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Saturday, February 28, 2015 February 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 4578 Views Jones Act Documentary Film Premier Sets the Stage for a Bigger Conversation Hawaii Rejects Sugary Beverage Labeling, Tax A Republican Vision for Hawaii: Kelii Akina Interviews Pat Saiki Why I voted to affirm Rep. Calvin Say as a qualified member of the House of Representatives 611 Candidates on Ballot for Neighborhood Board Elections Rhoads Admits Helping Say's Defense Team, Police Report Filed PUC Denies HECO's Request for End to Solar Net Metering CON: Keeping Hawaii Short of Long Term Care Beds Star-Adv: End Ethanol mandate What are Hawaii's Exports? City will build parking lots at just 4 of 20 rail stations SB1014: Senators Vote to Move Homeless Back in to Waikiki, Chinatown so they can Prey on Tourism, Small Business Homeless Trash Library, HPD Called Police Transparency Deferred Hawaii Co Budget Soars 4.3% Thanks to Unions Kauai Co Budget: Cut Spending to Pay for Union Contracts Mayor Wright tenants to share $350K Kauai County Auditor, county settle for $300K Maui Council Toys with Prosecutor Bill could allow Hawaii Health Connector to offer large group health coverage State deals with elevator inspection backlog, Blames Building Managers Anti-GMO Nailed: Regressive, Backward Luddites Read More..

Friday, February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 5684 Views The Garden Island Embraces Jones Act Reform Police seek man on video at the scene of a suspicious Kona Church Fire Ige Returns from Washington, Holds News Conference Tourism: Visitors, Expenditures Drop UHERO: Economy in 2015 will look a lot like 2014 Ige: Feds Should not Rush Hawaiians on Tribe Ige Finally Agrees to Release Names of Secret Advisors 'Knives are out': Gabbard faces backlash for taking on Obama over 'Islamist' extremism Local Media Still Acts Like Chris Butler Cult Does not Exist  (biding their time?) Caldwell vs Caldwell on Rail Tax Hannemann eager to calm the talk about rail's future Mufi: HART Should Wait on Tax Hike Until First Segment of Rail is Operating KHON: Waikiki Tax Hike a Trojan Horse to Develop Natatorium Area Ige Urges Support for Ching PUC to issue order after solar letter, HECO apologizes for confusion Pushed out of Waikiki, Chinatown, Predatory Bums Head West Lawmakers Consider Automatic Voter Registration Bill Legalizing Marijuana for Children Clears Senate Committee Mass Hysteria: Aquarium bills set for Judiciary Committee hearing Kym Pine's Adopt-a-Park Proposal Before Council Committee Restaurants account for 14 percent of Hawaii's employment Feds Pressure Hawaii on Cesspools Inflation 1.4% in 2014 Seawater AC Minimal Savings for Maximal Capital Expenditure US refiners may seek Jones Act waiver amid strike, Torrance explosion Marad Claims Loose lips could sink Jones Act ship orders EPA Releases Hawaii Emission List Former HPD major arrested in pedestrian death in Mililani Dobelle drops lawsuit, citing legal fight's cost 44 Convictions, Lifelong Criminal Latest Alleged Escapade--Burglary While on Work Release Psychologist: Army Homosexual Rapists are Really ... uh ... Heterosexuals Read More..

Thursday, February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4806 Views List Fraud Makes Kanaiolowalu Roll 'Too Hot to Handle' HECO Denies Solar Contractors' Blockade Claim HB321 Marijuana Dispensaries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly HB1482: “Hawaii Invests Local Act” Supports Crowdfunding Forced on to Obamacare: State Places 7,700 Lives at Risk to Save $20M Caldwell, Legislators Caught Lying About Portion of GE Tax Paid by Tourists Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday Hawaii hospitals face steep losses as reimbursements, state funds erode Garden Isle: Jones Act is costly for Hawaii After a Decade, Legislators Finally Getting Around to Repealing Costly Ethanol Mandate Solar Systems Cost Non-Solar Ratepayers $53M/Year Obama Pushes Tax Hike on Air Travel Legislation Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows Proposed $500,000 Vanpool Grant the Latest ‘FrankenBill’ Measures to create public isle preschool advance Minimum wage hike could Drive Up after-school care prices, Cost State $6M Middle Class Earn less in Hawaii--Even Without Cost of Living Factors Bill upholding increased public school hours advances, Amended What happens when UH faculty, staff cross the line? Bill on UH autonomy shelved by lawmakers Lab school admissions policy legal challenge HELCO Decision Marks End for IDG Geothermal Scheme Biofuels Don't Work, But Feds Keep Paying HC&S to Talk About Them Hawaii County Boosts Assessments Rather than Hiking Tax Rates DLNR Lease Renewals Slowly Strangle Hilo Businesses, Prepare Banyan Drive to be Abandoned  Hawaii bill would make super PACs disclose sources of funding and how money is spent Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement talks to continue in Hawaii next month Inmate on work furlough arrested at burglary scene near Honolulu airport HPD Plate Scanners Got 194 Hits Last Year Read More..

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 February 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 6016 Views HART Directors' Secret Discussion: State May Grab 25% Cut to Ease Passage of GE Tax Extension Tulsi Gabbard Hires Cult Associate as Chief of Staff Rep. McDermott sues UH Over 'Pono Choices' Secrecy Marijuana: Six Bills on the Move Thursday HELCO selects Ormat to provide an additional 25MW of geothermal energy Another Journalist Quits Omidyar: 'Blocked at Every Turn by Incompetence, Bad Faith' Ige's Secret Advisors--Broken Trust, HECO, KoOlina, HSTA Caldwell Rejects All Other Options to Spin HART GE Tax Hike HART Spins Ansaldo Sale to Hitachi as Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes Helping HART Create False Sense of Crisis, FTA says major changes to rail project would come at great price No REIT Tax Factional Considerations in Carleton Ching Nomination Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday Police Commission: Kealoha 'Exceeds Expectations' HECO holds solar hostages Taken by Contractors HHSC Emergency Funding Speeds Thru Legislature Hawaii leads nation in nursing home ratings Dobelle's lawyers drop out, cite failure to pay bills Abercrombie Rushjob on H1 to Influence Primary Election? Is a Weak Lobbying Law Getting Weaker? Commission investigates DLNR ethics complaint Shield Law Bill Clears House Judiciary Committee Randy Iwase confirmed as chairman of Hawaii PUC Hawaii lawmakers consider raising legal smoking age to 21--but only for Tobacco Hawaii Medicare patients saved an average of $1K each on prescription drugs last year TPP Coming Mid-March? China Testing New Subs able to Nuke Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4493 Views Hawaii lawmakers file resolutions seeking Jones Act exemption HB459 Amended: Parent's consent still needed for sex ed 608 Candidates Register for Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Republicans Unveil New Logo at Lincoln Day Dinner 332 Pages of Secret Regs: ‘Net Neutrality’ and Censorship Go Hand in Hand Surprise: Poorest Obamacare Enrollees Face $530 IRS Tax Bill California Plastic Bag Ban Suspended as 800,000 Sign Repeal Ballot Petition Hitachi Buying Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo Behind Closed Doors: Honolulu Rail Officials Planned Political Strategy in Executive Session Rail a winner for Caldwell, at least in terms of cash Watchdog group accuses Roll Commission of ignoring transparency Pathetic Excuses: Rhoads Tries to Justify Ex-Part Communications With Say's Lawyer Yanking autonomy won't cure UH ills Ige: Feds Are ‘Very Helpful’ When It Comes to Hawaii DHHL Nominees Approved by Committee as Danner Sisters Whine Kauai Police Chief: "SB677 a Recipe for Cronyism and Corruption" Bill aims to tighten access at public housing properties Bill may halt noncompete clauses Hawaii Green Party Could be Removed from Ballot Ewa Field's historic area should grow, feds suggest After 15 Years of Maui County Bureaucracy and Harassment, Molokai Veterans Center Needs One Last Signature Grove Farm chose Hawaii Dairy Farms over Kauai hotel project, new book says A new tool to “follow the money” at the legislature Hawaii Most Expensive Marijuana in USA Hawaii Lowest Black Incarceration Rate in USA Bill would permanently allow concealed firearms for retired law enforcement Hawaii E-Commerce Fraud Rate 1% Corrupt 'Food Bank' Gets Boost from Kauai Mayor A New GSA Scandal Says ‘Aloha’? Hawaii Diploma Mill Offers 'Reasonable Prices' Scalia: Why Would a Treaty be Needed? Read More..

Monday, February 23, 2015 February 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3905 Views State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey Rep Karl Rhoads Feeding Info to Calvin Say's Attorney while Chairing 'Special Committee'? SB358: Green Energy Scammers Push Legislators to Tax Natural Gas Seminar: Your Rights When HART Comes to Take Your Property Gabbard 'Mind-Boggled' at Obama's Two-Month Advance Notice of Plan of Attack on ISIS Legislation Plans for Federal Take-Over of Hawaii Health Exchange Pension Promises Are Getting Harder for Hawaii Lawmakers To Keep Revolving Door: Former TV anchor to direct communications at Senate The Future for NextEra and HECO: More Windfarms Constitutional amendment Would Transfer Control of UH Back to Legislature Abortion mongers panic over Born Alive Bills, Say Lege Should go Easy on Killers of Pregnant Women Sheriff Beats DUI Rap after Cops, Prosecutors Fail to Show Up Some schools struggle to provide adequate food, water Chinatown: Urine Smell Receding Honolulu zoning chair comes out against Malaekahana development Read More..

Sunday, February 22, 2015 February 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3764 Views GMOs: How the Precautionary Principle Refutes Itself Legislative Agenda: Pot, Parents and Privacy SB473: Concealed Carry Gut and Replace How Housing First Reduced Homelessness 72% in Utah Our Best Export – Our Taxes! GE Tax Hike: Will March 3 Rail Bids Stampede House of Representatives? Gas Tax Hike to Pay for Ige's $70.9M Boost in DoT Spending? Manoa Buyout Club: Gib Arnold Could be the Most Expensive Yet Slammed by Auditor, Health Connector Cuts off Payments to 'Contractor of the Year' Ige land agency nominees: Ill Will and Bling, Just Ask Neil Star-Adv: Big Island Electric Co-op Must be Heard HGEA Negotiations Underway, Contract Expires June 30 Pesticide Bill Targets Agriculture, Ignores other Users Affordable Housing Plan Will Take Decades, At the End the Problem will be Worse Than it is Now Hawaii vets express skepticism over possible changes to retirement pay Kauai: Another Wave of Mass Hysteria Read More..

Saturday, February 21, 2015 February 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 5807 Views 575 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections HB330: Increase GE Tax by 1% Caldwell: House Would Reject GE Tax Hike if Voted Today Massive Fuel Tax Hike on the Move in the House Omidyar Website Bashes Gabbard for Telling the Truth About Islamic Terrorism State Saves $27M by Forcing 7,500 Micronesians into Health Connector Ige = Hee? New Attorney General Opposes Return of Journalists' Shield Law Bill to prohibit lawmakers' fundraising weakened, but still alive 2 sides in West Coast ports dispute reach tentative contract 28 entities apply to join PUC's decision on NextEra-HEI deal NextEra Energy plans to build Hawaii's largest wind farm on Maui Protester: Kauai Dairy Farm is "how the fascists took over in Nazi Germany and the world got a Hitler" Dairy: “If you stop farming, then this resource is going to leave the agricultural designation” Kunia Ridge: Taxes, Water Bills, Regulations Conspire to Give Real Farmers the Shaft Hawaii Most Expensive State: 17.2% Above US Average Prices for Goods, Services Senate panel weighs bill to help local victims of sex trafficking, Police Complain it is too Tough on Pimps SB677: Police Commission wants to retain firing powers Developmental Disability: Hawaii Among Best States for Early Intervention Republicans aim to curb Obama's monument designations Read More..

Friday, February 20, 2015 February 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4245 Views Neighborhood Boards: 516 Candidates Enter Race With One Day to Go Takai vs Takai on Homeland Security Funding House and Senate Republicans Join Forces on Legislation Hawaii: Anti-Gun Legislation Deferred, Pro-Gun Bills Progressing Warning labels and beverage tax fail in Legislature HECO, Taxes, Pesticides, and Teacher Tenure: House Republicans Speak Out 500 Expected at GOP Lincoln Dinner 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines 25%: Hawaii Ranks 43rd in Weekly Church Attendance House Bills for 2015: Sex, Drugs and a Place for the Kids to Hide Out Tears and Gnashing of Teeth as Cosmic Vortex Sweeps Pesticides up Mountain Causing Multiple Illnesses and Dirty Window Blinds HB 825 Provides Little Incentive for Illegal Vacation Rentals to Register More waivers convey a “Public be damned” attitude toward legislative hearings Hawaii #2 in USA: 51.2% Tax on S-Corporation Income Posturing over DLNR pick should be entertaining Tax Hikers' Latest Trick: Rail officials pretend to need $350M loan Council OKs Waikiki tax hike $800M: Key airport projects delayed, costing more than expected Feds: Settle West Coast Today or Negotiate in DC State lawmakers aim to curb HCDA's leasing power and increase public input 27 Intervenors, Next Era Opposes Them All Ike Choy's Attack on UH Programs, Ham Handed, Narrow, Destructive Ethics Comm Bans Free Trips for Teachers, DoE Staff Instead of Raising Lunch Prices, DoE Should Follow Audit Instructions for Savings Labels: Senate Panders to Anti-GMO Mob Knowing House Will Protect Hawaii from Them As Expected, House Saves Farmers from Hypocritical Pesticide Buffer Zone Bill Infested with progressives, State asks childcare facilities to track unvaccinated children Even in Face of mass Opposition, Kauai Council Continues Tinkering with anti-Fireplace Law Are Maui tour operators ignoring federal whale watching rules? Sierra Club Boss: My Environmentalism Begins When Little People Invade Lands Once Reserved for Elite Obamaville Tent City at Kakaako Presidential Library Site Bill to Abolish Hawaii Land Use Commission Is Dead on Arrival Funding to continue the Preschool Open Doors Program passes Marsy's Law: basic rights for crime victims Sylvia Luke Raises Campaign Cash During Session Menor Proposes New Housing Office Rhoads Refuses to Hear Bill to create state game management panel Willie Plays Game with Anti-Aquarium Bills A Year Later, 40 Guam Soldiers Injured in Afghanistan Remain in Hawaii Read More..

Thursday, February 19, 2015 February 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4930 Views Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy of Kanaiolowalu Roll Commission Big Island Group Proposes Electric Co-Op AEI: Retire the Jones Act Ige Rejects Activists, Appoints DeCoite to HD 13 Vacancy HCR33: Will Legislators Ask OHA to Help State Create Fake Indian Tribe? Scorecard: House Omnibus Marijuana Package Senate Schedules Confirmation Hearing for Controversial DLNR Appointee Gallup: Alaska, Hawaii Lead the United States in Well-Being The Hawaii Democratic Party Wants Farmers Out of Business Creating Fake Crisis to Push Tax Hike, Council pretends to remove bus funds from rail money plan Hawaii Legislature should be fixing our tax system instead of making it worse Regulators Reject Petitions to Delay NextEra’s Purchase of HECO Health Connector Padded Rolls By Dumping 7,500 Medicaid Patients into Obamacare  Bob Jones: Obamacare Unworkable Taxing TVRs: Five Bills Still Alive Tobacco Tax: Just Another Fund to be Raided SB118: Senators Strip REIT Tax Hike Out of Bill Hawaii County: Little Chance for TAT Cap to be Lifted Hawaii Teachers Salaries 19th Highest in USA, Dead Last When Cost of Living Factors in Gabbard: Obama Misidentifies Enemy, Speech is a Diversion Legislators Tinker With Rules for Making Public Adult Care Home Inspections Lawmaker pushing to buy body cams for police statewide Maui Council Refuses to Approve Prosecutor, Then Refuses to Disapprove Him HB985 General Fund Will Cover 60% of UH Expenses HB596 Dope Addicts to Get Ticket Trannies Want Birth Certificate Change so they Can Evade Draft, Force Way into Girls Dorm Rooms Mainland Group Takes Control of Planned Parenthood Hawaii Kauai Doesn't Want Dairy?  Give Them Another Hotel Instead Boaters frustrated with poor conditions at Waianae harbor Read More..

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 February 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4109 Views 2015 Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes Another House waiver of public notice—on an important energy bill Schatz 3rd Most Absentee Senator Hirono: ObamaCare Needs MORE Snow Days 449 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Galuteria Owes $7,000 Back Taxes After Lying About Residence, Senate to Consider Action Iwase the Fearless will Lead us to the NextEra Eight Industrial-Sized Solar Farms in the Works Land Swap?  State has not always been best land steward Lawmakers say Ching's DLNR confirmation is not in trouble for now Neighborhood boards promote civic engagement Rent High Enough? SB118 Will Tax REIT Landlords Pinata Party: Usual Suspects Grab for Tobacco Tax Revenues Cigarette Taxes Triple, Poor Hit Hardest--$500M to General Fund DoE Wants $1.7M Lunch Price Hike Senate Committee Approves 11 Nominees to Hawaii’s Development Authority The New Standard for Transparency: Open Checkbook Is State Ethics Commission looking to backpedal on “goodwill lobbying”? Big Island group exploring public energy co-op Committees Send Marijuana Dispensary Bill on to Full House GMOs: Rhetorical Excess to Fan the Flames of Divisiveness Label: Senate Continues Pandering to Anti-GMO Nuts Legislators Pander to Animal Liberationists, Consider Bill to Ban Zoos, Circuses Aquarium Collector Gets Suspended Sentence for Defending Himself Against Anti-Aquarium Obsessive  Obama making WWII internment camp in Hawaii a national monument Read More..

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 February 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 6787 Views SB992: Creates Tribal Judiciary, Places 12,000 Hawaiian Children at Risk Full Text: Rail Cost Engineer on 'Billion Dollar Mile' I Mua Manoa Proposes UH Budget Sustainability Plan Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections In Hawaii, The State of Liabilities, The Cost of Rail is Just the Beginning Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 17, 2015 House Violates Public Notice Rules for Transsexual Birth Certificate Hearing Health Connector Bungles 3,000 Applications, Those Without Insurance Forced to Pay 2% More Income Tax Ige's Appointment for DLNR Deputy Resigned to Avoid Financial Disclosure Report Ige's DPS Deputy Nominee Placed Kulani Warden on Unpaid Leave, Then Quit Job Espinda Critics "Sissies, Assassins, Cowards" Regents Spend Hours Discussing Arnold's $1.4 M Golden Parachute Rail art should recognize those who forged this mess HB631: Gender is an Opinion, Just Ask for a Change on Birth Certificate Babes Against Civility: Environmentalism Poisons Itself Star-Adv: Aquarium Compromise Relies on Science over Emotion House bill aims to set buffer zone on wind turbine projects Care Home Industry Uses Love Story (Again) to Loosen Hawaii Laws SB199 would help fund police cameras Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Mind-Boggling,’ ‘Troubling’ Obama Won’t Recognize ISIS Islamic Ideology Hawaii County Overtime Abuse, County Vehicle Abuse Reported (Again) Students, teachers will need patience during Common Core test transition When can you record a conversation at work to prove discrimination? Read More..

Monday, February 16, 2015 February 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 3271 Views Will OHA Trustees Waste Another $5M on Push for Fake Indian Tribe? HCR33: Will House Pass Resolution Supporting Fake Indian Tribe? HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide SB1071: Second Amendment Rights for Legal Immigrants Ige Ignores the Fervor that Got Him Elected: DLNR nomination a Public Disservice, Disappointing Hawaii Health Connector Website Collapses Again NextEra seeks smooth sailing in choppy waters Hawaii: Highest Paid Part-Time Legislature in US State Accounting System is 46 Years Out of Date Air service helps deliver fresh produce, medical supplies to Oahu Legislators Consider Harassing Farmers Market Vendors 100 Disabled, Elderly Drivers Wait as State Fails to Provide Medical Exams Will New Obstacles Dim Hawaii’s Solar Power Surge? Hirono is Only Democrat Supporting Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' Bill Hotels Report 'Unexpected Softness' in Demand Read More..

Sunday, February 15, 2015 February 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 4004 Views Maui Democrats Nominate Two Protesters and a Farmer for HD13 Vacancy Hotels as Renters Invisible Ige Holes up with the Big Cheeses as Cauldron Bubbles Partnership: All of Nothing for Maui's Only Hospital Star-Adv: Give OHA your views on Kakaako HSTA Operative Demands Legislators back off Instructional Hours Law So-Called 'Consumer Advocate' proposes greater secrecy in NextEra merger Revolving Door: From Star Adv to Billy Kenoi and Back Again as Capitol Bureau Chief If We can't Run a Zoo, How can We Run Rail? Matson: Only One Ship Coming This Week Dairy is safe for the environment, and we will prove it Tulsi Gabbard to Marry Another Cult Member Read More..

Saturday, February 14, 2015 February 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3963 Views Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections Pro-Life? Hawaii One of Only Four States With no Abortion-Free Insurance Policies on Health Exchange HR235: Eliminate Hawaii Internet Access Taxes Grassroot Institute: Promoting our Principles in the Legislature SB727: Hike GE Tax Another 0.5% Statewide Ige Nominates DoTax, DoH Deputy Directors Horizon Settles Lawsuit, Clears Way for Sale to Pasha, Matson Right to Try Bills would Protect Terminally-Ill Patients from FDA Restrictions Jones Act Case to Be Heard by 9th Circuit at UH Manoa Rhoads, Chun Oakland Behind Massive Income Tax Hike Statewide Preschool: SB844 Passes Senate Education Committee Latest Excuse: Say's Palolo Home 'Being Renovated' Anti-GMO 'Babes' Admit They are Democrats, Ask Party Not to Nominate Real Molokai Farmer Ige to Sign over 400 Ac of Hana 'Forest Reserve' to Maui Windfarm Developer Legislators Continue to Fight to Keep Dole Land from Being Sold to Individual Owners Exposed: NextEra Schemes to Prevent Rate Cuts for Four Years Ige's AG Lobbied for Private Prison, Nomination Approved Anyway Obama Sends Labor Secretary to Talk to ILWU, Management Big Island Lawmakers Tell their Doper Constituents to be Hopeful About Getting More Weed from the Government Retailers Money Tied Up by Shipping Delays Opinions differ on mainland placement for Hawaii's troubled teens Dozens of mini iPads stolen from West Oahu schools Star-Adv: Taxi rules the problem, not Uber, Lyft Read More..

Friday, February 13, 2015 February 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 10392 Views Rail: Engineer Exposes The Hows and Whys of Cost Overruns 406 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections DCCA Nails Solar Contractor: Unlicensed Work on DoE Schools Caldwell signs law prohibiting sitting or lying on pedestrian malls Cancer Center to Merge With UH Medical School The Worst Gun Bill of the Decade Died Yesterday HB558: Curbing Overtime Abuse Senate Transport Committee Votes for Rail Tax Extension, Admits it's to Build More Rail into Kapolei, Manoa Ige Opposes Maui Memorial Partnership Deal HEI's Plan to Gut Existing Solar Contracts Ige Finally Gets Around to Holding First 'Weekly' News Conference Castle & Cooke CEO: 'No Conspiracy' in Ching Nomination Hawaii hotel occupancy falls sharply Army chief says troop cuts on Oahu could be small Say Makes Excuses, Says Palolo is as Far Away as Sister Isles Cancer Center: UH Admin, Regents Still Trying to Figure out What Legislators Want No Joke: Star-Adv Claims University Administrators are Competent to Investigate Rape Pressure builds on Obama to intervene in West Coast ports slowdown Jury awards more than $658K to police chief's wife Waianae: Industrial Solar to be Approved while Rooftop Solar Waits Hawaii Senate Panel Panders to anti-GMO Mob, advances pesticide regulation bill GMO: Demagogue Hooser Refuses to Consider Evidence HB511: Attacks by Anti-Aquarium Obsessives to be Illegal Ruling overturns Hilo doctor's Medicaid suspension UH Manoa Ranks 203rd in USA HB227: Businesses in Chinatown and Waikiki to face a new threat: the sound police Legislature Looks at Non-Compete Agreements On The Move in the Legislature Airport: DoT Fixes Tiles, Decides to Leave Potholes Intact Read More..

Thursday, February 12, 2015 February 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 7106 Views 'Hewa Hui' Plan: Create Fake Indian Tribe, Keep 95% of Hawaiians Out Wind Turbine Buffer Zones: HB1384 Gets a Hearing Lockout: Management Shuts West Coast Ports Four More Days Small Business Caucus Backs HB266 Regulatory Review Board Angling for Money from Legislature, UH Report Tries to Explain Athletic Department Finances Ige's Secret Transition Committee: Stone, Alm, Hiraoka, Arakaki and others Ching Nominee Would Be In Position to give Castle & Cooke Lock on TOD Development, Other Developers to be Iced Out GE Tax Hike: Honolulu Council Plays Chicken With Legislature Rail Cost: We're Just Guessing, says Amemiya Rail: Drilling, Hammering into Wee Hours of Morning Some staff will oppose Ige's state prisons chief nominee Grandmother Asks for $1M Damages Against Police Chief's Wife Campaign Spending Commission dismisses complaint against Say HB1455 Passes 'Health' Committee: Legalizes Marijuana Sales Regulations: DoH 'Works to Limit Production' of Start-up Food Businesses Bill would allow media greater access to lava, other disasters Solar farm may short-circuit school expansion Maui High principal confirms school's former football coach under DOE investigation HECO: "Rates will 'stay' Low Til End of Decade" Mayor Signs Expanded Sit-Lie ban HPD: Tweeker With 10-year Criminal Record Busted in Allenby Case Wedding venue, parking structure, farmers market to be sandwiched in controversial corner of Ala Moana Hooser Burned by Testimony Against Smoke, Dust Ban Aila Defends Aquarium Collectors Against Hordes of Anti-Aquarium Obsessives Kauai: Anti-Dairy Obsessives Hire Oregon Lawyer 3 Muslims Killed by Progressive Atheist Read More..

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 February 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 5427 Views Geothermal: New Zealand Company Abandons Partnership with OHA PMA: Unwavering ILWU Demand Threatens to Sink Contract Talks; “Slowdowns as a Way of Life” HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide Sexual assault and harassment policy updated by UH At End of Life, State Human Resources Management System moves to 'Private Cloud' HB1476: Rep Ing Introduces Bill to Hide Identity of all Campaign Donors Schatz' Boycott of Israeli Leader 'Shortsighted and small minded' Warning Label Bills Unfairly Single Out One Product Federal Monitor cites rail for 'Alarming' lack of cost control Takumi Admits HB1240 'Education' GE Tax Hike is Really About Rail Living Hawaii: The American Dream Is Broken for the Middle Class Progressives Spread Measles -- Where are the Anti-Vaxxers?  Kauai, of Course Will Belatti Hear 'Right to Try'? Bill would give terminally ill access to experimental drugs, treatments HB451 Reclassifies Sex as Rape--UH Administrators to Supervise 'Ongoing Consent' During Campus Coitus Money Laundering: Tranny Nowhere in Sight as School's ex-officials arrested House Committee Approves Bill to Repeal Undersea Cable Law HELCO Geothermal Decision Due Feb 17 Honolulu City Council will consider rezoning for D.R. Horton's West Oahu Hoopili development The Case of a Wayward Land Use Lobbyist Which Lawmakers Are the First to Hold Fundraisers During Session? More to say about Say-complaint to be heard Wednesday by the Campaign Spending Commission Ethics complaint: Anti E-Cig Legislation ‘unduly influenced’ by unregistered lobbyists for Big Pharma Free Clinics Push for State to Pick up Micronesian Co-Pays 30mph Wind Blows Roof off, School Still to be Used as 'Hurricane Shelter' 18 more prison guards punished for contraband, other violations Police Reform Measures Gain Steam in Hawaii Legislature IHS: Sit-Lie Ban Forces 70 Homeless to Accept Shelter Loss of accreditation could spell disaster for Honolulu Zoo ​HB1076 could waive University of Hawaii tuition for family of some veterans--But UH Admin Says They Can't Afford it Interim Coach Rejects $185K Offer as UH Begins Yet Another Idiotic "National Search" Noisy Politicians Find New Way to Harass Businesses Bill Would Decrease Annual Interest Rate for Payday Loans from 459% to 36% ILWU Lockout/Slowdown Update Read More..

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 February 10, 2015 Daily News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5182 Views Massive GE Tax Hike to Create New 'Special Fund' -- On the Move in House and Senate $185M GE Tax Hike: HB1240 on a Fast Track SB783: 'Worst Gun Bill of the Decade' Kanaiolowalu: 'Elections This Year' "Widespread Bribery and Corruption" Hawaii ERS Sues Petrobras Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 9, 2015 Rail to Make a Mess of Bus Service in Pearl City 'Until Further Notice' Should NextEra be able to use ratepayer funds to NOT produce electricity? Free Golf Scandal: Will Ige Act to Enforce Law? Hearing on Hawaii Rep. Calvin Say’s Residency Set for Friday Governor Ige dodges questions by insisting on written questions DLNR Nominee Lobbied City for Castle and Cooke, Koa Ridge? Counties Use TAT Hike Lobbying as Excuse to Raise Property Taxes State and Local Taxes Penalize the Poor and Benefit the Rich Hawaii ERS Falling Behind UHPA: Legislators Seeking Ban on Un-Regulated Sex 'Overstep Bounds'  Soft on Crime: Serial rapist's sentence cut in half by Hawaii court HB766: $15M for bare-bones Micro Units City Refuses to Grant Tax Exemptions for Solar Panels, Has Excuse House Tackles Proposed Rideshare/Taxi Regs Pre-Kindergarten: Funding Across States Slowdown: ILWU Short-Staffing Honolulu Docks Lloyd's: Jones Act Comes Under Pressure Ige’s Appointee to Head DCCA Cruises Through Senate Committee Police Oversight Bills to be Heard Today Hunters fight for development of 1st Hawaii Game Commission Ivory Ban Debunked City Begins Harassing Retailers Over Plastic Bag Ban City's $250K+++ Car Wash boondoggle Charter schools left out in the cold after lava threatens Winds Blow Roof off of Kailua 'Hurricane Shelter' HB1202 Would Legalize Vacation Rentals on Ag Land Hawaii Less 'Local' than Most States Hawaii Business Fluff-Piece Features Anti-GMO Lobbyist on Cover State of Hawaii Not Snooping in Twitter Accounts Read More..

Monday, February 9, 2015 February 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 4785 Views SEC Filing: Defective Turbines and Batteries, Secret Golden Parachutes at Hawaii Windfarms Forbes: Five Ways the US Government Keeps Native Americans in Poverty Documents Show Comcast Ghostwrote Abercrombie's Pro-TWC Merger Letters Solar Contractor Admits Defrauding Hawaii Consumers Crime Pays: Legislators Propose $50K per year Cash to ex-Convicts Section 8: Rhoads Seeks Grounds for More Lawsuits HB1501 Blocks HECO from Poaching PUC Staff ILWU Delays Unloading of Two Matson Ships Who Tried to Buy 2014 Ballot Measures? Inspection Reports for Some Hawaii Care Homes to Be Posted Online School Community Councils Allow a Voice in Hawaii Education Maintenance Funds for Public Housing Fall Short (again) HB444 Would Fund Waikiki Beach Replenishment Animal bills proposed Kauai: 'Caucasian Cranks' Propose Ban on Imu Smoking Read More..

Sunday, February 8, 2015 February 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 6894 Views Kauai Panel Seeks to Ground GMO Debate in Facts Three Hunting-Related Bills to be Heard Monday Maui Democrats Release Names of 13 Applicants for HD13 Vacancy Digitized Archive of 19th Century Hawaii Missionaries Goes Online HB1307: Fair Taxation? Top ‘Scientists’ Caught Adjusting Temperature Readings Three of Ige’s nominees to lead state agencies are Lobbyists Caldwell, HART promised no Tax Hike, No Borrowing HB14: HSTA Pushing to Gut Instructional Hours Requirement HB1468: Shut Down Big Cable Project to be Heard Tuesday HECO vs Reality on NextEra Merger Marijuana Task Force Member Pushes Drugs to Children SB791: Autism health coverage gains traction Calvin Say Case: Finally the Law Will be Enforced? Kauai: Accused Rapist Gets Off on Technicality Infamous Hit Man Enjoys Retirement Years With Family and Friends in Hawaii Silly UH Research Blames Windward Rains on Global Worming Read More..

Saturday, February 7, 2015 February 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 5836 Views Hawaii Polarized by Steamroller Activism Management: West Coast Port Lockout Begins Saturday HB536 Imposes Massive New Payroll Reporting Requirements on Businesses Mementos Reveal Civil Rights Icon's Exposure to Armed Self-Defense 369 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii State to Fire Medicaid Director after $144M Tech Disaster Somebody Begins to Notice that Hawaii Tech 'Startups' are all Taxpayer-Funded Frauds Ige Fires DLNR Water Deputy William Tam Lawmakers look at a fine for those who don't vote Lockout: Hawaii to Run out of Bottles? Obama Foundation: Hawaii 'To get some piece' of Obama Library Bill to create low-income mobile home parks advances HB1213/SB1219: Who Qualifies as Independent Contractor  Officers disciplined in 110 misconduct incidents Maui Police Fire More Stun Guns Than Honolulu SB1345 Would end multi-track schedules in public schools Maybe Hawaii Hospitals Will One Day Rise to the Level of Thailand Looted by Profitable non-profit, Honolulu Zoo is a Mess State-Owned Bank Would Direct SubPrime Lending to Deadbeats Controversial Hawaii caregiver training bill deferred indefinitely Task force prescribes cures for University of Hawaii Cancer Center Hawaii leads in sports tourism Read More..

Friday, February 6, 2015 February 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 4354 Views Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Only 1.9% Farmer: HB1514 is 'The Last Shovel of Dirt on Our Graves' Obama Budget would Increase Top Marginal Capital Gains Tax Rate in Hawaii to 35.8%--#2 in USA Ige Appoints Carpenters Union Political Director to DLIR Hawaii Family Advocates' Dream Team to Tackle Legislative Priorities Ige Announces HCDA Nominations Federal Report Calls Rail Project ‘alarming’ HB1468:  Iwase Opposes Bill to De-Authorize Big Cable Chief's Wife 'Angry' at Grandmother with Lost Home in 'Mortgage' Deal Visitors' spending is not keeping up with arrival numbers House Version of REIT Tax Dies Ige's DLNR Nominee Oversaw Unregistered Lobbyist West Coast Port Lockout Drumbeat The protectionist Jones Act vs. US economic freedom Right to Farm: Bill Passes to Prevent County Councils from Pandering to Anti-GMO Mobs HB1514: House Committee Panders to Anti-GMO Know-Nothings Will Anti-GMO Activists be Busted for Unregistered Lobbying? Ike Choy's Bill to Cut UH Programs Deferred in Face of Opposition OCCC to be Replaced by New Prison at Halawa Site? HB438: Lets Waste Another $6M 'Without a Plan' on Kahoolawe Roz Baker: Small Businesses Should Follow Me into Bankruptcy Cop's ex-girlfriend speaks out about alleged abuse Hawaii's largest oil refinery turning to other markets, including South America Zoo nonprofit gives just 10 percent of its funds to Honolulu Zoo Read More..

Thursday, February 5, 2015 February 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 4679 Views HB1252: Repeal Act 195, Abolish Hawaiian Roll Commission  PMA: We'll Pay ILWU's Obamacare Tax--Take it or be Locked Out Hawaii Supreme Court Could Sock Expedia for $626M in Hotel Taxes Tax Rate 50.4% on Small Business Income, Hawaii #2 in USA Hawaii Personal Income Taxes: "Highest Dollar Amount of Any State" Hawaii Ranks 3rd in Certificate-of-Need Laws--Which Mean Fewer Services for Patients On the Move: House Omnibus Marijuana Package HB1452 Heard Without Notice: Permits Vacation Rentals "In any area of zoning classification" SB958: Repeal Corporate Income Tax SB946: Repeal GE Tax on intermediary business transactions DoE Opens Office of Hawaiian Education, Seeks Director  SB286: Proposes 'Very Powerful' Inspector General to Investigate Waste, Fraud, Corruption Hawaii Consumer Advocate Rejects Call to Delay Review of NextEra Deal SB1268 on the Move: Allows Ige to Stack BoE with HSTA Operatives UH fires back over fired coach's contract, HGEA Files Grievance for Arnold UH's mounting legal bills Ige Backpedals On Posting Care-Home Inspection Reports Online LURF, Lobbyist Fined $4000 Ige Blocked Renters' Tax Relief HMSA contests bills forcing Connector participation Crackpot Anti-GMO Bills on the Move Hawaii Co Council: Make The Activist Lawyers Defend their Own Anti-GMO Laws While Legalizing Marijuana, Legislators Plan Powdered Alcohol Prohibition Sheriff, Prison Guards Not required to disclose misconduct Another HPD Officer With Domestic Violence TRO Kauai County: Retaliation Pays American Samoa Chief Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges Armed guards in Hawaii: No mental health checks, no firearm training Tulsi Gabbard Co-Sponsors Bill for Republican Mega-Donor House will decide if Rep. Say should lose his seat Taxpayers cover costly tab of Washington Place compound Middle-Class Millionaires Read More..

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 February 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 10077 Views Free Golf: Ethics Comm Nails Rail Contractors, UH Vice Chancellor, DoT Deputy Director, and Brian Minaai (Again) Djou: How to Fix the Rail Mess People's Pulse Contradicts Ward Poll: "Economy, Housing Remain at Forefront" Latest to Make Fool of UH Administrators, Fired Coach Arnold says "I am Innocent, Gimme $1.4M" HB287 Embarrassment: Broad and Vague Exemptions Render Transparency Meaningless DLNR: Pacific Whale Institute 'Will be Held Accountable' for Grounding Catamaran Will Hawaii County Use Mainland Anti-GMO Activist Lawyers? SB873 Would Legalize Marijuana, Nullify Federal Prohibition NY Attorney General: 79% of ‘Natural Supplements’ Totally Fake Ige’s Honeymoon Ended With Nomination of Ching Ige so Secretive, Many Believe the Fix is in for NextEra Galuteria Caught Cheating on Property Taxes--Claims Two Homeowners Exemptions? Throwing Good Money After Bad: Another $28M for Health Connector? Bills Place Conditions Before NextEra Merger Ige Appointee Resigns After Just Days on Job  Public trust split in HPD misconduct investigations SB497: Transparency in Police Discipline HPD Unable to Compile Crime Statistics Since 2010 Hawaii’s Sunshine Law Is Getting Cloudy As Lawmakers Debate Bill 82 would trigger higher rents for Waikiki businesses HB496 Make Small Business Provide 3 months Paid Time off for Employees SB593: Anti-GMO Crackpots Seek Takeover of Agribusiness Development Corp Omidyar Still Pushing Hanalei Bay Development Kauai: Gays Eager to Recruit Kids Potheads Upset: May Need to make Up Better Excuses than 'Pain' to get Weed California labels e-cigarettes a public health threat (or financial threat?) Bills Seek funds for Hilo Medical Residency Program HB128: Make Grandparents pay Child Support Fuel Spills Lead to Barrel Tax Bill Chevron Hawaii operation likely to be sold later this year Kaiser Claims Local 5 Strikers Block Emergency Patient Read More..

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 February 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4624 Views HEI 'Solution'--Remotely Shut off Your Solar Panels HB321: Marijuana on the Move in the Legislature Hawaii Ranks 11th in World for Captive Insurance Domiciles Hawaii 5th Lowest Financial Gap by Race Jones Act: The little-discussed policy that's a major problem for international trade Only 27% Support GE Tax Hike HB420 Audit the PUC Bill on the Move NextEra-HEI Merger Not Popular HB825 tasks Hawaii state DCCA with licensing vacation rentals so they can be taxed Shocking cases of HPD officer misconduct highlighted in new report Prosecutors mum on overlooked sex assault cases Need $10K? Go See DAGS HHSC, HPH, Castle, Queens, HMSA to share electronic medical records on state health info exchange Bill would keep employers out of workers' social media posts Poll: 73% Support Pushing Homeless into Shelters SB328: Now that Atheists are Gone, Churches can Rent School Facilities Again HB555: Rep Ike Choy Proposes Eliminate All Academic Programs with Fewer than 10 Graduates/year Sources: UH strongly considering self-imposed sanctions in response to NCAA violations Star-Adv: UH Admin Right to Give Arnold $200K GasCo Moving Forward with LNG Plan Dim-Witted Anti-Superferry Activists Run Catamaran Aground Savio to Launch Rent to Own Project Anti-Pesticide Hype Produces Latest Crop of Buffer Zone Bills Bronster: Anti-GMO Activists Have Conflict of Interest Hawaii Polarized by Steamroller Activism Lawsuit: Former State Senator Steals Property from Elderly Mother Read More..

Monday, February 2, 2015 February 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4177 Views SB27 SB31: Short Form Bills on Transparency -- OHA's Trojan Horse? Full Text: UH Cancer Center Report Hunting-Related Bills Begin to Move in Legislature Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 2, 2015 Rail Deficit/Tax Hike Hype: Now $2 Billion? Large Rail Contractors Dump $1.3 Million into Local Campaign Coffers NCAA Violations: Arnold Scored $200K Payout Thanks to Bley-Vroman Some UH Profs Challenge 'Gender Equity Specialist' HB623/SB715: Bills Ban Diesel Electricity, Attack LNG Poll 43% sat 'No' to NextEra Ige’s Appointments Tend to Come Late on Fridays Micronesians being switched from Medicaid to Obamacare Housing First Building Opens Today Bills cover electronic smoking bans (and Betel Nuts too) HMC, Straub, NHNC Top Safety Ratings for Hawaii Hospitals Kaiser Permanente union workers begin 6-day strike Unable to Defeat Longliners, Eco-Hypesters Gin Up Phony Mercury Numbers to Scare Consumers Johanson Makes More Excuses for Party Switch Read More..

Sunday, February 1, 2015 February 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 4282 Views Why Won’t Obama Use the Words ‘Islamic Extremism’? Watch What Tulsi Gabbard Says Wes Lo's Smoking Gun: Improvement of Medical Services on Maui Started With Fight for Second Hospital Community-Owned Energy: How Nebraska Became the Only State to Bring Everyone Power From a Public Grid 'Right to Try' Legislation Can Save Lives Compulsory Voting for Hawaii? Akina: Government can help lower the cost of living by getting out of the way Full Text: NCAA Allegations vs UH men’s basketball program Source Shifting Rail: Bogus Ward Poll Deployed to Pressure Legislators to Raise GE Tax Ige, legislators start session with questions and riddles Star-Adv:  Connector woes demand deeper probe Applications being accepted for House Dist 13 seat HB207 would make OHA Brainwashing Mandatory for Members of Boards, Commissions SB 1014 Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows SB126: Allow Ige to Stack BoE with HSTA Operatives McDermott Wants Voters to Decide Same-Sex Marriage Tax Credits for HECO -- Scam Battery Technology -- Bills Before Legislature How an Hawaii anti-GMO Activist Changed her Mind UH chancellor: Alleged violations 'disturbing' Read More..