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Saturday, June 30, 2012 June 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:26 PM :: 19688 Views Duke Aiona to Speak at Rally for Religious Freedom 'Irresponsible': Hanabusa Walks off House Floor, Skips Holder Contempt Vote Hoku Out of Cash in Nine Weeks, So Broke It Can't Write Annual Report Abercrombie Cancels Jr Kindergarten for Thousands of Children JSC Seeking Nominations for Two Oahu Judicial Vacancies Notice of Petition for Retention the Honorable Gerald H. Kibe Geothermal: 600mw Available on Big Island Members, Donors Threaten to Resign as Sierra Club Oahu Group Votes to Back Rail Wind Cable Scammers Tried to Buy Lanai Slom: Prepaid and the Obama Care Decision Impact on Hawaii Hirono Campaigns by Email, Refuses Invites, Interviews So Sad: Malu Mota’s Boy Kenoi Shut out by Kupuna Kim Honolulu Rail Project May Benefit from Transportation Authorization Bill's Passage H1 to be Repainted to Allow 4th Lane Star-Adv: ‘Occupy’ Annoying, Tiresome Hawaii’s top 10 largest landowners Veterans In Politics Endorses Colleen Meyer for Senate 23 PTSA holds annual meeting with membership on the rise Secret Garbage Shipments Spur Call for Audit of DEM Rothschild Appointed Per-Diem Judge   Read More..

Friday, June 29, 2012 June 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 25622 Views Duke Aiona to Speak at Rally for Religious Freedom Obamacare Will Add 84,130 to Hawaii's Bankrupt Medicaid System Police Disperse Angry Crowd After Yoshioka Speaks to Kapolei Neighborhood Board New Rail Financial Plan Boosts Operating Cost to $6 Billion, Delays Opening Lingle: Obamacare Decision Puts Healthcare in Hands of Next Congress Health Insurance? No need: Abercrombie promises to dump Prepaid Health Care Act Trashing Tricare: Obama Threatens Veto After House Refuses to Raise Fees Case: Stop 'Gladiatorial Circus' and Implement Obamacare Hirono: Obamacare Gives $28.7M to Community Health Clinics Supreme Court Will Not Hear Challenge to Native Hawaiian Property Tax Exemptions Star-Adv Tries to Talk Down Christian Voter Registration Drive Senate Confirms Pollack and Cahill Judicial Nominations Will Prepaid be Affected? 20,000 Will Be Kicked off Private Insurance, Forced to Accept Medicaid SA: State Must Boost Medicaid Spending to Prepare for Obamacare   Obamacare: 13,000 Will be Made to Depend on Maui Free Clinic DoE Ignores Plan to Keep Adult Schools Open With no DoE Operating Funds Abercrombie Signs Bill Killing Jr Kindergarten, Funds Will be Used to Hire Bureaucrats, Do Study More Delays: Rail Won’t Open ‘til 2016 Yoshioka Plans to Stick With Bus Cuts Historic Hawaii Foundation Watching Rail Compliance Fire EMS Merger Promoted by Report Produced by Consultant tied to Assoc of Fire Chiefs Fast and Furious: Hawaii Delegation Supports Contemptible Holder 500 Foreclosures Pending in Big Island Courts The split’s impact on A&B Foundation HTLA: Mufi out, Szigeti In Environmentalists knock EPA's OK of plan to sink Navy ships Occupy Protesters Busted for Stealing Bulky Trash Alleged Drunken Punatic Blogger Sues Police Maui Medicated Dope Dealer had 1200 ‘Patients’ Ritte, Protesters Work to Shake Down Monsanto   Read More..

Thursday, June 28, 2012 June 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 20464 Views Duke Aiona to Speak at Rally for Religious Freedom Barking Sands: Navy Test of Missile Interceptor Successful Abercrombie Signs Big Cable Bill, Demands Openness to All Green Energy Scams Abercrombie Pretends Obamacare is not Attack on Prepaid Health Care Act Fitch: Electronic Medical Records Key to HPH Future Profitability Does Lanai Sale Kill Windfarm? WESPAC Leaders Hammer NOAA “Selective Science” Sen Sam Slom Announces Positions on Dozens of Issues Campaign Cash Flows When Hawaii Lawmakers Are in Session Billionaires likely won’t pay conveyance tax on sale of 88,000 acres on Lanai Whos Who of Tax Credit Scammers Celebrate With Abercrombie Record high arrivals, spending for Hawaii tourism Another DoE Official Heads off to Prison Pacific Media Workers Guild Comments on Hawaii Tribune-Herald's Decision to Shut Down Its Printing Operations Makiki Democrat Organizes Occupy Protests Democrats Get Kids Drunk, Register Them to Vote Forged Female Could Get 20 Years for Forgery Oi: Haleiwa Deal Doesn’t Pass Smell Test Court will not release shooting video Read More..

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 June 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 28901 Views Case, Lingle Set First Debate; Hirono Silent Charles Djou Advances to ‘Contender’ Inouye, Akaka Vote Against Raises for Union Workers Census Bureau: Hawaii Has Lowest Voter Participation in USA After Threatening Hospital Sustainability Fee With Veto, Abercrombie Signs LTC Bill Enviros Launch Another Courtroom Attack on Hawaii Longliners Berg Resolution Seeks End to Funding of 'Rail Propaganda' FULL TEXT: Final Motion for Summary Judgment in Rail Suit Veto Threat: Abercrombie Punishing Hospitals for Refusing Payoff to DoH Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling May Save Hawaii from Health Exchange Abercrombie: State Fiscal Position Very Positive Star-Adv: Is Rail Money Being Used to Influence Mayoral Election? Civil Beat Surveys Mayoral Candidates VIDEO: Pohai Ryan Tangles with Thielen Supporters at Kailua Neighborhood Board Meeting Lorraine Inouye: Audit the DoE Deedy was 'compelled' to shoot, lawyer says Surprise! Big Wind advocates support additional wind solutions Feds Postpone Decision on Monk Seal Protection in Main Hawaiian Islands 90 Percent of Hawaii's Incumbents Running For Re-Election Self-Dealing at Waihee’s ERS ‘Really Stunk’ Kaua‘i Right to Life demonstrates at clinic Hanabusa Blasts Debt Reduction Effort, Demands Tax Increases to Keep Welfare Handouts Flowing Korean AoG Church to Build Work Farm for Homeless 500 Bums, Addicts Rousted in Lahaina Sweep Screaming Ikaika Anderson Threatens Retaliation over Parking Ticket Bill regulating PEOs ‘broad,’ on governor’s likely veto list Kona coffee bill marked for veto State plans new Zipper Lane for afternoon commuters 3rd H-Power Boiler Adds 27 Megawatts Spike in photovoltaic work overloads city’s inspectors Useless Broken Trust Eucalyptus Trees Pile Up at Kawaihae Hawaii is one of Handful of States Which Allow Agency to Do Its Own EIS HPD can help residents establish watch programs High School Students get Hands-On at Summer Engineering Academy Upcoming Dennis Callan Rail Movies Ala Moana plans show confidence Garbage pickup delays stretch people's patience Another Leading gay rights advocate arrested over child porn Court dismisses claim on Marcos assets Read More..

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 June 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 14276 Views Governor Sends Notice of Intent to Veto 19 Bills Illegal Vacation Rentals Behind Opposition to Haleiwa Inn? Lingle, Bipartisan Policy Center Discuss Budget, Healthcare Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted June 25, 2012 Stanford University Paper Looks at Ranked Choice Voting Hawaii Enviro-Democrats Compared to Spanish Inquisitors Abercrombie Threatens Veto of Hospital Fees Because DoH Isn’t Getting Enough of the Money Billionaire One Step Closer to Clinching Lanai Deal Cost of Land at Root of High Cost of Living HART public outreach contracts to be scrutinized Carlisle Returns Council-Approved Budgets — Some Signed, Some Not VoteVets Throws $100K More Behind Gabbard Solar Scammers Trot out Rented Economist Haleiwa Decision Deferred Fontaine Factor - Justice Reinvestment Initiative No opinions issued by Office of Information Practices so far this year. Maui HS Teacher Allegedly took Lewd Photos of 4 year Old 'Pipe Whisperers' Hear The Rustle Of Running Water NOAA Announces New WesPac Appointees New Vehicle Registrations Up 17.8% Read More..

Monday, June 25, 2012 June 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 13529 Views VIDEO: Lingle Campaign Releases New TV Ad Focusing on Economy Mufi to go Negative vs Tulsi? More Than 80 PACs Jump Into 2012 Election Pay to Play: Pacific Resource Partnership registered as Super Pac Big PEOs: We Were Just Trying to Get Positions Staffed at DLIR, Really SA: Letting Lots of Criminals out Early is OK Because We Will Spend More on Victim Services Letter to Larry: How About Letting Lanai Businesses Buy Their Buildings? $80M on Water Main Repairs in 5 years Occupy Beats Law by Moving Junk Around when Tagged Will Obama’s DoJ Hang Deedy out to dry in Civil Suit? UH High-Tech Research: $350K to Distill a Few Gallons of Water Slip-Fall Ship Comes in: But Lawyers aren’t at the Airport (yet)  Read More..

Sunday, June 24, 2012 June 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 14365 Views S&P: Star-Advertiser Parent Company Subject to Cashflow 'Sweep' by Creditors Before Raising Taxes, Look at What We Already Pay VIDEO: Oahu Council District 1 Candidates Face Off Rail: Designed to Fail Failed Psy-Op: Bus Cuts Blow Back on Rail Lobby, Mayor Rail will use more energy than buses or autos Abercrombie Zings Himself Negative Campaigning Works, Outrage Against it is Fake DoH: HI-5 Has no Fraud, Now Gimme the Money More Corporatist Dreams For Lanai 1978 Constitution Creeps Forward over Decades Future Failures: DOE expanding student 'watch list' DoE Insiders Resist RTTT Effort to Bring in non Ed School Grads Charter School Teams up With Grad Students to Build 3-D Printer Gay-Atheist Bullying: Title IX Allows Us to Impose Gay Agenda Gay Activists Use El Paso Suicide to Impose Agenda in Hawaii Schools Soft on Crime: Serial Molester Allegedly Doing it Again Guam: New Saint a Challenge to anti-Colonial Historical Interpretation Haleiwa land auction a bad deal financially and dubious public policy Medical conference explores electronic patient records Star-Adv: Army Should Quit Makua Valley UC Prof: Obama Library will Pollute University with Liberalism WesPac: Deep 7 Targets Remain Unchanged Read More..

Saturday, June 23, 2012 June 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 20229 Views Legislative Candidate Mark Ing: Bin Laden Was “Leading a Movement Against the American Crusade” Hawaii Scores 'F' For Logistics Industry Health Stop Meth not Meds: Big Pharma Applauds Hawaii SB2288 Third in Nation: Hawaii State Debt is $32,700 per taxpayer Honolulu Premiere: "Urbanized" - Designing Cities, Working Cities Takings: ICA Overturns Circuit Court in Leone v County of Maui Lawsuit Threatened Over Transfer of Kakaako to OHA Democrats Consider Expelling Senator Dela Cruz over TOD Bill Pollack: Abercrombie’s Hawaii Supreme Court Pick Will Give Even More to Cultural Practitioners, Enviros Socialists Start Shaking, $10M Falls out of Ellison’s Pocket WSJ: Will Ellison Build More Houses, Hotels on Lanai? Star-Adv Mentions Religious Freedom Rally Archdiocese, Ironworkers Team Up to Raise Money for Canonization Trip Five Point Gay Agenda Determines Endorsements Maui HS Teacher Busted for Sexual Exploitation of Minor MECO, HECO, HELCO Tops in Solar Installations Per Customer Hawaii bracing for largest-ever RIMPAC exercise MMMC Radiology deal expected to save $600,000 per year Local 5 Prepares to Strike Kohala Hotel Sand Island marina plan draws groups' protest Akaka Slips Tribal Bennies into Ag Bill Read More..

Friday, June 22, 2012 June 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 24129 Views Duke Aiona to Speak at Rally for Religious Freedom HGEA Announces Candidate Endorsements for State, County Races Hawaii Sierra Club Announces Endorsements Chief Investments Officer Quitting Hawaii ERS Pro-Rail Leaders, Hirono Also Implicated in Pay to Play Scandal Attorney Challenges State's $200 Million Land Transfer to Native Hawaiian Agency Kamehameha Schools leases Hawaiian Home Lands parcel for Maili learning center 50% of Lanai’s Value in the 2% Ellison Not Buying Media Lawyers Renew Request to Unseal Deedy Video Hawaii Zinged by Two National Reports on State's Growing Liabilities Apple: $439K Salary Not Lucrative Judge orders updates on Makua Valley studies; No live-fire training until surveys complete Bob Jones Opposes Card Check Star-Adv: Ellison Better Learn he is Buying Public Trust First Wind to start transporting Kawailoa Wind turbine parts Molokai Hansen's patients hope to see Cope canonization Groups dig in against mega-malls in S. Maui No Decision on Closing School to Reopen Kulani Prison Justice Reinvestment: No Longer Needing Insanity Defense, Kauai Killer Suddenly No Longer Schizophrenic Justice Reinvestment: Rapist Blames Meth, Walks Free after 1 yr Work slows at Aloha Stadium Thanks to Abercrombie’s Big Mouth Document Problems, People Turned Away Seeking Driver’s License Renewals Troubled Lihue Airport gets New Manager NYT Profiles HPR’s Gene Schiller Glorious Tax Credit Success Story: Hoku’s Nasdaq delisting deadline is July 10 Strategy change after First Wind failed IPO Navy Provides Annual Water Reports to Consumers in Hawaii Suckered by Gore Cult, Willapa Bay oyster grower sounds alarm, starts hatchery in Hawaii Read More..

Thursday, June 21, 2012 June 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 27730 Views FULL TEXT: Application for PUC Approval of Ellison Lanai Buy Justice Reinvestment: Abercrombie Signs Bills Releasing Hundreds of Criminals from Prison Dues Used for Political Activism: Hotel Workers Sue Local 5 Panos Schools Caldwell on Rail, BRT BoE Issues First Year Report, Abercrombie Signs Education Bills Murdock will keep Residence on Lanai and keep rights to develop Windfarm Tax Lien: State Claims Billionaire's Company Owes $333,824 In Back Taxes Hawaii Senators Vote ‘Nay’ on Closing USDA Loopholes for Millionaires Consumers, Retailers to Take Hit Over Bottle Recycling Fee Hike Star-Adv Blames Messenger: Cayetano’s Pay-to-Play Fines Need ‘Context’ BoE Gives Money to Bus Contractors Without Asking What is Being Sacrificed Soft-on-Crime Lobby: Justice Reinvestment is Just the Beginning Is Gary Rodrigues Still in Prison? A Look at Honolulu's Sidewalk Ban Six Months and at Least $100K Later City picks firm to buy, manage 12 affordable housing complexes As state investigates case, a principal gets paid leave HMSA Exec Whines About Hospital Ratings Lt Gov’s Sister sentenced for conspiring to steal AmeriCorps funds in American Samoa HOPE Probation Comes to Lompoc, CA Airline's parent sheds less-than-sleek name and returns to 'go!' AG’s office questions Na Koa’s status Star-Adv Shack Closure Article: 23 Paragraphs to the Fight Scene Council passes bill to prepay county’s retirement fund; Kenoi threatens veto DoH: HPP’s Dirt Roads are a Dust Violation Kapa‘a resident files complaint with PUC against KIUC Smart Meter Program 26,000 to Receive $15 Obamacare Bribe Read More..

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 June 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 27387 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 19, 2012 PEW: Hawaii $21B Short on Pension Funding Four Multi-Millionaires Represent Hawaii in Congress Federal rail funds face $150M reduction Shapiro 25% of Rail is Slush Fund Cayetano Counterpunches After New Blog Attack Rail station designs changing Senate to hold special session to vote on two judicial appointments Hanabusa Looks Stupid After Introducing Unnecessary Amendment Abortionists Rate Case at 100% Roz Baker Faction Deserts her over PEO Bill Act 130 Replaces CSRP, Puts Charters on Performance Contracts Washington Monument Gambit: DOE finalizing list of eliminated bus routes Lanaians Have Lots of Socialist Advice for New Owner Former Molokai Ranch Land Manager tapped as director of Land Use Commission Landowners might get a shot at acquiring city land in Haleiwa Trask, OHA Grab for Geothermal Gold, Hints at Splitting Loot with Ratepayers Fidell: Fly the US Flag at Iolani White recycling bins at schools is long-term investment in brainwashing Over Sierra Club Objections, Hawaii Council Rejects Aerial Eradication Hunts Geothermal Fund to Pay for Activist Propaganda ‘Studies’ Energy, economy top candidate forum KIUC, PUC: You Can ‘Opt Out’ of Smart Meters, but you can’t ‘Opt Out’ of Paying Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions to update state law Read More..

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Letters to the Editor June, 2012 By Letters to the Editor @ 1:50 AM :: 14908 Views Letter to HECO CEO: Windmills Keep Generators Idling at 70% Honolulu Rail Agenda Requires Sabotaging The Best Bus System In The United States Locating Illegals by Throwing Seniors Under Bus? Read More..

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 June 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 17522 Views June 30 Deadline: Rail Funding Depends on New Transportation Bill Rail: Full Funding Grant Agreement Requires Bus Cuts PAYCHECKS HAWAII Rates the 2012 Legislators Abercrombie Proclaims 'Hawaii Pollinator Week' Act 101 Expands DoTAX Subpoena Power Borreca: Closed Primary Preferable to Excluding Candidates Democrat Kanoho Helm: “Party Wants to Dictate Who Can Run” Short $150M: House Transportation Bill only Has $100M for Rail Civil Beat Racializing Deedy Case? Star-Adv: Audit HI-5 Before Hiking Fees Mufi: My Poll Says I’m Waaay Ahead Hirono Cites Debates as Example of ‘Taking Campaign to the People’ Hirono Votes With Dems 98% of the Time Bus Rider Quits After 12 Years Lanai May be Sold by the End of this Week Buyer pursues Lanai KSBE to Redevelop Puck’s Alley? John Carroll Recognized by Eagle Forum VIDEO Prof Accuses Hinshaw, Apple of ‘Stealing Money from People of Hawaii’ NOTE TO CHIEF JUDGE Alex Kozinski of the 9th Circuit: you left out something in your letter to Senators Sessions and Grassley! Murderer Corbit Ahn Sues, Claiming Guards Arranged Jailhouse Beating Licensing Employee Get Prison for Selling Fake Drivers Licenses to Illegals E-Cigs Not Covered by Smoking Regs House Passes CAPAC Chair Judy Chu’s Resolution of Regret for the Chinese Exclusion Act Read More..

Monday, June 18, 2012 June 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 18207 Views NYT Editorial: Lingle Deserves Credit for Creativity To Get More Federal Medicaid Funds, Hawaii Joins Hospital Tax Bandwagon Feds: Hawaii Too Small to Succeed with Health Exchange Planned Rail Extensions: $266,207 per rider HART's $3M Noise Machine UH Manoa ‘Confucius Institute’: Chinese Communist Party Celebrates its Influence in Hawaii Farmers, vendors protest shutdown of Haleiwa Farmers Market Poll - Stunning Turnaround In Hawaii's CD2 Race Hirono Camp: Case Strategy From ‘Fantasy Island’ Five Minute Lingle Video on all Stations Tonight 10:30PM Another Failed Civil Beat ‘Fact’ Check Fontaine’s fundraising event a success The End of New Jersey’s Solar Gold Rush, and the Beginning of Hawaii’s SA: NELHA Insular, Dysfunctional Venture Capital Startup Accelerator: Hawaii About to Waste Another $2M on Tax Credit Scammers Technical education real-world emphasis is drawing more high school students Wastewater tunnel a threat to homes, residents fear Hiccups in pickups rankling residents Is Hawaii's Redistricting Process Open and Transparent? Federal judges defend Maui conference as cost-effective Charitable event aims to give to the needy more food and services than last year Read More..

Sunday, June 17, 2012 June 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 19391 Views Djou: Hawaii Small Businesses Deserve Better than an 'F' Case: Hirono Pandering, Hiding, Living in a Fantasy World Micronesia’s future between China and the US Kalaeloa Renewable Energy Park: Community Leaders Demand EIS Beware of Misleading Assumptions for Tax Relief VIDEO: Honolulu Rail Continues to Fleece the Taxpayer; Bill 33 Vote on HART Bond Budget Chamber of Commerce: Hirono, Case Both Mediocre City Burns Through $88M of Rail Reserves After Cutting Busses, Yoshioka Points to Bus Overcrowding as Reason to Build Rail Few favor recycling fee hike while State Paying for Non-Existent Containers Crooks, Cronies Jump Into Hawaii Solar Business HLRB to Decide if State can impose its "last, best" contract offer OHA had No Data and No Justification DoTax Director Late With Financial Disclosure Where will Hawaii-bound Marines live and work? Fathers have big influence on daughters Rent-a-Poll, Protests follow Waimanalo Success: Humane Society Launches Attack on Aquarium Collectors Star-Adv Workers Decertify Union McKinley HS 1942: Life Before Gramsci Insufficient deaths to put a traffic light in Aiea Hawaii Council candidates receive $195,000 in public funds Usual Gaggle of Professional Protesters Oppose Navy Training on Big Isle Brits: If we want an effective penal system, we should copy Hawaii Read More..

Saturday, June 16, 2012 June 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:46 PM :: 14421 Views Favored Nations: Abercrombie Signs over Millions to HGEA, UHPA Abercrombie Evicts Haleiwa Farmers Market, Blames Organizers Your Act 221Tax Credit Dollars At Work: Hopeless Hoku Forms Restructuring Committee State Appeals Court: Individuals Cannot Sue to Determine Vacation Rental in Violation Abercrombie Lied, Evicted Farmers Market on Two Days Notice HECO Bills Up $61/month Quick-cash fund for rail OK'd Federal Prosecutors Accuse The Shack Attorney Michael Green of Conflicts Of Interest Shack Waikiki Owes $500,000 In Back Rent, Facing Closure Tweekers Busted at Queen St Gambling Den Manager of Waimanalo Puppy Mill Extradited back to Hawaii Maui Council Wants to Extend Term of Office Hawaii Latest State To Drop Surplus Lines Tax Sharing FilCom Center in Waipahu celebrates its 10th anniversary Hidden History and Divergent Opinions Found in Untranslated Hawaiian Newspapers Read More..

Friday, June 15, 2012 June 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 17201 Views Hawaiian’s Big Growth Gamble Hawaii Loses 10 Construction Jobs a Day as Rail Work Begins New Research on Children of Same-Sex Parents Suggests Differences Matter FACE: Hawaii Home Health Aides Underpaid Maui News: Ideologically Rigid Hirono Pie in the Sky Ideas Republican Handlers Working for Case Campaign Lingle TV channel has pros puzzled, but it's bold Former Hawaii Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona will preside over weddings Should we ask how the governor missed his constitutional deadline? Takata: Kaneshiro Too Tough on Crime Crabbe: Akaka Bill vs Roll Commission? Consideration of a motion to dismiss case against a U.S. agent is no longer scheduled SA: Flawed PEO Bill Should be Vetoed OHA Creates Excuse for $53M in Pork Legal Analysis Says Courts Would Have Rejected Party Challenge to Thielen Caldwell Issues List of Bus Questions to Cayetano Lawsuits next for Koa Ridge, Hoopili developments The companies behind the city’s sewage sludge budget battle David Murdock trying to sell Lanai Isle home care aides' wages lowest among Pacific states DoE to Inventory Schools, Looking for Real Estate Profits Read More..

Thursday, June 14, 2012 June 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 24979 Views Undercover Video Catches Hawaii Planned Parenthood Offering Sex-Selection Abortions Oahu's Untapped Hydroelectric Resources US Flag Ships 'Grey-listed', Detained Overseas Due to Poor Maintenance Pentagon Cuts Could Eliminate Commissaries, Exchanges State Dept. Video: 'Visit America: It's Easier than You Think' Rally for Religious Freedom Saturday June 30 House Republicans: Veto the PEO Bill Hawaii to be First State to Set Up Obamacare Exchange? Judicial Selection Commission Appoints Cahill Hawaii Democrats Eat Their Own Hirono: My Colleagues Don’t Hear Me Yelling from the Far Left Justice Reinvestment Begins: Inmate Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison Eligible For Furlough Church battles efforts to ease deadlines on sex abuse suits Foreclosures Sink to 4-year low Hawaii Solar Installations Jump 45%, State a Leading target of Scammers Kawamoto Becoming Excuse for Attack on Property Rights Incompetent Abercrombie Administration Angers Farmers Kauai Luddites Hire Ousted KSBE Trustee to Launch Harassment Suit against Seed Growers W. Maui parkway plan is revived Candidate forums slated across Big Island Punatics Grab For Second Geothermal Fund Read More..

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 June 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 21819 Views Hirono’s Netroots Nation: Ed Case "Odious, Turd, BoyToy" Abercrombie Two Days Late With Judicial Nomination Emergency Proclamation: Abercrombie Suspends Procurement Code, Environmental Regs for Maui Hwy Project Vandals Seen Destroying Papaya Trees in Puna Lingle Highlights Commitment to Emergency Preparedness DoH to Grab 50% More Bottle Deposit Money Do Solar Panels Produce as Much Energy as Consumed in their Manufacture? Some Solar Panels Produce More Greenhouse Gasses Than Coal Communist Party Mourns UPW Co-Founder Avelino ‘Abba’ Ramos Honolulu Rail Agenda Requires Sabotaging The Best Bus System In The United States Boylan: Republicans Could Pick Up Two Senate Seats Veteran Democrat Leader Resigns over Thielen Flap Hirono 49% – 44% Over Lingle Cayetano Slips Below 50% Mark, May Face Runoff Future of rail, development hinge on mayoral election Hirono, Case Pledge to Raise Social Security taxes, Case Would Cut Benefits, Too What’s Good for Solar Scammers is Good for Hawaii? Ono Good! Decision expected soon on sea turtle petition With Video Safely Tucked Away, Prosecutor Claims Deedy Started Fight Man files lawsuit accusing dead Kailua priests of sexual abuse in 1973 Man arrested in threat against mayor of Maui Humane Society Takes Aim at Aquarium Collectors, Deploys Ward Rent-a-Poll Anti-Military Activists Deploy Debunked Sonar Claims Again Read More..

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 June 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 10486 Views VIDEO: Lingle Releases First TV Ad Last Case-Hirono Debates This Week Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted June 11, 2012 LaFrance Announces Campaign for SD3 Kona, Kau After 40 Years Without a Plan, NELHA Claims Pork is Good for Kona GRIH: Up and Down on Rail GRIH: Federal Indian Policy: Challenges to Hawaii Feds Investigating Bay Clinic as Pill Mill Poll Case Support in Dem Primary Comes from Non-Democrats, Hirono Support comes from Obamabots Broke, Democrats Chicken Out of Lawsuit to Challenge Thielen HGEA Boss Fears Lack of Leadership After Octogenarians, Septuagenarians Gone 9% of Hawaii Teens Attempted Suicide Last Year OHA ‘Accomplishments’ Include Blocking Drug Treatment Center on Kauai Lieutenant in alleged OT scam was previously fired by HPD Roz Baker Behind Attack on PEOs ACT 221 Scammers Gather for ‘Clean Energy’ Forum Syed Qadri to be sentenced in $100M Honolulu Fraud LWV: Bus Cuts are Racist Hannemann Final Radio Show Prompts Opponent To Seek Equal Time Star-Adv: Out of Control Beach Weddings must be regulated, taxed Feds Propose Adding 40 More Endangered Species in Maui County Matson lowering fuel surcharge Marines' copter plan raises fear of noise  Read More..

Monday, June 11, 2012 June 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 13415 Views Lingle Campaign Launches Cable TV Channel 110 Hee: Sandwich Isles Communications "Will Quickly Face Bankruptcy" Kamehameha Day: Abercrombie, Hirono, Akaka, Inouye sending Hawaiians to tribalism? Hirono Pleased as Nutroots Boo Case, Apologizes again for not being Gay Nurse: HGEA is a Lousy Union Compared to HNA Move to Natural Gas Could Kill 25% of Refineries’ Business HTA Homestudy Charter School Back on Track DoE Bus Decision: Hire a Consultant to do a Study Hawaii Lobbyist Irregularities Not Audited Rep Doc Hastings Seeks Overhaul of Endangered Species Act NELHA Under Pressure SA: Patients should act as consumers, too Federal fire union expresses concern over reduction in manpower on Oahu's leeward side Future of Haleiwa Farmers' Market remains uncertain Carlisle set to discard school recycling sites Single-family homes at ‘sale’ prices on Maui Derelict lots spur calls for harsher penalties NYT: Pakalolo is Obama’s Connection to Hawaii and Green Harvest Led to Meth Epidemic Barack Obama's transsexual nanny Evie in fear for her life in Jakarta slum Read More..

Sunday, June 10, 2012 June 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 17060 Views Bungled Again as Revenue Forecast is Curtailed Ansaldo Employee: Focus is Entirely on Gaining a Project, Not on Doing Anything Useful Letter to HECO CEO: Windmills Keep Generators Idling at 70% Rail Plan Calls for 472,000 More Cars on Road Teacher, Oceanographer Running for HD 6 Kona VIDEO: More Thoughts On Honolulu Rail And The Sufficiency Of Archaeological Review VIDEO: Kalbert Young Follows the Money Will Harry Kim Knock Out ‘The Next Big Thing’ Council Challenges Kenoi’s Looting of Retirement Accounts Hawaii Bankers Worry over Taxmageddon Roughly 700 columns are planned to go up along the 20-mile route SA: Koa Ridge Means Rail must go to Mililani When it Comes to Promoting Honolulu Rail, Handlers are Everywhere Abercrombie to Celebrate 74th With 3,000 Lobbyists Cabanilla, DelaCruz, Nishimoto Ethics Violations State-Sponsored Molesters Safe Thanks to Abercrombie, Legislature Legislation called ‘attack on small businesses’ Geothermal: Hawaii County Buys out NIMBYs, Then Sells to new NIMBYs Daily Beast Highlights Tulsi Gabbard Obama's sister to help in for re-election campaign Hawaii Timeshares Grow 23% Since 2008 Territorial Savings Bank ripe for picking Awards underscore Army's commitment to the aina North Korea: no nuclear test planned at present Read More..

Saturday, June 9, 2012 June 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 18177 Views Naval Shipbuilding and Repair goes Awry OHA's Kippen Appointed Homeless Tsar Governor Releases $20 Million for Various CIPs Statewide Board Approves Matson Separation from A&B Hawaii, Air Force sign ‘clean’ energy deal Hirono Skips Vote as House Cuts $150M from Rail Timing: Federal Approval of Rail Funding Closely Tracks Honolulu Mayor’s Election Hawaii Dem Operative Andy Winer Proposed as Federal Judge? Thielen Donated to Hawaii GOP Candidates Losing $65M/year, More Hawaii Hospitals at Risk State Approves Hoopili, Court Challenge Expected Occupy Honolulu Now the Longest Continuous Occupy Protest Bill to Remove Luddites, NIMBYs from Area of Geothermal Plant Passes First Reading Rift over political spending divides HGEA Parent Union Honolulu city government: near zero bang for the buck City Bureaucracy: Permit Required to Trim Tree Which Fell on Elderly Couple Laupahoehoe Charter School new hires, meetings set Kamehameha Day festivities kick off with draping of lei Read More..

Friday, June 8, 2012 June 8, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 13037 Views Potential Buyers of HMC West to Participate in Leeward Job Fair Financing Underwrites Matson Separation from A&B BOSS Survey: Profits Up, Optimism Strong Hirono Flip-Flops on Lilly Ledbetter Hirono defends sex-selective abortions Deedy Case: Redacted Text of Motion for Dismissal Eric Marshall, Senate Dist 10 -- Last Candidate on the Ballot The Rundown: A look at Competitive Legislative Races Fifth of state legislators get free ride into office Democrats Praise Kawakami for being Gracious Loser Who Obeys his Gay Lords Bullying still problem, survey finds Lift age limit for state judges Abercrombie to Name new Homeless Tsar 10 years later LUC Approves Koa Ridge Again UH chancellor's perks: car and moving allowances plus tenured faculty job Lanai Demands Statewide Energy Plan Before Cable Built Groups in Hawaii, 12 other states, want U.S. to block Internet bets Why Gas Prices are Higher in the West Hanabusa, Hirono Vote Against Medical Innovation Fitch Affirms County of Hawaii GO Bonds at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable Rand Paul Endorses Romney Lord Christopher Monckton To Keynote Carroll Fundraiser This Friday Obama Tells Rich WeHo Gays, Marines in Kaneohe Want Them Read More..

Thursday, June 7, 2012 June 7, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 12878 Views How Safe are Hawaii Hospitals? Liz Larson Announces Hawaii State Senate Campaign Lingle Celebrates B-Day With 2,000 Supporters Statewide 66 Republicans Running for Office in Hawaii Supreme Court Hearing: The Next Big Hawaii Water Case DHHL Tax Case: Final Brief in Corboy v Louie 9th Circuit: Hawaii's Regulation Of Commercial Beach Weddings Does Not Violate First Amendment Rick Hamada: 5 Questions with News Maker Robert Thomas Elected Officials Pressure Democratic Party to Lay off Thielen Lawsuit Star-Adv: Solar tax credits may be too costly Council passes bill for $450M line of credit to rail project Council OKs nearly $2 billion budget Rail Contractor Uses Public Money to Lobby Council? Honolulu Rail Cost Rising By $2.7M Council Chair Accuses Mayor of 'Quid Pro Quo' Politics on Sewage Project Turtle Bay manager Appointed to Burial Council 'Mass exodus' of lawyers from prosecutor's office Deedy Motions, Video to be Considered by Court July 13 Abercrombie Should Just Say No to SB2424 Are Hawaii Lobbyists Required to Disclose Spending? Campaign Spending Commission survey seeks public feedback VIDEO: Hunters speak out against plan to fence Ka’u Forest State set to lease out Kewalo Basin $200M System to Chill Downtown Buildings Read More..

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 June 6, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 12928 Views The Year of Living Abercrombie: Recovery Stops, Hawaii Economy Shrinks 0.2% Abercrombie Nominates Judge Pollack to Supreme Court Incumbents facing off in redrawn districts CB: These races are competitive Garcia: Raise Bus Fares to Pay for Rail City officials do the do-si-doon repaying $450M rail loan School bus cuts are too deep, board says The Truth Hurts: Hawaii Hospitals Score ‘C’ or Worse in National Patient Safety Survey Star-Adv: Nurture isle tourism carefully Sludge Digester Egg Back on Council Radar DSCC Screaming about Government-Mandated Pay Hikes for Women or Something Alaskan Native Co Buys out Hawaiian Native Co Taking the wind out of wind energy’s sails Senator Espero Discuses ‘Future Legislation’ With Occupy Honolulu Dope Priest Still in Jail After Allegedly Dealing Dope on Bail Court says Hawaii may regulate commercial beach weddings Read More..

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 June 5, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 21099 Views Fires at Kahuku Windfarm Released 'Reactive' Particles, $2M Damage Volcanic Haze: Debunking the 'Science' Behind EPA's Particulate Regs Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted June 4, 2012 Full Text: 2011 Hawaii Youth Tobacco Survey Isle economist lambasts 'clean energy' tax policy Gary Hooser Quitting Abercrombie Administration? Why Run? GOP Candidate Says She's 'Fed Up' Star-Adv Questions Bus Service Cuts Harry Kim running for mayor Hawaii Co Council Proposes Clearing Morons, Luddites from Vicinity of Geothermal Plants UH Instructors wait 6 weeks for paycheck Suicide Leading Cause of Fatal Injuries in Hawaii State, EPA, Enviros Join to Assault Agricultural Use of Pesticides 700 Repossessed Homes Sold under Quitclaim Deed Leads to Lawsuit Bankruptcies in isles decline by 34 percent Energy Debate at Hawai`i Democratic Party Convention Hawaii Scores “D-“ on Lobbying Regs Deedy Prosecutor Slaps Down Civil Beat As Bus Cuts Take Effect, Council To Urge A Second Look Use of public transit is soaring in 2012 Voters have turned against California bullet train, poll shows Education official from American Samoa gets 2 years in jail Read More..

Monday, June 4, 2012 June 4, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:41 PM :: 22145 Views CoR: Solar Tax Credit Scammers Will Take $491M More than Projected Over 50% of HSTA Members Voted on Rejected Contract Full Text: Sierra Club Candidate Questionnaire Filing Deadline for 2012 Election Tuesday 4:30PM Republicans replace Democrats as the advocates of environmental protection DoE Refusing to Release Results of Student Surveys Iwi in Limbo as Oahu Burial Council's Hiatus Hits Record Five Months Mazie Hides Behind Handlers Civil Beat Hawaii Lobbying Laws Fall Short Because Christians Were Allowed to Meet Legislators Hanalei Farmers market Closed by Permitting Issues, NIMBY Attacks KSBE want condo conversion at Pagoda Supreme Court Instructs Judges to Make it Even Easier for Criminal Defendants New taro team will take over operation OHA is giving up Hi-Tech Parking Meters Hit Chinatown Star-Adv: Eradicate Axis Deer UH Manoa Profs’ Hype About Tsumani Debris Conceals Scheme to Keep CNMI Poor Hundreds of Mormons march in gay pride parade in Salt Lake City Read More..

Sunday, June 3, 2012 June 3, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 26814 Views "But Businesses Can Pass Along Their Taxes, Residents Can’t" Obama's Puck's Alley Drug Dealer Killed by Gay Lover European Budget Cuts Threaten Mauna Kea Telescopes Borreca: Senate May Go Republican With or Without Lingle Victory Thielen: Democratic Party of Hawaii acting against democratic principles Wind Farm Bulldozers at Work Without Approved Archaeological Plan “Common Core” DoE Crony Contractors to Score $54M Cayetano: Enhanced bus system, with Free Wi-Fi, is the way to go Changes to bus routes start today Bus Contractor Pitches School Busses as Rail Alternative Census: Cost of Hawaii Oil Imports Fluctuates Wildly SA: Natural gas worthy option for Hawaii Did broken airport beacon contribute to fatal air crash near Lihue? Civil Rights Watchdog to Run for State House Fontaine Factor - Agriculture in Hawaii Better Government with Rep. Marumoto and Beth Fukumoto Time with Barbara Marumoto - Small Business No reason to fear debris, NOAA says Hawaii to receive more than $2.8 million for Eco Make Work Jobs "Tegara osele na wo nokose", To leave a name behind Ironing gives Cayetano peace and spending money Hawaii County Writes Yet Another Report on Sustainability Read More..

Saturday, June 2, 2012 June 2, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 16075 Views Call for Criminal Investigation of Hanabusa's Campaign Loans HECO looks at natural gas to help shave power costs Malihini Demand EPA use Vog as Excuse to Shut Down Cane Fires Foreclosure practices prompt suit Panetta: Pentagon to shift warships to Pacific Hirono in Congress Sits on Sidelines Pro Bowl: A New Day for Sandwiches Pro-Rail Group Steps Up Offensive CAMPAIGN SIGNS STOLEN DURING OPENING OF OAHU HEADQUARTERS Hirono, Case to debate Chang Won’t Seek Re-election to State House Harry Kim to Block Kenoi Reelection? Council Rejects Election Year Pay Raise United Kingdom council to cease operating Mauna Kea telescopes Apply strict rules for use of Tasers Work begins on Kapolei affordable rental project Waimea Middle School earns ‘candidacy for accreditation Document suggests that boy, 4, killed by stomping Maui police officer indicted in sex-assault case involving minor Alleged Homosexual Rapist Arrested at Homeless Camp Read More..

Friday, June 1, 2012 June 1, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 22149 Views Hawaii Family Forum Launches Voter Registration Drive Abercrombie Releases Legislative Wrap-Up Video Rail Suit Ruling May Contain 'Poison Pill' Failure to Stop Solar, Wind Tax Credit Scams Cuts State Growth 2.2% Two Years of Mindless State Bureaucracy Block Reopening of HMC Hospitals After Grabbing Charity Money from Hospitals, DoH Cancels QUEST Cutbacks Hoku Solar May be Forcibly Sold in Bankruptcy GasCo Will Begin Importing Natural Gas for Electric Generation No Decision yet on Thielen Suit Boylan: The Real Mudslinging is Yet to Come Abercrombie Stops Assigning DHHL Leases, Civil Beat Blames Lingle Kenoi Continues to Loot Pension Funds Bus Cuts for Rail Begin Sunday Tourism at Beginning of Five Year Growth Cycle? Obama Puts Palin Appointee on 9th Circuit Caldwell Publishes Roadmap to Future Judge OKs seal on videos of killing by agent Honolulu Gay Parade to feature its first gay military color guard Hawaii Has Access to State Procurement Regs Ingested radiation no worse than any other type of toxin SA: Keep memorials under control After 20 Years, Maui Short-Term Rental Law Passed Boy slain on Valley Isle Returned to Abusive Parents by state, tutu says ‘Napalm girl’ photo turns 40 Read More..