeup Kauai Hearings for Floating Windfarm Boondoggle? Read More..

Friday, July 8, 2016 July 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4589 Views Leaving Hawaii: Decision on New Site for Thirty Meter Telescope set for ‘Early 2017’ Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You" One Month Since Launch of Djou Campaign Djou Agrees to Eight Debates Will Obama Give Honolulu a Pardon from Rail Jail? Ige Signs Four More Bills Into Law Significant Increases in Labor Law Penalties Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future? Judge Finds No Evidence to Support So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit Against Maui County Does the Film Industry Need Taxpayer Subsidies? Doubled: More contractors qualify for Slice of ‘Cool Schools’ bonanza DoT Road Priority Blackmail not Blacktop Maui Hospital:  HGEA, UPW Members Play Games with Sick Leave State Education task group takes cues from HSTA Secretary-Treasurer Expert: Maybe Homeless Won’t be Political Football After Election Waimanalo Gulch Developer’s Trashy ‘Liveability’ Award used to Boost Caldwell Rail Contractor Kiewit defies environmental laws, suit says Hawaii: Coal and Oil Become Clean Energy When Political Insiders Profit  Offshore Wind: Another Expensive, Untested Pie in the Sky Scheme for Hawaii Zoning: Anderson out, Ozawa In Kauai: Developers, Tourism Interest Pay for Anti-Diary Farm Ads Smug Insiders Against Local Food: NW Hawaiian Isles Expansion Read More..

Thursday, July 7, 2016 July 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 4706 Views Keli’i Akina: Fed-up with Government? -- “Let`s Change It!” NextEra: Kouchi Asks for Formal Opinion from Attorney General (Full Text) Hawaii Timeshares: Highest fees in USA Ige Signs Three More Bills into Law Hawaii #1 for Distracted Driving Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898 Senate to Hold Revocable Permit Hearing Report on UH lab explosion reveals deep, systemic safety failures HB2772: UH Rape Policy Now Written into State Law Maui hospital workers’ payout bill a ‘sweetheart’ deal After 20 Years of Torture, Lahaina Hospital Breaks Ground for Construction Corrupt ex-Liquor Commissioner and ex-HPD Charged with Child Molestation (No. 1) Retired police officer charged with assault in bar shooting (No. 2) Ex-HPD officer sentenced to 3 months in jail for Stolen Car Racket (No. 3) HPD Officer Charged with Assault in Road Rage Incident (No. 4) Emotions and Irrational Behaviors: Honolulu City Council Aborts Leadership Shake-Up Housing First reports a 97% success rate Sweet Vacation Memories: Homeless Leave Needles Behind After Using Waikiki Lifeguard Towers to Shoot Up Dopers decide: Marijuana or Oxy?  Decisions, Decisions Council Entices Homeowners To Build Accessory Dwelling Units Read More..

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