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Sunday, January 31, 2016 January 31, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 5499 Views Gambling on a Hawaiian Tribe UHERO: New Perspectives on Land and Housing Markets in Hawaii Hawaii Business Roundtable Announces Support for NextEra Energy and HEI Merger Apply Now for Vacant Seat: State Commission on Water Resource Management Delegates ‘Not Optimistic’ As Closed Aha Gathers at Luxury Golf Resort Threats arise ahead of Native Hawaiian 'aha Leaders dig into new round of frustration and frivolity Star-Adv: Start talking now about Using Rail as Excuse to Make GE Tax Hike Permanent GE Tax Hike Will Increase Suffering in Our Community Names surface for Kahele’s successor Ige’s 1,000 cool classrooms face a credibility problem Marijuana Dispensary license application period ends—Which Cronies Will be Picked? Point in Time Count—Need to Maximize Homeless to Maximize Federal Dollars Big Island Homeless Count – Hope for 2,000 This Year SB2464: Homeless Alkies Move from Mainland, Want Josh Green to Tax Your House to Buy Them More Beer Legislature again considering bill to make consumer complaints secret Maui Jail: Even the Planning Funds Eliminated from Ige Budget SB2778 Puts Airport Security Under Control of Sheriff HGEA: HC&S Layoffs are Opportunity for us to ‘Create Positions’ HGEA, UPW: Dengue Fever is Opportunity for us to ‘Create Positions’ MECO: Cheap Oil is Saving You Money on Electricity, but Don’t Worry, Were Getting Rid of It Feds Plan to Use Endangered Species Act to Shut Down Hunting in Hawaii Hawaii Mulling Mandatory Insurance For Gun Owners Obama Hawaii DoE a Model for Computer Science Success Parents say teen victims of cyber-assaults received little or no help from DOE Domestic violence #2 in arrests Read More..

Saturday, January 30, 2016 January 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:29 PM :: 3961 Views Reason: Conversion Therapy Is Bad, but Banning It Is a Form of Unacceptable Censorship The Drama of the Jones Act Follies HB1686: New standard for involuntarily commitment to psychiatric facility Sex, Drugs, Gambling and Suicide on Legislative Agenda Fact Sheet: Nelson v Hawaiian Homes Commission VIDEO: How a Bill Becomes a Law Advocates for Abused and Neglected Children Needed on Oahu Hi Tech Scammers: Tax Real Companies to Line our Pockets Vote by Mail on the move at Legislature No Joke: University of Hawaii seeks revenue bond authority again from Legislature Lawmakers consider UH salary cap HB1713: Reverse Ethics Ruling on Teacher Travel 10 Years Later—Sudden ‘Urgency’ on State Mental Hospital Once again, State promises change after losing more millions in another inmate-related settlement Usual Suspects Propose State Allow Homeless Tent Cities to Remain Dengue: Ige Still Inactive after Gabbard Demands Fever Emergency Intelligent Person Forced to Quit Pesticide ‘Fact-Finding’ Group  District-Based Kauai Council Charter Amendment Popular Military? Voting is our right and responsibility Read More..

Friday, January 29, 2016 January 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 4330 Views ‘Entire Process Corrupt’–Protests will Greet Nai Aupuni at Luxury Golf Resort ‘Aha Guam Governor Endorses Ted Cruz for President Where Do Americans Take Their Retirement Income? If the state legalizes any form of gambling, federal law would allow Native American tribes to then buy property in Hawaii and build a casino SB2938: Ige Pushes 19% Gas Tax Increase Grabauskas: $3.7B = $5.2B and the Additional $1.2B is My Enemies’ Fault Hawaii leaders are admitting that what used to be just problems are now catastrophes CDC: Hawaii Organics and anti-chemical feelings are ‘Unsurmountable obstacle’ to Dealing With a Zika Outbreak 77,000 installed solar PV systems across Hawaii HB2638 would limit tenants’ years in public housing Forbes: Restrictions on Hawaii Marijuana Dispensaries will Leave Black Market Intact Lawmakers Defer Lower Blood-Alcohol Limit For Drivers, Approve Car Smoking Ban Prisons officials seek private partnership for new jail Privatizing Honokohau Harbor floated Restore HMSA waivers ASAP DLNR officer faces possible 20 years in rape case Security guards indicted for taking bribes at airport FBI takes over theft, bribery case involving Maui officers Marines fired commander days before deadly helicopter crash in Hawaii Billy Kenoi’s Chief Crony Announces Run for Mayor Read More..

Thursday, January 28, 2016 January 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 3832 Views 2016 Elections: Candidate Filing Begins Monday Feb 1 Fraud Risk as HGEA, UPW Members Give Each Other Undocumented Vacation, Sick Leave State bank bill deferred Is HART's train factory a joke? Aloha Aina Activists Holding their Own ‘Aha Hawaii Reclaims Top Spot in U.S. Well-Being 8.6M–Tourism Sets New Record for 2015 Council Passes GE Tax Hike: Extending Rail to Manoa More Important than Affordable Housing Kobayashi: Rail Will go Bankrupt Hawaii County Council Considers Massive GE Tax Hike – Would Take $20M out of Consumers’ Pockets Kauai Council Considers Massive GE Tax Hike 10 Bills that would raise taxes Hawaii lawmakers file 2,000 bills on lottery, ferry, guns Hanabusa, HSTA Team up to Gut Hawaii Ethics Laws Governor Just another small voice in Union Orchestrated Chorus A proposed bill could cut salaries of 10 UH executive employees Don’t politicize medical licensure SB3022: Bring Back Superferry More Privileges for Electric Car Eco-Elites Bike share Program Has $2.5M Won’t do Anything Unless Legislature Wastes Another $8M  Proposal would require gun insurance, firearm renewals every 5 years Making it easier to hospitalize the mentally ill could help ease homelessness Pensions at Risk: Bill Pushes for Oil and Coal Divestment  Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Marijuana for Recreational Use HB1677: Oversee Dope Doctors, HB2455: Price Controls for Weed In Soft on Crime Hawaii, Bills Make it Even Easier to Let Criminals Roam Free State lawmakers push for new bill to expand public database of officer wrongdoings Kona police officer charged with assault Rod Tam to Run for State Senate? Confessions Of A Native Hawaiian Poster Child Inaccuracies sink report critical of Jones Act Read More..

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 January 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 3336 Views Study: HTA Faking Pro Bowl Tourism Numbers Grassroot Budget Report Highlights Missing Element In Governor's Address Humpback Go Back: Feds Back off of Grab for Hawaii Waters The DoD Biofuel Scam Is Worse Than Solyndra 2015: Hawaii Adds Most Construction Jobs Per Capita Will Navy Buy More Foreign-Built Ships? Government IT Transformation: 2016 Legislative Priorities Sen Gil Kahele Dead at 73 Charter Commission Defers Proposal to Repeal Affordable Housing Fund Ige’s already nervous. This is gonna be painful. Ige ‘Cooling’ Plan: $100K Per Classroom Legislators Propose Tax Hike on Workers to Pay others not to Work Criminal Escapes Lunatic Asylum Thanks to HGEA Members Leaving Gate Open Mainland Dopers Like Hawaii’s System for Selling Weed HB1675: Molester Can ‘Turn’ your Son and You Can’t Turn him Back  Gay Panic: ‘Conversion Therapy’ Does Not Exist in Hawaii Bill would criminalize consensual sex between teachers and teens Hawaii per pupil spending is $11,743 rank 16th in USA DoE Double Pays 223 Teachers—May Try to Get $100K Back UH Manoa: Howling Lynch Mob of Perfessers Screaming ‘Racism’ HB2156 Fund Campaign Spending Commission Should Hawaii Elect Its Judges And AG? Kauai: No GE Tax Hike Reps. Evans, Mizuno and Morikawa Raising Cash During Session More Legislative News: NextEra-HECO Hearings to Re-Start on Monday Micronesians ‘Younger, Sicker’ Than Other Hawaii Groups Isles rank near bottom for jobs in STEM fields What is WalletHub and why are we listening to them? Read More..

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 January 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 AM :: 4641 Views GEMS: Electric Ratepayers Pay Millions for Nothing Full Text: State of the State Address Republicans on State of the State: 5 Things We Can Agree On, 5 Areas for Improvement Jones Act: “Diffuse costs and concentrated benefits” Video: Budget or Bust UH Cancer Center: E-Cigs are Cutting Deep into our Tobacco Tax Revenue—So We’re Hitting Back State of the State: Illusions, Unspent Money, and Zero State of the State: Ige Snatches Abercombie’s GEMS  Progress? Ige Touts DoH Ability to Spend Money Busted: Hawaii Tax Credit Scammers Caught Lying About Failure Rate of Their Fake ‘Startup’ Companies Rail operations will raise taxes 9%—$90M per Year Forever Supreme Court Rejects Kam Schools Effort to Suppress Evidence in Other Child Molestation Case Hawaii Senator Wins Residency Appeal World’s Most Expensive Resort Ever To Be Built In Hawaii For $2 Billion by Jeff Stone Boom Over? The same thing happened in the last building booms. Each condo project sold fast, until one didn't Humpback: DLNR Opposes Federal Grab for Control of Hawaii Waters  County Mayors Are Back With A Familiar Request — More Tax Money Souki Introduces Lottery Bill Lawmaker proposes Bellagio-like fountains at State Capitol Privatizing Building Permits Bill would let Hawaii pharmacists prescribe birth control Death Panels: HMSA Proves Sarah Palin Right HGEA and UPW Order Legislators to Raise Questions about HHSC long-term care facilities New bill proposes lowering blood-alcohol-content levels in Hawaii Bullying Professors Scream Racism (again) at UH Manoa Number of abused kids in Hawaii up slightly Airport Ceiling Collapse Generates $900K Contract Criminal Lunatic Escapes Again—Recaptured by Police UH researchers say Hawaii wildfires strongly linked to Abandonment of Ag Lands Obama Admin Gives HCDA Money for Local Food Production … in Kakaako Read More..

Monday, January 25, 2016 January 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 PM :: 4330 Views Crabbe: Plan is to Take Control of Hawaii’s Entire Economy and Hide Behind Tribal Jurisdiction Bishop Museum to ‘Focus on Disposition of Assets’ Another Brand New Navy Ship Breaks Down Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 25, 2016 Council Final Vote on massive GE Tax Hike & Rail Extension to UH Manoa Wednesday  Ige Starting to Look Like a Weak Governor Politics At Play With UH Maintenance Backlog Dawn Ige Headlines Education Conference Business Top Priority: Stopping Tax Hikes County Councils’ Priorities: Gut Sunshine Law, Abolish First Amendment School-community councils Inactive at many Schools HB1680: Outlaw Non-Dispensary Marijuana Judicial system should keep child molesters off the street Body Cam Rules top Police Reform Agenda Grand jury to look into airport bribery allegations Frustration: Greenwell ‘Surprised’ By Sudden Bishop Museum Sale Announcement Analyst: LNG Likely Would Save Hawaii Billions Hawaii among the worst states for retirees Will barking Sands Defend Hawaii or Mainland? Read More..

Sunday, January 24, 2016 January 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 3979 Views Hirono: Obama’s CIA Spied on Me Honolulu Rail Project Cost Approaching One Half of Boston Big Dig HB326: Bad Mortgages to be Foundation for Calvin Say State Bank Tax Is for the Birds Ige to Propose Massive Utility Tax Hike--use hot schools as excuse Ige Calls for More Spending Questioned After Departments Fail to Spend Federal Money Governor No Can Do HGEA Job Trust: 45 Years old Computers Churn out State Payroll SB2297: Allow Counties to take Over Utilities via Eminent Domain Maui News: County Has No Idea How to Run Utility Puunene Mill will no longer provide power to the island's electric grid—may cause blackouts State Seizes HC&S Water  Anti-GMO activists endangering future of agriculture in Hawaii Barking dog law a sad sign of changing times on Kauai Combine ax-grinding masquerading as science with poor reporting, and what do you get? After Massive Rate Hikes, HMSA Now Refusing to Pay for X-Rays, CAT Scans Wednesday is Deadline for Legislators to Introduce Bills Bills: Campaign Spending, Ballots, Open Gov’t on the Agenda Hawaii Future Caucus Outlines Agenda Ballot-Photo law to be reconsidered this legislative session Read More..

Saturday, January 23, 2016 January 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 4028 Views ‘Sacred’ Greenmail: OHA urges Legislators to charge observatories higher rent Low Income Tax Relief: Hawaii Earned Income Tax Credit Jones Act Shipbuilding: Only the Price is American Everything you need to know about Zika, virus that’s spreading like wildfire Hawaii Obamacare Exchange -- 20,000 bogus enrollees Is Hawaii in danger of losing the Thirty Meter Telescope? (duh) HB1525: Sit-Lie Ban on State Land No Tent City for Big Island: Hawaii County Council Votes for Homeless Micro-Units HB1740: Medicare Doesn’t Pay Enough—So Lets Force Doctors to Work HB1532: UH Regents’ Finances None Of Your Business Only a few early bird legislators have filed personal financial disclosures HTA Secretly Refinances convention center debt DLNR Officer Allegedly Demanded Sex, Drugs or Money after Catching Girl Smoking Weed Anti-GMO Activists Very Very Happy After Kauai Pesticide Blunder 20 Acres and a Mill: Sugar making Comeback on Kauai (sort of) Luxury Kakaako condo project cancelled after slow sales (Rising Dollar Claims First Victim?) Read More..

Friday, January 22, 2016 January 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 3831 Views SB217: Bill to Abolish First Amendment Deferred LNG could save Oahu gas utility customers more than 25 percent Minimum Wage in Hawaii Compared to Median Income Breakthrough: ACLU Allows City to Dispose of Homeless People’s Urine, Feces List of Neighborhood Board Vacancies Fatal work injuries -- 31 in Hawaii Alaska Groceries Short due to Repeated Ship Breakdowns by Jones Act Carrier Behind El Faro Disaster Gov. Scott Walker to Speak at Hawaii Lincoln Day Dinner Video: Duke Aiona on Hawaii Legislative Session Only 12,764 people in Hawaii sign up for Obamacare with days to go Second Year: Ige Admin has no Answers and no Strategies  Delay Costing Telescope Millions of Dollars (so OHA Can Collect Rent) Alleged DoE Child Molester Rewarded with Paid Vacation: 12 DOE employees on leave with pay for a year or more Can Roz Baker Use Kupuna to Sucker You into Accepting 12.5% GE Tax Hike? Tax Policy? Nobody Here Knows What They are Doing Consultant recommends Cancer Center Dump Incompetent UH Admin, go private Even Legislators not fooled by Incompetent UH Administration As UH Tuition Soars, Poor Need More Scholarships Keeping Old, Inefficient OCCC is Priority for UPW Job Trust 318 Apply but Caldwell’s Planning Department issues only one ADU Permit Hawaii County to spend $650,000 on homeless micro-units while old buildings sit vacant Anti-GMO Losers Call Rally, Nobody Shows Up Big Island tourism taking a hit from dengue outbreak First family’s Hawaii vacation cost HPD $341K in overtime State-owned building to become operational after rotting for 13 Years After Multiple Offenses Spanning Generations, Child Molester Finally gets Hard Time Read More..

Thursday, January 21, 2016 January 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 4627 Views Speaker Souki Proposes Fee Simple Conversion of State-Owned Commercial Leases Full Text: Speaker Souki Opening Day Remarks “Lofty and dogmatic statements that have no basis in substantive policy”–Hawaii Legislature Reconvenes Unfulfilled promises, wasted tax money, poorly written contracts and unenforceable legislation—Hawaii Legislature Reconvenes Aloha Aina ‘Aha Against US Tribe Sen Kahele Hospitalized on Opening Day Lawsuit: Lopaka Ryder, Killed by Drug Dealer, was exposed by Police as Informant Opening Day at Legislature $10 Billion: The Ultimate Price Tag for Honolulu Rail? Sen Gil Kieth Agaran Proposes to Abolish Free Speech Leaders call for converting commercial leasehold lands to direct ownership Budget Preview for Legislative Opening Day HB1041: Hawaii State Gaming Commission Bought n Paid For: Legislators Employed by HGEA, AFL-CIO Vote Tuesday March 8--Hawaii Republicans could play bigger role in shaping GOP presidential race Competent Biography Would Explore Inouye Wartime Atrocity Apo: OHA is ‘De-Facto Governing Entity’ Bishop Museum on path to irrelevancy Ex-Principal: Imposition of Statewide Curriculum ‘Troubling’ Court OKs New Rules On Homeless Sweeps NextEra - Navy Deal Exposed Jones Act: Inconsistent Trade Policy Hinders Economic Growth Judge Grabs HC&S Water Will Paranoia Keep Pot Heads Away from Dispensaries ACLU unveils privacy fight in 16 states Lawsuit: Judge Improperly Sealed Records in Police Child Rape Case Little League thief granted reprieve Hawaii health officials worried about threat from Zika virus Kenoi Finally Gets Around to Filling Ethics Posts PETA Harasses Army Officer over Kahuku Pig Hunt Read More..

Thursday, January 21, 2016 Letters to the Editor, January, 2016 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:35 AM :: 4185 Views Job opportunities and tax revenues suffer as a result of fallow fields Muslims Celebrate Christmas Labor Camps for Deadbeat Dads Read More..

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 January 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 4394 Views Governor Ige Proclaims Jan. 24-30 “Hawai’i School Choice Week” State-Local Tax Burden—Hawaii Ranks 14th Legislators Scale Back Opening Day Celebrations, Focus on Campaign Fundraisers Instead  State Squeezing Counties on TAT in Hope of 12.5% GE Tax Hike Senate Reorganization Drops Massive GE Tax Hike in Roz Baker’s Lap Public Housing, DHHL Rentals top Homeless Agenda Great News: Homeless Sweeps Would Proliferate Under Ige’s Budget Plan Bill Would Get Rid of Scott Nago Revealed: Wealthy Mainlanders Funding Hawaii Anti-GMO Movement Oahu customers could have saved $132M on fuel costs with LNG in 2015 Honolulu spending $5.2B on sewage system, but not expanding capacity Federal Grab for West Hawaii Water Could Take Years SHOPO Asks State To Stop Kauai Body Camera Use Man accused of setting fire to girlfriend had been released from jail days ago Peter Carlisle Wants to be Your Cannabis Connection Hawaii County to begin Hiring Drug Addicts, Thanks to ACLU Lawsuit: ACLU Board Member was Homosexual Child Molester at Kamehameha School FBI: Property crimes make up majority of crime in Honolulu BNP Paribas prepares multi-billion IPO of First Hawaiian Bank, say sources: Reuters Coast Guard suspends search for 12 Marines off Oahu’s North Shore Read More..

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 January 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 3395 Views Supreme Court Declines to hold Nai Aupuni in Contempt Hawaii Poll: Clinton, Trump Lead Races for Nomination Study Shows how Coral Death Hype can be used to Gain Control of Your Land Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted January 19, 2016 Search for missing Marines continues into 5th day Caldwell in Trouble Against Aiona 41% of voters denounce Ige’s work Titanic Legislature has same deck chairs, just rearranged Homelessness Top Issue Green: Homeless is good excuse for Minimum Wage Hike, Tax Increase Kenoi Helps Charter Schools Push Back against Oversight, Ethics DHHL under fire for creating positions when vacancies are high—Danner Smells Opportunity Anti-Pesticide Hucksters Tour State -- Sugar Cane Victory Lap Hawaii has a shortage of farmers, not farmland Hawaii 4th Most Expensive State to be a Smoker Read More..

Monday, January 18, 2016 January 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 3352 Views 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Maui TEA Party Hosts Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Michael P Ramirez Honolulu Charter Commission Discusses Ethics, Police, Fire and Salaries Rep. Ward: Legislators don’t have to Follow Souki and Ige Against DHHL Funding VIDEO: Is America Racist? Hawaii Residents Most Likely to be Living Paycheck to Paycheck Search for missing Marines finds life rafts but no sign of 12 Marines Poll: 45% of Native Hawaiians Reject Nai Aupuni Poll Shows Rail Planners How Much they Can Jack Up Costs HYCF Overtime Abuse has plagued the facility for years After 20 Years of paying, Tourism authority still owes $317M for convention center Food Injustice Comes to Hawaii (Again) Motivated Students Sacrificed to Satisfy Utopian Ideals? California to Build 10,000 Units for Mentally Ill Homeless Read More..

Sunday, January 17, 2016 January 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 5037 Views “The only result the Nai Aupuni process can get is federal recognition” Maui County Report: Co-op Should Buy MECO Transmission Grid Buy America! For an extra $3M – this time Hawaii Family Forum Gearing up for 2016 Legislative Session Hawaii March for Life Jan 22 VIDEO: RNC member urges Republicans to rally against Trump VIDEO: Politically Incorrect Hawaiian Punch Prepares You for the Real World Military releases names of Marines involved in helicopter crash Poll: Aiona Beats Caldwell 43% to 38% Cronies Fail without Inouye to tell Them What to Think Great News: Public labor unions could lose their political clout Counties Challenge HECO Monopoly Cheering some pie-in-the-sky idea of agriculture Community spearheads effort to cool classrooms Too Many Children Being Placed in Foster Care Certificate of need process limiting isle health care options DoTax Helping Illegal TVRs Easy money: Slush fund gives Hawaii County Councilmembers spending power Birtherism Continues to Serve Democrats Well Kailua Boat Death Tied to Hare Krishna Cult? Read More..

Saturday, January 16, 2016 January 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 3549 Views Ted Cruz on the Ballot for March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus 10 Ideas that Could Improve Life in Hawaii Hawaii Senate Democrats: 2016 Legislative Priorities Priorities not Politics for New Schools Highlights of HART Rail Project (2004 to 2015) Indict Somebody: Judiciary Hiring Independent Grand Jury Counsel Kauai Girls Court Celebrates Success of First Cohort Families Identify Missing Marines after helicopters crash DHHL Funding: Are Hawaii Public Trust obligations enforceable? Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy at UH Manoa Bio-Safety Lab Search for Missing Marines Continues Plantation Closure: Doing a dance or drinking champagne is hurtful and mean-spirited Star-Adv: State Should Seize HC&S Water  Police Reform Gaining Steam At Honolulu Charter Commission State confirms it knew rape suspect had been fired by Honolulu Police Department Candidates Line up for Big Island Mayor Some think KIA tenants should have option to buy Hawaii Speaker: Lottery Bill A ‘Distinct Possibility’ After Dengue: Babykiller Zika Virus Arrives in Hawaii Read More..

Friday, January 15, 2016 January 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 3764 Views Full Text: Ige Signs Agreement Privatizing Maui Hospitals Where’s the Farm Justice Summit? Jones Act, LNG at Center of Puerto Rico Recovery Plan 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Supreme Court to Consider Nai Aupuni Contempt Today Search continues for 12 Marines after fiery helicopter collision off Haleiwa Suit Against Nai Aupuni “overwhelmingly likely” to succeed Nai Aupuni ‘Delegates’ Have to Show Up to get $5000 Bribe Legislators Demand Cash from Lobbyists LTC: Latest Excuse for Massive GE Tax Hike Crony Capitalism: Obama’s DoD Negotiates Sweetheart deal with NextEra HEI ‘Time of Use’ Rates Will Squeeze After-School Programs Anti-Agriculture Activists Seek 100% Tourism Economy Experts: Maui will Never Recover from Death of HC&S Taxes Vacuum 9.5% More out of Economy DoH Bungling Risks Loss of Funding for New Mental Hospital UH Inouye Center Plans ‘Shelved Indefinitely’ CDC Secrecy Over UH Biolab Safety Failures Challenged In Court DHHL Seeks Developers for Parcels Near Rail Stations Former Kauai police lieutenant indicted for theft, money laundering Gambling Would Cost More than it Earns Rent Control Would Eliminate Rental Units Read More..

Thursday, January 14, 2016 January 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:38 AM :: 5381 Views OHA Elections: Throw These Bums Out Hawaii: Only 11,949 Sign up for Obamacare HB1170: Geothermal Fast-track, part two HB1524: Obama Opens Door to Home Energy Project Loans Bed Bugs—Honolulu Slips to 49th Place Full Text: State of the Union Address Republican Response to State of the Union Fake Cap becomes Real Threshold—Council now demands HART Spend Money Planning to Extend Rail to UH Manoa Rail Operating Subsidy will Require 9% Property Tax Hike Hawaii’s Top Lobbyist Quitting? More on Land and Power from Nai Aupuni Wanna Be Hawaii Health Connector board members resign Marijuana Money Rains Down on Bishop Street Know-Nothings Talk up Plantation Closure as Boon to Agriculture Kouchi: Millions Earmarked for UPW Suit vs Maui Hospital Privatization Staff at HYCF rack up $1M-plus in overtime – With only 23 Inmates City Finds Way to Start Losing Money on H-Power Lawmakers open to gambling State ignored HPD’s recommendation not to hire officer now charged with sex assault Killer Gets to Stay Free Until September Meth Dealer Arrested 100 Times, Out on Street Does it Again Bizarre News: Government Employees Forced to Work Thru Lunch Break Read More..

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 January 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 3631 Views DoI Adds 2,000 Pro Fed-Wreck Testimonies Reviewing Hawaii’s FY 2017 supplemental budget VIDEO: Thirty Meter Telescope, Putting The "Puaa" Back In Ahupuaa, And Oprah Elections DHHL ‘Disappointed’ by State’s Appeal of Court Ordered Funding Gold Coast Seawall Hot Potato Case: Supreme Court Hears Arguments DBEDT: Family of Four Requires $75K to live on Oahu Council Still Pretending to ‘Cap’ Rail Expenses, Will Abandon Charade Soon  After Wasting $87.5M, DoTax Still Can’t Process Tax Returns in Time Because of Outdated Computers UH Payroll — 1,600 Unauthorized Positions Kihei HS: Bureaucratic Delay Costs State $100M County Worker Stole Cash for Two Years Chun Oakland’s Homeless Tent City Idea Mocked Caldwell Objects to City Studying Electric Coop, Council Votes to do it Anyway Hawaii: More Than 40% of Workers Have no Retirement Plan Still Spreading Pesticide Hype, Eco-Lawyer Debunked State of State: Ige Catches Kalihi Prison Fever Soft on Crime: Probationer Charged with Child Molestation, Gets Supervised Release Civil Beat Pushes Gambling Again Suicide Squad Launches Annual Push to help Insurance Companies Save Money by Killing off Expensive Patients Ige Budget: $15 million to expand inmate capacity on Sister Isles Hawaii Democrats Feel the Bern—Hillary Losing Fundrace Coming Soon: Video On Demand From The Hawaii Capitol Read More..

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 January 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 4137 Views Up to 72% of Council Campaign Contributions from Hoopili and Rail Expert Slams Hawaii Legislature for Lumping E-Cigs in with Tobacco Calling all Cronies: Marijuana Dispensary License Application Now Available Online Legalize Marijuana-Criminalize Fireworks Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 11, 2016 Kasich for America Files to Appear on Hawaii Ballot–Djou to Lead Campaign From Inside the Supreme Court, the Key Exchanges on a Case Pitting Unions vs. First Amendment Pro Life? Hawaii Ranks 43rd Five Unanswered Questions About Honolulu’s $6.6 Billion Rail Project Why Did DLNR Hire A Cop Who’d Been Fired By HPD? Stock Analysts finally Figure out that NextEra’s purchase of Hawaiian Electric won’t happen Long Term Care Mandate: Mainland Progressives Want Hawaii GE Tax Hike Bishop Museum to Sell Waipio Valley Star-Adv: OHA Not Doing Enough for Hawaiian Youth, Broken Families Wanna Be Marijuana Dealers Concerned About Illegal Competitors More Ignorant Babble about Hemp Replacing Sugar State Can’t Find Way to turn Hana Pier into Recreational Site Homeless Threaten HNN Photographer with 2x4 Homeless Come up With New Excuse for Refusing Shelter Maybe We Can Fool People into Accepting Homeless Tent Cities if we call them Hawaiian Grass huts 4 women inmates accuse 2 guards of sex acts Kauai Council Finally Gets Around to Regulating Lobbyists Read More..

Monday, January 11, 2016 January 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:27 AM :: 4096 Views Update on Honolulu Charter Commission – Meeting Friday Hee steals from other Hawaiians and gives to me me meeeeeee Real Income: Hawaii Residents Lose 3.8% in Decade New Laws for 2016 Secular State Just Can’t Reach Spiritual Hawaiians Kauai: Jail is a Great Place to Work We Use GMOs, So Does Everyone Else—and we’ve been doing it for 20 Years with no harm Death In Paradise Is All Too Frequent For Visitors To Hawaii Read More..

Sunday, January 10, 2016 January 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 5533 Views Sorry OHA, Free Trade Zones are not free of the Jones Act Obama Administration Promoting Race-based Hawaiian Election Plantation Era: They Came With Hope $6.8 million in grants promote STEM jobs for Hawaii Unfriendly Skies? March for Life--State Capitol January 22 War on Coal: How Hawaii Clean Energy initiative Killed HC&S A sad week for agriculture in Hawaii – Pakalolo Plantations in our Future? Maui--Enviros Talk About Water, Get Luxury Homes Update your calendars for the 2016 political year State tax refunds might be late again this year Hawaii AG contests court order to increase DHHL funds Record high construction costs slam Honolulu Caldwell: I want City Workers to be forced into Unions and Controlled so they will vote for me Homeless are cleared again from Kakaako Hawaiians at risk: Keiki locked in cycle of foster care system Hawaii GMO Success Story Aloha Aina Party Holds Petition Drive for Ballot Status Historic North Kona church heading to tax auction after pastor Falls for Sovereignty Scam Read More..

Saturday, January 9, 2016 January 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 AM :: 3746 Views Judicial Watch Opposes Obama Executive Action to Create Hawaiian Tribe Lawsuits Have Consequences: Aloha To Hawaii Sugar DLNR Officer Arrested--Charged with sexual assault of Minor ‘Tens of Thousands’ Kicked off Medicaid by State’s Heartless Computer—Blind and Disabled Hardest Hit 2 OCCC supervisors in trouble for allowing inmate's gangster father behind bars Soft on Crime: Schizo Slasher to be Allowed Back out on Streets Homeless Hygiene Station Becomes Magnet for Crime—8 Assaults Since October Another group of homeless moved from Moiliili area Councilwoman Calls For Domestic Abuse Audit Rail Contractors Slice into Huge Gas Line, Lucky No Explosion Hawaii Gas Selects LNG Vendor, Expects Savings of $2B Planning for HECO-MECO-HELCO Inter-Island Cables is Underway PUC chief scolds NextEra (again) Read More..

Friday, January 8, 2016 January 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 5093 Views Where to Vote: Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Nai Aupuni in Contempt of Supreme Court? Latest Filings Supreme Court to Consider Nai Aupuni Contempt January 15 Ige Budget: $104M omissions, mystery spending cuts Federal Aid? Hawaii Ranks 49th Glass Houses of Marijuana: Pots, Kettles and the Color Black UH Reports Hawaii Hemp is Top Shelf DLNR to Loosen Death Grip on Hilo Businesses? Public Meeting on Honolulu Bikeways January 13 What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery 76% ‘Not Good’ -- Overall, what do you think about the condition of our city parks and playgrounds? UH Manoa—10 Salaries over $300K Honolulu City Council Will Consider Co-op or Muni Alternative To HECO Increase In Hawaii Revenue Forecast ‘Doesn’t Really Amount To That Much’ Are Charter Schools Funded Equitably? Lawmakers Want Clearer Numbers DoE Campbell Contract $1M per Classroom OHA Kakaako Makai Deal Puts $1.2M Hole in HCDA Budget Charles Djou Endorses John Kasich for President House Candidate Jaci Agustin Launches App to Communicate with Constituents Supreme Court Redistricting Case Is New Front in Voting Wars Keeping a lid on Kauai property taxes? Maui Risks loss of $186M Federal Money Gun Permits: HPD Admits Nearly 100 False Denials in Just One Year Homeless Rob Restaurant Workers in Chinatown Civil Asset Forfeiture In Hawaii: Crime Deterrent Or Legalized Theft? Publicize names of dispensary applicants HMA Recommendations for Marijuana Dispensaries 40 Years Ago On Kahoolawe, A Faith Is Reborn? Hawaii is ground zero for Ag innovation Read More..

Thursday, January 7, 2016 January 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 4566 Views OHA Trustee, Ex-Legislator Come up with Excuses, Get Added to Aha Participant Roster A&B to Shutter State’s Last Cane Plantation—Activists ‘Happy’ Quality Counts: Hawaii K-12 Achievement Ranks 32nd in USA HART: Construction Costs Soaring—Another $240M Tacked on to Overruns VIDEO: “Lessons Learned” from Turtle Bay VIDEO: Hawaii Water Law In A Nutshell Hana Pier to be Removed due to Public Opposition to Repairing it Confucius on Hawaii’s New Smoking Age VIDEO: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Jones Act with Michael Hansen Foes of cane burning cheer sugar’s demise – Plan to Keep up Fight Against Seed Farmers Smug Activists Party as Last Plantation Perishes Criminal Hee Gets 46 Months in Federal Prison as Powerless Cronies Look on With Mehau Dead, Criminals Begin Killing Each other? Medicated Marijuana: ‘If a Minor is Busted with a Baggie of Weed, I can Track Every Seed’ Caldwell Inserts Himself in Senior Services, Makes a Total Mess of it Child Molesters’ Victims Have Until April, 2016 to Come Forward Who In City Government Gets A Six-Figure Paycheck? NextEra Merger News Read More..

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 January 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 3582 Views OHA Trying to Convince Telescope to Stay and Pay Friedrichs v CTA: Will Supreme Court End Mandatory Union Membership for Government Employees Nationwide? Anti-GMO Leader: “Bring Islamic Nation to Battle in Hawaii—Allah Akbar” Possible Pipe Bomb Found After Big Island Police Arrest Three at Protest Against License Plates UHERO: Status Update on Federal GHG Emissions Reduction Policy for Hawaii “Entire American Samoa school system must be revamped” UH appeals NCAA ruling on men’s basketball program Guard Your Wallet: State lawmakers gear up for new legislative session Legislators Baffled by State’s Inability to Spend Federal Money—DoE Fails to Even Ask for It Shed light on NextEra/HECO alliance PHOCUSED: Profitable Nonprofit Nailed by Ethics Commission Lawmaker argues new 'limited' driver's licenses open to abuse New ID Law May Trip Up American Samoa Residents 2012 Law Saves Hawaii Fisheries from Rampaging Eco-Whackos Study Of Pesticide Use On GMO Crops Delayed Nonprofit launches new housing program for recovering addicts HPD officers erred in not arresting men for major illegal fireworks bust Orgy of outlawed fireworks flaunts our island anarchy DOE report reveals 21 students caught with So-Called ‘firearms,’ most in elementary, middle schools Gun Sales Through the Roof after Obama Cries North Korea Tests Possible H-Bomb Read More..

Tuesday, January 5, 2016 January 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 3991 Views Big Island Police Arrest Three at Protest Against License Plates Gun Control Nuts Tout Hawaii as Example Ige Budget Does not Include Union Pay Raises State Steals Money from Conservation to Subsidize Fancy Waikiki Eco-Conference After Negative Audit, KOLEA Touted as Model for Hawaii IT Reform Merger or Not, NextEra is Writing HECO’s Renewable Energy Plans Hawaii’s strict gun laws will not be affected by President Obama’s proposals Homeless Sweeps Push 51 into Shelters Tomorrow is Deadline for UH to appeal NCAA sanctions for men’s basketball team Hawaii workforce drug tests show hike in cocaine use in 2015 Prosecutors seek to revive major gambling case dismissed in 2014 Former HPD officer to report to L.A. prison 2015: The Year in Claims Against the State of Hawaii 2016: An Opportunity to Finally be Rid of Gary Hooser Maui Anti-GMO Activists Spray Pesticide in their own Homes, Call Heath Department Why Are Online Classes, Degrees Hard To Get At The University Of Hawaii? Read More..

Monday, January 4, 2016 January 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 3523 Views Alleged Monk Seal Harasser Sues Police over Arrest 80% Not Great: How is the plastic-bag ban working out? Honolulu dead last in starting pay “Expensive renewables do nothing” Baboozes in isles’ top jobs gave us yearlong headache Inspiring quotes for leaders start the new year off fresh 5 Issues for 2016 Anti-GMO Activism is Probably Not About the Technology At All DoH Rules Allow Sale of Hash Oil, but no Joints no Brownies and no Candies (for now) Homeless tents reappear in Kakaako, Idiot Brower Demands State Create More Homeless Tent Cities Not REAL ID: New License Specially for Homeless and Illegals Read More..

Sunday, January 3, 2016 January 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:00 PM :: 3747 Views Leaked Nai Aupuni Emails: ‘Godless’ Faction Pushing to Ban Pule at Aha Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Josh Green to Run for Governor in 2018? Anti-GMO Activists Blamed for Arson at Waialua Farm $23,000 Rate Hike Coming: Data show Obamacare will produce results opposite of what was intended Nai Aupuni Exercise in Frustration, Obviously a Surrogate for OHA ERS pension plan shortfall rises to $8.77B New federal education law offers more flexibility, say isle officials Hawaii pedestrian death rate among seniors leads the nation Star-Adv: Don’t Give More Money to Corrupt HI-5 Program Read More..

Saturday, January 2, 2016 January 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:05 PM :: 3818 Views Testimony: 76% say No Fake Tribe for Hawaii AAA Hawaii: Lower 2015 Gasoline Prices Save Drivers $400 KGI: Election year is here. Who are you going to vote for? Former Cancer Center director failed to disclose major financial conflicts of interest State Takes $13.2M from Conservation to Subsidize Fancy Eco-Conference Star-Adv: Counties should get more of TAT Hawaii would be better off with a true two-party system Deregulate Transportation-Let the PUC Focus on Energy and Telecom Utilities Thanks to Feds, Ethanol still in gas, even with new state law Visitors still being arrested for enjoying moonlight on Waikiki Beach Read More..

Friday, January 1, 2016 January 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 4822 Views OHA 2016 Legislative Package: Telescope Rent Money, Control of Mauna Kea Tours ‘Santa Claus Came Early’ for Hawaii’s Politically-Connected Marijuana License Seekers Hawaii Pesticide Complaints: Urban Homeowners are #1 Violator DoTax Claims IT System Success Looking Forward to 2016 Hawaii Air National Guard destroys Islamic State targets Telescope Faces Years of Delay Secret Cabal of Insiders Plot Electric Rate Hikes, Tax Increases Thanks to Fracking, Hawaii drivers saved more than $400 on gas in 2015 Mobi PCS President Wants to be Your Dope Dealer Annual Budget Pitch for DHS Maui Hospital: ‘Extremely complex negotiations’ drag on into 2016  Minimum Wage Hike May Result in Fewer Employees City Refuses to Take Responsibility for Dozens of Roads Hawaii County Council Debates Agricultural Property Tax Exemptions Read More..