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Hawai‘i County leading state in tackling housing shortage
BIN: …According to data from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO), Hawaiʻi County leads the state in issuing building permits for new single-family residential homes.
In the period from January to April 2023, the county granted 930 permits for new single-family homes, surpassing Honolulu with 330, Maui with 235, and Kauaʻi with 185 permits during the same timeframe. From 2019 to April 2023, Hawaiʻi County issued a total of 3,884 permits for single-family homes, outpacing Honolulu (3,181), Maui (1,969), and Kauaʻi (873) over the 5-year period….
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X-Mas Surprise: 27% raises for county execs
HTH: … Top Hawaii County executives will get significant pay hikes starting Jan. 1.
The vote Friday by the Salary Commission was 8-0 in favor of the raises, with one commissioner, Judy Greenbaum, excused.
(CLUE: While you are distracted by the holidays, they steal.)
The pay increases of 22.44% on New Year’s Day and another 5% effective July 1, were passed without any discussion from the commissioners.
There was only one testifier at Friday’s meeting, Kahalekaiopuna Terry, a county solid waste facility attendant, who voiced what he called “sincere concerns about the salary increases.”…
BIN: Hawai‘i County’s top leadership to get pay raises for first time in 5 years : Big Island Now
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Seven years since the fatal shooting at Ala Moana Center
ILind: … It has been seven years since 20-year old Stevie Feliciano was fatally shot on the 5th floor of a deserted parking structure at Ala Moana Center around 7:30 p.m. on Christmas, December 25, 2016.
The case remains relevant because of links between the Christmas murder and the racketeering organization prosecutors allege was controlled and directed by former Honolulu business owner Michael J. Miske Jr.
Two of the key players in the Christmas shooting, Dae Han Moon and Lance Bermudez, were among Miske’s original co-defendants named in the 22-count racketeering indictment made public in July 2020….
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Trial in missing girl’s murder delayed
SA: … The trial in the alleged 2021 murder of a 6-year- old Waimanalo girl by her adoptive parents has been pushed back nine months to Oct. 28 from Jan. 15 with all parties in agreement.
The adoptive father, Isaac “Sonny” Kalua, is now making a clear distinction between the crimes he is charged with and the crimes his wife is charged with, and has a motion before the court to set bail for him.
The couple has been jailed without bail since their Nov. 17, 2021, indictment….
read … Trial in missing girl’s murder delayed
Military fuel supplies could be targets in a Pacific conflict
SA: … As the defueling of the Red Hill fuel facility enters its final stages and the Navy prepares for a long cleanup and closure process, the U.S. military is looking at how it will support its vast Indo-Pacific operations without it. While it moves forward, some Chinese military intellectuals and analysts are also looking closely at U.S. military logistics in the region as tensions simmer.
The September 2023 issue of Chinese publication Xiandai Jianchuan — or Modern Ships — included an 18-page article titled “If the Japanese Destroyed the Oil Storage Tanks at Pearl Harbor,” examining the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack and Imperial Japan’s strategic thinking….
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