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Friday, May 31, 2013 May 31, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 4609 Views VIDEO: I Aloha Molokai ‘Bottom Up Planning’ Gun Permitting Among Bills on Honolulu Council Agenda Shipping Industry under “environmental siege” Hawaii Ranks 6th for Senior Health Vanished Hawaii Travel Agent Ordered to Pay $4M Governor Releases $21.8 Million for Airports, Highways Statewide Legislators encouraged to revisit HCDA mandate Kakaako residents give lawmakers an earful on the proposed massive development plans Muslim Could Get 10 Years in Eye-Gouge Attack, Works Insanity Plea Instead Hawaii Co Council Passes 10.8% Tax Hike Booted from LUC, Duane Kanuha Appointed Planning Director for Hawaii County Schatz Hires Mufi Operative to Manage Campaign UH Tickets Investigation Targets Dahilig UH West Oahu cost overruns mount 4 Hawaiian charters get accredited Rape: Thousands of Homosexuals in Military Could Face Prison, Dishonorable Discharge  Liliha hospital to serve elderly Wind, Solar Scammers Dependent on Multi-Million Dollar 'Smart Grid' Who's Driving TheBus? Honolulu Councilman Wants Ethics Oversight State sues parking boot companies Homeless cleanups to be Monthly 3rd Annual Women’s Veteran Day Celebration Read More..

Thursday, May 30, 2013 May 30, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 3429 Views NCLB Waiver: DoE's Latest Trick to Hide Failure Hawaii Officials Could Face Prison Over Failure to Act on Bird Deaths Public Meetings: HECO to Hear Comments on Resource Planning DLNR Requires Permit for Canoe, Paddleboard--Swimmers OK for Now Chinatown Tenants: FACE does not Represent Us As DHHL War Rages, Robin Danner Relinquishes Presidency of CNHA City Transport 2020: The Future Can't Come Soon Enough 38 Hawaiian Species Are Endangered, Agency Says Pushing Tax Hikes, Caldwell Suddenly Attacks Council Slush Fund Tourism: Japanese Spending Drops 12.5% Kakaako TOD: "That's Awful" Bumbling DoE Payroll has ed assistants skipping paycheck Only 37% of DoE Schools Ready for Digital Testing 4 UH Cancer Center researchers file successful complaints against director Honolulu Lawyer Hopes Federal Lawsuit Targeting Restrictive Shipping Laws Will Move Forward Hawaii County postpones vote on GMO ban Ethics Commission: UH Should Revise Free Ticket Policies Hawaiian Importer Loses Bid To Lower Plastic Bag Duties Hawaii Co Tax Foreclosure Bill Postponed Surrender Monkeys Cheered by Possible Stryker Brigade Departure Read More..

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 May 29, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 5249 Views Hawaii TEA Party Groups Sue IRS Group Organizes to Save Jefferson School Governor Sees Council on Revenues Forecast as Sign of Strong Economy Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam: $25M/Year from Taxpayers Star-Adv: Senate must oversee DHHL Since DoI won't UH president sheds light on governor's interference Game-Changer on State Health Benefits Could Spur Higher Taxes UH spends $1 million a year renting space that's 30% empty Slom Defends Mercado Kim vs Greenwood, House GOP Ritte Gloms on to Campaign Against Phased Archaeological Studies Anti-Superferry Protester Gets $250 fines, May Get Fake Badge Back Gay Thief Appoints Caldwell Grand Marshall Teacher Rejected by Neighborhood Board Read More..

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Letters to the Editor May, 2013 By Letters to the Editor @ 4:18 PM :: 8789 Views Sensible Slate Makes Quiet Revolution on Kapolei Neighborhood Board State Surplus is Fake Hawaiian Sinkhole Pond Area Used For PCB, PAH, Chlordane Disposal Blocking Banner Keeps Sister-Isle Patients Flowing to Oahu Hospitals Removal of "Occupy," an Attack on "International Workers Day"  Read More..

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 May 28, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:17 PM :: 3767 Views Hawaii residents renew fight for free market in shipping Picking the Next Greenwood: BoR Appoints Task Force to Form Committee Dueling Petitions as HSTA Targets Principal of Kapaa Middle School Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 28, 2013 5,000 Candle-lit Lanterns Float Off of Magic Island Saiki: HCDA = PLDC Abercrombie Concerned Regents May not do His Bidding Danner Operatives Excluded from DHHL Reform Commission Big Wind Already Costing Ratepayers $4.4M Tenants: FACE in Bed with City on Privatization Plan Kakaako: Abercrombie Works to Coopt Mufi's Caldwell Should Hawaii Be Exempted From The Jones Act? Lawsuit Says Yes Honolulu City Council: $10M for the Influential Retaliation: Kauai Council OKs $10K more for Iseri-Carvalho Hawaii to share in $160 million clean-up fund Read More..

Monday, May 27, 2013 May 27, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 3923 Views Hawaii Memorial Day Ceremonies Serving Those Who Served A New Moral Treatment: Humane institutionalization can help the mentally ill and protect society So you don’t think Stop Rail Appeal has a Chance? Star-Adv Celebrates Memorial Day By Crying About Dead Terrorist Honoring Memorial Day Bills would force $500M/year Tax Hike or Spending Cut John Carroll Appeals Jones Act Suit Dismissal Senator Hee given Lava Tube Award for death of Shield Law Teachers sought for leadership program Sex Offender Released from Prison, Allegedly Kills Neighbor Elderts Has Record of Fighting With Police Read More..

Sunday, May 26, 2013 May 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 4121 Views Hawaii Memorial Day Ceremonies Making the Tax System a Social Tool Creates Inefficiencies Hawaii Academics, Business Leaders Urge Congress to Repeal Jones Act Hawaii Republican Assembly Elects New Board of Directors A Visit to Drake's Bay Oyster Farm, Epicenter of a California Food Fight Stanley Chang: Elect Me or I'm on Welfare KOS: Schatz Should Undergo Sex Change Operation Morons Against Monsanto Rallies Star-Adv Cheers DoE Scheme to Shuffle Tests Unemployment Taxes Soar 980% Hawaii County Council Backs Tax Hikes Going big on Kakaako plans will redefine our isle home City to restore and improve 5 bus routes City Bumbles Handi-Van Procurement Three Years Running Electric car trailblazer Better Place to file for bankruptcy within days AD Ben Jay has his work cut out revamping UH’s athletic facilities Honoring veterans as monuments decay, funds dry up Delicious Turtles: National Geographic Pushes Back Against Traditional Native Hawaiian Gathering Rights Smithsonian Redoubles Assault on Hawaii Fishing Industry More pumping, less rain leads to spike in salt levels in water Police Capture Another OCCC Escapee Read More..

Saturday, May 25, 2013 May 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 4144 Views Census looks at 2012 Elections: Hawaii Worst Voter Registration, 2nd Worst Voter Participation Castle & Cooke moving forward with Lanai ‘Big Wind’ project State Targets Hundreds of Small Businesses, Demands $30K Star-Adv: Howard Hughes Kakaako Plan Lacks Parking Legislature Rejects DoE Strategic Plan, DoE Rejects Legislature UH needs oversight structure revamped, union says Developer in dispute with Hawaii County links back to top lobbyists Report: Nearly 13% of Hawaii's bridges are 'structurally deficient' Homeless shelter director accused of mistreating Bedbugs Disbarred Libel Lawyer Got Fake Law Degree from Fake Hawaii School Read More..

Friday, May 24, 2013 May 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:58 PM :: 4189 Views Honolulu Muslim Leader Accuses Radical Muslim of Two Local Attacks Hawaii ranks 40th for Economic Outlook UHERO County Forecast: Growth Accelerates Statewide Report: Espero Expects to Announce Congressional Candidacy House GOP Cites ‘Significant Progress for Hawaii’s People’ Shawn Tsuha Nominated Deputy Director, Department of Public Safety UHERO: Does Abortion Pill Reduce Surgical Abortion? Hawaii Family Advocates Reviews 2013 Legislative Action Calvin Say to Run for Governor? Developers Meet to Cut Up Kakaako Council Agenda: Restore Bus Service or Fund Profitable Nonprofits? Matayoshi Claims 'Transformation of Education' Taking Place 100% On-Line Election Generates Lowest Turnout of All House Candidate Admits to Running Ponzi Scheme Housing First to Shelter 800 5 more come forward alleging abuse by Homosexual priests State Senate Airs Frustration Over Home Lands Audit Filthy Biofuels, biomass dominate Hawaii Clean Energy Leader list 38 Hawaii plants, snails gain federal protection How Board and Care Home Operators Killed Transparency Gays Still Frustrated by Inability to Penetrate Boy Scouts Read More..

Thursday, May 23, 2013 May 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 3970 Views DoD Report: 14,000 Military Personnel Victims of Homosexual Rapists VIDEO: Honolulu Airman Trains Afghan National Police Hawaii Lowest Alzheimer’s Mortality in USA NOAA expects below-normal Central Pacific hurricane season GOP: Investigate Donna Mercado Kim $139K per Unit: $48.3M for Public Housing CIP Maui TEA Party in DC for IRS Hearings CD1: Case, Takai, Espero, Hannemann, Anderson? Muslim Infighting behind Honolulu Eye-Gouge Attack, Two Other Assaults Honolulu Has no Emergency Room Capacity for Disaster, Terror Attack Hawaii: 12,000 Medicated Pot Heads Restraining orders often slowly or never served HCDA: Tear Down Blaisdell, Build 700' Tower County Council OKs property tax hikes 5-1-3 Kenoi Pushes Tax, Fee Hikes--Uses Unions as Excuse GPS School Bus Tracking Expands to Oahu Hanabusa Cons Congress into Wasting $70M on Jones Act Shipyards UH spends $1.3 million upgrading empty College Hill mansion Tesoro Layoffs to Start June 14 Senate Extends Sugar Subsidies Judge won’t block seizure of Occupy belongings Hanabusa And Schatz Differ Over Making Drug Companies Pay Read More..

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 May 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:20 PM :: 14882 Views Maui TEA Party Leaders to Testify Before Congress Neighborhood Board Election Results Announced Filipino Veterans Equity Act Celebrates 20 Years of Pretending Former Hawaii Judge Suspended for 'Misappropriation of Client Money' Report: No Economic Recovery for Hawaii Youth Aloha for Oklahoma Senate Briefing on Hawaiian Homelands Audit Mercado Kim Threatens Investigation Because Son not Admitted to Richardson Law School Mercado Kim's Son Accepted to UH Law School Without Applying Disaster: Council sets aside $300,000 for homeless tent city Hirono: Foreign Tourists Must be Fingerprinted Hawaii agency taking comments on Honolulu rail survey work for another week Civil Beat: Day Three of Ala Wai Canal Coverage UNITE HERE, Teamsters, UFCW, Reject Obamacare Boylan: Impeachment Sets Stage for Republican Ascendancy Political Correctness 'Outs' Warriors Hawaii Pro Bowl in doubt for 2015 UHWO Stiffs Tokai Univ on Land Deal Big Wind Coming Soon To An Electric Bill Near You! Oahu electric rates fall to lowest level since December Solar Scammers to Bulldoze Trees in Kau Honolulu nightclub owner arrested, again Kauai school custodian arrested on campus for drug offenses The Shack Waikiki Defendants Beat All Charges Read More..

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 May 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 4051 Views Abercrombie, Wife, and Murdered Legislator on Hawaii Democratic Socialist Membership List Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee Kakaako: HCDA to Release TOD Plan, Hold Open House OHA Urged to Back Hawaiian Immersion Focus for Paia Elementary School After Banning Fishing, NOAA Kills Sharks to Save Monk Seals End of Life Workshop Featuring Scott Makuakane Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2013 Hawaii Filmmakers Investigate 'Honor Killings' in US Highlights from Hawaii GOP Convention Consequences for Bad Government Behavior? Sen. Sam Slom to Address Maui TEA Party Native Hawaiian Advancement: Keli’i Akina to Speak in Hilo Abercrombie Signs Seat belt Law, Calculates Savings at $7226 per Victim Abercrombie Defends Convention-goers Fired for Hawaii Pension Conference 'Boondoggle' Council Raids Slush Fund to Reject Caldwell's Tax Hike, Pay for Union Contracts Luke Targets 'Vacant Positions' UH legal bill for Greenwood's $2 million demand letter: $53K Teacher: No Administration Support for School Discipline Obama Salutes Transsexual Agenda for Hawaii Schools Democrats Thrown Out of Army Facility Medical marijuana primed for overhaul Inmate deaths a call to action Maui County Demands Property Return from Profitable Non-Profit Towing Companies Bill to kick boot competitors awaits governor's move Ala Wai Canal: Oversight Is As Murky As The Water Read More..

Monday, May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:47 PM :: 3617 Views DoE Sidelines HSA Test, Dumps No Child Left Behind Caldwell Pushes for Tax Hikes Obamacare: Kauai to Become Collectivized 'Blue Zone' Star-Adv: Obama's Worst Abuse of Power Affordable Housing: 100 sq Feet? The Geopolitics of Hawaii Feds Push $100M Project, Claim Ala Wai Canal Could Overflow, Flood Waikiki Public Asked To Help Pick Site For New Hawaii Nature Reserve Read More..

Sunday, May 19, 2013 May 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 4715 Views Hints from GOP: Aiona for Governor, Djou for Congress Is Anyone On The Hook If a Volcano Gawker Ends Up In Trouble? Stanley Chang Suspended by Bar Association Minimum Wage Should Not Be Living Wage Tsutsui Being Used to Keep Unstable Abercrombie Under Control Abercrombie: My Opponents are Depraved, My Faults are Teeny-tiny Kos: Anti-GMO Activists, Sovereignty Movement Part of Republican Conspiracy Aiona Lays Groundwork for Gubernatorial Campaign Hawaii GOP: 'Republicans Will Rise Again' Kim: Gut and Replace Guidelines Need to be in Senate Rules Forgiveness doesn't come cheap or easy for UH brass TOD Talk Just a Cover for KSBE Kakaako Profits UH Athletics Shortfall Due to Aloha Stadium Deal? Forty Years Later, Hawaii Congressional Delegation Still Pretending to Pass Filipino Immigration Bill Bag Tax? Watershed gets $10.75M after all Another OCCC detainee allegedly commits suicide Read More..

Saturday, May 18, 2013 May 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 3794 Views IRS to Maui TEA Party: "Provide details of your relationship with Dylan Nonaka" Mitsunaga Launches New Attack on Kobayashi Hawaii leads nation in per-capita debt for unfunded union benefits 'Hating Breitbart' Now Showing in Honolulu Gov. holds secret meeting with UH regents on presidential search Salmonson Appointment a Swipe at Hoosier, Anti-Superferry Protesters UPW Negotiations Required to Mandate Physical Fitness for Prison Guards HSTA Leaders Spent $700K on Futile Labor Board Case Federal Judge Refuses To Toss (de)Occupy Honolulu Suit Despite City's Efforts Integrative approach gives Kaiser edge in health care Demolition starts next week at former HMC-West hospital Sex Assault Becomes Excuse to Place Military Justice under External Control Read More..

Friday, May 17, 2013 May 17, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 4320 Views GOP Lost 50% of Statewide Offices Under Willes Lee Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18 Hawaii County Democratic Convention This Weekend Full Text: Rail Appeal Challenges Failure to Consider Bus Rapid Transit Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Today Abercrombie Nominates Salmonson for Environmental Quality Control Hawaii Scores 'C' on Attack Ad Transparency Hawaii schools scale back extended learning time DoTax Invents More Excuses for Shortchanging Rail  Caldwell Campaign Chair Backs Out Of Zoning Board Appointment Investigate airport contracts New US Transportation Dep't Nominee Backs Honolulu Rail, Complete Streets  UH regents urged to hire new president locally Regents Vote to Wipe Athletic Department Debts Occupy: “Mixed Bag Of Self-Absorbed Social Protestors” Homeless Dude: 'I Hate Hawaii' Housing Last: Tobacco Smokers to Be Evicted Hawaii County Pays 130% of Assessed Value for Geothermal Relocations Suspect in infant death has prior record Read More..

Thursday, May 16, 2013 May 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4025 Views Airports Division Audit: Mismanagement, Recurring Violations, Delays, Cost Overruns Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Friday Aloha Tower Case Tests 'Private Attorney General' Before Supreme Court Atheists Attack HGEA, UPW Contract: Demand Unions Give Up Paid Holiday Judicial Watch Sues U.S. Secret Service for Obama’s Hawaiian Vacation Records Honolulu Tea Party says it was targeted by IRS Maui Tea Party Group: IRS Intimidated Us Will A New Federal Shield Law Replace The Soon-To-Be-Dead Hawaii Law? Wasted money approaches Wonder Blunder status HMSA: Obamacare to Impose 2% Rate Hike HMSA, Kaiser Losing Money--More Rate Hikes Coming What Bills Do You Want The Governor To Veto? Hawaii County Elections Division faces audit Bloody UH, Near Death, Littered With Bodies 2 previous UH presidents remain in academic posts Ruling due on sidewalk nuisance law Homeless Destroy Chinatown, Use as Toilet Mayor Wright Redevelopment Slated Complete Streets: Kakaako Developers Aim to Recreate Manhattan Complete Streets Activists Fail to Stop Repaving Work Read More..

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 May 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:53 PM :: 3709 Views Report: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Embezzlement Quarter Pounder Index: Honolulu 10th Most Expensive U.H. Men’s Athletics Once Again Hamstrung With Swishy Moniker Anti-Whaling Tactics to be used Against Hawaii Aquarium Collectors? Flags to Fly at Half-Staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day State Spends $176K to Save HMSA Tea Party Maui targeted for IRS scrutiny Hospitals not to blame for differences in their bills Police, Fire Contracts to Cost $11.5M In the Reign of the Gay Magical Elves With Greenwood Neutralized, Faculty, Apple Squeeze Athletic Department Public Shut out of BoR President Search? For Abercrombie, Senate Primary is a Chance to Make His Mark Kakaako: Ecos, Developers on Same Page DOE Builds Without Permits, Blames consultant Registration Fee Hike? Council seeks to Blackmail Gun Owners Organizations consistently ranking high for lobbying expenditures Sen Green Gives His Parking Spot to Super Lobbyist Scientists, Farmers Defends Themselves Against Ignorant Mob Testimony Unanimous Against Tax Hikes $40M for Micronesian Medicaid in Immigration Bill HSTA Tries to Shortchange State on Contract Deal NYT Runs Feature on Pig Eradication in Hawaii Are You an Artiste?  $5M for You in Rail Budget Defense workers' furlough days cut Again Read More..

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 May 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 4078 Views GOP Chair Nominates Leadership Team Med-Quest Enrollment Cancelled After Multiple Marketing Mix-ups Council Resolution 13-74: Ease Gun Registration Lines DoJ Recognizes Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Director Politico: Multiple Scandals Envelop Obama Administration After HMSA Loses Customers, State delays enrollment for low-income health plans Legislative session: Act 221 Scammers Cry a River Double-dipping pervasive in Hawaii’s public sector and it Starts at the Top House Coalition: Middle Class Tax Relief on Agenda for Next Session Star-Adv: Water Fee is Last Straw Teacher Questions Common Core Leilehua teacher accused of Meth Importation placed on house arrest Complete Streets Honolulu: Completely Free of Cars High Gasoline Prices Killed Caldwell's Gas Tax Where's The Pork? Honolulu City Council Dishes Out The Earmarks Hawaii County Council Awards itself $900K Reelect Me Fund, Considers Tax Hike  Opponents file last-minute notice against TMT Department of Retaliation: Hawaii County Contractor Claims Defamation, Flickinger Apologized Read More..

Monday, May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 5430 Views Database Reveals Hawaii MDs and the Drugs They Prescribe Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Warn: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care” Video: Hawaii Wounded Warriors Qualify for 2013 Warrior Games The Sinking Ship of Cabotage Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 13, 2013 Danner Claims Obama in on Conspiracy to Federalize DHHL Salaries: Greenwood Down, Apple Next  Hirono Invents Excuses for Illegals to Stay in USA Star-Adv Backs 'Housing First' It’s Neil’s Birthday (Again)! Hawaii Ed Department Could Restore School Bus Cuts NYT: Disentangling the Politics of a Hawaiian Murder Mystery Gov. Abercrombie mulling bill to help local pharmacies Hawaii tax revenue rises 8% The fall of the yen as seen from Hawaii Civil Beat: Hawaii is Being 'Left Behind' as Gay Marriage Penetrates More Jurisdictions Public Housing: 128 Kona Apartments Value Reduced to Zero Read More..

Sunday, May 12, 2013 May 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 3754 Views Akaka Tribe: Frankenstein Bill to Create a Frankenstein Tribal Roll Hirono, Schatz Vote Would Impose Hawaii GE Tax on Pension Contributions, Stock Transactions Moving the Tax Burden to Others Legislature Graded: 42% F, 31% D  Oahu Democrats, Abercrombie show frustration with Legislature Chang, Espero, Takai for CD1? Gays Describe How they Tortured Hanabusa to Force Marriage Souki:  Republicans Involved, Coalition Strong, Great Session Ritte Joins Danner's Attack on DHHL Cigarette maker Altria tops in lobbying spending since 2006 Touching tribute for fallen Kailua airman Billing fee gets tempers boiling Hawaii Co Food Bank Buys New Building, Can't Account for $200K Hundreds of families on public housing wait list see hope  Gabbard: Sex Assault in Military a Handy Excuse to Put Military Justice Under Outside Control Read More..

Saturday, May 11, 2013 May 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 3697 Views Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka Geothermal: Hundreds Denounce Mililani Trask Auto Commuters' Access to Work: Honolulu Among Four Biggest Losers UHERO: Are lodging costs starting to tame the tourist boom? DBEDT: Economic Forecast "Slightly Less Optimistic" DHHL: Senate Hearing Slated After Danner Attacks Masagatani Legislature, Steelworkers Ask Abercrombie for Union Seat on Tesoro Refinery Task Force Governor Signs More than Seventy Bills Before End of Session Senate Democrats Tout Achievements Oahu Democrats to Elect New Leadership Today American Legion Honors KITV for St Marianne Cope Documentary Campaign Spending Commission Launches New Website Honolulu Auditor Seeks Interns New effort by state could cause patients more pain Cost Transparency Leads to Cost controls Kakaako development will hit new heights under rail-oriented draft rules Drop in value of Japanese yen Blamed for 2.9% Drop in Japanese Tourism Decade passed before a Hawaii court found DHHL breached its trust obligations to Native Hawaiians Opposition to GMO foods has become a Salem-like witch hunt Profits: Media Will Be Biggest Winner of 2014 UH works to fix millions worth of broken, dilapidated facilities Public input sought on Kenoi’s Second Tax Hike $57/month Rental Has Leaky Roof Occupy Litigation Status Conference Read More..

Friday, May 10, 2013 May 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 3987 Views IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims Tesoro Bidder: Dismantle Refinery, Ship it to China NYC Reduces Street Homelessness with ‘Housing First’ Hawaii Gas delays LNG shipping container program Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii--Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act Kym Pine Backs Four Key West Oahu Transportation Projects Big Cash Giveaway: Health Connector Announces Marketplace Assister Funding Opportunity Star-Adv, Danner, Schatz vs Abercrombie: Federalize DHHL Bishop Silva: Lawsuit Possible over Abortion Pill Mandate SB623 Solar Credits: 1MW or Larger Projects Would Have Looted Treasury  UH legal bill for new telescope project nearly $3 million Honolulu mayor reveals plan to reduce homelessness DoE SPED Teacher Busted for Meth trafficking Greenwood Retirement Catches Visiting Accreditation Officials By Surprise Hawaii County PD:  Sovereignty Scammers Lying About Investigation  State Destroys $60M to Get $12M in Tax Revenue Political Chicken: Alternatives to Gas Tax Hike Lawmakers Balk At Bills Targeting 2012 Hawaii Election Flubs New laws target sex exploitation of children Online Voting Leads to Low Participation in Election HCDA: Secret Plans for Another Kakaako Tower  'Complete Streets': Cooke St to Be Closed to Traffic Read More..

Thursday, May 9, 2013 May 9 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 3820 Views Dozens of Republicans Enter Neighborhood Board Elections HCR165: State Child Welfare Services “Unauditable” Harvard: HOPE Probation Among Top 25 Innovations in Government 24% of DoE Grads Ready for College Math Video: Slom, Kato, Morita Discuss Shield Law Hawaii--How Safe is Your Hospital? Kim: Airport Division Audit Among Priorities for 2014 Masagatani: Abercrombie is With me Against Schatz, Danner Appeal Planned After Suit Challenging planned Ho'opili community is dismissed HMSA Chief Predicts Obamacare 'Rate Shock' for Hawaii Hospital charges vary widely within Hawaii Honolulu Homeless Solution to be based on 'Housing First' Plan Hee Single-Handedly Kills Ethics Reforms Playing Hooky from the Legislature Hawaii County Board OKs Sequential Self-Dealing  LNG and CEO Compensation top issues at HEI's Annual Meeting Hawaii High Prices Due to Electric Rates Flights, seats from Honolulu fell over 6 years, study shows My Dad, Larry Helm, Needs Your Prayers, Good Thoughts and Mana-ful Energy Read More..

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 May 8 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 4419 Views Sen Sam Slom: List of 27 ‘No’ Votes Campaign Season: Abercrombie Hands Out Taxpayer Cash to Taxpayers Foreign-Built Jones Act Ship Launches New Domestic Puerto Rico Service Pacquiao Takes Fight in Macau, U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate Proves Too High Akaka Tribe: Schatz, Danner Conspire to Federalize DHHL Shapiro: Race Card is Hanabusa's Only Hope Caldwell: Labor Agreements Give Me New Excuse for Gas Tax Hike Caldwell Claims 'Chief of Staff' Position Vacant Dang Quietly pays $1,000 to resolve potential conflict of interest charge Hawaiian Roll Commission Fails Transparency Test Who Will Replace Greenwood? Abercrombie, Legislators' Power Play Doomed Greenwood Will Hawaii Schools Ever Become the Equal of Micronesian Schools? Education Chairs To Participate In Nat’l Early Ed Fellows Program Obamacare: Hawaii nursing Glut and Shortage Coexist Lunatics, Criminals to be Banned as Security Guards:  Half Still Eligible Elder Abuse Justice Unit doubled in size, working with finance industry Another inmate dies in Hawaii prisons Now That Rail is Being built, City, State Act to Relieve Traffic Hawaiian Electric Pays out $120M/year Dividends NYT: Who Would Kill a Monk Seal? Tom Brower Praises Cult Church of Scientology Luddite Proposes GMO Ban on Big Island Read More..

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 May 7, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 6006 Views MRC Greenwood Quits After Abercrombie Shortchanges University $22M Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18 45 Students Complete State's First 'Transformation Internship Program' While Thousands Wait, Sen Malama Solomon gets Lease on 106 ac of DHHL Land Danner Pushes to Eliminate non-Hawaiian DHHL Renters Blackmail: Greenwood Out, Apple Next? Republican Bills Pass Legislature Hanabusa Defended Secret Labor Contract Public Not Invited to Abercrombie Political Campaign Opener Welfare Cheats Steal $48M from State Solar Scammers: Half of Installations Were Fraudulent Hawaii Historic Preservation Division Still On Federal Thin Ice DoE: Can Change at the Top Overcome Years of Failure? Hawaii Schools Chaotic College students say 'Easy A' courses waste time & money Money in Politics Report: Top Donors to Hawaii's Legislators Revealed Hong argues conspiracy in Elections Division suit War In Waikiki? The Fight Over The Natatorium Is Far From Over Lost in the Budget, $20M ML&P Pension Fund Bailout Money Found Read More..

Monday, May 6, 2013 May 6, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 5098 Views Hawaii Health Connector Funded by Cutting off Coverage for Cancer Patients Lodestar: Plaintiff Attorneys Awarded Fees in Rail Iwi Case Laie Hotel Developer Selected Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii Danner vs Masa­ga­tani for Control of DHHL Why Won't Kirk Caldwell Say Who Works For Him? $100M in Pure Profit: Legislators kill bill to reduce state's take of rail surcharge Legislators set sights on 2014 Early Education: KSBE, Castle Come up Short, Will Be Back for More Schatz Touts Rise to 76th in Senate Seniority How Lobbyist Dollars Helped Save The Pearl Harbor Tower Bill to buy Lipoa Point not backed by funding Public Housing Smoking Ban Prevents Patients from Properly Using Prescribed Medicine Read More..

Sunday, May 5, 2013 May 5, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 5643 Views Rail Suit to Be Heard August 12, Quick Ruling Expected Deadline for Public Comment on Rail AIS May 30 Farmer: Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui $2.5M Per Job: Honeywell CEO Defensive About Kapolei Biofuel Refinery Blocking Banner Keeps Sister-Isle Patients Flowing to Oahu Hospitals Making Reimbursements Could Incur Tax Liability PDF: How Major Bills Fared at the capitol 12 Cents an Acre: DHHL Commissioner, Senator, Other Cronies in Hawaiian Land Grab Hunt Development Grabs Control of Kalaeloa  Two Dozen Doctors targeted amid rise in painkiller deaths Act 221 Scammers Score $6M 'New day,' new bills mostly promise new headaches Calvin Say Twists Arms to Win Passage of Abercrombie's Voucher Program Bill 8 Puts Police at Disadvantage Against 'Meanderers' SB883: Tourist Drownings Caused by Lack of Lifeguards' Bargaining Unit SB693: Espero's Traffic Cam Bill Dies in Conference Strange Bedfellows: Life in the Senate Did Hanabusa Block Ko'olina Boat Ramp? Honolulu 2nd Worst Traffic in USA Accreditation Agencies' Racket Read More..

Saturday, May 4, 2013 May 4, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:24 PM :: 7334 Views Inspector General Slaps Down Effort to Create Indian Tribe Without Congressional Approval Budget: Kenoi Proposes $21M Property Tax Hike 'No Hawaii Beverage Tax' Cheers Third Win in a Row $9.6M: DHHL Wins First legislative Appropriation Since 2010 Obama: From king of the world to dead in the water in six months Schatz to Inouye Family: "Uh, uh, uh...." Perreira: HGEA Primary Endorsement Coming Retaliation: Abercrombie Quietly Shortchanges UH by $22M Tampering? Lawyers Pack Court to Support DesJardins Tax Increase, Fee Hikes Still Fall Short of Funding Biggest Budget Ever Councilmembers mull 10% Property Tax Hike Fewer funds force drug treatment centers to close Exemptions to Speed Restoration of Hawaiian Fishponds Maui Budget: Property Tax Hikes are Hot Button Issue ML&P’s troubled financials raise concern about future Six bid for new geothermal plant DoD Employees Face Furloughs: Pentagon Pays $59/gallon for Biofuel Former county workers charged with stealing fuel Nonprofit group spearheads Wahiawa transformation Felix Gee Wan Tom, supervised 20 bookies, filed a false 2011 tax return and laundered money Read More..

Friday, May 3, 2013 May 3, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:03 PM :: 4243 Views Hanabusa Formally Enters 2014 Senate Primary Race House GOP: 'Legislature closes fiscally conservative session' NRA: Contact the Governor and Request his Veto of Senate Bill 69 Rep. Johanson, Minority Leader – Closing Remarks – May 2013 Reuters columnist disparages the Jones Act, but can’t see any way to repeal it Removal of "Occupy," an Attack on "International Workers Day" Widow: Inouye Began Grooming Hanabusa After She Teamed up with Mehau, Booted Bronster Hawaii political establishment is about to find itself in a fight — with itself Clayton Hee: I am Democracy Itself; Killing Shield Law Like Passing Civil Unions Legislative Wrapup Session Done, But Is Hawaii Speaker Consolidating Power? Star-Adv Eager to Eliminate More Republicans Precisely as Predicted: DoTax Accelerates HART Payments now that Legislature Adjourned HART Ices Out Hawaiian-Owned Contractors City sues owners of two properties lying in rail system’s path U.S. Court Dismisses Hawaii Jones Act Claims How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii: Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act Appeals court schedules August hearing on rail injunction Convicted killer's life sentence changed to 20-year term Honor, Courage And Commitment Read More..

Thursday, May 2, 2013 May 2, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:54 AM :: 4522 Views Caldwell Signs Bill 8: Protecting Politicians' Midnight Bathroom Escapades Shield Law: Nine Senators Stand up to Clayton Hee Senate Votes to Pass 174 Bills Natatorium Decision Re-Launches EIS Contract Robotics: Micronesian Schools Plan 'Yapital Robo Day' Starting in October: 15% Penalty on Overpaid Unemployment Comp Bills 11 & 12: Pine Appeals for Leeward, Ewa Projects Meet Hawaii's Millionaire Union Bosses Rate Hike: $11M for Obamacare, $27M for HMSA Portnoy: No Shield Law as Long as Hee is Judiciary Chair Gil Rivere switches parties, Prepares for Rematch with Fale  Four Say Loyalists to Get Leadership Positions in Souki's House DoE Boosts Scores by Repeating Test Three Times Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui Bio Tech Backed by Nature Conservancy Witness in officer's extortion case cuts deal SB391 'Safe Places' Dies in Conference 87% of Domestic Violence Cases Dismissed Baisa: Tax Increases Needed to Fund Profitable NonProfits Med School Puts Best Face Forward To Lawmakers Faculty resolution calls UH study “flawed and premature” Tesoro refinery closure leaves Hawaii Gas looking for new supplier First Full Cruise Season Under New EPA Rules Start $739M Airport project set for takeoff Read More..

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 May 1, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:02 PM :: 4373 Views Sen Thielen: School Land Exemptions Remove Fairness, Transparency of Development Deals Legislators Unanimously Approve Budget House Approves More Than 100 Bills Tsunami a Money Spinner for Profitable Non-Profits Rep. Cynthia Thielen inspires floor amendment extending existing shield law SB1196 Small Vendors Targeted by DoTax Foreclosed Homeowners Sue 32 Hawaii Judges US News Ranks Hawaii High Schools Merchant Marine Union Touts Hawaii's Jones Act Exemption as Cruise Line Safety Solution Records Disclose Details Of HGEA, State Negotiating Positions HGEA Unit 13 Rejects Contract Settlement Shapiro: To dislodge the old guard, young Dems must do battle HTA Cheers TAT Hike Bill To Allow Phased Review of Archaeological Sites Passes Solar Scammers Still Crying Over Lost Tax Cheating Opportunity Hawaii Legislature OKs school readiness program Hawaii lawmakers approve school land development Forced psychiatric treatment OK'd Hawaii Legislature OKs more gun background checks Hawaii shield law likely dead as chambers differ Fruitcake Ing Calls Bus Stop Bill 'Orwellian' Wheel Boot Ban Passes State Legislature Marshallese Still Not Accepted in Hawaii White's proposed budget $23 million lower than mayor's Hawaii County's Planned Economy Sovereignty Activist Gets Jail For Attacking County Workers CONSENT DECREE ON DISPUTED PEPE`EKEO POWER PLANT OSHA cites Halekulani for 17 safety violations Homosexual Rapist Sentenced to Federal Prison Bill To Treat Partners With STDs Clears House Abercrombie Teams With Caldwell To Tear Down Waikiki Natatorium ‘Native’ vs. ‘non-native’ dogma misguides conservation Read More..