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Tuesday, December 31, 2013 December 31, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 3917 Views Taxpayer Advocate Lowell Kalapa Dies at 64 Abercrombie Gets Secret List of Three Candidates to replace Rep Coffman Supreme Court to Confer on Hawaii Reapportionment Case January 17, 2014 Report: Obamacare Gives Hawaii More Cash, Less Benefit Schofield Combat Engineers Train Afghan Soldiers House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s 9-day Hawaiian vacation Informational Briefing on Violence at State Hospital Hawaii: Twelfth Highest Tax Burden in USA Michael Medved to Talk Up Republican Unity at HIRA Dinner HMSA, Kaiser Year Ends With Another 9.2% Rate Hike Thanks to Obamacare Star-Adv: In 2014 New Family Structure Must be Imposed on education, social programs First Wind's Kahuku Wind Farm still Floundering Rep Brower a Trendsetter: 'Alarming' trend of violence against homeless in Hawaii grows Honolulu Zoo Director Quits After 6 mos on Job Hawaii Police Union Wants Officer Misconduct Records Kept Confidential Castle & Cooke reiterates plan to move ahead in building Koa Ridge houses A Woman Attempts to Rebuild Ohana Broken by Fear of 'Lepers' Open Space Preferred to Obama Library Bezos' Drone to Be Tested in Omidyar's Backyard Pothead Blows Up House Making Marijuana Oil for ECigs Comments Open for Amendments to Western Pacific Fishery Ecosystem Plan Hooker-Lovin Titcomb Obama's Constant Pal Read More..

Monday, December 30, 2013 December 30, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:31 PM :: 3632 Views Auditor Looks at Workers Comp Medical Fee Review Process Hanabusa Alone Still Talking about Akaka Tribe Plan B?  City Scrambles After Ernie Martin Wrecks Housing Deal Flooded With Mentally Ill, Hawaii Prisons Seek More funding Schatz Among Top 5 Senators Vulnerable in 2014 Primaries Army’s ‘Pacific Pathways’ initiative sets up turf battle with Marines Oceanographer Debunks Fukushima Conspiracy Mongers Read More..

Sunday, December 29, 2013 December 29, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 4586 Views HGEA BU 10, 13 Contracts Detail ‘Huge Payout to Union’ Samoa News Continues to Deceive Public on Faleomavaega; credibility sinking Taxing Tourists Politically Popular $14.3M CIP for Harbors, Highways Statewide Jean King Memorial Reminisces About Her Communist Party Days Justice Reinvestment: Loosen School Discipline Even More so Future Criminals Will be Less Likely to Drop Out Biofuel Scheme Wanted $1.08 per Ratepayer per Month for 20 Years Abercrombie Reelection slogan? "2 x 0 = 0" What to look for in the next UH president? Nudity Trade UHWO land for fiscal aid, lawmaker proposes Naturopathic Quacks Face backlash after Baby Suffers Brain Damage Hotels vs Timeshares? Kauai Co Audit raises more red flags about Overtime Records Geothermal Fund Buys out Protesters then Auctions Homes to New Protesters West Maui taxpayer group to meet Homeless man had sought public office Read More..

Saturday, December 28, 2013 December 28, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 3745 Views Hawaii Next? States Halting Payment to CGI over Obamacare Debacle Health Connector: Our Miserable Failure is Positive Momentum Tourism Arrivals, Spending Drop for 3rd Straight Month State Energy Office Updates 'Clean' Energy Leaderboard Target Credit Card Breach May Affect 121K in Hawaii House, Senate Schedule Committee Hearings on Budget $20K for Nothing: Frustration grows for photovoltaic customers Abercrombie Sets up UH Hilo Pharmacy School for Legislators to Knock Down I Aloha Molokai Sings Holiday Wishes to HECO’s CEO Some speculate that Par Petroleum wants to bring liquefied natural gas to Hawaii Idiot Chock Voted Against GMOs "For the Children" Trees Chopped to Make Way for Hawaii County Plastic Bag Ban New Push for Ethics Reform in Hawaii County "The median age of homeless people is getting older." In Quest For Obama Library, Hawaii Plays Underdog Ex-Maui officer settles sex assault suit for $20K Read More..

Friday, December 27, 2013 December 27, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 4752 Views Hawaii Reapportionment: State's Exclusions not Rational Think your state has Obamacare problems? They’re nothing compared to Guam Ready to handle the Crazies? Psych Major to Head Agriculture Board Abercrombie Releases $21.7M CIP for HHSC, Mostly for EHRs $88K per enrollment: Only 2,015 in isles sign up, 296 businesses apply for Obamacare City Planning Zoning, Permitting Exemption for Development Along Rail Line Chief of the city Ethics Commission says his staff must be independent Akaka Roll Padded to Overcome 'Registration Fatigue': 71,000 Names from Operation Ohana, Kau Inoa Visitor arrivals fall for the third consecutive month Hawaii Retailers Suffer Diminished Visitor Spending Victims of Solar Scammers now Pay $705/mo for useless System World's Dumbest Surfers Fight GMOs in Hawaii Protest Tenacious McD: State Rep. Bob McDermott Politico: Hawaii Senate Race one of Nation's Top Primaries Gas Buddy: Hawaii Stands Alone Biofuel firm says HELCO contract not needed for plan to work Par Petroleum ‘confident’ about Hawaii UH Regents: We're Serious Now UH Athletics Plan: Fewer Seats With 2 school leaders accused of crimes, charter schools face more oversight Kauai County Considers Cat Tax 2000 Big Island Check Card Customers Frozen over Target Data Breach 911 Trooothers Drop Hawaii Ballot Suit Hauula recycling center reopens After City Seizes Choon James Land Read More..

Thursday, December 26, 2013 December 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 PM :: 3851 Views E.R. Costs for Mentally Ill Soar, and Hospitals Seek Better Way Panos: The Public and Private Versions of Solar Power, in Brief DLNR Clamps Down on 'Illegal Vendors' Flood Insurance: Sharpening the Government's Blurry Maps Customers Pay Double, Risk Being Cut off as Solar Scammers Install 100s of 'Rogue Systems' Feinstein to Obama: Move without Congress on GMOs Pesticide and GMO rules will take time, says Kauai mayor Who is the University of Hawaii? Legislators Haggle with UH over Pharmacy School Building Rail Will Drag More Buildings, Growth to Oahu Kaupoa: Visiting Molokai's Haunting 'Place of Thieves' on Molokai (Slideshow) A Model for Civic Engagement: Let hunters catch Hoomaluhia pigs Retaliation: Couple settles lawsuit against Molokai condo association for $1.2M Repaving has been completed on 392 lane-miles this year Read More..

Wednesday, December 25, 2013 December 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:26 AM :: 5468 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Excessive Price: PUC Rejects AKP Biofuel Scheme (again) Hawaii Rifle Assn Leader Looks forward to 2014 Session HSTA Legislative Agenda: Bring Back Pre-Kindergarten Gary Gill Appointed Temporary Health Dep’t Director High Schoolers Dual-Enrolled in College: How Does Hawaii Compare? $97K Per Enrollment: Only 1,776 Individuals, 284 Employers Sign Up for Hawaii Health Connector Pinky Ring: Ethics Comm. Unveils 162 Violations Against Thompson Charter School Soft on Jihad: Muslim Eye-Gouge Attacker Was Let out of OCCC Without Facing Charges for Jailhouse Assault UH Electric Bill: $35M/Year Abercrombie vs Ige: Big Cable vs Smart Meters Koa Ridge Still Moving Under 2012 Approval New Mauna Kea lease faces delay Hu Honua Unsure of Investors, Awaits further Regulatory Permits Hawaii hotels reach October revenue record UH smoking ban on hold for review 2013 Ends With Self-Congratulation Read More..

Tuesday, December 24, 2013 December 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 5677 Views FULL TEXT: Secret Pono Choices Curriculum Exposed Supreme Court Invalidates LUC Koa Ridge Reclassification How Christmas Came to Hawaii Merry Christmas Hawaii Health Connector: One More Day to Get Obamacare Full Text: Hawaii State Auditor Gets Audited UHERO: Ethanol Harms Public Welfare, Does Little to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses DoE: Hawaii leads nation in growth of National Board Certified teachers $3.46M CIP for Hawaii Film Studio Abercrombie Releases $74M Airport CIP 248 Gay 'Marriages' So Far Did Clayton Hee Lead a Failed Political Coup in Hawaii's Senate? Why Hawaii Democrats Aren't United This Holiday Season NEA may split with HSTA in Senate race as Unions Continue to Hedge their Bets HSTA Pushes for Pre-K to be in Public Schools, not Private Vouchers Star-Adv: HART Board Fails to Question Grabauskas Was 2013 the Year of the Farmer? Profs: Dr. Carbone Placed Cancer-Stricken Children at Risk Anti-Telescope Activists Threaten STEM Funds HELCO: Geothermal Bids don’t Bring Rates Down Low Enough PUC OKs Hu Honua Bioenergy's contract with Hawaii Electric Light Co. Aina Koa Pono Touts Support from its Own Consulting Engineer Electric Cars Still Waiting for a 'Jumpstart' on Maui Turtle Bay: Lawsuits Threaten $40M Deal Harbor Patrol: Police Officer Arrested for Running Over Co-Worker HDOT crews start installing barriers at Laniakea Beach, Enviros Threaten to Sue to Maintain Traffic Jams Hawaii adds 1,300 construction jobs in past year Today is Last Chance for Honolulu Housing Privatization Deal Politicians Dumbfounded as Movie Studios Compete Against Each Other instead of coming together behind Tax Credits Obama Gives Federal Workers A 1 Percent Raise Shibuya refiles suit against KPD Read More..

Monday, December 23, 2013 Letters to the Editor, December, 2013 By Letters to the Editor @ 4:34 PM :: 5131 Views Merry Christmas Dept. of Common Sense Plan for Hawaii Health Connector Read More..

Monday, December 23, 2013 December 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:14 PM :: 4019 Views Akaka Tribe ‘Exit Plan’ -- Padding Rolls with Fraudulent Tribal Enrollment? Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 23, 2013 Hawaii Scores 60% on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Priced out of Paradise: What are Hawaii Leaders Doing? Hawaii Health Connector sign up deadline Today Tomorrow Obama Repeals ObamaCare Hanabusa to Campaign on Budget No Vote Turtle Bay Setting the Price of Condemnation Developer Seeks DoH Report on Anti-GMO Activists Touchstone Spike in Harm to Liver Is Tied to anti-GMO Funders -- Dietary Aids Industry As Internet Gambling is Pushed on Hawaii--Atlantic City and Las Vegas face catastrophic collapse Pension Cut Angers Senate's Staunchest Military Supporters Want Washington compromise? Elect young members of Congress, Reps. Schock and Gabbard say Arbitrator: Counties Have Money to Pay for Raises Without Caldwell's Tax Hike Man Shot By Honolulu Police Gets $150K Hunters offer to clear pigs from city park — at no cost Dumbest Idea Ever? City Wastes $1000 for Screwdriver on a Chain Heroin use in Hawaii could be on the rise  Read More..

Sunday, December 22, 2013 December 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:29 PM :: 3423 Views Nominees Sought for State Water Resource Management Tax Policy Should be Equitable and Not Hinder Economic Growth Obama Tees off with Hooker-Lovin Buddy (again) Progressives Launch Preemptive Strike Against Hannemann Star-Adv: Making Health Connector State Agency Will not Solve Sustainability Problem Blue Planet seeks to Clear the Path to Higher Utility Bills Abercrombie Admin Turtle Bay Plan: Give Developers $40M, Let them Build Two Hotels  Abercrombie Budget Fills Ag Dep't Pesticide Positions Kauai Attacks Seed Growers, Protects Tobacco Grower Methodist Bishop Overseeing Hawaii, Calif Offers Gay Marriage Pastor Job Read More..

Saturday, December 21, 2013 December 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 3872 Views Dept. of Common Sense Plan for Hawaii Health Connector There's Nothing Pono About Pono Choices Hundreds gather to remember Loretta Fuddy Deadline Monday: Only 1,100 Sign Up for Hawaii Health Connector Hawaii Health Connector: 'Confusion, Miscommunication' as Dec 23 Deadline Approaches Reps: UH Admin Sets Course for Mediocrity, 'Positions' State Ethics Commission releases new details in charter school investigation Another 'Clean' Energy Disaster: Subcontractor Slaps Lie on Hu Honua Obama Caps off Worst Year of Presidency by Endorsing Abercrombie Hawaii County Officer misconduct cases increase Hawaii Budget Surplus Means No Hawaii Beverage Tax? Hotel Workers Union Sues Turtle Bay Over Timeshare Plan Hawaii:  6.2% of Workers Hold Multiple Jobs Hawaii solar boom so successful, it's been halted More Criminals Join Suit Demanding Resort at Kulani Prison  Read More..

Friday, December 20, 2013 December 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 3495 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Judge Throws Out Atheist Lawsuit Hawaii Obamacare exchange not fiscally sustainable, lawmakers told Hawaii’s education department keeping sex-ed curriculum a secret Budget: UH Rewards Mitsunaga, Abercrombie Rewards UH Mainland Organic Activists Launch Harassment 'Investigation' of State, County Governments Blake v Kauai: Recktenwald Court continues Moon Court's policies Panos: Helmet Law, Jones Act Repeal Top Wish List for 2014 2013 Grassroot Report: Major Victory for the Aloha Spirit Caldwell Signs More Smoking Bans HART Lies to Feds About 11% Cut in Ridership Projections Hawaii Military Housing residents slammed with rate hike, call Navy-wide billing system 'unfair' Caldwell Using Firefighters Contract as Latest Excuse for tax Hikes UH Cancer Center Profs:  Director has been doing great job Corrections Corp. of America: We Don't Want to Manage a Prison Soft-on-Crime: Maui Rapist Gets Probation for Kidnap-Rape while Allegedly Holding New Kidnap-Rape Victim Hostage UI Tax Rate Drops 35% -- Save $300 per employee DLIR: ACA Does not Change Employers Obligations Under Prepaid Hanabusa: I am the right 'Optics' for TPP Talks HTA develops plan to address state auditor's criticism Kailua businesses worry about town’s ‘growing’ reputation Government plans 'open season' on Hawaii's cattle egrets and barn owls New study points to possibility of 'extreme' tsunami in Hawaii Read More..

Thursday, December 19, 2013 December 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 3779 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Secret Encounters: DoE Refuses to Release Homosexual Education Curriculum to Legislators KOS 'Hit Job' on Schatz' Sheep Sex Incident Airports Division Signs $518M Energy Contract Hawaiian Pacific Health Survey will Sample 4,000 Households Hawaii Among Least Free States, Provinces of N America 1000 Good Reasons to Label GMO Food: A Guide for Politicians Succession Plan Quietly Underway for Faleomavaega Seat? Hawai'i Free Press Exposes Media Cover up of Faleomavaega Health Hirono, Schatz, Gabbard Vote for Budget After Pretending to Oppose it Nepotism, unused facilities and key posts unfilled at troubled State Hospital Finance Chair to Budget Director: ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’ Kauai Mayor updates council on pesticide law implementation Organic Food = $42,000/year Grocery Bill  State, VA close in on home loan agreement More Hot Air from HECO Hu Honua Has New Excuse for Work Stoppage Hoku's failed Idaho plant is purchased for $8.3M UH backs Cancer Center's embattled director Molokai Gradually Recovering From Damage Caused by Ritte Rich housing risks easing out locals Envros' Threat: Sue to Keep Kam Hwy Jammed ILWU To Endorse Hanabusa for Senate Abercrombie Demands 9th Circuit Overturn Gay Marriage Ruling Hawaii Officials Informed in August the Obama Library not Coming to Kakaako Read More..

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 December 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 4308 Views Samoa Reporter Accidentally Admits Coverup: Missing Congressman Found "Convalescing in Utah" Hearing Thursday on Motion to Dismiss Atheists’ Lawsuit Christmas vacation: Obamas get trip to Hawaii, taxpayers get ‘jelly-of-the-month’ club Abercrombie Appoints Patricia Kim Park to JSC City Ambulance Contractor Turns Down 30-40% of Calls in Leeward Oahu HSTA Joins AFL-CIO Obama Vacation Circus Amount of Taxpayer Money Spent on Advertising Hawaii's Obamacare Exchange is "Proprietary" New Director Takes Over Hawaii Health Connector, Immediately Crashes Website Abercrombie's Turtle Bay Deal Would Allow Two New Hotels, Give Developers $40M Juvenile justice needs reform How Will Hawaii Police Its Police? Lawmakers and Lawsuit Shape the Future Retaliation: Supreme Court Slaps Dowm Hannemann Admin for Blacklisting Stagehands How Sen. Daniel Inouye Defended the Hawaiian Flag Full Text: KIUC Stupidity Tax Permanent rules restrict state's solar tax credits HECO Demands Kahuku Windfarm be Exempted from Competitive Bidding Disabled Military Retirees Not Exempt from Pension Cuts in Budget Deal U.S. hospital admissions weakest in a decade Geothermal energy pool may expand Chicago Fierce Battle for Site of Obama Library Waipahu School was warned of cooling practices in September DHHL threatens to evict charity While Thousands of Filipinos Wait to Immigrate Legally, Illegal Immigration activist to speak at UH-Manoa graduation Boylan Quits Island Insights, Blames Micromanagement 5 Judges Petition for Retention Read More..

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 December 17, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 3977 Views Auditor: HART Paid $563K to Blogger who said Job was 'Obviously' to Help Pro-Rail Candidates Hawaii Driving Ranks 48th for Drunk, 41st for Careless FULL TEXT: Abercrombie Releases Supplemental Budget Tim Lussier Appointed Hawaii State Director for Western Liberty Network NOAA announces regulations to protect marine mammals during Navy training--Enviros Sue As Hundreds of Hawaii Doctors Threaten to Quit, Obama Administration Delays EHR Obama Vacation Circus Begins Abercrombie Lards Budget, Sets up Ige to Strip Pork Lawmakers to test zero-base budget plan on HCDA Mufi has $257K Campaign Debt to Repay Himself: "Discussions are taking place regarding 2014" Developers of controversial Waikiki tower invested heavily in state, local officials AG raids charter school, seizing records, computers Jones Act Leads to Higher Gasoline Prices Say no to higher fees to fly Resolve dispute at Cancer Center Maui Councilmember Ellie Cochran Joins Surf Nazis' Anti-GMO March Jan 3 KIUC Members to Vote to tax Conspiracy Theorists Where’s the Giving Spirit of Gary Hooser and Club? Suspects Admits Identity in Waikiki Homosexual Dismemberment Murder What One Elderly Woman Said That Empowered a Community to Fix Honolulu's Dangerous Sidewalks Why Are the Numbers of Homeless Growing in the Land of Aloha Read More..

Monday, December 16, 2013 December 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 3715 Views PHOTOS: MMA Fighter Leads Surf Nazis in Haleiwa Anti-GMO March Hawaii Supreme Court: Demand A Contested Case, And There's A Good Chance You'll Get One Lack of Statewide policy threatens new Ag jobs Fire Hazard: Volcano School Threatened with Closure After Abercrombie Refuses to Release Funds Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 16, 2013 Services for Loretta Fuddy "Sad Malihini Histrionics": Anti-GMO Protesters Resented by Kamaaina Anti-GMO Activist in Midst of Squabble over Surfer's Cancer Money Stalled remedies vex DHHL homestead residents Tourism agency taking too long to fix deficiencies Clouds over Hawaii's rooftop solar growth hint at U.S. battle See What Gifts Honolulu City Agencies Got This Year Read More..

Sunday, December 15, 2013 December 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 3810 Views Want to Run as a Democrat? Sorry, You Just Missed the Deadline Feds: Hawaii Health Connector Sign-up Count Inflated Am Samoa: Talanei Perpetuating Faleomavaega Fraud? Time to Ease the Tax Burden to Allow Economy to Prosper Creating a Fairer State Tax System and Economy for All Families Reimagining Housing in Hawaii MMA Fighter to Lead Surf Nazis in Haleiwa Anti-GMO March Duke Aiona not Saying 'No' to Gubernatorial run Inevitable Defeat of Bus Ad Proposal Intended to Set Stage for GE Tax Hikes 11% of Riders Vanish: Ansaldo Design not What HART Bargained For Public needs to give input on Kakaako waterfront Rivere: KNSC not Involved in Saving Turtle Bay Shipping costs climb, again Lower cost of fuel eases electricity bills on Oahu Kona: Abercrombie Signs Anti-Aquarium Rules, bans Scuba Spearfishing Shake Down: Activists flood Court Chambers for Telescope Hearing Mentally Ill Man not in Asylum -- Shot dead by Police Expecting Obamacare Influx, Bay Clinic Expands Rapidly Read More..

Saturday, December 14, 2013 December 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 3719 Views State Hires Big Guns to Argue Reapportionment Case Samoa News finally raises questions about Faleomavaega Homosexual Education Program Back -- 12 Schools Next Semester Civil Beat Founder a "Big player in the hotel and hospitality industry" No Excuse for Tax Hikes: City Already Budgeted for New Firefighter Contract--Cost $88M County Councils, Mayors Struggle to Come Together Behind Demand for 25% Hike in GE Tax Hawaii County Assessors Set own Property Valuations Hawaii County Salary Commission mulls more raises Kauai County considers tax, fee hike Federal Price Fixing Investigation Has Ties to Hawaii Transportation Companies Air Service Co Misrepresents Safety Record? Don't jail youths for misdemeanors, group advises Supreme Court Ruling Could Halt Construction of Haleakala Telescope Telescope #2: UH Bows to Demand for New Mauna Kea EIS Lawmakers to scrutinize troubled arts agency HNN Notices Art Ethics Fine, Ignores Rail Work Maui Council Challenged on Over-Use of Executive Session Hawaii Healthy Without Soda Tax Walter Ritte is Forgetful Obama Coming to Hawaii Dec 20 - Jan 6 Read More..

Friday, December 13, 2013 December 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:31 PM :: 3912 Views Native Hawaiians singing a new song, and it’s growing into a chorus Hawaii’s retirement system tackles $8.5 billion shortfall Airline Fees: The Budget Deal's Sneaky Tax Increases Proficiency and Growth: How is Your School Doing? Small Business Policy Index: Hawaii Ranks 46th Rep Faleomavaega a No-Show Again Full Text: Hawaii Juvenile Justice Working Group Report Election Season: Abercrombie Gives $3M to Nonprofits Loretta Fuddy Remembered Hawaii Health Connector needs to enroll 10,000 individuals to be sustainable Abercrombie vs Ige on State budget Hanabusa One of Only 32 Dems Voting Against Budget Deal, Gabbard Fakes Protest, then Votes for Deal Hanabusa, Trask Conspire for Federal Takeover of DHHL Geothermal Rights Democrats appeal ruling on open Hawaii primary U.S. Law Restricting Foreign Ships Leads to Higher Gas Prices Chinatown Tenants Thank Council for Blocking Sale of Housing No Solutions Yet On $142M Honolulu Housing Deal Librarian shortage impacts Big Island schools, students Californian begins protesting even before she moves to Hawaii Alan Downer: The state's new historic preservation chief Read More..

Thursday, December 12, 2013 December 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 3784 Views Queens Hospital Losing Revenue, Furloughs Management Employees Auditor: HTA Does Not Hold Contractors Accountable HIRA, ACU to Rank Hawaii Legislators A Special Tribute to the Honorable Pat Saiki Senate Committees Set Two-Day Budget Briefing Violence at Hawaii State Hospital: Senate Committees Set Informational Briefing VIDEO: The State of OHA Hawaii Health Director killed in Molokai plane crash Farmer Begins Subdividing Property in Light of Anti-GMO Law Bill 113's Stigmatization of GMOs and Papaya Farmers is Misguided and Wrong UH Research Corp Runs UHWO Constriction, Abercrombie's Preschool Scheme UH Cancer Center faculty calls for removal of director Kim Congressional Campaign Helped by Opposition to Gay Marriage Liberal Complains Parents are Slow to Accept Children's 'Right' to 'Choose' their own Gender 10 months later School still waiting for solar savings Ethics Commission Considers Attack on More School Charity Fundraisers Abercrombie Announces "Surplus" -- Hold onto Your Wallet  Bill allowing ads on city bus exteriors wins preliminary approval Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar Publishes Hanalei EIS Prep Notice As Housing Deal Hangs in Balance, Honolulu City Council Wants Affordable Housing Policy for TOD Honolulu City Council to City: Why Does Kakaako Smell So Bad? Maui County Lawsuit Could Affect State Role in Open Meetings Oversight University of Hawaii to survey geothermal energy on Oahu Read More..

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 December 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:27 PM :: 4597 Views State Releases 2014 Health Insurance Premiums Comparison Sheet Insurance Division Updates Affordable Care Act Overview Video: Sen Sam Slom on Upcoming Legislative Session Hawaii Agriculture Conference, January 8-9, 2014 IAM Challenges Molokai Alt Energy Project on Transparency UPDATE: Faleomavaega a "no show" at event; Remarks delivered for him Alleged Homosexual Child Molestation Leads to 3rd Lawsuit America's Health Rankings: Hawaii #1 Mayor's Crooked Transition Committee Chaired by Former Ethics Comm Director Kauai Electric:  Flawed anti-GMO bill that could help the chemical companies and the state definitively establish their pre-emptive powers over the counties With anti-GMO protesters attacking HC&S, Houses again pitched for Central Maui OHA Confab focuses on Land Development, Programs  Buyer of housing projects warns of $2.5M default cost Senate to discuss allegations of violence at state hospital Hirono, Hanabusa Like Ryan Budget deal Hawaii Regains Footing After Early Stumbles on Race to Top Prosecutor: No-Show City Employee Stole $45K in Wages Waimanu Street businesses preparing to be evicted for rail Koolau Loa Neighborhood Board OKs ‘Envision Laie’ School bus safety not Included in new Contracts Molokai Considers Forming Electric Co-Op to Break HECO Monopoly The Wrong Questions Are Being Asked in the Minimum Wage Debate Willie Claims GMOs not Regulated by Feds, State Molasses spill caused massive coral die-off Hawaii’s Parker Ranch may tap into geothermal energy resources Monthly Payments for Using less Electricity Homosexual Child Molestation:  Golf Coach Charged with 65 Counts  Read More..

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 December 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 PM :: 4544 Views State Rep Denny Coffman Resigns Sixth shipping executive goes to jail in Puerto Rico rate fixing case Hawaii Health Exchange Vulnerable to Wi-Fi Attack HI health exchange has signed up 574 people, for about $348,000 apiece Tom Matsuda Officially Begins As Interim Executive Director ACA: What to Expect for 2014 HAH: Hawaii Long Term Care Providers Improve Quality Hawaii Praised for Stealing Less than Half of Tobacco Settlement Funds Am Samoa: Faleomavaega back in action? Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 9, 2013 Hale Kula Elementary to Mark 'Hour of Code' at Schoefield VIDEO: Abercrombie v Gingrich on Crossfire Retaliation for Investigation of Mayor's Gas Theft? Kauai Auditor sues county Kauai County says EIS needed for Omidyar’s Hanalei resort Hawaii ERS Liability Rises $50M, Abercrombie Calls it Good News 500 expected at Office of Hawaiian Affairs meeting Mainland Homosexuals to Keep Jackson v Abercrombie Alive to Stop McDermott Mayor: Council Reso Would Reneg on Affordable Housing deal Surf Nazis to March Against GMOs, Kamehameha School in Haleiwa About Those ‘Functioning’ State Exchanges PV installations lose brightness TMT hearing set for Friday Affordable housing residents face rent hike Kuhio Park Management Company Seeks New Opportunities Read More..

Monday, December 9, 2013 December 8, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:37 PM :: 3397 Views Honolulu Rail Exec Had Been VP at Firm That Just Won New Rail Contract Hawaiian Roll Commission 'Latest Face Plant' Financial Disclosure: Check Out The Latest Filings From City Officials Payment on pensions benefits state Maui Tomorrow:  anti-GMO Bill Part of Effort to Ban Cane Burning Pono Choices: 'Bill and James are Starting a Relationship' Star-Adv: Internet sales should be taxed KOS: Hanabusa Chummy with Conservatives Riviere's Protesters rally against Fale's barriers at Laniakea Beach while Media Thumps Tub Landowners Who Cooperate With Enviros Can Get Away With Dumping Read More..

Sunday, December 8, 2013 December 8, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 4004 Views How to Use Anti-GMO Ordinances to Seize Marijuana Plants: A Guide for Police Departments Koko Head rifle range temporarily closed after new reports of stray bullets Robotic teams to compete at VEX State Championship 27 Service Members Reenlist on 72nd Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack Turning The Tide of Anti-Business Attitudes in Government Pearl Harbor Day BoR Nomination Forces Portnoy to leave judicial panel so Crook can be put on Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick List Borreca: Supreme Court needs A Crook (Flashback Nov 22, 2013) Ige: Don't Sacrifice Pensions for Abercrombie's Pre-K Pipedream Advertising on city buses a slippery slope leading to Tax Increases Star-Adv Runs Another Sales Pitch for Gay Sex Education Overnight guests not welcome in Hawaiian town, board says Hawaii Co DPW 'Ripe for Misappropriation and Malfeasance' 1984: Manufacture of Solar Panels 'Energy Intensive and Costly' $17.7M Wasted on 'Inefficient, Ineffective'  Species Eradication Programs HCDA Outlines Means for developers to pretend to be Concerned about Kakaako Sea-level Rise Read More..

Saturday, December 7, 2013 December 7, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:02 PM :: 4126 Views Pearl Harbor, Civil Rights, and Hawaii Statehood Oneula Beach Dec 7, 1941: Air Photos from Landing B-17 Flying Fortress Sunday Morning: Ewa Battlefield Commemoration Abercrombie Finds $844M, Wants to Spend it on Preschool Vouchers Atheist Ethics vs Santa: Teachers, Students Cannot 'Believe', 'Make a Wish' HART Rail Art Application Illegally Prepared by State Workers Senator Schatz is Wrong about Wind Energy -- Part 2 Nene, Humpback, Green Sea Turtle Among Top 10 Conservation Successes Hawaii Trial Court: Seawall No One Wants Belongs To State Undoing the Past 574 Enrolled in $200M Hawaii Health Connector Roz Baker Interfering with Termination of JSABOM's Carbone Judge: Occupy Unlikely to Overturn Sidewalk Nuisance Law Cost Of Permits In Honolulu Could Be On The Rise State DOH Focuses on ‘Partner Therapy’ Koko Head rifle range closed after reports of stray bullets Save Hawaii's Egrets and Owls Kawika Crowley to Challenge Tulsi Gabbard in 2014 Nine Hawaii Legislators In D.C. for Annual Forum Read More..

Friday, December 6, 2013 December 6, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4062 Views Kenoi Signs Anti-GMO Bill 113, Pledges to Force Ag into 'New Directions' Federal safety inspectors investigating violence at Hawaii State Hospital 2013 Honolulu City Lights Opening Night Oneula Beach Dec 7, 1941: Air Photos from Landing B-17 Flying Fortress Honor Thy Father: Battleship Missouri Sneak Preview of Hawaii 5-0 WW2 Remembrance Episode Home Community-Based Services Working Group to Meet Mililani, Kaneohe: Capelouto's 'Second Cup of Coffee' UHERO Asia-Pacific Forecast: Pacific Rim Will Edge Forward After Weak 2013 Pearl Harbor Day Dozens of Big Island Farmers Face $1000/day Fines, Effective Immediately 'Bizarre' Anti-GMO 'Babes' Attack Allies Mufi for Congress? Council? Governor? PLDC Redux: Abolish the HCDA? HCDA: Kewalo Site for retail food center and wedding hall? Art Director Sabotaged by Own Staff?  Monk Seal Killings: Local Justice or a Federal Case? Star-Adv: Don't Cull Sharks Homosexual resists Extradition in Waikiki Saw Murder Read More..

Thursday, December 5, 2013 December 5, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 5634 Views End of the Akaka Tribe? OHA Trustees Shut Down Hawaiian Roll Commission Public Utility Commission Issues Violation to SER Trucking for Sludge Spill House Committees Demand Update on Hawaii Health Connector Senate Committees to Examine ERS Financial status Medicaid Buy-in Task Force Meeting Monday "We the Powerful!" Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process VIDEO: Townhall.com News Editor Katie Pavlich on the problems with the Hawaii health exchange. Pearl Harbor Attack Jewel Smuggler Headlines Hanabusa Fundraiser KOS: Progressives Confused, Unhappy as 'Mayor for the 1%' Backs Schatz Senate Race A Proxy For Governors HCDA Unanimous: $700K is 'Affordable' Housing Honolulu Ethics Commission Subpoena The Mayor's Cabinet? The List: Contributors to Mayor's Transition Committee Revealed Suit: Profitable Non Profit Billed State for Fake Mental health Exams State Hospital nurse assaulted as facility conducts safety 'stand down' Waikiki Again: Homosexual Kills Lover, Chops up Body with Saw Kauai: Homosexual Child Molester Gets 20 Years Boylan: Doctors Must Join Suicide Squad Proposed 3rd north shore wind farm faces opposition $40M to Buy Out Turtle Bay Expansion Symbol of Government Waste Finally Set to Open Hawaii's economic growth slowing at year's end High Tech Tax Scammers Score Another $5M Supreme Court to Consider due process rights of indigent parents in child welfare proceedings Foster parents could use a raise OHA Chair Machado 'Feeling Fine' After Stroke Smart Business Hawaii Conference Supreme Court Places Kawaiahao Under control of Burial Council 'Maddening': Obama Family Plans Hawaii Vacation For Sixth Straight Year Another Billionaire Seeks to Cash in on Biofool Scam Hawaii Again Ranks Most Sleep-Deprived Read More..

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 December 4, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3877 Views Brookings: New Evidence Raises Doubts on Abercrombie’s Preschool for All HI health exchange violates federal law, League of Women Voters say Hawaii earns ‘D’ for judicial financial disclosure University of Hawaii honors Wounded Warriors and US service members State of Hawaii Sued for Short-Changing Foster Parents and Children HCDA, BoE, HHC, LUC: Abercrombie Announces Appointments Oahu bus vendors selected for 2014-15 school year DPS Names Ruth Coller Forbes New Kulani Warden Caldwell Admin will now Advise Itself on Ethics Pushing for Tax Hikes, Caldwell Suggests Bus Ads Kauai Seed Growers to Announce Spraying Times so Luddites can Coordinate Mass Hysteria Hawaii Business BOSS Survey - Optimism Fades Young Bros. increases its shipping rates by 5.5 percent Obamacare Growth Industry: Bay Clinic Opens Clinic to Reach 3400 Patients in Kau Product Banning Billionaire Bloomberg to Raise funds for Schatz at Home of Developer MacNaughton Kakaako Development: Workforce Housing or Get Rich Quick Scheme? Clayton Hee's Shark Fishing Restrictions Behind Increase in Shark Attacks Relativity behind Rusty Boar: Tax Credit Crowd Tangles with DLNR Tax Credits: 'Tech' Companies Love Honolulu Star-Adv: Stop back-billing water users The DOE Is Saving Thousands With New School Bus Plan Campaign Tactic: Rivere Suit vs Turtle Bay Timed with Upcoming Elections Omidyar vs Anonymous State Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit seeking to limit scope of OHA Bill to Propose Hawaii Voting Age 16 FCC ruling Finally halts regulation of Hawaii isle's cable rates Read More..

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 December 3, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:06 PM :: 3824 Views Another Anti-GMO Leader Apologizes: "The authorities I trusted in were wrong" Ethics Comm: Mitsunaga Showers DoT Engineer with Free Golf, Flights, Oakleys and Rolex HSTA, Hotel Workers Sign Open Letter Calling for Kakaako Development Moratorium Lack of Transparency Leads Many to Ask: Who Has Connections to CGI? Maui Pesticide Bill Would Fine Farmers, Landscapers $10K per Day Young Legislators Launch Hawaii Future Caucus Ethics Comm Fines Non-Responsive Elevator Commission Board Member $125M/Year for Abercrombie's Preschool Voucher Scheme Foster parent to sue over low payment Atheist Complaints About Final Salute to Buttons Kaluhiokalani Not Slowed by Scandal: The Same Companies Keep Snagging Huge Federal Contracts in Hawaii Seemingly conflicting plans at UH upset key legislator DoH: 179 Same Sex Marriage Applications  Big Island's Anti-GMO Bill 113: It's Not 'Who' Is Right, It's 'What' Is Right Jessica Wooley Wants to Redefine Agriculture, Sink Farmers HELCO delays geothermal contract in Push for Lower Prices Enviros Try to Block Waste to Energy Biofuel Industry on Big Island Fails To Follow Through on Big Plans of 2008 Food Nazis Drive Hawaii to Eat Spam Read More..

Monday, December 2, 2013 December 2, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 3778 Views World AIDS Day: Gay Inc Drops HIV for Marriage, Military & Money Food Activism: The Dunning-Kruger Effect Anti-GMO Activist: “I Cater to a Very Wealthy Clientele” Reductio ad Monsantium Gays Recycling Civil Unions Couples Because Nobody Wants a Gay Marriage Unitarian Cluster: One Gay Groom is Roommate of Another's Gay Groom More Recycling: Lesbians Already 'Married' in Arkansas Come to Hawaii to Do it Again with Plenty of Media  Budget; Caldwell Scheming to Justify massive Tax Hikes Uninsured Fret About Getting Health Coverage By New Year's Day Star-Adv: Curb Free Speech so Old Boys Won't Win Any More Elections Kakaako Developer Cites Excuses for Unaffordable Housing CCA Behind Abercrombie Prison Building Binge Propose Amnesty from Prosecution for Calling 911 to Report Drug Overdose Meth Awareness Week Another Enviro Babbles About Swimming With Sharks Read More..

Sunday, December 1, 2013 December 1, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 3995 Views Taking Minimum Wage out of Context Only 25 Sign Up: Caldwell Helps Recruit Gay Couples for Political demonstration Marriages Abercrombie, Kahele to Celebrate 'wedding' of Honolulu Unitarian Minister to Mainland Homosexual IHS Helps Transsexual Recover from Effects of Homosexual Child Molestation Shapiro, Milner: Haoles are Stigmatized Like Jews Earthjustice (sic): Counties can legally regulate ag practices 1966: 1000 Patients at Hawaii State Hospital DWS Claims Glitch caused water billing errors OHA Kakaako Makai Development Scheme to be on Legislative Agenda Star-Adv: Revamp goals for athletics at 2 campuses Desperate for More Tax Credits, Act221 Scammers' Conference to tout Hawaii as 'startup paradise' Read More..