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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
Monday, June 13, 2011 |
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Pro-Bowl: Collateral damage in Abercrombie’s war on Mufi?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:02 AM :: 7117 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie’s bizarre attack on the Pro-Bowl is part of Progressive Democrats’ ongoing war against Mufi Hannemann, Dan Inouye, and the “old-boy” Democrats. And this is not Abercrombie’s first attack on Mufi’s new base in the Hawaii tourism industry....
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Sunday, June 12, 2011 |
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Voting Rights? Star-Advertiser pushes to disenfranchise Military Personnel
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 9259 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Oahu Advisory Council of the Reapportionment Commission will meet Wednesday June 15 at 8AM in the State Capitol Conference room 329. Public testimony will be accepted.
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Saturday, June 11, 2011 |
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DoTax completes Internal Investigation into its “Unusual Reporting” of Monthly Tax Revenues
By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 10040 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“since taking office six months ago, Tax Director Fred Pablo has reviewed the department’s operations and noticed unusual reporting in monthly tax revenue reports. Pablo immediately addressed these concerns by conducting and completing an internal investigation and analysis of the revenue reports.”
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Friday, June 10, 2011 |
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Reapportionment Commission rejects Multi-Member Districts, hears testimony in favor of counting Military Personnel
By Andrew Walden @ 1:05 AM :: 7532 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Some Democrats have advocated counting rapists, child molesters, pimps, drug dealers and other convicted felons and prison inmates but not counting the military personnel who put it all on the line to defend America. The final decision was postponed until the next meeting.
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Monday, June 6, 2011 |
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DHS: Thousands of ghost names on Hawaii Medicare, Medicaid Rolls
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 13878 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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“Where we are required to do sampling and have found that of those in our sample who can be identified, roughly 7% to 10% of them are not eligible. In an additional large number of cases, we are unable to receive information to make a determination. So it could be much greater.”
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Sunday, June 5, 2011 |
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$134 Million Mystery: DoTax suddenly admits “unusual reporting, systemic problems, inconsistencies”
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 AM :: 10524 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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The Hawaii Department of Taxation is seeking an outside auditing firm to look at "systemic problems" with DoTax tax revenue reports....
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Friday, June 3, 2011 |
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Redistricting: Tammy Duckworth gets Gerrymandered into Illinois 8th Congressional District
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM :: 13718 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Democrat-controlled Illinois redistricting commission has apparently re-drawn the Illinois 8th Congressional District especially to include the home of Tammy Duckworth.
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Friday, June 3, 2011 |
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Hanabusa backs Boehner against Obama, Hirono rejects call for Congressional Approval of Libya War
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 9695 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hanabusa supported Speaker John Boehner’s resolution demanding that Obama seek approval of the war under the War Powers Act within 14 days. Hanabusa also supported a resolution offered by Rep Dennis Kucinich demanding US withdrawal from Libya within 15 days.
Hirono opposed both resolutions, essentially agreeing that the President may go to war without Congressional approval. This position differs sharply with her loud opposition to the Iraq war under President Bush.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011 |
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Battling back from Sex Harassment charges, Stacy Higa gets a nod from leading Feminists
By Andrew Walden @ 12:06 AM :: 11583 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Higher Education
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After being hounded for years by charges of sexual harassment leveled against him by a former aide in a 2006 EEOC complaint, former Big Isle Council Chair and Mayoral candidate Stacy Higa has been named Executive Director of the Hawaii State Commission for National and Community Service, which oversees AmeriCorps programs in Hawaii.
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Monday, May 30, 2011 |
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Abercrombie’s Tough Deal: Penny-pinching Governor demands Control over decision to “Extend Life”
By Andrew Walden @ 12:36 AM :: 8177 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Arrogantly, Abercrombie states that “we” –ie the State—have to “deal with” the question: “Are we extending life or are we prolonging death?”
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Friday, May 27, 2011 |
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Complete list of Neighborhood Board Election Results
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 PM :: 7702 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The Honolulu Neighborhood Commission Office has announced the complete election results for Honolulu Neighborhood Boards. The online voting, which ended Saturday May 21 drew 13,264 voters for an 8.5% turnout.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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Naming names: Who are the alleged Sovereignty-mortgage scammers?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 40013 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, Law Enforcement, OHA
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This scam is tied to several well-known sovereignty activists—which perhaps explains why the Advertiser’s two recent articles have included so little information about the alleged perpetrators.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011 |
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Bloody Primary: Hirono vs Case vs Hanabusa for Senate?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:06 PM :: 9673 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Phoning it in from a black-tie event in Washington, DC, Rep Mazie Hirono blessedly informed Hawaii that she will not be a candidate for the 2nd Congressional District in 2012.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011 |
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Federal Law Enforcement Foundation: Hawaii Muslims not sanctioned to use our name
By Andrew Walden @ 8:59 PM :: 16783 Views :: Law Enforcement, Military, Religion
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Describing the news as “very disappointing”, Anthony Bergamo, President and Founder of the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation (FLEF) categorically repudiates any connection between his organization and the Muslim Association of Hawaii and Hawaii Islam Day celebrations....
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Sunday, May 22, 2011 |
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DoTax still has no explanation for sudden discovery of $134M
By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 PM :: 9204 Views :: Taxes
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After using an alleged “crisis” and so-called “budget shortfalls” to push tax increases through the Legislature, it certainly seemed like fortuitous timing when Neil Abercrombie’s Department of Taxation found a $134M jump in tax revenues shortly after the Legislature adjourned....
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Sunday, May 22, 2011 |
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Gulen Cult strikes out in Hawaii Legislature, School?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 17271 Views :: Education K-12, Politicians, Religion
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After months of trying to get on base in Hawaii, is it ‘three strikes and they’re out’ for the Turkish Gulen cult?
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
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Abercrombie’s Medical Homes scheme rejected by Mayo Clinic, other top clinics
By Andrew Walden @ 11:50 PM :: 11113 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"I look at the ACOs coming out as almost fluff and distraction on the side.... We're way past it."
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Monday, May 16, 2011 |
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Hawaii GOP sets March 13 for GOP Presidential Caucuses
By Andrew Walden @ 12:12 AM :: 14325 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The opportunity to directly vote on the Republican nominee is expected to bring out thousands of Hawaii Republican voters who have never before had a chance to directly participate in choosing the Republican Presidential nominee.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011 |
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Hawaii Republicans Pass first-ever Resolution Against Akaka Bill
By Andrew Walden @ 11:13 PM :: 7992 Views :: Akaka Bill
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...unalterable opposition to the Akaka Bill and to any iteration of it....
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Friday, May 13, 2011 |
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Hawaii State Republican Convention to Meet this Weekend
By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 PM :: 9770 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment
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Hundreds of Hawaii Republicans will meet Saturday and Sunday at the Kauai Beach Resort for the GOP state convention. But the top of the agenda—selecting new Party leadership--is a foregone conclusion....
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Friday, May 13, 2011 |
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HMSA: Mail-order Pharmaceutical plan losing support of Hawaii Physicians
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 11708 Views :: Energy, Environment
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It is not clear why HMSA could not “anticipate” such impacts. Millions of Americans have been protesting against Obamacare for over a year now. The bureaucratic interference, bungling, and rationing described in the HMSA letter reads like a caricature of what these “TEA Party” protesters have warned of.
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Sunday, May 8, 2011 |
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Medical Homes: Will Medicaid patients suffer to save HGEA, UPW?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:05 PM :: 10878 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The real savings Medical Homes could give to HHSC do not come in the emergency room but in elder care and neo-natal care....
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Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
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UHERO: Hawaii’s Government Pork feeding frenzy coming to an end
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 5526 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...unnoticed in the public summary of the report are a couple of paragraphs which point out some serious risks to the corporatist State of Hawaii. The cut-off of Earmarks and other Federal pork is having an impact and the full effect is only just beginning to be felt....
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Feds may prosecute State employees who carry out Medical Marijuana Program
By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 PM :: 7927 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Says Washington’s Gregoire: “(Change in marijuana laws) must first come at the federal level."
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Political Correctness: SEALS who got Bin Laden also captured Jihadi murderer of Big Isle man—and were prosecuted for it
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 12981 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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For five and a half years, the US has hunted for Ahmed Hashim Abed--code-named "Objective Amber." Abed is the alleged ring-leader of an Islamist mob which murdered four US military contractors--including Pa`auilo resident Wesley Batalona--in Fallujah, Iraq on March 31, 2004.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Inouye, Akaka votes: A ticket to USA for Guantanamo detainee who attempted attack on Honolulu
By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 14638 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed spent most of 1994 plotting to blow up or hijack 12 airplanes carrying about 4,000 passengers bound for Honolulu and 11 other locations as part of Operation Bojinka, based in Manila, Philippines. He would later use operational experienced gained from his Bojinka failure to mastermind 9-11.
Now Hawaii's two Senators have voted to help spring Mohammed from detention at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba.
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Legislature to vote on $350M Increase in GE Tax
By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 AM :: 7512 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB754 will increase the cost of construction, shipping, air travel, rent, and cellular phone use. Suppliers to tourism are specifically targeted for double taxation which will push up the portion of the tourist dollar which goes into the State General Fund and reduce the portion which circulates in the privately-owned economy.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
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House saves the day after Senate votes 24-1 to dishonor Polynesian Discoverers of Hawaiian Isles
By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 11470 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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On the second Monday of every October, Hawaii celebrates, “Discoverers' Day", in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands.” But the Senate wants to put a stop to the celebrations.
According to the text of SCR55, introduced March 3 by Abercrombie-appointed Senator Maile Shimabukuro, the holiday should be dropped ....
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Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
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Killing the 180 Day School Year: HSTA caught in a lie
By Andrew Walden @ 11:15 PM :: 10390 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The HSTA is currently in contract negotiations. Thus it is plainly false to claim that the 180 days “come without compensation.” Have HSTA leaders been negotiating on the assumption that Act 167 was not going to be enforced this fall? If so, perhaps the membership should dismiss them for incompetence.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011 |
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How They Voted: House approves Pension Tax and GE Tax Hikes
By Andrew Walden @ 9:19 PM :: 7383 Views :: Taxes
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In the Hawaii State House, Tax Day was April 12. On that day, legislators voted up several key tax increases approved earlier by the Senate and forwarded them to the House-Senate Conference Committees which will be meeting behind closed doors for the next two weeks.
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Friday, April 15, 2011 |
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Birthers thank Abercrombie, Obama Thanks Birthers
By Andrew Walden @ 12:47 PM :: 7318 Views :: Obama
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... here is a slice of today’s news which once again makes it crystal clear that birtherism is designed to help Obama ....
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
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HGEA Negotiators: Hide furlough days, recoup losses after Legislature adjourns
By Andrew Walden @ 9:04 PM :: 9581 Views :: Energy, Environment
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An internal HGEA memo sent to the membership earlier this week ties the HGEA’s tentative settlement to the Legislative agenda and promises that HGEA will enjoy “equity with other unions” who will likely settle their contracts after the Legislative session is over.
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Friday, April 8, 2011 |
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Abercrombie’s $100M omission: HGEA settlement tied to other secret labor agreements
By Andrew Walden @ 10:09 PM :: 10982 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle says the Comp Time and the elimination of scheduled furloughs counterbalance the 5% wage cut and amount to a 1.5% raise. The Grassroot Institute estimates the cost at more than $100M over the course of the contract.
But “Comp Time” is not Abercrombie’s only omission....
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Friday, April 8, 2011 |
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Unity House HQ up for Sale
By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 8301 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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HGEA: Contract Agreement includes Paid Time Off
By Andrew Walden @ 10:19 PM :: 9394 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In messages being sent to the HGEA membership, HGEA bosses describe the tentative agreement as including “administrative time off.” This confirms the report in today’s Star-Advertiser, “Public workers would also get an additional six hours of paid time off each month, according to sources.”
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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Full Results: Daily Kos Hawaii Poll
By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 8035 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Daily Kos Hawaii Poll Public Policy Polling, 898 Registered Voters, MoE 3.3%, Mar 24, 2011 - Mar 27, 2011. Do you approve or di...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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Akaka Bill Passes Indian Affairs Committee
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 6132 Views :: Akaka Bill
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S.675, the 2011 version of the Akaka Bill, passed a voice vote of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee today. The next stop for the bill would be the floor of the US Senate No version of the Akaka Bill has ever passed the Senate.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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HCC/HFF: Tell Congress Careless Cuts Cost Lives
By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 3612 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Urgent: Tell Congress that Careless Cuts Cost Lives! From Hawaii Catholic Conference via Hawaii Family Forum What’s the issue? Poverty-focused ...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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How They Voted: Senate Ways and Means votes to hike GE Tax by eliminating exemptions
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 9291 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Those highlighted in yellow have voted to increase the most regressive of all Hawaii taxes. The hike in the GE Tax will hit low and middle income consumers hard. Save this list for November 6, 2012.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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SB1363 10-cents-per-bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
By Andrew Walden @ 1:07 AM :: 20617 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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After two years of marketing the alleged horrors of the non-existent “Pacific Garbage Patch”, environmentalists, big business, and big government are ready to cash in.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee to vote on Akaka Bill Thursday
By Andrew Walden @ 11:17 AM :: 7574 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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There will be no formal hearing before the committee. In the past such testimony has given clues about divisions among the thieves attempting to steal the Hawaiian patrimony for themselves.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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GE Tax Showdown in Senate—A vote to remember in November
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 6606 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Election Day is November 6, 2012. It’s a redistricting year: All 76 will be up for reelection.
We’ll be making a list.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 |
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Recktenwald appoints Acoba Kauai District Court Judge
By Andrew Walden @ 12:28 AM :: 9467 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Edmund D. Acoba as District Court Judge in the Fifth Circuit (Kauai). Acoba fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Calvin Murashige.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 |
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Todd Apo and KoOlina: Ethics Violation kept secret since 2007
By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 AM :: 11487 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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According to sources at Honolulu Hale, Mayor Carlisle is pushing for Todd Apo, former Honolulu County Council Chair, to be one of his nominees to serve on the newly-created Transit Authority. Apo is making the rounds speaking to his former colleagues. But before Carlisle acts, he may want to ask himself why Apo so suddenly resigned from the Council last year.....
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Sunday, April 3, 2011 |
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Abercrombie’s Board of Education: Accountability begins now, and it’s already ugly
By Andrew Walden @ 11:40 PM :: 8453 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie's DoE is already trying to postpone the 180-day school year law, balance its budget on the backs of disabled children, end testing until after Abercrombie faces reelection, delay Race to the Top reforms, sell off schools to rake in bucks from the real estate market, and boost Matayoshi’s salary....
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
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2011 Akaka Bill grants Tribal officials broad immunity from Hawaii Criminal and Civil Laws
By Andrew Walden @ 10:54 AM :: 8224 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“The explicit sovereign immunity and exemption from regulation provisions in the present bill allow the Native Hawaiian governing entity, and its leaders, to conduct activities anywhere in Hawai‘i (and potentially any other state) in a way that is inconsistent with State criminal statutes.... It is not clear how the State could enforce its interests against unlawful or irresponsible actions by the governing entity or its elected leaders or employees." - Gov. Linda Lingle, March 24, 2010
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
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2011 Akaka Bill: More than 73% of Hawaiians not "Qualified" for membership in Akaka Tribe
By Andrew Walden @ 12:15 AM :: 30141 Views :: Akaka Bill
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(L-R): Abercrombie, Broken Trust, Sandwich Isles/OHA (From Broken Trust, pg 202)
On one hand, Section 4(a)(4) of the Senate Akaka Bill states: "Native Hawaiians have an inherent right to autonomy in their internal affairs (and) and inherent right of self-determination and self-governance (and) the right to reorganize a Native Hawaiian governing entity...."
But Section 8(a) recognizes only: "The right of the qualified Native Hawaiian constituents to reorganize the single Native Hawaiian governing entity...."
Who are allowed to become "Qualified Native Hawaiian Constituents" will be determined by a "commission" of nine members. There are exactly nine OHA Trustees.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
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COFA Migrations: Field work complete, GAO Audit report due in September
By Andrew Walden @ 12:46 PM :: 10715 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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In February, 2010, GAO was asked by eight members of Congress representing Hawaii, Arkansas, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa to review issues related to the migration of citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands(RMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of Palau (ROP) to the U.S....
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Monday, March 28, 2011 |
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Abercrombie to Petty, Bogged Down Legislature: Stop bickering and pointing fingers
By Andrew Walden @ 1:50 AM :: 6157 Views :: Energy, Environment
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We at Hawai`i Free Press would like to take this opportunity to speak up on behalf of “pessimism and civic decline” – they are better than tax increases.
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