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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
Friday, August 3, 2012 |
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To Stop Mufi, Mrs Abercrombie Joins the Chris Butler Cult
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 AM :: 29537 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Religion, Tulsi Gabbard
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“Tulsi is a pure devotee. She is a little plant, a Holy Basil…. You don’t just leave, you are totally black banned if you leave."
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
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Rail Jobs? Honolulu Construction Employment Down 6%
By Andrew Walden @ 2:17 PM :: 8612 Views :: Labor, Rail
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As Rail construction continues, Honolulu construction employments continues to drop, losing 1,300 jobs between June, 2011 and June, 2012....
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Sunday, July 29, 2012 |
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Henkin: Rumors of Hee-Wooley Affair “Scurrilous”
By Andrew Walden @ 10:02 PM :: 18510 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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A Democratic state representative says, “They’re like a couple of high school kids.”
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Sunday, July 29, 2012 |
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Early Voting Begins Monday July 30--Find Your Polling Place
By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 7504 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Walk-In Absentee Voting Mon Jul 30 thru Thurs Aug 9 All Locations Open Mon – Sat 8-4 PM (except Molokai)
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 |
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FBI investigating? Sex, Lies and Retaliation at Big Island Election Office
By Andrew Walden @ 12:37 PM :: 20005 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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Will bureaucrats undermine public confidence in elections 'for a good time'? Read on ....
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
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FULL TEXT: 256 pages of Rail 'PR' Contracts
By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 7227 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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“...copies of the contracts of the public involvement individuals, companies, consultants, or subconsultants hired or contracted...."
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
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Hoku Loses Control of Its Own Website
By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 AM :: 7389 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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Hoku is so broke it doesn’t have a website anymore. Their url expired July 12 and has not been renewed....
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Saturday, July 14, 2012 |
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Kaiser Study: Hawaii Obamacare Exchange to Pay Insurers $973/month
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 9642 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This may explain why Hawaii’s insurers were so eager to grab seats on Abercrombie’s Hawaii Health Connector Board....
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
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Senate Committee Hearing Discusses Ways to Create Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 6825 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Akaka’s Committee will “examine the process of recognizing tribes through the Administrative and Congressional processes.”
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
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Hanabusa, Hirono Co-Sponsor Bill Threatening Closure of Catholic Charities
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 8107 Views :: Family, Congressional Delegation
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HR1681 decertifies any adoption or foster care agency which does not assign children to same sex couples....
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Thursday, July 5, 2012 |
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Sweetener: Did InfraConsult Push $1.9M Change Order for HDR?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 PM :: 13614 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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What was the role of InfraConsult in promoting a $1.9M change order given to HDR immediately prior to announcement of the HDR deal to purchase InfraConsult?
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Sunday, July 1, 2012 |
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Pay to Play: Will Cayetano Retaliate Against Hirono?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 PM :: 12365 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Politicians
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"Is PRP implying that Mazie Hirono who also received illegal contributions did any wrongdoing?" -- Ben Cayetano
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Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
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Health Insurance? No need: Abercrombie promises to dump Prepaid Health Care Act
By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 22787 Views :: Health Care
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Abercrombie’s campaign platform portrays abandonment of the Prepaid Act as a step to “Develop a System of Universal Healthcare.” It is exactly the opposite. In the fine print, Abercrombie focuses squarely on managing the State’s finances so “costs are controlled so that we can collectively afford the system and pay for it in a way that is fair and sustainable. We need to create efficiencies out of the current incoherence in our system, create incentives and opportunities for cost-effective preventive healthcare….”
It’s all about the money.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
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Honolulu Loses 1,400 Construction Jobs as Rail Work Begins
By Andrew Walden @ 1:47 PM :: 7045 Views :: Labor, Rail
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According to the Associated General Contractors of America, Hononlulu ranks 272nd in construction growth, losing 1,400 construction jobs over the past year.
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Monday, June 11, 2012 |
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Kamehameha Day: Abercrombie, Hirono, Akaka, Inouye sending Hawaiians to tribalism?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 AM :: 16034 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History
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Kamehameha between 1782 and 1810 united the islands into the Hawaiian Kingdom, created the Hawaiian nationality and a national state from competing Polynesian groups, who themselves had been feudal--not tribal--for as much as 500 years....
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Sunday, June 3, 2012 |
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CoR: Solar Tax Credit Scammers Will Take $491M More than Projected
By Andrew Walden @ 8:36 PM :: 7301 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...failure of the Legislature to check rampant abuse of Solar and Wind tax credits and shortfalls in projected income from last year's GE Tax hike may cost the General Fund as much as $721M over the coming seven years....
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Sunday, June 3, 2012 |
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Full Text: Sierra Club Candidate Questionnaire
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 6149 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Sierra Club is asking Legislative candidates to back fee increases on cars and trucks, agree to limit the size of homes on ag land to 1500 sq feet, start closing down HECO plants, and give lots of money to eco-make work projects....
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 |
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The $123K Question: Is Hanabusa Looting Her Own Campaign?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:24 PM :: 12068 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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According to OpenSecrets.com, over $123,000 has been diverted from her campaign to Hanabusa’s own accounts since 2011.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 |
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As Rail Project Begins Hawaii Loses Construction Jobs
By Andrew Walden @ 11:56 AM :: 8223 Views :: Labor, Rail
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For months building trades unions and the management-labor Pacific Resources Partnership have been putting union members to work—as pro-rail protesters.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012 |
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Shamed, Civil Beat Revises 'Fact' Check Questioning Djou's Afghanistan Combat Record
By Andrew Walden @ 9:03 AM :: 11243 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Civil Beat’s latest “Fact Check” debacle May 17 involves taking three sentences from an hour-long May 1 Rick Hamada interview with Afghanistan combat veteran Rep. Charles Djou, twisting Djou's words into a pretzel and fact-checking statements Djou did not make....
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Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
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Fact Sheet Misquotes Hawai`i Free Press: Cayetano Threatens Lawsuit over Mention of Pay-to-Play Allegations
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 9301 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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Cayetano does not dispute that the contributions were accepted, nor does he dispute that most of the fines levied by the Campaign Spending Commission went unpaid....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
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Email Chain Shows Hawaii Attorney General Foments Latest Round of Birtherism
By Andrew Walden @ 2:15 AM :: 8530 Views :: Obama
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Birtherism is an integral part of President Obama’s reelection effort....
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Sunday, May 13, 2012 |
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Declining Unions, Growing Churches Shape the Future of Hawaii Politics
By Andrew Walden @ 11:29 PM :: 6912 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... there is a huge reservoir of pro-life, pro-family registered non-voters and non-registered voters who can be reached ....
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Saturday, May 12, 2012 |
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Hawaii Republicans Unite for Once-in-a-Generation Campaign
By Andrew Walden @ 11:21 PM :: 6790 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... three hundred delegates gathered at the Hilton Hawaiian Village today for the 2012 Hawaii Republican Party Convention....
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 |
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DoH Explains How Taxpayers Fund Gabbards’ Song and Dance Routine
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 8562 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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A political watershed is formed when the benefits of incumbency flow down hill to a new generation....
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 |
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Both Sides in Thielen Dispute Aim For Democrats-Only Primary Elections
By Andrew Walden @ 8:25 PM :: 8334 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“Mr. Gill explained that ... Hawaii’s primary election law is out of compliance with the freedom of association provision in the U.S. Constitution. In order to rectify this error, a lawsuit must be filed and Mr. Gill asked UHPA to consider supporting this federal litigation.”
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Monday, April 23, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 23, 2012
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 PM :: 8089 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Cloture Motion; Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012
- House: Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012
- House: Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II
- House: Small Business Tax Cut Act
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Sunday, April 22, 2012 |
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Full Text: 2012 HSTA Legislative Endorsement Questionnaire
By Andrew Walden @ 8:55 PM :: 6164 Views :: Energy, Environment
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For 2012 HSTA has deleted several questions from 2010 including their call for legislators to de-fund services for severely disabled students in violation of the Felix Consent Decree.
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Saturday, April 7, 2012 |
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GSA Scandal: Lingle Takes Aim at Waste and Fraud
By Andrew Walden @ 9:41 PM :: 9024 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"... S1409, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act, would create greater oversight and accountability in federal spending .... "
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Friday, April 6, 2012 |
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US Constitutional Convention? Hawaii State House Wants to Write Obamacare into Constitution, Strengthen Power of President
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 PM :: 9272 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Hawaii State House, with 17 ‘no’ votes has transmitted to the Senate a resolution calling for convening of a US Constitutional Convention....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
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Abercrombie's nervous communist Czar: Cap and Trade, and the cost to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 6:29 AM :: 19946 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Abercrombie in 2009 asked Hawaii to gamble its entire public-sector and private-sector economy on a promise of “Green Jobs” from a "former" communist Czar whose nervous breakdown was healed by a tree-sitter named “Butterfly.” Now they're teaming up to launch a State-owned Bank backed by your tax dollars.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
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Faking it for the Feds, Abercrombie Prepares to Impose Another ‘Last, Best, and Final Offer’ on HSTA
By Andrew Walden @ 1:34 PM :: 9644 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The HSTA and the Abercrombie administration have fallen into name calling and finger pointing....This is a sure sign that a deal is in the works and they are both in on it.
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Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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Hawaii Republican Caucus Count Finalized
By Andrew Walden @ 11:06 PM :: 5223 Views :: Energy, Environment
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- Romney: 4548
- Santorum: 2589
- Paul: 1975
- Gingrich: 1116
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Friday, March 16, 2012 |
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Republican Caucus Results Updated
By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 3698 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Counters will be at work today on sister isle provisional ballots. Those results are expected to be available this evening.
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Monday, March 12, 2012 |
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Abercrombie Announces UH Regents, Stadium Authority Appointments
By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 4013 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie today announced appointments to various boards and commissions including the Stadium Authority and the University of Hawai'i (UH) Board of Regents.
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Monday, March 12, 2012 |
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UPDATE: Romney, Paul, Santorum Campaign in Hawaii Monday
By Andrew Walden @ 1:19 PM :: 8371 Views :: Energy, Environment
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David Chang Show: Liz Santorum, Matt Romney, Ronnie Paul to appear together on David Chang’s radio show AM790 5pm Today, Monday, March 12.
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Friday, March 9, 2012 |
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Campaigning in Hawaii: Liz Santorum, Ronnie Paul, Matt Romney
By Andrew Walden @ 8:28 PM :: 6345 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Elizabeth Santorum will host a reception at Hawaii Republican Party HQ, 725 Kapiolani Blvd, Monday evening....
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Sunday, March 4, 2012 |
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Hawaii Credit Unions: State Bank ‘Enormous Risk’ to General Fund
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 7770 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"Coupled with the notion of purchasing troubled mortgages, this could be an extremely dangerous concept, which would place taxpayer money at enormous risk."
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 |
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10-cents-per-bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
By Andrew Walden @ 9:35 PM :: 7692 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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The 2011 version of the 10-cent bag tax failed at the end of the legislative session when enviros stabbed business in the back by amending the bill to eliminate retailers’ portion of the fee-split....
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 |
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Ban Would Favor Clayton Hee's Irish Opihi Monopoly
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 9135 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... why is Hee suddenly trying to put Hawaiian opihi pickers out of business?
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 |
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Heritage Foundation holds First-Ever Event in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 10876 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Marshall, who oversees the think tank’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, took her presentation on the road. During a three-day tour of Hawaii she spoke to political science students at BYUH and to TEA Party groups in Kona and Hilo.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Conservatives Outnumber Liberals
By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 9292 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the proportion of Hawaii residents identifying as conservative has increased by 3.4% to 31.0%....
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 |
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Fordham Rips Hawaii Science Standards: “The Ignorance on Display is Shameful”
By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 AM :: 7531 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Released January 31 by the Thomas B Fordham Institute, “The State of State Science Standards 2012” doesn’t pull punches in its analysis of the Hawaii Department of Education’s much-ballyhooed ‘academic standards’.
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Friday, February 3, 2012 |
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Civil Beat Vanishes from Internet
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM :: 6492 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Hawaii news and opinion site, Civil Beat, was offline February 2-4.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
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“Concerning Public Lands” 14 Executive Orders Suddenly Appear on Abercrombie Website
By Andrew Walden @ 3:55 PM :: 9607 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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Fourteen Executive Orders, dated between August and December of last year have suddenly appeared on the official website of Governor Neil Abercrombie....
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Monday, January 30, 2012 |
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Heritage Foundation to Tour Honolulu, Laie, Kona, Hilo Jan 31-Feb 2
By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 AM :: 11358 Views :: TEA Party
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...a panel discussion focusing on winning school choice in environments where the political landscape is not dominated by conservative voters....
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 |
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“I hope you die of Lupus”: Could Rep Joey Manahan be Convicted with his own Cyber Harassment law?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 6654 Views :: Energy, Environment
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a reader draws our attention to some 2010 online comments allegedly by HB2288 co-sponsor Rep Joey Manahan....
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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DoE: Legislature Could Impose Teacher Evaluation Rejected by HSTA
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 7083 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"Our goal is to have clear and compelling evidence for the U.S. DOE that shows we have the legal authority to implement these reforms" -- Stephen Schatz
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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Abercrombie to Tesoro: Drop Dead
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 AM :: 12229 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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...the Administration is doing what it can to promote closure—or discourage a buyer who does not meet the proper political criterion. Politically incorrect buyers can expect nothing but obstruction from the State....
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