Real Estate Sharks Circle Hawaii Republican HQ as Party Loses ANOTHER Chairman
Star-Adv: $54 per rider is high but …uh… Biki Bikes Can Make Rail Pencil Out
SA Editorial: … DTS Deputy Director Jon Nouchi in an interview about the adjustments, change can be hard. For this very reason, getting Honolulu on board with the new train era is going to require aggressive outreach to the community to help with all the component parts…. Students and parents are another constituency, getting to after-class and weekend activities. School-based informational presentations would prove helpful, too….the city should encourage Biki bike rentals or other services for short hops to set up at rail stations.
the city is working with the military to encourage ridership among the thousands of civilian workers employed at the naval shipyard. And work is expected to begin next year on a Pearl Harbor dry-dock expansion, which will mean transport is needed for some 1,000 construction workers and roughly twice that number in long-term positions.
Nouchi said military officials have told him there is no parking on base sufficient for such numbers, so use of the rail and bus systems will be essential. It will be a key commuter group that the city should bring into the Skyline fold.
Critics of the system have been quick to point out what they say is poor return on investment. Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, a nonprofit policy institute advocating small-government principles, last week issued an assessment of the system. At its calculated $54 per passenger, it ranked the Honolulu rail as having the highest operating cost in the country ….
read … Education is key to rail ridership
Iwasa: Honolulu Would be Better off Without Rail
CB: … Would Honolulu be better off if we had never embarked on the rail project?
Overall? I think so. Because what we’re doing is we’re taxing people on their food, their medicine and rent. And especially the people on the Waianae side, right? We’re taxing them. And then we’re telling them we’re going to use this tax to build rail and make your lives better because you won’t have to drive as much. But they’re already struggling….
read … Honolulu's Natalie Iwasa On 2 Decades Of Minding The Public's Business
Fake it to make it: Officers charged in horrific crash should be fired, HPD review board pretends to conclude
HNN: … Honolulu police officers facing criminal charges an alleged chase in Makaha that resulted in serious injuries should be fired.
(TRANSLATION: HPD should pretend-fire them. After ‘arbitration’ they will be reinstated with back pay. In other words, a long paid vacation.)
That’s the recommendation from a review board made up of assistant and deputy chiefs.
Three of the four officers charged have been on restricted duty for nearly two years.
With the internal investigation complete, Police Chief Joe Logan will determine whether to accept the recommendation or reject it….
REALITY: Secret Arbitration Revealed: How DPS Official Kept Crooked Cop On The Job After FBI Raid
read … Officers charged in horrific crash should be fired, HPD review board concludes
‘Its going to collapse’: Complaints swirl at Kakaako state affordable-housing project
SA: …A mix of condominium owners and seniors who rent state-owned apartments in the 243-unit Honuakaha midrise have been pushing the agency, the Hawaii Community Development Authority, in recent months to better address issues that include poor hot water distribution, mold-damaged walls, an unusable recreation courtyard and warnings to senior tenants about potential eviction over so much as a 50-cent debt.
The campaign has included a website titled “Fix Honuakaha,” social media posts, meetings with elected officials and demonstrations outside the building and at the state Capitol….
HCDA controls Honuakaha’s governance through owner association board seats…
elevator breakdowns and plumbing leaks causing mold…persistent water leaks into the building’s garage from a closed second-floor recreational courtyard surrounded on four sides by units in the eight-story building could undermine Honuakaha’s structural integrity. “It’s going to collapse,” he said….
SA Editorial: Tenants suffer as repairs go undone
Reddit: Bringing Awareness to HCDA-Controlled Honuakaha
read … Complaints swirl at Kakaako state affordable-housing project
UH Map Ensures Rich North Shore Residents will be First in Line for Cesspool Subsidies
SA: … On the map, cesspools are listed by priority based on 15 risk factors, with those in red designated as Priority 1, meaning they pose the greatest contamination hazard, while Priority 2 poses significant hazard and Priority 3, pronounced hazard….
UH: Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool
read … Hawaii cesspools exist in wealthy as well as rural neighborhoods
Will high court ruling impact UH Hilo?
HTH: … Several people this week have asked me about the impact of the recent Supreme Court opinion on affirmative action and college admissions. After all, UH Hilo has been named repeatedly as the most diverse university in the country. Does this diversity stem from selective admissions? No. UH Hilo has a diverse student body because we are located in a diverse community in a diverse state. With 50% of our students coming from Hawaii Island and another 20-plus percent coming from other places in Hawaii, our university reflects our community.
While for some institutions the Supreme Court decision might represent a significant change, things will remain the same at UH Hilo, and that is a good thing. Our students need to learn how to work with people who do not necessarily come from the same place they do, and diversity, whether it be racial, political, or any other kind, helps us nurture empathy and understanding. New ideas help us better understand ourselves and our world, both local and global….
read … Will high court ruling impact UH Hilo?
The Plan: After 30 years of Abandonment, let’s Turn Coco Palms into a Swamp
TGI: … Kaua‘i Community College Hawaiian studies professor Puali‘ili‘imaikalani Rossi and environmental scientist Fern Holland stressed the value of a Wailua wetland on Wednesday evening during the Kaua‘i Climate Action Forum, a monthly, virtual environmental forum….because of global warming or something, lol….
read … Kaua‘i environmentalists call for Wailua wetland restoration
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