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Saturday, December 31, 2016 December 31, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:14 PM :: 3432 Views More Turmoil at OHA -- CFO Resigns Another Court Blasts Unconstitutional, Race-Based Voting Can you name the state trying to place racial restrictions on voting? Hawaii Gets Small Business Waiver–First in the Nation to Escape Obamacare Obamacare Repeal Has Begun For Small Firms Ward Seeks Attorney General's Opinion On Hawaii Kai Homeless Map DLNR Dis-Informational Meeting on Non-Existent Sea Level Rise in Hawaii DHHL: 2017 Legislative Talk-Story Sessions Minimum Wage $9.25 Effective January 1, 2017 10 New Year's Resolutions for Hawaii Hawaii: $325 Per Capita on So-called ‘Energy Savings Contracts’ OTEC is a Science Experiment Hawaii AG Threatens Suit to Save Obama’s Already-Destroyed ‘Clean Power Plan’ Will Huena Power Sue over Geothermal Scheme? City ethics rules need clarification Read More..

Friday, December 30, 2016 December 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 3872 Views Who spent Hawaii’s $1 billion surplus? Obamacare Repeal: How Will it Affect Hawaii? UH Promises to Protect Illegals from Trump New Obama Travel Costs Bring Eight-Year Total over $96 Million $500K: OHA's Giant Cookie Loan After 20 years John Waihee’s Golf Course Finally Ordered to Allow Access to Hawaiian Kingdom Road High-Tech Schemers Grubbing for another $10M from Legislature Decade Later Anti-Superferry Protesters Have Regrets—But Still Blame Others Fontaine’s volunteer campaign treasurer sentenced for theft Senators Question Whether PUC Member Had Conflicts Of Interest Farmers on Sustainability Guam Governor Deports 19 Criminals—Two Sneak Back in Mother Jones Looks at COFA California Democrats legalize child prostitution Effective Jan 1 Read More..

Thursday, December 29, 2016 December 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 5655 Views OHA’s Secret Mauna Kea Meetings America’s Crummy Airports: How to Fix Them? Visitor Spending Rose for Sixth Straight Month in November Chief Kealoha: More Than the Mailbox Hawaii to Allow Killer Doctors? Hawaii’s Public Records Agency Is Picking Up The Pace A Bit HIDOT Studies Ferry Options Hawaii Oil Imports Down 41% – 85% of Decrease from Non-Utility Sources HECO Still Seeking Big Cable Project Privatized Public Housing Hosts After School Program Cheap Rentals in Warm Weather Destinations?  Pahoa Ranks 5th in USA Convincing Chronics to Accept Shelter is Very Difficult Chinatown: Entrepreneurs Help Clean out Homeless Drug Addicts Maui Ex-county worker charged with theft over ‘Commercial Kitchen’ Scheme With Kenoi Gone, Hawaii Council Suddenly Wants to Ban Booze Purchases Ex-Senator Melody Aduja Gives Up Law License to Hide Latest Doings Mo Money: Bumpy Kanahele Launches Digital ‘Currency’ Read More..

Wednesday, December 28, 2016 December 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 3831 Views 9th Circuit Court Rejects Race-Based Voting in Northern Marianas Islands Beachfront Property: Hawaii Supreme Court Considers Wipeout Regulatory Taking 107 Candidates Register for Neighborhood Board Elections AARP Plans Hawaii Legislative Agenda Hawaii Zika virus-infected mothers delivered babies with microcephaly as early as 2009 Downtown Café Serves Crooked Politicians -- but not Trump Voters Plan to Destroy Hawaii Small Businesses and Jack up Consumer Prices with $22/hour Minimum Wage Time for a State Board of Transportation? Suit aims to ease crowding at Campbell While Kihei High School Twists in the Wind, Kihei Charter School Breaks Ground on New Campus Kau Gym: Will Billy Kenoi’s Rush-Job Blow Down in Next Hurricane? 9th Circuit, EPA Agree: Pesticide Buffer Zones are Unscientific Broken Trust: 20 Years Later Kam Schools Struggles to Make use of Larry Mehau’s Eucalyptus Trees Bait n Switch: MECO Tricks ‘Time of Use’ Rate Payers Hawaii achieves 25% clean energy in 2016, report claims Soft on Crime: Alleged Ala Moana Shooter Catch and Release Read More..

Tuesday, December 27, 2016 December 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 4257 Views Tax Credits: Cronies and Phonies Rake in Millions HART’s Colbert Matsumoto to Open Marijuana Dealership Just Outside Waikiki Isle health costs to jump an average of 6.2 percent—Obamacare Plans Jump 35% Rep Gene Ward Maps Homelessness in Hawaii Kai—Activists Demand Censorship Untangle rules blocking housing Kihei Water Even Dirtier than Lahaina? 2017: Enviros Still see no way to Shut Down Fishing Fleet Zika in Hawaii Since 2009? Read More..

Monday, December 26, 2016 December 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 3874 Views Indigestible: DoTAX 2016 Tax Digest--87 Pages Hawaii Sue and Settle vs. Ashley Madison Rules will put more Homeless people on streets NBC News Really Embarrassing Hanabusa Fluff Piece 5009 Electric Vehicles Registered in Hawaii Read More..

Sunday, December 25, 2016 December 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:41 PM :: 3807 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Can the Unions Dodge the Law? 89 Candidates Register for Neighborhood Board Elections Former Rep Mark Moses Dead at 68 How Billy Kenoi Gave Himself Control of Hawaii County Hiring Decisions from Top to Bottom  Welfare for the Rich--State paid $318.47M in tax credits for 2014 HECO Rate Hike Allows for $106M Profits Still time to turn rail woe into bus way Three Year Effort by 12 Social Workers to Convince ONE Schizophrenic Drug Addict to Accept Shelter Read More..

Saturday, December 24, 2016 December 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:59 PM :: 3709 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Land of Make Believe: Hawaiian Electric Claims it Can Reach 48% Renewable by 2020 Rail Guideway Reaches Aloha Stadium 2017 Grant-In-Aid Applications now available Taxpayers Suffer $39M Hit--Judge reverses decision, keeps ‘Residential A’ property tax Panel Sort of chooses to let 12% pay raises for mayor and appointees stand Honolulu Cancer Center Pins Hopes on ‘Moonshot’ Homeless Habitual Drunken Criminal  May Get Room and Board for 1 Year at County Jail Thanks to New Law HFD fined $15K for fireman’s death Former Rep Mark Moses Dead at 68 Read More..

Friday, December 23, 2016 Decembr 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 4202 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii 10,000 Residents Flee Hawaii in Year—Population Growth Slumps State Land Use Commission has not approved housing in the past 3 years GE Tax Hike would Boost State Skim to 33%, pay off HIDOT—Unions Get Nothing Anderson OK with State Skimming 33% from Rail Tax Unfair: GE Tax Hits Poor 10 Times Harder Was Acting HPD Chief In On The Theft Conspiracy? Anti-Telescope Activists Fear Special Master Would Blow Their Delaying Game Rowena Akana Interview: New head of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Because we don’t have Insane Asylums, RN Scrubs Mentally Ill on Street to Reduce Infections, Save State Millions Green Energy Scheme—Soak Ratepayers for $200M Failure Mortgage Rates Double Whammy on Home Affordability Ige budgets $44 million boost to the UH system over 2 years UH Grad students seek to Airbrush Sanford B Dole from History Distracted by Chief--HPD reports big drop in speeding tickets this year Civil Beat—One of Biggest Sources of anti-GMO ‘Fake News’ Read More..

Thursday, December 22, 2016 December 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 4457 Views OHA: Crabbe Contract Secretly Extended 3 Years House Republicans Announce Caucus Leadership, Committee Assignments HUD Examines Honolulu Section 8 Rent Subsidies Ige Completes Appointments to State Environmental Council HCF Announces 2016 FLEX Grant Awardees Saiki: Thirty-Meter telescope case requires appointment of court master Kaneshiro Protecting Himself by Keeping Katherine Kealoha on Job? SHOPO: Chief Should be Back on Job Amid leadership crisis, HPD spent $74K to improve image Honolulu Ethics Commission Looks at Advisory Opinion on Campaign Contribution Conflicts of Interest Star-Adv: Ige’s Housing Plan Closing Homeless Shelters, Driving Homeless Back onto Streets Homeless Funding -- Measurable Impact on Evictions Hawaii: 10% of Population Addicted to Drugs Halawa Prison Has Special Wing for Lunatics Reinsurance: How Alaska Reduces Obamacare rates Only 11,570 Sign up for Obamacare—35% Rate Hike for 2017 Read More..

Wednesday, December 21, 2016 December 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:45 PM :: 3540 Views VIDEO: Hawaii Board of Education Meeting Dec 20, 2016 KIUC Nominating Committee Selects 6 Candidates for Board Election Rehabilitation: Jury Rules in Favor of Kauai Warden Luke, Tokuda Oppose Fast-Tracking Honolulu Rail Bill Cool Schools? Prices Skyrocket—Fewer than 50 Classrooms Complete Elefante Calls for Chief to Resign Why Do We Insist On Complicating Workers’ Comp? FCC Opens Public Comment Period for Sandwich Isles Pesticides: Anti-GMO Activists Announce Angle of Attack Against State’s Latest Attempt to Explain Reality to Them Anti-Agriculture Activists Target Cattlemen Anti-GMO Power Grab: Luxury Realtor Attacks Maui Council Chair Read More..

Wednesday, December 21, 2016 Letters to the Editor December, 2016 By Letters to the Editor @ 3:22 PM :: 4660 Views Obama No Hope at Christmas OHA Employee Satisfaction Survey--The Fix is In Read More..

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 December 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 4088 Views Budget: Who Will Gut the Taxpayers? —Unions, Rail, HIDOT? American Samoa Rep Joins Trump Transition Team Stars Align for the Congressional Review Act 75 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Auditor: OHA Fails to File Oversight Reports as it Drains Public Land Trust Fund FULL TEXT: After Lying for Weeks, City Finalizes Ko Olina Sewage Spill Report Most Caring Cities in America—Honolulu Ranks 5th Kealoha Out: Gets FBI Target Letter—Placed on Paid Leave State LUC choking off additional housing Ige Homeless Plan: Eliminate 762 Shelter Beds HECO Controls Rate Hike Message Solar Schemers Try to Steal $150M from GEMS Fund – Fail Pisciotta Eyes Telescope Cash Flow US Senate: Schatz Still on Indian Affairs Committee—Despite Absence of Indian Tribes in Hawaii Conscience: Hawaii Elector Refuses to Support ‘Unqualified’ Hillary Clinton Perceptions of Risk The NCAA investigation that will never end Read More..

Monday, December 19, 2016 December 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 PM :: 3671 Views Meet the Fiscal Hawk Trump Chose as Budget Director Rail: Push is on for Expedited GE Tax Hike Suicide Squad Deploys Slanted Poll HMSA pay scheme discourages doctors Solar Schemers Outline Plans for 2017 Legislature Hi Tech Tax Credit Scammers to Confer as Legislature Opens Standing Rock: Another Reason to Reject Fake Indian Tribe for Hawaii Decolonization meetings kick off on Guam Hawaii’s One-Party State Relies on Electoral College for Protection Read More..

Sunday, December 18, 2016 December 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:32 PM :: 3845 Views Hawaiian Civic Club Money Secretly Funneled into Fake Indian Tribe Maui Says Aloha to Island’s Last Sugar Cane Producer EPA Finds No Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking Hawaii Retroactive Tax Hikes Every Year Ige: I Spent the $1B Surplus in July (Negotiating Position #1) Ige: More Spending on Failed Cool Classrooms Program (Negotiating Position #2) Cataluna: Kealoha Should Retire Suicide: Top Lobbyist Joins Push to Kill off Expensive Patients HIDOT Bungling Delays Highway Project Another 14 Months UH: Global Cooling Deniers Panicked over Trump Cabinet Picks Read More..

Saturday, December 17, 2016 December 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 3984 Views Anti-Hawaiian? Akina Debunks Critics HECO Demands 7% Rate Hike–Blames Green Energy Schemers Ride-Sharing bill becomes Law Without Caldwell Signature Adult Financial Literacy: Hawaii Ranks 4th Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Hawaii--What the Feds Claim Homeless shelter shuts Down under New State Rules—48 Children are first of many with Nowhere to go TMT hearing: Opponents seek stay after court ruling $39M Residential A Tax Hike – Caldwell Sends Top Lawyer in Desperate Grab for Money City says corrosion caused large sewage spill near Ko Olina HECO pushes electrical bills higher Hawaii Tax Credits for Solar Battery Systems Designed to Give Millions to South African Billionaire Star-Adv: Neighborhoods need good board members Trump's Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke needs your help to avoid unjustified tribal recognition Maui Council: Polystyrene Ban Should be Enacted because Conscious Enlightened Progressives Worked for 6 Years to Pass it Read More..

Friday, December 16, 2016 December 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 8492 Views WESPAC to Obama: Tuna Monuments Destroy Jobs UHERO Panic Attack: Trump More Dangerous than China State Policy Options to Sustain Military Installations They Want $200B: Caldwell Signs Mayors Letter to Trump Interest in building ohana units rising on Maui States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections—Hawaii Ranks 10th Structural Failure—27 Honolulu Rail Cars heading for Junkyard? Costly OHA infighting adds to concerns over trust spending Officer Pleads Guilty: Prepared to Testify Police chief's wife was part of effort to frame uncle PUC dismisses Huena geothermal against HELCO Political Insiders Developing Secret Plan for Aloha Stadium Audit: ‘Ahahui Koa Anuenue hurting UH athletics Doubly Jeopardy for Deedy? Ige Budget to be Released Monday Motor Voter Coming to Hawaii Legislature? Maui Public Hearing on 32% Pay Hike for Officials Honolulu ranks among least affordable cities for renters DoE: Portables Sit for 2 Years Awaiting Paperwork Water cut to Waianae homeless shelter thanks to records snafu Hawaii Lowest Rate of Babies Born Drug Addicted Ohio doctor ran 'pill mill' before fleeing to Hawaii, prosecutors say Read More..

Thursday, December 15, 2016 December 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 3829 Views Full Text: Police Chief Sued for Racketeering Caldwell Raises Property Taxes 5.9% By Jacking up Assessments Why They Fired Bob Lindsey OHA Employee Satisfaction Survey--The Fix is In Report Compares Hawaii Head Start Programs to National Averages One More Time: State Tries to Reason with Anti-GMO Lunatics EPA files complaint against Syngenta for farmworker safety violations on Kauai Hawaii again nation’s healthiest state—Mainland Health in Decline After 8 Years of Obama Judge overturns BLNR’s approval of TMT sublease Telescope: Sacred Means No Discussion, No Compromise  Board directors at public isle companies are paid well for Political Connections With Kenoi Gone, Hawaii County Cracks Down on Employee Alcohol Purchases Plea Bargain for Rep Kanela Ing? 3 Months Suspended Drivers License Public Pushing Back Against HELCO rate increase AUW: Rapid Rehousing Mostly Prevents Dehousing Assisted Suicide Back on Legislative Agenda as Insurers Seek New and Innovative Ways to Save Money HSTA Tries to Push Back Against CNHA Support of Matayoshi Zero Tolerance Policy Leads to 34 Expulsions for Air Guns – None for Real Guns Game Over: Kauai County Votes 6-0 to repeal anti-GMO bill Maui/Kauai: Same old Anti-GMO Tricks Hilo Biofuel Schemers in Default Negotiations Over Political Status of Guam, NMI Read More..

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 December 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 4185 Views UPDATE: Trump Picks Montana Rep Zinke for Interior Secretary Only 3% of Hawaii Tobacco Taxes Used for Anti-Tobacco Programs Ethics: Three Prison Guards Conspire to Take $10,000 from Inmate Report: Hawaii charter school academic performance ‘mixed’ Best States for Drivers? Hawaii Ranks 41st Ige Names Deputy Directors for Budget, Human Resources Ethics Fine: WCC Professor turns Clay into Gold Hu Honua: Green Power Plant Hits HELCO With $450M Antitrust Suit Census Bureau Releases Hawaii ACS Report Fund created to bring in TMT protesters from mainland Telescope Hearings: Cross-Examination Begins Billy Kenoi: One Last Illegal Act before Leaving Office Civil lawsuit to allege police chief, wife guilty of racketeering ESSA: BoE Plan Doesn’t Give HSTA Total Control ERS: Hawaii Pension Liability Just Got a Lot Larger President Donald J Trump will Liberate Hawaii from Obamacare, Then What? Green Energy Drives HELCO Rate Increase Maui Loses 6% of electricity with HC&S Closure Scheme to Get 6,000 more NEM Solar Systems on Grid  Medicated Marijuana to Begin Growing in February For Oahu's unaccompanied homeless youth, help is hard to find Mainland Homosexuals Think Hawaii is Kinda So-So for Trannies Honolulu Zoo Society lays out suggestions to improve business Dozens of Taxpayer-Subsidized Housing Residents Rally for Meth Defendants Soft on Crime: Embezzler gets Probation, Does it Again Judge violated constitutions, court finds Read More..

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 December 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 4517 Views Hawaii Ranks 46th in Survey of Economic Freedom in North America Caldwell in San Francisco to See How they Keep the Homeless Homeless OHA Fishing for Money from Fishermen? Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted December 13, 2016 Sergeant: Police chief's wife interfered arrest of Fleeing Felon in Black Escalade Ige to ask lawmakers to Waste $10M on Bogus Hi-Tech Tax Credits for Rich People School Reform: After Lying about Matayoshi, Can Ige be Trusted? Caldwell Outspent Djou Nearly 4-to-1 In Honolulu Mayor’s Race Kauai Council expected to discuss repealing GMO bill 32% Pay Hike for Maui County Officials Hawaii's last sugar mill conducts final harvest People Begin Demanding HC&S Land for Themselves Lawmaker: Homelessness should be considered a health condition Hawaii to force a third of sheltered homeless back onto street Homeless Drug Dealers Torch Diamond Head--Twice   Requests for info about sewage spill near Ko Olina go unanswered Hawaii Second Most Unionized State Read More..

Monday, December 12, 2016 December 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:45 PM :: 3375 Views DAGS Update on Payroll Modernization Program HECO says it will seek rate hike Due to Green Energy Costs Democratic Party Chair asked to Investigate Rigged HD2 Selection Sierra Club Split on Anti-Telescope Activism HSTA to Record Every BoE Meeting Read More..

Sunday, December 11, 2016 December 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:21 PM :: 5267 Views Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Legislation to Stop Obama from Arming al-Qaeda Taxes Reaching Back into the Past? All-time high for UH Manoa four-year graduation rate Insiders Believe Akina Election Means No More OHA Mega Bucks for Waihee, Danner and the Fake Tribe Feds to Order Shutdown?  Al Hee’s Criminal Enterprise Funneled Thousands to Hanabusa Rail: Bumbling DoTax $100M Calculation ‘Error’ Will Legislators Give Caldwell His Tax Hike When He Has Done Nothing to Pay for Rail? HMSA Pays Bonuses to MDs who get Rid of Sick Patients Anti-Telescope Activists Compare Themselves to Gandhi Maui County park officials mull access fees Read More..

Saturday, December 10, 2016 December 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:13 PM :: 3797 Views Call for Council to Investigate Caldwell’s Zoo Coverup How States Can Shape Obamacare’s Replacement Pentagon: North Korea Can Launch Nukes, But Might Miss Target Top HS Teams Face Off in Hawaii LifeSmarts State Competition After Three Years of Chaos Kauai to Repeal Anti-GMO Ordinance A&B Loses Half of its Water Allotment to Activists Condos Next: Activists Water Grab Will Hinder Transition of Ag Lands to New Crops Snippy Caldwell Drowning in Sewage Lies 12% raise for Maui county officials approved Without Public Notice Trump administration could be good for local construction unions 792 Households Receive Emergency Housing Assistance Only 32% of Gay Marriages Local Read More..

Friday, December 9, 2016 December 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 5008 Views VIDEO: Tulsi Gabbard Defends Trump Cabinet Picks, Denounces Democrats as ‘Offensive’ Trump to pick Washington Rep. McMorris Rodgers for Interior Secretary ‘Sharing’ the American Dream We are Voyagers Coop In Discussions to Buy HELCO? Ige nearly incoherent in defense of meddling in Schools Showdown: DoE Strategic Plan vs Ige’s ‘Blueprint’  Ige ‘Will Not Intervene’ in Rigged Hawaii County Democratic Selection Process Kenoi Last Act: Vetoes Anti-Retaliation Bill  Brian Schatz “Lilly-White Staff” Brainwashed UH Students Petition to Airbrush Dole Street from History Bike lanes don’t belong on McCully 18 Priors: Out on the Street Does it Again and Again WOTUS: Feds Behind Closure of Ala Wai Driving Range UPW Wins Right to Smoke On The Job in Hospitals Read More..

Thursday, December 8, 2016 December 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:31 PM :: 4179 Views Akina OHA: “Crucial Recommendations for Achieving Fiscal Sustainability” OHA: Akina Sworn in, Akana Ousts Lindsey as Chair Akina to OHA: E Hana Kakou Secede, With a Little Help From Putin Pew: National Parks in Hawaii Need $133 Million in Maintenance Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency KIUC Electric Rates Down 18% Rail: Latest FTA Letter designed to Cement False Dichotomy Council to become Rubber Stamp for Caldwell Activists Working for Immediate Shut off of Water to Maui Farmers Unsung Hero Saved Maui Farmers from Massive Property Tax Hike TMT Foes Admit they are Filibustering Phony Baloney: Hawaii Renewable Energy Definitions Critics Tired of Caldwell’s Sewage Lies Tourism Lobbyist To Head Police Commission State Hides Work History Of Former Cop Charged With Sex Assault HGEA Member Injured Playing Volleyball on the Job—Demands Workers Comp DHHL mulls changes to homelands rules Obama Legacy: U.S. life expectancy falls as many kinds of death increase Read More..

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 December 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3813 Views Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy Who’s not giving up on Fed Wreck? Apathy on Borrowed Time -- The Condo Owner’s Soul Search BoE Approves Amended Strategic Plan HBA Land Use Conference to Focus on Telescope, TOD, and GMOs Obama Hawaii Vacation Cost $4.8M Gallup: Hawaii Tops Well-Being Rankings for Older Americans Tax Hike Coming: Feds Give HART Extension to End of Legislative Session Telescope director welcomes Mauna Kea Peoples Park proposal CNHA: Keep Matayoshi 200,000 gallons at Ko Olina--Caldwell Caught Lying About Sewage Spill--AGAIN BLNR to Consider Contested Case for Proposed Kahuku Wind Generator Vacuum: Leaders of Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Head for the Exits Activists: We have failed, once again, to close down Hawaii Fishing Fleet Ethics Comm: Even Cronies Admit Kenoi “Violated Ethics Code” Public Safety director tagged by police for excessive speeding Apo: Hawaiians Historically Color Blind Pearl Harbor Anniversary Read More..

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 5756 Views FCC Order: Sandwich Isles $76M Fines, Repayments Council Reorganization Violates Sunshine Law? Homeowners with Exemptions Reminded to File State Tax Returns—Or Else! Video: Returning Power to Micronesians in Hawaii Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 5, 2016 New Chief for Bureau of Conveyances Text Messages Show HD2 Legislative Appointment Rigged by Democrats  Hawaii Supreme Court dismisses telescope opponents' appeal Gabbard: I oppose Telescope--Mauna Kea is Resolved—Going to Canary Islands Tulsi Gabbard Master of Self-Promotion Star Adv vs Gabbard: TMT issue unlike Dakota pipeline Harry Kim:  Mauna Kea Should Become ‘Peoples Park’ How rail’s rising costs, financial changes could affect taxpayers HGEA, HSTA Regaining Control over Schools Public Hearings Set on HELCO 6.5% Rate Hike License Amounts to $1M Tax on Non-Commercial Fishermen Prisons Full of Mentally Ill once placed in Lunatic Asylums Ever Heard of a Wire Transfer?  HVCB Puts $1M Check in Mail—It gets Stolen Another Hanabusa Operative Becomes House Sergeant at Arms Read More..

Monday, December 5, 2016 December 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 4198 Views Meet Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary Danner: Nobody Gave Money for Fake Indian Tribe Vote, Now We’re Getting Desperate Honolulu Council Chair: Ron Menor in -- Ernie Martin out Civil Beat: Don’t Like Homelessness?  Then Give More Money to those Who Keep the Homeless on Your Streets Star-Adv: How Can we Give More Film Tax Credits to Our Hollywood Buddies After Auditors Report? Kauai Dairy: Ag Takes Another Hit WOTUS Makes Normal Agricultural Activities Illegal LOL: Hanabusa is Pelosi’s Response to Massive Democrat Defeat Latest HPD shooting again raises familiar questions Espero Booted from Committee Overseeing Police Housing Shortage? New UH Hilo Dorms sit Half-Empty for Years City Council passes bill on ride-hailing firms and taxis County Council seeks feedback on polystyrene ban Read More..

Sunday, December 4, 2016 December 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 5621 Views Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy Coordinated Action Needed to Address Homelessness Irksome Nuisance: DLNR Pushing Non-Commercial Fishing Licenses Statewide After a Few Years of Success, DoE Reverts to Type KKK David Duke Endorses Tulsi Gabbard for Secretary of State Progressives: Gabbard is Helping Normalize Trump  Democrats Submit Three Names to Ige for HD2 Legislative Appointment Office of Election to Propose all-mail-in voting system (again) The thing about ‘sacred’ spots is that we can’t all be there Anti-GMO Whackjob: Convicted Criminal Elle Cochran Announces Candidacy for Maui Mayor Keeping Housing Unaffordable: Rent Control on Maui Arson up 800% on Kauai Caldwell’s Incompetence Allows Overflowing stream to flood Hauula Elementary Read More..

Saturday, December 3, 2016 December 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 4142 Views City Officials Intentionally Jamming Up Traffic Denied Another Extension, HART Finally Forced to Submit Financial Plan Attorney General Outlines Plan to Test Rape Kits Caldwell Administration seeking applicants for appointed positions AG Releases 2015 Hawaii Crime Statistics HART Plan to Pay Rail Debt: “I dunno” Matayoshi: Governor Lying about my Firing WOTUS: Court Uses ‘Clean Water Act’ to Give Feds Control of Ditches, Help Anti-Dairy Activists “I have a sleep disorder”—Anti-Telescope Protesters Latest Delaying Tactics $10.9M Medicated Marijuana Store Coming to Young Street Indoctrinating the Young in Hate Factories Sierra Club Boss Wants Hike in Minimum Wage Hawaii Gains From Abolition of Obamacare BioMess: Energy developer sues Hawaiian Electric, NextEra Energy for $555M 200 To Receive Rental Assistance Developers Like Flippers Fee for fishing? Study group looks at possibility of non-commercial license Read More..

Friday, December 2, 2016 December 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 3619 Views Harbors Division Fee Hike designed to boost $77M OHA Slush Fund? Auditor: 25% of Trust Funds Managed by Governor’s Office Should be Closed Maui Seeks Volunteers for County Boards and Commissions Micronesia Expert Blasts ‘Flawed’ U.S. Approach To Foreign Aid Council Approves $150K To Pay Lawyers For Police Chief City Council seeks greater authority to make property tax compromises After 1000s Hit by Caldwell’s Massive Property Tax Hike Attorney general announces 40-Month timeline to reduce untested rape kits Officer Acquitted of Assault Due to Incapacity-SHOPO Working to get job back? Maui County in Talks to Buy Wailuku Water Co After Stream Diversion Ruling Anti-GMO Whackjob Gary Hooser Preps for Special Election after Trump Appoints Gabbard to Something or Other Laughed out of Court, Anti-GMO Circus heads for 2017 Legislature Veterans’ group criticizes vets, including U.S. Rep. Gabbard, joining pipeline protest Hawai'i GOP Leaders Focus on 2018 Election Read More..

Thursday, December 1, 2016 December 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:08 PM :: 4525 Views Revealed: How Lindsey Beat Trask Visitor Spending Increases for Fifth Consecutive Month Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade to Commemorate 75th Anniversary of Attack Jaylin Kema pleads guilty to manslaughter in Peter Boy’s death Gabbard: Obama’s Pro-Al Qaeda Policy ‘Curdles my Blood’ – Discussion with Trump Meaningful Star-Adv: Hawaii Will be Just Fine Without Obamacare More Donors to End Funding of ‘Politicized’ UH  Lawsuit Targets Secrecy In Hawaii Tax Change Proposals Gall: Criminal Al Hee’s Crooked Company Sues PUC Alm Responds to HOPE Doubters Usual Suspects Have Absolutely No Idea What Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary means for Honolulu rail Hu Honua Biomess Plant: Expensive Electricity DPP Very Slow to Give Permits for Giant Solar Battery Systems Older buildings see soaring maintenance fees to keep up with repairs Kahului: 12 Homeless People Leave Behind 4 Dump Trucks Worth of Trash Kahaluu Lagoon Polluted by 700 Cesspools Read More..