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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 October 31, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 5296 Views Honolulu Council: Aiona, Fukunaga Tied at 29% Each Audio: Djou Launches New Radio Commercial Hirono Voted Against Funding Tsunami Warning System State Seeks Public Comment: New Rules for HRS 343 Environmental Review UHERO Confab: Taxes, Clean Energy and Local Food Find Your Polling Place: Walk-In Absentee Voting Open Djou hits nail on the head National Republicans Contribute $257K to Hawaii GOP Poll With 55% Democrats finds 55% Support for Hirono Tsunami Exposes Advertiser’s Political Agenda Nago Hires Election Saboteurs to Run Hawaii County Vote? HSTA Bombards Abercrombie With Videos, Open Letters Cayetano Puts TV Stations on Notice Over Attack Ads Roberts Hawaii, Environet Big Cayetano Super PAC Contributors PRP Campaign Reinforces Anti-Union Stereotypes Hawaii High Rate of Multiple Job Holders Keeps Unemployment Low, Recovery Slow Kenoi spending betters Kim nearly 10 to 1 Court says Kauai Mayor can Retaliate Against police chief Obamacare Officials Lie to Big Island Seniors About Kaiser Plan Tourism Red Hot Advertiser is #25 Newspaper in USA Read More..

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 October 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 5563 Views Hirono Joins HSTA Protest Against Abercrombie AKP Biofuel Scam Finds Only 20 Supporters in Survey of 300 Civil Beat Poll: Cayetano 50%, Caldwell 45% Even With 60% Dems, Abercrombie Approval only 41% Poll: Hawaii Non-Democrats only 36.5% Approve of Obama Hirono’s $52B Defense cuts will hit every state, including Hawaii in January Hanabusa Voted Against Small Business Tax Relief Hawaii early-voting turnout Doubles for General Election Federal Election officer appointed in Hawaii as part of Election Day program Caldwell Outspends Cayetano 2-1 As General Election Nears New Pro-Rail Super PAC Spends $676,000 Caldwell Will Push for Big Wind, Big Cable Kaneshiro Spends More Money, Raises More Money Than Takata Ward Rent-a-Poll Looks Bad for Greenwood, Regents Iwasa: Greenwood’s UH Misuses Autonomy Did HTH Reporter Hunter Bishop Attempt to Suppress $100K Gasoline Theft Investigation? HELCO Proposal Under Fire from 200 at PUC Hearing Military Responsible for Growth of AP Programs in Hawaii DoE Schools Bio-Logical Capital had interest in buying island of Lanai before Ellison’s purchase Alinsky’s ‘Radical Rules’ a way of life Couch says lot of work ahead; Kay offers real life experience Kauai Council OKs additional $15K for case of Police Commission vs. Carvalho Horizon Lines sails to profit amid higher volume in Hawaii Isle foreclosures drop by 85 percent Read More..

Monday, October 29, 2012 October 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 5451 Views Ward Polls: A Laughable Embarrassment Djou: Our Polls Show us Ahead Report: Hirono, Hanabusa Tax Proposal Will Cost Hawaii $3.9B Pre-Plus: Hirono Takes Credit for Others' Innovation Study: HSTA Strongest Teachers' Union in US Molokai: Big Cable RFP Should be Delayed PRP Targets Liliha VIDEO: Djou Launches New TV Ad Ward ‘Research’, Star-Adv Claim 22 point Margin in Senate Race Poll Shows Djou 11 points Ahead of Lingle Hotel workers working to defeat House Speaker Calvin Say in 3-way Race Star-Adv: Vote ‘No’ on Honolulu Charter Amendments VIDEO: KITV Interviews Kym Pine CNN: Hawaii's homeless candidate for Congress Hearings in Hilo, Kona, Kalihi: Biofuel Scammers Demand $8.32/mo from Big Isle, Oahu Ratepayers Hawaii Youth Suicide Rate Doubles in 5 Years Parents Discover Child in 99th Percentile, Flee Hawaii Spice: Mom Campaigns Against Drug Linked to Son’s Death Burial laws should be grounded in history and present-day reality Gay Activists End Election Frantic over Possibility that Public Might Actually Get to vote on Gay ‘Marriage’ Read More..

Sunday, October 28, 2012 October 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 5617 Views Voter Guide: Hawaii State and County Ballot Initiatives 2012 NFIB: Hirono Votes 100% Against Small Business Finding the Blame for What Ails You Canada Earthquake Tsunami 4’ Wave in Hilo, 5’ at Kahului Pro-Rail Poll: Caldwell 53, Cayetano 42 Pro-Rail Poll: Rail Popular 50% – 45% Hawaii Election Workers Deliberately Foul Up Election Hooser, Mizuno, Counties Line Up for PLDC Repeal Lingle Raises $206K in 17 Days, Hirono $460K Surveys Will Be Used to Justify Next Round of Bus Cuts Former SB Editor Uncomfortable With Presence of Republicans in Neighborhood Usual Assortment of Crackpots, Wierdos Running for Kauai Council Chronic 911 callers to get aid from 'community paramedics' Churches' civil unions suit dismissed in federal court Kauai: Football Players Forced to Risk Death to Save Stupid Birds Read More..

Saturday, October 27, 2012 October 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 7451 Views Audio Interview: Kona Resident--Father of Slain SEAL Killed in 9-11 Attack, Bengazi Debate: Djou Closer to the Center Mililani, Kalihi, E Oahu: Talk Story With Charles Djou Hirono and Hanabusa cut $2.1B from Hawaii Medicare Advantage and Medicare Reimbursements Hanabusa Backs Effort to Link Indian Tribes to Turkey Brookings: Honolulu 10th Largest International Airport Eradication: Who Are the Real Invasives? Save O’ahu Farmlands Alliance Announces Endorsements ML&P Faces Delisting from NY Stock Exchange Armed With Carpenter’s Statement, Democrat Primary Runner-up Sues To Stop Manabat in Ewa School Board Member Criticized over Defense of Accused Child Molester Why Linda Lingle Might Just Win Star-Advertiser Ties Hanabusa to Hated Obamacare Program HART Burns $77.4M Buying Steel Rails Libel? Cayetano Court Victory ‘Highly Unlikely’ Armed With $77M, Abercrombie Health Exchange Takes Secret Bids on Secret Contracts Air Leaks, Roof Caves in at UH Bio Safety Lab Apple: Wonder Blunder Equivalent of ‘Bake Sale Gone Awry’ UH President spends from lucrative donor accounts Tom Berg Opens Up Why the Plastic Bag Ban Makes No Sense Play puts new saint's acerbic side on display After Six Years, ‘Experts’ Finally Decide Killer is Crazy, No Prison for Him Lehman lost $85M on Superferry Maui County Tries to Shut Testifiers out of LUC Meeting Democrat Operatives Sponsor Ag Park Read More..

Friday, October 26, 2012 October 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 5538 Views On the Honolulu Ballot: $5M Ward Heelers' Slush Fund Census: Hawaii Tops Nation in Multi-Generational Families Senator, 1000 Ratepayers Call for Lower Electric Bills Fitch: $71M in Maui Co Bonds Rate AA+ Louise Kim McCoy To Be Named Gov’s Communications Director Debate: Djou Closer to the Center Linda Lingle: The Clear Choice Star-Adv Endorses McDermott, Reader, Butler, Fale Council hopeful aims to do job without 'drama' of incumbent Political Fight For Oahu's GET Heats Up Tax Review Commission Report Calls for More Tax Hikes BoE Mulls PLDC, 21st Century Schools and Who Owns the Land Computers: Preview of DoE, HSTA, Abercrombie Posturing over DoE Budget Buster PUC: Ewa Field Solar Scammers to Rake in Megabucks Kauai County Details Massive Waste of Electricity ML&P Threatened with NYSE Delisting 170 On Staff at Kokua Kalihi Browsing through the data on campaign money Ballot listing does not follow state law -- Presidential candidates not in alphabetical order   Read More..

Thursday, October 25, 2012 October 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 8489 Views Streaming Video: Djou v Hanabusa Debate 8pm Tonight Feds Reveal Dozens of New Violations at Hawaii Nursing Homes Duke Aiona Backs Candidates in Council, Legislative Races Humane Society Sues DLNR Over Aquarium Collectors VIDEO: Five Targets Hit Over Pacific in Largest Anti-Missile Defense Test Alaskans Push Back Against 200 mile 'Emissions Control Area' for Ships PDF: Hawaii GOP Releases Voter Guide Did sickout by election staff violate Voting Rights Act? With Akaka Gone, His Cronies Wander Aimlessly Djou Supports Free Trade in Pacific Djou Backs Balanced Budget Amendment Inouye And Hirono Skip Planned Media Interviews Star-Adv Endorses Aaron Johanson for HD31 Pro-Rail Group Spending Money for Hirono Pro-Rail Doorknockers include Murderer, Drug Addicts Nimitz Flyover Cost Estimate Suggests that Rail Will Cost $7 Billion Gender wage gap narrower in Hawaii than nationally Soft on Crime: Suspected of Murder in California, Felon Seeks Deferred Acceptance in Hawaii Chinatown Police ‘Tolerant’ of Drug Dealing Hawaii details $600M plan for upgrades at Honolulu International Airport Read More..

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 October 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 5822 Views After Debate, Nearly 70% Say Djou Wins Hawaii: 3rd Fastest Growing Tax Burden Hawaii Productivity Growth Lowest in US—Only 4.76% Since 1992 UH Manoa Scores 295th of 700 World Universities Hawaii-based Travel Site Upset by $700M Tax Decision ACLU: Guards Should Stop Listening to Hawaii Prisoners Brickwood Galuteria, Serial Job Killer Fitch: $890M Honolulu Bonds Rated AA+ NYT: Obama Camp Begins Blaming Clinton for Defeat Pressure from lawmakers could leave UH flattened UH Regents will revisit Donovan settlement at special meeting Star-Advertiser Endorses Ching, Low Fund for Freedom Buys Lingle Ad Time Rail: Heed Warning or Face Bankruptcy Cayetano Issued 204 Pardons, Waihee Approved 72% of Pardon Requests Rail's design-build contracts put into question Shiny Objects: DoE Using Computers to Distract from Budget Buster Union Demands Hirono, Hanabusa Harass New Airline Geothermal Producer Offers to Cut Electric Bills OHA Candidates Haunani Apoliona and Cal Lee Fail to Show at Community Forums AKINA for OHA – Dinner Rally Why So Many Hawaiian, Samoan And Filipino Youth In Justice System? Budget Cuts: Army May Leave Strykers at Pohakuloa to Reduce Training Costs Queens Sues Kaiser in $4M Payment Dispute Hawaii Monitor: Patronage Games Read More..

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 October 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 5951 Views Lingle: I know We Have the Momentum to Win Hirono Refuses to Answer for Actions Harmful to Hawaii Hirono Hits Middle Class With Tax Hike Omidyar Buying Influence: Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar founder launches leadership program Omidyar Building Resorts: Protection of Lipoa Point must be a community effort HNN VIDEO: Lingle vs Hirono Final Debate KHON Survey -- Djou Leads 2-1 Lingle agrees with Cayetano’s stance on Honolulu rail project Judge Slaps Down Abercrombie’s $700M Raid on Internet Travel Agencies Star-Advertiser Endorses DelaCruz, Hee, Straight Democrat Slate for Senate Cayetano’s Suit Should Be Laughed Out of Court Hirono’s vote to kick our nation’s deficit problems down the road highlights her ineffectiveness in Congress. Hirono was the only member of the Hawaii delegation to vote against funding the Department of Defense for FY 2011. Prosecutor: Takata Appeals for Pothead Vote Sierra Club, Blue Planet Foundation Admit the Problem With Gas is that it is Cheap Solar City Investigation May Snare other Solar Providers Abercrombie Relies on ‘Kitchen Cabinet’ Full of Lobbyists Maui HSTA Leader: Abercrombie Cried and Lied Dueling Videos in Pine vs Berg Race Complaint dismissed against former Maui police officer After Files ‘Go Missing’ Hawaii County Bag Ban Rules Published NIMBYs Harass Charter School Garret Hashimoto Recuperating from Successful Surgery Read More..

Monday, October 22, 2012 October 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:53 PM :: 5517 Views Charter Amendment: Honolulu Council Grabs for Control of Rail Funds House Candidate Kaniela Ing Threatened with Expulsion from UH Pollster Claims Debate Performance Boosts Hirono 3% Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions GALLUP: R 52% 0 45%... Hawaii Tribune-Herald Endorses Lingle, Hapai Star-Adv Endorses Sam Slom Lauren Cheape is the choice for Hawaii’s future Hirono Pals Around with Barney Frank Attack on Free Speech: Cayetano to File Libel and Slander Lawsuit Against Pacific Resource Partnership, Carpenters Union Cayetano: Hannemann Learned Nothing from ‘Ass Kicking’ All About the Charter Amendments on Your 2012 Hawaii Ballot Historic Preservation Division -- No Longer Just Warm Bodies? Legislative interference threatens long-term viability of UH Hawaiian Civic Club Kicks Reporters Out, Discusses Legalized Gambling, PLDC Hawaii Solar Installations Double Every Year, Orphans in Future Soft on Crime: 10 Convictions, Charged with 12 Rapes Read More..

Sunday, October 21, 2012 October 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:19 PM :: 6713 Views Streaming Video: Canonization of Molokai’s Mother Marianne Cope Secret Letters Show Nago Timed Attack on Hilo Election Office with Workers Planning Sickout HSTA’s Okabe ‘Extremely Pleased’ With Supreme Court Order Sierra Club Doing the Dirty Work for the Power Brokers Learn about UH Law School's accessible Part-Time/Evening Program Billionaire Resort Developer Paid Operatives to Swing Election Against Pono Chong Hirono Bill Designed to Create Chinese Bubble like Japanese Bubble PRP Goes off Deep End: Mailer Implies Cayetano is Communist Republican Feds: Rail Contingency Fund Below Acceptable Levels Before Supreme Court Shutdown Proposal Will Give Chief Justice Opportunity to Hand Pick Crony Judges for Cases Simple Solution for UH: Just Let Sen Kim Have Whatever She Wants Esther Kiaaina to Lead Charge for PLDC Pro-Rail Canvassers Work Voter List in Kahala UCLA expert weighs in on transit debate Profiteers, Suicide Lobby Sense Opportunity in Case of 98 Year Old Woman PUC Surcharge Vacuums $58.5M from Phone Customers’ Pockets After Gay Marriage, Polygamy Read More..

Saturday, October 20, 2012 October 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:32 PM :: 5434 Views Donalyn Dela Cruz Quits: Oshiro Claims Resignations “Have Nothing to do With Abercrombie” Pro-Rail PRP Pumps Money into Council District 6 Race Governor Releases $91.9 Million for CIPs Sierra Club, Solar, Wind Scammers Team Up to Block LNG US Chamber of Commerce $250K Ad buy for Lingle Star-Adv: Reelect Kaneshiro Prosecutor Cigarette Taxes: Government Addicted to Nicotine DoE Consultant to Present ‘unpopular’ School Bus Proposals Hirono Lying About Lingle Role in Romney Campaign PRP Hawaii Launches Pricey Political Stink Bombs at Anti-Rail Candidates City Driver Charged With Meth Trafficking Keeps His Job Honolulu Maoists, Anti-Semites Lied About Shipment to Gaza No Confirmation that Trooother Was on ‘No-Fly’ List Read More..

Friday, October 19, 2012 October 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 5772 Views Bipartisanship: Senate Energy Committee to Move on Natural Gas? Fact Check: Hirono stumbles, shows lack of understanding of key issues Lingle v Hirono Debate: PBS Insights Live Streaming Video Obama on Comedy Central: 'If four Americans get killed, it's not OPTIMAL' REALCLEAR MAP: Romney takes first lead in electoral college... GALLUP: R 52% O 45%... Tsutsui to Introduce Bills to Repeal, Amend Act 55, Abercrombie Threatens Veto Lingle grills Hirono over possible cuts to national defense After watching the KITV/Civilbeat.com U.S. Senate debate, which candidate will you vote for? Lingle Rejected “Greatest President” Comment Back in 2002 Honolulu rail agency expects to finish archaeological digs ahead of schedule HART Pays for Rail for Entire Length of Project Cayetano Threatens Lawsuit to Silence Critics Pro-Rail Advertiser Endorses Council Candidates Manoa Voters Asked to Destroy Double Ballots UH regents hire Dobelle lawyer to help determine Greenwood's fate Regents Approve $1.4B Budget, No Decision on Greenwood Expected Today Green Energy Scammers Dream of Separating Ellison from his Money New Homeless Czar Talks About Everything EXCEPT Getting Homeless off Streets into Shelters Mayor inks deal to sell off affordable public housing Misconduct by Maui liquor control supervisors in field, suit says News From Hilo: Bisexual Rapist Croaks Star-Adv, AP, National Consultant Bungles Medicaid Story South Park Ridicules Kauai Malihini 9-11 Trooother Masquerading as Patriot Suddenly Able to Fly Again Read More..

Thursday, October 18, 2012 October 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 7279 Views Poll: Lingle 43% - Hirono 47% Gallup: Romney 52% – Obama 45% Hawaii Among Worst States to Practice Medicine Endangered Species: Feds Grab for 18,766 Acres on Big Island Fitch Rates Honolulu Bonds AA+ Court of Appeals Upholds Rail Contract Award Bateman: We Can Cut Consumers' Electric Bills Wastebook 2012: University of Hawaii Martian Food Tasting Project Legislative Rundown Looks at 12 Key Races 800 Manoa Voters Get Two Absentee Ballots Each Greenwood: Senate Investigators Putting UH Accreditation at Risk A sainted nun blessed Hawaii with her service Hawaii's 'Most Sophisticated Grassroots Attack Operation' Rail: Spending A Lot for Nothing HIPA Conspires with Abercrombie, Legislators to Defend PLDC Hawaii DoE one of only Three States Using ‘Adaptive Testing’ With 364 Water main Breaks a Year, Former City Officials Say Honolulu's Board of Water Supply Needs to Boost Pipe Replacement Schedule Kauai Politicians Continue Posturing in Leadup to Prosecutor Election Hawaii sees wilting sales from its flower and nursery products sector 9-11 Trooother Masquerading as Patriot Claims to be Booted from Military Flight at Hickam Judge allows trial video coverage by the Hawaii Guerrilla Video Hui Read More..

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 October 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 5268 Views Fact Check: Hirono Continues to Mislead Voters with Inaccurate Statements Change in Afghanistan, Change in Hawaii New paper details Hawaii and Hawaiians’ surprising roles in the U.S. Civil War ACLU, Alston Demand Courtroom Video Access for 'Hawaii Guerrilla Video Hui' Hawaii Zipline Operators Want Protection from Their Competition DayStar Technologies Buys Avatar Solar Hawaii Projects Honolulu Transit Megaprojects Compared Pro-Rail Legislators, Advertiser Threaten to Grab All of 0.5% GE Tax For Themselves PRP: Cayetano Tied to Birfers Abercrombie, Louie Continue to Harass Star-Advertiser over Judicial Transparency Suit Grasping DoE Bureaucrats Defy Abercrombie, Demand $75M University President To Address Unhappy Faculty? HMC Closure Causes Losses, Layoffs at Kaiser Omidyar Hassles Ellison over $250 Anchorage Fine Honolulu's Sewer Construction Projects Cost Five Times the City's Estimates Mining is Hawaii’s #1 Growth Industry: Tourism growing at slower rate than rest of Hawaii economy County Lobbying Group Could Propose Bill to Repeal PLDC Homelessness Tops Agenda at Waikiki 20/20 Sovereignty Activists Admit to Crimes Against Hawaiians, Face Federal Felony Sentence Old Boy Councilmember Caught Lying About Polling Place? Want a UH Job? Read More..

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 October 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:57 PM :: 5132 Views Mediscare: Mazie's $6400 Falsehood Audit Pushes Special Fund Ahead of Vote: City Loses $366K by Not Collecting Camping Fees Hawaii Teachers Halt Labor Negotiations, Escalating Conflict Treasury Dept. Fingers SolarCity in Exploration of the Dark Underbelly of Solar Leasing Honolulu Transit Megaprojects Compared KITV: Hirono, Lingle to square off in KITV/CivilBeat.com debate Filipino Chronicle: Djou vs Hanabusa Cayetano, Legislators Begin Fight Over .5% GE Tax Revenues Borreca: Because of early voting, Hawaii's Election Day is actually 22 days long State voter registration increases by 18,000 Target Greenwood: Faculty Marxists Attempting to Convene Lynch Mob Wednesday 95 Applicants for University of Hawaii Athletic Director Senator Murkowski echoes Lingle on bipartisanship After Hanabusa Loots Campaign Funds, Djou Has more cash on Hand Ali’i Gives to GOP, He’e Gives to Democrats Miss A Payment? ‘Free’ Solar Installer Could Soak You for $28K Federal Funding for BRT Requires Rail-Like System Hawaii's Elevator Safety In Free Fall? Hawaii Rarely Prosecutes for Campaign Spending Violations Raid on arcades of dubious value Hilo and Kapaa residents most stable in Hawaii in terms of residency, analysis finds W Maui Community Rallies to Stop Omidyar Development of Lipoa Point Read More..

Monday, October 15, 2012 October 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 5641 Views Key Hirono Endorser Switches to Lingle Akana: OHA Gentry Deal Sidelines Kakaako Development Absentee Ballots Hit Mailboxes Defense Spending: Hirono, Hanabusa Voted to Launch Hawaii Over ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Hirono is a Zero, but How Small and Insignificant is That? Self-Dealing Charged in OHA Purchase of Gentry Pacific Design Center Lines Drawn in Battle over Greenwood Campaigning in the Dark: New Hawaii Law Creates Extended Blackout Period New groups form to back Cayetano as ads multiply Ing Insults Police Officers, Firefighters Ing Could be Barred from Office over Campaign Spending Violations Fontaine has record of achievement for S. Maui Shimabukuro: Need to Investigate Ash Diversion to Reduce Landfill Miss Hawaii Defends Accused Priest Real ID Sparks Bump in Name Changes Read More..

Sunday, October 14, 2012 October 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4814 Views Flexibility Lost, Tax Increases Guaranteed with Earmarking Berg: Bus Cuts May be Civil Rights Violation Dawn: Survey Shows Djou up 61-33% Rasmussen: R 49% O 47% Gallup: R 49% O 47% DM: Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released Feds: Honolulu Rail has No Capacity for Additional Cost Increases Usual Assortment of Crooks, Cronies Give to Hirono, but Lingle has most cash Lingle has long record of public service University Goes First Class in Every Way Except Accomplishment Enviros Show Forest City How to Siphon Millions from Military Families Media Ignores Guilty Pleas by Sovereignty Scammers 37,000 Pay Serious Money to Escape DoE: Private School Enrollment is down 8% since 2007 Matayoshi: Charter Schools not part of DoE Jump in credit and debit card transactions shows the isles' economy is on a rebound Hawaii County hires geothermal mediator to Negotiate Payoffs for Activists Hula Mae Starts Giving Away Down payment Loans to Unqualified Borrowers Kakaako plan for 22 towers holds promise Kawaiahao: Historic preservation and burial laws would work fine if they were followed Cancellation of Maui Co Veterans Day parade is shameful After a long and frustrating journey, Molokai Veterans Center nears completion Kauai Prosecutor Beats Campaign Spending Rap Hawaii Co. Charter amendments take on land, elections, hunting Read More..

Saturday, October 13, 2012 October 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 6827 Views Apple Explains How He Put Freitas in Donovan's Place Governor Releases $17.9 Million for CIPs on Maui VIDEO: Mark Hashem, Jeremy Low, on their run for House VIDEO: Kurt Lajala, Sam Slom, on their run for senate Akaku: Maui County meet the Candidates Military contracting in Hawaii hits 5-year low, more cuts on the way Democrats: State Should Have Looted Orbitz.com for $500M to Give to Our HSTA, DOE Cronies Survey: Micronesians Increasingly Skip Hawaii, Head for mainland Sources: Letter from Greenwood's lawyer prompted special regents' meeting Star-Adv: Regents Better Pick Someone Good to Run UHWO Panel surveys school land for possible profit PRP: Cayetano, Lingle on Same Team Cayetano’s BRT – 16 Minutes to Aloha Stadium at Rush Hour Caldwell says he might eliminate Chinatown Rail station, add bike paths Whistleblowers Fired: Former Mililani High School workers sue D.O.E. Gay Atheists: We Have Decided Gay Marriage is a Civil Right, Anybody Who Tries to Vote Will be Punished Grading our Governor: Abercrombie’s “F” Electric Rates Jump Again Immense Amount of Electricity Needed to Produce Small Amount of Hydrogen PBN Challenges Secret Lanai Windfarm Plans Cachola Resigns Effective Oct 31 Two-party system needed to break up good old boys Read More..

Friday, October 12, 2012 October 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 5222 Views Video: Biden is Laughing, Are You? Inouye Formally Endorses Caldwell Hauula: Caldwell Should Stop Using “Keep the Country, Country” Hawaii Letter Carriers Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement, Cover-up Hirono Votes Threaten Local Jobs Poll: Sam Aiona Tied for Lead in Council District 6 Kym Pine: End Homelessness on Oahu Consumer Reports: Protect Yourself from the Latest Solar Scams Zipline Audit Report: State Cannot Improve on Industry Self-Regulation KITV: Hirono, Lingle to square off debate October 16 Survey: Djou 60% Hanabusa 34% Maui News: A clear win for Lingle Ad Wars: Djou vs Hanabusa, Lingle vs Hirono Youth versus experience at Maui House forum Carpenters Union Launches new Front Group spend nearly $600K for Caldwell FEAR: Higher voter turnout could cut both ways Ward Research ‘Shocked’ by its 22% Undercount of Gabbard Vote State's new land developer to call Round 2 of public meetings Regents Split into Pro and Anti-Greenwood Factions Another $200K UH accounting error focus of new investigation Hanabusa Defends Greenwood, Apple University of Hawaii Board of Regents Aim to Silence Peers, Media, with 'Confidentiality Covenant' Transcript: Elderts Threatened to Shoot Deedy Savio Denounces City Affordable Housing Deal HTA Seeks MOU for 2M Japanese Visitors Pfluegers Seek Eviction of 82-year old Woman Elder Abuse: Don't be a victim of crime Residents sue county to enforce Kona planning law Judge: Anti-GMO Luddites Can’t Sue Landowner Gay-Atheists Eager to Attack Boy Scouts, but Organization Barred and Blacklisted Anybody Like Them Read More..

Thursday, October 11, 2012 October 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 5766 Views Energized by Debate Performance, 500 Rally for Lingle in Ewa Hirono a No-Show at Waimea Candidates’ Forum SolarCity Reveals Details Of Treasury Investigation In Pre-IPO Documents Companies Make Progress on Alaska LNG Project Alleged Big Island Child Molester Arrested: Runs Gay-Friendly Bed & Breakfast Obama Campaign: Some progressives seem to be going into primal panic mode Where Have You Gone, Neil Abercrombie? HART Reserve Nearly Gone, Delays Cost $114M to $145M--Will Start Burning $450M Line of Credit Next HART Asked to Leave Burials in Place, Undisturbed Kakaako Plan for 22 Towers, 9.3M Square Feet, 4,000 units A&B Uncovers 48 Intact Alii Burials, No Big Deal UH Athletic Supporters Bought Champagne, Fancy Dinners for Reporters Apple, Freitas, Coaches? Mercado Kim Demands Explanation of Coaches Support Letter A Year Late, KCC Instructors Finally Get their Pay Checks Consumer Reports: Protect Yourself from the Latest Solar Scams Solar Energy Industry Faces Uphill Battle Amid Politics And Scandal $90M Biomass Burner: Woodchips to Power Kauai After Rate Hikes, Water Board Overwhelmed With Customers Seeking Payment Extensions Hawaii County Ethics Board Slaps Down Nago Retaliation Law Aimed at Homeless Snares Thousands of Gays Instead State settles suit on denial of mental health services Eric Ryan Admits Campaigning on City Time   Read More..

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 October 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 5629 Views Rep Mica: Honolulu TSA Meltdown Confirms Systemic Problem Tax Foundation: Hawaii Business Tax Climate Drops to 37th Scizophrenic: Abercrombie Among Worst Governors in Nation Bateman: We Need Lower Cost of Living, Not Higher Taxes and Utility Bills Honolulu rail survey finds more human remains HART director Tanoue left city job 10 days ago for Rail Contractor R.M. Towill Rail's operating cost must be on table, not under it UH Admin Begins Leaking Dirt on Donovan UH West Oahu Chancellor admits ethics violation Progressives See Opportunity to Plant Two of their Kind on Ethics Commission Roommate, high school friend a bit bewildered by Pothead Obama's rise 'Critical habitat' designation threatens cattlemen Full Text: Akaka gives final speech to the Native Hawaiian Convention OHA: Apoliona Strikes Back at Akana Kaniela Ing Does Not Respect Many of Us Honua‘ula at center of lawsuit by Sierra Club and Maui Unite Last Ditch Effort to Block Privatization of Public Housing Hawaiian Front-Wahine Quits Wind Scammer Gig Gays Frantic as City shuts 24-hour restroom facilities in Waikiki FBI Believes Serial Child Molester is on Big Island Read More..

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 October 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:36 PM :: 6565 Views Fact Check: Hirono Misleads Voters with Inaccurate Statements Paychecks Hawaii Announcers General Election Endorsements No Money Down Rooftop Solar Providers Inflate Project Value for Tax Credit Abercrombie Appoints Esther Kia'aina as DLNR Deputy Director State Historic Preservation Division on Track to Meet Federal Requirements Former Regent: Senate Grandstanding Places UH Mission at Risk Apple to Manoa: My Commitment is to You, not Regents, Greenwood Bus Routes Terminated by Rail: B, C, E, 3, 9, 11, 20, 43, 53, 73, 81, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98A, 101, 102, 103, 201, 202 Retirement Party for Rep Barbara Marumoto Debate: Lingle Prepared with Powerful Response to Hirono Obama Losing, Visualizes Sandy Beach Kona Teachers Dil-Wop Day Protest Against Abercrombie HSTA Pushes for Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Strike Statewide Rally Against Act 55 Kobayashi Lawfirm #1 in Billing at UH 1,100 Honolulu Voters Tried to Vote Without ID in Primary Ethics Complaint Challenges Campaigning on County Time at County Facilities UH West Oahu chancellor to step down Lynch Mob to Hang Greenwood Friday Hannemann/Caldwell Dipped into Pension Funds to ‘Balance’ Budget Caldwell Raised Property Taxes, Zoo Fee for Keiki Rail Plaintiff files to have city pay legal fees PRP/Carpenters Union Burns Money on Hawaii County Races Public Records Logs Expected To Help The Public Access Information Crowley eyes return of sovereign Hawaii Congressmen Call on Shinseki to Fire Chief over Wasteful Conference Spending Thousands snared by law on closed parks 50% of Auto Burglaries involve Dodge Chargers H-Power Third Boiler Construction Pau IPO Hype: Solar City Prepares to Cash Out Norks: We Can Hit US Mainland Read More..

Monday, October 8, 2012 October 8, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 9421 Views Voter Registration Deadline: Monday, October 8 Birth Of The Public Land Development Corporation – A travesty of the legislative process Djou: Voting in Afghanistan Ed Case Endorses Ben Cayetano for Mayor Gays Attack Hawaiian Culture, ‘Multi-Generational Families’ Use Feds to Pressure Hawaii DoE Bullying Programs Star-Adv: To Pay for Rail We Must Fire Lots of UPW and HGEA Members Lingle-Hirono Debate Tonight 7pm Civil Beat Salivates Over Democrat Legislative Candidates Star-Advertiser Runs Hanabusa Commercial Disguised as Article Ed Week: HSTA May Strike First-time voters must show ID at polls City, Supreme Court Justices Conspire to Seize House from 93-year old widow Green Energy Scammers Continue to Panic over Natural gas Hawaii Co. Council decides to not hire special counsel against advice of county attorneys Big Island Reporters Hound Kawauchi, One Files ‘Ethics Complaint’ After Being Blackballed ‘The religious right’s leading ghostwriter’ Escaped from Hippie Hawaii Will US Supreme Court Destroy EBay? City director of planning and permitting David Tanoue resigns HPD Seeks Privatization of Burglar Alarm Registration Custody Group Attacks Tanaka 19 year-old UH swimmer remembered by teammates Read More..

Sunday, October 7, 2012 October 7, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 6088 Views PLDC Seeking ‘Chinese Bubble’ to Match 1980s ‘Japanese Bubble’ Frustrating the Taxpayer’s View of Public Finances Cal Lee Refuses Debate, Declares OHA “NOT for the Public” Duke Aiona Endorses George Fontaine: Passion, Character, Values Saturday Oct 6 Last Day to Mail Voter Registration Forms Molokai Video: What is IAM? Machida Trotted out to Help Cayetano on ERS Unfunded Liability NFL, HTA Name Jim Donovan to Pro Bowl Committee Target Greenwood: “Missiles have left the silos” Shapiro: Apple Got the No Respect he Deserved Sen Kim, Sen Hee’s Wife, And other UH Politicizations Three of Four Greenwood Faction Members Named UH's Palafox linked to state, federal probe UH Hilo officials spend $126K to travel Inouye gets no deference from Cayetano, Lingle Aila: PLDC is genuine opportunity for Hawaii Rail: PRP, FACE Hire Meheula to Justify Phased Approach Disaster FACE Forces Reestablishment of Housing Department Abercrombie Super Tower: HCDA has not had very much success developing state land with private partners PLDC Will Rebuild Natatorium? More than 150 of Oahu's sirens need to be modernized Waimea windmills create eyesore to some Read More..

Saturday, October 6, 2012 October 6, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 PM :: 6352 Views UH Regents to Discuss MRC Greenwood's Employment Apo Reveals Why It’s Time to Replace OHA Trustees Hawaii Family Forum Releases General Election Voter Guide VIDEO: Mark Hashem, Jeremy Low, on their run for House Bert Kobayashi Power Play: ‘I Have No Respect for Tom Apple’ A faction has lost confidence in the university’s current leader and believes she should be fired National Republicans Help Hawaii GOP With Phone Banking Venue Shopping: HSTA Quits Federal Mediation in Favor of Supreme Court Coalition moves to stop ‘Smart Grid’ programs Legislators Plan Internet Tax Hike, Call it ‘Fairness’ Maui Co Council Calls for Overturn of Act 55 Child Obesity to be on Legislative Agenda Sam Slom: Army of One Business leaders are helping guide classes in public high schools that teach students real-world skills Waipio: Illegal City-Leased dumpsite being cleared, investigated Hawaii workplaces see methamphetamine use on the rise ‘Organic’ Industry Freaks Out over Study Pointing out Worthlessness of Organic Food Read More..

Friday, October 5, 2012 October 5, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:17 PM :: 5832 Views How Lingle Can Turn it Around Letter: 39 Legislators Demanded Rail EIS Rush-Job Mizuno Campaigns Accused of Illegally Comingling Funds Hanabusa No-Show at HTLA Debate 15 to Finish: More UH Students on Track to Complete Degree on Time Lawyers: Hawaii Can be Sued for Slip-Falls on Public Land DHHL breaks ground for Lalamilo Waimea Homesteads Poll: Hanabusa 49 – Djou 44% Progressive Panics as Mazie Polls Lull Democrat Voters to Sleep Djou Spends $63K, Hanabusa $53K Transit to Grab 19% of city revenue, Plan for $450M Cost Overrun Ing faces new campaign finance complaint Alm: Keep Giving Money to Wind, Solar Scammers SA: Laws protecting iwi need review Hawaii county clerk, state chief elections officer confident about general election RICO: DCCA Closes off Access to Business Complaints State rolls out plan to transform business, technology With Greenwood on Ropes. Anti-Telescope Activists Squeeze Haleakala Project Suicide Activists Admit to Four Counts of Attempted Manslaughter FACE pleased with how a city housing deal has turned out Hawaii’s Greatest Political Dynasty Fired Mililani High Workers Sue DOE For Retaliation Read More..

Thursday, October 4, 2012 October 4, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:23 PM :: 5744 Views Some Key Romney debate points for Hawaii Lingle: Inouye Thinks He Should Decide Who Steps Up in Hawaii Felony Campaign Spending Violations: Second Complaint in a Month Accuses Kaniela Ing FULL TEXT: Reapportionment Plaintiffs File for Summary Judgment 54-37% -- Hirono Pollster Releases Internal Polling Numbers Rail Fail: Oahu Construction Jobs Drop as Sister Isles Job Boom tops Nation Caldwell, Cayetano press each other for transit details Outside Expert to Feds: Honolulu Rail Is Ready UH “Wonder Blunder” hearings available for online viewing One Third of Solar Projects Started by Queue Squatters Schatz: LNG Import Plan Ready by December Hawaii Co Council votes against public lands agency, Maui Next AFSCME Burns Another $56K for Hirono Inouye’s Delusional Statement on Romney-Obama Debate State takeover of Big Isle voting is short-term fix Networks, AP Cancel Exit Polls in Hawaii, 18 Other States CNN teams up with Omidyar Front Group to Look at Hawaii Voter Turnout From reigning to campaigning: Beauty Queen political candidates Mother Marianne Soon to Be ‘Saint’ Kauai Prosecutor Desperately Tries to Avoid Self-Dealing Charges Drug Court Defendant Scams Retired Pastor out of $137K Early study results hint at Minimal effects from cane burns HHSC Plans New Hospital for Kona NORKS: North and South Korea 'on the verge of nuclear war' Read More..

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 October 3, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 5777 Views Voter Registration Deadline: Monday, October 8 Hawaii Survey: Ethics, Honesty, and Corruption in Government are Top Election Issues Lingle: Taiwan Visa Waivers will help Hawaii's Economy Painters' Union Burns $70K to Prop Up Hirono 51% Fail, But Six More DoE Schools Make AYP Rail: Star-Advertiser Editorial Just a Yoshioka Mouthpiece Council Honors Rail Iwi Plaintiff Paulette Kaleikini Cayetano Could Change Ewa Development Plan Hawaii Web Surfers Steal Less Music than Most Hawaii Citrus Quarantined Hirono Received Illegal Pay for Play Donations Legislature should study tax policy, not tax hikes Abercrombie is Moses, Spoke to HMSA in Burning Bush Stacked Poll Still Finds only 62% for Obama in Hawaii Wonder Blunder: Did UH Give $200K to Florida Child Molester? Wonder Blunder Update: Sheriff "surprised" was put on leave Cayetano’s BRT Plan $1.5B, not $1.1B Civil Beat/KITV Mayoral Debate on Wednesday Hawaii's Public Utilities Commission Is Not Really 'Public' Romney Supports Path to Citizenship Ellison plans to experiment on Lanai Medal of Honor Week Hawaiians gear up for Rome for Blessed Marianne Cope's canonization Isles prepare for visitors from Taiwan 1960: Campbell HS Field Soil Dug from Waipahu Cemetery Colorado Man Sues North Dakota Diocese, alleges Hawaii Abuse by Michigan Priest Read More..

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 October 2, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 4996 Views Hawaii State Debt Tops Nation: $83,815 per Private Sector Worker Nago Orders State Takeover of Hawaii County Elections HMSA, Queens, Healthways Take Aim at Chronic Disease Cost-Cutting Hawaii Health Exchange: HMSA Plan Selected by Board HMSA Sits On Medal of Honor Ceremony at MCAS Ewa Field Grassroot Institute Responds to Latest Version of Akaka Bill Hawaii Family Forum Announces Leadership Change Hanabusa 14th Most Partisan in Congress Lingle Campaign Debunks Civil Beat Poll Cook: Lingle Has Been an Exceptionally Good Candidate Poll: Cayetano 51-Caldwell 42 Wonder Blunder: Senate to Core Apple Today Akana Slams OHA Spending on Akaka Bill Coordination? PRP, WBH Attack Cayetano with Same Video Activists: Wonderblunder ‘Just a Warmup’ for 2013 Attack on Military Research at UH Following the Trail of the University of Hawaii's Missing $200,000 - to North Carolina HSTA Mediation Not Fruitful, Asks Supreme Court Order HRLB to Issue Decision PLDC Opponents to Abercrombie: "Delineate actual projects and explain how they would be handled" Act 221 Scammers: Boost Wind, Solar, Biofool Council will vote on a deal to offer 12 affordable complexes to a private company James Pflueger Last Remaining Defendant In Federal Tax Case Kawauchi Describes Impact of Old Boy Media Assault Big Island Residents Given Chance to Comment on Bio Fuel, Rate Hikes DoE Hot Dog Prices Double, Supplier Grabs Monopoly Hawaii Up 8% as Home prices post strongest growth in 6 years Solar energy not among Hawaii’s top three renewable resources Carmel Partners plans to invest $820M real estate fund in more multifamily housing Read More..

Monday, October 1, 2012 October 1, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 5037 Views VIDEO: Hirono Collects $1M Salary, Accomplishes Nothing Pulpit Freedom Sunday: Can the Government Censor Sermons? VIDEO: Kawika Crowley for Congress Pollster off by 20 Points claims Lingle Down by 16 Djou Was Hawaii's Most Moderate Congressman UH regents evaluate Greenwood in secret Senators Push For Unredacted Fact-Finder's Report From University Buffeted by opposition, Navy blinks on solar site Ono: More oversight of Solar Startups Needed Complaint dismissed against prosecutor 10 months ago Eric Ryan Finally Busted UH Manoa Perfesser Demands Affirmative Action Quota for Illegals in Hawaii 100 Gather to Plan Amnesty for 2,380 Hawaii Illegals Waikiki 20/20 Conference Sales of electric vehicles stall Read More..