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Thursday, March 31, 2016 March 31, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 3807 Views Hawaii Land Use Laws Violate Fair Housing Act Federal Recognition: How Robin Danner Made $11.9M Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills: One Down, Three to Go Willes Lee Succeeds Sharon Angle as President of National Federation of Republican Assemblies Honolulu's mayor, Hawaii's members of Congress may face no re-election opposition Lawyer: Kenoi Not Quite a Thief Transparency Could Have Saved Billy Kenoi from Himself Pflueger Kills 8 at Ka Loko, Legislature Giving Him $10M Buy Out Airport Authority Would Cut OHA out of Greenmail Action Queens Hospital: 639 Homeless Patients Last Year Lets Give Dope to Little Kids and Make Your Insurance Pay for It Legislators: Insurance Companies Must Pay $54M a Year for Trannies’ Hormones Big Island Farmer Quits After 30 Years—Wants to Grow Weed DoH Debunks Anti-Dairy Farm Hype Anti-Dairy Farm Protesters are Source of Pollution DoE Facilities Branch is Dysfunctional Read More..

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 March 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 3868 Views Photos: Hate-Fueled Attack on Mauna Kea Radio Telescope Beyond Political Sovereignty: Pathways for Native Hawaiian Advancement Solving Hawaii Housing Crisis Through Land Use Reform Ige releases $5 million for design of new West Oahu high school Presidential Caucus: Hawaii Republicans Show How it is Done It’s Time For Hawaii To Move To State-Run Presidential Primaries Ige Administration Does Nothing as Telescope Prepares to Leave Hawaii Affordable Housing Bills Inch Closer To Passage At Hawaii Legislature HCDA: Close Kakaako Makai to Drive out Homeless Tent City Pesticide Report:  No Harm to Human Health Soft on Crime: Former Drug Dealer Billy Kenoi Arrested and Released Will House Finance Committee Hear Crime victims rights’ bill? Obama’s Gift to Hawaii:  Early release for Pahala Meth Dealer Lunatic Acquitted Killer Denied Off-Ground Privileges For Now MPD cop arrested 5 times in 1 year, still on the force Three More Rusting Wind Junk Projects proposed for Waters off Oahu Read More..

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 March, 2016 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 9:50 PM :: 4299 Views Presidential Caucus: Hawaii Republicans Show How it is Done Read More..

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 March 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 5078 Views Official Precinct by Precinct Results: Hawaii Democratic Presidential Caucus OHA to Fund Kana’iolowalu Roll Again? Video: Aha Aloha Aina Meetings Protest Nai Aupuni Bizarre News: Corrupt Language Removed from Bill Hawaii Legislators: Driving Stoned? Half of Hawai’i Residents Struggling “Paycheck to Paycheck” City proposes bill to waive most accessory dwelling unit permit fees Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Committee Vote on Wednesday Cigarette Taxes: Hawaii 5th Highest in USA Jones Act Campaign Contributions: Mazie Hirono is Living the Dream Stevedores Shutdown Matson Oakland Terminal Rep Mark Takai: Hawaii Should Switch to Presidential Primary System Hawaii Democrat Rip Off: After Sanders Voter Flock to Caucuses, Delegates go to Clinton Caucus Went According to Arrogant Democrats Bizarre Plan In Cuba, Hokulea finds Hawaii parallels with the Other One-Party Socialist State Founded in 1959 Nestor Garcia: Behind-the-scenes-string-puller at KHON Experts: State faces worsening shortage of primary care doctors Will Hawaii’s Teacher Evaluation System Get Scrapped? Actual revenue generated by Pro Bowl questioned Hyatt Funds Anti-Dairy Farm Activists Search for Kukae HB2166: Boost Renters’ Tax Credit to $150 Refusing Shelter: Kakaako homeless camps spring up again Bumbling City Permitting Department only Able to Approve Seven ADUs Haters Against Hate? Tied 4-4 after Scalia’s death, high court gives Public Sector unions a win Read More..

Monday, March 28, 2016 March 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 3804 Views Hawaii Apprentice Hunting Bill Advancing through Legislature with Bipartisan Support Honolulu Council: We Want Homeless Tent Cites All over Island Right Now! Rail 2 Years Late and 10 Miles Short Amid Hawaii delays, the Internet turned to a Google doc for caucus results UH Administrators Think they are the Second Coming of Act221 Caldwell Need to get Serious About Caldwell’s Zoo HCR127: Hawaii Weighs Study on Decriminalizing All Drugs Soft on Rape: 18 Priors, out on Streets Does it Again Anti-GMO Activists Undue Influence on Pesticide Report The Death of Moral Relativism Read More..

Sunday, March 27, 2016 March 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 PM :: 3790 Views Official Results: Sanders Winning Hawaii with 70% Angry Democrats Caucus: ‘It was chaos and a farce’ HB1739: Boss Can Demand Your Social Media Passwords Can Illegal TVRs be Taxed? Bill Burgess: Honolulu attorney fought race-exclusive programs Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review DoE: $4M to Cover ‘Stupid Idiot Teacher Who Ran Over Student While Driving on School Lawn’ SB2690: Infinite Possibilities for Cigarette Tax Hike Bills Would Loosen OHA’s Grip on Airports Legislator wants to ax Kihei high school in favor of West Oahu facility Legislators Demand Shelters Provide Better Accommodations for Homeless HB1751: Corrupting the drive towards a sustainable energy future NextEra merger: HIEC willing co-op partner Without NEM, Nobody Wants Solar Nobody Wants to Pay for Publicly Funded Campaigns Read More..

Saturday, March 26, 2016 March 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 4025 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 24, 2016 Hawaii DoE: Don’t Measure Students Ability to Speak English ‘Culturally Accurate’ Testing: DoE Latest Scheme to Move Goalposts Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Anti-GMO Activists Push Hard for Sanders Win Hawaii Democrats Will Quickly Lose Sanders Voters 'Thirty Meter Telescope' could find Refuge from Hawaii in War-Torn Kashmir Former Rail Architect Nails HART: Crime, Lunacy, Big Bucks—Mistake after Mistake  Architect: HART a Poster Child for How Not to Put in a Transit System Caldwell’s Zoo Could Lose 10% of Animals Read More..

Friday, March 25, 2016 March 25, 2016 News Release By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 5935 Views Grassroot Report: How to Fix Hawaii's Housing Crisis Lawsuit Dismissed: State’s 10% Rail Tax Skim Stands Maui Budget: Mayor Arakawa Says No Property Tax Rate Increase Necessary Sanders: No Federal Interference with Native Hawaiians Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State Cataluna: Billy Kenoi was last one Left in Old Boys Political Bullpen Ethics Board, Stacked with Cronies, Finally Decides hear Kenoi complaint Kame'eleihiwa: Hillary Will Give us our Fake Indian Tribe Beth Fukumoto: "Start acting like a [expletive] Republican." DoE Shysters to Grill Mentally Disabled Girl Raped again and again at Multiple DoE Campuses Horner: HART Revenue Plan Outdated HB2740: Sen Roz Baker rewriting bill to allow HMSA Medical Care delays The Dark Side Of Renewable Energy Next Round of HC&S Worker Layoffs Announced Kauai Anti-GMO Leader Busted for Alcohol Revolving Door: Keoki Kerr Leaving HNN TV for HSTA Job Read More..

Thursday, March 24, 2016 March 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 5361 Views Billy Kenoi Indicted, Arrest Warrant Issued -- Could Get 15 Years in Prison Nai Aupuni Fundarising: Don’t Give These Scams a Dime SR16: Hawaii Legislative Resolution Asks Google to Censor Internet Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Victory: Lawmakers shelve fuel tax hikes Haoles Back Sanders in Democrat Vote Saturday On November Ballot: Police Commission Can Fire Chief SB3034: Victims’ rights measure advances through House Stadium’s future could be tied to private-public development Thousands petition to keep Wahiawa General Hospital open Hawaii Superferry Headed for Maine-Nova Scotia Route Anti-GMO Movement: Deny 3rd World Farmers the Best Seeds Apo: Prince Kuhio Founded Indian Tribe—But Nobody Noticed until recently Soft on Crime: Out on Probation Does it Again and Again and Again Read More..

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 March 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4357 Views Fuel Tax Hike to be Heard by Committee Without Proper Public Notice Tuition up 136%: UH Manoa Ranks #1 in USA—and Administration Wants More Caldwell’s Zoo Loses Accreditation New Report Compares E-Cigarette Taxes in 50 States TomTom: Honolulu 6th Most Congested in USA OHA Funding for Native Hawaiian Roll Comm on Today’s Agenda RM16-01 Honolulu rail aims to be #1: Costliest transit project in the country’s history on per capita basis Secret Political Cabal Behind New Media Company Revolving Door: Ex-KITV Aide To Gov. Ige Launches Video Production Company Caldwell is Insincere and Disrespectful Senate committee OKs Ag water rights bill On Island Obsessed with GMOs, Meth No Longer Makes Headlines Obamacare: Your Medical Care is Already being Rationed SB2244: Cut retirement benefits for judges SB265: Help Pimps Recruit Minors Cop Cameras Among The Police Reform Bills Still Alive HPD officer found guilty of trafficking stolen vehicle Hawaii County Water Rates Hikes to Pay for Alt Energy Schemes Hawaii taxpayers Pay $13.28M for Fancy Waikiki Enviro Conference Number of Hawaii residents kept medicated with marijuana could double Libraries Inundated with Homeless Maui County $31K/year on Herbicide Read More..

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 March 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 3762 Views Hawaii Republican State Convention Set for May 21 Hawaii 12th Most Expensive State to Own a Car Hawaii Legislation Would Strengthen Franchisee Rights Hawaii Planned Parenthood Should be Investigated Not Celebrated Hawaii Family Advocates Legislative Week in Review Hunting for alternate site:  TMT board members visit Canary Islands Sanders Panders to Anti-GMO Crowd Stanley Chang comes from the most liberal side of the Democratic Party Zika Lands on Chemophobe Kauai—‘No Spraying Was Done’ OHA Cronies Grab for Control of Agricultural Water Transportation Department Holds Kauai Hostage to Fuel Tax Hike SB2690: Rise in Cigarette Tax Peddled as Aid to Cancer Center HB2466: Special Fund Raid Targets Community Health Centers as E-Cigs Continue to Cut into Tobacco Sales Just for Laughs: UH Administrators Pretend to have a Plan to Save UH Cancer Center 100% Goal is Still Fake – Renewable Energy Bill Deferred Senate Votes $28M for DHHL Committee tightens up a measure on transient rental taxes What’s Happened To Mayor’s ‘Bold’ Affordable Housing Plan? Task Force to Take Aim at Affordable Housing Money Crime Victims Flood Newspaper: Will my Perpetrator be released? Admiral, Police Team up for Maui Marijuana Business HB1072: Psychologists Want to Sell Drugs, Too Army to Reduce Hawaii Forces 8% Joining Dems and GOP is possible but unethical Read More..

Monday, March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:09 PM :: 4282 Views Report: Rep Fukumoto Will Quit Republican Party DoH Announces Political Insiders Chosen to Review Marijuana Dispensary Licenses Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 21, 2016 The hidden hand of the state is reaching for your car keys NYT: Hawaii Struggles to Keep Rail Project From Becoming a Boondoggle Big Dig, Rail: Grabauskas lands in familiar territory Chang thinks he can beat popular Slom; we’ll see Caldwell, Martin Still Playing Political games What really happened at the ʻAha, part III Agricultural future for Hawaii rests on removing many barriers to entry Throwing Bad Renewable Energy Projects Off the Bridge Hawaii Superferry Going to Maine-Nova Scotia Route Wahiawa General Hospital in danger of closing HPD officer resigns to help Wahiawa's homeless full-time Maui Council boosts transparency Anti-GMO Hawaii County Council Candidate Exposed as Paid Lobbyist 1,566 Hawaii Same Sex Marriages Since 2013 Read More..

Sunday, March 20, 2016 March 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 5640 Views Bill Burgess: Honolulu attorney fought race-exclusive programs Hawaii State Judiciary “Connect-A-Vet” resource fair Triple Referral Lateral Could You Please Pick Up That Pencil? Hawaii: Assault on your Second Amendment Rights Continues Clumsy and Secretive: Caldwell’s Minions Mug Ethics Director Thousands of Punatics, Anti-GMOs Joining Hawaii Democratic Party to Vote for Socialist Kauai Fact-Finding: Anti-GMO Pesticide Hype Completely Unsubstantiated Are you participating in Hawaii’s main political party caucuses to choose a presidential nominee? Wife of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visits Oahu NYT: UH Lags Private Sector in Equal Pay, Womens’ Rights Financial woes threaten the UH Cancer Center Required testing of rape kits removed from bills HB2391: Release Hundreds of Criminals Back onto Streets Medicated: Another 1,800 Sign Up to Smoke Weed Affordable? Senior Housing Rents Jump 62% City says North Shore playground built by volunteers must come down Read More..

Saturday, March 19, 2016 March 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 3351 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 18, 2016 MDs: Gender Ideology Harms Children Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Hawaii State Senate: A Wall of Secrecy ‘for year or more’ Anti-GMO Realtors Demand Seizure of HC&S Land Conflict of Interest: Anti-Ag Activist Appointed to Maui Water Board Obamacare Gives HMSA New Way to Reduce Quality of Medical Care Chilly temps aren't slowing state's push to cool classrooms Police Standards Board Bill Revived SB2411: Police Body Cams Committee Vote Tuesday Four Officers Involved in Conspiracy to Stage Auto Theft—Vehicle Later Used in Robbery of Drug Dealer Ethics Panel Seat Still Open Read More..

Friday, March 18, 2016 March 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4428 Views Police Raid Offices of Honolulu Rail Car Supplier Organic Farmers Thwart Tropical Disease Eradication Efforts Duke Aiona Legislative Update March 17, 2016 Hawaii: Assault on your Second Amendment Rights Continues Beer Taxes: Hawaii Ranks #5 in USA Lava Tube: DLNR’s Case ‘setting up roadblocks to the media on matters large and small’ March 18, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill Alii Place: $50M State Giveaway to Owner? Hollywood Giveaway: Hawaii Offers up to $15M Taxpayer Money per Movie Office of Hawaiian Affairs Has 10 Employees In The Six-Figure Range Chang Aims for Total One Party Control of State Senate Kauai Mayor Carvalho calls for $20M increase in general excise tax Charter: Police Commission to get Teeth? Ferry Bill Clears First House Committee Water a Money Spinner for A&B Lawmakers ask HMSA, doctors to compromise on imaging pre-authorization Hawaii medical school drops off U.S. News list of top programs, law school drops 10 places FBI: Hawaii Overwhelmed with Perverts Civil Beat's Errors and Conflict of Interest Dolphins to Be Protected from Eco-Religionists after Decade of Harassment Ethnic bloc endorsements seem odd and out of date Read More..

Thursday, March 17, 2016 March 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 3612 Views Na’i Aupuni Cancels Ratification Vote Anti-Gun Bills Deferred Plan to renovate or rebuild Aloha Stadium could become a taxpayer boondoggle Oahu Windfarm Proposed for Live Explosives Dumping Area 2016 County Health Rankings Hawaii Honolulu Drivers Waste 49 Hours in Traffic Hawaii House budget Boosts Spending by $2B House Budget Bill—$60M to be Wasted on Aloha Stadium House budgets $200M for new Maui jail, Undercuts OCCC, Halawa Plan Two Sheriffs Involved in HPD Stolen Car Scheme 81% Chance of Sanders Win in Hawaii Telescope: Selection of Hearing Officer ‘In Progress’ SB2562: State Squad to Apply Pressure to Homeless Who Continue to Refuse Shelter Will Utah Housing First Leader Direct Honolulu Homeless Effort? Kauai Utility CEO: Renewable Energy Goal Not Cheap Or Easy To Meet Honolulu Police Commission’s job review of HPD Chief Louis Kealoha is an embarrassing whitewash Hawaii TSA had 'record number' of violations, discrepancies Prosecutors: Gay Prostitute Killed Woman in Honolulu—Faces Kiddie Porn Charges Read More..

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 March 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 4368 Views HB2085: Ban Sale of Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles in Hawaii House committee to hear ferry bill Wednesday morning HB2555: Hemp Inc Behind Industrial Hemp Bill Anti-Gun Bills up for Senate Vote Hawaii County PD Seeks Community Input Rail, TheBus and HandiVan Operations – Under HART or the Mayor? State Hands IT Systems to New UH Tech Center Feathering Their Own Nests, UH Administrators to Peddle Latest Round of Tuition Hikes at Public Meetings Small Business Day at the Capitol, March 30 Na’i Aupuni Ratification Trick Osorio: Three major problems with the ʻAha constitution Honolulu rail project's chief architect departs, warns of project's future HB1751: Alt Energy Meeting Goals By Screwing With Definitions Consultant faults Hawaiian Electric for geothermal contract failure DOE investigations into employees drag on for months Arakawa pushing for hard-wall housing units for Maui homeless Star Adv:  Steal Affordable Housing Credits from DHHL 2 top Hawaii TSA managers sue agency for discrimination, retaliation HPD Officer on trial for allegedly buying, selling stolen SUV Lawmakers consider releasing hundreds of inmates to Boost Crime Rate Hawaii’s Largest Meth Dealer Gets Reduced Sentence Read More..

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4861 Views Interior Department Funds Guam ‘Self-Determination’ Outreach Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on 3rd District Court Nominees HR21: Development Land Swap for Great Lawn in Hawaii Kai Complete List: Bills that Passed First Crossover Grand jury in Kenoi case issues subpoenas Caldwell Makes Excuses for not asking police chief to go on leave during FBI probe Legislature: Lets Make it Easier to Pass Around the Campaign Cash GEMS for DoE plan hits delay HTA against shifting $3M to UH sports SB2244: No Pension for Judges Unless They are reappointed Transparency-Related Bills Before Legislature HB2501: With Sugar Dead, Usual Suspects Fight to Take Away Ag Water State Fines Costco $16K for Helping With Hurricane Relief 1,000 Apply for 84 Affordable Rentals in Pearl City Declining oil prices lead to lower Electric Bills Planning director calls for revoking permits for Aina Lea golf courses Soft on Crime: Tweeker Gets Probation for Near-Fatal Shooting--Surprisingly She’s Back at it Again SB2309: Untested Rape Kits If Hawaii Had Dictatorship Like Cuba, We Could Shut Down Anti-Pesticide Nuts and Spray to Stop Dengue, Zika Dem Presidential Caucus a Test of Strength for Anti-GMO Nuts Trump gets huge win in Northern Mariana Islands GOP caucus Read More..

Monday, March 14, 2016 March 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 3880 Views Anti-Gun Bills up for Senate Vote Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 14, 2016 HB2558: State Travel Expenses to Flood DLNR ‘Carbon Credit’ Slush Fund  Delaying Medical Tests To Save Money Is A Dangerous Game Police commission rating of Kealoha seems incomplete High Public Cost Of Race Case Bolsters Calls For Police Reform ‘Liquefied natural gas’ doesn’t always mean ‘fossil fuel’ Read More..

Sunday, March 13, 2016 March 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 3719 Views Regressivity Auditor: Incompetence Prevents Management of State IT Resources Auditor: Handi-Van Not ADA-Compliant Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 11, 2016 SB 2840–Kill Zombie Pensions Morita Comes up Short in KIUC Bid AP: Only Senator Sam Slom Responded Fully to Our Open Records Request Senators go along with Dubious $75M Gas and Vehicle Tax Hike SB2454: Make Income Taxes More Progressive State is squarely in path of unfunded liability landslide Affordable housing trade-off: Credit program aids Hawaiian Homelands Another $30M in Revenue Bonds for Political Insiders Hawaii Trump Voters: It’s time to move to a level of confrontation not seen in local politics Read More..

Saturday, March 12, 2016 March 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 5045 Views Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Hawaii Cesspools: Tax Credit, Ban Caldwell Minions finally force City Ethics Director Out for Being too Tough on Rail Crooks? OHA Mauna Kea Cash Grab: Judge Remands All Telescopes’ Sublease back to BLNR  House Set to Approve $16B Budget, $300M in Red Hawaii could be only state that taxes Girl Scout cookies if Idaho bill passes Hawaii's general fund tax deposits up 7.4% Homeless are Big Part of Hawaii’s $1.2B Medicaid Bill Hawaii deals with dramatic shortage of doctors Like Tourism, State’s #2 Industry ‘In Slow Decline’ Hawaii tech industry ranks 45th in the nation Civil Beat Hypes Latest Gaggle of Phony Taxpayer-Funded Tech Companies Anti-GMO Activists Just Keep on Lying 2 former GOP Hawaii chairs face complaint over their criticism of Trump Can Tulsi Gabbard Swing Hawaii Voters to Sanders? New state BOE policy embraces language diversity in classrooms Read More..

Friday, March 11, 2016 March 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 6419 Views Final Results: Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Guam Votes Tonight In The Republican Primary Nai Aupuni’s Secret Controllers Hawaii GE Tax Bites into 99% of Personal Income Maui: Auditor Undervalues our Garbage Maui Council Rejects 300% Agriculture Tax Hike American Samoa Fights Feds for Fishing Zone The Best—and Worst—States for Workers with Disabilities AM940 -- Grassroot Institute on the Air Full Text: Kauai Pesticide Report Local GOP hopes caucus turnout re-energizes party Hawaii Trump Voters “Disgusted with political correctness” Revolving Door: Politician Nestor Garcia Pays Largest Ethics Fine in History, Gets Hired by KHON Revolving Door: Ex-KITV Aide To Gov. Ige Launches Video Production Company How Fed Wreckers Kept Aha Distracted Drivers’ concerns rise as lawmakers advance bill to hike vehicle fees Maui Council Rejects Massive Ag Tax Hike Report finds no health impacts from pesticide use on Kauai FBI investigates allegations police chief's wife lied in court to fix ticket for Solar Contractor Calls for police chief to step aside grow amid expanding federal probe Hearing begins over Kauai Police Department’s body camera program Hawaii or Hawai'i: What's the official spelling? Kau: Sovereignty Activists Harass Landowners, Courts Read More..

Thursday, March 10, 2016 March 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 3942 Views Over 15,000 Ballots Cast in Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Beyond Political Sovereignty: Pathways for Native Hawaiian Advancement Hawaii’s Deficit Disaster: Learning from Illinois Raising Hawaii Taxes in 2016 - Unconstitutional Economics Exposed Hawaii Cruz Campaigners Disciplined by National Cruz Campaign Hawaii GOP caucus -- party hand-counts remaining ballots OHA Cronies: Seat a Government Before January 20, 2017, and Obama Will Make us a Tribe Rep. Choy’s bill would let legislators take jobs at the University of Hawaii HB2408: DoT to Award Secret Land Permits Kauai: Report Debunks Every Anti-Pesticide Claim Federal investigation into police chief broadens Honolulu police chief ‘exceeds expectations’ in annual evaluation  (Meanwhile FBI closing in....) Ex-officer was bookie during HPD tenure, prosecutors say Missing OCCC extended furlough inmate captured, arrested for attempted murder Read More..

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 March 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:23 AM :: 3941 Views Results from Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus 2016 Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. Government Huge Voter Turnout for Hawaii Republican Caucuses $75M Tax on gas, auto weight would go up via bill OK’d by senators Sen Sam Slom, after a brief hospitalization, is back in true form at the Capitol Will TheBus be Handed over to Rail System? Hawaii County employees can keep frequent flier miles Purchased with P-Card What’s Up With Panel To Award Medical Pot Dispensary Licenses? Idle Rich Behind Hawaii Anti-GMO Activism Plans for Rusting wind junk off Waikiki moving ahead Hawaii’s Public Charter School Movement At A Crossroads Judicial Appointment Bills are Retaliation for DHHL Ruling? Homeless Tent City: Arguments, Yelling and a Party Read More..

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 March 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 4641 Views Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Rick Santorum Campaigning for Rubio in Hawaii Five Anti-Gun Bills up for House Vote Fitch: Hawaii debt levels are high Kasich: No Fake Hawaiian Indian Tribe Clinton Backs Fake Indian Tribe for Hawaii Native Hawaiian nation won’t be on public dime Duke Aiona Endorses Rubio Excitement Builds for Today’s Republican Presidential Caucus Can Hawaii and Idaho Stop Trump Tuesday? Rep Beth Fukumoto Chang on Trump: “I told you so” Hate on Display: As Sugar Layoffs Begin, Leading Hawaii Anti-GMO Activist Deploys Revisionist History to Cheer Demise Hawaii County Ethics Comm Holds Secret Hearings to Grant Exemptions to Double Dipping Self Dealing Contractors U.S. Senator Brian Schatz loses mind, calls on media to focus more on climate change Vehicle owners face increases to three separate fees under new bill Chronic Homeless Refusing Help, Return to Kakaako Proposed law would release even more criminals onto streets Men assaulted by Honolulu officer file lawsuit against city Read More..

Monday, March 7, 2016 March 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 3064 Views Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Djou Open Letter against Trump: ‘Selfish immaturity unworthy of Presidency’ Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 7, 2016 First Decking: Complete List of Crossover Bills Vegans are Crazy: Does Study Stand Up? Hawaii Republican Caucus Tuesday March 8 Economic Justice Starts With Correcting Tax System Inequities Prison Operator Wants Native Hawaiian Inmates’ Suit Wrapped Up Musings: Fact, Fancy and Flat-Out Fudging Legislative News Read More..

Sunday, March 6, 2016 March 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 5477 Views Nai Aupuni Aha Roll Call--How They Voted Energy Star Certification Program Promises Hawaii DoE $300M in Savings Tax Conformity: Can We Make It Move? March 8 GOP Caucus – Where to Vote What Really Happened at Aha: Delegate ‘Crying like a little B***h’, ‘Hostage’ Demands $5000 Ransom, and more Nai Aupuni ‘Constitution’ Becomes New Excuse for Multi-Million Dollar Cash Grab Mayor’s role on bank board seems to be a clear conflict Rail Tax Hike: ‘Can’t I get the Same Thing?’  Maui County: Punitive tax plan has Real Potential to Shut Down Farms, Ranches Senate moving bill to grab veto power on reappointment of judges and justices Abercrombie, Sanders: Birds of a Feather SB2569: Homelessness Court Sought to handle 14,860 Tickets Star-Adv: Quit playing politics with homelessness Read More..

Saturday, March 5, 2016 March 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 5138 Views Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Former Bush Supporter Barbara Marumoto Endorses Rubio Former Carson Supporter Sen Sam Slom Endorses Ted Cruz for President Sen Sam Slom Hospitalized Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 4, 2016 Renewable Energy: How the 100% Mandate Hurts Hawaii Hawaii Drone Bill Would Hinder Federal Surveillance Program Hawaii Bill to Reject Some FDA Restrictions on Terminal Patients Clears Final House Committee HPD: Surfing on Duty?  Beat your Wife?  -- Get Promoted to Captain Obamacare: HMSA Refuses to Pay for Medical Tests, Patient Suffers Stroke While Waiting 78% Support Term Limits for Hawaii Legislators Kauai Council Considers Stupendous Gas Tax Hike After $10K and 2.5 Months, Builder Finally Allowed to Apply for ADU Permit How Caldwell Wants To Spend $61.7 Million On Housing Windward Residents Continue to Suffer Bus Cuts to Pay for Rail ACLU Desperately Trying to Keep the Homeless, Homeless: Urine is a Constitutional Right Hawaii lawmakers push to ban professors sex with students Read More..

Friday, March 4, 2016 March 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 4809 Views Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Waste Management: Millions for Company Tied to OHA Chair Pass Through House Finance on Three Minutes Public Notice Gasoline Taxes: Hawaii 4th Highest in USA Hawaii: Legislation that Violates Due Process Could be Voted on in the House Friday Hawaii Federal Court: Get Ready For Bridge Aina Lea Trial Hawaiian Electric Companies report record high renewable energy use Excitement Builds for March 8 Hawaii Presidential Caucus Star-Adv: Reject gas tax--bloated bureaucracy, not lack of money, is a fundamental obstacle to better roadways Your Tax Dollars at Work: HCDA, City Team up for Florida Boat Junket Governor: 100% Renewable Energy Formula ‘Flawed’ Sen Keith Agaran: I Intended to Kill Term Limits from the Beginning Borreca: Gabbard Can Expect Retaliation from Clinton Machine Mayor keeps his options open for seeking another elected office Harry Kim to run for Hawaii County mayor again Hitachi hitting speedbumps in acquisition of rail car manufacturer Ansaldo Legislators Work to protect Tobacco Biz by Taxing E-Cigs Garbled gibberish, faux science and Utopian agricultural dreams Read More..

Thursday, March 3, 2016 March 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 PM :: 4667 Views Nai Aupuni ‘Constitution’ Dictated by Department of Interior? Honolulu Charter Commission to Discuss Rail-Related Proposals Friday Impact of Jones Act Shipping on Hawaii Cost of Living? House Refuses to Study Issue Caldwell, Liberal West Coast Mayors, Hope to Exploit Homelessness for Federal Megabucks Hawaii Republicans ready for March 8 Presidential caucus Contractor: Hawaii DoT Using Lawsuit to Cover up Incompetence Emergency? Lingle Built Shelter Space for 650 Homeless, Ige 20 Senators Kill Bills To Elect Judges, Create Legislative Term Limits Residency: Josh Green Lives and Works on Oahu but Says he Still Occasionally Visits his Kona District OHA Trustee: Another $2M Must be Wasted on Nai Aupuni Judge strikes dollar amount from order to boost DHHL funds Kapolei students chosen for telescope time State of the City Fallout Jon Drinky Karimatsu Convicted on 2nd DUI IDG-Huena Geothermal Missed the High Price Opportunity Read More..

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 March 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 PM :: 5359 Views Duke Aiona Legislative Update March 1, 2016 Grassroot: Pro Bowl Numbers Don’t Add Up HB1473: Help Legislators Buy Influence, Spread Campaign Cash Demographic and Economic Profiles of Hawaii's Electorate CTA Innovation Scorecard: Hawaii Dead Last, Likely to Stay There Trump’s isle lead has rivals wary of upcoming caucus Tulsi Gabbard Not a Combat Veteran Star-Adv: Keep Political Appointees out of HART, Bus Lines Will have to be Cut Geothermal Wars: IDG/Huena—The Highest Price of Them All Media Ignored OHA Cronies Aha—62% Say ‘Meaningless’ 5.5% increase in $462M Hawaii County Budget mostly for salaries, benefits Soft on Crime: Lunatic Returns to Asylum City: Artificial Turf Cheaper than UPW Lawnmowers Read More..

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 March 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:59 PM :: 5187 Views Grassroot: Aha ‘Constitution’ is Effort to Form Race-Based Government Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 29, 2016 Guards Union: Airport Security Contractor Illegally Holding Money Which Belongs to Workers Tax Facts & Figures: How Does Hawaii Compare? Hawaii: Only 38% Doubt God Retaliation: Nailed for Campaign Spending Violations, House Reps Push HB2008 to Eliminate Investigators’ Positions Trump ‘A Nightmare for Hawaii GOP?’ Nai Aupuni Constitution: Limitless Land Grab Legal turbulence that swirls around Nai Aupuni will not abate anytime soon Senate panel votes $75.3M gasoline tax hike Dead for Session: Two Different GE Tax Hikes Kauai County’s GE tax hike plan filled with flaws Maui County: Now That Sugar is Dead, We Want 1000% Tax Hike on Farms, Ranches Earned Income Tax Credit Bill Dies Caldwell: HART Should Take Control of TheBus, HandiVan HECO-NextEra Hearings End Today SB2561: Why Does it Take 10 years to Build Affordable Housing in Hawaii? Can LUC Penalize Developers? Ige, Legislators Flail About Looking for More Prison Space to Create UPW Positions, Spend More Money 3 Maui prison recruits fired after strip club fight, stabbing 20 Convictions:  Out on Bail--Does it Again YB Monopoly: Lousy Service is Latest Excuse for Rate Hike Read More..