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Entries for February 2023
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
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February 28, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 1774 Views
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‘Audacious’ tax relief plan advances at Hawaii Legislature
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Gov. Green puts cost of new Aloha Stadium at ‘under $500M’, LOL!
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Senate Committee Passes Honolulu Rail Tax Extension--Dela Cruz Claims it is a ‘Mistake’
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Hawaii's state population is expected to continue its steady decline
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Who Pockets Hawaii Visitors’ Money May Surprise You
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Early Release Story: Lunatic Kills Vagrant Outside Police Station, City Gets Sued
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HB1366: Another Trick to Keep Lots and Lots of Criminals on our Streets
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Hawaiian Airlines’ COVID vaccine mandate challenge set for trial
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Monday, February 27, 2023 |
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February 27, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:50 PM :: 1875 Views
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Filipino Americans Making it out of Hawaii
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Another Miske Co-Defendant tries for Release Again
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Can raised crosswalks really cost so much?
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Contract for Red Hill facility alternatives is an enigma
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SB72 Hu Honua Bill on the Move
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Bills aim to add ‘tiny home’ sites for homeless
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Mayor Rick Blangiardi offers 5-point homeless plan for Oahu
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Honokowai condo evades shoreline access requirement for 45 years
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Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
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February 26, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 2253 Views
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What’s not to like about a $72,348 part-time job with the right to take lucrative outside gigs from special interests?
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Unsteady, Unfocused, Thoughtless: Green’s Amateurish Agenda Finished for Session
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DHHL, Aloha Stadium spending could trigger COVID aid payback
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Hawaii County response to affordable housing credits audit
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Business owners voice concerns over proposed district
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$50M Subsidy for Waiahole Valley?
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Starting at Age 10: Hawaii Media Outlets help Raise $150K for Honolulu Juvenile Sex-Change Clinic
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Saturday, February 25, 2023 |
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February 25, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 2271 Views
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Tale of Two Systems: State Wouldn’t Charge Alleged Child Molester, Feds Won’t Give Him Bail
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HB84: Allows Counties to Reverse TVR permits from 1980s
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De-Covidization: Cheating on Medicaid to be Illegal Again Starting April 1
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Hawaii Tourism Authority turnover continues as another top exec resigns
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Schizophrenics Kill Three in Hawaii
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Maoists Rally for Abortion Attacker
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Hawaiian homesteaders on Molokai say spill of hundreds of gallons of fuel made them ill
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'It's a health hazard' -- Dilapidated restrooms, sinking piers plague Maui harbor
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Following state’s costly missteps, parents push for solution to safely open new Kihei high school
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Friday, February 24, 2023 |
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February 24, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 2205 Views
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After Years of Campaign Spending Violations, Kaniela Ing Finally gets some Criminal Charges
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Rep. Gene Ward: ‘Reform Proposals Will Be Very Disappointing This Session’
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Oahu public charter faces closure following questions about online learning, enrollment
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Former Punahou Coach pleads 'not guilty' for child sex crimes allegations
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Hawaii hospitals at full capacity even with drop in COVID patients
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Failing infrastructure threatens future of only hospital that serves West Hawaii
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Lanai residents invited to virtual meeting on proposed 357% water rate hike
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 |
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February 23, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 3183 Views
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- After Indictments, Al Hee Took $9M More
- After Bribery Arrests: House Adopts New Rules
- DHHL Redux: This time Green nominates Kali Watson
- Hawaii Household Bills Among Highest in USA
- New report urges licensure reform to boost ranks of medical workers
- GET exemption bills move forward
- Big Island Prison Guard In Federal Prison--Got Fired, But HLRB Orders him Reinstated with Back Pay
- After Driving Anderson Out, DeLaCruz Pushes Geothermal Scam for Hawaiian Homelands
- Better Background Checks Proposed For Certain State Employees
- Conveyance Tax Hike: SB362 Vehicle to Steal Your Money
- HB820: Hawaii Vacation Rental Tax Total Of 33% On the Move
- Last Round Of Honolulu Covid Relief Money Released--CNHA Gets Another $25M Slush Fund
- Judge: Miske Can Keep A Key Defense Attorney
- Media Blackout? Attorney for Miske co-defendant wrongly predicted a “flurry of publicity”
- 20% of fatal crashes involve unlicensed drivers
- Lobbyist Pleads Not Guilty To Animal Clinic Drug Charges
- $4.5M -- Council OKs first settlement in police chase that prompted felony probe
- City Measure To Restrict Concealed Guns In Some Areas Moves Ahead After Council Vote
- Gun-Free Zones May Work. Just Don't Ask For Proof
- Group: Cost to convert cesspools on Big Island would be exorbitant
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
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February 22, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 3036 Views
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Green’s AG says Senators Have no Authority Over Nominees
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Anderson Remains Interim DHHL Chair, AG’s Office Says
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Hawaii Car Insurance Would Cost More Under Legislation Pushed By Trial Lawyers
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OIP Delays Are Worse Than Ever
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Honolulu police chief pleads with drivers to slow down after ‘rough week’ on Oahu’s roads
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OHA: Hawaiians are Leaving Hawaii so Lets Jack up their Electric Bills Some More
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Rhoads: Give Millions More to Released Convicts
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Lawmakers find talking about legalizing recreational weed and doing it are very different things
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Military Families In Hawaii Could Soon Have An Easier Time Finding Schools
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The Decades-Old Debate Over Breaking Up Hawaii’s Statewide School System
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Vacation Rentals Are In The Hawaii Legislature’s Crosshairs
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DOH Computer Crashes During ‘Upgrade’, COVID Numbers Not Available
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
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February 21, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 1796 Views
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Legislature: Devils, Idiots, and Snarky Kims
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Should Hawaii’s Legislature Meet Year-Round?
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Hirono Plans Another Run For US Senate
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The Military's Public Information Black Hole
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Recent string of injuries involving HPD officers on duty are ‘troubling,’ authorities say
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Soft on Crime: Traffic Scofflaws Kill Three
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Several restaurants announce closures amid staffing issues
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City fined after investigation revealed it didn’t provide gun range staff with proper PPE
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Monday, February 20, 2023 |
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February 20, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 1775 Views
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Probe ongoing in 10 likely felony charges against officers
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Gov. Josh Green requests additional $2.5B for state budget
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Green requests $45M to reimburse physicians who treat Medicaid patients
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Council passes bill for organic standards, regulations at Kula Agricultural Park
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Sunday, February 19, 2023 |
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February 19, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 2652 Views
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Judiciary Chair Tarnas ‘a key ingredient in the formula for corruption’
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Logan: I just found out I can’t fire dirty cops
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UH Power Game: Mercado Kim’s Next Move?
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Star-Adv: HTA Problem is DeFries Bumbling of CNHA Bid Rigging
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HB1049 Tax Relief: Invest in families to help them stay here
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Kauai Council to Select Replacement for Evslin
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Big Island gun case tests high court ruling
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Bills propose lowering drunken driving threshold to 0.05%
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Bum Removal: Waikiki Beach to be Closed 2AM-5AM to reduce feces and needles
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Saturday, February 18, 2023 |
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February 18, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 2916 Views
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Abercrombie: “You’re an idiot!”
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Hawaii Dodges Bullet by Rejecting Anderson
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Suspect in fatal hit-and-run has no driver’s license, 164 citations--‘Released Pending Investigation’--AGAIN
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Hawaii Lobbyist Charged With Vet Clinic Drug Violations
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HB745: Equal Pay for Transsexuals
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$50M to Subsidize 93 Waiahole Valley Renters
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Friday, February 17, 2023 |
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February 17, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 2017 Views
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Hanabusa: Feds Have Still Not Agreed to Cut Rail Short
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Honolulu’s Rail Line Readies To Open 1st Section In ‘June-ish’ — Or Maybe July
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Religious observances by Hawaii’s school employees are OK’d
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Doomed in House, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Kakaako Makai bill advances in Senate
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Medicated Marijuana Dispensaries Behind Opposition to Legalization of Recreational Dope?
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Phoney Baloney: Hawaii Senator Votes ‘No’ Then ‘Yes’ To Legalize Marijuana
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DLNR clears Makua Beach encampment of Sovereignty Thug
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Thursday, February 16, 2023 |
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February 16, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 2788 Views
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023 |
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February 15, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 3224 Views
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New Aloha Stadium will be built of Steel Recycled from Old Aloha Stadium, LOL!
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Otake to be Disqualified in Another Corruption Case?
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HB106: Crooked DPP will Seize Your Property
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SB911: Sen Karl Rhoads and Megan Kau want Convicted Felons to Serve on Juries
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Exposed: City program to ban repeat offenders from Waikiki is Fake
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Manini News: Legislature Looks To Tweak Internal Rules To Accommodate Ethics Reform
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Alleged cocaine dealer received COVID relief loan
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Tracking Hawai‘i Homeowners Who are Equity Rich or Seriously Underwater
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Soaring fuel surcharges boost HEI’s revenue over $1B
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Downed Chinese balloon aimed for Hawaii but was blown off course -U.S. official
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Commission on Native Children’s Hawaii Regional Hearing begins today
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American Samoa youth allowed to remain in Hawaii Youth Challenge program after outcry
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023 |
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February 14, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 1919 Views
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Will Senate Committee Reject Union Owned DHHL Nominee Ikaika Anderson today?
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City hopes to reopen Oahu’s only public shooting range by next month
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About the Occupied Forces Hawaii Army “warship”
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Court rejects appeal of Miske co-defendant’s 2018 conviction
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Soft on Crime: Killer Gets Two years--Shockingly, he is Wanted Again
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Hawaii’s Innovative Plan To Manage Marine Resources Is Being Quietly Rolled Back
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Homelessness Industry Looks to City for Cash Flow
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Monday, February 13, 2023 |
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February 13, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:45 PM :: 1390 Views
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2,000 appeals received disputing current Honolulu property tax assessments
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How Just One Person Gets To Decide Important Issues Like Term Limits
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SB678: Homelessness Industry Wants to Tax Your House to Line Their Pockets
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Hawaii lawmakers weigh bills creating gun-free zones
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Hawaii Senators Approve Bill To Promote Research Into Legalizing Shrooms and Ecstasy
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HB1165: Carbon Offsets Have Created A new Industry -- Suing Carbon Offset Scams
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Many Hawaii schoolkids going without routine vaccinations as Antivaxxer Conspiracy Theories Spread
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Hawaii’s lodging industry workers missing out, expert says
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Sunday, February 12, 2023 |
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February 12, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:10 PM :: 2316 Views
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Silvert: State Laws Don’t Prohibit Corruption
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Court documents disclose Miske’s alleged “purchase” of stevedore jobs, and ties to a prison guard at OCCC
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Over the last 45 years, there have been more than 80 unsolved missing persons cases on Kaua‘i
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Lawmakers Announce Plan to Kill Green tax Cuts, Green Agrees
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Self-interested state legislators duck term limits once again
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HB89: Ban all elected officials from soliciting and accepting any campaign donations while the Legislature is in session
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Saiki, Morikawa: Give More Money to Stop OHA Whining About Kakaako Makai settlement
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Not on Board with Aloha Stadium Boondoggle: Key state senators call for University of Hawaii President Lassner to resign
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Births decline: Several factors contribute to drop in Hawaii-born babies
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Saturday, February 11, 2023 |
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February 11, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 2452 Views
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Bribery News: Ex-Mayor Arakawa Asks Judge to go easy on Stant
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Alleged Crime Boss Mike Miske Just Lost One Of His Longtime Defense Attorneys
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DHHL News: Will Senate reject Union-Owned Ikaika Anderson?
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SB1602: Hawaii Bill to Intimidate Activists is Killed
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Liquor Commission Implodes After Gay Bar Complains
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State to pay out $450K to man who alleged DOE officer sexually assaulted him in 1970s
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Illegal gun range in Waianae highlights lack of shooting ranges on Oahu
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Friday, February 10, 2023 |
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February 10, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 1680 Views
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After Bribery Arrests, A few Ethics Bills Advance--But Most Don’t
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Hawaii Is Short Medical Workers. Interstate Compacts are part of the Solution
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Catch-n-Release: Various criminal acts would be subject to fines instead of arrests
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HB111: Give counties authority to raise their minimum wage
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Bill to tax gambling travel from Hawaii passes committee
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New Maui High School May Sit for Years After DOE Finally Agrees To Build Overpass 10 Years Late
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Textbooks for the Blind: Another DoE Fail
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Hawaii preschool at center of contentious dispute with state closes its doors
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50 Years Later, Waiahole Residents May be forced to pay rent
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S. Africa rugby player killed by Hawaii police had acute CTE
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Thursday, February 9, 2023 |
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February 9, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 2571 Views
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Governor Green called to testify in beheading case -- media silent
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SB736: Unity House Felon Leads OHA Push to Upzone Kakaako Makai
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Hawaii has ‘biggest loophole in any pay-to-play law around the country’
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Hawaii is the Only State where Parole Authority sets Minimum Sentences
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Feds: State did nothing for 20 Years about ‘prolific, aggressive child predator’ ex-Punahou basketball coach
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DOH investigator describes video of toxic fire suppressant spill
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HB537: 70% Tax Hike for E-Cigs
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HB828: Free school bus legislation rolls on
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Business district pushback: Property owners, tenants voice concerns about proposal for downtown Hilo
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The skyrocketing price of eggs has shoppers choosing local
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023 |
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February 8, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4092 Views
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HB1146: Statewide Carbon Tax Designed to Support Big Island Hu Honua Scam?
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Senators find DCCA Office Empty, Lights Out--Afraid to Make HGEA Members Show Up for Work
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SB720: Hawaii Senators Move To Keep Public Records Secret
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Kaneshiro Lawyers -- Our Client Should Get Away with Frame-up Due to Statute of Limitations
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Settlement reached for 4 injured in high-speed police chase-- Police ‘Thinking like criminals’
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SB350 Crime Wave Coming: Will Green Sign Cash Bail Bill Vetoes by Ige?
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Her child care business was a labor of love ― until she couldn’t make a living with it
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Pandering to Ignorance Deemed Unconstitutional: Bills Blaming ‘Outsiders’ for High Cost of Housing -- Dead
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UH to Bulldoze Charter School, Build Condos
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HB1366: Should State take over HTLA program to fly bums back to Mainland?
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Red Light Cams Issue 763 Tickets
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023 |
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February 7, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:13 PM :: 1183 Views
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Bills Would Establish Process to Incarcerate Mentally Ill in Asylums
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This homeless shelter for families has the money to reopen and the need. So why hasn’t it yet?
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Bills Would Force Hawaii To Seek Court Orders In Many Child Welfare Cases
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For the first time in 19 months, the median price for an Oahu home is under $1M
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Haleakala Fuel Spill Caused by Lightning Strike
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Oahu Women’s Prison May Have To Install Cameras In Control Booths
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Monday, February 6, 2023 |
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February 6, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1336 Views
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Many Tax Hikes on Legislative Agenda
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Legislators Figuring out how to Kill Affordable Housing without leaving Fingerprints
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Tackling teacher shortages: Bill aims to ease licensing process for out-of-state educators
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OHA’s Totally Futile Effort to Up Zone Kakaako Makai
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Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick: How To Reform Government Without Even Passing New Laws
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Affordable Housing; Who needs another useless plan?
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Mentally Ill Person Dies Homeless Due to Lack of Mental Health care on Big Island
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State Employees Close Octopus center in Kona so they will stop being annoyed by Animal Liberation Nuts
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Sunday, February 5, 2023 |
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February 5, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 2391 Views
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Tourism Management? Hawaii Hotel Construction Boom Biggest Since 1970s
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HB1375: Convert Hawaii Tourism Authority to a CNHA Slush Fund
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New Hawaii DBEDT director ‘fighting fires’ or fanning flames?
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Spent $60K at Hostess Bars: Decade In Prison For ‘Brazen’ Maui Official Who Took Bribes?
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DINO News: The Democratic Party Platform Calls For Serious Government Reform. So Why Are Democrats Reluctant To Do It?
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An important week in the case against Mike Miske and his co-defendants
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Suspect Shot by Police has 13-Year Criminal Transcript, got Probation
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Prohibition Again: A generational ban on tobacco?
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Not Taking Seriously: Few schools have undergone vulnerability assessments meant to ID campus weaknesses
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Saturday, February 4, 2023 |
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February 4, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 1879 Views
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Lawmakers eye tax relief proposals as residents grapple with rising costs for medical care, groceries
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Agenda 2023: Hawaii Legislature Transgender Bills
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Money News: Fuel spill reignites activist histrionics over military’s land lease
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DNA testing leaves Dana Ireland murder unsolved
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Friday, February 3, 2023 |
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February 3, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 2414 Views
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‘Asset Tax’ Advances--Legislature will Steal 1% of Everything you Own Every Year
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Native Hawaiian Home Loan Program Won’t Fund Mortgages on Sites Littered with Unexploded Bombs -- Star Adv Calls this Racial Discrimination, LOL!
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Hawaii Tourism Harpooned As Residents Abandon Ship
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Occupancy for Hawaii vacation rentals in 2022 remained below pre-Covid levels
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Man who ran over woman with stroller was not locked up for previous attacks
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Gaming the System: Hit-and-run defendant Jared Denault tries to withdraw plea
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Deputy Prosecutor With History Of Neighbor Problems No Longer Employed By Hawaii County
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Council to Pick Next Maui County Clerk
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Another setback for Ka‘u satellite dish project
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Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
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February 2, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 1581 Views
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- VIDEO: FBI Raids Home of former Punahou Basketball Coach
- Alleged Chinatown Pimp Indicted
- Who is having abortions in Hawaii?
- Marine Debris Found in Stomach of Stranded Kauai Sperm Whale
- Proposed Short Term Rental Regs Could Harm Big Island Farmers, Economy.
- Hawaii GOP Chair, Vice-Chair Suddenly Resign
- City reaches $2.85M settlement with central victim in Kealoha corruption scandal
- In wake of Memphis case, commission grills HPD chief about slow discipline for officers accused of wrongdoing
- Criminals Usually Allowed to Return to Waikiki and Chinatown
- Hawaii Lawmakers Pretend to Show Interest in Limiting Their Own Political Fundraising
- Is Hawaii Government Effective? It’s Hard To Tell
- Hawai’i Senate’s Hu Honua Bill Faces Opposition
- Room for Shrooms? Psychedelics Bills Filed Hawaii Legislature
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
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February 1, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 1775 Views
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After state senator compares housing chief to the devil, Gov. Green files harassment complaint
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After years on the beach, these Native Hawaiians occupied a housing complex. Some got to stay
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Legislators: Turn Hawaii Tourism Authority into CNHA Slush Fund
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HB87: Recycling was a Lie so lets Ban Plastic Water Bottles
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Miske Lawyers Think they can get the jury they want in Las Vegas
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13 Years Later Hilario Murder Case Begins with Court-Mandated Juror Intimidation
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Discipline report reveals cellblock beating in which officers were fired for excessive force, falsifying reports
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SHOPO Continues Effort to Oust Maui’s Outsider Chief--Latest tactic sex harassment suits
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