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Monday, February 29, 2016 February 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:35 PM :: 4336 Views Dengue Here, Zika Coming but 75% of South Kona Properties Go Unsprayed due to Anti-Pesticide Fanaticism SB2478: Massive GE Tax Hike on Agenda Today HB2388: Build Many New Prisons to Give Jobs to UPW Term Limits Bill Gets Hearing Hawaii lawmakers looking into 'Work for a Day' program for homeless Maui Harassed by Homeless Demanding Money for Malt Liquor Hawaii has one of lowest Food Stamp Participation Rates in USA  Proposed Assistant HPD Chief kept Second Domestic Violence Case secret Maui County Employee Gets Months of Paid Vacation after Caught Stealing $73K in Tires ADA: Tulsi just an Opportunist Read More..

Sunday, February 28, 2016 February 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 PM :: 5185 Views VIDEO: Tulsi Gabbard Resigns DNC, Endorses Bernie Sanders Notice Overkill? Last Week of Hearings—What’s on the Move? Bureaucracy on Maui Leading to Water Shortage Hawaii Kine Stuff - Setting the Record Straight with Al Gonzales VIDEO: Republican Legislators on HMSA Imaging Mandate, Sex Trafficking, and Shark Fins Feds Expanding Medicaid involvement in Hawaii homeless initiatives Hawaii Right to Try Legislation Receives Bipartisan Support Hawaii BOE Adopts New Standards for Science Education Aha Constitution a Negotiating Position with Department of Interior UH Proudly Announces: We are Closing Down Five Perfectly Good Telescopes Hawaii: Crooks, Cronies Line up Behind Clinton—Anti-GMO Nuts Back Sanders Legislators’ crackpot plans muddle state’s real issues Pathetic and Ineffectual Congressional Delegation Places Hawaii at Risk Feathering their own nest, UH Administrators Try to Peddle Tuition Hikes Two Years Later Still no Criminal Charges against Nepotistic Charter School Operators Is DoE Competent to Plan ‘Cool Schools’ Program?  Omidyar, A&B, Parker Ranch Score $1.5M in IAL Tax Credits Removal of HC&S Water Means no Farms to Replace Cane Plantation Seeing a NextEra Conspiracy Where There is None Dopers: Lack of Labs Gives us Excuse to Transport Kilos of Marijuana on Airlines Activists Change Kauai’s Image Taro isn't Maui's future either Mom sues again over education for hearing-impaired girl Medicare Cuts End Medical Equipment Purchases on Sister Isles Read More..

Saturday, February 27, 2016 February 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:15 AM :: 3778 Views Constitution: OHA Cronies Want to Run Their Own Prison System, Police, and Judiciary Thousands Attend Franklin Graham Rally at the State Capitol Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 26, 2016 Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Hawaii CON Law Throttles Health Care Access Doctors Want Nothing to do with ‘Medical’ Marijuana Hawaii gets federal help to expand Mental Health programs for homeless Seniors Fear Arrival of Property Tax Assessment Self-Satisfied: Hawaii Co Council to discuss measure that would increase term from 2 years to 4 Traffic relief in Nanakuli in the works Thanks to Rep Andria Tupola Lawmakers Livid at Soft on Crime Sentence for Thieving Principal Read More..

Friday, February 26, 2016 February 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:52 PM :: 5498 Views If judges act like politicians, shouldn't they be treated like politicians? Court: Kawananakoa Can’t Sue Over Tainted Rail Votes Puerto Rico moves to privatize local ferry services Report: Educational Attainment in Hawaii Hawaiians Reject Fake Indian Tribe HB1653: How 100% Mail-In Voting Could Shut Down anti-GMO Activism Statewide Sen J Kalani ‘Powdernose’ English on Cocaine Conviction—Nothing to see here, just move along DLNR Lease puts Kai Kahele’s residency in question: Senate seat requires Hilo home; DLNR requires Milolii residency Cigarette tax hike advances HB1751: Green Energy Scams Nobody Knows About Yet Expert: Hawaii would save money with liquefied natural gas Criminal trespass bill aims to fight Keehi harbor thefts, drug dealing ACLU Forces Police to Ticket 7,000 Tourists Cop charged in off-duty assault pleads not guilty Hawaii least satisfied with affordability of local housing Mom sues state Department of Education after son goes missing from school State seeks an $15M in back taxes from online travel websites Read More..

Thursday, February 25, 2016 February 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 5316 Views New School Construction: “Intentional misuse of taxpayers’ money” El Faro Disaster could reshape Jones Act UHERO Tries to Make Hi-Tech Tax Credits Look Good PEW: Public support for environmental regulations varies by state Who Will Win Hawaii Presidential Caucuses? Native Hawaiian Indians In A Tribe Land Board gets case—Telescope Prepares to Leave Hawaii Emergency: Push is on to Get Homeless Shelters Tied up in Environmental Red Tape Again Lawmakers look Save GEMS--alter school AC plan Pensions at Risk: Enviros Use Divestment Scheme in Bid to Take Control of ERS Billions Great News: Bill to Elect Judges Still Alive Bill on executive branch lobbying up for hearing Thursday While Considering GE Tax Hike, Kauai Pushes Executive Pay Hikes Brickwood Galuteria Free—but Former Hawaii County Council candidate charged with voter fraud Small Donors Have Nothing for Caldwell SB2820—Will 100% = 100%? Anti-Cane Burning Injunction Denied—For Now Illegal TVRs: Political Amnesia Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Retires to Hawaii after 30 years Preying on Boys Former head of school avoids prison time after stealing nearly $153K Soft on Crime: Paroled murderer charged with Honolii shooting Read More..

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 February 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:58 PM :: 3872 Views Hawaiians Arrested at Nai Aupuni Tribal Aha SB2618: Should there be a Hawaii State Ferry? SB2615: Democrats to dictate theology Statewide Homeless Emergency Extended Feds: We will Recover Billions Wasted on Obamacare State Exchanges HB2632: Many Excuses to Take Your Guns Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for House Judiciary Committee Hearing This Week HB2528: Shooting Range for Kailua-Kona Former OHA Staffer Joins Office of Mauna Kea Management HGEA Work Rules Prevent Counties from Catching Illegal Vacation Rentals Star-Adv: We need Fewer Lanes for Cars to Increase Traffic Jams SB2313: Gender Wage Cap Can Make Millions for Hawaii Lawyers HB2773: Elected Criminals to be Reelected by Incarcerated Criminals FACE: Lets Raise Taxes to Pay for $100M of Make Work Projects Zika virus confirmed in Marshall Islands Honolulu one of worst state capitals due to lack of affordability Muslims Fish Around for Someone Opposed to Missile Defense of Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 February 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 4454 Views Rep Bob McDermott Endorses Ted Cruz Hawaii’s Top Secret Japanese Prisoner of War Camp – Camp Iroquois Grassroot Salutes Court Decision Protecting Maui Hospital Plan HART Gives HECO $120 million—Says ‘Tourists’ Will Pay It 8 Protesters Arrested at Aha Ige’s School AC Scheme Crashes, Burns Report on roads left by wayside $100,000 Salaries Mushroom at DOE 6% -- More Tuition increases proposed for UH Total Loss: Hawaii ERS Loses Everything on Defunct Big Island ‘Clean’ Energy Project PUC: Electric rates should not be lowered Failed ‘Clean’ Energy Behind Rolling Blackouts on Big Island  Maui Anti-GMO Committee: County Should Buy up Ag Land and Put it under our Control Subsidies won’t solve homelessness Read More..

Monday, February 22, 2016 February 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 5173 Views Gun Grab: Ivory Bill Scheduled for Senate Vote on Monday Franklin Graham Prayer Rally Coming to Honolulu Kenoi Mulls Plea-Bargain, May be Forced to Resign HMSA treating its member doctors like idiots Bought n Paid For: Sen. Josh Green Is Sitting On A Half-Million Dollars Of Campaign Cash State survey shows big decline in agricultural land Movement towards Legalization Seen in Hawaii Marijuana Bills Legislation seeks more police oversight HB2773: Allow prisoners to vote from behind bars HB1524: More Debt-Financed Rooftop Solar Kauai Study group to release pesticide report March 10 Council Bills Pushback Against Caldwell Scheme to Eliminate Lanes, Jam up Traffic Roads in Limbo Committee Report In Limbo Bankrupt HHSC Plans Closure of E Hawaii LTC Facility DLNR Helicopter Used to Clear Tons of Junk from Homeless Camp Dengue: Vegan, Cruelty-Free Mosquito Repellant  Read More..

Sunday, February 21, 2016 February 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 3145 Views General Excise Tax at 6%? Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 19, 2016 Carson and Rubio on Ballot for Hawaii Republican Caucus HB2632: Many Excuses to Take Your Guns Big Island Rolling Blackouts Caused by Lack of Wind Hawaii Gasoline Prices #1 in USA—$0.24 Higher Than California Long Term Solutions for Coastal Highway Erosion HB1013: Hawaii’s Right to Try Bill Hawaii Ag Land Use Baseline Report List of Bills Still Alive After First Lateral OHA Cronies: Scalia Death Opens Door to Fake Indian Tribe State Awash in Unspent Highway Funds, But Wants to Hike Your Fuel Taxes by $45.1M Kauai: $50M GE Tax Hike for 3% Bus Ridership? DLNR Revocable Permits: Will Legislature Save Agriculture from OHA, Enviros? Medical Marijuana: Star-Adv Suddenly Remembers that Senator J Kalani ‘Powdernose’ English plead guilty to drug felony HECO Cancellation of Bankrupt Solar Farms is latest Excuse to Kill NextEra Deal Shapiro: Left becoming as absolutist as far right Read More..

Saturday, February 20, 2016 February 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 4010 Views Full Text Court Order: UPW May Not Block Maui Hospital Privatization HECO: LNG is Cleaner, Cheaper Energy Alternative Which Places Benefit Most from State and Local Tax Deductions? A Comparison of Presidential Tax Plans and Their Economic Effects After Kicking Everyone Out, Aha Decides to Allow Olelo Coverage Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 SB2615: Gay Control of Your Son A Word With Ward - Dengue Fever with guest Dr. Sarah Parks Six More Days--Aha Delegates Preparing Tribal Constitution for Vote by Kanaiolowalu Roll HB1527: Round up all the Tax Credits, Kill Them Off A look at some of the measures that survived the first major deadline of the session Hawaii Superferry to Run Maine-Nova Scotia Route Hounded by Protesters, UH cancels Hualalai geothermal projects HART: First Railcars to Arrive March 23 Parents Push Back After DoE Cancels Honors Classes Honolulu charter panel considers more powers for police commission 11 Years, Million Dollars: Lawyers Score Big in HPD Discrimination Case Hawaii County Police misconduct drops Dengue: State officials more concerned about Tourism, Federal Money Thanks to Kym Pine, City accepts ownership of more than 50 Leeward roads and infrastructure improvements It's Time To Throw The Ancient 'Merchant Marine Act' Overboard Read More..

Friday, February 19, 2016 February 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 AM :: 3650 Views Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki? Ige Flies to NYC, DC for Meetings HB1713—Exempt all State Employees from Ethics Laws House Incumbents: Who Has Campaign Cash, Who Doesn’t Hawaii House legislators band together to grab lobbyist donations during session HB2773: Convicts Will Receive Absentee Ballots to Give to the UPW HPD Scandals: Never Enough to Break Through Culture of Impunity Star-Adv Applauds as ACLU, Criminal Lawyers Beaver Away at Marsy’s Law HB2501: Stop Anti-Agriculture Water Grab Rail Condemnation: HART Squeezes Blood Bank for Every Drop Hawaiian Electric Claims it won't pursue LNG after NextEra Energy sale dies Energy Plan?  UH Fails Miserably after Decade Three Clean Energy Projects Collapse in One Week SB2535: Bill limiting county oversight of Geothermal advances Low teacher salaries mean high turnover, second jobs Ige Nominates Two to UH BoR  Leadership: Rep Andria Tupola Wins Nanakuli Contraflow Lane Read More..

Thursday, February 18, 2016 February 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:50 PM :: 4049 Views Hawaii Joins 17-State Expensive Energy Pact After SCOTUS Stay DLNR Task Force to Analyze Revocable Permits Hawaii: Pacific VA Director Quits Without Notice CDC: Hawaii #1 for Sleep Deprivation Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Scott Walker Addresses 400 Republicans in Hawaii Report: 60 Hawaii Bridges Structurally Deficient Marijuana: State Now Helps 13,000 Stay Medicated One Party State: Stanley Chang Campaigns to Eliminate All Republicans from State Senate Attempt to raise GE Tax is opposed SB3001: Senate Votes to Dry up Farmers’ Water Supply Hawaii Conspires With Vermont to Develop State Obamacare Software HELCO Seeks LNG Conversion for Failed Hu Honua Plant Marijuana Dispensary panel Still not Selected, Deadline May be Missed Kaneshiro: HOPE Probation is Excuse to Keep Criminals out of Prison A third of prison guards call in sick Super Bowl Sunday Public school employees get paid vacation when accused of sex with students Homeless Tent Cities – Deaths and Murders Nuisance Money: City agrees to pay $48,500 to settle sidewalk-clearing lawsuit Read More..

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 February 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 3880 Views Duke Aiona Open Letter to Donald Trump 2016 Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes Property Rights Court for Guam? Na’i Aupuni Surprise Maj. Borges decides not to accept HPD promotion SB2478: 12.5% Increase in GE Tax Seriously Considering Gas Tax Increase Hawaii Only State Taxing Girl Scout Cookies DoE—Lots of Vacant SPED Positions UH Manoa—25 Salaries over $275K UH West Oahu sees big tuition hikes The Elusive Goal of On-Time Graduation—The Atlantic Looks at UH Report: LNG Provides Electric Ratepayers ‘Lowest Overall Cost’ Hearing Set in Anti-Aquarium Lawsuit vs DLNR HB2564 Deferred: Farmers Saved from Anti-Pesticide Hypocrites Deadly Cult Boat Investigation “Could Take Years” State Pulls Request For Prison Environmental Studies Exemption Marijuana Dispensary Applicants Had Trouble with DoH Website USO Gangster, Brother Start Prison Riot—Second Incident this Year Gun goes off in prosecutor’s office, no report filed with authorities Bills On Police Body Cams, Shooting Review Board Move Forward After 20 Convictions, Judge Finally Gives Lifelong Criminal Hard Time 80 days in jail after 9th violation Lunatic Acquitted killer seeks state hospital release Read More..

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 February 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 5187 Views Reject the Tribe: Hawaii, Maui, Oahu Public Meetings Bumpy Kanahele Quits Aha–Cites Clandestine Manipulation Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 16, 2016 BBC: Use genetically modified mosquitoes on Big Island Ige Appoints Kai Kahele to Senate Ige Joins ‘Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future’ After Bribery Indictments, State Airport Division Extends Contract, Increases Pay Aha 2016: “Everything’s going to plan — we’re going to be Indians.” State government wages war with itself over DHHL SB2496: All Absentee Voting System—Romy Cachola’s Dream House Bills Take Aim at Profligate UH Administration Hawaii attorney general files to dissolve Hawaii Health Connector Hawaii 20% Short of physicians Marijuana Bills not Moving in House Amendment would limit county oversight of geothermal ‘Revealing Emails’ May Emerge in Big Island Geothermal Docket Reports to the Legislature Hidden Homeless Tent City Sprouts on Diamond Head Veterinarian to Challenge Anti-GMO Councilmember HECO bills drop again thanks to Fracking Atheist: Conservative President May Mean More God-Friendly Military Read More..

Monday, February 15, 2016 February 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 3999 Views With Mike Gabbard Controlling DLNR Budget, Kailua Bay Zodiac Death too Hot to Handle It’s the Judges, Stupid March 8 Hawaii Republican Caucus in the News Telescope Protesters Fined $5000 for Illegal take and Transport of Marine Mammal SB3072: Airport Authority Hawaii PACs Already Busy Raising And Spending Cash Term Limits, Voter Initiatives Tax Credit: An Investment In Children’s Future HB2638: Public Housing Move to Work HSTA: Give Us a 25% GE Tax Hike and Eliminate Testing HPD wants gun owners in FBI database SB2725: State lawmakers seek enhanced police oversight 225 Homeless Meth Addicts Near Wahiawa Read More..

Sunday, February 14, 2016 February 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 5970 Views What Scalia Taught Us Solving the Online Tax Dodge with Cookies? Hawaii State, Local Taxes Take $129.73 per $1000 Income Threatened with lawsuit, DoH Agrees to Identify Marijuana Panel Members Second Amendment Bills on the Move in Legislature Jones Act Exemption, LNG Imports Key to Puerto Rico Recovery Jones Act Navy Sinking in Sea of Red Ink Former Cocaine Dealer seeks Marijuana License: Unwarranted advantages, self-dealing, favoritism, and undue influence Marijuana: Secrecy, Unknown Agendas, connected applicants and lobbyists pressuring friends OHA’s Latest Cash Grab targets DLNR Leases OHA Cronies, Hanabusa in Grab for Big Island Geothermal Cash Flow Borreca: Mauna Kea Telescope Failing Because if Ige’s Lack of Leadership Elected Judges?  Elected AG?  Senators Push to Trim Governor’s Power Legislature considers a “victims’ bill of rights” in Soft-on Crime Hawaii Three Chosen To Fill Seat Of Late Hilo Senator Kahele Hawaii bills tackle marijuana, police oversight, pesticides HPD leader under fire for soliciting support for promotion UH NCAA Violations—It’s the Administration’s Failure to Stop the Coverup March 8: Who will Hawaii voters pick for Republican Presidential Nominee? Gabbard vs Wasserman-Schultz Showdown at the Plaza Club Tuesday? Nuuanu Ave Next Target in Caldwell’s War on Cars Read More..

Saturday, February 13, 2016 February 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 4049 Views Pounded by Schatz and Gabbard, Ige Finally Declares Dengue Emergency VIDEO: Duke Aiona Legislative Update HGEA to Protest Against Hawaii Republican Party Video: Free Market Economics for Hawaii (with Erik Root) North Korea Nukes: The Tipping Point is Here February 11: First Triple Referral Deadline of the Legislative Session Grassroot Institute Legislative Update--February 12, 2016 HB1249: Guilty until Proven Innocent of Rape Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 12, 2016 HSTA bid for raised GE Tax fails in House, Still Moving in Senate No Surprise: Hawaii’s Soft-on-Crime Judges Don’t Want To Face Voters Biofuel Shell Game: How Giant Coal Plant Becomes part of Hawaii's 'Clean' Energy Future Because Obama is a Pathetic Weakling, South Korea Will Need its own Nukes HART: Time to Plan for Permanent GE Tax Hike using Rail Extension as Excuse No Surprise: DoE Solar project long on talk, slow on PV installations HELCO geothermal plan’s strict requirements nixed deal Bills Aim to Finance Workforce Housing Developments Homeless People Crowding Waianae Busses Soft on Crime: Multiple Convictions Since 2006 out on the Streets Does it Again Prison Guard accused of sex assault on the run Hawaii Ranks #3 in Foreclosure Inventory HGEA Members Take 180 Days to Approve Building Permits Read More..

Friday, February 12, 2016 February 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 4730 Views HB2733: 25% Hike in GE Tax Federal Court: Unions Can't Stop Maui Hospital Privatization Shenanigans continue—House Waives 48 hour notice for Hearings Hawaii Consumers Will Save $20M/Year Thanks to Internet Tax Abolition Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas to Host Panel on Self Determination Oahu Girls Court Celebrates Strength Through Adversity Plan B: TMT would relocate if permit not secured soon Puna Geothermal: Door Open to OHA-Connected Company Selling Overpriced Electricity Judge Seizes A&B Water, Transfers Control to EarthJustice Newspaper demands pot panelists’ names be released Hawaii’s Charter School Overseers ‘Under Assault’ by Corrupt Charter School Operators Hawaii fantasy sports bill could create loophole Only 53% of Hawaii Visitors Stay in Hotel Mililani: Homeless Invade Preschool, Demand Service Police transparency gaining momentum as political issue Soft on Crime: Legal Aid Society Among Hawaii’s Top Lobbyists Legislators Consider Releasing 200 Criminals on to Streets Senators grill HPD over claims department meets 'gold standard' for operations Internal probe targets alleged cheating at police academy Zika in Micronesia? Read More..

Thursday, February 11, 2016 February 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 5453 Views HB1829 Makes it Easier to Divert Dispensary Weed to Black Market US Senate Votes to Permanently Ban Hawaii's Tax on Internet Access The Last Farmer Standing Grassroot Asks Legislature to Stop Using the GET as a Fundraising Tool Gabbard: Obama, Kenoi show Leadership on Dengue—Where’s Ige? UHERO: Recent Trends in Hawaii's Green Economy: Agriculture, Energy and Natural Resource Management DBEDT: Residential building permits jump 67.5 percent Legislators Advance 50% Hike in GE Tax Utility Taxes Rerouted to Reward HSTA for Supporting Ige AirBnB to Become State’s Tax Collector Huge Progress? After Kicking Most Hawaiians Out, Nai Aupuni Aha Decides to … Adopt Roberts Rules of Order Thirty-Meter Telescope officials reviewing sites outside of Hawaii Hounded by Protesters, Geothermal Company Quits HELCO RFP Hawaii Needs All Types Of Farms, Including Industrial Operations Marijuana Application Process ‘Stinky’ Leader of Charter School Oversight Agency Hounded out of Office By Corrupt Charter School Operators Kenoi’s Crony Ethics Board Continues to Obstruct Political Insiders Panic over Possibility of Elected Judges Committee begins search for new Kamehameha Schools trustee Honolulu Prosecutor Takes over Prosecution of Cult Boat operator HB2740: Legislators consider tough medicine for HMSA UH Rape Politics Enters Legislature Victims wait for justice as hundreds of rape kits go untested SB2316: HPV Vaccine Mandate WaPo: Obama has Failed, North Korea May Nuke Hawaii Read More..

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 February 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:01 PM :: 4728 Views Hawaii: Two Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearing Feb 10 Kenoi Declares Dengue Emergency, Ige Refuses Hawaii ANG Unit Deploys to Fight ISIS Irony: GMO Marijuana Growers Threatened by Pollen Drift from Organic Hemp Farms Coop Proposes Alternative Power Generation Plan for Big Island Nai Aupuni Brainwashing Judge Throws out UPW Suit Against Hospital Privatization Crazy Idea: DOE could try more efficiency Unions Push State Subsidies for Failing, Bankrupt HHSC Panel, process for giving Cronies pot licenses to remain secret SB2753--Term limits for state legislators Feudal System Saved from Souki New HPD Assist Chief Has Long History of Trouble NextEra-HEI hearings likely to be extended again Monsanto is getting tired of being everybody's whipping boy Anti-GMO Airhead Ing -- ban genetically-modified salmon in Hawaii 95 Lose Jobs--Sugar plantation layoffs announced Brower: Turn Sand Island into Gigantic Homeless Tent City for 1,500 Kahele’s Son to Seek Senate Nomination Election-Related Bills Before Legislature Senators Unanimously propose creation of new airport authority Push for victims’ constitutional right-to-know renewed at State Capitol Report--Escapee Shot by Hawaii County Police Push Hawaii lawmakers for pesticide buffer zones—but only for agriculture, not golf courses or other big pesticide users Humane Society Sticks up for Cat-Obsessives Solar Contractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Cheating—May Get Prison  Waipio: 308 Acres Bulldozed for Bankrupt, Incomplete Solar Farm Talia's Bill To Curb US Military Child Abuse Passes House Read More..

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 February 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 4657 Views HB868 Gut n Replace: DoE Sneak Attack on Special Ed Students Fee Simple Conversion Bills Killed after KSBE Protests Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 8, 2016 Are Electric Cars Really Green? State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets for 2016 HB1675: Gay Control of Religion State Looking For A TMT Hearing Officer–Deadline 430pm Today Bridge Aina Lea: Hawaii ‘Takings’ Case in Federal Court HB1886: Oshiro v Friedrichs to Save HGEA from Open Shop? Poll: Ige Even Less Popular than Caldwell HB1913: Small businesses in Hawaii could be exempt from G.E.T. State pension could face ‘volatile’ future Hawaii is a Sinking Ship Telescope: Will Investors Give Up? House Chairman Blocks Speaker’s Lease Conversion Bills on Orders from KSBE HB2571: Legislature Considering New HECO Business Model Proposals would expand after-school care for middle schoolers Hawaii law to limit tenants' stay in public housing advances Homeless find permanent housing during ‘successful’ start to Hale Mauliola Ernie Martin Obstructs Affordable Senior Housing project Firearms Bills At Hawaii Legislature Soft on Crime: New Ways to Let Criminals Roam Free Escapee Wanted for Shooting SB3016:  Will the Hawaii Legislature finally allow the public to see the names of bad cops? Instead of immediate DUI arrest, HPD sergeant got ride home Airport security guards accused of bribery plead not guilty Karen Awana Running For Office? Disgusting Organic Mac Nuts Infested with Salmonella  Atheists, Devil-Worshippers Renew Push to Drive God off Kaneohe Base Which is More Sacred: Crony Spawn or Albatross? Accused of Rape at UH?  Women’s Center Wants to Talk You into Admitting Guilt Read More..

Monday, February 8, 2016 February 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:49 PM :: 4611 Views Pirate Video from Aha: Bumpy Kanahele Shouted Down, Walter Ritte Thrown Out HB1902 Sex Trafficking Reform Passes Judiciary DLNR Issues, Revises Kailua Bay Boating Incident News Release, Then Withdraws It HART Errors – Lack of Acknowledgement is Troublesome DLNR Sweeps Na Pali Coast--One Arrested, 70 Cited, Tons of Trash Airlifted Out Senate Superferry Bills on the Move Hawaii voters believe most misconduct is due to a few bad cops GE Tax Hike to Fund Bankrupt HHSC Where Are The Highest Paid State Workers? Public Health Only 19% Trust Aloha United Way With $5M for Homeless Projects Hawaii Energy Excelerator Funds Phony Wind Turbine Scheme Another Green Energy Scheme Goes Bankrupt Mauna Kea Telescope is Key Scientific Project for Indian Government—Will Tulsi Gabbard Step Up? Eco-Hypocrisy: Pandering, Selling Votes and Trashing the Aina HB686: Anti-GMO Morons Attack Fish without Explanation HPV: Legislators Bow to Anti-Vaxxers UH Grad Students Union Gets Hearing in House, Senate HB1802: Abusive Condo Associations Oahu 40 years Behind in Road Maintenance  27 Years: ‘Roads in limbo’ compound upkeep problems on island Read More..

Sunday, February 7, 2016 February 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 3734 Views Campaign 2016: Dozens of Politicians Pull Papers in First Week Legislative Update: Death, Taxes, and Extracurricular Activities As Farms Close, Reps Ing and Lee Jump on Anti-GMO Bandwagon GEMS to Cool Classrooms? Indian Casinos for Hawaii?  Karl Rhoads Awaits Instructions from Political Bosses Aha: First week of convention Focuses Push for Fake Indian Tribe Republican Primary Season for All Players Panicky Airhead Schatz Struggles to Appear Senatorial Term limits for Hawaii legislators and initiatives could revive isle politics Ferry plans face big hurdle in swelling culture of ‘no’ HB2638: Make Public Housing a Ladder to Home Ownership Lawyers Salivate at Chance to get Money for Convicts SB2313: Field Day for Lawyers Senate committee approves bill imposing tax on E-cigarettes and E-liquids Cigar Tax Cut on Agenda for 2016? Marijuana Bills – Ban Home Grown? Caldwell’s Potholes Repaired with ‘Least Durable Method’ Read More..

Saturday, February 6, 2016 February 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 3618 Views DoH Releases Full List of Marijuana Dispensary Applicants Hawaii Superferry Eyed for Maine-Nova Scotia Route Anti-Family Bills Before Hawaii Legislature VIDEO: Planned Parenthood Uses Accounting Gimmicks to Hide Baby Parts Sales HSTA Pushes $750M GE Tax Hike HB1713: HSTA Bill Will Gut Ethics Law in Hawaii Feds: Caldwell’s Homeless Tent City is Distraction—Path to Failure NextEra’s ‘Unreasonable’ Plan: Windmills Everywhere and Undersea Cables to Connect Them 9th Circuit court to hear Maui GMO moratorium case Bad Day in Court for Burning Anti-Agriculture Activists Hi-Tech Scammers: Tax Real Companies to Pay for our Fake Companies Hi Tech Scammers: We don’t need to Develop any real Companies in Hawaii But You Must Give Us Money Chief Being Investigated by FBI, New Assistant Chief was arrested on a first-degree felony charge for terroristic threatening SHOPO files complaint over use of police body cameras on Kauai HB1525: Legislators Maneuvering to keep Homeless on the Streets Maui County Council Dithers as Ige Homeless Emergency Ticks Down to Feb 26 Expiration DLNR Removes 71 Homeless and Tons of Trash from Napali Coast Camps  Obamacare: COFA Has until Feb 15 to Sign up DoE School Cancels Honors Classes in Effort to Promote ‘Equality’ HMSA Imaging Ban ‘A Lawsuit Waiting to Happen’ Child Molestation: HB1782--Erin’s Law for Hawaii Soft on Crime: Shot at a Cop, out on Parole, Does it Again, and Again State seeks proposals for secured privately-run mental patient facilities  Read More..

Friday, February 5, 2016 February 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 3654 Views SB2179: Decriminalize Methamphetamines, Heroin, Cocaine Gallup: Hawaii Conservatives Outnumber Liberals—State Ranks #3 in Moderates Cult Busted: Gabbard Financier Charged with Killing, Injuring Divers with Speedboat Nai Aupuni Aha Illegally Blocks Protesters from Walking on Stolen Hawaiian Kingdom Road Final Report: Only 14,564 Apply for Obamacare in Hawaii—Lowest in USA Ige Admin Denies Proposing Superferry Revival Business in Hawaii: Regulatory barriers and crippling tax rates KSBE: We Will Fight Leasehold Conversion Bills Oahu: 596 Homeless Veterans Permanently Housed Inspector General: Honolulu VA Hospital Fails on Suicide Prevention Hawaii Union Membership Slips to 20.4% Western States try again at Freeing Themselves from 9th Circuit Court Army announces decision on ‘biofuel-capable’ diesel electric plant Judge sends TMT back to Land Board Poll: Only 16 Percent Of Voters Feel Good About Honolulu Rail Kauai Plan to Hike GE Taxes ‘Flawed’ Superferry idea worth vetting Romy Cachola’s Dream Ends Badly Feds: Soapy Water Pleases Hippies, but Doesn’t Kill Mosquitoes Governor works with developer on plan to build more affordable rentals Cronies Pour Money into Congressional Delegation Committee approves HB2193—Let lawmakers veto UH tuition hikes Faculty Members Sue UH Over Claims Of Broken Promises, Retribution UH Admin Let Kaimuki Properties Sit Empty for 39 Years UH coaches will continue to be HGEA members HMSA Imaging Ban Crowds Emergency Rooms SPED: DoE ‘Inclusion’ Policy Does not Include Education Legislature: Anti-Vaxxers Win a Big Victory for Germs Legislators Pander to Anti-Pesticide Hypocrites Before Killing Bill Committee OKs Bill Granting Public Access To Police Misconduct Records Super Bowl Looms, And A Lot Of Prison Guards Feel Colds Coming On High-ranking HPD promotion surrounded by controversy Defense Bar uses Continuances to Get up to 1/3 of DUIs Dismissed Read More..

Thursday, February 4, 2016 February 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 5556 Views Presidential Race: Santorum Endorses Rubio--Huckabee, Paul, O’Malley Drop Out Hawaii ERS vs Petrobras: $98 Billion Bribery Case Ill-conceived ivory-ban legislation based on lies and deceit State Corporate Income Tax—Hawaii Competitive? Hawaii Open Budget Celebrates One Year Online Latest Solar Scam: Kauai Coop Warns Consumers On Peak Solar Days, Kauai Momentarily Hits 90% Renewable Energy Public Health Expert: Spread of Dengue, Zika Caused by Environmentalists Not Just Cane--Burning Lawsuit Impacts 140 Farming Operations in Hawaii Acquittal of Telescope Protesters Give Them Heckler’s Veto Ige Admin floats proposal to bring back ferry service -- then denies it (?) Kauai Council: $250M GE Tax hike won’t cure congestion HART Responsible for Pro-Bowl Parking Mess ‘Club Being Assembled’: Kenoi Cronies Stack ‘Ethics’ Commission, Prepare Whitewash Poll: Ige, Caldwell Failing On Homelessness Ige’s Hardest Job Is Just Making State Government Work HB2575 Renewable Energy: Will 100% Really Mean 100%? Storage Hype and Getting to 100% Bill would lower Hawaiian ancestry rule for homesteads Homosexual Child Molesters at Catholic Churches and Kam Schools Worked Together Lawsuit claims teachers kept autistic boy strapped to chair Resignations allow HPD to Hide Police Misconduct HB2335: Get Rid of Bad MDs from other States Reality Check: Hawaii Tourism on a 30 Year Decline Boom Goes Bust? Hughes Delays Construction of Two Luxe Towers Bike lane study to block lanes, jam traffic in Kailua Read More..

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 February, 2016 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 7:40 PM :: 4302 Views Ill-conceived ivory-ban legislation based on lies and deceit Read More..

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 February 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 5217 Views Sovereignty Activists’ Declaration Protesting Na’i Aupuni, Federal Recognition Time To Elect Hawaii's Judges? Maybe Not Such A Bad Idea Renewable Energy: How the 100% Mandate Hurts Hawaii DraftKings Quitting Hawaii After Prosecutor Issues Cease-and-Desist Letter Experts split on rail’s options Mainland Homosexuals Target First Amendment, Children, Bathrooms in Hawaii HB1701: Hawaii First State to Introduce ‘Safe Child Act’ HSPAN: Hawaii Capitol On Demand Video Looking back at the 2015 Hawaii Legislature Video: Anti-GMO Crackpot Peddles ‘Molecular Hydrogen’ Tablets Communist Acquitted Killer Named Inouye Professor at UH Manoa HB2712: Will Legislators Save Telescope with Zoning Change? Committee OKs Bill To Shield UH Regents From Revealing Financial Info An audit of UH? Audit: Hawaii DoE Sped Programs ‘Marginal, Inefficient’ Medicare: “Value-based” payment can encourage unethical behavior Dengue Emergency? Gabbard, Ige Jostle for Credit Anti-GMO Activists, Anti-Vaxxers: Dumb and Dumbest HPV vaccination bill spurs emotional debate Committee Defers Bill to Fly Homeless Back to Mainland On the Move in the Legislature Caldwell Has $1.6M For Re-Election Nearly 6,000 HMSA members did not reenroll in ACA plans, insurer says Hawaii Had a Master Plan for Prisons in the 1970s—It Didn’t Work Either SHOPO Claims to Support Heightened HPD Discipline Pro-Bowl: Total Frustration Four Hours in Traffic Hawaii is the top state for potential savings through mortgage refinancing Kauai: 62% oil Powered Electricity, Oahu 85% Ige Not very Interested in LNG Plan More NextEra Merger News Lawsuit: Hawaii man HIV-positive after blood transfusion Legislators Push Back Against Cesspool Ban Read More..

Tuesday, February 2, 2016 February 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 4351 Views Incumbents Challenged on Day One--Candidates Begin Filing on Maui, Big Island McCain strikes at Jones Act to reform U.S. energy policy Report: Russian, Iranian Hackers Behind Honolulu School Bomb Threats HOPE Probation: Confronting America’s Drug-Overdose Epidemic BBB: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Scams Caldwell Raises GE Taxes $1.1 Billion Na'i Aupuni 'aha begins, protestors unite Nai Aupuni likely to broaden and deepen the mistrust Galuteria, Akana Double Dipping to Attend Nai Aupuni Oprah Aha – Ing Chickens Out After Clearing Kakaako, Caldwell, Martin Conspire to Build Gigantic Homeless Tent City in Wahiawa Legislature Mulls Fly-Homeless-Home Program 19,000 families on waiting list to get public housing Paradise?  Real Suffering Ignored While Activists Babble About Imaginary Nonsense HB1778: Kill a Baby, Go to Jail? – Not in Soft on Crime Hawaii HPD reports firing of 17 officers, major increase in discipline Hawaii Ranks 29th for Gun Control Nuts Hilo Hospital Closing Down Long Term Care, Reducing HGEA Positions Can You Afford To Be A Teacher In The Islands? NextEra-HEI merger hearing resumes Feds Force Stations to Keep Selling Ethanol Gas, Despite State Law Repeal Fans Miss Pro-Bowl Due to Long Lines at Aloha Stadium  Read More..

Monday, February 1, 2016 February 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4969 Views Golf Club Aha: John Waihee Returns to the Scene of the Crime Aha Participants Asked to Leave Weapons at Home Pirate Video from Aha: Bumpy Kanahele Shouted Down, Walter Ritte Thrown Out Oprah Aha Does Not Represent Hawaiian Public Complete List of 2016 Gambling Bills Labeling a Cop Out Mentality Rail’s Numbers – A Pattern of Errors and Inconsistencies Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 1, 2016 The REIT Way Hawaii 772 Homeless Accepted Housing Last Year Drumbeat for More GE Tax Hikes REIT Tax is Back for 2016 HB2638 limits Public Housing tenants’ stay to 7 years Breast Feeding Jurors on legislative agenda HB2005 Care Homes: More unannounced visits and licensing fees in exchange for more money $27M Hilo airport warehouse still vacant Must Hawaii be the State that just Cannot Plan? Civil Beat Kisses up to Ige Some More Civil Beat Kisses up to Takai Some More Fatal Boating Accident Linked to Tulsi Gabbard Cult Bullying on the Legislative Agenda Tom Brower is a Bully Human Papillomavirus Vaccine By 7th Grade? SB2158: No State Funds for Bottled Water Read More..