Entries for November 2021

1. Slightly Lower Vaccination Numbers After State DOH Tech Upgrade
2. State Completes implementation of new electronic time and leave system
3. October, 2021 Visitor Spending Down 15.3% from 2019
4. Convicted Cop In Kealoha Case Gets His Job Back In Arbitration--With Back Pay
5. Blindspots in network of child protections probed in wake of Isabella Kalua murder
6. Lehua and Isaac Kalua plead not guilty to murder, other charges in death of adopted daughter
7. Hilo couple faces felony child abuse charges
8. UPW Overtime Games Cause unsafe conditions:  Senator makes surprise prison inspection
9. Legislative push-back could follow “gut and replace” ruling
10. Hawaii officials advise all users of Navy’s water system to avoid using water for drinking, cooking, or oral hygiene
11. After 18 months, Puuhonua o Waianae completes first house
12. Hawaii County Cost of Government Commission to convene

Illegal Fireworks Profit ILWU Stevedores

1. Illegal Fireworks Profit ILWU Stevedores
2. Major Stephen Gerona Oversaw HPD Inaction on Isabella Kalua Case --  Accused of Sex Harassment Against Male
3. Political Corruption: What the Honolulu Council Isn’t Doing About it
4. Ige Trick: DOE Grabs $10.3m in COVID Aid from Private Schools
5. On politics and money
6. Adoptive parents of Isabell 'Ariel' Kalua to appear in court Today
7. Honolulu’s Vacation Rental Crackdown May Hurt The North Shore Surfing Scene
8. Kauai County proposal would triple garbage collection fees to pay for More Fake Recycling
9. Maui Plastic Ban Effective January 1
10. Island of Retaliation: Kauai County’s insurance premiums rising 28%
11. Lynn Finnegan should make it a point to recruit competent people as Republican Candidates

1. Tax Isn’t a Peanut Butter Cup
2. Halawa, Kalihi Affordable Housing Slow-Walked to keep prices high 
3. Science should honor the answer: ‘No’ -- Unless They Pay $50M Rent
4. Rail Witch’s Brew
5. Ambulance charges may increase on Oahu as city seeks money
6. Hawaii’s first tiny home project for the homeless ready for residents

1. Conservative Rankings of Hawaii State Legislators --2020 Session
2. Safest States During COVID: Hawaii Ranks 10th
3. Study Estimates 870 Vegans Live in Hawaii
4. Cronyism 101:  New PRP program offers training in politics, and profitable nonprofit advocacy
5. Navy Leak Not Related to Red Hill
6. Maui: Applications to be available next week for ‘aina kupuna’ tax relief
7. Kauai County Green Police ask public to report eateries not complying with foam ban

1. How Much Does the Jones Act Cost Hawaii Consumers?
2. Adoptive parents of Isabella Kalua were under financial stress before child’s death
3. Hawaii deputy sheriff uncovers cocaine scheme
4. Deadly, costly crashes lead HPD to consider pursuit policy changes
5. Maui Charter Commission Proposals to go on Ballot
6. Proposed airport hotel on Maui awaiting word on moratorium
7. Lawsuit challenges Meadow Gold’s ‘Made With Aloha’ claims

1. The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
2. HART’s Cheerier Budget Possibilities Invented by Mainland PR Firm
3. Schatz:  $500 million in rail funds still available to throw on bonfire
4. 10% of State Depends on Food Banks
5. State correctional centers COVID clear
6. More Homeless violent crimes play out in Waikiki after Criminals Released for COVID

1. The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
2. Lost Opportunity: Schatz Secures Extension Of $493 Million Honolulu Rail Funding Grant In Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
3. COVID: Ige allows counties to go their own way
4. Blangiardi Eases COVID Restrictions
5. Reapportionment: Statewide Public Hearings Begin November 30
6. ‘A clear red flag’: Records show adoptive parents previously investigated for suspected abuse
7. Ige pushes back against efforts to limit his emergency powers
8. Remove age bias in triage allocation plan
9. 50 Years Later, Hawaii’s Law Requiring Professional Licenses Could Be In For An Overhaul
10. Hawaii County Water Board pushing another massive rate hike
11. Maui County Mulls An Agreement Between Police And US Immigration Agency
12. Maui Antivaxxers will have 20 days to add more signatures 
13. Hawaii Should Abolish the Bar Exam so Even The Dumbest Grads from UH Richardson can become Shysters

1. Hawaii Top Ten Hospitals Ranked for Outcomes, Efficiency
2. Ethics: UH Administrator Finds $9,592.53 in a Forgotten Bank Account
3. Report: Hawaii third-worst millennial homeownership rate in USA
4. HSTA encourages teachers to apply for sabbatical leave
5. Is This the End for Gut and Replace?
6. Abuse reported years before Isabella Kalua’s death 
7. Blangiardi announces lifting capacity requirements for all large events
8. The Prosecution Of Police Misconduct Cases Essentially Stopped During The Pandemic
9. Kaua‘i special election ballots Arriving in Mailboxes Now
10. Maui residents getting a say in how the county reforms its police department
11. ‘Certificate of Need’ Blocks Cancer Center from Lahaina (Again)
12. Maui dermatologist pushes back against new proposed sunscreen ban
13. Key areas of Hawaii Kai would be drawn out of district under new election maps plan
14. Odor from Red Hill fuel release sparks 911 calls

1. Hawaii Ranks 47th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
2. 36,000 travelers flew to Hawaii on Nov. 20; highest number since July
3. Hawaii residents still back pandemic rules, poll finds
4. Blocking Agriculture: Hawaii’s regulations made it “probably the hardest in the country”
5. Navy says 14,000 gallons of fuel and water have spilled from Red Hill
6. Man locked up in Hawaii State Hospital because of mistaken identity files federal lawsuit

1. Tax Workers’ “Get Out of Jail Free” Card
2. City and County of Honolulu to ring in holiday season Dec. 4
3. After Decade, City, State Finally Eliminate Turtle Beach Traffic Jam
4. Hawaii Republicans Elect New Chair
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 20, 2021
6. Harbors Division Accepts Preservationist Bid to Return Falls of Clyde to Scotland
7. Isabella Kalua Coverup Debunked:  HGEA Refusal to Work Meant CWS Virtual Home Visits Only Since March 2020
8. Latest Honolulu rail numbers are a new twist on an old shell game
9. Spying on You: HTA Wants Control of Safe Travels Database
10. Judicial Backlog Easing Now That Jury Trials are Resumed
11. Solar Farm: $1.37M Bribe Makes NIMBYs Go Away

1. COVID-19 regulations aren’t cost-free
2. 'Certificate of Need' stands in way of improving healthcare in Hawaii
3. NOAA considers new marine sanctuary off Hawaiian Islands
4. Mindless Hysteria: Maui County Council Passes Anti-Sunscreen Bill
5. Maui County Will Not Appeal Injection Well Ruling
6. Media bamboozled by more of the rail “smoke and mirrors” treatment
7. Public financing for replacing Aloha Stadium not set yet--Legislators may Approve even More Money
8. DoE Burning $400M--Massive COVID relief money accomplishes absolutely nothing
9. AntiVaxxers Needed 22,000 Signatures to Recall Maui Mayor--Only Got 3,000 
10. UH Marine Biologists Push Back Against Sunscreen Fear Campaign
11. Man accused of sexually assaulting minors while on release in 2018 murder case

1. Extreme Stinginess? A look at Accused Waimanalo Child Killers’ Bankruptcy Case
2. How is Maui Saving Hawaiian Lands?
3. Unemployment Drops to 6.3% for October
4. Sex Trafficking: Federal Grand Jury Issues New Indictment Against Leaders of Philippines-Based Church
5. Ala Wai: Corps of Engineers, City Attempt to Bamboozle Public Again
6. As With Other CWS Disasters, Latest pair of Child Killers Will Likely get Reduced Sentence
7. Miske Co-Defendant Ready to Walk Away Laughing After 5 Years of Court Delays
8. Most Hawaii elementary and middle schoolers are at least one grade level behind, testing shows
9. Spin and No promises: Rail is Hanabusa’s Clown Car
10. Hawaii County Council Approves 3% TAT Hike
11. Dirtier than Coal: PUC RFP Opens Door to Wood pellet Burning at AES
12. Incoming Maui deputy chief avoided past domestic violence charges
13. Once Again, the ACLU Whines About Saving the Huge Mounds of Garbage Accumulated by Drug Addicted Vagrants

1. Legislative Agenda: Bills to Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles by 2030
2. Alaska: The Jones Act's original victim
3. 2021’s Most Obese States--Hawaii 47th
4. Rail Wheel Replacement will Keep Line Shut Down Until at Least August, 2022, to hide lack of ridership
5. Council Approve 3% TAT Hike--Half to pay for Rail ‘In Perpetuity’
6. Bill 41: Could Wipe out Thousands of Oahu Vacation Rentals
7. Reasons behind Honolulu's building permit backlog
8. Grand jury indicts adoptive parents for ‘heinous’ murder of 6-year-old Isabella ‘Ariel’ Kalua
9. Honolulu Fire Commission Restarts Search For Department Chief
10. New Maui chief picks deputy from Las Vegas
11. HPD Says It Will Take A Fresh Look At Its Vehicle Pursuit Policy
12. No opioid epidemic talk at Honolulu ex-prosecutor’s brother’s trial
13. Pentagon again struggles to produce ‘clean’ audit of sprawling operations

1. State Democratic Chair Announces Plan to Avert Anti-Vaxxer Takeover of Party
2. Ige Announces $365M in CIP
3. $40M Police COVID Ticket Overtime Sets New Record--Leaves Taxpayers On The Hook For Jacked Up Pensions
4. Agency charged with protecting at-risk keiki grappling with funding issues, staff shortages
5. Affordable Housing Latest Excuse for Slush Fund
6. Demolition of Aloha Stadium not happening until 2023 at earliest
7. HART Finds Excuses to Keep Rail Shut Down until July-2022--Build Back Bidener will Make Rail Even More Expensive
8. Lies: As Council Votes on TAT Hike for Rail -- Hanabusa Claims Oahu’s rail deficit could be cut in half
9. O’ahu 600 MW Floating Wind Turbine Study Released--Waikiki Remains Prime Target for Development
10. Come January, Hawaii residents will be allowed to carry Tasers in public
11. Kitty Simonds is an effective advocate for the commercial fishing fleet--That’s Why the Enviros are Attacking Her
12. Tiny Homes for Homeless Cost $116K Per Unit
13. Waimanalo Bumfight: One Dead, One Arrested
14. Hawaii To Update Unemployment Application After Federal Investigation
15. Hawaii County Council to consider ban on pesticide at Some County Facilities

1. Government regulations get thumbs down in Hawaii survey
2. State Financial Reports 84% Transparent
3. Kauai: Dude Allegedly Freaks out After Trailer Refused at Transfer Station
4. Pirate Law
5. Council Bill 39 -- $185M Tax Giveaway to Solar Schemers   
6. What Salary Records Tell Us About Who ‘Earns’ The Big Bucks In The DOE
7. Certificate of need stands in way of West Maui hospital
8. How Rail Will Get Millions from Build Back Better
9. Biological family of Isabella 'Ariel' Kalua considering legal action against state
10. Christopher Deedy Won’t Face Third Trial For 2011 Shooting
11. Hawaii’s pandemic travel rules could remain into next year
12. Spying on You: Did they change the rules for Saturday’s University of Hawaii football game?
13. At least 10,000 keiki have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
14. Hawaii County council districts slowly taking shape
15. Hawaii ranks last for finding lung cancer early
16. $6 for a gallon of gas: Hawaii’s most rural islands paying more for basic goods
17. Enviros Smell Opportunity After ‘Damning’ Audit Of Pacific Fisheries Fund
18. ‘Cash Grab or Moneymaker’ -- Second Charter School in violation of charter contract

1. Stabbings, Kidnapping and Feces: Homeless Drug Addicts Trash State Libraries
2. Fewer visitors to Oahu in 2020 did not cause significant drop in electricity, water and sewer consumption
3. Pushing Family Windfarm, Gary Gill Returns To Politics In Bid For State House
4. US Lawmakers Warn The Clock Is Ticking On COFA Negotiations
5. ‘Our keiki deserve it’: Calls grow for tougher sentencing in child murder cases
6. Condominium owners face steep costs to comply with fire safety measures
7. Hawaii Is Getting Even More Expensive. We Need To Do Something About That
8. UH students protest outside TKE house after alleged drugging incidents
9. Attorney: My Lawsuit cured COVID in Hawaii prisons 

1. NOT the End of Gut-n-Replace
2. Most Charitable States -- Hawaii 41st
3. Secret Boondoggle Revealed to Public After 7 Years of Planning: ‘$100s of Millions’ for Mililani Tech Center with Hotel, Retail
4. This Deputy Sheriff Was Twice Accused Of Sex Assault And Fired. Then He Got His Job Back
5. Politicians So Unqualified they don’t even measure up to the Lt Gov ‘job’
6. Union Election: UPW Tries to Find Leaders Crafty Enough to Avoid Being Indicted for a while
7. Radio telescopes could be built on Big Island
8. Civil Beat: It’s Washboard Journalism, Not Plagiarism

1. Police Allege Isabella Kalua Duct-Taped and Locked in Dog Cage Before Death
2. ‘Community Based Energy’: $27.5M in GEMS for Hawaii Democratic Party Officials, Maui Councilmember 
3. Strike Halted, Tentative Agreement Reached Between Alliance Unions and Kaiser Permanente
4. DOH: 93% of people who died from COVID in Hawaii this year were unvaccinated
5. 'Hawaii’s public agencies are not little politburos' -- Don’t gag public servants
6. Honolulu police sergeant arrested for sex assault
7. Federal Jury Awards $7M To Woman Assaulted In Court Cellblock In Hawaii
8. Shooting Review Board Says Officers Were Justified In Killing Honolulu Man After Chase
9. ‘Man’ Beat Rap on Shooting Last Girlfriend, now charged with assault, kidnapping of new girlfriend
10. Plan to reapportion electoral districts up for review
11. Capacity limits lifted, though change ‘not much help’ to some
12. State’s largest solar-battery project gets green light

1. Survey shows concern about government spending and debt
2. Hawaii Supreme Court Guts-And-Replaces The Legislature's "Gut-And-Replace" Switcheroo
3. HGEA, UPW Prison Rape Cover up: Whistleblower Alleges Prison Officials Lied to Feds
4. The latest on the federal probe into ex-city prosecutor
5. FBI agents begin digging up Waimanalo yard in search for the remains of missing girl
6. Support for County TAT Hike Drops Sharply When People Find out it will be wasted on Rail
7. DOH warns lack of proper vaccine reporting can harm state’s supply of doses
8. Kaiser Contract Negotiations Stall, Setting The Stage For A Strike

1. VIDEO: Police Allege Isabella Kalua Killed One Month Before Disappearance Reported
2. Applicants sought for Maui County Boards and Commissions
3. Cesspools: Four Years Later EPA Fines Hawaii County Again
4. Spying on You: Hawaii Insurer Testing 'Accident Predictive System' Based on 'Drive Recorder' in Cars
5. Former Kauai County Council member will serve at least 15 years in drug trafficking case
6. Josh Green Raises Money On Mainland For Hawaii Governor’s Race
7. Can Hawaii Complete an Energy Revolution by 2030?
8. DoTax Sues Oil Refiner for $10s of Millions in back Taxes
9. Department of Education finds no bias in how girl’s arrest was handled
10. Short-term rental bill advances despite ‘confusion’
11. Rapist Beats Conviction Thanks to Hawaii Supreme Court

1. Full Text: HPD Point-by-Point Debunk of ACLU After Arrest of 10-Year-Old Girl
2. 7,000 Legal Vacation Rentals on Maui in Jeopardy
3. Judge tosses claims over King’s Hawaiian rolls packaging
4. VIDEO: Police Deploy Flash-Bangs, Arrest Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents
5. Kauai Councilmember Helped Recovering Addict Get Started on Meth Again
6. In Hawaii, Punishment For Bad Cops Often Doesn’t Stick. and they get 100K Payouts When Rehired
7. ‘Gut and replace’ not Fully Gutted by Supreme Court Ruling
8. Another Solar Project Runs into Supply Chain Problems
9. HART Finds Excuses to Keep Rail Shut Down until Mid-2022
10. The latest attempt to rein in unregulated vacation rental units could put Waikiki residential units at risk.
11. Whistleblower Says The Navy Gave False Testimony About Red Hill Fuel Facility
12. Proposed Updates To Federal Fishing Law Target Wespac
13. Kauai Styrofoam Ban Takes Effect January 1
14. Ed Case pressured to Help Biden Burn US Treasury to Ground (again)

1. State Launches ABLE Savings Program for Disabled
2. ​Kalihi Uka Elementary hosts first HIDOE school-based vaccination clinic for elementary students
3. Oahu Ambulances may now take patients to urgent care
4. Alleged Miske Gangster About to Walk Away Laughing (again)
5. Djou: Lessons For Democrats, Republicans And Hawaii From The Mainland Election
6. How Rail Got to $12.45 Billion and 11 Years Late
7. With restrictions eased, experts say Hawaii could soon see ‘wave’ of international travelers
8. DOH: No current plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccine in Hawaii public schools
9. Union: Lack of security to blame for worrisome rise in assaults on Queen’s nurses
10. Crash involving off-duty Hawaii Island police officer under investigation
11. 8 Felonies in 12 Years--Surprise: He Does it Again!
12. Never-Ending Pork for Solar and Wind Developers: Hawaii governor urges bolder climate action: Net zero is 'not good enough'
13. Ala Wai pork project back on the table

1. Good riddance to ‘gut and replace’
2. Whistle-blower complaint: Higa Admits Guilt but Cronies Still Running Na Leo
3. Proposed Hawaii Tourism Authority board rule criticized as ‘gag order’
4. Details of 2019 Maui jail riot that caused $5.3 million in damage still being withheld
5. The End Of Gut-And-Replace Won't Be Enough To Stop The Legislative Sausage
6. What we’re doing is we’re increasing the cost of homes through ‘climate adaptation’
7. Housing Price ‘Solution’?  Nope. Just Another Tax Increase
8. City council considering bill to crackdown on short-term rentals in Honolulu
9. Flacking for Wind Developers, Feds Propose to Downlist Hawaiian Hoary Bats 

1. Hawaii: Highest Cost of Moving up to Home Ownership
2. Rolling Blackouts Coming: HECO Doubles Down on Promise to Close Coal Plant
3. What is the Passenger Vessel Services Act? 
4. Hike Traffic Fines for Profit
5. Build Back Porkier: Rail, Ala Wai Flood, and More
6. How Long Can Gov. Ige Keep Invoking His Emergency Powers?
7. Prosecutors reviewing 7 shootings by Honolulu police officers
8. Honolulu Police Department’s defensiveness threatens both police and community
9. For HPD, Flubs Mean Never Having To Say You're Sorry
10. Keith Amemiya joins race for lieutenant governor
11. CORE team responds to homeless medical needs in urban Honolulu
12. Telescope Payoffs Being Negotiated Now
13. TED Talks are a Pay for Play Scam
14. Stumbles for Democrats on mainland spark enthusiasm among Hawaii Republican Party

1. DoH Orders Embry Health to Stop COVID Testing
2. JSC Announces Seven Judicial Vacancies
3. Hawaii Republican State Committee to Elect New Chair
4. Federal eyes on Honolulu Police Department?
5. Redistricting process upsets Drama Queen LoPresti
6. Fraternity under investigation after claims multiple women were drugged at parties
7. DHHL could be exempted from ‘show me the water’

1. "Gut and Replace" Held Unconstitutional
2. State Adopting Ballot Tracking System
3. City introduces amended short-term rental bill
4. HECO Suddenly Agrees to 39% Reduction in Cost of Electricity Bought from Kalaeloa Partners
5. New COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
6. Federal Vaccine Mandate for All Employers Over 100 Workers--Already Blocked by Court
7. ‘Loss of Witnesses’ to occur as Miske case drags on in court?
8. Supreme Court ruling on New York gun control case could have big implications in Hawaii
9. FAKE: ‘Hawaii eyeing professional soccer team for New Aloha Stadium’
10. US Senate Judiciary approves Clare Connors as U.S. attorney for Hawaii
11. Judge acquits Hawaii Island woman accused of murdering foster child
12. Kakaako homeless drug thieves don’t seem to care they’re on camera
13. Civil Beat:  Fishermen Should not have First Amendment Rights
14. The carbon footprint of Hawaii Gov. David Ige's trip to Glasgow for COP26

1. SB666: Unconstitutional Entry Fee for Tourists
2. Rethinking prosecution: How San Francisco's Failure can be Imported to Honolulu
3. Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians authorize strike in Hawaii
4. Build Back Better? Hawaii Top Tax Rate to Hit 62.4%
5. Former Maui Police Officer Receives 30 Months in Prison for Soliciting Sexual Relationship for Official Acts
6. DLIR to Partially Reopen December 1
7. Court Says Hawaii State Auditor’s Working Documents Are Confidential
8. Feds to Fund Telescope:  OHA Smells Money
9. Experts baffled by governor’s decision to keep social distancing rules at eateries in place
10. Hawaii County 3% TAT advances without resident discount
11. Maui: New version of hotel moratorium gets green light from committee
12. Maui names new police chief, but hunt for head of HPD is at a standstill
13. HPD Defends Its Arrest Of 10-Year-Old Black Girl In School Dispute

1. Poll: Isle residents aware of Jones Act mostly favor its repeal or reform
2. Ige Opens Door to International Travelers Following US Rules
3. Ige Eases COVID Rules for Gyms, Bars, Restaurants
4. Pfizer Vax Immediately Available for Children 5-11
5. Chamber of Commerce leader Sherry Menor-­McNamara running for lieutenant governor
6. Fevella Sues HART Over Its Changes To Voting Rules
7. Hawaii tourism agency considers 'Visitor Green Fee' 
8. Lifelong Criminal Gets Tired of Being Homeless

1. Hawaiians: Diverse and Dispersed Yet Bound Together in Aloha
2. Honolulu Council Employee Guilty of Smuggling Heroin
3. VIDEO: DLNR Clears Homeless Camp from Coco Palms Area
4. Spewing CO2 Governor Jets off to Scotland Global Warming Confab
5. Solar Developer Abandons Big Island Project
6. Maui Council Proposal Would Outlaw 7,300 Legal Vacation Rentals
7. Maui County TAT Takes Effect
8. Congressional Delegation Squeezes Navy on Fuel Leak
9. Prison Drug Smuggling: UPW, HGEA Retaliate on Top Hawaii Prison Official After Guard Refuses Contraband Search
10. Drug Smuggling USO Prison Gang News: Former Kauai Councilman Arthur Brun to change plea in federal court
11. ACLU Sues Maui County to Keep Meth-Addled Bums on Streets
12. New Police Chief Wants To Import Successful Las Vegas Programs To Maui
13. Experts: COVID death rate for unvaccinated Hawaii residents is 20 times higher
14. Superintendent: 91% of student-athletes at Hawaii public schools are vaccinated
15. Plate lunch prices could reach $20 soon
16. Hawaii State Senate hiring for several positions during 2022 legislative session
17. Protecting Incumbents: Hawaii County Redistricting Commission looking at incremental changes
18. New ‘citizen suit’ may take aim at aging Red Hill fuel tanks
19. UH Tenure for Teachers Only?

1. Climate Change: Billionaire Pats Honolulu Mayor on Head
2. 2021 State Business Tax Climate Index -- Hawaii 38th
3. There’s nothing so permanent as a temporary government measure
4. HIDOE seeking feedback to develop financial literacy content standards
5. ‘We the Vaccinated’ -- Resistance mounts to Hawaii’s COVID-19 rules
6. Some Oahu sports parents want COVID-19 protocols gone
7. Teacher vacancies ease in Hawaii
8. How School Choice Forced one Elementary School to do Better
9. Leftover money: $52.7 million fund balance carried forward to next year for Hawaii County
10. Should A Pilot Program To Expand Homeless Services In Hawaii Be Extended?
11. ICA Delves into the Difference Between Possession and Ownership of Firearms
12. Haiku Stairs worth saving, plan options do exist