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Thursday, November 4, 2010 |
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NRO: Finally, They Tossed Out That Classy, Polite, Dignified Incumbent!
By Selected News Articles @ 4:31 PM :: 9290 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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I collapsed into bed at roughly 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, and awoke, groggily, some hours later to find that Rep. Charles Djou, Republican of Hawaii elected in a special three-way election earlier this year, had been defeated....
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Thursday, November 4, 2010 |
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Full District by District Results: Djou wins 5 Districts, Aiona wins one
By Andrew Walden @ 12:33 PM :: 6888 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Republican candidate won outright in only one House District HD40 Kapolei. Aiona effectively tied Abercrombie, losing by only a handful of votes each in HD 46 Schofield-N Shore and HD43 Ewa Beach.
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Thursday, November 4, 2010 |
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Hawaii Right to Life PAC: “All pro-life candidates are winners”
By News Release @ 11:48 AM :: 5995 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Grace also noted that Hawaii is currently listed 48th among the 50 states in the “Defending Life 2010” rankings compiled by the pro-life public policy organization Americans United for Life.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 |
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Inouye: “Odds of passing the Akaka Bill are bad”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:32 PM :: 9771 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Republicans in Hawaii may have taken a drubbing Election Day, but the sudden reassertion of Republican control of Congress means that Hawaiians and Hawaii may be saved from the Akaka Bill.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 |
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Nominations sought for State Water Commission
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 5448 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU - The State is seeking nominations to the Commission on Water Resource Management. A Nominating Committee will screen the applicants and send to the Governor the names of at least three individuals for one open position.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 |
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Aiona, Djou thank their supporters
By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 9114 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Aiona: "I congratulate our opponent on his victory, and will join all of you in supporting our next Governor by working to hold our government accountable to our citizens."
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 |
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Slom: Election shows Democrat/union machine is alive and well
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 5:55 PM :: 7209 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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There were more local Republican challengers than in a decade, and they were well informed, well qualified and had charisma, yet one by one they went down ....
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 |
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Democrats: Hawaii is different, suckers
By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 PM :: 6292 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Even in defeat, Republicans have laid an organizational foundation for future victories. The Democrats are working to convince Republicans to dig that foundation up.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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Final Read: Hawaii General Election Results -- Abercrombie, Hanabusa win
By Andrew Walden @ 10:21 PM :: 7573 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Republicans win Maui Mayor's race, one Hawaii County Council seat, and add two State House seats -- while losing the Governor's seat, the First Congressional District Seat, and one State Senate seat.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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VIDEO: 400 Hawaii Republicans Election Day Phone Bank
By Video @ 5:47 PM :: 6118 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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To locate your assigned polling place, visit the online Polling Place Locator by clicking HERE.
I invite you to join us after the polls close for an Election Night Watch Party at the Dole Cannery Ballrooms. Click HERE for more information.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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Everything you need to know about Abercrombie and Hanabusa
By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 AM :: 11588 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Click a link and find out what the rest of Hawaii media has not been telling you....
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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John Willoughby live on Dennis Prager show
By News Release @ 10:41 AM :: 5435 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Dennis Prager (radio) Show Today Tues. Nov. 2nd between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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Hawaii GOP: Election shaping up “just like 2002”
By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 AM :: 7067 Views :: Energy, Environment
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John Peschong describes a tight Governor’s race with the Aiona-Finnegan campaign's ongoing internal polling consistently running about 45%-44%, “just like 2002”—the year Linda Lingle swept into the Governor’s office.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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VOTE TODAY til 6PM Find your polling place
By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 AM :: 13091 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Election Day is Tuesday, November 2
Nov 2 Polling Place Locator: http://www4.honolulu.gov/vote/
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Monday, November 1, 2010 |
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Photos: Aiona, Finnegan tour Roberts Hawaii, other businesses
By News Release @ 6:54 PM :: 7915 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Duke Aiona and Lynn Finnegan today toured the Roberts Hawai`i office with President Robert Iwamoto where he met and talked story with Roberts Hawai`i employees. Duke and Lynn also visited Pioneer Plaza to meet and greet with supporters and walk through small businesses to connect with voters. In addition, Duke and Lynn visited Island insurance Company, Bank of Hawai‘i, Matson, Alexander and Baldwin and a medical building in Kapahulu.
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Monday, November 1, 2010 |
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The Morning after the Election
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 6:29 PM :: 6998 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The election will be over, and we'll either elect balanced, honest and fiscally responsible leaders who have a detailed plan for more jobs, a stronger economy and better education, or we'll allow the big government, big spending, tax increasing political culture of Washington into Hawai‘i.
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Monday, November 1, 2010 |
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Hawaii Family Forum makes final push to Get Out the Vote
By News Release @ 6:25 PM :: 6803 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Get out to vote. Contact your family and friends in your contact list and make sure they get out to vote and vote values. This year’s election is too important to assume that they did.
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Monday, November 1, 2010 |
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Hawaii Right to Life PAC Urges Vote for Aiona
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 8081 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Janet Grace, executive director of Hawaii Right to Life stated, “We do not believe a person can be qualified for public office if he has no respect for the most innocent and vulnerable people in Hawai'i. Gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie’s voting record is crystal clear: as a U.S. Congressman, he consistently voted against every piece of legislation that would have protected innocent human life."
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Monday, November 1, 2010 |
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New Aiona-Finnegan radio ad trumpets Hilo, Maui endorsements
By News Release @ 3:56 PM :: 13049 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU - Duke Aiona and Lynn Finnegan today launched a new radio ad, "Twice," to highlight recent endorsements, such as the Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald, Maui News, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawai‘i, Maui Chamber of Commerce and Hawai‘i Island Contractors' Association.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010 |
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Aiona-Finnegan Closing TV Ad: Jobs, Education, Economy
By Video @ 9:56 PM :: 6241 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU - Duke Aiona and Lynn Finnegan today announced the launch of their closing television ad, “Crowd Surfing,” in response to the negative campaigning of their opponents. "Crowd Surfing" focuses on the issues, highlighting Duke and Lynn’s plan to create job opportunities, strengthen the economy and reform public education, and asks Hawai‘i voters for their support on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010 |
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald Endorses Duke Aiona and Lynn Finnegan
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 9:38 PM :: 10734 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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"This campaign is about providing balanced, honest and fiscally responsible leadership for real solutions that will benefit all of Hawai‘i. We sincerely appreciate the endorsements of the Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawai‘i, and Hawai‘i Island Contractors' Association.”
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Sunday, October 31, 2010 |
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Hawaii Rifle Association candidate preferences
By News Release @ 6:07 AM :: 4667 Views :: Energy, Environment
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following preferred candidate list represents only the candidates believed most able to support gun rights and hunting heritage. No other issues were considered.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 |
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This Democrat didn’t forget who the real Neil Abercrombie is
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 11:02 PM :: 11376 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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Just because Neil Abercrombie has had an extreme makeover on the outside, it does not mean his radical ideas and values have cleaned up. In fact, on the inside, he is just as extreme as he was in the 1970s.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 |
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Lingle saves Hawaii refineries from EPA
By News Release @ 3:41 PM :: 10529 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“You raise important concerns about the impact that the standards could have on Hawaii’s two refineries, and by extension, the State’s economy and the Pacific Command,” said Jackson in her October 25, 2010 response letter to Governor Lingle. “Your letter effectively summarizes the primary ways in which the situation of the Tesoro and Chevron refineries in Hawaii differs from that of refineries located on the mainland of the United States.”
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 |
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 |
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Hanabusa Insurance: Medicare cuts, higher prices, and denial of care
By News Release @ 2:50 PM :: 10669 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Colleen Hanabusa has used every opportunity to say that she “supports our kupuna.” Which makes her unabashed support of the $1 trillion government takeover of health care known as Obamacare that much more puzzling.
Recently, in a debate, she claimed that no seniors would see Medicare cuts – that it is guaranteed. Actually, that’s false. Here are the facts....
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Saturday, October 30, 2010 |
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Abercrombie: Little to point to in the way of achievement
By News Release @ 2:39 PM :: 8098 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In many of this year’s races, you’ve heard about a candidate’s achievements in political office. Neil Abercrombie has been silent on his work as U.S. Congressman for nearly two decades. All we hear is a promise of “change” and “a new day.” That is because Neil Abercrombie has no crowning achievement or landmark legislation in his twenty years in Congress.
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Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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Fact check: Superferry, Aloha, Rail, Furloughs
By News Release @ 8:25 PM :: 9882 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Duke Aiona is being blamed for everything the State Legislature and Judiciary has done wrong.
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Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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Hawaii windfarm developer “could go under”
By Selected News Articles @ 7:47 PM :: 9265 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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But unless Shaw and Dearborn put in more money, or First Wind finds a buyer, Downes said, the company could go under. First Wind discloses this risk in recent financial filings. It says it has substantial, short-term debt and insufficient money to pay back loans. "Failure to comply with these obligations could result in an event of default under those agreements, which could be difficult to cure, or result in our bankruptcy," the company says.
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Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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Hawaii HEART: Moving 4,000 people from homelessness to permanent housing
By News Release @ 7:06 PM :: 7414 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The number of homeless people who received service in shelters increased 66.7 percent from 5,688 in fiscal year 2006 to 9,483 in fiscal year 2009. And the number of people who transitioned into permanent housing increased 163.9 percent from 1,532 in fiscal year 2006 to 4,043 in fiscal year 2009.
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Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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VIDEO: Aiona focuses on drug prevention for a healthier Hawaii
By Video @ 4:38 PM :: 6107 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU - Duke Aiona and Lynn Finnegan today launched the final video of their online web series to discuss issues that are important to Hawai‘i's working families and small businesses. The final spot, "Easier," focuses on Duke Aiona’s commitment to prevention as a means to shaping a healthier Hawai‘i.
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Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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Abercrombie’s 100% anti-life voting record
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 10480 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Rated 0% by the National Right To Life (NRLC)
- Rated 100% by National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)
- Rated 7% by the Christian Coalition on Family Issues
- Rated 100% by the gay agenda HRC
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Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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$23M Emergency funds giveaway called “blind promise”
By News Release @ 1:14 PM :: 6614 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"If the next Governor is going to be a rubber stamp for the State Legislature, as the case would be with our opponents, Hawai‘i would be operating in the red like they do in Washington. Abercrombie is making blind promises, which is simply irresponsible."
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Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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Attack ads "coordinated' with alleged Pay-to-Play engineering firm
By AtomicMonkey @ 9:53 AM :: 18738 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Originally posted May 18, 2010. Re-posted in honor of Dennis Mitsunaga's $25,000 contribution to pay for Hawaii Democratic Party "coordinated campaign" attack ads.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Abercrombie Will Harm Hawaii’s Relationship with Foreign Countries
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 10875 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Tourism is a cornerstone of Hawaii’s economy and culture and foreign relationships are essential for Hawaii leaders to foster if we are to continue promoting Hawaii as business and vacation destination. Governor Linda Lingle utilized her executive office to promote tourism, travel and business in Hawaii and fostered strong relationships with countries like China and Japan for our state’s benefit.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Hawaiian Telcom Emerges from Chapter 11 Reorganization
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 8625 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...effective today, the Company has successfully completed its reorganization and has emerged from its Chapter 11 proceedings, pursuant to the plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) approved by the bankruptcy court. As expected, the new ownership and capital structure of the Company have been approved by the Federal Communications Commission and the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Can’t say no: Hanabusa’s Tax-raising record
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 11337 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In the past four years (at least), she did not encounter a single tax increase, government regulation or pay raise that she thought fell short of getting "the biggest bang" for Hawaii taxpayers' bucks.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Djou leads fund race
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 9623 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Djou has now raised more than $362,000 in October alone and over the past two months has raised more than $752,000 - nearly $200,000 more than his opponent.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Lingle authorizes another $5.2M to make up for DoE failure
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 5897 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Department of Education will use $2,817,007 to provide Extended Learning Opportunities classes of up to two additional hours a day at high schools, intermediate/middle schools and elementary schools statewide that failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress goals during the 2009-2010 school year.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Rep. Djou pleased by Clinton support for free trade with South Korea
By Rep Charles Djou @ 2:34 PM :: 12969 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Honolulu, HI — Congressman Charles K. Djou (HI-01) released the following statement after attending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on America’s engagement in the Asia Pacific....
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Aiona: Abercrombie inconsistent, dishonest, and unwilling to make the tough decisions on Education Reform
By News Release @ 2:06 PM :: 6345 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie continues to oppose a comprehensive, independent audit of the Department of Education (DOE). Mr. Abercrombie has said the "last thing we need is an audit of the educational system," even after he was one of 19 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to co-sponsor a bill introduced last year in favor of an independent audit of the Federal Reserve (HR 1207).
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
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Facing default, Hawaii windfarm operator cancels IPO
By Selected News Articles @ 1:50 PM :: 11194 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“Given the financial tight rope First Wind is walking and its voracious need for financing to build its projects, we believe the risks outweigh the company’s upside,’’ Stephen Simko, Morningstar Inc. analyst, wrote in a report on the stock offering.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
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Abercrombie voted against tougher penalties for criminals who kill unborn baby
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 8487 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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While many know Neil Abercrombie supports abortion, the extreme stances he has taken on parental notification and prosecuting criminals who harm fetuses during violent crimes are counter to the values of many here in Hawaii. While in Congress, he voted against...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
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Lingle: $35M spent on Robotics helped win $75M Race to the Top
By News Release @ 9:12 PM :: 6515 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle today issued the following statement in response to comments made by an appointed member of a State legislative committee criticizing Hawai‘i’s use of federal stimulus funds. The committee meeting held yesterday was a clumsily disguised event to criticize the Administration a week before State elections.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
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Hanabusa could have saved Superferry, did nothing
By Selected News Articles @ 8:59 PM :: 12257 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Ariyoshi's Attorney General Michael Lilly and former State Senator Fred Rohlfing agree...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
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RCP: Hawaii Governor’s race a “toss up”
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 6488 Views :: Energy, Environment
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According to Real Clear Politics, an independent political website that publishes daily election analysis and polling averages, the race for Governor is a “toss-up.”
This determination is supported by recent polls conducted by Rasmussen Reports, Aloha Vote and Public Policy Polling, all of which show the governor’s race to be a virtual dead heat with a mere 2 to 3 point spread.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
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Rep Roland Sagum (D-Kauai) endorses Duke Aiona for Governor
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 12459 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment
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“Duke is the best person to serve as the next Governor of Hawai‘i,” said Rep. Sagum. “He is a true leader with integrity and good judgment who is not afraid to make tough decisions, and he has bold plans that will move Hawai‘i forward; that’s why I am willing to cross party lines to show my support and help elect Duke as our next Governor.”
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