Ethics

...and HHSC CFO helps wife get a job...and a DOA engineer gets fined $1000....

...convene a hearing into Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Managing Director Roy Amemiya withholding information from the public....

A bill calling for the creation of an Office of the Condominium Ombudsman and seven-member commission is currently being drafted in a Hawaii legislative office....

"...it is no surprise that Mr. Menor still believes himself to be above the law...."

...Dan Inouye died nearly 4 years ago....

Who Put $$$ In Lindseyʻs Pocket & Why They Now Have “Uncle Bob” In Theirs....

Many of $2.168M in expenses are nebulous, making it easy for the usual suspects to score padded communications and media contracts....

Two inspectors and prior commissioners who recently left the commission are not listed as interviewees....

Thornton Lawyers gave to $13,000 to David Ige, $4,000 to Shan Tsutsui, and $21,000 Neil Abercrombie -- Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren are returning contributions from Boston law firm--will local pols follow suit?

...Trustees and Executive staffers manipulated the Kakaako RFP process to ensure that the Kuhikuhi Puuone (WCIT, DTL, and EKF) would receive the award....

Really Obvious Question: How much did DLNR pay for this 635 acre parcel?  --- DLNR isn't telling ....

...Is he posting a campaign victory speech on the County Prosecutor’s website?....

The proposed Hawaii bill for the 2017 legislative session would institute our own governor-appointed commission and ombudsman’s office and provide for....

...Cedric Gates' stunning failure to disclose $1,500.00 in campaign contributions from developers of a $300 million Makaha Valley resort....

...an additional seven million dollars in OHA funding to pay for another illegal “vote” to ratify the flawed Na'i Aupuni “fed wreck” constitution....

...OHAʻs Dirty Geothermal Secret.....

...Hawaiians NEED everyone to vote to clean up the problems at OHA....

"...Caldwell may have evaded State and Federal taxes on all the stock options he has received to date...."

Mr. Francis states he never consented to appear in any paid Caldwell political ad - an action that would be a clear breach of basic journalistic ethics....

Robert Lindsey’s Been Keeping A Secret From You For Years....

Federal law protects against such crimes as intimidating or bribing voters, buying and selling votes, impersonating voters, altering vote tallies, stuffing ballot boxes, and marking ballots for voters against their wishes or without their input....

On September 15, the Commission contacted Respondent Young to inquire about the events described in the Hawai’i Free Press article....

...OHA Trustee Haunanai Apoliona is a Director of Bank of Hawaii and BoH does substantial business with OHA....

...if a portion of Caldwell’s “beneficial ownership” in the Bank may have been in the form of stock options, such options are a “thing of value” and should be disclosed under both Federal tax and City ethics rules....

...the writer described the location of where the Professor’s wife liked to bike, terrorizing her enough to become afraid of staying home alone. They even went to Craigslist....

In the last month alone, Highways Maintenance staff have removed more than 200 signs....

...OHA Chair’s Charter School Gets Seven Times More Than All Other Charters Combined....

...Did you make campaign contributions this year?....

This report provides the Honolulu City Council with an update on the activities of the Office of the City Auditor....

In March, the Honolulu Zoo was denied re-accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) for the first time in its 100-year history....

...the habit the state Department of Taxation has of keeping the money that is left over after they process the rail surcharge....

People Laughed When They Heard OHA Had Hired A PR Firm To Improve Its Image.  The Laughter Soon Stopped When The Firm Recently Moved To Shut Down All Dissent....

"...what could he possibly provide in an hour a month that’s worth $299,000 to Territorial other than political influence?"

Politically Connected Board Members....

...there are plans to secretly divert OHA funds and use them for the re-election campaign of OHA chair Robert Lindsey....

On August 24th, the BAE Committee and OHA’s CEO proposed a new policy called “One Voice, One Message,” which requires that all external communications be submitted to the CEO for review and approval....

Huge Sums Of Hawaiian Beneficiary Money Have Again Been Spent At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs With No One There To Stop It....

..."earns" tens of thousands of dollars in City public relations contracts....

... Review your state regulator's financial ties?  -- Not in Hawaii ....

...Caldwell has been using his position as Mayor to enrich himself -- making $200,000-$299,999 a year as mayor "working" just 1-2 hours a months and collecting $900,000 - $999,999 in bank stock for his "service"....

Hawaii has no legal authority to revoke the licenses of cops who have been dismissed for misconduct....

...the City failing to follow through on the audit recommendations and court orders....

...October 20, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. -- public meeting on ethics in state government....

...the state Office of Information Practices (OIP) was “palpably erroneous” in its 1997 interpretation....

...Their Reaction Was To Blow Even More Hawaiian Beneficiary Money....

...the Hawai`i Green Infrastructure Authority (HGIA), which manages GEMS, attempted in July to expand the pool of potential beneficiaries with a proposal to fund energy-saving initiatives of large corporations, with a minimum loan amount of $1 million....