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Thursday, January 31, 2013 January 31, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 6569 Views Tax Cut or Minimum Wage Hike? Hawaii 4th-Highest Taxes for Low Income Residents Hawaii: Attempt to Repeal Protections for NRA Instructors Fails Would a Jones Act exemption lower the cost of electricity in Hawaii? FrackNation TV Debut: Debunks Anti-Natural Gas Hysteria DoTax Employees Secretly Arrested, Fired Another PLDC: Bill on park and harbor development passes initial hurdle Hawaii School Voucher Program Passes Senate 24-1 Bills would clip powers of UH board, president E-W Center Could Lose 51% of Budget Abercrombie's budget does not require more tourism revenue, he says,but he wants discussion (In order to make extension more palatable) Kaiser Nurse layoffs could hurt care State to Pay $550K Settlement over Sovereignty Activist Torturing Children Gay Domestic Violence: Ex-49er Arrested After Fight over Soy Sauce and Underwear NOAA Covers for Anti-Superferry Whale Watch Tour Operators After they Viciously Attack Whales Hypocrites: Feminist HQ, UH Manoa, Underpays Female Researcher Pothead Legalization Bill HB699 to Be Heard Friday Feb 1 Bill would allow higher rates when water low Former Kauai Deputy prosecutor accuses county attorney of trading settlement for wife’s job Maui News Publisher Pleads Not Guilty Scheme to Take over Hawaiian Electric Falls Apart How Much Did Marth Score from Gullible Hawaii ‘Investors’ Read More..

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 January 30, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 4988 Views HHSC Exec: Hospitals "Being Pushed to Brink of Collapse" Hawaii Gun Buyback Bill Scheduled to be Heard This Week Must Read: Leading Activist Apologizes For Starting Anti-GMO Movement Teo Hoax Created by Homosexual Pretending to be Female Sen Donna Mercado Kim Endorses Abercrombie’s Big Fat TAT Tax Hike High Electric Rates: They can use Candles Alm: Inouye Wanted Jones Act Waiver for LNG HSTA Focuses on Student Evaluations in Effort to Kill All Evaluations Complete Rundown on Gambling Bills, Including SB124 the Gambling Shell Bill Star-Adv on Bags: Taxes & Fines-- the Peasants will Learn to Live with it Foster care bills ask for increased reimbursement for caregivers, extending age for foster children HB426: Dozens Testify Against Measure to Eliminate Liability Protection for Gun Safety Training Enviros Crushed by Support for Fishermen Aquarium fish collecting bill deferred indefinitely Increasing Tip Credit Would Raise Wages in Hawaii Restaurant Industry Hawaii couple behind 'Super Bowl of Cockfighting' sentenced to prison Students, teachers, parents rally for Hawaiian language tests Mafia First Wind Fences Off 10 acres Calls It License to Keep Killing Lots of Birds State taking a proactive approach to possible Boeing strike Read More..

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 January 29, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:05 PM :: 4595 Views $59.8M Vanishes as State, HECO Reach Agreement Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 28, 2013 HECO to Pay H-Power 21 Cents Per KWH HECO Lifts Limits on Solar Installations The Empire Strikes Back: Reaction To UH Lawprof's Study Of Success Rates In Hawaii Supreme Court Cases HHSC: Hospitals face ‘painful choices’, 33% May Close Mainland Gays Deploy Fake Hawaii Poll, Claim Majority for Gay Marriage Lobbyists Complain: “All 51 lawmakers have to be Queried” Bill: Homeless Tent City to be Set Up in Parking Lot Near You HSTA Teacher: Parents, Students to Blame for My Failure  House Republicans Not Unified Against Tax Hikes First Gun Control Bill to be Heard Today Enviros: Conveyance Tax Hike Will Magically ‘Save’ Water Governor banks on bag fee, tax to Magically ‘Save’ watershed SB799 / SB 1223: Jessica’s Law for Hawaii To Be Heard Today in Legislature Legislators Seek to Benefit MMA Promoters at Expense of Fighters Political Connections Pay Off: State Ag Development Corp. Gives Ho`opili Farmers First Shot at Large Chunk of Former Galbraith Land HB1335 Would Ban Windfarms on Molokai, Lanai Rockclimbers to Legislature: Please Save us from the Lawyers State Movie Studio Pitches Wish List to Legislature Read More..

Monday, January 28, 2013 January 28, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 5109 Views Survey: Honolulu 3rd Least Affordable Housing on Earth Over 1000 March for Life in Honolulu SB1319: Sen Chun Oakland falls for Bogus “Road Pollution Filter” Gallup: Obama Job Approval Jumps 8.1% in Hawaii Abercrombie Administration Assisted Acquitted Waianae Toilet Bomber Tesoro Shutdown, Jones Act Will Drive Up Jet Fuel Prices, Hurt Tourism Just the Beginning: Navy Plans Layoffs, Cuts Repair Work in Hawaii How Dare You Let the People Vote! Gays Practice ‘Discipline’ on Democrats Disclosure, Not Censorship is Answer to Citizens United Smart Growth ideas will guide transit-oriented development Eco-Lawyers Answer Callies Mini-PLDC On Agenda Today Election Commission: No Report on Election Failure, No Punishment for Nago Kaiser Higher Rates, Fewer Nurses Maui's Hopes to Turn Its Trash Into Energy Could Be Dashed by HECO Nightclub Owner Arrested for Assaulting NFL Player, Has 6 Felonies HB72 Deferred: Would Protect the 99% Against Harassment by ‘Occupy’ Lawyers For Advocate: ‘Work of Dying’ Presents Uncomfortable Questions about Assisted Suicide Read More..

Monday, January 28, 2013 Letters to the Editor January, 2013 By Letters to the Editor @ 5:00 AM :: 6358 Views SB1319: Sen Chun Oakland falls for Bogus “Road Pollution Filter” Gun Ban Would Destabilize Hawaii’s Ecosystem Planned Makaha Beach Park to be Ruined by Bridge Replacement? Hawaii’s Den of Thieves Read More..

Sunday, January 27, 2013 January 27, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:11 PM :: 4438 Views 'Complete Streets': Will Kakaako Become Another Waikiki? Kulani Prison to be Sovereignty Movement Training and Recruitment Center HFF: Mainland Money Behind Push for Gay Marriage CDC: Hawaii 3rd Lowest Tobacco Use 199 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals Clarifies Zoning Appeals After 20 Years of Minimal Change, Minimal Growth What Should Hawaii Plan For? Impact of High Taxes Cripples Economic Growth Meet the Profiteer Behind Hawaii Medical Marijuana Cards Governor's road to curing 'virus' starts with a mirror Abercrombie’s Perilous Rollercoaster: Are Unopposed Legislators Really That Popular? Let the People Vote on Marriage Rhoads Proposal calls for limits on free speech Abercrombie Schools, Harbors, Parks Proposals Copied from Text of PLDC Law SB594/SB595 Help Farmers by Exempting Foods From GE Tax HART: Rail on Track Trained parents have better effect on children than universal preschool Nearly 90% of all bills introduced in Hawai'i fail Hawaii Refinery Stop Set to Lure Asia Jet Fuel: Energy Markets Films of IAM’s 2nd Annual Energy Festival Trent Williams Assaulted, Tasered in Hawaii Nightclub, Won’t Play NFL Pro Bowl North Korean Dictator Preparing Nuclear Test?  Read More..

Saturday, January 26, 2013 January 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4087 Views NRA: 2013 Legislative Session Begins with a Battle for Our Second Amendment Rights in the Aloha State RFP: HELCO Seeks Proposals for 50MW Geothermal State Rejects HSTA's Billion Dollar Contract Proposal Competing Marriage Bills Introduced as Gay Atheists Stomp Gary Okino Hawaii elections commission says elections office will make improvements, Nago can keep job Hawaii lawmakers Introduce Bills to reform state elections State Supreme Court Prepares to Give Medicated Potheads License to Traffic Drugs on Airlines? HART to Complete Trenching This Weekend, No Changes to Rail Route Expected Hawaii legislators push ethics code reforms Volcano Nat’l Park Plans to Exterminate Remaining Animals Ellison plans new Lanai hotel, runway Read More..

Friday, January 25, 2013 January 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 4676 Views HSTA: 'Prepare for Negotiations to Continue at Length' HTA: 2012 Arrivals, Spending Set New Records HGEA, DOE Agree on Evaluation and Support System for Principals Hawaii's 40 Top 'Green' Energy Projects A Fracking Good Story DoE Scores 'D' for Teacher Preparation 15 House Reps: Let the People Vote on Marriage Gay-Atheists Trying to Force Gary Okino Off Ethics Committee Fesharaki: Oil Prices Going Down, Wind, Solar ‘ Not Free’ Refineries, Electric Power Plants May be Shut to ‘Solve’ Non-Existent Global Worming HART Sues Demanding to be Given 10ac Waipahu ‘Banana Patch’ Without Payment Kauai Reps Skeptical About Pot Bill News From Hawaii’s Future -- Colorado: Penalty could keep (Tobacco) smokers out of health overhaul Tsutusi Promises Not to Run Against Abercrombie, Pushes Constitutional Amendment Honolulu Council Committee OKs hotels in smaller communities Rail Burials Ruling May Halt Road Work Statewide Hawaii DoT May Face Criminal Charges over Oahu Shearwater Deaths HB72 Protects Public Employees from ‘Occupy’ Lawsuits Anti-GMO Activists Seek GE Tax on Ag Exports SB894: $100M to Buy Out Turtle Bay? Hanabusa Scores Gig on Energy Subcommittee, May Use Position to Support Alaska Drilling Read More..

Thursday, January 24, 2013 January 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4724 Views Eco-Friendly? Reusable Shopping Bags Poisoning Our Oceans Does Senate Bill 219 turn your Daddy’s Duck Gun into an Assault Weapon? Survey: 195 Patients in Hospitals Waiting for Long Term Care Beds Health Insuance: Hawaii Has One of Lowest Rejection Rates in Nation Sen Sam Slom Releases Agenda for 2013 Rep. Thielen Wants to Make Shoreline Access Law Permanent Gallup: Obama's Fourth Year in Office Ties as Most Polarized Ever HCDA to Become New PLDC: Governor wants firms to develop public land with state Gay ‘Marriage’ Bills Introduced in Legislature Pearl City man charged with producing Homosexual child porn NKorea warns that nuke test may be imminent, Aimed at USA Hawaii Delegation Applaud Sending Women into Combat Souki Pot Bill nearly identical to Colorado Amendment 64 Union membership slips nationally, grows in isles Hawaii senators propose tax on sugary drinks Abercrombie State Bank is Back With a New Name Minimum Wage: The Governor’s Secret Tax Increase Small businesses react to minimum wage hike proposal Abercrombie Has Appointed 10% of Legislature Hospitals in Hawaii Employ 16,043 People Justice Reinvestment: Sovereignty Activists Given Grant to Recruit Juvenile Delinquents Contracts: State plans $750M in airport work Department of Health cites companies for pollution violations Lobbying Lessons: What Hawaii Can Learn From Other States NAACP, Hispanic Alliance Join Lawsuit Against NY Soda Ban Read More..

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 January 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 4900 Views FULL TEXT: State of the State Speech Summary of Bills Repealing the PLDC HI-5 Fraud Shows DoH Cannot be Trusted With Soda Tax McDermott: Early Education Proposal Inadequate Johanson: How Will We Pay for All These Initiatives? Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 22, 2013 WaPo: Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy Kahuku Windfarm Loan Timed to Boost IPO, Avoid Jail No Sugar For You Abercrombie's Jeopardy Challenge: What Is Uninspiring? Spending Would Rise Nearly $1 Billion Under Gov. Abercrombie's Legislative Proposals Governors List Leans Toward the ‘Wish’ Category FACE Backs Call for 3rd Highest Minimum Wage in Nation Why Should We Take Rep Awana to Court? Mayor right to call out state on skimming city's rail tax Lobbying Reform Is A Tough Sell In Hawaii's Legislature Greenwood Goes to Washington During Inauguration on University’s Dime State Spending on Higher Education Rebounds in Most States After Years of Decline Big Cable Scammers Threaten to Hike Prices if We Do Not Knuckle Under Gabbard elected as DNC Vice Chair Pro-life group marches to protest Roe v. Wade Harry Kim: Repeal Act 97, Help Me Kill Geothermal Indian team eyes slice of Hawaii telescope Hawaii Woman Steals Benefits from Wounded Iraq Vet Man's homicide by police officers results in wrongful-death lawsuit HSTA Pahoa Teacher: Evaluations Based on Pseudo-Science (Latest) Bomb threat sparks high security at Keaau school (again) 9-11 Truthers, Sovereignty Activists, Defense Bar, Leading Democrats and Convicted Felons Demand that New Prison be as Resort-Like as Possible Occupy Degenerates into Just Another Homeless Camp NFL to decide by April whether to keep Pro Bowl Striped Marlin Stock Assessment Peer-reviewed and Released Read More..

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 January 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 4946 Views The Legislature and the Death of Big Ideas Abercrombie to Sign Executive Order Creating Super-PLDC Hawaii School Choice Week Events on Oahu, Maui FrackNation TV Debut: Debunks Anti-Natural Gas Hysteria Abercrombie Soda Tax: $1.28 per Gallon 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Full Text: Obama's Second Inaugural Address Star-Advertiser Buys Kauai Garden Isle Newspaper Gun Ban Would Destabilize Hawaii’s Ecosystem Will Legislature Make TAT Increase Permanent? State of the State: Two Speeches, Two Disasters … Going on Three Hilo Election Workers’ Suit Challenges Journalists’ ‘Shield Law’ Wooley: PLDC Repeal ‘Going to be a Challenge’ Kona: Solar Powered Electric Cars Equal to $3/gallon Gas Senators Grill Greenwood Over Jerry Chang’s PR Gig Act 221 Scammers to be Kicked out of Manoa HQ? Is It Time To Beef Up Hawaii's Lax Lobbying Law? Pflueger faces more accusations 19 Convictions in 23 Years and Out Stealing Motorcycles at UH Law School Potheads Drop to 2.8% of Job Applicants Hawaii should prepare now for driverless vehicles Preserve proposed to help 4 native plants Read More..

Monday, January 21, 2013 January 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:03 PM :: 4649 Views Our American Triumph: Civil Rights and Hawaii Statehood Storm of Protectionism: It’s time to repeal the Jones Act Schatz: The Biggest Challenge Hawaii Faces is my Inadequacy Support Our Troops Rally at Pohakuloa Star-Adv: Gun Control, Obamacare, and Amnesty for Illegals Should be Obama’s Agenda Star-Adv, Rachel Maddow Spin Desperately in Effort to Portray Gun Owners as ‘Conflicted’ Ing Joins Broken Trust Waihee for Hawaiian Roll Rally at Iolani Gays: “Civil Union uptake has been relatively low in Hawaii” Anti-GMO Crackpots Delusions of Grandeur Protestors want answers about burial plans at Kawaiahao Church ‘VSE Corp’ Sued in Waikele Fireworks Blast Parents of Autistic Girl Sue DoE for Abuse Leeward tow company faces eviction It will take a year for isle employment to recover from the recession, experts say Read More..

Sunday, January 20, 2013 January 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 4416 Views Our American Triumph: Civil Rights and Hawaii Statehood Abercrombie to Push Penny an Ounce Soda Tax Instill Priorities for Precious Tax Dollars Honolulu: Hundreds Rally in Defense of Second Amendment Hawaii Republicans Announce District Caucuses Contentious Legislative Brawls Challenging for Abercrombie, Unions Deeply Suspicious  PLDC: Abercrombie Eats His Own Words Caldwell focuses on the hotel room tax and money generated by the GET for rail Kam Schools helps guide charters on better school leadership PP: We Will Renew Effort to Force Abortion Pills on Hospitals Elite snobs have hijacked Maui Democratic Party Legalized Gambling Will Create a New Class of Addicts Excellent News: City Sweeps Net Up 96 Bins of Junk from Homeless Camps Daily  Hawaii Presidential Center Inaugural Gala Read More..

Saturday, January 19, 2013 January 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 4994 Views 'VSE Corp' Blamed in Deadly Waikele Bunker Explosion 'School Quality Survey' seeks parent feedback DoE Asks Feds to Transfer School Repair Funds from Kamaile Academy to Deaf-Blind School HB9: Rep. Cynthia Thielen Seeks to Repeal PLDC Six Hawaii Colleges Make ‘Military-Friendly’ List for 2013 Public-Private Partnerships Could Keep State Park Gates Open Hawaii Supreme Court to Hear Another Shoreline Case UH System Enrollment Drops 2.3% Abercrombie Administration Cuts General Assistance Payments Again Hawaii National Guard Trains Afghan Police in Zabul Province 40th Annual March for Life Saturday, January 26 Boylan: Abercrombie is the Next Inouye HB 150 Legalizes Marijuana While SB 330 Bans Tobacco in Public Housing Ihara Doesn’t Support His Own Gun Control Bill Hawaii Firearms Owners Plan Saturday Rally in Support of Second Amendment Rights Union Urges Teachers To Take Personal Days To Testify Giesting: Affordable Care Act isn’t likely to bring down insurance premiums Obamacare is Based on Community Organizing Model Obama breaks isles' mystique 1,100 Morons Gather to Hear Anti-GMO Cult Leader in Lihue Environmental Activist Apologizes for Years of Opposition to GM Foods Organic Cultists, ‘Green’ Energy Scammers Grab for Barrel Tax Ethics, campaign spending packages introduced Bob Jones Plan for the Future: Gay Marriage and No Pensions Greenwood: 108% Tuition Increase a “Good Bargain” State breaks ground on Halekauwila Place Hawaii residents react to recent chill in the air—Oddly Fail to Blame Global Worming Prospects of an all-geothermal isle unlikely Regulators OK Hawaiian Electric power-purchase agreement for H-Power expansion State, Activists Join Forces to Win Right of Trespass Obama Stuck With 16% Spending Reduction on Defense Reduction puts size of Oahu forces in flux Read More..

Friday, January 18, 2013 January 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 5749 Views Abercrombie: "Legislature May Need to Adjust Act 55 to Avoid Repeal" HSTA: "Time and Money Needed" Rep Thielen Introduces Bill Promoting Energy Efficiency in Schools FERC Comes to the Rescue as Gas Supply Threatened by Tesoro Shutdown UHERO: UH Not as Bloated as Other Universities UHERO: UH Manoa Generates $3.2B in Business Will Chevron's Hawaiian refinery survive 2013? – Bunkerworld Teachers Rally for $900M Tax Hike, Point to Own Disinterest in Job Borreca Shocked as Legislators Actually Disagree Repeal of PLDC Designed to Give Developers Access to School Properties  SB 1 First Read: Senate passes bill to repeal PLDC Rhoades Introduces Bullet Control Bill, Ihara Introduces Assault Weapons Ban LNG Could Cut HECO Fuel Costs 50% Big Island Senators Reps Conspire to Squelch Geothermal Development Bag Ban: Hawaii County Residents too Intelligent to fall for it Gilligan’s Island? University of Hawaii Finds $200,000 After It Went Missing for 7 Years Greenwood to Legislature: Get Over It ‘Gay-Friendly’ Pahoa innkeeper enters guilty plea in child porn case Atheist Trash, Civil Beat Protest Against ‘Red Mass’ Anti-GMO Luddites Talk Suicide After Abercrombie Forces Tesoro to Announce Shutdown, Gas Prices Jump OHA Claims Victory: Waimea Valley Visitor Count One Third of What it Used to Be Read More..

Thursday, January 17, 2013 January 17, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 5050 Views HHSC Exec Discusses Banner Partnership with Hilo MDs Slom: Thank God Senate Will Again Have Daily Prayer Kim: Opening Day Remarks Poll: State Taxes Should Require a Super Majority for Passage NFIB: Want to be a Small-Business Leader? EPA Releases List of Hawaii's Top Polluters Speaker Souki Opening Day Remarks Rep Thielen Hails House Bipartisan Coalition Opening Day Speech by House Minority Leader Will LNG become a widely-used marine fuel? Dr John Rosemond Speaking--Honolulu, Waipahu, Poipu Say and His 17: "Revenge, Retribution, Vengeance, Punishment" Caldwell to Hawaii Legislature: Where's My Money? I Want it Now Souki, Kim take different tones on new taxes Schatz Refuses to Support Waiver for HECO, May Force massive Hike in Electric Bills Consultant predicts Chevron refinery will close Next Omidyar’s Hanalei Development Designed by Turtle Bay Architect HMSA Supports Banner Takeover of HHSC Hospitals Oi: PLDC Style Control of School Land Won’t Be for ‘Ritzy Tourist Projects’ Honolulu still hasn’t regained all jobs lost during recession Big Island Plastic Bag Ban Murders 12,000 Trees Every Year Solar Scammers Trot Out Last Year’s Bogus Study Hawaii unemployment rate falls to 5.2% Group: Lighten tax burden for isle poor Amusement Park Proposed for Kakaako Hapuna Beach: Sen Laura Thielen Defends Lingle’s DLNR Biofool Producer Introduces New Invasive Grass Species Groin Removal Blamed for Waikiki Beach Erosion Read More..

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 January 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 11030 Views Privitization: Post Office to be Replaced by 'Hybrid Model' Poll: Majority in Hawaii Against Gay ‘Marriage’ Arbitration Award Sets Stage for Union Raid on Budget ‘Surplus’ Dissidents Have Produced No Agenda  Souki Just as Rigid as Say? HECO’s $200/barrel Scam Exposed Schatz: Jones Act Exemptions are a ‘One-Off’, Good Riddance to Tesoro  Poll: Hanabusa Wins Among Democrats, ‘She Might Have a Good Chance’ Woodson: Abercrombie’s Carpetbagger, just 2 Years on Maui HSTA ‘Encourages’ Teachers to Demand 25% Hike in GE Tax HSTA Negotiations Resume Tomorrow Hawaii Firearms Owners Plan Saturday Rally in Support of Second Amendment Rights Another Kakaako ‘Affordable’ Project to be 100% Rentals Island Air Unions Must Give Back or Face Shutdown March 11 Read More..

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 January 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:29 PM :: 6231 Views Abercrombie Appoints Justin Woodson to House Dist 9 Experts: Bag Tax Spreads Disease, Fills Hospitals Feds Pay Maui County Office of Aging to Keep Medicare Patients Away from Hospital Disease Management Programs Don't Work Dr John Rosemond Speaking in Honolulu Aung San Suu Kyi to Speak in Honolulu $150M Tax Ruling "Will Significantly Reduce Demand for Hawaii Vacations" A Coherent Cabotage Critique Waikele Fireworks Bunker Explosion: Investigation Findings to be Released Rep. Thielen introduces Task force for “reasonable rate of return” for electric utilities Republicans Open House on Opening Day PR: Follow hearings before the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Technology and the Arts Committee from home computers and iPads. Legislature poised to get a lot done — or maybe not Circling With Knives Drawn, Hawaii Congressional Delegation Still Hasn’t Met to Discuss Priorities HGEA Demands Lower Pay for Workers, Less Healthcare for Sister Isles More Hanabusa-Free Coverage of Kalaeloa Raceway Scandal Star-Adv: Mini PLDC Should Redevelop unused school properties Progressives Continue to Hound Calvin Say Racial Distribution of Hawaii’s ‘Gifted and Talented’? Teacher ‘Surrounded by Clichés’ Which Hawaii Schools Are Badly In Need Of An Extreme Makeover? Poll - Keep the PLDC, Create a Lottery and Vote By Mail Ethics Commission cautions legislators on invitations to “food and drink” events Election workers’ lawsuit Heads for Dismissal hearing Potential Lawsuit may Derail Aloha Tower Deal Counties Grub for Money The Economist: Aloha Asia Marine Corps to Increase Numbers in Hawaii Homeless Camp Fire Cuts Telephone Service to Kauai County worker gets another county contract Hawaii Pacific University gets OK for Aloha Tower dorm plans Tesoro mum on who will buy its Hawaii gas stations Read More..

Monday, January 14, 2013 January 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:26 PM :: 5945 Views Abercrombie 'School Readiness' Plan Based on Proven Failure? Head Start: When the Government Fails Completely Poll on Schatz Pick Looks Good for Abercrombie, Bad for Old Boys Star-Adv Features Hanabusa’s Dirt Track Scandal, Doesn’t Mention Hanabusa Teachers Rally for 25% Hike in GE Tax Gabbard, DLNR Team Up to Push 10 cent Bag Tax Money must be set aside for union contracts, and with Inouye gone, fewer federal funds will arrive More Human remains found during rail route survey Legalization of Assisted Suicide Opens Door to Abuse Corporate Gas Consumers Organize Against LNG Exports, Fear End to Cheap US Gas SA: Organize Circus hearings on status of pot Kollar Focuses of Meth. Prescription Abuse Seitz Claims Maui Case Limits Police Use of Tasers Deadly Venomous Snakes, Samurai Swords, Canon Ball and Chainsaw Among Items Seized by TSA Workers approve first Pacific Beach Hotel labor deal Take Ben Cayetano’s Advice – Be True To Yourself Hawaii's Greatest Entrepreneur, Lex Brodie, Dies at 98 Read More..

Sunday, January 13, 2013 January 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 6032 Views VIDEO: O'Reilly Demolishes Hanabusa  Instead of Exempting Wholesaling from GET, Reduce Rate on Business Inputs  Maui Dems Refuse to Release Names of House District 9 Nominees Hawaii’s Den of Thieves Rail Transit Under Fire in Los Angeles and San Jose Jones Act Hurts Hawaii (Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico too) Transportation and Energy Infrastructure Projects: Forecasting is Unnecessary Lawmakers Aim to Create Mini-PLDC to Develop School Properties Abercrombie Cronies to Organize PLDC Pep Rally, Conference Counties' proposals include revenue from traffic fines Abercrombie’s Defeat of Inouye Faction Means Oahu is in Decline Neighbor Island Teachers Miss 20-45 Days Thanks to DoE ‘Training’ Fetish Political Office is for Kids Who Miss Prison, School Insurer-Controlled Health Exchange to Oversee Your Medical Records  Court orders online travel companies to pay state of Hawaii $150 million in general excise taxes Hawaii-based soldiers return home from Afghanistan 10 Felonies, Ordered out of Hilo Drug House Transactions jumped 9.8% in 2012 at isle businesses Kakaako to be Given to Obama Foundation to Develop? Read More..

Saturday, January 12, 2013 January 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 5435 Views 133 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Seven Apply for House District 9 Position FULL TEXT: HSTA Contract Proposal 'Coastal Development' Tops Priorities for Hawaii Ocean Resources Plan HART Claims Rail Delay Costs 'Lower than Expected' Hanabusa says 2014 run for governor, Senate, House all on table Teachers want 4%, 4 years; tab extra $440 million LNG Fuel switch could bring 55% savings--HECO to give money to Solar, Wind Scammers War With HGEA, UPW: Banner Health nonprofit wants to take over 8 HHSC hospitals Kaiser gets approval for 5.3% rate increase Election Commission Delays Report on Nago Fiasco No Joke: Former state Rep. Jerry Chang joins UH Hilo as director of university relations Absence of Truck Farming Leads to Invasive Species Danger State LUC Rejects Affordable Housing for Lahaina Read More..

Friday, January 11, 2013 January 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 4853 Views HSTA Survey: "Hawaii teachers welcome an evaluation process" NRA: White House Meeting Agenda Driven PEW: Vote-by-Mail Favors Old White Democrats Cayetano on Akaka Bill: Stop Sending Millions to Washington Lobbyists Election's Commission investigation results expected 10AM today Senate Dems Unveil 2013 Legislative Priorities Medicated Marijuana Activists Release Poll Results KIUC Board Election Nominations Open Inouye, Say Gone: Legalized gambling to be key issue when lawmakers convene HSTA to Present Contract Offer Based on UPW Arbitration Award Solar Scammers Grab for ‘Rail Pie’  Callies: HCDA = PLDC Cayetano sees Hanabusa rising on political horizon Mainland Homosexual Millionaires Push Gay ‘Marriage’ on Hawaii Alm: HECO Needs LNG Solar Scammers Unveil Two Schemes to Keep Money Flowing into Their Pockets Ex-HPD Officer Sentenced for Exposing Undercover Officer to Drug Dealers Parker Ranch’ Theo Lani Bell Arrested for Looting California Homeless Shelter $13.4M Oceanside mortgage foreclosed, Greenmailers Missed Vein of Lucre Group lobbies to prevent Turtle Bay development Read More..

Thursday, January 10, 2013 January 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 4637 Views Calles: Moon Court Favored 'Select Interest Groups and Factions' Abercrombie, Star-Advertiser Laugh at Union Effort to Save Tesoro, Price Spikes Predicted State, NOAA Preparing EIS for Humpback Sanctuary Cayetano Doubts Authenticity of Inouye Letter, Will Appeal Rail Ruling For Abercrombie Opportunities Abound on Inouye’s Grave Construction delay costs for rail project lower than anticipated Solar Goes Supernova, Burns Out Pay-raise award imminent in UPW arbitration Souki, Say Spar over Who Gave More to Republicans Counties, LWV, Abercrombie, Push Same Day Registration, Vote by Mail Post-Inouye Reality: Navy Prepares to Cut Two Hawaii-Based Cruisers Ewa Field Runway to be solar -- project gets OK from Navy command Daily Tourist Spending by Island Waikiki 20/20 supports big events and significant funding for improvements Read More..

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 January 9, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:09 PM :: 4261 Views HSTA: Another Union Soon to Win Big Arbitration Award Schatz Names Political Operative Andy Winer Chief of Staff Governor Outlines School Readiness Program and Budget Needs State Kicks Off Foreclosure Fraud Information Campaign Bad Blood May Mean Primaries for Hawaii Democrats Tesoro Obeys Abercrombie, Drops Dead New for 2013: Affordable Housing Costs More The 'Magic Table'--Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Pretextural Takings: Will Supreme Court Hear Guam Case? Hirono, Schatz, Waihee Conspire to renew quest for Akaka Tribe Greenwood: UH Will be Self-Sustaining Without Inouye New Contracts, Technology Key to School Transportation Overhaul in Hawaii DOE chips away at bullying issue EUTF Illegally Denied Benefits to Drugged Out, Crazy State Employees Lawyers Use Loggerheads to Grab Federal Control of Hawaii Waters Civil Beat criticized for withholding data on subscribers Danny DeGracia: Coral Reef Funding a No-Brainer Read More..

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 January 8, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 4393 Views Tesoro Obeys Abercrombie, Drops Dead Lloyd’s List endorses U.S. Build exemption for Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico Education Reform: With a ‘C-’ Hawaii DoE Scores 7th in Nation Hawaii Ranks 2nd in Drowsy Driving Governor Appoints Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran to State Senate Ruff Times: Tsutsui to Challenge Abercrombie in 2014? Hawaii Students Join Global Kick-off of New FIRST Robotics Season BoH CEO Peter Ho Appointed to Federal Reserve Board DoE: HSTA is Partner in Teacher Evaluations Souki, Down to 25 Thanks to Abercrombie, Preps for Democratic ‘Slugfest’ Tomorrow Souki: Say in Denial, Playing Office Games Kaiser, HMSA Jacking Up Rates for Self-Employed before State health Exchange Takes Over UH short-changed some students on aid, audit says Honolulu Ranks #4 in Traffic Congestion Hawaii Open Records Agency Barely Makes a Dent in Backlog Kakaako Pledged as Site for Obama Library BluePlanet Solar Scammers Churn out On Bill Financing Report Oahu Firearms Owners Wait as Long as Nine Hours Over Three Visits to Obtain Registration, Permits Public Hearings Scheduled on Kulani Prison Reopening Common Cause Picks New Exec Director Carl Bonham on Insights on PBS Hawaii Japan: Pro-Nuclear Party Sweeps National Elections Read More..

Monday, January 7, 2013 January 7, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 4810 Views Ruff Times: Tsutsui to Challenge Abercrombie in 2014? Hawaii Students Join Global Kick-off of New FIRST Robotics Season Sea Level? Oahu Rising Two Feet Every 1000 Years Akaka, Inouye Staffers Push Schatz, Hanabusa to Akaka Tribe’s Key Committees Access to ACT exam will Help DoE Boost Test Scores Abercrombie Supports PLDC, Nature Conservancy Supports Abercrombie Gas? Solar, Wind Scammers Working Hard to Keep Electric Bills High Biofuel: Landowners, Developers, Military DoE Payroll on Antique Computer, Only One Person can Maintain Tourism Carries "Sub-Par" Hawaii Economy Hawaii's Shield Law: Defend Your Right to Know Act 221: No Scams Running Now Road death count rose in 2012, but pace slowed late in year Hybrids Killing Cyclists, Pedestrians Read More..

Sunday, January 6, 2013 January 6, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 4622 Views Hawaii Succession Law Unconstitutional: Senate Could Have Refused to Seat Schatz Ills Cannot be Cured With Fees and Taxes Hawaii DoE Adds 68.9% 'Non-Teaching Bloat' Audit of HART 'Public Involvement' Contracts 'Suspended' UHERO: Details of Fiscal Cliff Deal House Finance Committee Announces Budget Briefings Obesity in America: Blame Trade Protectionism on Sugar Cayetano: Inouye Death Could Result in Legalized Gambling Schatz: I will Work Harder for Akaka Bill Hanabusa: Akaka Bill ‘My First Priority’ Gabbard: Promote Friendlier Small Business Environment in Hawaii Hirono: More Debt and More Taxes Needed Back Room Deal? Democrats, Union Boss Refuse to Identify 3 Nominees for Senate Opening Legislative info online in advance of 2013 session Abercrombie $150M Preschool on A Wing and a Prayer Big-Ticket Challenges Face Caldwell Kidani: Airport too Decrepit to Name After Inouye More seniors in isles facing homelessness Suit says educators assaulted disabled student HCDA, OHA Bungling Keeps Pumphouse Closed  After Years of Endless Talk, Fears that Feds Will Pull Highway Funding Turtle Bay Supporters Speak Up Abercrombie Mad With Power Read More..

Saturday, January 5, 2013 January 5, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:14 PM :: 4668 Views Matson, TOTE Ship Orders Timed to Influence Federal Jones Act Study? LNG Report: HCEI Goals not Compatable With Refining in Hawaii Abercrombie Grabs Control of Democratic Machine Economist: Hawaii recovery on a 'plodding path' New Federal Regs “Dramatically Increase Cost to Farmers” HPU steps Up to Straighten out State’s 20-Year Aloha Tower Mess Assisted Suicide, Soda Tax, Rationing of Healthcare on Legislative Agenda State to Increase Vehicle Registration Fees to Pay for Useless Program? A&B: Trust Us, We’re not Like the Other Developers Another Failure Coming: Sopogy Inc. IPO in 2013? Ex-HPD officer gets 8 months in pot case Hawaii Second Highest Drowning Rate in US Hanabusa: Asians are Lazy, Only Liberals are Industrious Read More..

Friday, January 4, 2013 January 4, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4962 Views Souki Names Luke to Finance Committee after Luke Rejects Speakership Offer from Oshiro Faction Thanks to Abercrombie, Republican Senators More Racially Diverse than Democrats Keith-Agaran Among Six Seeking Maui Senate Gig Audit: 38% of Reimbursements Show ‘Discrepancies’, ‘Honolulu Council Could be Exposed’ Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Sierra Club Koa Ridge Challenge Committee Hearings on Obamacare in Hawaii Insurance Company Controlled Hawaii Health Connector Approved by Feds Cabanilla Housing Committee to Discuss Homeless Tent Cities Senate Transportation Committee Sets Briefing Abercrombie: Make Tax Hikes Permanent Private Attorney General? Hawaii ICA Says 'No' Ethnic Hawaiians Disproportionately Incarcerated? Not! Council on Revenues: New Solar Rules Save State $66M Solar Only 1.5% of Oahu's Grid Will Dissidents End Legislative Secrecy? ‘Babe in the Woods’ Schatz Not a Big league Player Cal Lee Got Illegal Campaign Loans from Crooks, Geothermal Wannabees Cal Chipchase III, Maryland Lobbyist Control Inouye’s Remaining Campaign cash Largest Mortgage Fraud Scheme: Former Filipino Chamber of Commerce President Pleads Guilty Jones Act: Industry-Wide Strategy Session Needed? HPU in dispute over remake of Aloha Tower Hilo Shooter Has Previous Record, Natch Read More..

Thursday, January 3, 2013 January 3, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:45 PM :: 5066 Views Lawsuit: Mentally Disabled Girl Raped at Three DoE Schools Bloomberg Editorial Blasts Jones Act Sabas: Boss Inouye 'Is Watching Us' Abercrombie Releases $45M CIP, $25M Barbers Point Land Buy HSTA Teacher: Student Evaluations Like Police Being Paid by the Arrest Report: Hawaiian Youth not Morally Bankrupt Report Ties Political Rhetoric to Criminal Activity, Recommends more Rhetoric Abercrombie Donor Cheers Extension of renewable-energy tax credit Global Worming on Agenda for Office of State Planning Gabbard, Hirono Sworn In Caldwell sworn in: Restoring Bus Routes a Priority Fiscal Cliff Deal Guarantees Corporate Welfare, Poor Not So Certain Hawaii defense contractors ready for federal cuts, life without Inouye Obama Cuts Everybody’s Wages by 2% Hanabusa: Fiscal Cliff Tax Hikes an Experience to Build On Anti-Sex Trafficking Agenda for legislative Session Murder, Robbery, Conspiracy? Parole Ahead Repeat Child Rapist, 44 Counts Will be on Probation Again in 10 years Police officers reportedly shot in Hilo Getting state ID card takes 2- to 3-hour wait DLNR Adaptive, Indefinite Plan to Ban Small Businesses from Water Problems plague McCully pool, swimmers kept out for years Construction Defects at Pinnacle Honolulu Condos Read More..

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 January 2, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 5272 Views Taxes to Rise on Most American Workers Fiscal Cliff: Who Won? Who Lost? Transition Leaves Rent-Seeking Corruption Intact Inouye Legacy: High Housing Costs, Multiple Jobs? Shapiro: Inouye Led Hawaii to a Bad Place Kim Investigated UH, Who Investigated Act 221?  Gil-Keith Agaran Applies for SD5 Seat OHA Micromanagement Destroyed Profitable Poi Mill Fix recycling program gaps Obama Raises Taxes on 77% of Households, heads back to Hawaii Hanabusa Lies About Tax Hike Schatz’ Fiscal Cliff Vote Leaves Non-Profits Scared HSTA Teacher Blames Micronesians for Lack of Discipline Mainland Homosexuals Invade Hawaii, Get Unions 'Wonder Blunder' defendant gets new trial date Court panel rejects Pflueger's appeal of state land board's $4 million fine Couple's $4M award in condo lawsuit set aside Forget global warming, Alaska is headed for an ice age Gabbard Ruffles Feathers by Applying for Senate Seat Local Family Eats Mussels, Deprives State of Pork Read More..

Tuesday, January 1, 2013 January 1, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 4369 Views Schatz, Akaka Vote: $1 in Spending Cuts for Every $41 in Tax Increases Senate Ways and Means Announces Budget Briefing Schedule House Finance Committee to Hear from Governor, Lt Governor, DAGS Governor Appoints Annelle Amaral to Hawaii Paroling Authority OHA launches Anti-Obesity Marketing Campaign Kauai Farmers to Boycott OHA Poi Mill HawaiianTel Completes Acquisition of Wavecom Solutions Come Support the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team Arizona Judge too Intelligent to Fall for Claim that it is possible to change Gender Gay Mega ‘Churches’ Invade UCC Star-Adv: Rail, HSTA, Loss of Seniority to be Focus for 2013 Strong Foundation? Carlisle Points to Roads, Sewers, IT, Homelessness Solar Credits, Obamacare Head into 2013 Airport taxi service criticized by local traveler Hokulia to be sold Read More..