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Friday, November 29, 2019 |
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Barbers Point Air Museum: A Tale of an Eviction
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 5697 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Military
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...“Where are they going to dispose of the planes, at Waimanalo Gulch?”....
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Thursday, November 28, 2019 |
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OHA: Who Pulled a Fast One While No One's Looking?
By Video @ 3:29 PM :: 4784 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA Trustees Latest Sneaky Move Is Another Blow To Transparency....
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019 |
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OIP: OHA PIG Opinion ‘Does not Exist’
By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 3871 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OIP says an alleged OIP Opinion-- cited by OHA Trustee Chair Colette Machado as a rationale for a continued investigation of Trustee Keli'i Akina-- does not exist....
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019 |
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Barbers Point Air Museum: State Seeks Contractor to Destroy Historic Airplanes
By Selected News Articles @ 2:04 AM :: 7293 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...the Airports Division said that if the planes were not taken off the lot, that they would move ahead to dispose of them. Just in the last couple of days, the State Procurement Office started sending out documents to effectuate that....
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Saturday, November 23, 2019 |
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With All Eyes on Mauna Kea, OHA Hands Danner Big Bag of Money
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 4340 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA announced today the selection of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) to administer a $1.66-million grant to provide emergency financial assistance to low-income Native Hawaiians statewide....
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Saturday, November 23, 2019 |
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Maintenance Backlog? DoE Facilities Branch Administrators Build themselves Houses, Apartment Complex
By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 AM :: 6062 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Don’t get the wrong idea. DoE employees aren’t lazy bums. According to reports issued today by the Hawaii State ethics commission, they are working very hard on several very important construction projects—but not for the DoE....
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Thursday, November 21, 2019 |
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Trustee Akina Calls on OHA Board to Reject Unsubstantiated Allegations
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:37 PM :: 4802 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Board refers matter back to investigative committee....
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Thursday, November 21, 2019 |
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Financial Transparency: Hawaii Ranks 20th
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 3983 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii ranks 20th with an overall score of 84/100....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 |
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DoD Annual Financial Report: A lot going on under the Surface
By News Release @ 4:15 PM :: 3680 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...There is a lot going on under the surface. They include signs of progress, as well as new sources of uncertainty, if not future inquiry and/or investigations....
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Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
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Green Fog: Honolulu's Coming Climate Change Bond Crisis
By Selected News Articles @ 8:55 PM :: 6031 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...the disclosure statements do not actually project the anticipated risks to the city....
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Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
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Mafia News: Hanabusa Announces Mayoral Campaign
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 4880 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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...Hanabusa's political career begins in 1999 when she teamed up with Larry Mehau to protect the Broken Trustees of KSBE. Now she wants to be mayor of Honolulu....
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Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
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Sue Big Oil: UH Law School Hides Conflict of Interest
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 AM :: 6956 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...Antolini previously worked for Vic Sher, which may explain why the academic is so gung-ho to support the misguided crusade of her old boss....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019 |
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Feds: Guam #1 for Medicare Ambulance Fraud
By News Release @ 12:40 AM :: 4405 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Guam Ambulance Company Executives Plead Guilty to Medicare and TRICARE Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019 |
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Former Schofield range director pleads guilty to conspiracy
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 5097 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...Garo admitted that he helped steer federal contracts worth more than $18 million to a contractor....
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Friday, November 8, 2019 |
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Are Auditor's Recommendations Implemented?
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:02 PM :: 3591 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...This report covers recommendations made in reports issued from 2014-2017....
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Friday, November 8, 2019 |
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OHA Committee Acknowledges It Has No Authority to Discipline Trustee Akina for Speaking Out
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:42 PM :: 4283 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...OHA's P.I.G. issued a report conceding that OHA has "no recourse” to discipline him, and closed the matter....
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Thursday, October 31, 2019 |
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Lawsuit: How HMSA Ran Down Clock on Expensive Cancer Patient
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 5575 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...Unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court Victory Against HMSA for Cancer Patient and Widow....
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Thursday, October 31, 2019 |
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Schatz Chief of Staff Pours Money into Big Oil Stocks
By Selected News Articles @ 6:37 AM :: 5214 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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...Eric Einhorn lists stock owned by spouse valued at $168,000-$445,000....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019 |
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019 |
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Sunday, October 27, 2019 |
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Enviros Salivate as WESPAC Selected for Audit
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 4484 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Small Business
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...Office of Inspector General has selected the NOAA’s Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund grants awarded to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council for an audit....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 |
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Katherine Kealoha's Boyfriend's Attorney's Law License Suspended
By News Release @ 6:51 AM :: 6497 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...Gun pointed at police during shooting was registered to Ebersole's attorney....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019 |
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Ala Wai Development Plan Serves OHA, not Boaters
By Andrew Walden @ 3:31 AM :: 6528 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Small Business
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...OHA stands to potentially receive a 20% cut of revenues generated from development of so-called ‘ceded lands’-- such as the Ala Wai harbor....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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My Concern Over Transparency at OHA
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:50 AM :: 4119 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...legislators withheld OHA's funds, contingent upon the completion of a special audit of OHA and its LLCs....
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Monday, September 30, 2019 |
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Ethics: CEO Serves on State Board that Shovels Taxpayer Money to his Company
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 3884 Views :: Ethics
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...watch how a CEO manages to serve on a Board which gives away over $100K cash to his company....
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Saturday, September 28, 2019 |
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OHA Refuses to Cooperate with Auditor—May Lose Legislative Appropriation to Hide LLC Secrets
By Andrew Walden @ 9:40 PM :: 4994 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Perhaps Trustees don’t want legislators to get a more in-depth view of Trustees’ direct involvement in OHA’s dishonest Act 37 lobbying effort. ...
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Saturday, September 28, 2019 |
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Auditor: DoTax Continues to Illegally Hand out Film Tax Credits for Out of State Expenses
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:53 AM :: 3909 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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...DoTAX continues to construe the film tax credit statute to include out-of-state expenditures as “qualified production costs,” which is inconsistent with the plain language of the statute and the Legislature’s intent....
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Friday, September 27, 2019 |
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Friday, September 27, 2019 |
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Tents, Trash, and Toilets: OHA Funds Make Mauna Kea Protests Possible
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 AM :: 9839 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...Perhaps of interest to the Attorney General, the OHA-funded contracts illegally place the rented equipment on land belonging to DHHL, DLNR, and HDoT....
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Friday, September 27, 2019 |
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Feds: Hawaii Firm Bribed Schofield Employees to get Contracts
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 5306 Views :: Ethics, Military
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...in order to steer federal contracts worth at least $19 million....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 |
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Court Upholds Ethics Comm Ruling Against Rowena Akana
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 3880 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The Commission imposed an administrative penalty of $23,106.53 and referred the matter to the Attorney General for further action....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 |
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Auditor: DoE School Impact Fee Illegal and Indefensible
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:50 PM :: 6298 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Development, Taxes
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...The DOE’s inconsistent and problematic implementation of the school impact fee law calls into question the relevance and appropriateness of the fees that have been collected to date....
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Friday, September 20, 2019 |
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Akina: OHA should disclose Maunakea expenditures
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:44 PM :: 5920 Views :: Ethics, Greenmail, OHA
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...I have made a formal request for a statement of these expenditures....
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Monday, September 16, 2019 |
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Kondo to OHA: I can Subpoena You
By Andrew Walden @ 9:24 PM :: 4276 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...With its LLCs on the line, OHA has already stonewalled one audit—while lying to the legislature about it. Are they now preparing to stonewall another?....
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Sunday, September 8, 2019 |
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Legal Fees: OHA Lawyers Bill 15 Times Higher
By Andrew Walden @ 8:24 PM :: 6480 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...One experienced downtown attorney tells Hawai’i Free Press he has never before seen a “no position” filing in response to a motion for legal fees....
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Saturday, August 31, 2019 |
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OHA: Crabbe Spent Last Month in Office Hiding From Auditors
By Andrew Walden @ 9:53 PM :: 6282 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Crabbe managed to hide from Auditors who were present at OHA HQ June 3 through June 14, 2019....
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Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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Maui Officer Arrested After Sex Harassment Complaints
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 5141 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police
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...He has been charged with attempted perjury, attempted hindering prosecution in the first degree, and tampering with a witness....
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Saturday, August 24, 2019 |
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With All Eyes on Mauna Kea, OHA, KSBE Insiders Make a Quick Grab for $6.7M
By Andrew Walden @ 9:33 PM :: 8002 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...But instead of being rushed into rubber-stamping an obvious insider deal, Trustees Keli’i Akina, Carmen Hulu Lindsey, and Kalei Akaka voted ‘No.’....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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Former union boss charged in massive fraud, embezzlement indictment
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 6509 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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...Ahakuelo lead the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 until he was ousted three years ago after the union was placed under trusteeship....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Secretary Bernhardt Transforms Interior’s Ethics Program
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 3188 Views :: Ethics
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...Source: Esther Kia’aina and Andy Winer Warned Jim Lyon About Investigation....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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University of Guam Professor Arrested for Conspiring a Bid Rigging Scheme
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 4158 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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...Charged professor, Thomas Marler, still employed by UOG....
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Saturday, August 10, 2019 |
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Disciplinary Board: Lawyer Gary V Dubin Billed Client for 30 Hours in One Day
By Andrew Walden @ 10:32 PM :: 8047 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... Has a Honolulu lawyer invented time travel—or is he now set for his 15 minutes of fame? ....
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Saturday, August 10, 2019 |
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Windfarms Bribe Environmentalists for Permission to Kill 300 Bats, 44 Nene
By Selected News Articles @ 8:42 PM :: 6751 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics
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...With some fanfare, the DLNR acquired the 2,900 acres from Dole late last year for about $15 million, with $2.75 million of that coming from Kawailoa Wind....
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Sunday, August 4, 2019 |
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OHA seeks nonprofit to administer $3 million charter school grant (again)
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 5267 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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...Flashback 2017: Help Stop CNHA Grab for Charter School Funds....
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Sunday, August 4, 2019 |
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Trustee: OHA Should be a Center of Influence Peddling
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 5033 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...you will work there around 5 years or so, building your networks and resume then go on to the private sector....
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Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
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Exclude 2/3 of Contractors from Bidding? Proposal on Council Agenda
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:03 PM :: 5597 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor
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...Bill 37 would restrict those who can bid on all county projects worth $250,000 or more by requiring that they be willing to adhere to “community workforce agreements.”....
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Thursday, August 1, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Master Halbert gets 18 Months
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 205654 Views :: DHHL, National News, Ethics
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...for his participation in a money laundering scheme involving bribes made to corruptly secure engineering and project management contracts from the government of FSM....
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019 |
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OHA Needs a Culture of Transparency
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:15 PM :: 4088 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Is there something to hide?....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019 |
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Ige Appoints Clayton Hee to Hawaii Paroling Authority
By News Release @ 10:43 PM :: 5409 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...Really Obvious Question: How will Clayton Hee exploit his leverage over Hawaii criminals?....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019 |
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$350M Stadium Bill: "Abusive Gut and Replace" Scheme being Challenged in Court
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 5898 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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"...the Legislature should have fully and seriously considered HB 1586 and allowed the public to weigh in on the measure, given the major financial effects on the State, instead of using the ‘gut and replace’ practice currently being challenged in court....”
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