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Friday, November 30, 2012 November 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 5169 Views Hawaii: One Third of Young Adults Live With Mom Matson to Hike Container Fees $225 Health Insurance: Hawaii 2nd Most Monopolized Governor Releases $3.7 Million for Hilo Medical Center HSTA ‘Work to Rule’ Protests Statewide State expects reapportionment lawsuit to end in U.S. Supreme Court Star-Adv Admits Romy Cachola is a Problem for Mail-In Voting Scheme Borreca Admits Pat Nakamoto is Dwayne Yoshina’s GF and they Were Working on Campaign Is The City Being Transparent About The Rail Project Archeological Survey? Council Votes 8-1 to Accept Rail Money With Rail Won, Reporter Returns to Kenoi Administration Hawaii Gas CEO Outlines Three-Step Plan to Save $2B EPA $2B Demand May force Combined Cycle Turbines Greenhouse Gas Games: Solar, Wind Scammers Enlist DoH to block competition Solar Scammers Push to End City Inspections So the can get away with anything VIDEO: Public supports Hu Honua at PUC hearing Taxing the Tax: Hawaii Nonprofits Squeezed by Itemization Caps Obama Admin: Failure to Extend Bush Tax Cuts Would Siphon $1B out of Hawaii Lawsuit filed over Jones Act Public Land Development Corp. the subject at Paia meeting Norks Prepare Another Missile Launch Anti-Military Fearmongers May Have Opportunity in Dec 12 DU Hearing Detail-rich film dissects Pearl's day of 'Infamy' Read More..

Thursday, November 29, 2012 November 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 4343 Views DOE Releases Two-Year Race to the Top Performance Report, Okabe Complains Leeward HSTA Proposes 'Quality Teacher in Every Classroom Act' Abercrombie's Experts Announce 'Expectations' for Children's Behavior Hawaii Most Expensive Homes in Nation Hawaii: One Third of Young Adults Live With Mom Hawaii Hospitals Ranked: Only Queens is Grade 'A' State Auditor Marion Higa to retire at end of year Iwase Proposes Commission to Enact $17B in Tax Hikes Fiscal Cliff: UH Suddenly Has to Pay DoD $200K/year for Biosafety Lab Lease Fiscal Cliff: Marines to Cut Force by 20,000 Star-Adv Joins Call to Change Regents Selection Process Calvin Say: PLDC Was a Senate Idea, I Will Consider Repeal PLDC: Abercrombie Tries to Co-opt ‘Usual Suspects’ Student Transportation Consultant To Brief Ed Board on Secret Report Hawaii Ethics Commission: Charter School Workers Are State Employees Blame the Victim: DoE Finger Pointing Begins over Farrington Roof Collapse Kalaeloa Solar Farm Sold Hawaii’s two largest banks increase their market share HI moves toward state health insurance exchange Disparity for Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders with HIV/AIDS Project to transcribe Hawaiian language newspapers finishes up Witness in case against officer held after arrest on drug charges Read More..

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 November 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 4227 Views Election 'Fiasco': Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Threatened VIDEO: Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Oahu, Hilo Teachers Protest Honolulu Council Rail Vote Thursday JSC Nominates Six for Oahu Family Court Hawaiian Electric Seeks Public Comment on ‘Integrated Resource Planning’ Governor Releases $44 Million for Projects Statewide Obituary: Richard A Coons Shapiro: Criticism of the UH regents cast by problem's architects Kauai: Judge Dismisses Rapozo Indictment Church denies auditorium improvements impacted collapse Star-Adv: Community Should Play Turtle Bay Against Other Developers Hawaii County installs 1000 LED streetlights Solar Tops Agenda At HECO Hearing Biomass producer Big Island Carbon files Chapter 7 bankruptcy PUC Rejects Complaint vs Smart Meters Restore ‘warm line’ as adjunct to ACCESS crisis line Agent labeled as aggressor in shooting Council committee votes to prohibit puffing on tobacco at four Waikiki spots and at Sandy Beach Read More..

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 November 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 6642 Views Abercrombie: Nago's Incompetence Gives Me Excuse to Push for 100% Vote-by-Mail Elections Matson Fires Shot Across Consumers’ Bow $1536: Hawaii Average Mortgage Payments Second in Nation Watchdog Report: Humane Society of the United States Shortchanges Hawaii Pet Shelters Animal Liberation Nuts: Aquarium Trade a 'Dark Hobby', Aila Must Go CNHA Pushes for Legislature, Feds to Dominate DHHL Hawaii Supports Operation Outreach Afghanistan Panicked, Desperate Doomed Nago fires Tomczyk Judge dismisses Hilo Election Boss’ defamation lawsuit Chaos:  Abercrombie Budget Assumes no Federal Budget Cuts DoE Stops Blaming Rain for Roof Collapse, Orders $1M for Inspections Systemwide Aiea High School teachers protest no contract Say, Oshiro Slipped PLDC Thru House People still going to former HMC West ER a year after it was closed Obama Cuts Hawaii Tsunami Warning Buoys 16% Personal income in Hawaii rose 9 percent from 2009 to 2011 Prosecutors: Federal Agent Fired Fatal Shot After A Night Of "Bar Hopping" Lilly: University of Hawaii Should Seek Counsel from Attorney General, Not Private or In-House Attorneys Upcoming public hearing for new Oahu aquarium collecting rules Jerry Brown on Solar: There’ll be indictments, bankruptcies, and deaths Turtle Bay eyes expansion in 2014 Read More..

Monday, November 26, 2012 November 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:55 PM :: 4418 Views California Voters Reject GMO Labeling Scheme Collapsed Farrington Roof Had Just Been Inspected ‘Green’ Energy Scammers ask Feds to Block Natural Gas Project Natural Gas Vehicles Save 50% on Fuel Kauai 17,500 Smart Meters Installed Abercrombie to Propose All Mail-in Elections 4 jump from state Capitol to City Hall Kauai Prosecutor Kollar Hires Kevin Takata Audit: Many DoE employees working among children lack proper clearance ‘Connections’ First Contested Case before Ethics Commission in Years Hawaii Vets Have A Long Wait For A Decision On Their Disability Claims Hawaii Has 743 Different Data Systems, Some 30 Years Old Hawaiian Airlines: Something Isn’t Working $5M in rail funds will buy artwork for transit depots 263 Water Main Breaks so far in 2012 Read More..

Monday, November 26, 2012 Letters to the Editor, November, 2012 By Letters to the Editor @ 1:17 PM :: 13786 Views Nanakuli: The truth about the pim “OHA Under Attack from Out of State” is an Irresponsible Claim Read More..

Sunday, November 25, 2012 November 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:03 PM :: 4571 Views Sen Josh Green: Doctors Need Florida Pill Mill Company to Survive Financially Ernie Martin: Cancel Nanakuli Park to Make Way for PVT Landfill “OHA Under Attack from Out of State” is an Irresponsible Claim Going Over the Cliff Will Mean Tax Increases Johanson is Big Winner in Coalition Progressives Whine About Dissident-GOP Alliance Josh Green --  Pill Mill Money too Hot to Handle, Gives it Away Hooser: Apologize for Corrupt PLDC, then Complete Repeal DOE: Give us the Money or No Computers for Kids City Council schedules meeting to approve rail grant Mitch Roth: First New Elected Prosecutor in a Generation Homosexuals Prey on Waikiki Street Kids New Hope Church moves out of auditorium it helped to fix Kauai Council mulls 500% increase to minimum Property Tax ‘Connections’—Charter School Employee gets Hearing Tuesday  Matson to Burn $400M on Jones Act Ships Read More..

Saturday, November 24, 2012 November 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 PM :: 4807 Views Oshiro: "My intention at this time is to stay in the House" PLDC: Abercrombie Capitulates to Protesters Success for Hawaii Family Advocates Hawaii County Vote is Referendum on Eradication Ernie Martin: Cancel Nanakuli Park to Make Way for PVT Landfill Lawyer: Kauai Prosecutor Forged Indictment against Rapozo PLDC Board Cancels Meetings as Abercrombie Huddles with Protesters Gabbard: Death to Whitey Number of Veterans in Congress Drops from 400 to 100 Plans to Shut School and Reopen Big Island Prison Moving Forward Lawyer Organizing Arizona Prisoners Claims CCA Will Lock Him Up if He goes to Saguaro Deferred Maintenance: Farrington HS Auditorium Roof Collapses for No Particular Reason HPU plan worth consideration Luddites Target Monsanto Water Supply Dive Industry, Eco Lawyers: Any Science Which Allows Reef Collecting is Bad Science  Read More..

Friday, November 23, 2012 November 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 5453 Views UH Community Colleges recognized for ‘Achieving the Dream’ Work to Rule Protests Spread to 25 Schools—Okabe Rejects Three Negotiation Dates Proposed by Abercrombie Marumoto to Pen Tell-All about Legislature? Boylan: None of the Candidates We Elected are Any Good Kim Committee Goes After Torkildson, Telescope PR Firm Nago’s Incompetence is Borreca’s Latest Excuse for Vote-by Mail Scaled-back tower plans welcome Kauai Council Factions Line Up Potheads Thrilled as DEA Abandons Hilo Office Another Alleged Homosexual Child Rapist Arraigned Hilo Begs for Money to Hire Doctors as Fiscal Cliff, Obamacare Wipe out Funds Read More..

Thursday, November 22, 2012 November 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:29 PM :: 7197 Views The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom Greenwood: I’ve Been too Busy to Read Senate Accountability Report NOAA announces rules to protect false killer whales off Hawaii Art: Profitable Nonprofits Generate $159M Calling all Cronies: OHA Announces December Cash Giveaways Five Year Plan: Hawaii County Energy Sustainability Program Marcus Oshiro to Quit House, Join Caldwell Admin? Carpenter: “Screw it, Dissidents Should Resign” Souki, Johanson Outline Priorities Desperate, Flailing Josh Green Decides to Make His Support for Pill Pushers Illegal Again Kauai County Moves to Quash Subpoenas, Seitz Claims no Arrest Attempt on Mayor Counties vary in ethics infrastructure Double dipping at charter school? KHON Looks at The Bus HPU seeks to take over Aloha Tower redevelopment UH Supercomputer Air Force Re-writes Bid Rules Feds ask judge to dismiss American Samoa citizenship lawsuit Drunken Attempted Killer on Leave from Looney Bin Gets Drunk Again Transsexual Murder: Kaimuki Student Faces Trail for Killing Hawaii Author Releases Book With Liberty University Read More..

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 November 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:57 PM :: 5367 Views Joe Souki teams up with Republicans, Has Votes to be New House Speaker Election Commission to Evaluate Performance of Scott Nago For Hawaii, Fiscal Cliff Means Automatic State Tax Hikes, Massive Defense Layoffs Lingle: Not Done Fighting PLDC Creator Donovan Dela Cruz Suddenly Open to Abolishing Agency Mainland Gay Activists Take Aim at Hawaii Secret School Bus Study to Be Released December 4 Federal Government to Spend $1.5 Billion on Hawaii Rail Project Currently in Litigation TOD Includes Special Taxes Biofuel Contract $200/Barrel Racial appeal to Japanese from Caldwell was improper, disrespectful Legislature, Ethics Commission at odds PRP Hawaii/Hawaii Carpenters Union Files Motion to Move Libel Case Filed by Cayetano to Federal Court TV Stations Made Millions from Campaigns Kakaako: Rental vs Ownership? Kahuku: Rental vs Ownership? Fatal injuries rank high, especially for young people, a study finds Foreign Students: UH Tuition Increase Kills Economic Opportunity Jones Act Fail: Military Shuts Out US Owned Ships Maui Time Editor Arrested wile Filming Traffic Stops Hawaii ERS seeks private equity consultant, global custodian Read More..

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 November 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:38 PM :: 5253 Views DoE Receives School Bus Report, Keeps it Secret Bankers Pleased by Abercrombie's Tax Hikes, Buy $866M Bonds Lawyer: New DoTax Solar Tax Credit Rules are Retroactive Kawailoa Windfarm Begins Operation Hawaii County Police earn accreditation from national agency Hawaii Charter Schools Seek Board Nominees Hawaii Construction on the Rise? HGEA, UPW Contracts Expire June 30, Allow Campaigning on County, State Time, Facilities Star-Adv: Repeal lawmaker ethics loophole Report: Kauai Mayors Have been Siphoning Gas for Decades Seitz: Kauai Mayor Victim of ‘Personal Animosities at Local Level’ Borreca: Fiscal Cliff OK, Abercrombie Will Pay for What Inouye Cannot Carlisle: $1.55B is on Track, Get Out of the Way Slom: My Opposition to PLDC and TOD has not Changed Solar Tax Credits: A Constituency of Dependency OHA for Everyone Film Office: Pornos Not Eligible for Tax Credits Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants Fiscal Health of States Shows Growing Divergence JPAC's accounting for MIAs both essential and obligatory Read More..

Monday, November 19, 2012 November 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 5828 Views Feds Notify Congress of Intent to Sign Full Funding Agreement for Honolulu Rail Pierre Omidyar: The Secret Empire of a Resort Developer Greenwood Threatened to Expose Abercrombie, Say, Tsutusi: ‘Serious Violation of Multiple Laws’ Kim Committee to Demand 'Special Master' to Oversee Greenwood? Fitch: Corruption, Inability to Sell Ansaldo Produce Negative Outlook for Rail Contractor's Parent Company Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted November 19 Joni’s Jones Act Plea Lahaina: Is Halloween a Land Use Issue? DataHouse Announces New President Abercrombie to Propose Increased Minimum Wage? National Solar Expert: Hawaii Should Get Rid of State Tax Credits Hawaii tax revenue increases 11%, Money Given to Solar Scammers After First Wind Farm Burns Down, Company Opens Another Lind: Kondo Should Go After Josh Green Hawaii Teachers Can't Strike, But They Can Do Only The Minimum Geothermal on Hualalai? State Decides to Nickel and Dime Tourism Tally of foreigners attending UH plummets as Tuition Increases Sale of Galbraith land on Oahu to state of Hawaii to close by year's end Kid Escapes Hawaii, Becomes Successful Tech Entrepreneur Read More..

Sunday, November 18, 2012 November 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 6439 Views Growing Focus on Taxing Pension Income Clayton Hee Wrote Act 208 to Enable Sen Green Help to Pill Pushers Prosecutor: DoE Negligence in Abuse of Puna Girl Led to Multi-Million Dollar Sealed Settlement Star-Adv: Greenwood Wins, Time to learn from UH mess and move on Lawsuit: Anti-Superferry Protesters to Challenge Constitutionality of Act 55 Rail TOD Will Drive Oahu Population to 1.2M HECO: Hordes of Solar Scammers May Crash Grid Before Dec 31 Tax Credit Cutoff Kahuku Wind Farm Faces Long Recovery After Fire Mililani Trask, Act 221 Scammers Grab for Geothermal Sandwich Profits Maui County looking to cut solid waste, convert it to energy Upgrading HECO Plants to Combined Cycle Could Cut Energy Consumption in Half Demographics: Fukumoto -- Youth are More Open Minded Demographics: OHA Cronies Panic over Kelii Akina Campaign Overrun by Aggressive Naked Homosexuals, San Francisco May Limit Genital Exposure to ‘Fairs and Parades’ Tulsi Still Unable to ‘Out’ Mike Gabbard as ‘Hindu’ Read More..

Saturday, November 17, 2012 November 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 5478 Views Hawaii Guard soldiers ready to assist, advise Afghan forces Video: South Park Ridicules Kauai Malihini HSTA Protest Video: "Abercrombie Proposal Offers Little Hope" HFA: Gay Marriage, Assisted Suicide on 2013 Legislative Agenda Voters issue a powerful mandate for hunting, fishing and gathering on Hawaii island Maui Case Tests Conflicts Between Zoning and Planning Governor Selects New Policy Director, Communications Deputy Director Study: Hawaii Avoids Overprescription of Antibiotics Full Text: UH Wonder Blunder Report Greenwood Launches Listening Tour Hawaii Open Data Portal Launched Stole $5000 Gasoline? Warrant Not Issued for Arrest of Kauai County Mayor Hypocrite Carpenter Warns Speaker Candidates Against Republicans WASC Defends Greenwood, says Legislators Crossed Line Developers council could help spur transit-oriented development along Honolulu rail route DoE, Profitable Nonprofits Expect Abercrombie to make up for $32M Fiscal Cliff Losses Gabbard, Duda Conspire to Keep Tax Credits Flowing to Solar Scammers Hawaii, 22 other states proceeding on health law Labor Dept. investigates theft from Carpenters Union Another DoE Child Molester: Former Iao teacher gets 20 years Caldwell Hiring Russia? Hanabusa, Hirono Suddenly Develop an Interest in Free Trade Jamae Kawauchi appears to be out as Hawaii County Clerk State official: Piilani Promenade Plan ‘clearly different’ from one proposed Barking Sands to Become Satellite Launch Site? H-1 Paving Will Prepare PM Zipper Lanes Not a Single Illness Has Ever Been Reported After Consumption of GM Food Read More..

Friday, November 16, 2012 November 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 5242 Views As Legislative Session Looms, Greenwood Wins Backing of BoR Census Bureau: Hawaii 7th Highest Poverty Rate in US Hawai‘i Health Connector Submits Blueprint Application DBEDT Releases Quarterly Economic Forecast Workshops: Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process Dr. Panos Prevedouros Honored by Honolulu City Council Wounded Warrior and Kaimuki Grad to Speak at Navy League Luncheon Act 208 Gives legislators carte blanche to use their positions to give unwarranted benefits to themselves, friends, or supporters Concert probe unable to Blame Rich Sheriff for approving ticket sales Did free tickets undermine independent review? HSTA: Abercrombie Contract Proposal Dismal, Disappointing League of Women Voters of Hawaii Urges Legislative Action To Protect Citizens’ Right to Vote in Hawaii Kauai County Will Support Accused Gas Thieving Employee 100% Maui Prison Guard Used Inmates as Slaves in Landscaping Business? City planning 63 land buys along rail line in fiscal 2014 Developers say TOD needs state help Interview Cliff Slater Mental Health Non-Profits, HGEA Sense Job Opportunities in Homelessness State plugging into solar schools Death By Electrocution Costs Honolulu $550K More Profitable Discussions of Natatorium Self-Appointed Activists Seek Planning Power Smoking Ban: Six Years, 1000 Complaints, 5 citations Rubio: Make it so Less People Need Government Benefits Read More..

Thursday, November 15, 2012 November 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 6354 Views Hundreds Turn Out for NRA President in Hawaii Abercrombie Rushes to Negotiating Table as HSTA Protest Looms DoE Releases School by School Enrollment Figures Honolulu Council Calls for Investigation of Election Obama Nominates Environmental Lawyer to Rule Over Hawaii Inouye hospitalized after fall Fiscal Cliff: $3453 Tax Increase for Average Hawaii Family Donovan to Interview for AD Position at Cal State Fullerton Japanese Magazine Fight Gets Nasty in Hawaii Election Sabotage: Nago calls Marston a Liar Inouye Angered by Leak Attacking His Pick Greenwood Financial consultant: "Baffling" UH errors in Wonder scam Civil Rights Complaints Filed Over Botched Election SA: PLDC Should Wait on Legislature Before Making Rules Hawaii 7th Highest Poverty Rate in Nation HART: Iwi Finds ‘Overwhelming’—Changes Needed Horse, Three bodies, Skull Hilo Old Boys Grab Control of Hawaii Co Council EPA Regs to Soak Big Island Ratepayers for Another $8M/year Former Councilman Rod Tam fined for misuse of city funds Ethics Commission found that Tatsuyama gave preferential treatment for Son’s Scouting event Half-Way Houses for Felons: Return to the Heyday Wind power causes more pollution, not less Read More..

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 November 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 7146 Views Hanalei vs Omidyar: Update Wind on the Wane: An Update on Recent Wind Project News Charity Wraps Up Successful Listening Tour in Yap Video: IDF Pinpoint Strike on Ahmed Jabari, Head of Hamas Military Wing Developer’s Own News Site Says it Looks bad Caldwell has much to do if he is 'to build rail better' Sierra Club Earth Justice Claim it is Illegal for State to Reduce Corporate Welfare Handouts to Solar Wind Scammers Elections panel will address ballot shortage at meeting New Bishop Estate Scandal Needed to Displace Democrats Greenwood asked UH Regents for $2 million payout in demand letter that was withdrawn Ruling to allow UH to proceed with telescope UH Athletics Advisory Committee Members Forced To Report Finances PLDC Hot Potato: Democrats Ask Sam Slom to Serve as Dela Cruz’ Committee Vice Chair Farm Bureau, Building Trades Back PLDC OHA Opposes PLDC OHA Cronies Grab for Business in Saipan, Guam, Samoa Lanai COO's task to diversify isle economy offers hint to Ellison’s plans Maui issues RFP for county waste-to-energy project Rep.-elect Lauren Cheape's path to victory Proposed smoking ban in parks sparks controversy Organic Buyers: Smug or Stupid? Soft on Crime: Pimp Out on Early Release Gets 10 years JPAC Cost $500M a Year Read More..

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 November 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 6668 Views Hanalei vs Omidyar: 6PM Tonight VIDEO: NRA President speaks in Hilo Milner: Why PRP’s Mayoral Campaign Is the Wave of the Future Gay Marriage Led to Defeat of Marilyn Lee, Jake Bradshaw Mainland Homosexuals, Billionaires Announce Plan to Impose Gay Marriage on Hawaii Suicide Squad Admits to Four Counts of Conspiracy to Commit Manslaughter Republicans are wild cards in forming House coalitions Progressives Chatter About Say vs Souki Akaka To Push for Akaka Bill in Lame Duck Session Conklin: For Opponents of Akaka Bill, Silver Lining in Election Clouds Hawaii Teachers Union Ramps Up Protests Amid Contract Stalemate Homeless Shelters reportedly take in more kids, seniors Liquid natural gas can be good option US Chamber Lost 13 of 15 Senate Races DLNR Shuts Down all Kayak Rentals at Kealakekua Bay Rand Paul: Path to Citizenship for Illegals Read More..

Monday, November 12, 2012 November 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 5082 Views HEMIC CEO: Pill Mills Running up Costs Election Sabotage: Is Jamae Kawauchi Kevin Cronin? Lawsuit: Kahuku Windfarm May Never Get its Turbines Repaired Employment Opportunities with the Hawaii State Legislature VETERANS DAY Chickens coming home to roost for solar companies abusing tax credits Green Energy Scammers Coalesce Around Gabbard Will ‘Big Wind’ mean a ‘Small Return’? Don’t fear fiscal cliff, says Democrat Hawaii County Council Ran on Taxpayer Funds Makeover will bring Bellows in line with a change in mission from Afghanistan to the Asian region Elmo puppeteer accused as Homosexual Child Molester 70,000 pieces of plastic collected, documented Dive Industry, Eco-Faddists, Animal Liberation Nuts Make up Numbers to Attack Aquarium Collectors Read More..

Sunday, November 11, 2012 November 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:50 PM :: 9003 Views Hawaii Veterans Day Events 2012 Abercrombie Admin: HSTA Position 'Fundamentally Flawed' HSTA Launches 'Work to Rule' Protest Kauai Chief: Valenciano's Decision Likely to be Appealed and Overturned General Excise Tax Needs a Few Tweaks Akaku, Olelo to Broadcast PLDC Hearing Live Oxycontin Contributions: Josh Green Helps Pill Mills Loot Honolulu County Funds Dividing the Loot: Gabbard, Solar Scammers, State hold Secret Meetings HSTA petition 'flawed,' state says Abandoned Callers on HGEA, State DoH Horrendous Suicide Line Train Wreck Non-Profit Sector Outlines Legislative Agenda State Violated Law By Urging "Yes" Vote On Ballot Measure Hawaii Co Prosecutor’s Office to hire six victims’ advocates Diving Industry Renews Attack on Aquarium Collectors Connections charter school faces more delays Hawaii delegation leads Congress in its diversity Read More..

Saturday, November 10, 2012 November 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 5799 Views House Republican Caucus Elects Johanson, Fukumoto Larry Flynt: Porn Industry "Will Start Shooting in Hawaii" HELCO Files 50MW Geothermal RFP Maui TEA Party Veterans Day Picnic Hawaii Family Forum: Redouble Voter Registration Effort Hawaii Investors Given Priority Access to Tax-Exempt State Bonds Say 22, Souki 21 Ing: Sick of Say, Sends ‘Horrible Message’ Interview with HD26 Candidate Tiffany Au Solar Credits: Abercrombie, Oshiro vs Henkin, Blue Planet Work to Rule: Campbell High teachers plan protest Gay Agenda for Homelessness Star-Adv: Other Officials Must Take the Reins from Scott Nago Announcement of Polls Helped Run Up the Score UH regents to start evaluating Greenwood and her contract Millions in athletic funds detailed after open-records request TAT: Kauai Mayor Carvalho does not support repeal of Act 55 Manahan to Get Head Start on Council Honolulu City Council will consider a bill Wednesday that aims to cut down on light pollution Molestation case filed against Damien Memorial School under Hawaii’s new open-window law County of Kauai's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Priorities Survey California Voters too Intelligent for Anti-GMO Fraudsters Australia to Buy Nuclear Subs? Read More..

Friday, November 9, 2012 November 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 5261 Views Full Text: New DoTax Rules on Solar Tax Credits FULL TEXT: Fraud Indictment for Stevie Wonder Concert Full Text: 2012 Hawaii Career Ready Study Spirit of LIFE 20th Anniversary 2012 Gala Celebration NRA President to Speak in Hawaii 'Green' Energy: Hawaiian Electric, ASB Rake in the Bucks Non-Candidate Committees 35% of Total Election Ads Next PLDC Hearing Tues 10:30AM Rail Spending Peaks next year, Only a Fraction of Jobs Materialize Incompetent Hawaii Election Officials Failed to Deliver Absentee Ballots Wonder Blunder exposed much that is wrong at UH Ward: We Were Right, Lingle Was Wrong Time Running Out for TMT Telescope Ruling in trade dispute brings refunds to solar companies Caregiver’s certification revoked after death Hawaii targeted for Commune Hotels & Resorts expansion Galbraith Estate to be Site of Next Ag Park Obama 2012 = Bush 2004? Read More..

Thursday, November 8, 2012 November 8, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 5684 Views Senate Dems Announce 2013 Leadership Hawaii GOP: Reason to be Optimistic Nonaka: A Good Night for the Kahua Group Jones Act Shipbuilding Burdens Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and Puerto Rico PDF: View General Election 2012- Final Results on Scribd "A much higher proportion of infrequent voters went out and voted" The Road to Party Realignment 120,000 Join in Kids Vote Hawaii,Djou Wins 63-37 District by District Where They Won Mormon HD47 Precincts Go to Lingle, Romney, Fale, Meyer Say, Souki Battle for Speaker 22-22 Federal criminal indictment expected in Wonder blunder University of Hawaii Coaches Get Extra Cash, "Courtesy Cars" Inouye sends regents letter of support for UH president UH regents approve Donovan deal, but mum on Greenwood Rail: Iwi Discovered at 5th Site Election ends but fight over rail continues Tourism Industry Dreams of Free Trade 1st Hindu in United States Congress Elected and Hails from Hawaii Suicide High Among Hawaii Elderly Elder Abuse? Care Home License Revoked Non-Profit not Profitable any more--County terminates outstanding WMSA grant With Federal Funds, Swinging Bridge Back up to $5M Read More..

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 November 7, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 5201 Views Hawaii Election Results for State, County, and Federal Races Four Hours No Ballots--Green Party Threatens Lawsuit Borreca, Boylan and the New McCarthyism Charles Djou Thanks his Supporters Lingle: What I Plan to do Next VIDEO: Ratepayers Revolt Best Invention of 2012: Time Magazine Recognizes Kona Kampachi VIDEO: Red-Faced Abercrombie Bickers With Protesters on Stage at Democrats Grand Rally in Hilo Hawaii Voter Turnout Drops Even Lower House: Say, Dissidents Tussle over Power Old Boy Caldwell Winning Elections ‘Not Good for Democracy’ Star-Adv: Avert the Fiscal Cliff State Election Results: County Election Results: Federal Election Results: Former Miss Hawaii 2011 Lauren Cheape elected to Hawaii House of Representatives Roth Beats Ashida Big Island Voters Approve 5 of 6 Charter Amendments Past and Pseudo-Future Clash at Pearl Harbor 850 Hawaii Doctors to get more pay from Medicaid, Specialists Excluded Hawaiian’s revenues come under pressure from every region across its network Read More..

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 November 6, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 4994 Views Election Day TODAY -- Find Your Polling Place, Sample Ballot VIDEO: Red-Faced Abercrombie Bickers With Protesters on Stage at Democrats Grand Rally in Hilo VIDEO: Ratepayers Revolt Solar Photovoltaic Lease is Worse Than a Barrel of Oil The Price of paradise for Hawaii’s low-income families Hawaii Republican Party Victory Centers Open All Day Tuesday Ohio: Obama Ends Campaign in Half-Empty Arena CBS releases even more unseen footage from Obama interview after Benghazi attack... What time do polls close? 2012 poll closing times by state (map) Hawaii General Election Results Will Be Posted >>> HERE Election participation is not expected to rise in Hawaii Hirono Backed by Movie Moguls Seeking Tax Credits Caldwell raises $76,000 and Cayetano $74,000 in final days State runs Big Island polls after Sabotaging primary problems Kauai Police Chief Will Appeal Ruling Allowing Mayor to Override Police Commission Authority Kauai Prosecutor gave out $143K in pay raises since Aug. 1 Ethics complaint filed against Kauai county attorney by Supporters of Prosecutor Solar, Wind Scammers Use Phony anti-Fracking Rhetoric to Block Hawaii LNG Imports Read More..

Monday, November 5, 2012 November 5, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 5607 Views Election Day Tuesday Nov 6 -- Find Your Polling Place, Sample Ballot House Candidate Kaniela Ing: “I don’t Support Osama bin-Laden” Djou: Our Polls Show us Ahead Djou: We’re on the Verge of Winning, Hanabusa Launches Negative Ads Akina: Seven Myths About OHA Voting HD47: Fale Responds to Save Oahu Coalition Hawaii Republican Party Victory Centers Open All Day Tuesday Registration Drive Nets 600 New Voters in Laie President Romney for Hawaii Aiona Best Anti-Rail Option for CD6 Carlisle: My Fiscal House is in Order, Cayetano Will Destroy It Geothermal at Center of Big Island Mayoral Race Geothermal developers take Aim at Apoliona: Back Cal Lee, Hulu Lindsey, Robert Lindsey Seen as Too Political: JSC Attempting to ‘Demystify’ Judicial Selection Process Star-Adv: We Agree With Citizens United Majority, Transparency Needed 17 Fil-Ams running for nat’l, state positions CNN Focuses International Effort on 6 Typical Hawaii Progressives, Gets only 3 to Vote Gas Co Slaps Down Objections from Solar, Wind Scammers Act221: Legislature Should Spend 1000 Days Investigating Itself Permanent Absentee Program Causes Voters who moved not to Receive Absentee Ballots Read More..

Sunday, November 4, 2012 November 4, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 6350 Views Election Day Tuesday Nov 6 -- Find Your Polling Place, Sample Ballot PRP: Fukunaga Running to Continue Act 221 Tax Credit Scams Giving Judges a Chance to Double Dip Djou Releases Final TV Ad Former Pearl Harbor Official Endorses Lingle Lingle Camp: Race in Dead Heat, Hirono Panics Majority PAC Ad Plagiarizes Lingle Ads and Deceives Voters Abercrombie: I don’t Want to Preserve Ag Land, I want to Use it Kim: Greenwood Cleverly Twisted, Shapiro Cynical Half-Truths Democrats Scramble to Save Hirono as GOP Aims for 56-44 Senate Majority Low Voter Turnout Tied to Unappealing Candidates Mayoral Race: Most Voters Decided Long Time Ago Connection to community key in race for District 11 Parents say high school is needed in Kihei Mulvihill vs Baker in Maui Senate Race Mele Carroll: Everybody Thinks I voted for Act 55, But I didn’t Show Up to Vote Early Voting Boosts Importance of Doorknocking Isle Guard brings aloha to Afghans Patients pack Insane Asylum After budget cuts Panos: EPA and Caldwell Are Costing Honolulu $4.5 Billion for Sewers We win in lawsuit: FTA/City guilty on three counts, not guilty on 20 Election lawsuits going to court Read More..

Saturday, November 3, 2012 November 3, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 5308 Views OHA for Everyone Honolulu Rail: Set Phasers On Stun Hirono's Only Education Accomplishment, Siding With Union Bosses Hirono, HSTA Celebrate Three Years of Furloughs Case: If PRP Wins, Negative Will be the New Normal UHERO: Renewable Energy Tax Credit is Significant Weight on State Budget UHERO Deploys Latest Excuses For Big Wind, Big Cable Obama: Vote for Revenge Romney: Vote for Love of Country Complete Rundown of Legislative Races Calles: Ruling Doesn’t do a Whole Lot to Stop Rail Ansaldo finishing phase one design work -- HART will get presentation on rail cars later this month Civil Beat Poll - Full Questionnaire and Results Mrs Abercrombie Gives $3000 to Cayetano PRP Hawaii Aims to Elect All Pro-Rail Honolulu City Council PRP Cash Slipping Through the Cracks? Kauai Ruling stuns police panel, prosecutor Teachers Union Launches Website for New Contract 2 workplace violence complaints at HPD's training academy Lawsuit: Lawyers Conspire With KoOlina Developers to Shortchange Homeowners Hawaii’s 11,466 Missing Voters Solar Scammers Turn $2.69M Cash into $1M in Subprime Loans After Dumping Pie-In-The-Sky Windfarm Scheme, Ellison Boosts Lanai Tourism LUC revisiting approvals for malls, hears testimony Read More..

Friday, November 2, 2012 November 2, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 5550 Views Fed Court: City Failed To Consider Alternatives To Rail General Contractors Association of Hawaii Endorses Lingle Caldwell Caught with His Hand in “Pay to Play” Cash Register Ohana Health receives contract to provide behavioral health services in Hawaii HD5 Bateman Releases Final Radio Commercial Governor Selects Louise Kim McCoy as Communications Director Stop Rail Permanent Injunction Hearing December 12 Star-Adv: HSTA Chose Furlough Days Honolulu Co Clerk: Voter Fraud Could Happen Top Rail Project Consultants Give Maximum To Caldwell's Mayoral Campaign HSTA Strategy Plays to Abercrombie’s Bull-Headedness SB: Hirono Needed to Save Obamacare, Cut Military, Raise taxes Poll: Obama Losing Ground in Hawaii Fontaine has proven record of service to South Maui State panel fines Ing $375 for campaign spending violations Mizuno Flips Out, Starts Ranting About Bigots, Haters Slom Endorses Akina Regents to cover UH president's job, deal with Donovan, One Regent Quitting Wind Study ‘Latest Optimistic Assessment” Of Billion Dollar Scam Britain to Halt Onshore Wind Projects: 'Wind Farm Impacts May Be Worse Than Climate Change' Gore Cult: OHA Should not be Allowed to Develop Kakaako Because of ‘Rising Sea Levels’ HMSA seeks 1.2% rate hike Democrats Target Fontaine, Ching Fund Race Yoshimura, Fukunaga, Aiona State Senate Incumbents Outspend Challengers Radio Australia Looks at Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, NMI Elections Vote Confirms Brainwashing Effective on 89.1% of UH Manoa Students How Can Hawaii’s Most Senior Active Statesman Make So Many Misstatements? Guam 24-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Signed into Law Hawaii Democrat poised to be elected first Hindu in Congress Marten says of McKelvey: Should do will of the people Undaunted by work needed to beat Victorino, Blackburn says Read More..

Thursday, November 1, 2012 November 1, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:49 PM :: 5475 Views Civil Beat Poll -- 56% Democrats Hawaii Adjusted Income Lowest in USA 3rd in Nation: Hawaii Pays $1436 per Household for Gov't Pensions Hurricane Sandy, Tsunami Scare Expose State Catastrophe Debts Grand Theft Aina: Sierra Club Launches PLDC Repeal Drive Hawaii Accounts for Nearly 3% of US Electric Car Sales Hawaii County Releases Absentee Voting Totals Abercrombie: PRP Causes Public to See Politicians as Sordid Criminals Poll Shows Djou Gains 3% over 2010--Pollster Admits 8% Skew Towards Hanabusa Prosecutor Kaneshiro's Campaign Gets Help From 82-Year-Old Felon Colleen Meyer Prepares to Defeat Clayton Hee on N Shore, Windward Beth Fukumoto Prepares to Defeat Marilyn Lee in Mililani Congresswoman Pat Saiki Endorses Tiffany Au for State House District 26 Ballot Question: Senior Judges Provide Great Opportunity for Politicized Decisions Slom: Two Noes on Honolulu Charter Amendments Secrecy Shrouds Abercrombie Tower DoE to Provide Big Payoff for Solar Leasing Scammers UHERO Claims Wind Farms Good for State’s Economy 12 Cultural Practitioners Observe Rail Excavations Suit against PRP might expose secret donors Tulsi Gabbard Looks Forward to Taking Oath on the Bhagwad Gita Democrat Operative Nikki Love Quitting Common Cause PLDC Still Does Not Commit to Follow Laws HMSA, Kaiser to raise premiums Geothermal Plant Pushes Back Against Luddites Star-Adv Daily Circulation Up 6% Read More..