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Thursday, June 30, 2016 June 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:10 PM :: 3485 Views Hawaii Hi Tech Darling Mbloom Collapses After Feds Arrest ‘Porn King’ in $60M Indian Tribe Ripoff Hawaii Homelessness Grows 4%—Mostly on Big Island, Kauai Ige Appoints New PUC Commissioner, Secures 2-1 Majority Against NextEra Study: Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii Hawaii Campaign Spending: Judge Reverses Medieval Punishment for 15th Century Campaign Contribution Hawaii GOP Announces Delegation to Republican National Convention Honolulu Rail Is Laughable, But Not Funny City Auditor to Reexamine Rail Project Power Of Incumbency On Display In Honolulu City Council Races HMSA Puts Patient Health at Risk to Save Money Kauai Homeless Take over Historic County Building, Begin Urinating on Things Honolulu Homeless Admit Sweeps are Working Auditor sets sights on county hiring practices Ing: Immature, Corrupt, Disrespectful Nobel Laureates Point out that Anti-GMO Activism is ‘Crime Against Humanity’ Retaliation Redundancy: Kauai Suit Claims Retaliation over Retaliation Complaint Read More..

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 June 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 3975 Views Esther Kiaaina Cuts Micronesia Funding, Forcing Migrants to Come to USA Sand Island Homeless Center Moves 61 Homeless into Permanent Housing Single Payer Activists to Target Hawaii for Socialist Medicine? HB2231: New law makes it easier to finance energy co-ops Legislators Laugh at Idiot Mayor: We Will not Entertain Caldwell’s Rail Tax Hike—Don’t Even Try Rail: “Never enough time to do it right, but lots of time to do it over” Star-Adv: Ige Should Veto $40M HGEA/UPW Payoff Cool Schools: 300-page Bid Sheets Behind High Costs Oahu Homeless up by ‘Only’ 1%—Sister Isles up 9.7% $9,000 Rent Assist Available to Homeless Who Have Jobs Homeless a Political Football on Maui, Too The cost to house a prisoner in Hawaii may surprise you HB1739: Ige Threatens Veto of Social Media Privacy Bill Read More..

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 June 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:47 PM :: 3729 Views Major Unions Endorse Djou for Mayor Irresponsible: Caldwell Moves for 10 Month Delay on Rail Recovery Plan Transgender Insurance Mandate Among 12 Bills Ige Signing Today Ige: Intent to Veto 9 Bills Ige Signs HB2501: A&B Keeps E Maui Water Study: Hawaii is Number One in Teacher Absenteeism Honolulu Charter Commission Sets Community Meetings Matson launches new foreign flag service Feds Demand Arrest of Tugboat after Giant Golf Ball Mishap Hawaii Federalist Society: Supreme Court Term in Review Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 28, 2016 DBEDT: Housing Over 40% of Consumer Spending for Kauai, Hawaii Co Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii As Supporters Jump Ship, Caldwell Plan Would Have Feds Withhold HART Funding for 3rd Year—Creates $750M shortfall Labor Leaders, HART Vice Chair, ‘Disappointed’ with Caldwell Feb 21, 2007: The Day Rail Jumped the Tracks Train car graffiti just latest in string of crimes at Honolulu rail sites Telescope company continues education fund despite limbo Sand Island: Key to Homeless Success Story is NO TENTS Martin: I want massive Seattle-Style Homeless Tent City on North Shore Where There is Lots of Copper ‘Frivolous’ GOP Ballot Challenge Against Sen Thielen Dismissed Assistant chief files lawsuit against Kauai Police Department Another Hi Tech Media Darling Goes Bust: Self Dealer Flees, Takes Half of MBloom With Him Other states join Hawaii in banning noncompete agreements Medical Board takes 2-1/2 years to revoke license of dope doctor Read More..

Monday, June 27, 2016 June 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 4192 Views Ige: Captive Insurance Shunts $1.26B to Local Bankers Ansaldo Caught Lying About Short Staffing Rail Project Ige’s Rap Back Violates 1986 Federal Law Tourist: Seeing homeless people Take a Dump on the Sidewalk in Hawaii was unexpected City's homeless housing services center celebrates grand opening Caldwell: I want to Control Grants in Aid Is Hawaii Offshore Wind a Done Deal? Trask: Thousands of OHA Trust Dollars Used for Staff Trips to Cook Islands Lindsey: OHA Should Model itself on Cook Islands Tangled up in Red Tape: Weed Dealers May not be Able to Open this year Opponents of vacation rental tax bill renew push for a veto CB: Two Criminals Die in Arizona Prison so we Should Return them all to Corrupt UPW Prisons Soft on Crime: Alleged Shooter Had Many Convictions Yet was out on Streets Again Read More..

Sunday, June 26, 2016 June 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:18 PM :: 3385 Views The Surprisingly Sudden Demise of the Anti-GMO Movement Best states for driving: Hawaii Ranks 15th Condominium and Community Associations: File or Else! Hanabusa: Manipulate the Numbers and Go For a Tax Hike Star-Adv: Squeeze Construction Industry Rail delay by lawsuit was city’s own fault Caldwell’s Pants on Fire Charter Amendment: HART’s Only Job Will be to Collect Taxes and Extend Rail Ige talks big and keeps cool, but kids still boiling in class Brower: My Provocation Manipulated your Perceptions and Now We’re Going to Have More Festering Homeless Tent Cities ‘Liquidated Damages’ New Byword in Effort to Place More Convicts into Expensive, Corrupt UPW-Controlled Prisons EPA to Help Design Two Green Rail Stations Haleakala National Park Implements ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Feral Cats, Dogs  Concerns about Zika are shifting destinations for ‘babymooners’ Read More..

Saturday, June 25, 2016 June 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 PM :: 3542 Views Rail: Building To The Nowhere Of Middle? In the Beginning, Rail Cost Only $3B Privatization: 20 Years of UPW Garbage in Hawaii’s Courts Marijuana License Scores: DoH Reveals Which Cronies Just Don’t Make the Grade Hawaii Gun Owners May Be Monitored More Closely Than Criminals Hawaii Access to Justice Conference 2016 Hanabusa Caught Flatfooted on Two-Year Old Rail Cost Estimate Abolish HART?  Caldwell Grabs for Control of Rail With No Security at Night, Graffiti Artist Has All night for First Tag on Honolulu Rail Car “There’s a lot of irregular things going on with revocable permits” – BLNR OKs changes Initiative seeks conversation, public’s vision for Mauna Kea School air-conditioning bids Where is the sweat equity by the homeless? Lawmaker demands answers in police academy cheating scandal Ing Caught Lying Again The Last Days of PUC Commissioner Mike Champley Hawaii PUC infuses new energy into community renewables plan North Shore, Waianae Residents Question Plan for Ocean-Based Wind Farm Hooser Go Away and STFU Read More..

Friday, June 24, 2016 June 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 3207 Views Djou: Rail Mess is a Pure Failure of Leadership Ige Signs Rap Back: Hawaii Gun Owners to be Placed in FBI Database Hawaii Passes First of Its Kind Gun Legislation Conviction Tossed: How They Get Away in Soft on Crime Hawaii Molasses Spill Very Profitable for Aha Moku Council Oppression of Education PUEO Hawaiians oppose removal of UH-Hilo telescope—Win Delay Rifle Association: “High Likelihood of Legal Action” Kakaako property owners suffering for ‘maybe train’ Simple Traffic Solutions Don’t Cost Billions Cool Schools: Price Gouging, 100 Page Bid Sheet PRP: DoE Gold-Plating Cool Schools Bids Peter Apo: Obama Should Say No To Expanded Marine Monument US Supreme Court Slaps Down Hawaii Supreme Court on Breathalyzer Testing State public housing available in record time thanks to new team of contractors 5 Democrats vie for right to seek empty HD29 seat Read More..

Thursday, June 23, 2016 June 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:24 PM :: 3337 Views Energy monitoring and management coming to 250 public schools Scheme to recognize Native Hawaiians as ‘tribe’ still a threat OHA Control Would Create Costs and Chaos for NW Hawaiian Isles Without Changes, Rail cost could be nearly $3 billion above current estimates Medicaid Reimbursements Need to Grow Thanks to Caldwell, Homeless encampments growing in Hawaii Kai Maui County reaches solar program’s cap Public opinion sought on Young Brothers’ interisland shipping rate hike Candidates Respond To Surveys Read More..

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 June 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:13 PM :: 4866 Views DOCARE Chief Forced Out—Retaliation for Investigating DLNR Corruption, Theft of Guns Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 21, 2016 Feral Cats Kill More Seabirds -- No Eradication Planned DLNR Closing Mauna Kea, Bringing in Helicopters for Sheep Eradication Judiciary Expands ‘Steps to Avoid Eviction’ Program Fed Wreck Plan B Hanabusa Uses Teachers to Open Door to More Lobbyist 'Gifts' to Legislators Child Well-Being: Hawaii Ranks 23rd Caldwell Buys Iwilei Building: Hub for Homeless to Rival LA Skid Row Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki: Feds Take Another Step FTA: Thanks to Caldwell, Honolulu Rail is Now One of Ten Most Screwed Up Projects Unions asking too much of Maui deal Hanabusa Uses Teachers to Open Door to More Political Corruption ‘Progressives’ here far from it PUC Silent on NextEra as Clock Ticks Down to June 30 Departure of Abercrombie Appointee City to convert Iwilei low-rise into hub to keep the homeless, homeless State to help some working homeless with rental subsidy program Hawaii Health Department Watching 50 Cases of Dengue, One Chikungunya  Airhead Hooser too Chicken to Visit Seed Farms Read More..

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 June 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4599 Views HGEA Announces Primary Election Endorsements Ige Extends Homeless Emergency Proclamation Education Savings Accounts: A New Way Forward Ige’s not on board with Caldwell’s idea of shortening train route Chief Kealoha files 1,000 Page Lawsuit: Claims Ethics is a Haole Conspiracy Chief, Wife Sue Ethics Again and Again Star-Adv: Use full vetting for grants in aid Brower Never Learns: Still Pushing for Gigantic Festering Homeless Tent Cities Everywhere  World Travel: The City Council’s Invisible Spending Don’t throw out policy on teacher travel HECO Issues Point by Point Debunk of Rep Chris Lee Crazy Hawaii Renewable Energy Proposals Sticking Up For GOP Values Or Tearing The Party Apart? Read More..

Monday, June 20, 2016 June 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:30 PM :: 3435 Views Trustee: OHA Wasted $33M on Akaka Bill Star-Adv Hits Caldwell ‘Abject Failure of Leadership’ CD1: U.S. Air Force colonel Shirlene Ostrov is “a candidate who can win.” Video: How Free is Hawaii Economically? Big Oil, OHA, and Brian Schatz team up to Give Hawaii Fishermen the Shaft Maui: Half of Overtime Goes to 376 Police Officers Meet the Environmental Protest Industry Rep Thielen to DEA: Legalize Hemp Rail Recovery Plan? Feds Explain How Rail Systems Blow Budget Study: Hawaii Ex-Con Recidivism 48.9% Hawaii Environmental Court Shuts Down Cane Plantation with First Case—Chief Justice Cites ‘Very Successful’ First Year Shortened rail route could pose $20B challenge to housing market Honolulu’s Runaway Rail Project And The Fallacy of Sunk Costs Will Kauai Voters Excrete Hooser from Council? Hawaii’s Sheriff Division More Secretive than Secret Service—But Civil Beat Would Rather Attack Keoki Kerr Kaiser quits taking first-time Medicaid enrollees Republicans expand leadership, membership and commitment Family papaya farm plagued by theft Hawaii and Alaska are the only states with no organized hate groups Read More..

Sunday, June 19, 2016 June 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 4528 Views Rail: Easy Ways to Save Millions without Cutting Line Short Mayor Becomes Incoherent Pine: Before we rush to decide on a rail route, shouldn't we get numbers first? Charter School Corruption Mirrors State Government Fatherhood, Poverty, and the “Post-Marriage Society” Polls Show Djou Beating Caldwell Caldwell’s Absurd Belly Flop—Leave Rail to the Next Mayor “Do something about wasteful spending on a Grand Scale” Plaintiffs: Block OHA From Funneling Millions to Create Fake Indian Tribe DoE—Because we Just Couldn’t Get the Job Done, Schools Will be Hot Again this August SB2954:  Rifle Assn Will Sue State if Governor Signs Gun Owner Database Bill HGEA Poster Boy Busted by Ethics Commission Con Artists Suffer as Consumers Get Wise to Solar Leasing Scam Sand Island Shelter Gets 140 Homeless off Streets Wahiawa Volunteers Give Homeless Free Stuff, Even Pick up Their Trash Read More..

Saturday, June 18, 2016 June 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 3658 Views Fake Indian Tribe: OHA Legal Shell Game Copied from Southern Segregationists Rail: Caldwell’s Flip-Flop Opens Door to Lawsuits by Property Owners Targeted by HART Hanabusa Defeats Ethics: Free Teacher Travel can resume Hanabusa: Grabauskas Should be Blamed Because Caldwell and I Have Been Lying About Cost of Rail Since 2014 Chief Kealoha Sues Against Ethics Pine: Eliminate Some Stations Rather Than Shortening Line Fake Halt: Caldwell Orders City to Keep on Buying Rail Route Properties Caldwell’s Rusted Lampposts Falling into Streets Tulsi Gabbard Says She’s Not Prepared to Back Clinton Homosexuals Adopt 6 year old boy, Raise Him as Girl Read More..

Friday, June 17, 2016 June 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:33 PM :: 4565 Views VIDEO: 9th Circuit Hears Akina Suit vs Fake Tribe Court Lifts Stay—Allows Maui Hospital Privatization to Proceed Fire Mayor, Not the Ethics Director Flip Flop: Caldwell Suddenly Decides Rail Must End at Middle Street Full Text: Caldwell statement on rail project Ninth Circuit Digs In on Hawaii GMO Rules VIDEO: Ninth Circuit Oral Arguments In Hawaii Anti-GMO Cases Pay for Performance: AMA Softening Stand Against Assisted Suicide? Caldwell’s Sad Little Zoo—More at Stake than Money Hawaii #1 in Percentage of Transportation Costs Funded by Fuel Taxes, Registration Fees Just Another Day in Honolulu: County Prosecutor Shields Police Chief’s Wife from FBI City, State Operate in Ethics Vacuum HART: Caldwell Plan Would Cut Rail Ridership 43% What happens to already affected businesses if rail doesn’t reach town? PUEO: Pro Telescope Hawaiians Gain Standing in Contested Case Fed appeals court considers if Hawaiian election case moot Iwilei Unhinged Homeless: 626 Crimes, Couple of Murders Judge repeals Ethics Commission opinion on teacher chaperone travel Demonstrators rally in support of Thirty Meter Telescope Anti-GMO Activism by the Numbers HEI: Wind Energy Driving Electric Rates Up Up Up Hawaii Gas says its Oahu customers saved $50M in 2015 23.2% of Hawaiian Electric is ‘Renewable’ Stock Market Betting Against NextEra merger Nepotistic Charter School Suits Legacy of Pinky Thompson Ka‘u Learning Academy to receive ‘notice of deficiency’ Voter registration in Hawaii has never been easier Read More..

Thursday, June 16, 2016 June 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 4154 Views Cayetano, Kobayashi Endorse Djou for Mayor--Heen to Head Campaign Frustrated with Caldwell: Ethics Director Resigns after 16 Years Na’i Aupuni Constitution Ratification End Run State GOP Files Challenge to Sen Laura Thielen Nomination Papers UH launches whistleblower hotline Rogue Systems: Top Solar Contractor Busted for Lying to Hawaii Consumers Hanabusa: HART can just take $20M City ‘Loan’ – and Another $330M After That Without Permission Honolulu Ethics Commission ‘Completely Void of Key Personnel’ Criminals at Heart of Drive for Fake Indian Tribe Plead ‘No Contest’—Avoid Prison Maui Hospital: Blackmailed by 9th Circuit, State Begins Capitulating to UPW Bronster: Anti-GMO Activists Have Not Claimed Any Injury from GM Crops U.S. Air Force colonel Shirlene Ostrov is “a candidate who can win.” Teachers on Ethics Agenda June 16 PUC Approves Slight Reduction in Money Wasted on GEMS Star-Adv: Sacrament or no, marijuana use will grow Victim of indicted corrections officer describes ordeal Jailed city police officer indicted on rape charges Kamehameha Schools graduating seniors sit through national anthem, sparking debate Hawaii businessman Duane Kurisu to partner with city, state on homeless housing project OHA Forces homeless people out of campsites in Wahiawa Meet the Hilo Students Who Will Lose Science Scholarships When TMT Leaves Land and Power: Charter Commission Considers PLDC for Honolulu Hawaii's general tax fund deposits up 7.1 percent during first 11 months of fiscal year Union head allegedly oversaw tainted vote to double dues Soft on Crime: Meth Dealer Arrested 58 Times in 13 Years—Out on Streets, Now Charged with 24 More Felonies Read More..

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 June 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 7558 Views Djou: HART Grab for City Loan Highlights Caldwell’s Untrustworthiness Cayetano, Heen, Kobayashi to Endorse Djou for Mayor Orlando Shooter: Why a Gay Muslim Becomes Jihadi Ninth Circuit not Fooled by Hilo Marijuana Minister The Jones Act: Protecting Special Interests, Not America Ige to Sign Six Bills BoE: Ige Appoints Uemura, Reappoints DeLima The Value of Neighborhood Boards HART Suddenly Claims it is Out of Money, Must Borrow From City Beginning Next Month Dimwitted HART Finally Begins considering public-private partnerships to offset costs of rail Rep Kaniela Ing—Among Worst Attendance in State House Court papers allege principal tried to cover up Dozens of Incidents of Child Molestation at DoE School for 10 Years Proposal to do away with neighborhood boards is rejected GEMS: Rate Payers Pay $21.5M for Nothing As MMMC waits, it deals with staff shortages UPW Trash: How Battles Over Privatization Played Out in Hawaii’s Courts Thanks to Obama and ACLU, Rotting Garbage Piles up at Homeless Camp Hawaii Commercial Fishery Will Be Gone Appeals court hearing arguments regarding GMO bans Today Anti-GMO Activists: Hate, Frenzy, and Fear Haole Lifestyle ‘Academy’ Behind Anti-GMO Legislative Candidates After 22 Years of Failure, Hawaii County to Lease Ag Park to Someone Who Will Lease it to Ranchers Hawaii could soon create database listing gun permit applicants DPS Still ‘Investigating’ Prison Guard who Allegedly Murdered Mother 2015: Bill Clinton Talks Donald Trump into Running for President in order to Provide Hillary with Beatable Opponent Read More..

Tuesday, June 14, 2016 June 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 4953 Views Djou: We should be strengthening our ethics commission, not dismantling it Maui: 60% Bogus Signatures on Ballot Petition to Seize Farms from Owners Activists: GMOs and Pesticides Cause Homosexuality Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2016 S2943: Hirono, Schatz Vote–Military Draft for All Females 18-26 Al Hee Finally Ordered to Report to Prison Kenoi trial pushed back to October Murder and Meth—Charges For Oahu Jail Guard HPD Officer Charged with Assaulting Girl, 14 UH Contracts: Lawyers Laugh all the Way to the Bank The Hawaii GEMS -- Goldman Sachs Fiasco Convicted Marijuana Dealer Files Suit -- claims dispensary law violates federal racketeering, drug statutes Almost all Shopping carts disappear from Waimalu shopping center Foster Care Not Available to Save Children from Homeless Parents Maui Steal the Farmland Initiative Fails--60% Signatures Bogus Paltry Turnout for Anti-GMO Protest Ahead of Court Cases Massive Recall as Listeria Infests Organic Food Hawaiian Tel to Make a Grab for HS Athletics Broadcasting? Hawaii State GOP — The Political Party That Eats Its Young Civil Beat Editor: Gays Aren’t Safe Around Muslims Read More..

Monday, June 13, 2016 June 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:52 PM :: 3544 Views After Destroying Honolulu Ethics Commission, Caldwell Ducks out Back Door Homelessness Industry: Money flows to Aloha United Way, but no long-range plan Supreme Court Stops Short of Ordering Police Misconduct Files Released Hawaii’s So-Called Tech Entrepreneurs are All Taxpayer-Funded Supreme Court Rejects American Samoa Citizenship Appeal Read More..

Sunday, June 12, 2016 June 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:17 PM :: 4231 Views Tulsi Gabbard Petition: Eliminate Superdelegates Why Do We Tax Shipping? Hawaii Economy 10th-Worst in USA Legislators: None of Us Believe Caldwell on Rail Hawaii GOP lacks leadership and maturity to be relevant SHOPO to Appeal Labor Board Ruling on body cams Puna Drug Dealers Sue State, Press Belatti for Changes to Marijuana Dispensary Program Federal appeals court to hear GMO bans Wednesday Danger: After Wasting $444M, Kahoolawe Funding gains urgency ‘We’re anti-Longliners’: OHA wants to be Co-Trustee in world’s largest protected marine area Solar funding program fails to match hype We have a warped sense of fiscal reality down at the Legislature Hawaii: Easy to Change Your Name Here Read More..

Saturday, June 11, 2016 June 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:45 PM :: 3904 Views Office of Maunakea Management: 16 Years of Stewardship Hawaii Dairy Farms Publishes Draft Environmental Impact Statement Meet Col Shirlene Ostrov, Republican Candidate for Congressional District 1 Hawaii honey bee die-off points to likely culprits—Not pesticides, but varroa and viruses Hawaii Wine Tax: $1.38 Per Gallon Thanks to Hawaii Legislators, You Can’t Get a Mortgage State agency is sued over TMT judge Caldwell Fails Again: After Six Months Hardly Anyone Gets an ADU Permit Six Months and $750K Later, Still No Homeless Shelter State PUC proposes credits for renewable-power program ESSA: Leftists Sense Opportunity in Ige’s Education Taskforce  Kaaihue: Convicted Welfare Cheat Running for Congress Angers Community with Signs More than 100 Army National Guard Members prepare for deployment to ‘Undisclosed Location’ Read More..

Friday, June 10, 2016 June 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4955 Views Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom Peruta v San Diego: 9th Circuit Finds No Right to Carry Concealed Firearms in Hawaii, California HART Consultant: Nobody Knows What Rail Will Cost Tulsi Gabbard Launches Campaign for DNC Chair Caldwell machine might find it hard to defeat Djou Wife’s Banking Connections Key to Forcing Groups to Support Caldwell in spite of his Disastrous Record of Failure Rail: Hanabusa Leads Rats Jumping Sinking Ship Honolulu Is Short $1.4 Billion To Cover Retirees’ Pension Benefits, Caldwell Says ‘Let Them Eat Rail’ Hawaii Election Hot Spots Supreme Court Ruling May Increase Transparency In Police Misconduct Questions raised about how HPD handled manhunt for wanted officer GMOs: Pirates, Posers and Protectors Hawaii One of Only 10 States Requiring Government Review Prior to Hospital Merger Hawaii agency wants Huena geothermal energy complaint dismissed 747 Homeless Vets Get Housing City to Foreclose on Illegal TVR With $300K Unpaid Fines June 27 is Governor’s Veto Deadline Rod Tam is Baaaack Grassroot Interviews Maui Candidates Read More..

Thursday, June 9, 2016 June 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 4506 Views Djou Reacts to HART Board Announcing More Cost Increases for Rail Hawaii: Nineteen Elected without a Vote—Another 24 Will Never Face General Electorate Robin Danner’s Kumu Camp Declared Fire Hazard OHA to Throw Homeless off 511 acres in Wahiawa Survey: More High-Risk Behavior from Hawaii Public High School Youth HART Has Meeting, ‘Finds’ $200M Looking To Squelch The Voices Of The Neighborhoods Board Hunkers Down after Arrests at Crooked Charter School at Heart of Drive for Fake Indian Tribe Report: One-fourth of Big Island’s K-12 students chronically absent Honolulu police officer wanted for sex assault arrested after manhunt (Yes.  These are two separate cases in one day.) State deputy sheriff arrested for sex assault (Yes.  It’s a separate case.) Lawsuit: Former HPD Detective Used Police Contacts to ‘SWAT’ HPU Professor Star-Adv: Anti-Pesticide Histrionics Not Worth the Hassle Layoffs Caused by Maui Anti-Ag Activists Hit HC&S Workers hard Hawaii Dairy Farms' 699-cow Kauai project could be operational by 2018—Unless Enviros Choose to Block it in Court State, City Use Homeless as Pawns Homosexuals Marry Each Other, Adopt Mexican Boys Hawaii’s New Ice Age: Meth Grrrls 9th Cir Court: No right to carry concealed weapons in public Read More..

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 June 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 4776 Views Full Text: Ben Cayetano Endorses Charles Djou for Mayor Duke Aiona Endorses Charles Djou for Mayor Federal Transportation Network to Include Jones Act Reform? FINAL DEADLINE: Candidates Filing GOP Chairman Welcomes Party Switch by Rod Tam Are Jones Act ships really 'made in the USA'? Well, sort of Djou Could Win Mayoralty on Primary Day August 13 Duke Aiona Announces He Will Not Seek Office Schatz, Gabbard have no big rivals 16 Legislators Unopposed Hawaii County Mayor a Three-Way Race? Maui Mayor Tries to go into Solar Business PUC: NextEra ruling coming soon, draft decision in hand EIS Debunks Anti-Dairy Farm Protesters State sides with KPD Chief on body cameras Mental health care for youths lacking in isles Condom Ban in Place as Trannies Party with Hawaii DoE Students on Orders from The Obama Himself Slow City Permit Approvals Allow Homeless to Take Over Abandoned Building, Make it into Drug Den Hawaii Among Very Last States to Ease Access to Anti-Overdose Drug Fail: After 6 Years, Civil Beat finally Gives up on Trying to Sell Subscriptions Read More..

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 June 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:11 PM :: 5698 Views Keli’i Akina Launches OHA Campaign Back to the 9th Circuit: Akina v. State of Hawaii New Federal Rules May Hurt Small Farmers in Hawaii 10 Free Market Solutions for Agriculture in Hawaii Unanimous SCOTUS: You Can Judicially Challenge A Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determination Mayor’s Race: Ernie Martin Chickens Out Campaign chaos: Caldwell, Schatz Try to Break into Locked Election Office Gabbard Featured at Atheist Rally in Washington, DC So-Called Consumer Advocate Opposes Lower Rates, Cleaner Energy DoTax Running Five Weeks Slow on Check Processing State DOE proposes ‘transgender student guidelines’ to Allow Dressup and Bathroom Play Fires, Shootings at Seattle Homeless Tent City Which Serves as Model for Honolulu Read More..

Monday, June 6, 2016 June 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:41 PM :: 3202 Views HCR29: Legislators Vote to Abolish ERS, End Free Speech for Star-Advertiser Auditor: City Computers Remain Vulnerable to Hackers Aloha, Puerto Rico Quick, low-cost traffic fixes Make $8.1B Rail System Look Even More Wasteful Rail annual operating costs pegged at $100M—Mostly Electricity Government Contracting Explained: Two Years of Bungling on Playground Renovation Rising budget tells a story of increasing spending Steered by Crafty Lawyers--Homeless settling in, in Iwilei Civil Beat: Homeless Must be Returned to Waikiki Read More..

Sunday, June 5, 2016 June 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4454 Views Telescope: Nobody can remove all fears of reversal Former Hawaii Superferry en route to Maine What Will We Do Next for Maui Hospital Workers? Weird Legislative Proviso Part of Kobayashi-Mitsunaga Fight over UH Contracts? Charter Commission Recommends Abolition of Neighborhood Boards Council Creates $18M Slush Fund—Uses Homeless as Excuse Kakaako Makai: OHA’s First Move is to Tear  Down Revenue-Generating Building Kauai Pesticide Report: “Obvious Disconnect” Will  Ige Sign Fishing Ban?  “This is our ice box, not a playground for the rich” Hawaii Only State Which Does not Report Hate Crimes Hu Honua: Just Another ILWU Crony Capitalist Disaster Feds Demand End to Hawaii Ag Building Code Exemptions Read More..

Saturday, June 4, 2016 June 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 4066 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of June 3, 2016 Telescope: BLNR Sticks With Judge Amano Hawaii Taxes the Spirit at $5.98 per Gallon Hawaii Taxpayer-Funded Hi Tech Future: Cookies? Chopsticks? Homosexual Dumps Boyfriend: Hawaii Supreme Court to Decide Parental Rights over Child New Chair Announces Plan to Abolish Hawaii Democratic Party Hawaii Democratic Party ‘Extremely Hypocritical’, Says Party Chairman Thanks to UPW, HGEA, and 9th Circuit Court, its not a good time to get Sick on Maui Honolulu Rail Built on the Crony Plan not the Urban Plan Caldwell Has New Excuse for Full-Length Rail Newest appointee to police commission calls for more transparency UH Talks up Next Golden Parachute-$200K PUC to Vote on NextEra this Month—Has Secret Staff Recommendation June 30: Hawaii Supreme Court Seeks Way to Control of HC&S Electricity to Sierra Club Anti-GMO Realtor Pollutes Beach Locus of Hysteria: Hawaii County Polystyrene food container measure dies on 4-4 vote Read More..

Friday, June 3, 2016 June 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 3831 Views NYT: Obama Admin Puts Hawaii AIDS Patients out on Street--as Punishment for Sit/Lie HECO Customers Keep Paying On Unused $144 Million GEMS Fund Maui: 55.8% Bogus Signatures on Ballot Petition to Seize Farms from Owners DBEDT: Housing, Transportation, and Food Cost $46,700/year Hanabusa: My Heart wasn’t Really in that Rail Thingy On Cue: Old Boy Media Starts Flacking for Hanabusa Court Rejects Attorney General Appeal of Maui Hospital Privatization Stay Caldwell: Rail Ridership won’t be as Much as We Claimed Honolulu Charter Commission Sees ‘Urgent’ Need For Rail Changes Real Traffic Solutions Don’t Cost $8.1B--H1 Zipper Lane to Double in August Anti-Telescope Lawyers Identify Another Excuse for Supreme Court to Use City prosecutor called back to testify in case against police chief Police union endorses Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell as Reward for Supporting Kealoha Star-Adv: We Think Ping Pong is Good Replacement for Pro Bowl Cancer Center Donors Demand Incumbent UH Admin Get its Act together Twelve years to Get Permits to Build Playground in Niu Valley Homeless Medical Programs Measures Reduction in Emergency Room Visits Fishermen to protest against recent restrictions on fishing grounds Read More..

Thursday, June 2, 2016 June 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:57 PM :: 5203 Views It’s not just for the birds--GM mosquitoes could stave off Zika in Hawaii Financial Solvency: Hawaii Ranks 45th Nailed for Cronyism, DoE forced to Reopen Bidding on $100M Cool Schools Bonanza Education Week: Hawaii DoE Graduation Rate 82% ESSA 2016 Hawaii Education Summit Deconstructing the Kaka‘ako Makai Parks Master Plan New Judges Appointed for Oahu, Big Island Caldwell ‘Disappointed’ With Council Budget Former Lt. Gov. Aiona pulls papers for three different races Lei Ahu Isa For Congress Hanabusa Should Resign From HART Board City Council approves $6.8B cap on rail spending Budget Funds Massive Tent Cities in Every Council District Homeless Tent City Grows Along Ala Wai Canal Sen Jill Tokuda Drives 1000s of Homeless Back out onto Streets – Will Ige Sign SB2559? Victory: Tax Hikes Fail on Kauai Maui Organic Initiative Undermines Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness Kahuku Wind turbines murder 29 rare bats – want permission to kill more 2-Year Average Wait for Sunshine Law Hawaii’s lack of mental health care forces teens from state Obamacare: Hawaii residents' protected health information stuck in limbo for months Pro Bowl: Bumbling HTA Wishes for Do-Over NextEra Deadline Tomorrow and PUC Couldn’t Care Less HECO Customers Keep Paying Vig On Unused $144 Million in GEMS Fund UH Prof of Medicine Debunks Kauai Pesticide Study Ag Department Bureaucracy Slows Zika Research Hawaii Holds 29 Trannies in Prison Kealoha’s Failure to Act Caused $6M Lawsuit State Spends $3.1M on Toilet Paper After 22 Years of Abject Failure, County-Owned Ag Park May have First Tenant Read More..

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 June 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 3904 Views Duke Aiona Legislative Wrapup Petition: Save Hawaii Fisheries Interior Dept. Worsening Bad Situation for COFA Migrants Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 31, 2016 Honolulu Third-Fastest Construction Job Growth Take The Robin Danner DC Tour Will Hawaii Democratic Party let itself be ruled by witch-hunting vigilantes? Star-Adv: Socialists Take over Hawaii Democratic Party—Nothing to See Here Pesticide Report Written by ‘True Believers’ Mufi: Loss of Pro Bowl Another Black Eye for Hawaii Dozens seek to intervene in TMT case Hawaii Superferry to Launch Service June 15—In Nova Scotia Multi-Billion Dollar Pension Lawsuit Heads for Supreme Court DHHL contract flap could cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars Your Tax Dollars at Work: Bankrupt Taxpayer-Funded Hi-Tech Site Taken over by Subsidized Solar Heating of Rocks Meth: Hawaii’s Ice Age Never Really Went Away Read More..