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Sunday, May 31, 2015 May 31, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:26 PM :: 6755 Views Why are there so many Crooked Lawyers in Honolulu? Could You Please Answer the Phone? More P-Card Revelations: Kenoi aides bought liquor, helicopter rides, gave Surfer Taxpayer-funded Airline Tickets Senate president’s ouster was really a ‘Kouchi Coup’ Only UH Ethnic Studies Profs may 'Appropriate' Hawaiian Culture Without Paying Somebody Off Star-Adv: Telescope Protesters Should Accept Ige's Payoff  In Hawaii, eligible voters count more than people Expensive HGEA Contract Leads to Cutbacks to Mental Health Services After 42 Years on the Street, Homeless Man Gets Housing First Soft on Crime: Murderer Allegedly Stabs Prison Guard, Case Dismissed State OKs $880,000 to settle DOE legal claims UH Athletic Subsidy Average for Mountain West HB1514: Legislature Subsidizes Farmers Purchase of Pesticide Ian Lind: "I remember being impressed by Nazi Leader" Read More..

Saturday, May 30, 2015 May 30, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 5369 Views Kouchi, Ige United for ... Azerbaijan? Horizon Acquisition: Matson Completes Alaska, Pasha Completes Hawaii After Listening to Hanabusa, Judge denies temporary restraining order to halt HSTA June 2 revote Ignoring Della Au Belatti, Supreme Court Says Corrupt Union Boss Gary Rodrigues can't blame UPW for his own Crookedness Thrown to the Mob: Perfectly Good telescope to be shut down ahead of schedule As Ige Considers Rail Tax Hike, Another Zip Mobile Breakdown, Weekend Traffic Jams Scheduled University administrators, lawmaker discuss how to give more UH money to Alt Energy Billionaires UH prepares to pay athletes while in rough fiscal shape Farewell Horizon Lines, Hello Less Competition in Shipping for Hawaii Free Money, Dumb Money: Movie Mogul on Tax Credits E-Cigs Behind Sharp Decline in Tobacco Tax Revenues For Supportive Housing, Creativity Required Star-Adv: Plan to privatize, upgrade State Hospital shows promise Homeless Advocates Happy to Discover that Enforcement Snares Tourists Council Tries Again with 5 Versions of Sit-Lie Bill DoE 5 Stolen Laptops, Nobody Notices Hawaii retailers push back on approved theft bill Schatz will Interfere with Marines on Okinawa Read More..

Friday, May 29, 2015 May 29, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 4711 Views OHA Announces 'Consortium' to Create Fake Indian Tribe Trade: European Parliament Calls for Jones Act Reform Income Tax Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks 15th Big Law vs. Honolulu's Not-So-Big Law Eminent Domain Docfilm "Battle For Brooklyn" Now Streaming Precisely as Predicted: OHA Trustees Pleased with Ige's Mauna Kea Plan Ige's plan for Mauna Kea raises many questions OHA Burns Another $2.6M on Fake Indian Tribe Ethics: Rail Votes Illegal Judge Continues Hearing on HSTA Election Lawsuit Corrupt Halau Lokahi charter school closes Private Colleges now Competitive with UH Manoa on Tuition Regents: UH Should Maintain Costly Administrative Structure  East-West Center President to Vacate Post Next Summer Suit alleges community college fraudulently collected student fees Psychological Factors Behind Hawaii's High Health Scores HGEA, UPW Members Continue to Abuse Dogs, Cats in Quarantine Interview with DPS Director Soft on Crime: Latest Work Furlough Escapee is Multiple Rapist TRO: Lose all guns, Face Criminal Charges Handi-Van Leaderless, Drifting Until At Least August Read More..

Thursday, May 28, 2015 May, 2015 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 8:36 PM :: 3692 Views Honolulu Railathon or the Running of the Rails Facts not Ideology Read More..

Thursday, May 28, 2015 May 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 4658 Views DoI New Rules to Evict Hawaiian Homesteaders WSJ: "Hawaii Military Carve Out May Play Role in Voting District Case" Hawaiian 'Aloha' movie foes are 'perpetually aggrieved' 'delicate flowers' Video: Grassroot Forum on Government Transparency HPD: Prostitute Arrests Lead to Pimp Arrests USA Today: Inside Univ of Hawaii's secretive biolab 'Internal Politics' in Call to Fire Kondo Hawaii Supreme Court: Gay Marriage Law is Unquestionable HSTA Old Guard Thinks it Can Win by Disallowing Mail-in Ballots, Insurgents File for Injunction KHON Reporter Nestor Garcia fined for accepting illegal gifts as Councilman Inside Hawaii activists' push to ditch HECO and transform the utility business model GMO food bans pander to ignorance Anti-GMO Media Campaign Swamps 'Progressive' Websites  UH Administrators a Bunch of Racists or Sexists or Something Decommissioning Hawaii telescopes would Reduce OHA's Cash Flow Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission burns last cash, cuts staff HB600 Would Have Forced Out Home Care Patients Sex Offender is Latest Escape from Work Release HPD Cachola investigation delayed while another officer was on leave Kauai Humane Society has Long History of Retaliation, Lawsuits Impossible to Make Good Movie in Hawaii Ige proclaims May 28th as 'Azerbaijan National Day' Read More..

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 May 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4320 Views Telescope Cash: Ige Proposes OHA Toll Booth on Mountain, Limit on 'Non-cultural' Access Tuvalu is Rising, Not Sinking Senior Health Report: Hawaii Ranks 4th Study: Honolulu Property Taxes Among Lowest in USA HSTA Old Guard: Glad we called new Election Because Elections are time to Pull Together Behind Us Rate Hike: 'Green' Energy Means Another $9M out of Consumers' Pockets Protesters: No Telescope Construction Until Demands are Met Homeless Camps Migrate to State-Controlled Land Dear Joe, If You’re Concerned About Ethics Problems Look in the Mirror ​Hawaii Health Connector board postpones vote on corrective action plan - again Star-Adv: Study Confirms that Children Do Best With Biological Family Telescope Helps Big Island Students With College Expenses Oahu retailers feeling the pressure of plastic bag ban Councilmember Proposes Anti-Small Business Law for Waimanalo Maui Council Doubles Fees on Small Businesses Another Day, Another Escape Political Correctness for Tourists Kauai Humane Society: Killing Puppies, Hiring Cronies Forbes: Hawaii Mortgage Fraud Case Takes 22 Years Hanabusa forms new law firm Hawaii UXO Could Have "blown" Kanye West "to bits", but Didn't Obesity Rate Lowest in Hawaii, Highest in Mississippi Read More..

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 May 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4576 Views Facing Reality: Hawaii's State Hospitals Final Chapter In Judicial Selection Commission List Public Records Case Religious Heritage of the Hawaiian Kingdom Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 26, 2015 My father was a Tranny Inside the Government’s Push to Regulate Short-Term Rental Industry Kim's Enemies Time Coup to Maximize Embarrassment 70% of Legislative Seats Changed in Last 10 years Good government ‘no brainer’ bills fail Mainland 'Sex-Worker' Activists Push for Ige to Sign Soft-on-Pimps Law with Loophole for Child Sex Traffickers HPD worries about an increase in 'drugged' drivers Bumpy Kanahele Got $$$ from Movie 'Aloha' -- He Supports movie Even Though Walter Ritte Didn't Get Any Money out of it 'Environmentalism' Win Creates Unemployed People on Kaua'i UH Mānoa budget: Revamped fiscal plan doesn’t impress everyone Gawad Kalinga Founder Slaps Down Silly UH Manoa PC Chatter Omidyar Website Thanks Republicans for Saving Obama Trade Deal from Senate Democrats Like Schatz and Hirono Read More..

Monday, May 25, 2015 May 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 4291 Views Best state in America: Hawaii, for making the ultimate sacrifice HART Worried About Ige Veto, So Rail's Pretend operating cost pretend to rise by $13M/year Obama’s radical health care ‘solution’ is about to implode Anti-GMO Activists' Dust Verdict a gift to Developers: Will Subject Agriculture to Similar Harassment Suits Statewide Telescope Builders Knew OHA Shakedown Was Coming Tap private sector to fix Handi-Van Kauai Council Chair Distances Himself from Hooser's Swiss Lies How militarized are local police departments? Charter nears deal for Time Warner Cable Read More..

Sunday, May 24, 2015 May 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 3580 Views HSTA Insurgents: We Won the Election, Will Sue Tuesday A Tale of Two Fleets: Canada Reforms its Version of Jones Act 2015 Legislative Recap: Victories for Social and Economic Justice Cheese: The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love (and oppose a label for) Unfunded Liabilities – Smoke and Mirrors? Dust is a Worldwide Pollutant Hawaii: Honest Politician Became Bored and Frustrated Tsutsui Ignored Senators Remember their Roots--Bill helps Small-Time Crooks Tax Cuts for the Poor Defeated Pakistan Questions Hawaii's Status as US State After Initial Rush, Gay Marriages Drop Sharply:  Only 170 on Big Island Sand Island Homeless Tent City Decision Coming Soon Crony Capitalism: Biofool Scammers Call for Veto of Ethanol Mandate Repeal 'Accountable Care Organization' for Hilo? Instead of Protesting, How About Paying Attention? Aliamanu Middle School Ranks 5th for Diversity Read More..

Saturday, May 23, 2015 May 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 4276 Views 'We just elected a Governor, and now this?'  -- Teachers Angry at Corrupt Union, Lawsuit to be Filed Tuesday Fraud?  'Unreasonable' tax refund delays Bolster General Fund Before End of Fiscal Year Star-Adv: Ige Should Veto 3 Anti-Transparency Bills New ethics complaint filed in Kenoi pCard case Hawaii Health Connector Platform Hopeless, But DHS Kolea Works Ex-Civil Air Patrol pilot gets fine for forgery NextEra Dimly Begins to Identify Solar Schemers as Competitors--After they Out Themselves Following UH Regents, Legislator talks up State Divestment from 'Fossil Fuel' Stocks Rail Bid Protest Rejected, Opening Delayed Another 3 Months City Council may let sit-lie veto stand, go with mayor's plan U.S. Census Bureau: Hawaii's population jumps by 4.4% over four years Part-time teachers and subs awarded $46M Army, DOE demonstrate school partnership success UH Manoa: Self-Righteous Pseudo Intellectuals Denounce Filipino who Builds Affordable Housing for the Poor Enviro Protesters Threaten Nesting Octopus, Violate Safety Regs Inundated With Propaganda, Americans Vastly Overestimate Size of Gay and Lesbian Population Read More..

Friday, May 22, 2015 May 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4084 Views Best state in America: Hawaii, for making the ultimate sacrifice Rusting Windfarm Junk off Waikiki: Europe's Disaster Coming to Hawaiian Waters Tulsi Gabbard: How She Isn’t Making Hawaii Better Anti-GMO Activists Cheer Kauai Pioneer Seed Farm Layoffs Conspiracies and Paranoia: Hector Valenzuela Plays the Victim UPDATE: HSTA Election Conspiracy? Okabe Complains About Release of Information Beer Taxes: Hawaii 5th Highest Auditor: School Bus Reforms Not Rolled Out Statewide FAIL: State transferring Obamacare Connector to federal insurance exchange HSTA Meltdown: Obviously Trumped up Strategy to Hold on to Power Why Is House Speaker Joe Souki Going After Ethics Director Les Kondo? Final Pieces Fall Into Place for State Senate Reorganization State finally pays newspaper for nominees battle Doomed: Hawaii Supreme Court takes up Koa Ridge dispute Zero Evidence for Anti-GMO Claims No quick decision on overriding mayor’s sit-lie veto UH Hikes Tuition, Calls it Cut Crackpot Investment Theories Help UH Regents Divest from Energy New 'Green' power plant could be headed to Central Oahu, Residents not Fooled DOE breaks ground on first 'Ka Hei' Crony Solar projects State Hospital plans 150-bed Privately Operated long-term care facility Thanks to HGEA, Kona Hospital to lose 20% of Staff Sex assault charges against HPD officer are dropped Staff and program cuts possible for Kahoolawe Read More..

Thursday, May 21, 2015 May 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:34 PM :: 3657 Views Three Years of Secret Meetings Behind Feds' DHHL Rules -- What you can do Hawaii Obamacare Enrolls ZERO People During Special Enrollment Period Auditor: Federal Land Use Issues Dog Aloha Stadium A Troubling Excess Of Optimism: Examining the Hawaii State Budget Hawaii State Capitol: MD on Errors in ‘Politically Correct’ Sex Ed Insurgents Demand HSTA certify election victory SB265 Soft on Pimps, Loophole for Child Traffickers Thanks to Fracking, Oahu power bills drop again--causing Panic Among 'Green' Energy Schemers NextEra Merger: 54% No Opinion or Don't Know Emergency Money Made Easy, If You’re a Democratic Governor Hawaii Legislature chips away at reforming police Caldwell vetoes sit-lie expansion, offers alternative bill While Honolulu dithers, a Canadian city says it has eliminated homelessness, and Utah homelessness is down 91% over 10 years Protesters use claims of sacredness for political agendas “If you want to decolonize it, take it over.” Protest Funder: 'True economic value of observatory sites was never pursued' NCAA compliance expert says more sanctions could be added UH Greenhouse Renovation Enters 6th Year 5 more parcels could be seized for rail Hawaii Underage smoking decreases Read More..

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 May 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 4029 Views 2015 Neighborhood Board Election Results A-1 A-Lectrician Case: 9th Upholds Hawaii Election-Finance Laws 84% of Hawaii Rural Roads Poor, Mediocre Hawaii Ranks Fourth for Senior Health Hawaii: Report Looks at the State of Preschool NELHA Transparency? 'Continues to Struggle with Sunshine' Ige Signs Rain Tax Bill Barrel Tax Expanded to Drive Up Electricity Rates--Star-Adv Complains it is not Enough Trapped Under HGEA, 90 to be Laid off from Big Isle Hospitals More Escapees Not Charged:  Lawmakers question state’s inmate work furlough program UH pays Shrink $200/hr to Analyze Demented Deans TMT collaborators moving forward with project Green: Fundraising Drives 'Environmentalist' anti-GMO Strategy Mayor to OK Ho'opili rezoning bill City administration ignores homeless, except in Waikiki Handi-Van: "It's as bad as its ever been" Insurer Sticks Patient With Bill Over Labor Negotiations Officer Pleads Guilty: 'I lost my temper' Second U.S. Marine dies from injuries sustained during MV-22 Osprey crash at Bellows Read More..

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 May 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 4029 Views Stirring the Hysteria Pot Hawaii’s health care collapse a bad omen for state Obamacare exchanges Out of Reach 2015: Hawaii Most Unaffordable Rentals in USA Study: Hawaii 12th Best State for Military Retirees Kicked out of Public Housing, 1 in 12 COFA Migrants now Homeless Okabe Makes Excuses for Union Election Re-Vote HART's 'Tough Year' Behind Resignations? As HCDA board changes, so does the discussion Will Congressional Delegation Let Obamacare Punish Hawaii? View from Mauna Kea: Looking Forward or Looking Back? Dates Set for Third Hawaii Teachers Union Election This Year Worthless Election Commission retains embattled election chief Scott Nago for another 4 Years Work furlough, prison ‘escapes’ don’t always lead to charges How Will We Restore Trust in Hawaii’s Police? Honolulu Prosecutor to Hawaii Governor: Veto the Sex Trafficking Bill Caldwell signs bills creating Waikiki Tax Hike district Hawaii Foster Children More Likely to be Placed with Extended Family Pro-Life Rally at UH Manoa Advocacy group: Wind turbine rules needed to protect birds in Hawaii EPA Creates Fake 'Public Comments' to Back its Initiatives 1985: Democrats Punish Three For Switching to Republican Read More..

Monday, May 18, 2015 May 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 4070 Views Osprey Crash Landing at Bellows: 1 Marine Dead, others wounded Attorney Seeks Hawaiians Placed on Kanaiolowalu Roll Without Permission Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 18, 2015 Crabbe: No one owns Land in Hawaii Until OHA Owns Land HB287 to keep data from public gets to the governor Star-Adv: Obamacare Punishes Hawaii for Being Superior Environmentalists Upset Because Tax Hike Won't Increase Electricity Prices Enough The Hole in the Rooftop Solar-Panel Craze Billionaire's Website: 'UH Regents Should Let Tuition Hike Move Forward' UH Ranks 9th in Scramble for Rich Kids Read More..

Sunday, May 17, 2015 May 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4379 Views Tulsi Gabbard's Cult Tied to "Billion Dollar Drug Empire"-- Funded Taliban HSTA Refuses to Certify Union Election after Insurgents Win We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us Rail Tax Hike: "The House talk was theater" County GE Tax Hike Will Result in More TAT Cuts Kouchi: New Senate President a 'Good old Boy' In Tourism-Dependent Hawaii, Takai Against Obama's Free Trade Pact A'ole TMT: Nothing could be further from the truth. UH: Aquarium Accreditation Not Worth Our Time Work furloughs are vital to successful re-entry of prisoners back into society Mental health screenings could reduce hospital readmissions Kauai Faces $9.4M Budget Hole Thanks to HGEA Hawaii One of only 5 States to Tax Lawyers Hawaii Mid-Term Election Voter Turnout 'Average' Read More..

Saturday, May 16, 2015 May 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 3880 Views Which States Receive the Most Federal Aid? -- Hawaii is 49th CON: Hawaii Ranks #3 in 'Certificate of Need' Laws Jones Act Ready for Retirement Chris Butler Cult Tied to "Billion Dollar Drug Empire" Marine Biologist: Self-Dealing Whale Sanctuary Staff Ignore Public Jump Sinking Ship? Two Quitting HART Board More Rate Hikes Coming: HMSA, Kaiser bleed $78M Thanks to Obamacare Star-Adv: Stockholders can block Utility sale Bill 35: Another Property Tax Increase Record Turnout in Neighborhood Board Elections Pflueger completes so-called sentence San Francisco Cuts Homelessness 50% by Building 3,000 Units People Who Actually Work for a Living Get off Street into Permanent Housing UH athletics complex opens 2 years late; cost 60% more than first estimate Read More..

Friday, May 15, 2015 May 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:19 PM :: 4433 Views Voting for 2015 Neighborhood Board elections ends tonight Ige: Feds Secretly Declared Hawaii Health Connector 'Non-Compliant' in February Robin Danner in DC: "I speak for Native Hawaiians" There’s ‘No Sugarcoating’ Health Insurance Exchange Failures Dog Bites? Hawaii Ranks 40th Enviros Challenge Deep-Sea Mining Licenses Court: State Cannot Place Tax Lien on Hawaii PEO Business Owned by Mainland Tribe UH Faces Hearing before NCAA Committee on Infractions Senate Boss Kouchi: Tough and Calculating Voice for Pro-Development Interests If Hawaii Dumps State Exchange, Supreme Court Could Block Subsidies Star-Adv Runs Fluff Piece on Hostile Whale Sanctuary Director UH Manoa Faculty, Administrators Continue to Play Retaliation Games on Your Dime  Obama Library Rejection Goes from UH Losers Bet to HCDA Foolish Optimism OHA Gives Away $37.4M in 'Loans' Feds to License Windfarm off Waikiki Beach? Paper Bags Will be Even Worse Maui Small Businesses to be Hit with 600% Fee Hike Anti-GMO Idiots Demand Hawaii County Stop Buying Roundup Honolulu police officer, 41, arrested for alleged sex assault Homeless Wish-List for Legislature falls Short 26% of Homeless Have Serious Mental Illness City’s sit-lie laws result in many warnings, but few arrests Farrington HS to be Model for Discipline Reform Statewide? Bullying Gay Agenda into the Schools After Decade: Brand New Lahainaluna stadium sits idle, one of many DOE delays Gabbard, Takai Defy Obama Veto Threat, Vote for Republican Defense Budget Read More..

Thursday, May 14, 2015 May 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:49 PM :: 4290 Views OHA: $2.8M Giveaway to Wife of Kanaiolowalu CEO Two days left to vote in the 2015 Neighborhood Board elections Behind Closed Doors: Shining the Light on Government Secrecy in Hawaii 252 Criminals Deported from Hawaii in Last 7 Years Hawaii Legislature adjourns without passing any anti-gun bills DBEDT: Hawaii Economic Growth Slows IRONMAN fined $2.7M for illegal lottery Wind and Solar Facilities Face No Consequences for Killing Millions of Birds Tulsi Gabbard takes on Obama Attorney General Slams Hawaii County Ethics for Letting Kenoi Off Hook Apo to Protesters: Thanks for Helping OHA Score Rent Money from Telescope  Failed Health Connector: Hawaii risks losing $1 billion in matching federal Medicaid funds After Months of Secret Negotiations ZipMobile Breaks Down, but with Rail Tax Passed, no need to Create Traffic Jam Now That Rail Tax Debate is Over, Traffic Signals to be Synchronized State retirement assets hit record Anti-GMO Activists Suckered by Broken Trust Figure Why Did a Fatal Car Wreck Cost State Taxpayers $900,000? Ige Plays Small Ball, Abercrombie Went for Home Runs Progressive Whines Because Legislature Did Not Raise Taxes Enough One Day in the DoE: Sex, Assault, and Retaliation KITV to be Sold to New Owner Read More..

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 4739 Views Hawaii’s $205 Million Obamacare Exchange Implodes Hawaii Bans Smoking For Young Adults, Lets Kids Continue to Have Sex Council Refuses to Back Down After Caldwell Threatens to Make Kakaako a Homeless Tent City Study: Honolulu not Nearly as Diverse as You Thought 70% Tuition Hike: UH System Ranks #2 in USA Hawaii County Ethics: Kenoi Cronies Vote Unanimously to do Nothing Rail Checkbook: $3M to Washington Lobbyist Dennis Dwyer HART Refuses to Cover $3M Cost of Blood Bank Move Ige administration plans to use federal exchange for Obamacare Health Connector Boss Learned of Exchange Shutdown Plan from Media 'Policy Progress' -- Legalize Marijuana, Criminalize Tobacco Doomed: Half-Built Haleakala Telescope Before State Supreme Court UH Regents Consider 4%-5% Tuition Hike--Call it a Cut! State officials: Majority of Kaka'ako homeless are COFA migrants HCDA: Obama Center Land is a Pinata 60 Arrests, 15 Convictions: Naturally, Dead Criminal Was Represented by Politician Now That Rail Tax is Past Lege, New Lane for H-1 Westbound The case for an energy co-op on the Big Island Honolulu to Pay $17 Million to Resolve Air Violations at Landfill Questions surface about judges’ gift disclosures Pandering to Pandemonium: A Quack Moves to Maui Study: Honolulu a top city for young college grads Read More..

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 May 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:23 PM :: 4087 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 11, 2015 Powerwall or Powerdream? Merger Vote Comes up Short, Hawaiian Electric Extends Deadline State Planning Office Publishes 'Land Use System Review' Bicycle Friendly? Hawaii Ranks 43rd Caldwell: I will Make Kakaako a Homeless Tent City Unless Council Funds 'Positions' Luke, Tokuda on long quest to find hidden budget funds Unedited Video: Kenoi Lies Thru Teeth in April Fools Day Interview Obamacare State Exchange Disasters: Hawaii is the Worst With heavy lifting done, Kaiser wants in Costly consequences of Hawaii's 50-Year Old payroll technology State tax returns could be delayed 16 weeks, DoTax Racks up Overtime Bill Would Require State Worker Participation in Return to Work Programs Renewable? How Often Does Civil Beat need to repeat a lie to make it true? HEI Takes Aim at Takeover Group UH Manoa Boosts Graduation Rates by Cutting GPA Requirement Tuition hikes, belt tightening ahead for UH Latest UH Manoa Faculty Infighting Claims Scalp Maya Soetoro-Ng says Hawaii won’t be forgotten by The Obama Tesla's New Battery Doesn't Work That Well With Solar They gave their all to make sure we are safe' Criminal Not Grateful to Soft-on-Crime Judge Read More..

Monday, May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:22 PM :: 3654 Views Draft DoI Rules Create Path for Fake Indian Tribe to Take Over DHHL Sacred? OHA Trustees Dream of "Millions or Billions" in Telescope Revenues Mandatory GMO food label not backed by science HB888 Deedy Bill Coming Back in 2016 Best City to Start a Career? Its not Honolulu Telescope: "Conver$ation$ are Happening" Mauna Kea Telescope tied to Haleakala Case Kauai Mayor’s proposed budget tops $182M, HGEA Continues to Drain Reserves Who Will be Next HSTA President Did NextEra spy on Occupy Wall Street? Giant Offshore Windfarm Coming to Hawaii? Implementing the Community-Based Renewable Energy and the Green Infrastructure Loan Programs HB148-SB145: Make Crime Pay Some in HPD can't wait for body cams Read More..

Sunday, May 10, 2015 May 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 3410 Views Laulima not A'ole: Restoring Our Roots Whose Tax Is It, Anyway? (Part 2) Court Challenge to Guam’s race-based plebiscite will go Forward OHA Gives Away $7.4M in Grants Women in Hawaii: Poverty and Opportunity Could Private Exchanges Save Health Care? Facts not Ideology Star-Adv: Let's Start Talking about Recreational Marijuana Now Ige Helped Write Legislation on HHSC, Health Connector Solar Shifts $53M in Costs to Others  BOE is considering a plan to make out-of-school suspensions a last resort Nago Designated At-Will Employee Subject to Post Election Review Shapiro: Drop Scheme to Build Obama 'Center' at Kakaako Lower property tax rates in Maui council budget proposal Bill 32 Reform 'Residential A' Tax Cliff  Truth-Challenged Anti-GMO Activists Hype Dust Damages Alleged victim speaks about game room attack Some Question Bag Ban Read More..

Saturday, May 9, 2015 May 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 4200 Views DHHL 'No Advance Notice' as Feds Grab for Rule-Making Authority over Hawaiian Homelands Tranny Birth Certificates: How They Voted Kaiser to Bid for Maui Hospital Partnership Health Connector to Shutdown, Transfer Technology to State Ethics Board: Kenoi still hasn't filed gift disclosures (Take Mayor to Japan, get a 'contract') 7 Top Hawai‘i Teachers on What It’s Like to Work in the State Department of Education Board eyes gay sex ed policy change Ernie Martin pushes to study utility options on Oahu Failed bills show anti-GMO movement has been wrong all along Anti-Agriculture 'Dust Damage' Verdict is End Result of Year of Anti-GMO Hype Revoking the TMT Permits Would Be a Huge Mistake Will Supreme Court Undo Hawaii Apportionment Commission? Medical marijuana dispensary law will face challenges Isles' autistic kids, families will benefit from Luke's Law UH: Up to 7% Tuition Hike Coming UH Manoa Administrators, Professors Play Retaliation Games in Media  Star-Adv: Don't Bust Prostitutes Any More Maui PD Identifies Hit and Run Diver Military-impacted schools striving toward accreditation Hawaii visitor spending drops 1.3 percent in first quarter Lawmakers approve construction of memorial for fallen officers Read More..

Friday, May 8, 2015 May 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 7041 Views Feds Grab for Rule-Making Authority over Hawaiian Homelands Hawaii, Alaska Independence Movement Requests Russian Support “We don’t follow laws, we make them” Heritage: Jones Act Reform Part of Seven-Point Plan for Economic Recovery How They Voted: HB321 Marijuana Death Taxes: How Does Hawaii Compare? CEOs Rank Hawaii 44th Worst for Business Feds try to get Kauai Protesters Arrested: "I want you to hit me" Borreca: Randy Perriera a Big Loser? City Ethics Commission investigating HPD chief Police Reforms Killed in Conference Committee Dozens of UH P-Card Users Rack up $100K-$200K Each Rail Will Use 122.4 GigaWatts of Electricity Telescope viewed as an opportunity for science education to some Telescope Protesters: "This court has no legal authority over me" Fear and Pseudoscience: Another Bogus Anti-GMO Pesticide Study Released $3-5M Needed to Legally Launch Marijuana 'Dispensary' Honolulu is worst in the U.S. for affordable housing for young adults Opponents say Okada Trucking case raised Hawaii construction costs After Launching TAT, Tourism Industry Now Surprised to See it 'Picking Their Pockets' Solar Scammers Game HEI Merger With Takeover Offer  Overpriced Tesla Home Batteries: Who Will be Suckered into Buying Them? City Needs to Manage Bike Lane Projects Better, Audit Says Mayor Wright theft eviction reversed Ex-Drug Court clerk pleads guilty to stealing $930 in gift cards Former probation officer pleads not guilty to theft Hawaii could be first to Ban Animal Circus Acts Read More..

Thursday, May 7, 2015 May 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 4892 Views The Senate says 'yes' to marijuana and 'no' to anti-GMO protesters Hawaii State Senate Announces New Committee Chairs Rail: It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride OHA Telescope Neutrality: Do You Smell Something Fishy? Honolulu 86th Worst Small Business Environment Over 14,000 ballots cast in the 2015 Neighborhood Board elections -- Voting Open One More Week Rep. McDermott critical of new state budget for ignoring pressing needs at Campbell High School Kilauea Largest Source of SO2 Pollution in USA Ige says he is not sold on the need for a law extending the rail transit tax Job Trust Being Dismantled: Thanks to Perriera's Incompetence, 300 HGEA, UPW Members to be Laid Off at Hospitals Anti-GMO Crowd Ousted in Senate Shakeup Kouchi 'More Friendly to Development' Grant in Aid: Politicians Give Themselves Money How Will Kenoi Appointees Sabotage Ethics Investigation? Maui County Employee Uses PCard to Build Catering Business at Baseyard, County Covers it Up Arch of Hysteria Wanes: People Losing Interest in Telescope Protest Hardest Days of Fiery Testimony, Anger Over Federal Grab for Control of Hawaii Waters Council passes sit-lie bill over Objections of Activists Who Want to Keep the Homeless Homeless Homeless Parents Continue to Refuse Shelter, Keep Children on Streets Legislators Approve $80M Loan Guarantee for Hawaiian Electric Two Alternatives are Floated to replace HECO and NextEra Hawaii Second State to Dump Ethanol Mandate Maui County RFP for Electric Co-op Conversion Rail Construction Behind Massive West Oahu Traffic Jams City council unanimously approves Hoopili project in West Oahu Council Votes to Hike Taxes on Waikiki Businesses Hawaii Nursing Care Costs 4th Highest in USA Bungling State Destroys Yet Another Small Business Federal charges filed against Honolulu police officer after alleged beating (#1) HPD will fire officer accused of fondling girl during traffic stop (#2) Maui cop accused in hit and run (#3) Maui: Homosexual Child Molester Gets 10 Years Lawyer Tries to Knock Down Massage Parlor Charges King Street bike path design flaw creates handicap parking problems Read More..

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 May 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 5079 Views Rail Tax Hike: How They Voted HB321: Gamesmanship and Shenanigans Hawaii seed industry estimated at $159M--Down 14% Unanimous House Rejects HB888: Bill Would Have Prohibited Gun Owners from Drinking at Home Kim Out: Marijuana Last Straw as Senate Committee Chairs Overthrow President Advanced Industries? Hawaii at Bottom of Heap 12 Subpoenas: AG investigation into Kenoi heats up Dozens of Maui County Employees Implicated in P-Card Abuse Rail Tax Spotlight Shifts to Ige, Council Hundreds Rip Federal Scheme to Take Control of Hawaii Waters Still No Love for Public Interest Bills at Hawaii Legislature Legislature passes health exchange funding bill Maui moves closer to forming own utility Hawaii legislation sets 100 percent renewable energy goal for the state Tranny birth certificate bill passes HB1366 State to Buy Fancy $90M Office Building 2 former Waikiki Aquarium directors say facility is mismanaged Kenoi releases $438.8M budget seeking 30 new positions Lingle Joins Superstar Team Fixing Broken Democrat Illinois Schatz' Brother Scores Cush Gig at DoE--Tops $160K? Kakaako Camp Doubles: Homeless Watch Big Screen TV in Tent  10 Years of airport viaduct homeless camp Organic Farmer Pesticide Poisons School full of Children on Big Island Read More..

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 May 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 4766 Views Thanks to HGEA, Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Nurses Slom: Hawaii Will Deplete Cash Reserves by 2021 With Josh Green out of the Way, Lawmakers Advance Marijuana Bill for Final Reading Securities Fraud: Former Maui Mayoral Candidate Sentenced to 20 Years Former Oahu Probation Officer Charged with Theft, Forgery Public Comment Period Open on OHA Budget Senators Conspire to Oust Kim: Kouchi to be New Senate President? Council upset at having to approve tax increase for Rail Why So Little Information About City Council Meeting With Feds About Rail? Handi-Van chief replaced in shakeup of troubled service Perriera: HGEA Expects to be Paid $330M in Hospital partnership Deal Hawaii GOP Presidential Caucus Set for March 8, 2016 OHA 'Useless Tools' Marijuana Bill: Big Increase in Dopers Expected Panos: Good Riddance to Ethanol Mandate HB1007 on Governor's Desk: Drivers Licenses for Illegals Care home measure is deferred Hawaii to Pilot Juvenile Justice Reform Housing Office: Council Members Play Games, Posture Ambulance units close temporarily due to staffing shortage Homeless Camp Catches Fire Under H-1 Rich Luddites File Appeal Over Delayed Maui anti-GMO Moratorium Sources: 15 day Extension granted after UH Misses Deadline for response to NCAA allegations Big Island mayor’s campaign manager named Department of Aging director Caldwell Moots Plan to Make King Street Even More Difficult for Drivers Family of Wahiawa man who died in police jail cell seeks answers Read More..

Monday, May 4, 2015 May 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 4661 Views Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 4, 2015 Best States for Working Moms: Hawaii Ranks 31st Rigged: Kenoi to Appear before Useless and Pathetic Hawaii County Ethics Board Stacked with His Cronies Who is building rail?  Impossible to accurately assess potential influence peddling Hospital strategy is unite or fail Hawaii has legacy of aloha for science The Jones Act, the Cost of Living and the Search for the Truth Here’s One Doctor Who Isn’t Sold on Raising Legal Smoking Age to 21 Media access bill falls Hawaii’s Preschool Open Doors Funding May Continue Admirable Activists Soft on Crime: Courts Find Way to Get Dope Dealer off Hook Feds Suggest Stranded Corinthian Students Transfer to Other Suspect For-Profit Schools Obama foundation to officially name Chicago home of Obama library May 12 Read More..

Sunday, May 3, 2015 May 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4073 Views Hawaii Republican Convention Meets, Elects New Party Leaders HB888: Gun Owners May Not Drink at Home--Even with Gun Locked in Safe Full List: $28M Grants in Aid Funded in State Budget Whose Tax Is It, Anyway? (Part 1) NextEra: Legalized Tax Fraud Sacred? NYT Complains Telescopes Pay 'Little to no Rent' Telescope Protesters Ugly Words Demonizing Telescope: A matter of faith? Maui Hospital Partnership: The Hardest Part Still to Come State Tax System Becomes More Regressive as Rail Tax Extends, Income Tax Sunsets SB519 Vacation Rentals Report to Homeowners Associations, DoTax Cesspool conversion tax credit passes Rep Creagan Still Wants to Get Rid of UH Hilo Pharmacy School University Refers only 2% of Rape Complaints Kauai Homosexual Child Molester Dead After Portland Bust Hall of Mirrors: Tranny is Everywhere in Media Gloves Have Come Off in the War for Tobacco Tax Revenues Marijuana Retail Store bill not dead, Josh Green removed from Conference committee Newsflash: Marijuana Causes Global Warming Another Maui Mayoral Candidate Heads for Prison Kunia Camp Residents to Get Boot Read More..

Saturday, May 2, 2015 May 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:56 PM :: 3606 Views We stand to lose more than a telescope Conference Committee Jones Act Industry Lawyer Addresses Full Repeal Strawman JSC Seeks Applicants for First and Third Circuit Courts Survey: Hawaii Ranks #2 in Sleep Deprivation Conference Committee Approves .5% GE Tax Five Year Extension for Rail Plan to Retool Unfunded Liability Mandate Rejected Hawaii lawmakers poised to give $2M to Hawaii Health Connector Bills that would require Hawaii insurers to cover autism, orthodontics head for final vote Gay Agenda Fails: Bullying and a Place to Hide Your Kids Hawaii lawmakers may revive dead marijuana dispensaries bill Bill boosting distance from turbines OK'd Care Home Bill Fails to Advance Despite Pleas Effort to Cap Payday Loan Rates Dies After Maui Lawmakers Clash Winners and Losers in Conference Homelessness: Lack of Leadership from Ige Homelessness 'Shaping Hawaii Tourism Industry' Read More..

Friday, May 1, 2015 May 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 6737 Views End the Bleeding of Aloha By Hobby Activism “The Indoctrination of our children” with Dr. Joe McIlhaney Tuna Monument: Rep Aumua Amata to Oversee Investigations of 'Insular Areas' Hawaii Republican Convention Set for May 2 UPDATE: 84 Republicans Running for Honolulu Neighborhood Board KIUC: Solar Contractors Selling Systems Which Cost More than Electric Bill Safety? How Did Your Hospital Do? Turtle Bay Deal Announced While Pushing Rail, State Fails to Use $820M in Federal Highway Funds Now That Rail Tax Debate is Done, DoT Begins Opening New Lanes on H-1 Westbound Unconstitutional?  State skims millions off city’s rail tax OHA Trustees Re$cind Support for Telescope Anti-Telescope Activists Threaten HS Girl AGAIN Who Will Want to Partner with Hilo Hospital? HGEA Members Approve Contract Senators: Galuteria is a Tax Cheat, but he's good enough for us  UH Does it Again Kim Swears She Wasn't Seeking HTA Post Who Is Tesla’s Home Battery For?  -- Apparently only Hawaii Ethanol mandate nears end of road More Pressure on Homeless to Accept Shelter 61.6 Acres Left out of Turtle Bay Deal Obama library will be built in Chicago Tranny Birth Certificates and Sex Trafficking Pass Conference Committee Last day for medical marijuana dispensaries bill Persons with an exaggerated sense of self Bike Lane Unnecessary, and Confusing: Bicycle Accidents Begin Read More..