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Friday, March 31, 2017 March 31, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:14 PM :: 4119 Views The Biggest Fruit Ever Grown in Hawaii Hawaii lawmakers barreling toward $1 billion spending increase Travel Ban: 9th Circuit Court Will Reverse Hawaii’s Political Hack Judge Abortionist Moves to Hawaii after Undercover Video Expose Rickrolling Rail Video: Should Being Homeless in Hawaii be Considered an Illness? After $2B in Tax Credits, High Tech Scammers Pay Only $27M in Taxes Fuel, Property, Garbage: Caldwell Puts 9 Tax Hikes on Council Agenda Biofuel can be as Deadly as Coal Analysis: Hot housing market continues to drive up Honolulu rents HB1401: Vote by Mail Approved by Senate Committees Another high ranking police officer retires amid federal investigation Kealoha Litigation: Mo Money fo Mo Lawyers Private Airport Security Firm Hires 6 Fired Cops Lawsuit alleges sexual assault, harassment at women’s prison PR Advice: What Did HPD Get for $100K? Monk Seal Obsessives Begin Suing Each Other Anarchy: Silicon Valley Plan to Undermine Law and Order Read More..

Thursday, March 30, 2017 March 30, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 4221 Views Senate WAM Budget -- $386M More Spending than House OHA seeks input on upcoming budget (for three days) OHA issues two more business loans Micronesian students head to International Robotics Competition UHERO: Electric Car Batteries Part of Plan to Go 100% Renewable As Expected, EPA Rejects Anti-Pesticide Activists’ Petition to Ban Chlorpyrifos Legislature: Two Gangs Compete to Steal millions in GEMS money Energy Green: Plan to Use Trump to Get More State Tax Credits We Long Ago Stopped Trusting Anything About Honolulu Rail Blue Planet: Hike GE Tax and Make Traffic Even More Jammed 12% Raises for Maui County Execs? Thomas Gorak Nominated as PUC Commissioner HCDA proposes changes to affordable housing rules Push for DHHL Rental Housing Part of a Robin Danner Money Scheme HB83: Lets Build a Gigantic Festering Tent City for Tweekers at Waianae Boat Harbor Prosecutor's office confirms wife of former police chief demoted amid federal probe Soft on Crime: Should Scizo Killer be Let Back out onto Streets? Maui Liquor Comm Violates Sunshine Law to lift Cap on Number of Hostess Bars More Anti-Dairy Activism on Big Island After 8-Year Hiatus, Protesters back at Pohakuloa Read More..

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 March 29, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 3739 Views All Talk, No Action: State’s Low Refugee Count Works Against Hawaii v Trump Travel Ban: Hawaii Judge’s Ruling Based on Fake DHS Document Taxpayer Return on Investment? Hawaii ranks 49th Cover-up: How Wind Farms Hide Bird and Bat Kills Hawaii Dithers while Telescope Prepares to Build on Canary Islands Doubling Hawaii’s Food Production? Trump Economy: Visitor Spending Increases 11.5% in February 2017 Sabotage in Store for OHA Audit? Report: Big island Hotspot for ‘Premature Death’ Shortage of Homeless in Waikiki—Activists Terrified Honolulu Rail: City Needs To Get It Together Or Give It Up Anti-Dairy Activism Exported to Maui Maui Hospital subsidies missing from budget Hawaii Contingency Plan for Obamacare Repeal Becomes Christmas Tree Bill Arakawa Commits Political Suicide Hold Ige Responsible for Outcome of Superintendent Search DoE Fails to provide services to students with autism HB1580: Bill to Abolish Gasoline to be Heard Friday Hawaii has no Definition of Fossil Fuel Petition: Developers Stack HCDA Nomination List Curb HTA’s secrecy before seeking audit Panic in Kona Coffee Fields as Trump Reinstates Program to Deport Illegals Who Commit Felonies in US HCR176: Urge VA to Improve Health Care in Micronesia  SB221 Red Light Camera—a Money-Loser for the State One Nesting bird delays multimillion-dollar project in downtown Honolulu Read More..

Tuesday, March 28, 2017 March 28, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 3460 Views FCC, DHHL Ask: Exclusive License to Criminal Al Hee Company Illegal? Hawaii Suicide Bill Would Have Let Nurses Diagnose Fatal Illness and Prescribe Death Pills Hawaii Ranks Among Worst States to be a Doctor Here's why rail is going to cost $12 to $13 billion Police Reform Bills Still Alive in Legislature HPD Gets PR Plan, not Reform Plan Council Approves More Lawyers to Defend Ex-Chief Assisted Suicide: Many Unanswered Questions HB1281: Tell Homeless to “Get a Job’ Political Insiders Get Away With a No Comment Money Talks To Lawmakers During Legislative Session Condo boards brace for medical marijuana smoke complaints New Suitor for Hawaiian Electric Companies? Immigration Raids at Kona Coffee Farms Oahu GOP Elects Brett Kulbis Chair Travel Ban: Trump Slow Walks 9th Circuit, Seeks Vindication in 4th Read More..

Monday, March 27, 2017 March 27, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 4313 Views Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii Feds to Reopen Papahanaumokuakea to Fishing? Farmer: Shame on Kawailoa Development LLP Hawaii Taxpayers to be kept waiting 16 weeks on Tax refunds Political Insiders Among Few to Get Caldwell’s Ohana Dwelling Permits Molokai to be 100% Renewable in 2020? If Hawaii Democrats believe in Sea Level Rise—Why are they building Rail? Iwilei: Homeless Problem will be solved just as soon as Rail is Finished? East Hawaii GOP Convention Offers Preview of State Convention Hawaii v Trump Updates Read More..

Monday, March 27, 2017 March, 2017 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 2:49 AM :: 3193 Views Farmer: Shame on Kawailoa Development LLP Read More..

Sunday, March 26, 2017 March 26, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:59 PM :: 3702 Views Yes, Toto, Tourists Also Pay Real Property Tax Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Hawaii Co Ag Property Tax Rate up 48.2% HIDOT Airports Div Red Tape: Theater of the Absurd Track rail costs with a Doomsday Clock Will Democrat ‘Mean Girls’ Let Fukumoto In? DLNR: Sea Levels to Rise 3.2 Feet (or was it 9?)  We are all Doomed! ‘Groundwater Inundation’ UH Manoa ‘Research’ Devises New Way to Shake Green Energy Tax Credits out of Lege SB1150 Chemophobia is Profitable: Selling ‘Bogus ‘Reef Safe’ Sunscreens Will State Fund Veterans Treatment Court? Read More..

Saturday, March 25, 2017 March 25, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 4878 Views Maui Man Stabs Girlfriend to Death Because She Refused Abortion Maui: Arakawa Submits $795.3 Million Budget Proposal Signer of Anti-Trump Letter Withdraws From Hawaii Military Think Tank ‘Sanctuary State?’—Hawaii Dems Pass Toothless Resolution to Fool Base HB1518: Bill could limit access to public records Amazon will collect sales taxes nationwide starting April 1 HB1580 Abolish Gasoline and Diesel Vehicles Audit of tourism authority is urged Law exists to help mentally ill get treatment, but few resources available to do so HB1281: Bill to give homeless day jobs advances Tough Love: Diamond Head Homeless Sweep Forcers Six to Finally Accept Shelter Unreasonable Abercrombie Angry at Legislators--Wants Death for Expensive Oldsters Honolulu Prosecutor faces intense criticism for management of domestic violence safe house How Hawaii Paroling Authority Finds Excuses to Let Criminals Out Again and Again Ookala residents say runoff from dairy is contaminating streams, community Read More..

Friday, March 24, 2017 March 24, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 4387 Views Office of Hawaiian Affairs Ratifies Independent Audit On Sister Isles Working Class Whites Dying of Despair Being Hypnotized by HART? Double Food Production? Failed Central Planning Thrives in Hawaii Assisted Suicide Loses in Hawaii Hawaii Missile Defense Now HB209 and SB648 -- Two Income Tax Hikes on the Move Two Versions: Legal or Illegal TVRs to Be Taxed? HSTA Operative: Stalled Contract Talks Are Prompting Whispers Of A Strike 78-year-old business could shut down due to problems from homeless encampment Soft on Crime: Multiple Felon Gets Parole—Violates and Escapes in Beemer Unwanted Fukumoto to be Rejected by Democrats? Fukumoto: This is the Peak of My Political Career Travel Ban: Muslims Laughed out of Court Read More..

Thursday, March 23, 2017 March 23, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 4153 Views Rep Andria Tupola to Run for Republican Party Chair? Do Muslims Have a Property Interest in US Visas? DLNR Statewide Hunting Survey Caldwell’s Chief of Staff Quits Victory! Lawmakers table Assisted Suicide bill following intense debate SB1183: Rail Tax Hike, Skim is Back --for DOTAX and HIDOT HB1580 Hawaii Legislators Still Working on Plan to Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles HB552: Obamacare Mandate Tax for Hawaii Honolulu Council ‘Rats Approve Garbage Tax, Bus Fare Hikes Bill 7 A Massive Property Tax Hike Lawmakers consider charging prepaid wireless users a Million Dollar fee City Employees Use Each Others Raises as Excuse for More Raises Reduced Budget Growth hits construction, schools Fukumoto? Some Democrats Urge Rep Marilyn Lee to Get Out of the Way Census: Oahu Loses 5,156 People in 2016 Hypocrisy: Hawaii Accepts only 127 Refugees Since 9-11 Attacks DUI Attorneys Use Prosecutor’s ‘Ghost Ticket’ Defense for Their Own Clients Objection! 831 Exhibits Introduced in Telescope Case Oahu's hot housing market, limited supply leading to soaring demand Veterans Choice Worth Improving Espinda Slowing Down—Only 17 Over the Limit This Time Read More..

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 4685 Views Omidyar Wins by Losing: Kauai Court Ruling Forces Farms to File EIS Trustees Set to Vote on OHA Audit Hawaii is in North Korea’s Crosshairs with no Real Defense Supreme Court: IDEA Requires ‘Ambitious’ Education Plan for Disabled Children Immigration: 9th Circuit Judge Warns Against ‘Judicial Psychoanalysis’ Travel Ban: Hawaii AG Presents Obama Judge With More Paperwork to Rubberstamp Homeless Tent City: DLNR Removes ‘Tons of Debris’ from Diamond Head Fukumoto Quits GOP: ‘Seeking Membership in Democratic Party’ SB1183: House Reinstates Massive Rail Tax Hike HSTA: No Private Organization (other than us) Should Influence Superintendent Selection Process Kauai Judge Sets Precedent for Obstruction of Agriculture Hundreds Sign Petition Demanding Removal of ‘Criminal Vagrant Squatters’ After Years of HIDOT Bungling, Hawaiian Air Takes over Airport Project DOH fines DOA for illegal wastewater discharge in Halawa Stream Massive 5% Raise for Caldwell and his Cronies HMSA payment overhaul could impact care quality Incompetent DoE Meets Only 20% of Cool Schools Goal as Money Runs Out Trump policies could mean big boon for Hawaii fishermen Honolulu judge sides with American Samoa fishermen over feds Financial Times: Will Hawaii ERS Cause Stock Market Crash? Pew: Only Hawaii Has Eradicated Christians from Congressional Delegation  Board and Care: We ‘Vote’ our Patients, so Legislators Better Shut Down our Competitors Jeff Stone Proposes 80 McMansions for Hanalei Ridge High pesticide level spurs first recreational marijuana recall Read More..

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 March 21, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 4311 Views Public-Private Partnerships: Study Examines New Options for Rail Assisted Suicide Hearing Set for Thursday College Readiness: How Did Your School Do? Statewide 2017 HS Graduation Dates JSC Seeks Nominees for Two Oahu Judicial Vacancies Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 21, 2017 HSTA Operative: We Made Ige, We Can Destroy Him Last Tax Hike Bill to Line HIDOT Coffers Film Tax Credits: Payoff for OHA to be Required Amazon to tax items sold in Hawaii State: Uber, Lyft ride-sharing fares subject to excise taxes Sunshine Week: “We are always secretive” Another Cop Charged in Another Child-Rape Case SB804: Hawaii Rep Creagan Revives Pesticide Disclosure Bill As is so Often the Case, Civil Beat Gets it Wrong Lawyers Profit Bigly from Telescope Hearings Lawyers profit from Homelessness: City's decision to pass on ACLU settlement offer proves costly Psychiatrist Sues HHSC Will Council Put Developers on HSDC Nomination List? Read More..

Monday, March 20, 2017 March 20, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4601 Views After Six Years Fight State Attempt to Steal Property--State May Owe Developer $200M Five Years Later—Still no Permit to Demolish Hotel, Build School Mindless Bureaucracy Obstructs Wireless Tech in Hawaii Convention Center Goes Back to Losing Money Dealers’ Moldy Salmonella-Infected Marijuana Kept Waiting by State Bureaucracy Bill 7: Caldwell’s Latest Tax Hike Trick Big Fat Raises for Kauai County Execs  Following the Anti-GMO Money, Part 2 Caldwell Makes Sustainability Unsustainable HB887: Don’t Pay off All the OPEB Debt and We’ll Be Rich, Rich Rich! SB382: Legislature Considers Restructuring Public Utilities Commission HB2: Big Island Farms to Become TVRs Low morale plagues staff at veterans’ medical offices Read More..

Sunday, March 19, 2017 March 19, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 3975 Views Dissent: Five Ninth Circuit Judges Rebuke Court’s Immigration Ruling A Constitutional Amendment for Education Wars, Part 2 Fox News Video: How your tax dollars are being wasted on a railway in Hawaii Assisted Suicide Laws in Oregon and Washington: What Safeguards? Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Caldwell Fined for Sewage Spills Election Results: KIUC Co-op Board March 18, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill National Republicans Poised to Liberate Hawaii from HMSA-Kaiser Duopoly Star-Advertiser Instructs Readers on How to Hate Trump HB1471: Tax the TVRs Bill Still Alive HIDOT Continues to Blackmail Big Island HB775--Egg Inspection: Will legislature End 86 Years of Mindless Bureaucracy? Maui Waena’s new building — after 10 years — is finally open VA: Mindless Bureaucracy Makes a Mess out of Veterans Choice Program HB432: Lawmakers consider making financial abuse by caregivers a felony H-Power: Third Boiler Reduces Waste Flow to Key Democratic Officials Now Warning Base Not to Expect Evidence of Trump/Russia Collusion Read More..

Saturday, March 18, 2017 March 18, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 4008 Views ‘Unindicted Co-conspirator’ Owns Manoa Mosque Hawaiian biodiversity declining millions of years--Before Humans Arrived Letter to OHA: Hawaiian Activists Demand Audit Trump Budget to De-fund Democrat Ward-Heelers in Hawaii “This is what we’ve done to Kauai now. You can’t even have a farm on ag land.” MECO May Face Blackouts After HC&S Closure SB718 Homeless Court Kailua Kona ‘Building a Force’ to Get Rid of ‘Criminal Vagrant Squatters’ Hawaiian Airlines, HTA back airport authority bill 40 Muslims Eager to Engage with UH Manoa – But The Trumpmonster Won’t Let Them Muslims Leaving Hawaii Read More..

Friday, March 17, 2017 March 17, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5722 Views Hawaii v Trump: Decision based on Campaign Statements “Dangerous” How to fix Hawaii’s pension problem 15 Tax Hike Bills—and Four Tax Cuts--on the Move in the Legislature The Legislature Just Can't Help Itself When It Comes to the Maui Hospital Chief Justice Appoints Three Oahu District Court Judges Billy Kenoi Lava Tube Survey: Plurality in Hawaii Support Trump’s Travel Ban Hawaii is a Sanctuary State for Corruption—No Wiretaps Ordered Outside of Maui County $15M Change Orders: Redesign Rail Columns so they Don’t Collapse Under Weight of Stations SB334/HB1401: 100% Vote by Mail in 2020 State Fines City for Caldwell Sewage Spills HPD might test body cameras this year New law would require Hawaii church-based pregnancy centers to post abortion referral sign SB1266: Low-Income Tenants Ask State To Keep Their Housing Affordable E-Cig Tax Will Force Retailers to Register Bumbling Legislators Could Cost State $55M in Federal Funds Trump’s Cuts to Taxpayer-Funded Liberalism Could be Deeeevaaastaaaatiiiing in Hawaii Hawaii Gas to build infrastructure for LNG expansion project Tillerson: Pre-emptive force an option with N.Korea Read More..

Thursday, March 16, 2017 March 16, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 3926 Views How Would You Fix OHA? Study: Ige's Budget Runs Out of Money in Two Years American Samoa Rep Calls on Trump to Undo Fishing Bans in Obama Tuna Monuments Another Dangerous Travel-Ban Ruling House Budget Cuts Pension Payments Jail Population Down to 20 Prisoners?  Hawaii House Rearranges Staff HCR103: State House to Hear Alternative to Elevated Rail How To Save Money And Salvage The Rail Shakedown: To Get Film Tax Credits, Producers Will Have to Hire OHA ‘Cultural Consultants’ County Budget Swells—65% for Salaries Hawaii ranks dead last in voter turnout for 2016 election Retaliation: Hawaii County Election Officials Continue to Drag Whistleblowers Through Court No applicants yet for next Honolulu police chief—April 3 Deadline Soft on Crime: Two Police Chases and Still out on Street Big Bust a Sign That OxyContin Users Shift to Heroin? SOS Domestic Violence Advocates Respond to Scene How Legislators Tricked Anti-GMO Morons Lead Poisoning: Caldwell Reneged on Promise to Maintain Site Dead Bee Hype Busted Hawaii v Trump: As Expected Honolulu Federal Judge Does His Part for the Local Power Structure Read More..

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 March 15, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 4409 Views Another Step Towards an OHA Audit Hawaii Republican Party Convention Set for May 12-13 Break up 9th Circuit Court? Judicial Conference asks for 5 More Judgeships SB501: Force Pro-Life Centers to Promote Abortion How Paid Home Care leads to Union Membership Scam Trump Ban “Blatantly discriminatory”? Hawaii Should Look at the Fake Indian Tribe Prosecutor’s Office Tries to Squeeze Defendant on Behalf of Kealoha Liberal States Time their Anti-Trump Suits so Shopped Judges can Coordinate Caldwell: Creating a Giant Bureaucracy to do Sweetheart Deals with Developers Akina: Public-worker benefits need reform BOE Search: Matayoshi Should Apply HIDOT Takes Waianae Hostage, Demands Money Frustration mounts over HIDOT’s slow Honolulu airport renovations DLNR: A&B must prepare EIS for East Maui water diversion Following the Anti-GMO Money So Busy With Anti-Pesticide Hype, DoH Forgets About Lead Poisoned Soil in Kalihi SB1150 Crackpot Sunscreen Ban Continues to Advance Cover-up?  Kam Schools wants Secret Court Hearing on Alleged Faculty Pervert Manoa Rapist to get Another Chance? SB 718: Funds sought to expand court sessions for homeless Plan to Shut Down West Hawaii Homeless Camp Begins With Arrest of Its Meth Dealers Hawaii Supreme Court narrows definition of “disorderly conduct” in case of Occupy activist Read More..

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 March 14, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:40 PM :: 3595 Views UPDATE: Galera Quits, BoE Resumes Search for Superintendent Grassroot Institute Urges Caution in Light of New Revenue Projection Race-based voting overturned in Guam — after six years House Finance Committee Proposes Budget Hawaii One of Seven Best States for Telemedicine Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 14, 2017 What are the Financial Benefits of a University of Hawaii Education? Hawaii's case against Trump's travel ban, debunked Musical Chairs: Takumi of Pearl City will now be in charge of Laughing at Anti-GMO activists House Shakeup Also Related to Superintendent Search? Crooked Charter School Principal Gets off Even Easier Other Liberal States See Hawaii v Trump as a Joke—Join Washington v Trump Instead Dems Wish They Were Trump State Revenue Forecast Drops By $250 Million Hawaii among states with highest individual income tax collections per capita Young Parents Stay Broke until Kids Reach High School Age Bills Dealing With Homeless Health Twenty First Century Utilities still interested in Hawaiian Electric, source says Amid federal probe, wife of former police chief demoted at city prosecutor's office Another Day, Another Crooked Cop $1M a Year to Dump Toxic Waste on Hawaii More DOBOR Harassment Defeated Read More..

Monday, March 13, 2017 March 13, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:39 PM :: 3334 Views Board of Education Delays Superintendent Search Process After Challenge from Castle Foundation Honolulu Neighborhood Board--List of Contested Races and Candidates The Real Poison in Paradise Hawaii v Trump: ‘Deep Historical Illiteracy’ SB786: Obvious Shell Bill “Relating to Medical Marijuana” Anti-GMO Obsessives Attempt to Oust McKelvey from Chairmanship Anti-Dairy Activism Spreads to Big Island Hawaii Expands Voluntary Pesticide Reporting Program—Anti-GMO Activists Not Satisfied (of course) Hawaii considering bill to force church, pro-life centers to promote abortion Attorney General Meets with Usual Suspects to make Hawaii Sanctuary for Unwanted Muslims Civil Beat Whines About Former Omidyar ‘Journalist’ Busted Over Threats to Jewish Centers Star-Adv Publishes Map of Homeless Camps on Oahu Read More..

Sunday, March 12, 2017 March 12, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 4025 Views A Constitutional Amendment for Education Wars Symposium: Caldwell’s Plan to Eliminate Lanes and Jam Up Traffic Even More UH Board of Regents finalists for Hawaii County selected Applicants Sought to Serve on Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court Caldwell: Social Engineering More Important Than Affordable Housing Latest Scandal Opens Door to Investigation of DOBOR Corruption Honolulu mayors’ policies on rail is lesson from ‘fait accompli’ school of politics Politics still at the heart of education reinvention Kealoha Dreams of Donald Trump SB1240/HB1457 Anti-Aquarium Hysteria on the Move SB1109: Anti-Styrofoam Hysteria Gets Sidelined Again Environmental health risks to keiki discussed at state symposium Will Waianae Finally Get its Bypass Road? Quick and Cheap Anti-Missile System Can Protect Hawaii Read More..

Saturday, March 11, 2017 March 11, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 4663 Views DBEDT Report Designed to Help HSTA Write Slush Fund into Constitution? Is Hawaii's Hotel Room Tax Law Obsolete? SB1183: A Victory for the People (for now) HCR103: State lawmakers want cost comparison of street level versus elevated rail system Petition: Remove Hawaii AG Doug Chin Hawaii v Trump: The Documents Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Lt Governor Tsutsui to Resign-Democrat Wannabees Scramble Luke: Nobody Believes Caldwell Any More Telescope Round Two: DLNR seeks hearing officer for TMT sublease HIDOT Builds $318K Fence to Keep Tweekers Out, Leaves Gate Open NYT: Highest and Lowest Property Tax Rates in the U.S. School overcrowding concerns grow after plans for East Kapolei High scrapped North Korea Could Have Missile to Strike US in 'Next Few Years' Read More..

Friday, March 10, 2017 March 10, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:17 PM :: 4466 Views Hawaii V. Trump: A Legal Nothing-Burger Hawaii v Trump V2—a $150K Photo–Op Integrity: Castle Foundation Refusing to Pay for ‘Unfair’ DoE Superintendent Search “Second home” tax may put affordable homes out of reach HB790: Sue Farmers to Death Hawaii Abortion Mandate Copies California Law -- Headed for Supreme Court Hearing Full Text: Maui County State of the County Address Judge rules in city’s favor on gambling device seizures Rail: Compromised Staff and Vacant Diminished Management Lead to Cost Overruns “far above norms”  Ige: HART Should Explore Private Sector Funding Ige Casts Wide Net for the very best Darrel Galera for the job Lawyer Bills Hawaii $600/Hour to get More Muslims into Country After 2 Months Toying With Anti-GMO Losers, HB790 Killed in Voice Vote Breaking, Faking News More Garbage Taxes: City wants to start charging for bulky item pickup Bills Will Free Hilo from DLNR Homeless and Rich: Alleged Drug Dealers Caught with $2000 Cash, Lots of Meth Bedbugs and Other Bizarre claims add up in state payouts Ige: Trump is Straightforward  Hawaii to benefit from Strong Trump Military Read More..

Thursday, March 9, 2017 March 9, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 5341 Views North Korea Could Soon Launch Attack on Hawaii $50K Cover-up: OHA, Garbage and Sex Harassment Hawaii Challenges Trump’s Refugee Order, Takes No Refugees 5 Facts You Need to Know About Hawaii v Trump (v.2) Hawaiian Electric Renewable Electricity Lags on Oahu—Reaches 26% Statewide Hawaii House Unanimously Passes Bill to Limit Warrantless Drone Surveillance Civil Rights Violation? EPA Investigating Anti-GMO Pesticide Hype Trump Voter Captured at Campbell HS—Will be Disciplined Big Q: Majority Oppose Hawaii Suit Against Trump Ethics, insider edge, and governor’s role questioned in top school job switch House Panel Wants Budget Slashed By $500M Honolulu Rail Is Too Much, Too Late Waikiki Fee Hikes: More Opportunities to get into our Pocket Council Pushes $0.10 Bag Tax: More Opportunities to get into our Pocket (pt 2) Lawyer: Ex-Chief is Trying to Avoid My Process Servers State building linked to lawsuit, death of Hawaii Supreme Court justice Lease for PV farm on Maui mayor’s property canceled Economists: Deregulate Housing Economists: Don't Tax Real Estate Investors Build more housing to tackle high cost of living Ex-officer gets fine, probation for issuing false tickets Wailuku homeless are hired to clean streets Devil Styrofoam Will Have to Wait A Year or More to Get His Due  Trump Admin: "The government has wasted too much of the taxpayers' money on inefficient and misguided projects." Legislators Get Full Pension After Only 10 Years Read More..

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 March 8, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 4328 Views Crossover--Complete List: Senate Sends 384 Bills to House Crossover--Complete List: House Sends 365 Bills to Senate Senate Approves Assisted Suicide and Mandatory Abortion Promotion—How They Voted Appeals court to hear arguments on whether Sen. Brickwood Galuteria lived in his district prior to his election 541 Running for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Thousands Petition for End to Hawaii Vehicle Safety Inspections Well Being: Honolulu Scores #4 in USA Unanimous: Senate Rejects Liar Caldwell--No GE Tax Hike Legislators Pass In Vitro Fertilization for Gays and Mandatory Abortion Promotion for Heterosexuals—Plus Assisted Suicide and State Obamacare Transsexual Agenda Being Implemented in Hawaii Public Schools HB1471 TVR Tax Collection System -- $100M defacto tax hike HECO Proposed Rate Hike 8.1% Plus Additional Charges BoE Promises ‘Transparency’ Before Picking ‘Ultimate Insider’ Galera for Sup’t Ige Admin: Chief Negotiator will Meet with HSTA After March 13 Councilman Pushes $0.10 Per Bag Tax Council Considers Hike in Golf Fees and Waikiki Parking Rates Auditor Discovers 22% of Hawaii County Baseyard Inventory Missing—Councilmembers Attack Auditor Ethics: Campaign Contributions Do Not Create Conflict of Interest Two Years, 130 Homeless in Tent City: 8 Leave—2 Killed, 6 Accept Shelter Surfers Protest Against Wind Farms The ABCs of Anti-Agriculture Activism HB407 Health Savings Accounts Read More..

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 March 7, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 3762 Views Hawaii Lawmakers Censor Pro-Lifers Defending Free Speech DLNR Finally Gets Around to Firing Rapist Cop Son of HGEA President Three Political Parties to be Removed from Hawaii Ballot Congress Repeals Obama’s Blacklist of Federal Contractors Darrel Galera Resigns BoE so Ige Can Appoint Him Superintendent Deadline to Apply for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Extended (again) NOAA: How are Coral Reef Fish Doing in Hawaii? Where Are Honolulu Rail’s Latest Financial Records? US DOT Demands Audit Before Funding High Speed Rail Star-Adv: Reveal spending for IUCN meeting Lawmakers out of touch with voters Calling Out The Anti-Science Denialists Let Wailuku Drown: Anti-GMO Councilmembers Vote Against Funding for Iao Valley Flood Control Lead is a Real Problem—But Anti-GMO Pesticide Hysteria Gets the Funding Bill would strip Hawaii gun owners of 2nd Amendment rights Sewer hookups slow Accessory Dwelling Unit approvals HSTA Protests Slow Negotiations Hawaii County: Usual Suspects Rake in Big Bucks Read More..

Monday, March 6, 2017 March 6, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 3836 Views HCDA Solar Project: Fraud, bribery and 23 Hawaiian sites OHA LLC Rakes in $4.3 to $6.5M a Year Conservation event funding is a mystery—Audit Quashed Na Hopena A’o program --helping students appreciate the “Hawaiian perspective.” Kealoha’s Lawyer Whines about the Investigation DoE Recruitment System Designed to Create Massive Turnover Problem Sunscreen: Hawaii Needs to Erect Buffer Zone Around Chemophobes Legislators: We’re Not Going to Reveal OUR Tax Returns—But We Want Trump’s Civil Beat Finally Releases some Readership Stats Read More..

Sunday, March 5, 2017 March 5, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 4726 Views One Integrated Approach to Tax Fairness? Flooded With Fear State Supreme Court says election board erred in not hearing challenge Corrupt Former Fire Chief Arrested for Aiea Road Rage Murder Legislature is last hope of digging up true rail cost Caldwell Plan: Raise Taxes and Add Another Layer of Government Voices of working folk have grown eerily quiet SB501: Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion HB1501: Got a Meth Pipe?  No Biggie Beach Clean up: Activists Looking for Styrofoam Find Needles, Meth Pipes SB1109 Fake Chemical Scare: Styrofoam Ban Stalled Lead Poisoning: Real Chemical Scare Gets Scant Attention from DoH, Legislature  SB1240/HB1457: Anti-Aquarium Bills to be Voted  Read More..

Saturday, March 4, 2017 March 4, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 4649 Views Former Omidyar ‘Journalist’ Charged with Threats Against Jewish Centers HB314: Limit Warrantless Drone Surveillance Anti-Gun Legislation Eligible for Senate Floor Vote Next Week Hawaii Legislature: A Guide to the Deadlines Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review OHA Trustee sued over secret sex harassment settlement HPD Reassigns Detective Who Investigated Toddler Abuse Case Police irked as repeat felons are released to drug treatment – then escape After a Lifetime of Crime, Let 55 Year Old Criminals Out One More Time Star-Adv: Lets pretend to Get Tough on UPW Rapists Still Refusing Shelter: Homeless drug addicts crowd into H-1 embankments Mayor: Ing Would Let Wailuku Residents Drown Green Energy is a Joke: HECO To Build Two More Giant Diesel Plants Anti-GMO Luxury Realtors Sue Each Other A Year Later--VA administration still looking for Hawaii director Hawaii Residents Have Least Past Due Medical Debt Who owns vacation rentals in Hawaii? State Supreme Court says election board erred in not hearing challenge Read More..

Friday, March 3, 2017 March 3, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 4144 Views Use CRA to Repeal Dept. of Interior Rule that Tries to Create Fake Indian Tribe in Hawaii Salvage the Rail: Street Level Plan Can be Completed with Existing Funds Ethics: DLNR Harbor Agent Grabs for Payoff Beyond $200 Allowed Under Law What you can do to help contain taxes Hawaii's Unsustainable Cost of Public Employment ILWU Work Action Idles Pasha Containership in Honolulu Harbor HIDOT to Solicit Feasibility Study for Ferry System Emergency Work Ordered--Giant Sewer May Collapse Under Ala Moana Blvd Pesticides, VOG, Mercury? DoH Seminar to Train MDs on Hysteria Eight Nominated for UH Board of Regents NCAA Reduces Punishment for UH men’s basketball Security: Hawaii Legislators are Sitting Ducks UHERO Fears Trumpmonster: “Many things could go wrong in Washington” Caldwell: My Garbage Tax and Bus Fare Hikes are a Political Gambit Caldwell Budget Adds 191 Positions, Funds 522 Vacant Positions TMT hearing concludes: Decision on contested case could still be months away Not all multi-home owners are investors With No Cardiologists, Sister Isle Hospitals Pay $70K for Life Flight Firefighters could receive 100% Disability pay, Expended Medical Benefits Urban Honolulu ranks 16th among U.S. metro areas in median pay Bills To Raise Hawaii’s Minimum Wage Dead SB689 Search and Seizure: County Inspectors May Raid Buildings Without Warrant—Looking for ‘Illegal Yoga Studios’, ‘Granite Countertops’ Hawaii gun bill aims to prevent mass shootings by seizing firearms from ‘at-risk’ owners Soft on Crime: Lifelong Criminal Will be back out in a Year Read More..

Thursday, March 2, 2017 March 2, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 4724 Views HPD, FBI Investigate Threat to Honolulu Jewish Preschool New Study Details Driving Forces of Hawaii's Unfunded Liability Crisis OHA Ethics Complaints Ignored—Until Now California Company Helps Hawaii Marijuana Dealers Plan Sales to 9M Tourists City schedules meeting to update community on O‘ahu General Plan Senate Judiciary and Labor Passes Assisted Suicide Bill Out of Committee Memorial Service for Former State Rep Mark Moses Trump Should Rescind Obama’s Hawaiian Government Rule Grand Jury Investigation Needed to Get to Bottom of HPD Toddler Abuse Case Caldwell Budget Designed to Justify Tax Hike Hawaii Moves Too Slow On Asset Forfeiture Reform Bitcoin Shutdown related to Hawaii Marijuana Dispensaries Tax Evasion System? Your state is soaking you for beer money Hawaii: Why Wait—We can Already Announce the Worst Appellate Decision of 2017 Kakaako Homeless Refuse Shelter, Dogs Attack Parkgoers HB790: Sacrifice Agriculture to the Hysterical Demos Another step back for dairy – State orders Restart of EIS Planning panel gives city OK to use the landfill till it’s filled Read More..

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 March 1, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 3504 Views POTUS Rescinds WOTUS: Hawaii Waters to be Freed of Federal Control Best States? Government Drags Hawaii Down to 27th Full Text: President Donald J Trump Speech to Joint Session of Congress First Month of Trump Economy: Visitor Spending up 10.1%—Arrivals Jump 4.9% Senate Devises Property Tax Bait n Switch to Help $500M HSTA Slush Fund Pass Vote SB1129: Senate to Vote on Assisted Suicide Airbnb bill calls to collect taxes from vacation rental owners Prescribe-a-Home Bills Amended Hawaii Bill Targeting Commercial Fishing Industry in Danger Why Weren’t Other Parents Told About Day Care Toddler Abuse? 15 Years Later, UH Athletics Dep’t Finally Figures out it Might Need a Marketing Partner Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists Read More..