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Tuesday, February 28, 2017 February 28, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:57 PM :: 5017 Views Hawaii 2nd-Toughest State for First Time Homebuyers DCCA Chases Bitcoin Provider out of Hawaii Corporate Income Tax—50-State Comparison Victory!  Rail tax hike fails Senate Ways & Means committee HB1518: Citizens Asking too Many Questions—Lets Shut them Down Hospitals Support Housing Prescription for Homeless Fail: Cool Schools AC in only 54 Classrooms HPD Chief: We’ll Learn More when Federal Indictments Come Out Honolulu Transit Ridership Drops 3.2% Senate to vote on bill boosting TAT funds for counties DHS Reports $51.7M in Welfare Overpayments Libertarian author Steven Greenhut talks public employees at Maui County Club HPD has millions of unspent dollars in rarely-used forfeiture account Suspicious call prompts evacuation of Jewish temple and preschool Sierra Club OK if Paid: Wind farms killing more bats and nene than expected SB376: Repeal Big Cable Anti-GMO Activists Celebrate 98.4% Net Loss of Biofuel Zuckerberg officially drops Hawaii 'quiet title' actions—Except the One Involving an Actual Owner Trump Defeating Liberals by Making them Mentally Ill Maui: Homeless Drunk Bites off Finger Read More..

Monday, February 27, 2017 February 27, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 PM :: 5597 Views Study: Wind Turbines Could Make This Endangered Bat Go Extinct Anti-Telescope ‘Circus’ Nearly Over? – Doubtful Hawaii Wind Turbines Not Bolted Together Correctly—One Collapses Retired HPD Officer was Sought in ‘Felony Investigation’ $3 million sought for Housing First effort on Sister Isles HB783: Force Businesses to Give Free Electricity to Electric Car Moochers We Came Here for the Lifestyle—Now Change It Ige a Traitor? Meets with National Republicans Read More..

Sunday, February 26, 2017 February 26, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 5199 Views HB1297: State-Recognized Indian Tribe for Hawaii Hawaii Legislature Obamacare Heavy Lassner: In Spite of Trump’s Reversal, UH Remains Committed to Putting a Tranny in Every Bathroom DPS Report: UPW Has Been Shielding Child Molesting Prison Guards since 2003 Prisons Have Become De-Facto Lunatic Asylums Souki’s Suicide Run: I only Have 28 Votes for Killing off Expensive Oldsters Cool Schools: 791 Units Short of 1,000 Ala Moana TOD pushes affordable housing aside to expand tourist area SB419: Require draft sign-up for UH Admission Zuckerberg Shakedown: Star-Adv Wants Greenmailers to Appreciate its Reporters More Anti-GMO Crony Capitalist: That which You call sacred is not, That which We call sacred is ‘Indivisible’ Obama Operatives Finally Corner Trump Lovin’ Gabbard Read More..

Saturday, February 25, 2017 February 25, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 3411 Views It Doesn’t Always Pay to Make More Legislators Order Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion: Assisted Suicide Next 62% Hike in Minimum Wage Hike Will Hit Consumers, Small Business Hard SB221 Money Spinner: Legislators Vote Red Light Camera Ticket Fiasco (again) After One Year of Daily Outreach, Less Than 1% of Homeless Agree to Accept Shelter Flaws in protective order system leave abuse victims vulnerable Judge: Kauai police body cams don't violate union agreement—SHOPO to Appeal SB603: DPS Too Tough on the Few Criminals we Actually Send to Prison Read More..

Friday, February 24, 2017 February 24, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 4234 Views 532 Candidates for Honolulu Neighborhood Board SB898: Anti-Gun Legislation Passes Committee SB1137: Return Control of HMSA to its Members Honolulu Most Unaffordable State Capital HB462: Billion Dollar Scheme to Place Prisoners Back under Control of Corrupt, Expensive UPW-Controlled Prisons Tuition: Packed with Administrators, UH Now More Expensive than Mainland Schools Taxi companies accuse Uber, Lyft of not paying $20M GE Taxes Uneducated Schatz Pushing DHHL to Build Rentals, not Leaseholds Team Ige Superintendent Questionnaire Designed to support whatever the decision-makers have already decided How the military impacts rent prices in Hawaii Wind Farm Asks permission to Murder More Bats, Nene Star-Adv: Because Trump is President We Should Screw Agriculture Agnotology: The Study of Anti-GMO Activism HB1518: Block ‘Vexatious’ UIPA Requests SB7: Use Medicaid funds to house homeless Security Guard Loses Finger in Fight with Homeless Drunk NYT: Hawaii is #2 for Teenage Trannies Star-Adv Gives Eric Ryan Space to Rant About Fukumoto Read More..

Thursday, February 23, 2017 February 23, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 4738 Views Why OHA Fears a Forensic Audit DLNR Still Paying Rapist Cop—Claims HGEA President Had Nothing to do with Hiring DLNR Introduces Birth Control for Mosquitoes HART Ridership Projections - Fantasies, Fairytales and Alternative Facts Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 23, 2017 GE Tax Hike Grabs Another $800/year from family finances Oahu drivers could get triple taxed PUC starts public hearings on $100M Hawaiian Electric rate hike Some customers asked to pay thousands to connect with solar Hawaii County Affordable Housing Rents to go up 36% Now That Maui Memorial is to be Privatized, Legislators Act to End Multi-Million Dollar Waitlisting Scheme Push for paid sick time rankles Hawaii eateries To Be A Honolulu Police Commissioner, First Be A Political Insider Honolulu Ethics Commission finds no conflicts in legal campaign support from special interests Anti-Fishing Activists Already Trying to Deflect Blame for ‘Crippling’ Hawaii Fishing Fleet Water Grab: Anti-Agriculture Activists Run  into Opposition from Upcountry Maui  Read More..

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 February 22, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 4536 Views Earn $50K? Hawaii Takes More From Your Paycheck Than Any Other State Local business owners speak out about the minimum wage Governor Ige’s ‘cuts’ still result in big spending increases Underreported: How Gun Silencers Became a Health Issue Full circle about single-payer health insurance Kauai Dairy Farm Withdraws Final EIS Caldwell: My Latest Appointee Helped Deliver Lots of Muslims to Europe OHA Insiders Plan to Neuter Audit Jury finds HGEA President’s Son guilty of sex assault Trump Admin has no Time to Talk to Hawaii Legislators About Rail Inter-Island Cables and Rate Hike Hearings Today Next Big Hawaii Tax Credit Scam Will Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles DLNR Scam-- Plans to Sell Carbon Credits 50% Failure Rate: Solar Installations ‘Falling Like Dominoes’ Sen J Kalani English Accepted Junket From Turkish Opposition Group BOE approves findings from special review of charter school panel HB407: Health Savings Accounts for Hawaii? Honolulu Airport Crasher was Brother of Convicted Murderer Open Borders Activists Come Up With New Argument: Hawaii Man Should be Granted US Citizenship BECAUSE He is Convicted Meth Dealer Peter Boy Case Solved When Competent Prosecutor Elected DAGS Doubletalk Collapsing Ceiling at Capitol Kalihi, Iwilei Stripped of Copper: Sit-Lie Expansion to Force Bums Westward Anti-GMO Activists Squabble Over Celebrutard Access Molokai Finally Runs out of Answers Hawaii Eco Hypocrisy--Trump Will Let us be the Phonies That We Are Read More..

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 February 21, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 AM :: 5635 Views Forbes: Taxes Make Hawaii One of 10 Worst States for High Earners OHA and HART Auditor Admits Fraud, Embezzlement HB1549: Don’t Tax Affordable Housing to pay for Affordable Housing Airbnb tries again on Hawaii tax broker bills Counties Won’t Stand up to NIMBYS and Legalize TVRs – But They Want TAT! Marijuana Just Another Excuse for a Tax Hike SB173: Marijuana Candies are ‘medicine’ Audit Finds a House Worth of Unrecorded Lumber at Hawaii County baseyard HB1277 Add 1,200 More Unionized Public Employees SB1298: Will Police Commission be Allowed to Hire Outsider as Chief? Star-Adv: Time for Greenmailers to get Serious About Extorting MegaBux from Zuckerberg Heroic Coast Guard Protects Whales from Money-Hungry Anti-Superferry Activists  Read More..

Monday, February 20, 2017 February 20, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:03 PM :: 4181 Views The Cost of Public Employment HPD Toddler Abuse Cover-up Unraveling Still no A/C for schools Caldwell Imposes 100% Fare Hike on Bus Transfer Riders Incompetent DoTax a Month Late with Tax Forms Soft on Crime Policy Kills Another Criminal: On the outside after 35 Raps in 14 Years—Bashes Through Airport Security and Dies Maui Program Puts Homeless to Work Sweeping Streets Who Will be Fooled?  Anti-GMO Activists Blame Trump for Pesticide Bill HCDA Changing Affordable Housing Rules KSBE Trustee Search Begins Again Read More..

Sunday, February 19, 2017 February 19, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:49 PM :: 4048 Views The Need for Tax Vigilance in 2017 Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Utopian Nonsense on the Move in the Legislature With Sam Slom Gone, Legislators weigh more than a dozen tax proposals A clear money grab by politicians HB1586: Council Will refuse GE Tax Hike Even if TAT is Taken Away 27 Rail Cars to Be Ripped Apart and Rebuilt in Desperate Attempt to Salvage Them SB591: $2B State Bonds for Housing Construction Medically assisted death: Wariness is warranted Star-Adv Pushes for Red Light Camera Ticket Machines Telescope: Lawyers Make Megabucks House Bill 1571, only attacks agriculture and will destroy farming Will British Petroleum Junk Hawaii Windfarm or Repower Before Federal Corporate Welfare Goes Byebye? Hawaii Residents Suffer the Most from Sleeplessness Read More..

Saturday, February 18, 2017 February 18, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 4034 Views OHA Insiders Plan to Neuter Audit 516 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii pro-life centers fight abortion referral mandate Hawaii Ranks Fourth for Millionaires SB898: Anti-Gun Bill Scheduled for Committee Hearing Next Week Hawaii Military Commissaries Offer 32.6% Savings—Highest in USA Caldwell Goes on Vacation While Legislators Expected to Vote on Rail Tax Hikes Incompetent Airport Division Wants Fee Hikes But Can’t Fix Leaky Roofs Star-Adv: Greenmail Shakedown of Zuckerberg is a Good Idea Diamond Head: Social Workers Chased out of Homeless Tent City By Knife Wielding Bum Soft on Crime: 20 Priors Gets ‘Supervised Release’—Then Shockingly, He does it Again HPD Toddler Beating Gets National News Attention State says hotel illegally pumped storm water into ocean for more than a decade SJWs Scream Blasphemy after Maui mayor says 'No such thing' as sacred rocks So-Called Farmers Union Joins With Anti-Dairy Farm Activists Hordes of Anti-Agriculture Activists to Descend on Maui Public Hearing to Take A&B Water Read More..

Friday, February 17, 2017 February 17, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 4072 Views State Procurement Office Launches Investigation into OHA Professional Services Contracts Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections 430 Candidates Register with One Day to Go Hawaii Motor Vehicle Deaths Jump 27% DOH: Dairy Farm EIS Decision Coming Feb 24 Will HSTA Report Expenses for 6,000 Lobbyists? Caldwell to Build Affordable Housing With Same Efficiency as Rail Blackmail: HECO Scores $61M, Free Trucks Thanks to Rail Tax Payers First Lateral: Several Energy Bills Survive Hawaii Legislature Deadline Target Legislators who fail to introduce bills SB107 Minimum Wage Vehicle Focuses Debate on Tip Credit Incompetent DoE Payroll: Two Months to get Your First Paycheck Sheriffs Refuse to Stop Auto Burglar Two Months of Canvassing Diamond Head – Only 6 Homeless Accept Shelter Eager to Use Homeless for Political Agit-Prop TVRs Account for 1/3 of Hawaii Visitor Accommodations Greenmail: Bill aims to create and Profit from disputes over trail on Kauai When it Comes to ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Hawaii is all talk Read More..

Friday, February 17, 2017 Letters to the Editor February, 2017 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:23 AM :: 9982 Views Will HSTA Report Expenses for 6,000 Lobbyists? Falls of Clyde: Ige Ignores Call from British Parliament Read More..

Thursday, February 16, 2017 February 16, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:47 PM :: 4034 Views OHA: The Mystery of the Disappearing Money Hawaii 64 Structurally Deficient Bridges Identified Hawaii Supreme Court Oral Arguments: When Is Election Law Admin Appeal "Brought?" Economic Impact of Immigration by State—Hawaii 10th HB1595: Involuntary Commitment for Mentally Ill How They Voted: Assisted Suicide Bill Passes First Committee Ward Poll: Hawaii Residents Reject Tax Hikes GE Tax Hike -- SB 1183 a “multi-headed hydra of bad ideas” Ernie Martin: If Legislators Hike GE Taxes, I’ve got several Ideas on How Councilmembers can avoid putting skin in the game HB1586: Income Tax Hike on the Rich -- Counties could lose hotel subsidy Bills on short-term rental tax collection advance SB221: Red-light cameras bill advances Caldwell Affordable Housing Plan: Convert HART HQ to Condos  SB1129: Senators Vote to Boost Insurance Company Profits, Kill off Expensive Patients, Enable Elder Abuse Candidate chosen for UH chancellor turned position down Police Chief Orders Full Review Of Toddler Assault Case Deedy Case: Time To Let Go Of A Case That’s Gone Nowhere SB173: Let Convicted Felons Sell Legal Weed Trump draft order would make welfare recipients deportable Criticism of Gabbard-Assad Meeting Gives Muslims Political Opening  Read More..

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 February 15, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 5125 Views How to give teachers a pay raise … without raising taxes Three Days Left: 371 Candidates Register for 437 Neighborhood Board Seats Maunakea Observatories award Nānākuli and Kapolei students with research time Transform the Bureaucracy and Achieve Justice for John Sosa No Joke: UH Pres Lassner to assist search for DoE superintendent UH Abandons Search for New Manoa Chancellor Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees OHA Pays Criminal Tens of Thousands of Dollars for Nothing Hush Money? HTA Calls Waikai’s Bluff Corruption: DOBOR Boss Fails in Effort to retaliate Against Hawaii County Prosecutor State May Owe $101M to Developer After LUC Steals Land Equity HB1586: Cut counties out of 'room tax' revenues REIT Tax Bill advances in House Legislators: Acute Care is Too Expensive so Eliminate it Legislators: Oldsters are Too Expensive so Eliminate Them Autistic student raped Pearl City classmate TWICE while HSTA Member napped, lawsuit says Homeless to Pick up Litter, Clean Graffiti SB221: Stop Light Camera Tickets Back Again Minimum Wage Hike Clears Hawaii Senate Committee—Deferred in House HB1282: Laughing Legislators Run Anti-GMO Morons thru Maze (again) Anti-Aquarium Obsessives Pin Hopes on Two Bills and a Lawsuit Will Latest Round of AP Lies Sink Hawaii Fishing Fleet? Batteries undercut benefits of rooftop solar, says new study $10,000 Fake News -- HECO Style HB793: Force Everybody to Install Electric Car Chargers SB1121: Force Everybody to Use Solar Water Heaters Denied: Feds Fail Again in Kona Water Grab Feds Sue: Homosexual Harassment of Male Employees Read More..

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 February 14, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:17 AM :: 7436 Views HSTA Rallies for $500M Tax Hike on Renters—House Approves on 2nd Read Anti-Fishing Lies Exposed: Attorney General Releases Point by Point Debunk of Kaniela Ing HPD Acting Chief Supports Naming of Suspended Officers Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 13, 2017 Falls of Clyde: Ige Ignores Call from British Parliament DLNR Cop Accused of Raping Girl—My Mommy is HGEA President Students Starve While HSTA Demands Massive Tax Increase Caldwell Bank Job: Measure To Stop Mayors From Moonlighting Shelved Drivers May Face $100M Higher Taxes, Fees To Lard HIDOT Coffers PUC to Consider $300M HECO Rate Hike Doctors hui opposes assisted-death bill Are Hawaii’s Wind Farms Killing Too Many Hoary Bats? How Housing Shortage caused by City of Honolulu Regs HB778: “Thousands of B&Bs on Ag Land” Hundreds seek help from state rent assistance program Four Sneaky Bills Would give counties the authority to regulate pesticide use Hooser Wants to Legalize Genetically Modified Marijuana Homeless Drug Addicts -- 1 million dirty syringes collected statewide in 2016 After 19 Years Convention Center Finally Gets Around to Booking Sporting Events Age 33 - 6 Felonies: Criminal Dead Because of Soft on Crime Policies McDermott: Travel Ban Needed Read More..

Monday, February 13, 2017 February 13, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:42 PM :: 3527 Views SB1183: Rail Tax Hike Bill is Alive in Legislature How Ige Plans To Cut a Piddling $220 Million From His $28.5B Budget DoE fails to fix problems with its 17,000 casual employees The Impending Honolulu Rail Ridership Debacle Bill to make judges repeat confirmation is advanced Chemophobia: Legislators Advance Polystyrene Ban Politics is About Winning Read More..

Sunday, February 12, 2017 February 12, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 6041 Views Most 2016 GEMS Loans Went to One Insider UHERO Slams the Skim Skin in the Game? Mayor Harry Kim says higher taxes not an option Senator’s Wife Refuses Hush Money Ige Blames Judicial Selection Commission for Appointment of Campaign Manager Ige: Get Rid of Matayoshi so HSTA can Achieve Nirvana HGEA Strategic Incompetence Means Former state workers face long wait for payouts SB534: $70/day, Then Organize Kupuna Caregivers into Union Feds Still Grabbing for Control of Kona Water Tulsi Gabbard Syria Trip Just Like Patsy Mink Meeting with Viet Cong? Years Later—Still More Whining About Depleted Uranium Read More..

Saturday, February 11, 2017 February 11, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:10 PM :: 4188 Views HIDOT Mileage Fee: Meet Big Brother the Taxman SB1129: Senate CPH Committee Schedules Assisted Suicide Bill Neighborhood Board Elections: 327 Candidates Register for 437 Seats With One Week to Go Demanding a Tax Hike, HSTA to Rally at Capitol Jones Act and Maritime Security Program Home Ownership: Hawaii Most ‘Equity Rich’ Properties Justice Ginsburg at UH Law School: “We have a Dysfunctional Congress” Study: 72 Convicted Terrorists Came From Countries Covered by Trump Vetting Order Hawaii needs self-managed pension plan for public-worker retirees Overtime Abuse? Ige’s Been Watching it Happen for Years HB209: Progressive Democrats Demand Massive Income Tax Hike on Small Business Owners Expensive Tickets? House votes to nix one of the HIDOT Money Grab Bills TAT: Political Insiders Milk Cash Cow Energy Excelerates Flow of Tax Dollars to Crony Capitalists Ing Rent Control Bill Deferred Amidst Laughter, Ridicule Condos in Your Future: Anti-Agriculture Activists Grab for Last of HC&S Water Hilo Attempts to Free Itself from DLNR Indolence DLNR Police Harass Christmas Boat Parade Organizer U.S. Transportation department executive approved grant days before taking job with rail contractor Trump Backs Privately Funded high-speed rail projects Shipyard Freeze Gives Schatz, Hirono Chance to Pretend that They Matter  Should U.S. be preparing for a North Korean nuclear strike on the West Coast? Read More..

Friday, February 10, 2017 February 10, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 9050 Views OHA Old Guard Retakes Power: Machado Selected as Chair Crabbe Contract: Abigail Kawananakoa Sues OHA Ige Appoints Campaign Manager Circuit Court Judge HTDC Gives Away $9.8M of Your Tax Dollars to Six Tech Companies Senate Committee Turns Rail Tax Bill into Christmas Tree HIDOT Money Grab: Proposed fines for texting, speeding, seat belts, drunken driving may put motorists in poor house Star Adv: GE Tax on Internet Sales to Take Away Rare Perk $36M REIT Tax is Back (again) HSTA Announces Contract Demands Anti-Fishing Nuts Come Up with New Trick to Shut Down Fleet Maui: Homeless Flood Emergency Room Lawmakers puzzle over how to allow pot to be carried inter-island Honolulu police commissioner injured in domestic assault Hundreds of corrections officers call in sick during NFL championship game $11.5M to Make UH Education Free to Low Income Students Hawaii—Fewest Uninsured in USA Muslims Pleased by 9th Circuit Court Read More..

Thursday, February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 5325 Views OHA Audit Passes Committee Vote What is Kaniela Ing’s Hidden Agenda? 2017 Honolulu Rail: Advice to the Legislature Economy: DBEDT Drops 2017 Growth Projection to 1.8% An informed opinion on GMOs Buffer Zone Bozos Descend on Capitol (again) Assisted suicide: Hawaii bills push envelope Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 8, 2017 Caldwell announces more Cabinet Appointments HB1589: Pro-Hunter Bill to be Heard KIUC Board Sets Renewable Energy Goal of 70 percent by 2030 Streetlights: Kauai First to Complete LED Conversion Hawaii State Ethics Commission 2016 Annual Report UH Law Review Sharing Economy Symposium Murthy: HART Looking at Alternatives to Tax Hike At-grade option offers a way out of Honolulu’s train wreck Raid Rail Funds for Fake $2B Housing Scheme? After Chief’s Lawyer Taken off Her Defense, Accused Suddenly Starts Telling Stories About Crooked Cops and Prosecutors Ige Administration Conspires with Hawaii Mosque to get More Muslims In Tough Times: DoE Gets a Measly $40M Increase This Year Senator rips tourism agency on finances—Take $6M as Vengeance If wealthy can get tax breaks, why not low-income earners? Report: Public Records Agency Slower Than Ever With Appeals Sen Keith-Agaran Grabs for Control over Judiciary Kaneshiro’s New publicly-funded secure Women’s housing complex in Makiki nearly empty Hospitals Paying $1500 per Day per Patient for Homeless Long Term Care Homeless Drug Addicts Take Over Big Island Subdivision Libraries Overrun by Homeless?  A Sales Pitch to Fund Another Vacant Position Ige Admin Debunks Homeless Tent City Nonsense Anti-Urine Bill Becomes Easy Foil for Homeless Tent City Proponents  HB1267: Failed Rent Control Proposal is Back Again Ing Pounding Nails into Agriculture’s Coffin Anti-Agriculture Activists Pave Way for Developers Small Business Leaders Debunk Anti-Styrofoam Hysteria Caldwell Leaves Kids in the Dark The Toxic Language of Hawaii’s One Party State Read More..

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 February 8, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:08 PM :: 8553 Views US Supreme Court to Consider Hearing Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Suit White House Calls Travel Ban ‘a Lawful Exercise’ of Authority Congress Considers Bill to Break up 9th Circuit Court Shell Game: Short Form Bills on the Move Trump Confusing Both Liberals and Conservatives Cost of Living: Only Manhattan is More Expensive than Honolulu Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections 308 Candidates for 435 Seats Lawyer-Enrichment Bills on the Move—Require Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion Murthy: I Can Complete Elevated Rail Without Tax Hike Skim: Caldwell Reaches New Level of Insanity OHA, HART Auditors Didn’t Notice Embezzlement Until Company Ran Out of Cash Telescope: State files appeal over TMT sublease hearing Hawaii lawmakers mull short-term rental Taxes Terrified by Drop in Tobacco Sales, Lawmakers propose 70% tax on some e-cig products Hawaii Lawmakers May Triple Fines For Speeding, Cell-Phone Use, DUI HSTA Operative: Matayoshi Must Go Because We Think Matayoshi Must Go Charter School Commission Fighting Back Against Corruption Audit: Some DOE Employees Still Start Work Before Being Cleared Kenoi Rush Job Adds $280K to Cost of Gym, Golf Course Legislators Try to Establish Homeless Tent Cities AGAIN Honolulu Toddler Nearly Died In An Assault But No Charges Filed State House committees pass anti-Agriculture pesticide bills Garden Isle: Gabbard Right to Urge End to Obama’s Policy of Giving Money and Arms to Al Qaeda Read More..

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 February 7, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 6380 Views County Employees in Hawaii make double what private sector workers make Hawaii government growing faster than private sector OHA and HART Financial Advisor on Trial for Embezzlement It goes to the Top: Ige Education Policy Based on Underage Drinking and Football Recruiting Trips $500M Union Slush Fund Passes Committee Vote—HSTA Strips out Promise of ‘Quality’ Education $80M online sales tax hike Rail Tax Hike—Legislators Kill Two Bills, Vote on Third Set for Wednesday Will President Donald J Trump De-Fund California Hi Speed Rail Boondoggle? Hawaii v Trump: Trump Wins Round One Silicon Valley Billionaire: Hawaii Should want Unlimited Supply of Muslims more than it Wants Rail Funds Akana drops OHA lawsuit against CEO Crabbe Hypocrite Rep Ing Targets OHA Trustee Akina Neighborhood Board Voting to be Internet Only? Hawaii Buyout Hall of Fame Should the State Borrow $2B to Pretend to Build Housing? SB1109: Statewide Styrofoam Ban Pushed by Chemophobes, Eco-Obsessives Bats vs. Blades: A Quixotic Struggle DLNR: Sell Carbon Credits to pay for Helicopters to Kill More Sheep, Goats and Pigs Maui physician against physician-assisted suicide Sovereignty Activists Push their way into Arizona Prison Illinois Homeless Dude Allegedly Kills Wife, Buys Ticket to Hawaii Read More..

Monday, February 6, 2017 February 6, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 5388 Views Fluoridated Water Reduces Gender Pay Gap by 4% Hawaii Bills Would Legalize Industrial Hemp; Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition Matayoshi Dismissal -- Retaliation for Investigation of Kaiser Principal? Charter schools’ agency hit by report Green Grifters Fight over $150M in GEMS  HMSA plan won’t cover most costs One Way to Kill Rail--Trump Will Cut Off Federal Funds if Hawaii Becomes ‘Sanctuary State’ HOPE Probation: “Nothing Works” in Corrections Replaced by “Nothing Works Well?” Making Things Easy for Antis Hawaii Muslims: Now is not the time for Terror Attacks How Islam Is Gaining A Foothold In Micronesia Read More..

Sunday, February 5, 2017 February 5, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 3998 Views SB1056: Seawater Air Conditioning to Become New High Tech Tax Credit Scam? Vacation Rentals: Tax Hike Bills on the Move in the Legislature Hawaii Union Membership #2 in USA–21.7% SB938: End the State Rail Tax Skim Unfunded Pensions – Tip of the Iceberg? 276 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Don’t mug taxpayers to pay for Hawaii’s high cost of living Condo Justice - The Ball's Now In Your Court Save $4.2B, No Tax Hike: Ground-level rail reaches Legislature Mayor’s plan brings rail to new level of insanity Rate hike proposals abound this year, PUC chair says Being driven from GOP is rite of passage for many local successful Democrats Legislature tackles rising opioid abuse Poor Gary Hooser. He just can't accept the fact that Kauai voters rejected him Kauai: Ala Loa Trail Could be Real Money Spinner Beachcombing Becomes Act of Penance in Eco Religion Longline association slams AP article claiming slavery DLIR, DCCA Hound Construction Industry with Millions in Fines 40 Years Later Nanakuli Getting a Library Learning to change: Education program putting Kulani inmates on right course Use Community Colleges to Save Gifted Students from DoE Read More..

Saturday, February 4, 2017 February 4, 2017 News Release By Andrew Walden @ 11:57 AM :: 5820 Views UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest Audit: Rep Kaniela Ing Does His Part to Hide OHA Corruption Hawaii Attorney General to Sue Trump to Keep Muslim ‘Refugees’ Flowing Into Country Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Hawaii: Trannies Drive Push to Legalize Prostitution Kidani: I want to Double Your Property Taxes to Create Massive Union Slush Fund  Push to Hike E-Cig Tax Legislators Take Another Run at Judiciary  Anti-GMO Hysterics Trying to Buy Politicians—But Voters Punish Anti-Sunscreen? Hysteria Attracts Quacks, as Usual Energy ‘Green’: Hawaii Legislature Explores New and Exotic Ways to Give Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires SunEdison: Billions Of Dollars In Taxpayer Money Hidden In Solar Scammer Bankruptcy 10 violations, 2 firings on annual review of Hawaii Co Police Department Read More..

Friday, February 3, 2017 February 3, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:58 PM :: 4603 Views Hawaii public employee benefits rise 5 times faster than private sector UHERO: The Exorbitant Cost of Collecting Honolulu’s Rail Surcharge Tax Hawaii GE Tax Bites into 99.21% of personal income OHA Board Sets Audit Vote OHA: Akana Ousted, New Chair to be Elected at Next Board Meeting Choke or Head Fake? Ige Doesn’t Appoint Campaign Chair to ICA Mixture of Pro and Anti-Gun Bills Introduced in the Hawaii Legislature Hawaii Did Not Issue Any Gun-Carry Permits to Private Citizens in 2016 Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Recreational Marijuana, Nullify Federal Prohibition in Practice Deadline to Apply for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Extended Basing decisions on evidence, not politics HB1595: Urine Free Zones Telescope Cuts off Funds to OHA Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa has registered as a Democrat Hawaii Democrats Hope President Donald J Trump Appoints Gabbard to Something, Anything Fake Issue: Shipyard at Pearl Harbor not part of feds’ hiring freeze Hawaii AG finally gets around to suing Trump over immigration ban Hawaii: President Donald J Trump becomes excuse for Letting Nurses do Abortions Chemophobia: Nature Challenges Anti-Sunscreen Coral Damage Claims Judge: Blacked-Out Health Department Reports Are Worthless Acting Chief Outmaneuvered: Chief’s severance paid out of police payroll funds last week Go West, Young Bum: Sit-Lie expansion into Iwilei, Kapalama EIS Approved for Dante Carpenter’s Garbage-to-Money Plant Dole Street: Manoa Neighborhood Board Tells SJWs to Get Lost Read More..

Thursday, February 2, 2017 February 2, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 3854 Views OHA LLCs—A License to Self-Deal Support OHA Forensic Audit Full Text: OHA Chair Sues to Force Crabbe Out Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearing Zuckerberg Steps In It In Hawaii Hawaii Tops Gallup Well-Being Index for 6th Year Straight Hawaii: The State of Tobacco Control One Party Justice: Republican Faces Criminal Charges Because he did not put Name on Two Mailers Recycling Company Cited for Water Pollution Future Oahu Community Correctional Center Down to Four Sites Taxing The Poor: Will Legislators Ever Enact Working Family Tax Credit? GEMS and Batteries: Revenues from Ratepayer Fee to be Given to Silicon Valley Billionaires Another Tax Hike: State considers targeting online shoppers Caldwell’s City Hall: Blood, Feces and Broken Windows 5 Reasons To Oppose Physician-Assisted Suicide Let Psychologists Pass Out Crazy Meds? Lynch Mob: Hawaii Supreme Court to hear arguments over 3rd Deedy trial HPD fired, tried to fire 25 officers in 2016 Police Reform Bills Before Legislature Sunshine Law Amendments Before Legislature Hawaii Environmental Council Wants to Change Human Nature, Reorganize Economy Idaho Republican Launches Bid to Split 9th Circuit California Liberals Begin Castrating Prisoners Will President Donald J Trump Keep 1,250 Unwanted Muslim ‘Refugees’ Out of Hawaii? Read More..

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 February 1, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 4300 Views Rep Kaniela Ing: Tickets, Lies, and Bin Laden After Speaking at Anti-Trump Rally, Rep Beth Fukumoto Prepares to Quit GOP ‘Challenging and exciting times’ SB938: Eliminate DoTax 10% Rail Skim HB663 and SB501: Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion DOH fights lawsuit on their non-posting of inspection reports even as two bills in the Legislature again fund the posting HECO Solar Deal: Wholesale Rate Finally Equals Average Mainland Retail Rate BLNR Approves Big Island Carbon Credit Scam  DLNR Seeks Applicants: Commission on Water Resource Management Parents asked to provide feedback on their child’s public school How Many Tourists is Too Many? Report: A Decade of Human Trafficking in Hawaii Information sessions for Oahu Neighborhood Board Candidates Peter Pakemai, Master Canoe Carver GE Tax Hike: Legislature ‘Very Upset’ at Rail Lies -- Caldwell Offers Bribe  Nightmare: Just When You Thought You Were Free of Obamacare, Hawaii Legislature Decides to Keep It HPD Refuses to Pay Kealoha’s $250K Golden Parachute:  Payoff Agreement in Default Feb 2 Maui: In Effort to Create More Homelessness, Soft on Crime Crowd Pushes for Mass Release of Criminals TMT contested case hearing slated to continue through February Bill would lower blood quantum requirement for Hawaiian Homestead successors if Congress Agrees Duke Aiona: Tracking Assisted Suicide in Legislature Chemophobia: Bill Banning Many Sunscreen Products Advances In House Anti-GMO Bills Pass Mike Gabbard Committee Gabbard’s trip to Syria tied to pro-Assad group Advice for Muslims in Hawaii: Don’t (ahem) ‘Blow Up’ the Situation Read More..