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Monday, November 22, 2010 |
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Last elected BoE to be sworn in Nov 29
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 6277 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU – The Hawaii State Board of Education will hold an induction ceremony on Monday, Nov. 29, for seven candidates elected on Nov. 2 to serve a four-year term as members of the Board.
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Monday, November 22, 2010 |
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'You did what?' How anti-trust lawyer broke up Big 5
By Selected News Articles @ 1:31 PM :: 10337 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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When Hawaii became a state, the Department of Justice sent two attorneys to enforce the antitrust laws. I was one of them....
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Sunday, November 21, 2010 |
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Hawaii GOP State Senate results underline importance of community commitment
By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 7493 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In spite of the GOP’s losses at the top of the ticket, re-integrating faith-based voters into the GOP has produced gains at the ballot box for legislative campaigns and made all the difference in 2010 candidate recruitment.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010 |
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Saturday, November 20, 2010 |
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Aloha Family Alliance: Our advice is do not give up
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 7324 Views :: Energy, Environment
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It is sad to see Gary Okino leave the Democratic Party. I happen to be a life long Democrat, but I don't put the party ahead of what is morally necessary for our community to thrive. To be truly Democratic, as its name implies, the party should welcome divergent views.
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Friday, November 19, 2010 |
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BoE refuses to follow law: Rejects meal price increases
By News Release @ 6:43 PM :: 7149 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The proposed price hikes came in response to Act 26, which was passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Linda Lingle in 2009. It mandated the Department to set breakfast and lunch prices at no less than half the cost of preparing the meals due to escalating food, energy and labor costs.
Board Chairman Garrett Toguchi called for the Legislature to repeal Act 26, and provide sufficient funding for the school food program....
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Friday, November 19, 2010 |
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Friday, November 19, 2010 |
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FULL TEXT: State Senate Committee Assignments Finalized
By News Release @ 12:39 PM :: 6660 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Complete list of Hawaii State Senate Leadership and Committee Assignments 2010-2011.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
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Hawaii DoT sells $201M in bonds
By News Release @ 3:27 PM :: 6294 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle announced today that the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation – Harbors Division successfully sold $201.39 million of Harbors System Revenue Bonds to fund various capital projects for the State’s Harbors Modernization Plan and to refinance existing bonds for debt service savings.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
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FULL TEXT: Report on Hawaii Personal Information Breaches -- 479,000 victims in state
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 PM :: 8417 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Since 2005, at least 479,000 personal records have been breached in the state of Hawaii – records on one out of every three residents – according to a report by the Liberty Coalition.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
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Four Loko: Does The FDA Really Need More Power?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:32 AM :: 9582 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Our long national nightmare is over. Phusion Projects, the makers of Four Loko brand caffeinated malt beverages, announced yesterday that it will remove the caffeine from its products. Phusion’s decisions came just one day after Senator Chuck Schumer (D–NY) pushed the Food and Drug Administration to ban “these dangerous and toxic drinks.” ...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
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FULL TEXT: New version of Akaka Bill introduced in US Senate
By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 13042 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A new version of the Akaka Bill was introduced yesterday in the US Senate by Sen. Dan Akaka (D-HI). In accordance with Senate rules, the new bill, designated S. 3945, was read twice on the Senate floor and then referred to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. A text of S. 3945 is not yet available.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
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S&P Downgrades Hawaiian Electric to Brink of Junk, Conservation, Regulatory Lag Blamed
By Selected News Articles @ 5:05 PM :: 6602 Views :: Energy, Environment
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WSJ: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut its rating on Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HE) and its electric utility subsidiaries by one notch to the brink of junk.
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Monday, November 15, 2010 |
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Inouye becomes useless? House, Senate Republicans place moratorium on Earmarks
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 10096 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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So much for Neil Abercrombie’s “more federal funds” refrain, eh? If this holds, Inouye will no longer be able to buy off his cronies and the corporatist state will starve. Hawaii Democrats will be relegated to peddling marijuana, assisted suicide, and gay marriage as substitutes for pork barrel projects.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010 |
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AP Exit Poll: Hawaii is only state where independent voters don't think government is doing too much
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 PM :: 7684 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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--A chunk of independent voters said they want the government to do less after two years of Democratic domination in the nation's capital. That's almost a direct reversal of how this voting group behaved in 2008. Majorities of independents in each state surveyed except Democratic-leaning Hawaii said the government is doing too many things better left to the private sector and individuals.
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Friday, November 12, 2010 |
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CBS News: Hawaii AG Bennett’s suit could be deathknell to drug price manipulation
By Selected News Articles @ 1:35 PM :: 8547 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The state of Hawaii’s lawsuit against pharmacy benefit manager McKesson (MCK) and drug database manager First DataBank could signal the end of drug price manipulation, at least as we currently know it....
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Friday, November 12, 2010 |
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The Obamacare Burden To Your State Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:19 PM :: 7179 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Facing a $25 billion deficit for their next two-year budget cycle, Texas lawmakers are considering closing the gap by dropping out of Medicaid. “This system is bankrupting our state,” State Representative Warren Chisum told The New York Times. “We need to get out of it. And with the budget shortfall we’re anticipating, we may have to act this year,” he said.
And Texas is not alone....
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
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US Supreme Court refuses to hear Hawaii beach accretion case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:24 PM :: 9961 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The denial of cert by the U.S. Supreme Court means that until the Hawaii Supreme Court confirms or rules otherwise in a future case, the ICA's rule that "unvested" rights or "contingent future interests" are not property and are subject to uncompensated acquisition by the legislature, is the law.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
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Hokulia Bypass: Hawaii Supreme Court upholds land acquisition for road
By Robert Thomas @ 10:08 PM :: 9600 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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In the instant appeal, we hold that the County’s asserted public purpose for Condemnation was not a pretext for a primarily private benefit....
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
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Tourism Marketing: In London and ashamed to be from Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:16 PM :: 9143 Views :: Energy, Environment, World News
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I am currently in London attending World Travel Market (WTM) for eTurboNews. Don't expect business from wasting our tax payers promotional money that paid for the Hawaii Tourism Authority stand.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
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Gary Okino forced to resign from Democratic Party
By Andrew Walden @ 8:49 PM :: 10180 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Volcanic Ash columnist David Shapiro describes Hawaii Democrats as “a party where the sun rises and sets by civil unions these days.” If there is any doubt, take a look at what happened to gay marriage opponent, former Honolulu Councilman Gary Okino....
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Monday, November 8, 2010 |
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Stacey Djou: On the bright side
By News Release @ 12:55 PM :: 9423 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Over the past week, Charles has received hundreds of emails from people all over the state and the nation expressing their sorrow and disappointment over Tuesday’s election results. While we share your pain, we prefer to instead focus on all that we were able to accomplish together in the last year.
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Monday, November 8, 2010 |
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Church-based voter drive brings 15,000 to polls, powers GOP House gains
By Andrew Walden @ 12:00 AM :: 11270 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Contrary to most of what is being reported in the media, efforts to register voters at Hawaii churches powered a substantial increase in voter turnout by church-goers. The drive produced swings in favor of Republican House candidates of 5% or more in 16 out of 51 house districts. The GOP gained a total of 15,322 new Republican votes in these 16 districts....
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Saturday, November 6, 2010 |
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House Republicans elect Rep Gene Ward Minority Leader
By News Release @ 12:06 PM :: 10690 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Minority Leader Representative Gene Ward said, "Our new Caucus is excited and united and ready to do the people's business, particularly regarding fiscal responsibility and job creation in the 2011 Session. We are very pleased to have grown 33 1/3 percent representing the first net-gain in the size of caucus in 10 years."
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Saturday, November 6, 2010 |
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Senate Democrats announce Committee Chairs
By Andrew Walden @ 12:22 AM :: 6396 Views :: Energy, Environment
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It appears that the Kim/Baker Senate Democratic faction has gained ascendancy.
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Friday, November 5, 2010 |
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Rail funding in jeopardy as key House sponsor ousted by Americans
By Andrew Walden @ 4:30 AM :: 8650 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The new Transportation Chair will probably be Rep. John Mica (R-FL). KGMB asks: “He says he's in favor of cost effective rail transportation but Republicans campaigned on cutting costs and smaller government, so where does Honolulu's $5.5 billion rail fit into that?” It doesn’t.
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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 :: 8080 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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