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Shock Poll: Inouye 53%, Cavasso 40%--Cavasso leads among Independents
VIDEO: Aiona pushes education reform after Abercrombie admits to opposing Audit, Appointed BoE
49 Hawaii Candidates Sign Taxpayer Protection Pledge
Hawaii Christian Coalition questions Abercrombie’s beliefs...on education and taxes
Abercrombie voted to reject 9-11 Commission Report
Roadmap to victory? Cavasso Surges, Inouye Lead shrinks by 23% in two weeks
VIDEO: Cam Cavasso’s Plan for Jobs and a 21st Century Economy
VIDEO: Hanabusa’s Spending Tsunami
DLNR seeks nominees for State Water Commission
Meet the Mad Hatter behind bogus Hawaii polls
Close Hawaii Governor’s Race biggest surprise of week
The poll movement in Hawaii’s governor’s race was the most surprising change in the past week.
Democratic Congressman Neil Abercrombie is running against Republican Duke Aiona. In one of the most liberal states in the union, Abercrombie has led in polls by as many as 26 points. In an August poll, he was up by 12 points.
But three straight polls released in the past week show Abercrombie leading only by two or three points.
Abercrombie and Aiona debated on television on Oct. 12. During the debate, Aiona questioned how Abercrombie would pay for his proposals.
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Hawaii candidates for governor meet on Big Island
Republican James "Duke" Aiona and Democrat Neil Abercrombie will meet Monday in Kailua-Kona, where they're expected to discuss business and the economy ahead of the Nov. 2 general election.
The non-televised forum is being hosted by the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce at Kealakehe High School.
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Abercrombie supporters won’t even let Mufi have a Council seat
The beating Hannemann took from Neil Abercrombie in the Democratic primary for governor — he got only 35.8 percent of the vote on O‘ahu — was the harshest voter repudiation of a sitting elected official not involved in in a major scandal that I’ve ever seen.
He could conceivably lose a council race against a credible opponent, and that would likely end his political career.
(Oh how the mighty have fallen….)
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Clean energy major issue in Hawaii gubernatorial race
Clean energy: Republican James "Duke" Aiona's has set a bold and ambitious goal for Hawaii to cut its consumption of foreign oil in half within eight years. Democrat Neil Abercrombie's plan calls for a new agency to oversee the state's energy initiatives.
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Democrat candidate was part of Magaoay’s Pay for Play office
Larry Sagaysay, 59, and Gil Riviere, 51, are vying to succeed Democrat Michael Magaoay, who vacated his seat in an unsuccessful bid for the state Senate.
Sagaysay, a retired Hawaii Army National Guardsman who spent 10 years as Magaoay's office manager (THIS MEANS HE IS IMPLICATED IN MAGAOAY’S NONPROFIT PAY FOR PLAY OPERATION)
Riviere, chairman of the North Shore Neighborhood Board's traffic and transportation committee, cited traffic as the top priority. He has already been active in pushing for a solution to the daily traffic jam at Laniakea and would like to see a comprehensive study of traffic in Waimea Valley. He said he would also push for low-cost projects to help improve traffic flow along Kamehameha Highway.
"I don't foresee us getting a four-lane highway," he said, "but there are several areas that are wide enough at the center to put turn lanes so traffic doesn't stack up. We also need more bus turnouts so cars aren't stuck behind the bus every time it pulls over."
Riviere said he has found voters receptive to his message of fiscal conservatism.
"We've got to balance the budget however we can," he said. "People understand what's going on with the economy. This is our chance to balance the books by being fiscally responsible and not increasing taxes."
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Journalists debunk National Democrats attack ads
Similar claims about the Pledge have been made recently in Hawaii, Michigan, and Nevada. In Hawaii, FactCheck.org, a non-partisan "consumer advocate" for voters, called the attacks “blatantly false.” In Michigan, the Jackson Citizen-Patriot deemed Rep. Mark Schauer’s claims about the Pledge and Tim Walberg to be “not true.” In Nevada, journalist Jon Ralston “reality checked” the Dina Titus campaign ad and found the claims made against the “no new taxes” Pledge to be “thoroughly misleading.”
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Akaka “Optimistic” on Akaka Bill vote before Republican Wave saves Hawaii from Akaka Tribe
Senator Akaka told the crowd, "I know some people are concerned that we are running out of time to pass the bill in 2010. Let me set the record straight before all of you today - this bill is alive, and we have been working on it every day. I am optimistic that, with the strong support we have received, we will be able to schedule a vote and pass the bill this year, before Congress adjourns."
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DoE Schools looking for kitty litter, buckets as toilet alternative
Needed: graphing calculators for math classes at Roosevelt High, rubber slippers for students at Ilima Intermediate, gently used surfboards for the surf team at Castle High and 100 pounds of kitty litter with 30 big buckets for use as portable potties in the event of an extended lockdown at Jarrett Middle School.
These are some of the requests you'll find at a website – www.helphawaiischools.com -- aimed at linking schools statewide with donors.
(It is also a list of the things the DoE ISN’T buying with OUR $2 BILLION DOLLARS)
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Dump the Incumbent, Mr Kim Coco Iwamoto
Kim Coco Iwamoto recommends a level of funding for the Hawaii DOE at the level (per pupil) of the Department of Defense schools. In 2009, the DOD spent $23,496 –$25,968/ student.
This expresses an utterly irresponsible attitude toward her fellow citizens, who pay the bill for unscrupulous pandering to the public-sector unions.
Iwamoto cites membership on the Teacher Standards Board as "civic or community service". Unless she (sic) worked toward repeal of this destructive institution, her participation degraded system performance.
RELATED: The transsexual agenda for Hawai`i schools, Board of Education: the Transsexual-Libertarian Connection
Better yet, dump all the incumbents: http://www.hawaiichildrenfirst.org/
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Council Candidate Turbin hit over Vacation Rentals
Endangered native crow's population grows by 11
Eleven alala chicks have been raised this year by the Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program, increasing the bird's population to 77, according to the San Diego Zoo. Sixteen years ago the population was at a low of 20.
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Utility airs plan to protect birds
The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative's plan to reduce the number of seabird injuries and deaths is available for public review.
The habitat conservation plan draft and environmental assessment are part of the utility's requirement for its "incidental take" permit application submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for seabirds protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The draft and environmental assessment are available at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website at www.fws.gov/pacificislands. Copies and additional information may be obtained from Bill Standley of the wildlife service at 792-9400.
Public comments must be received on or before Nov. 29. Send written comments to Loyal Mehrhoff, Field Supervisor, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 3-122, Honolulu, HI 96850. Comments may be also be faxed to 792-9580.
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Hawaii drivers will have several options when the new environmentally friendly cars arrive
General Motors plans to bring its first shipment of 20 Equinox hydrogen-powered vehicles to Hawaii by the end of this year, and Nissan will follow in early 2011 with the first order of its Leaf electric vehicles. Coda, a small company based in Southern California, says it will begin selling its electric sedan on Oahu by the end of the year. Other EV manufacturers, including Chevrolet and its Volt, also have their eye on Hawaii, as do makers of flex-fuel vehicles capable of burning up a mixture of up to 85 percent ethanol.
Toyota is also adding a plug-in Prius to its lineup that will offer drivers the option of using it as a traditional gas-electric hybrid or a fully electric vehicle. Toyota plans to introduce the car to the U.S. market in 2012….
State officials are looking at the adoption rate of the hybrid cars to gauge the public's receptiveness to electric vehicles.
When the first hybrids arrived in Hawaii in 2000, a total of 46 were sold, including 31 Priuses, according to research done by R.L. Polk for HADA. Sales of hybrids increased by an average of about 90 percent a year before peaking at 1,235 vehicles in 2006. Sales have leveled off since then, partly do to the slowing of the economy. There were 1,047 hybrids sold in 2009, half of which were Priuses.
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