Ethics

“Hawaii Revised Statutes section 84-13, the 'Fair Treatment' section of the State Ethics Code, prohibits the use of state resources for political campaign purposes.”

It seems that 15%-20% of our surcharge is being paid by “tourists” in the strict sense, but when you include military families and the federal government you do come up with a percentage closer to a third....

The Commission issued the Charge after its investigation of Respondent Shimabukuro for allegedly accepting improper gifts from Alston Hunt Floyd and Ing....

Zika is a highly-effective population control device ....

...Liu submitted false invoices to be paid from the state after being awarded a state contract to start a certified redemption center....

Judge Edwin C. Nacino ruled today that Governor Ige’s appointment of Tom Gorak to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was valid....

...UPDATE: Dems Will Seek Removal of Kaaihue from Ballot....

Maui State House Rep. Mark "Kaniela" Ing (D) was arraigned today ....

...sold municipal bonds using offering documents that contained materially false statements....

The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Has Been Keeping This A Secret For The Longest Time....

...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....

... Republican congressional candidate Angela Aulani Kaaihue has issued a news release rejecting “this local dumb mentality” and offering to withdraw from her race if Gov. David Ige and “his Japanese constituents” will settle a lawsuit over land her family owns in Waimalu ....

No other department of the State of Hawaii engages in this type of open electioneering....

...How You Can Help Put A Stop To This....

...not a single member of the Commission appointed by the mayor, other than Ms. Sheehan, has any legal or law enforcement background....

...and identifies three upcoming audits....

...dividing the project into an AC portion and an energy portion would greatly reduce the per-classroom cost....

...Ms. Yamane previously served as the Acting State Auditor....

...Caldwell collects not only a $164,928 annual pay check from taxpayers but continues to 'work' a second job at a bank collecting an additional $200,000 per year....

...Ing claims a long-running conspiracy is out to get him....

Now showing on Oahu, Maui, and Big Island....

... Schools could have been cooled already but DoE insiders had to reward crony contractors so the keiki will just have to suffer until next year ....

The statutory deadline for candidates to file their financial disclosure statements with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission was Friday, July 22, 2016....

You would think that posting care home inspections online would have been easy....

...researchers claim that much of the collection is inaccessible....

...there were multiple days where no deposit or revenue was recorded....

...the company improperly enrolled several thousand Hawaii customers as eligible for enhanced Tribal support reimbursements....

...leaders of the International Union of Operating Engineers who were accused of squandering pension funds....

Trask: Current spending will bankrupt the OHA Trust fund in 9 years....

Morita is petitioning the court to order Gorak to state the authority under which Gorak claims to be a PUC commissioner....

...the Code doesn’t require an earmarked tax before an agency can commit....

"I am now convinced DOCARE is cursed and doomed to remain a pathetic substandard agency...."

...Sum Total of Results: Rep Gil Riviere Switches to Democratic Party....

Andrew Santos, President of Admor HVAC, presented the State Department of Education an April 20 offer to Cool Schools at $5990 per classroom....

"...The content of the CD1 stunned us; it was passed without a single public hearing.  There clearly was no justification....”

...it looks bad for individual council members to secure money for such organizations....

...the high bids will be used to make lower—but still exorbitant--second round bids look good by comparison....

Since March, the number of prequalified contractors has increased from 18 to 36 as HIDOE prepares to put projects back out to bid....

An investigation showed that he had physically threatened his fellow employees, been insubordinate, attempted to use his position as a Liquor Control Officer to obtain special treatment from a licensed liquor establishment....

... Another scandal for Kamehameha Schools? ....

Since 2007, Mr. Gluck has been employed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii....

And the 'fortunate sons' of John F Kerry and Joe Biden are involved, too....

...the violation itself was caused by a glitch in CSC software....

...Hanabusa pointed out that the same issues underlying the disagreement over teacher travel and education trips are also involved in applying the gift provisions of the ethics code to legislators....

Many agencies relish the ability to spend public money with little or no accountability....

Totto's troubles only started when he started investigating Caldwell's political fundraising practices....

...after allegedly misrepresenting information related to requirements for interconnecting solar energy systems....

...to confidentially report violations of laws, rules, regulations and UH policies....

Totto’s relationship with the city administration was contentious from the beginning with questions about funding by lobbyists for the mayor’s inaugural luau....