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Sunday, June 30, 2013 June 30, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 4572 Views Need to Make Everyone Pay Their Fair Share for Roads Various laws and budgets take effect on Monday Buying Second Term: Lobbyist Leads 500 at Million Dollar Abercrombie Fundraiser Abercrombie Poops on Everything Protesters rally for religious freedom at State Capitol Bond Financing to Reduce Housing Cost Obamacare: Rich Get Private Doctors, Everybody Else Gets Socialized Medicine Slater: Give Incentives to Medical Consumers Prisoners do not receive timely medical treatment, lawsuits say Hospital infections 'considerably' low for local patients Waikiki Residents Organize to Drive out Criminals VIDEO: Pro-GMO rally encircles Hilo government buildings Disgusting Organic Berries Sicken 127 and Counting Sailors Win, Matson Forced to Pay for Its Own Overpriced Jones Act Ships More Kakaako Schemes New School for Kapolei Anahola DHHL Blocks BioMess Tree-Burning Scheme Progressives Angered Because Hanaubsa Hasn't Voted to Destroy Hawaii's Last Cane Plantation Wailuku Post Office: Mayor Attempts to Head Off Phony Scandal Read More..

Saturday, June 29, 2013 June 29, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:16 PM :: 3653 Views Religious Liberty: Federal Court Blocks Abortion Mandate Obama: Churches Will not be Required to Conduct Gay Marriages Premature Action: 9th Circuit Illegally Allows Gay Marriages to Begin In Sudden Reversal, HIRA Comes out Against Gay Marriage Abercrombie Signs Four More Bills, Defends Shark Fin Ban Guam: Legislators, Media Protest Jones Act 'Monster of the Pacific Rim' The People Don't Want This: Fearing Angry Voter Backlash, Legislators Consider Special Session to Force Gay Marriage on Hawaii Matson: Workers Must Take Pay Cut so we can Pay for Overpriced Jones Act Ships Zunin: Health Care Reform Causing More Problems than it is Solving Star-Adv: DHHL needs fed oversight Obama Causes Hawaii personal income to fall for first time in nearly 4 years City to enforce new homeless law Lunatics, Criminals to be Barred from Employment as Security Guards, Deadline Monday HPD Sickout Caused by Demand Officers Show up for Work on Time HB998 on Veto List: Bird Recue Seeks to Tap Bankrupt Barrel tax Fund Obsession: Thousands Testify, DLNR Then Bans Spear Fishing Commission shoots down plan to burn trees for energy Data a sign that hotel, food and other prices are too high Read More..

Friday, June 28, 2013 June 28, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 3752 Views Voting Rights: Hawaii Moves to Top of Enforcement List? Truth in Accounting: Hawaii worst place in country to do business EFF Sues FBI For Access to Hawaii Facial-Recognition Records Full Text: DoD ‘Briefing Card’ on Same Sex Benefits Rep. Ward seeks assurance that public data will be protected under SB1003 Snakes in the Budget: Bite Estimated at $300M Study: Most of Hawaii's commercial seafood is imported Can the Median Household afford the Median Home on Oahu? Auditor: Continued state regulation of amateur boxing is unnecessary State Senate Shakes Up Committee Structure Nevada, Hawaii marriage cases Will Give Supreme Court Opportunity to Mandate Nationwide Gay Marriage Gay Marriage: Abercrombie Prefers Litigation to Legislation Slom: Republicans Need Contested Primaries Feds Commit Another $250M for Honolulu Rail Scared Progressives Try to Jawbone Hanabusa out of Primary Hawaii Lawmakers Awarded $12,000 Pay Hike Ethics: Will Contractors Be Allowed to Buy Dinner for 100s of State Employees? Foreclosure fight, potential class action lawsuit? Officers call in sick After Commanders Force them to Patrol Guard Helped Samoan Prison Gang Freedom to Farm Rally Against Luddites 3 more cases of hepatitis A in isles linked to Organic berry mix AARP Holds Statewide Forums on Social Security & Medicare Voting Rights: Racism Still Alive ... In Hawaii? Washington D.C. fed court dismisses Samoa citizenship lawsuit Willie: Increase Property Taxes on Ag Subdivisions or I Quit Former teacher gets 10 years in meth case Civil Beat Visits NSA, Does Restaurant Review Read More..

Friday, June 28, 2013 Letters to the Editor June, 2013 By Letters to the Editor @ 6:47 PM :: 5027 Views Honolulu to Look Like Hong Kong Governor plans to hand OHA 2014 to incumbents  Roz Baker, Queen of Union Puppets The Evil in America Today Major Tragedy And Disgrace - Iwi Kupuna at Ewa Plantation Cemetery Read More..

Thursday, June 27, 2013 June 27, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 5199 Views The Supreme Court’s Marriage Decisions by the Numbers Abercrombie: Supreme Court Ruling Supports My Position in Hawaii Gay Marriage Lawsuit NRDC: Hawaii Ranked 4th in Beachwater Quality Abercrombie Signs Seven Ag Bills Animal Cruelty: Abercrombie Signs Six Bills Mizuno Capitulates as Gay Democrats Threaten 11 Legislators With Expulsion Gay Advertiser Dreams of Hawaii Case Being Used to Mandate Gay Marriage Nationwide Dems, Gays, Media Plan Gay Marriage Agenda Danger: Honolulu Officials Planning Massive Property Tax Hikes Loss of services drives up mental illness costs Trans-Pacific Partnership: Sugar a Big Loser in Secret Trade Negotiations GMOs: 600 Intelligent People face off with Morons, Luddites 6,700 Hawaii security guards Ignore Criminal Background Check deadline Deaf community to get service center after lobbying nearly 50 years Waikiki Homosexual Murder Ends in Conviction Conservationists asking for transparency over Hanauma Bay money Mililani top ‘booming’ suburb in Hawaii $100M in State Bonds to Back Solar Scammers Maui Low Income Housing Project Owes $8M WMSA: Death of a Profitable NonProfit Read More..

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 June 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 3526 Views Vogue: Tulsi Gabbard Urged to Run for Governor Tax fraud, obstruction of justice no obstacle to Honolulu cop’s pension Hawaii: An Energy and Economic Analysis Act 137: Abercrombie Creates New HGEA Bargaining Unit Jones Act: Horizon, USCG Agree to Use of Foreign Shipyards for LNG Conversion Hawaii Family Forum: Gay Marriage Decision ‘Disappointing’ Full Text US Supreme Court Gay Marriage Decisions Reaction to Gay Marriage Decision Slom proves he's bipartisan by being quarrelsome to all 26,000 Receive Estimated Water Bills -- Could Take Months to correct PUC Special Fund Keeps Hawaii's Electric Bills High KOS: Will ILWU Endorse Hanabusa? Exodus of Rep. Gabbard's Senior Staff May Cloud Political Star's Rise Another $2,000-A-Head Fundraiser For Abercrombie GMOs: Luddites Attack on Two Fronts Reclaiming sidewalks a priority City to scrap towing firm contract Read More..

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 June 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 4730 Views Productivity and Innovation: Hawaii Tumbles from ‘A’ to ‘F’ Governor plans to hand OHA 2014 to incumbents  Governor Signs School Readiness Bill, Early Learning Director Quits Abercrombie Sends Notice of ‘Intent to Veto’ 9 Bills, Line-Item 10th Honolulu Traffic: Most ‘Lane-Deficient’ City in USA Schatz “Mind Numbingly Stupid” Akaka Bill Back Door?  Schatz, Danner, Obama Push DoI to Oversee DHHL Waikiki Hotels Flooded With Homeless Up to 3rd Floor "Compassionate disruption" to Drive Bums off Streets into Shelters New law falls short of the governor's call for a universal education readiness initiative Bills Abercrombie Plans to Sign  Solar Scammers: PUC Decision Means More Money for Us Gabbard: Joe Trippi Saved me from Myself many Times Sam Slom Gets Trippi Babes Against Biotech Flip Out Proposed pesticide regulation by Kauai County draws fire Councilmember questions fairness of water billing fee Embattled Hawaii Nonprofit Enjoyed Tens of Millions in Military Dollars Nobody Interested in Abercrombie's Sequestration Task Force Brainwashing: Students Learn to Support Gay 'Marriage' But they Don't Know What a 'State' is Newsflash: Waikiki, HNL Airport Built by Global Warming Deniers Bills would expand smoking bans Kauai Councilor Proposes 833% Hike in Dog Taxes Read More..

Monday, June 24, 2013 June 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4572 Views LA Times: California ‘Non-Partisan’ Primary ‘Weakened Democracy’ Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 24, 2013 DLNR Seeks Savings on Dead Whales Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 25th in Children's Well-Being Rail Forum: What Happens When Transit Consumes 19%? Dog Fight: Inouye's Enforcer Sabas, Boylan sign on to Hanabusa Campaign Six Weeks Left and Still No Teacher Evaluation Plan Geothermal: OHA Gives Money to Cronies in Grab for $5B Tax credits: "Basically nobody really understands" Public Utilities Commission Order to Transfer Money to Green Energy Scammers Read More..

Sunday, June 23, 2013 June 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 3947 Views Needed Services Should be Paid by Users of the Service Kailua HS Underwater Robotics Team Heads to International Meet Star-Adv: Hawaii Must Adopt Louisiana Jungle Primary or Risk Becoming a Two-Party Democracy like Alaska Hirono a Complete Failure in Immigration Debate Anderson: City Will do Just Fine Without Double-Dipping, Vacant Positions Unannounced item removals could begin by month's end HCDA Fast Tracking Four More Projects for Kakaako UH College of Education: We are like Country Music Singer, so Just Ignore Rankings How to Kiss up to Mercado Kim UH Manoa Marxists Work to Block Hawaiian VP Due to Military Ties After All Mitsunaga's BS, Kobayashi Delivers UH Hilo Dorm on Time  Read More..

Saturday, June 22, 2013 June 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 3413 Views Schatz: Believe in Global Warming or "Be Run Out of Town" Limbaugh: Hirono Creates Pathway to Welfare for Illegals Molokai’s Larry Helm dies Was Honolulu Rail Designed by Global Warming Deniers? Caldwell Takes a Stand for Vacant Positions, Double Dipping Abercrombie Signs SB1025 Loosening Home Loan Qualifications Low Unemployment in Hawaii, But We’re Still Broke Jobless rate lowest in five years, but many construction workers still benched Caldwell to let city budget take effect without his signature Maui News: Council Knew Post Office Was Going to be Demolished Energy cost negates electric car savings for isle residents Solar Scammers Get 90% Curtailment Protection in Latest Deal Trash chute boy fell down was cited for violation Supreme Court To Hear Oral Arguments In Pflueger Pila`A 400 Runoff Case Nurse files racial discrimination lawsuit against Queen's Medical Center Drug Dealer 100 lbs gets 2 years Kona Overrun with Homeless Panhandlers Read More..

Friday, June 21, 2013 June 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 3713 Views Rep McDermott: Dep't of Health Obstructing VA Loans HI unfunded liabilities: Unpredictable tsunami or government-made disaster? Schatz Immigration Bill Amendment: Embrace Global Warming Hype to Enter USA Narcissism as a Marketing Strategy: PepsiCo Says Honolulu 9th Most Susceptible Town Hall Meeting on the ‘Ewa Development Plan Feds Release Economic Report on U.S. Shipyards Governor Releases $134.7 Million for Hawaii Schools 1978: Waihee, Souki, Ihara, Fukunaga Endorse Closed Primary Matson Strike Looms: July 1 Deadline TRICARE: Lack of Telemarketers Behind Failure to Approve Medical Care for Thousands 43 Positions Created for Hawaii Health Exchange Civil Beat: Mazie Hirono is a Rockstar Kakaako: More Development News Local Enough To Be UH Prez? Take Our Quiz! Former police officer faces drug charges after raids on his house FBI looking into Dinnan case Hooser introduces GMO Moratorium bill Island Air to Buy Go! New Kapolei Refinery Owner Also Owns H-Power Bakken Boom Cutting West Coast Imports of Crude US Trafficking in Persons Reports omit notable failures of prosecution in Hawaii Hawaii County increases park fees Bridges: Maui Leads State in Structural Deficiency Councilmember Pine Launches New District One Website Read More..

Thursday, June 20, 2013 June 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 3478 Views Rothenberg: Gabbard Could Challenge Abercrombie Stop Rail Appeal Hearing Set for August 15 Importing Boston’s Failures to Honolulu Hawaii Insurance Agents Debate Obamacare HECO Plans to Give Away Millions to Wind Scammers, Lock in Ultra-High Rates Pilot project reducing institutional placement of at-risk youths Obamacare: HHSC EMRs to Punch $100M Hole in State Budget Council Budget Challenges 'Personal Services Contract' Scam Matson Strike Deadline July 1 Will Kakaako boom stress its infrastructure? Kakaako Development Schemes Erupt Everywhere Oi: Dems Primary Lawsuit Splits Party behind Rigid Facade Governor approves 2 bills on super PAC disclosures Caldwell Snubs the 98.5%: Suggests Eliminating Traffic Lane on King Street Regents Focus on Local Non-Academic Hire for UH President CNN: Counting Welfare Queens, Hawaii is Very Entrepreneurial Progressives Eager to Grab Non-Profit Money Previously Reserved for Old Boys Feds: Hawaii Must Repay Half-Million Dollars in Stimulus Money Representative McDermott calls press conference to challenge Abercrombie administration’s obstruction of VA loans.  Read More..

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 June 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3872 Views Republicans: Our Primary Will Remain 'Open' as Hawaii Democratic Party Sues for Closed Primary Full Text: Hawaii Democrats' Lawsuit Demanding Closed Primary Joe Trippi to Speak in Hawaii: "Better Schools Aren't a Partisan Issue" Spying: Obama Loses 17% Among Youth Hu Honua Biomass Construction Halted as Pipefitters, Boilermakers Fight for Control Oahu Karst Cave Videos and Photos NCTQ Report: UH Education Departments Among Nation's Worst National Governors Assoc to Assist Hawaii Early Learning Program HART West Oahu Community Meetings to Discuss Rail Station Design Gays Behind Closed Primary Suit: Opposed by Virtually All elected Democrats Five Days to Deadline, 200 Bills Await Abercrombie Signature UH Ed School Pushes Back Against 'Worst-in-Nation' Rap Making Waves: Kelii Akina and The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Abercrombie Administration Spying on You? Former Inouye chief of staff to be Honolulu rail 'Dealmaker' Tesoro Refinery a 'Trophy Asset'? Hanabusa, Gabbard Vote for Late Term Abortion Obama's DoD Joins Push for Abercrombie's Pre-K Plenty of Swag for Hawaii In Defense Bills Oahu Part of Okinawa exit Plan? Hawaii Co Council Raises Salaries While Increasing Bus Fares, Car Regist Fees LUC Asked to De-Zone Turtle Bay Long-term Kakaako plans already displacing tenants Hawaii Teacher: My Descent Into Homelessness Hawaii Public Utilities Commission: Big Issues Mark 100th Birthday Coffield Tried to Weaken Solicitation of Minors Law OCCC guard dies alone at post after delay in getting him help Study: The More States Ban Discrimination Against Gays, The More Discrimination they Face Government to Regulate Food Scraps Next Read More..

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 June 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 4217 Views After Years of Talk, Hawaii Democratic Party Finally Sues for Closed Primary Tesoro Finds Buyer to Own, Operate Kapolei Refinery ‘Bureaucratic abuse’: Molokai vets wait a decade for center, services UHERO: Hawaii Costs 16% More than US Average Honolulu Tops USA: 9 years Income to Buy a Home Hawaii Foreclosure Starts up 108% Abercrombie Signs 37 Bills into Law Hawaii AG Joins 'Secure Our Smartphones' Initiative Supreme Court to Review Kawaiahao Church Cemetery Case SB482: Cutting Red Tape Helps Small Business, Honey Elected Democrats Outraged by Closed Primary Lawsuit Hanabusa has Inouye, Memories of Broken Trust Star-Adv: Cut Taxes on Rich to Help Poor Nonprofits competing for dwindling funds Med Quest Enrollment Reopened Without Waianae HMSA Agreement Number of solar photovoltaic permits falls on Oahu in May Ko Olina Using Boot to Restrict Beach Access City golf course Players Flee as fees rise Ban truck-bed riders, officials say Hawaii fishermen say development, not Fishing, is hurting reefs WSJ: Larry Ellison's Fantasy Island Maui Council Votes 6-3 to Create Fake Scandal Kauai Officials Scheme to Give Themselves Pay Hikes Read More..

Monday, June 17, 2013 June 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:29 PM :: 3353 Views Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Hawaii Schools Can’t Pass-the-Buck Call for Audit: 51,000 Water Dep't Customers May Have Been Overcharged Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 17, 2013 So Far All the Major Unions Have Backed Schatz Hanabusa Reacts to HGEA Endorsement of Schatz $12M Tax Cut: Deduction cap may be lifted for charitable donations Grants and contracts awarded nonprofit agencies can raise red flags Hawaii lobbyist reports say little about influence of money on Hawaii politics; most report $0 Souki, Kim Given Veto Power Over Hawaii Auditor Contracts Asbestos charges need investigation Ron Menor: City Website to Give Money to Bums Embarrassing mayor seems to be the goal of sand ‘sale’ Read More..

Sunday, June 16, 2013 June 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 3762 Views Lawsuit: Hawaii Gambling Machine Contract Guaranteed ‘No problem from Vice-Squad’ Abercrombie Quietly Orders More Pay Hikes, Publishes HGEA, UPW Contracts Neither Age nor Disability is an Indication of Financial Need Sylvia Luke Next House Speaker? Finance panel’s summer work puts heat on budget Water board should be investigated Hanabusa Loses Big as HGEA Endorses Schatz Karst Caves Basis for New Stop Rail Lawsuit? Ernie Martin, Kirk Caldwell and the Cesspool  ORI Timeline Gun enthusiasts attend 20th Annual Shooting Sports Fair MECO wants to Replace Kahului plant by 2019 Star-Adv: $300M for Solar Scammers Prostitution: Legislature Passes Four Bills Read More..

Saturday, June 15, 2013 June 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 3913 Views Tea Party Maui leaders call for special prosecutor to investigate IRS Hawaii Appeals Court Thwarts State's Massive Land Grab Survey Shows Slipping Confidence in Hawaii County PD Want Land? DLNR Will Buy it for You JSC Announces Nominees for 1st Circuit Court IRS scandal driving interest in Hawaii GOP $15M new tax credit excludes most local film productions City Hikes Building Permit Fees 20%, Makes Excuse Sovereignty Activists Bust Competing Drug Dealer Medicaid Buy-In Task Force to Meet  State tax revenues up 9.9 percent, latest figures show Hawaii hotel occupancy declines, rates rise more than 10% Epic Fail: Solar Scammers Thrown Out of Court Obama's Big Mouth May Set 100s of Military Rapists Free Star-Adv Helps Hanabusa Tout $400M in Military Construction Hawaii leads way in ethnicity data Read More..

Friday, June 14, 2013 June 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4400 Views Heritage: Tulsi Gabbard Most Conservative, Schatz, Hirono are Zeroes Lawsuit: Act 163 Discriminates Against Disabled Students Hawaii Home Health Medicare Margins on Steep Decline Census: Asians Fastest Growing Group in US Deadline to apply for City grants next week State Set to Lose $55M as Act 221 Scam Companies Implode Rail Math Challenge: Plan to Boost Seats by running Half as Often Twice as Long  (2/2=4?) How Kenoi Steers Contracts to Contributors Outrigger CEO: In Hawaii, ‘it’s just hard to make the numbers work’ State failed Maui special-needs student, federal court says Former Waianae charter school clerk pleads not guilty to theft Fifth Prosecution for Stealing School Money Since 2010 DoE Brass Push for More Pay Hikes KCC managers accuse their chancellor of discrimination Another Day, Another Spy Hee's seat belt law causing confrontations in Taxis City Begins installing LED Street lights Green Energy Scammers Push Back Against PUC MECO Appeals Rate Hike Decision Read More..

Thursday, June 13, 2013 June 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 4746 Views Email Chain Reveals Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Debating “Inevitable Failure” What does a buck get you? A strange deal, ex-Hawaii regent says Hawaii’s GE tax mark-up Video: Debating Same-Sex Marriage on Island Insights Hawaii Rifle Assn. 20th Annual Shooting Sports Fair Before Waikiki Shooting, Chris Deedy in Benghazi Slom All Alone: "Yippee!" 51,000 Water Dept Customers May Have Been Overcharged Green Energy Scammers Promise themselves $300M from Hawaii  Navy Solar Scam EIS Comments Open Thru June 24 PUC: HECO Must Give More Money to Green Energy Scammers Schatz vs Hanabusa on FISA Spying Star-Adv Lobbies for COFA Funding in DOA Immigration Bill Abercrombie Raising Money on Mainland Affordable Housing Provider Retaliates after Asbestos Discovered Kahoolawe Commission Burns Thru $44M, Looks for Handoff to Akaka Tribe Dinnan Case: Lawyer Changes Story UH Study: Yellow Tang Population Jumps 14% NOAA Rules May Overturn Hawaii Shark Fin Ban KSBE Shopping center plan called off Read More..

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 June 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 4028 Views Open Letter: Hawaii MDs Challenge “Severely Dysfunctional” Medicaid Program Akaka Bill Coming Back? Schatz Demands US Treat Hawaiians Just as Badly as American Indians Honolulu Revealed As Highest-Priced U.S. City This Summer Martin signed loan documents After Receiving Contributions City Budget Gives Martin $8M to Play With Media Flacks for Abercrombie, 2014 Edition Varona Squalor Thanks to Theft of Ewa Villages Redevelopment Fund Schatz, HCDA, UH Team Up to Create new Generation of Obama Community Organizers A Mother's Day Nightmare: Foster Home Failure? NOAA to Use Seal Meat as Bait in Shark Killing Program Crane that Installed Maui Wind Turbines Won't be Around to Remove Them When they Fail More GMO Articles Cockfighting is illegal, but everything else related is fair game in Hawaii DoH: Homosexuals Spreading Syphilis Around State Read More..

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 June 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 4310 Views Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom Thanks to Pensions, Hawaii Retiree Income Tops Nation Feds Approve Hawaii Health Connector Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted June 10, 2013 Jones Act Adds 30% To Price of Paradise Hawaii Unemployment Figures Skewed by Large Number of Part-Time Jobs Act221 Finale: $400M Solar factory built with Hawaii Tax Dollars produces nothing, may be dismantled for scrap 2 investigations examining nonprofit’s handling of federal funds Hawaii Delegation Postures Against Spying Democrat Manufacturing Fake Scandal in Effort to Dump Maui's Republican Mayor Interim UH presidents seem to do pretty well PUC Promises HECO a Microscope and a Big Stick Hawaii Teacher: Where is Education's Steve Jobs? Tropical flower growers hope to benefit from GMO boon Councilmember Offers $40M Bribe for Anti-GMO Vote Editor wants Weekly to rise again Parents Without Partners Nears End? Read More..

Monday, June 10, 2013 June 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:54 PM :: 3195 Views Hawaii Based NSA Worker Exposes Obama Spying, Flees to Hong Kong Bottled Water Battle: A Decade of OHA Harassment Continues A&B Purchase of Grace Means Roads Will Now be Fixed Star-Adv: HART Should Prepare to Dump Ansaldo Neighborhood Board Voting Dropped Sharply When Paper Ballots Were Abandoned Clayton Hee, Myopic Media Baiter WHT Runs 3 More Articles on GMOs OHA Invests in Trask's Geothermal Scam Without Inouye, Alaska and Hawaii can only Tinker With Board Read More..

Sunday, June 9, 2013 June 9, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4145 Views Electronic Health Records: Monopoly 'Scare tactics' Driving Hawaii Doctors into Retirement Number of Special Funds Should be Curtailed City Corruption Places Millions of Federal Dollars at Risk $8M scandal involving ORI draws odd city response Tsutsui Talks Up 2018 Campaign for Governor Campaign Spending Violator Leads Charge for 'Clean Elections' DoE Brass Think they're Worth More Money Bill that applies ethics rules to transit workers advances Water Dep't Rate Hikes Needed to Pay for Bill Collection 'Insane' Plan Put $331M Tsunami Center at Sea Level Hawaii One of Only Five States Which go Soft on Child Molesters W Maui to Finally Get Hospital? GMO:$243 million seed industry largest in state’s ag sector Plan to tax online hotel bills stalled U.S. District Court in Hawaii dismisses lawsuit challenging applicability of Jones Act in Hawaii 10 Priors, Gets Probation, Now Most Wanted   Read More..

Saturday, June 8, 2013 June 8, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 3189 Views HSTA’s ‘Multi-Front War’ Against ‘Rogue Teachers’ Hiram Fong First Asian-American Senator, An R From Hawaii NFIB: So Where Do We Stand As A State? Pulpit Freedom Sunday: Hawaii Pastors Join Nationwide Challenge to IRS Mayor Wright Housing: FACE Grabs for Seat at Redevelopment Table UPDATE: Organic Berries Cause 79 Cases of Hepatitis Abercrombie Quietly Orders Pay Hikes Governor Signs Bill Establishing 'Civil Liberties and the Constitution Day' Disgrace - Iwi Kupuna at Ewa Plantation Cemetery NYT: Obama 'has Lost All Credibility' on Spying Obamacare Solution: Build 'Integrative Care Team' Without 'Expensive Doctors' Opponents appeal permit for telescope Hilo Saddened by End of Furlough Fridays Waimanalo public housing unit used as storage shed Kalapana: Strangled Camper, Boyfriend Threatened by Rival Tour Guides Medical Examiner Changing Story on Dinnan Case? Sun Mei, Brother of Sun Yat Sen Read More..

Friday, June 7, 2013 June 7, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 4187 Views Hawaii Obamacare: As Doctors Quit, Telemarketers paid $480K each 9th Circuit Debates Seizure of Abandoned Property from Homeless Camps Governor Releases $41.2 Million for Various CIPs Statewide HUD Orders End to Non-Profit Contracting Kickbacks Lower Electric Rates?  LNG Is The Way Hawaii Has Less to Gain from Obamacare UH Profs to Students: Leave Hawaii Wanted: University of Hawaii president who can manage Transition from Kobayashi to Mitsunaga Rail route is still sound, extra report says Maui Council Approves Tax Hikes Hanabusa Backed Obama on Spying, Schatz Opposed Obama Kaiser, HMSA Eager for 100,000 New Customers Kalihi Road Will not be Repaved for 50 Years Sheriff Department Cruising in Hummer City, Neighborhood Board Attack Wedding Business Transsexual Babysitters Force their Way into Home Oahu child advocate charged with sexual assaulting minor DoD: Homosexuals Rape Dozens of Soldiers Daily Read More..

Thursday, June 6, 2013 June 6, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 4886 Views Paychecks Hawaii Rates Legislators Ed Week: Hawaii DoE Dropout Rate Jumps to 32.8% HSTA Appoints Team to Tackle Teacher Evaluations Hawaii's Forgotten Internment Camps Lanai Video: Money for Murdock, Rate Hikes for Oahu Caldwell Hires Private Detective to Investigate Ernie Martin New Union Contract Mandates Paid Campaign Rallies in County Facilities Lanai: Is Big Wind Dead? Did Hawaii's Energy Reform Leave Consumers Vulnerable? HART Railcars to Come from Ansaldo Factory Which Built Junk Belgian Trains Kakaako agency poised to vote on 803 Waimanu high-rise OHA Kakaako Plans Sputter Council Approves $2.16B Budget With Slushfund, Without Tax Hikes Regents vote to form UH presidential selection committee Help UH students graduate on time Are Hawaii Lawmakers Weakening Support for the Elderly and Disabled? California Elder Abuser Comes to Hawaii, Steals Old Man's Money Alleged Drunk Signmakers Lose Defamation Case Against Former Elections Chief Family of Stephen Dinnan believe police used excessive force Read More..

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 June 5, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 3881 Views IRS probes former GOP leader’s ties to Maui Tea Party HART releases Supplemental EIS in response to court order Native Hawaiian Advancement: Dr. Kelii Akina Speaks in Hilo Losing One Of The Good Guys Mortgage Settlement: Hundreds of Hawaii Borrowers to get $1480 Seniors in Poverty: Hawaii Ranks #3 in Nation ORI Mismanagement Comes Back to Haunt Ernie Martin, Throws Wrench In City Budget Martin is the Biggest Earmarker ORI: HUD Hires Community Organizers to Show Us How its Done PUC Decision Aims to Force HECO to Pay More to Wind, Solar Scammers Dutch, Belgians Dump Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo Millions spent on out-of-state travel by Dept. of Education Matayoshi Whines about DoE Executive Salaries Obama Will Give $7M to Get Hawaii Hooked on Free Preschool Public gets its say on rules to contest sidewalk violations Bill would apply city ethics policies to transportation workers Probation That Works Is This The End of 50-Yard-Line Shmooze Seats? House Approves Military Construction Bill With $400M for Hawaii How Abercrombie Came to Hawaii and How to Avoid Similar Situations in the Future Kawanakoa: Only a Small Number of Mortgage Foreclosures Warranted on DHHL CNHA Hosts Hawaii-Alaska Summit in DC Honolulu Weekly Pau for Now Military Homosexual Rapists to Win Protection?  Read More..

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 June 4, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 PM :: 4688 Views Guam Testimony Favors Jones Act Reform Hawaii Data Sharing: 2.2 Million Layers of Information on You Class Action Lawsuit Seeks To End Hawaiian Electric Industries Monopoly Hawaiian Electric Cuts Earnings After PUC Orders Consumer Refund Caldwell Encourages 'Qualified' Non-Profits to Apply for Grants Transform Hawaii Gov: Tech Mavens Point to Success in Other States CoR Releases General Fund Forecast OHA ramps up its online presence with new site Abercrombie Signs Seven More Bills into Law Feds Nail Ernie Martin, Demand $8M from City Local culture: Don't Piss Off Neil and Donna Hawaii's Obamacare Doctor Shortage: Got Cancer?  Wait till you can't ignore it Hawaii lawmakers to examine $5.7B special funds Teachers Lose Two Weeks of Instructional Time Shimabukuro, Oshiro: Worst legislative attendance records State Super-Minorities Lead to Hawaiian ‘Lone Ranger’ Movie Trip Kamehameha Schools to present mixed-use Salt project to HCDA Espero to Propose Legalizing Boot Justice Reinvestment: One Day After Release, Brutal Rape Heroin, Oxy and 98lbs of Marijuana Equals Probation Abercrombie to Sign Bills Making MDs into Marijuana Dealers Sheriff shortage causing courthouse concerns Solution for State's Dirtiest Waterway? Stop Testing it Will 33-year Old Waianae Bridge Collapse? Read More..

Monday, June 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 4674 Views Feds Bust Sandwich Isles Com: $25M/year Funneled to Hee Company Sick Organic: Frozen Organic Berries Linked to Hepatitis Outbreak UH Study: 92% of Global Warming Climate Models Fail KSBE Trustees Tied to Sandwich Isles Scam Sandwich Isles Spent $480K in Lobbying and Political Contributions Want To Run For Congress? Political Insiders Only, Please House Finance Committee to Study Special Funds Should The City Earmark Millions For Favored Nonprofit Groups? Obama Launches 'Furlough Fridays' for 15,000 Fed Workers in Hawaii Cultural differences aside, standards are a must State Claims Reduction in youth suicide rate City kills attempt to reduce habitual 911 calls HECO:  One Plan for Entire State After A123 Bankruptcy, Maui Windfarm Finally Gets Battery Star-Advertiser editorial opposes city budget item to fund public toilets in Chinatown Read More..

Sunday, June 2, 2013 June 2, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4020 Views No Good Intention Goes Without Consequences HIRA Candidate for GOP Chair Stars in Gay Pride Parade Hawaii Rifle Association Supports Council Resolution 13-74 Hawaii Obamacare Leaders tell 'Scary Truth': System Strained to the Breaking Point Abercrombie Holds Secret HGEA-HHSC Meeting Bill would raise vehicle tax, fees Honeymoon Over at Honolulu Hale Abercrombie and Caldwell go together like rice and poi Watson: New Federal Judge Not 'Activist' Tsutsui leasing space for Maui office from county Task Force Reports Gather Dust Graduation rate still 'awful' Hawaii Among only 7 States to Eliminate Welfare Asset Limit Mayor Wright: Ouansafi Orders Tenants Not to Listen to FACE Vermont Legalizes Terminal Elder Abuse, Star-Adv Celebrates by Lying about Hawaii Law End of protest period clears way for new Handi-Vans Moth Eats All the Koa on Big Island Napoopoo Landing was once a busy port, now You need Permit for Paddleboard Read More..

Saturday, June 1, 2013 June 1, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 6284 Views New AIS Testimony: Rail Route Illegally Damages Hawaiian Cultural Properties More Flooding in Kakaako's Future NRA Debunks Ammo Shortage Rumors .05% Solution: Abercrombie Quietly Appoints DUI Taskforce Abercrombie Angered by "Damn Idiot who got Stoned and drove off bridge" Shortage: No More TB Tests at Child Care Centers Supreme Court: Medicated Potheads May Smuggle Up to 3 oz on Airplanes Elections Coming: Maui Council Members Attack Arakawa Aquarium Collecting: Ecos Lose First Round in Court Honolulu Official: Synagro Bankruptcy Won’t Impact City 17,000 Hawaii students borrow $64M subsidized college loans Ben Jay Backs Apple, Calls for New Stadium First Time Since 2001 No Hawaii-Based Army Units in Mid East Read More..