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Entries for December 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009 |
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Ed Case's 2006 "felony" vote: Greens vs. Illegals
By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 AM :: 16418 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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It is easy to portray the anti-immigration sentiment as coming entirely from the political Right. But the environmentalist Left is also a big part of the anti-immigration effort. Groups such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a leading anti-immigration group, played a key role in two failed attempts to take over the Sierra Club in 1998 and again in 2004. FAIR and its offshoot, Numbers USA, advocate not only an end to illegal immigration and deportation of all illegals, but also reduced levels of legal immigration....
Hawaii Representatives Neil Abercrombie, D-HI, and Ed Case, D-HI, (first and second Congressional districts, respectively) both voted on December 16 to keep the felony provision in the bill. Case then voted to approve HB 4437 as a whole while Abercrombie voted against it. Case has close ties to the environmentalist Hawaii Nature Conservancy: his sister Suzanne Case is their Executive Director.
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Sunday, December 13, 2009 |
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Sovereignty activists protest Akaka Bill "Sneak Attack" -- Bill could be inserted into "must pass" legislation
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 PM :: 11684 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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SHOW YOUR OUTRAGE & PROTEST TOMORROW!
- WHAT – AKAKA BILL SNEAK ATTACK PUBLIC PROTEST
- WHEN – MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th @ 7 AM to 9 AM
- WHERE – CORNERS OF BERETANIA STREET & PUNCHBOWL, Downtown Honolulu.
- WHY – DEMAND A FAIR & OPEN PROCESS
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Sunday, December 13, 2009 |
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Ka`auwai: Abercrombie embarrassed by earmark for campaign co-chair
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 11:26 AM :: 8690 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The people of Hawai'i are tired of tax and spend policies that leave future generations with a huge financial burden. Republican Charles Djou is the only candidate in this race who can bring the kind of fiscal accountability to Washington that the people of Hawai'i and the nation deserve.
Has Mufi’s strong fundraising lead and widespread appeal threatened Abercrombie’s run for governor, so much that he has to bail from one office to run fulltime for another? Is he so afraid of his vote record and the tough votes that are pending in Congress? Perhaps he’s embarrassed by the $3.5 million earmark he proposed for a company whose president co-chairs his gubernatorial campaign.
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Saturday, December 12, 2009 |
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Vote By Mail: “Tool of choice for voter fraud”
By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 AM :: 22615 Views :: Office of Elections
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...VBM concerns have been heightened by a number of disputed elections and documented cases of absentee ballot fraud....
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Saturday, December 12, 2009 |
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Akaka Bill to be voted by House and Senate Committees
By Andrew Walden @ 12:44 AM :: 10745 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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On Wednesday December 16 Abercrombie's House Natural Resources subcommittee will vote on HR 2314, the "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009" better known as the Akaka Bill. The committee will meet at 10AM EST (5AM HST) in room 1324 Longworth.
The following day at 2:15PM EST (9:15AM HST) the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, meeting in Dirksen room 628, is scheduled to vote on the companion bill--S1011. The vote had been originally scheduled for December 9 but has been rescheduled to the 17th.
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Friday, December 11, 2009 |
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CBO report questions constitutionality of Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:30 PM :: 4709 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A mandate requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance would be an unprecedented form of federal action. The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States. An individual mandate would have two features that, in combination, would make it unique. First, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Second, it would require people to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government.
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Friday, December 11, 2009 |
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Your family could owe $187,000 federal debt
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:11 AM :: 4638 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Next week Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is expected to attach a provision to the Department of Defense appropriations bill that would increase our national debt limit by $1.925 trillion. This debt limit raise would authorize the U.S. Treasury to borrow as much as $14 trillion, which is 30% higher than the $10.8 trillion limit that was in place when President Barack Obama took office.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
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Chicago Muslim charged in Danish cartoon attacks, Mumbai bombing
By IPT News @ 9:05 AM :: 8660 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Headley originally was arrested in October on charges he planned attacks on high profile targets in Denmark and India that included the Danish newspaper facilities of Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper and its employees. The new charges filed in the Northern District of Illinois accuse Headley, an American citizen born in Pakistan, of helping facilitate last year's deadly Mumbai attacks that killed approximately 170 people, including six Americans, and injured hundreds.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
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REPORT: Washington, DC Muslim Student Assoc President joins jihadi terrorists in Pakistan
By IPT News @ 8:27 AM :: 8097 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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A Pakistani newspaper reports the arrest of five foreign nationals after a raid in a town called Sargodha. The raid took place at the home of a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistani movement designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2001. According to the report, "The DPO told that these people had been living in Sargodha since Nov 30 and it was quite a possibility that they were engaged in acts of terrorism."
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009 |
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UNRAVELING: MoveOn.org denounces Democrats' health care deal
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 7749 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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HEALTH DEAL UNRAVELING: This fight isn't over yet, no matter how many times the media tries to declare the death of the public option. It'd only take one or two senators to unravel this deal, and progressive senators Russ Feingold and Bernie Sanders both indicated last night that their support can't be taken for granted. (...so sad...)
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009 |
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Democrats Reach Deal on Health Plan? Don’t believe it
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:21 PM :: 4392 Views :: National News, Ethics
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If you are one of the few Americans who still subscribes, your morning newspaper probably has a headline like this: Democrats Reach Deal on Health Plan. Don’t believe it. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is still light years away from producing the 60 votes necessary to pass Obamacare out of the Senate. And the few details that have leaked out about this new “broad agreement” only reveal just how desperate Reid is to get any bill on to President Obama’s desk by the New Year.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009 |
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OPM Director: Agency not up to task of running public option health program
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 4430 Views :: National News, Ethics
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“Former OPM Director Linda Springer told FederalNewsRadio it will literally take an act of Congress to pull that off. ‘I flat out think that OPM doesn't have the capacity to do this type of role,’ said Springer. ‘Furthermore, I don't believe that OPM has the statutory authority to do it as well. But on both those counts, I don't think it would be a good call….”’
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 |
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Lingle sets priorities for last 12 months
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 9:59 PM :: 6382 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Our priorities include:
- stimulating the economy and creating jobs,
- reforming our public education system,
- developing clean energy sources while achieving energy security,
- modernizing our transportation infrastructure,
- protecting the environment, and
- creating brighter futures for our students through scholastic robotics and other STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education programs.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 |
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WSJ: Senators Strike Health Deal (Deal struck on backs of Doctors, Hospitals)
By Selected News Articles @ 9:44 PM :: 4725 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Sen. John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) said expanding Medicare "is putting more people in a boat that's already sinking." The American Medical Association said it opposes expanding Medicare because doctors face steep pay cuts under the program and many Medicare patients are struggling to find a doctor. Hospitals also said expanding Medicare and Medicaid is a bad idea.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 |
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EPA now regulates your breath
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:57 PM :: 6813 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared carbon dioxide to be a dangerous pollutant under the Clean Air Act, granting itself authority for an enormous, unprecedented regulatory undertaking that would greatly expand the EPA’s power. Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy operates on fossil fuel, the EPA would essentially have the ability to regulate every aspect of life in America – and it would be able to enact draconian climate-change policies without any accountability to American voters.
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Monday, December 7, 2009 |
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The Copenhagen Climate Comedy
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:07 PM :: 7264 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Plutocrats from around the world have marshaled over 1,200 limos and 140 private planes to travel to and around Copenhagen over the next two weeks. When they are not participating in the world’s oldest profession, conferees will be negotiating over a successor treaty to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which obligated most developed nations to reduce their greenhouse emissions by 5 percent below 1990 baseline levels by 2012.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009 |
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HSTA using furloughs to keep “Race to the Top” dollars—and reform--out of Hawaii schools
By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 13525 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The HSTA has conspired with the DoE and BoE to make the furloughs as damaging as possible in order to put Hawaii schools so far out of the competition that the Hawaii Legislature will see no point in trying to enact the education reforms which could help win “Race to the Top” funding.
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Saturday, December 5, 2009 |
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Honokaa, Waiakea, McKinley, Pearl Highlands robotics teams heading for World Championship
By News Release @ 2:20 PM :: 7342 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Four Hawai’i schools who competed at the Pan Pacific Championship qualified to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship that will take place at the Dallas Convention Center and Arena April 22 - 24, 2010, including: Honokaa High School, Waiakea High School, McKinley High School, Pearl Highlands Intermediate. At the World Championship, these winning teams will have the opportunity to challenge their top-ranked peers from other countries around the world, including teams from the Asian Robotics League, South America and Europe.
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Saturday, December 5, 2009 |
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A Third "Stimulus": The Definition of Economic Insanity
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:25 PM :: 4445 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Undeterred by the complete failure of their past job creation efforts, leading leftist luminaries are again calling on the liberal majorities in Congress and President Obama to approve billions more in government spending for a third stimulus. Yesterday, President Obama hosted a “jobs summit” where academics, union leaders, and select big business leaders made their pitch for government largess. Among the ideas reported: Teamsters leader James Hoffa called for higher barriers to trade, President Obama insisted that all future aid to states go to preserving government jobs and not tax cuts, and others pushed to bring the “success” of Cash for Clunkers to a new Cash for Caulkers program.
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Friday, December 4, 2009 |
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Senate Obamacare debate: A look at the first week's amendments
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:20 PM :: 4556 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Senate began debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590) this week. Senators on both sides of the aisle offered amendments to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s huge, 2074 page health care bill. The first votes to take place concerned preventative services for women.
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Friday, December 4, 2009 |
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Kaauwai: "Failure Fridays"
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 8:07 PM :: 6924 Views :: Energy, Environment
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With discussions stalled until mid-December, public unions bosses are showing their priorities do not lie with Hawai'i’s children. They simply ignore the financial reality the rest of Hawai'i has already begun to face. Instead of reallocating from the DOE/BOE bureaucracy, these uncaring public union leaders are mercilessly pulling more money from teachers’ pockets and valuable class time from students.
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Friday, December 4, 2009 |
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Lingle Administration: Special Session unlikely, HSTA furlough negotiations "unproductive"
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 7481 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Almost three weeks since the plan was announced, we are still in lengthy and unproductive discussions with the State Teachers union. It is disappointing that the next discussions aren’t scheduled again until December 15th and 16th. This delay will seriously impact the possibility of teachers voting on the contract changes and the convening of a special session to enact the necessary legislation to use the State’s Rainy Day Fund. This will result in further loss of classroom time in the month of January.
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Friday, December 4, 2009 |
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Greenhouse Gas Observatories Downwind from Erupting Volcanoes
By Andrew Walden @ 2:29 AM :: 21085 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... For some reason, they fail to mention the erupting volcano next door ....
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Thursday, December 3, 2009 |
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The Road to Recovery Begins with the End of Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:30 PM :: 6944 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Dan DiMicco, CEO of steelmaker Nucor Corp, who told the Wall Street Journal: “Companies large and small are saying, ‘I am not going to do anything until these things — health care, climate legislation — go away or are resolved.’” Or Porta-King CEO Steve Schulte who tells USA Today his company is not investing because “proposals in Congress to tackle climate change and overhaul health care would raise costs.”
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Thursday, December 3, 2009 |
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Aiona: Volunteers raise $400,000 for Hawaii Fire Department
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 2:16 PM :: 8147 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Dr. Frank Sayre and Laura Mallery-Sayre experienced first-hand the heroism of the Hawai‘i Fire Department when they lost their son in a hiking accident in Polulu Valley. The Hawai‘i Fire Department did not have rappelling ropes long enough to reach the bottom of the valley, so firefighters flew a helicopter into the narrow terrain at great personal risk.
Since then, Frank and Laura, motivated by the bravery and heroism of the firefighters, began the Daniel Sayre Foundation to raise money to buy equipment for the Hawai‘i Fire Department. Their efforts have been met with resounding success in the community, as they have raised more than $400,000 to provide essential life-saving equipment and training for our firefighters.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009 |
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McChrystal: 20,000 troops "high risk of failure" -- Obama sends 30,000
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:38 PM :: 8433 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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During the month of November, while President Barack Obama was dithering on whether or not to embrace General Stanley McChrystal’s strategy for winning in Afghanistan, something unexpected happened in American public opinion on the war. According to Gallup, the American public switched from 42% for and 44% against sending more troops to Afghanistan, to 47% for and only 39% against a troop build up. It is unclear why the American people came to support an increase in troops last month, but it is safe to rule out strong leadership from the White House as the cause. Hopefully the President’s incoherent address to a muted West Point audience will not reverse America’s growing support for victory.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009 |
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Reaction: "The President has finally made up his mind to confront the Taliban and defeat Islamic radicals"
By News Release @ 4:42 AM :: 11406 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Cadets await speech at West Point
"After vacillating for months, I am happy the President has finally made up his mind to confront the Taliban and defeat Islamic radicals. This is the right decision and deserves our nation's full support," stated Djou. "The war in Afghanistan is a fight we must win."
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 |
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Hawaii 42nd in Small Business Survival
By News Release @ 2:24 PM :: 9675 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The ‘Small Business Survival Index' helps business owners and investors understand the public policy burdens placed on entrepreneurship and small business, with the states ranked accordingly.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 |
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How Much Risk Will Obama Expose Our Troops To?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:57 PM :: 7712 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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As multiple sources reported this October, General McChrystal presented President Obama with three troop level scenarios each graded by risk: 1) an additional 20,000 troops that would run a “high risk of failure“; 2) an additional 80,000 troops that would be a “low risk option” that has “best chance to contain the Taliban-led insurgency and stabilize Afghanistan“; or 3) an additional 40,000 to 45,000 troop “medium risk option.”
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 |
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Billy Kenoi associate Malu Motta gets life without parole for Pali shootings
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 17620 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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Chief United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway today (Monday, Nov 30) sentenced ETHAN MOTTA, also known as "Malu," age 40, to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole, for his role in the shooting of three persons at the Pali Golf Course on January 7, 2004.
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