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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 July 31, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 7605 Views Early Voting Open Now--Find Your Polling Place HMSA Private shared-savings deal puts half of future raises at hospital system at risk Sequestration: Federally Funded Employees, Contractors to Receive Layoff Notices Just Before Election Hawaii Solar Scammers Push for More Ratepayer, Taxpayer Handouts Ansaldo Awards Rail Electrification Contract to Siemens Rail Jobs? Honolulu Construction Employment Down 6% Abercrombie Appoints Maria Zielinski as DAGS Deputy Director Veterans in Politics Endorses Ed Case Romney must win over Asian voters Cayetano: Hannemann was Doling out Personal Services Contracts Like Hot Cakes Case would “drive a stake into the heart of Democratic machine.” Democrats Slightly Less Disgusted by Abercrombie Lingle criticizes Hawaii County clerk's voter registration problems First Day of Early Voting Goes Smoothly in Hilo Hirono Continues to Miss Congressional Votes Progressive Democrats of Hawaii Hang Albatross Around Hirono’s Neck Lingle Campaign Invests $1M in Victory Downtown, Kahala top Cayetano Donors by Zip Code Liz Larson Challenges Galuteria in New 12th District Senate Seat HSTA Operative Challenges Nakashima in HD1 Star-Adv Profiles Council Races Star-Adv: Land Development Corp Must have Rules in Place Pearl Harbor seen as site for new ships School Bus Cuts Fail to Disrupt Traffic ‘Slavery’ case dismissal frustrates Utah ‘victims’ FBI: ‘Extremist Group’ Helps Hawaii Mortgage Scammers Escape Sanctions for Neighborhood Board Outbursts Hawaii auto insurance listed as third least expensive Gas Co Plans for 10,000 Hydrogen Cars Insurers Will Cut Rates if you allow Spying Hawaii the only state without boat theft in 2011, report says Civil Beat Still Trying to Save Demented Fact Checks Read More..

Monday, July 30, 2012 July 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 5893 Views Early Voting Begins Today--Find Your Polling Place Henkin: Rumors of Hee-Wooley Affair “Scurrilous” Hirono Claims Credit for George Bush STEM Legislation Failing, DoE Asks Feds for Permission to Scrap AYP Testing Charter School Enrollment Reaches 10,000 Milestone New Lane Open on H-1 Freeway Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 30, 2012 What $300M? Abercrombie Suddenly Admits Surplus Does Not Exist Hawaii public land development agency eyes Deal With Billionaire Clinton Crony Movie Mogul Even With 20% Extra Democrats, Stat-Adv Poll Finds Majority Oppose Rail Filipino Chronicle Poll Shows Strong Support for Cayetano, Split on Senate Race West Hawaii Today Endorses Guccione City Builds $20M Parking Garage, Reserves it for Ghost Employees at Non-Existent Agency Poll Larded With 20% Extra Democrats Shows Djou Trailing by Only 9% Mellman: Gabbard 37%, Hannemann 32% New Rules Will Make it easier for Criminals to Hide their Crimes Nuclear Family Reduces Homelessness from 30% to 7% School Bullies: Hawaii Still Struggling To Help Tormented Kids Star-Adv Writes Article on UH Construction Boom Without Mentioning Kobayashi Even Once Hundreds of Grifters, Con-Men Expected at Hawaii Clean Energy Summit HEI Earnings Expected to Soar 28% Those legislative gifts don’t add up Read More..

Sunday, July 29, 2012 July 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:14 PM :: 5786 Views FBI investigating? Sex, Lies and Retaliation at Big Island Election Office YAGONG: “Jamae is working under direction of Attorney General’s Office, information will come out very soon” Clarity Needed in Holding Elected Officials Accountable Nanakuli Meet the Candidates July 30 More Bus Cuts Coming After Election Okabe Making no Preparations for 2013 HSTA Negotiations Abercrombie, Matayoshi, Horner Cheer Results of System wide Cheating Democrat-Heavy Poll Has Cayetano Falling Short of 50% Aug 11 Dems advertising in several GOP Senate primaries—And Republican Endorses in Hawaii Democrat Primary Dist 1: Star-Adv Spews more anti-Berg propaganda Waialua: Pro-Development Carpetbagger Bradshaw Tries Again for Dem Legislative Nomination Big Island Faces Three-Way Mayoral Runoff Freitas Buys Student Athletes with $200K Cash Raise Lawyer Creating New Excuse for Litigation against Arizona Prison Will Asian voters swing the election? Act 294 will enhance efforts to combat fraud Soft on Crime: Three Time Loser Loose on Streets at Age 37 Anti-Hunting Obsessives Begin Assault on Hawaii Hunting Dogs Read More..

Saturday, July 28, 2012 July 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:05 PM :: 7342 Views FBI investigating? Sex, Lies and Retaliation at Big Island Election Office Mitsunaga: Hirono Took Same Illegal Contributions Cayetano Did BLNR: Boater Safety Course Will Be Required Federal Transit Bill Shifts Funding towards Busses, Away from Rail Akaka Proposes Tribal Internet Gaming Bill Honolulu City Lights Display Applications Due Now LINK: Star-Advertiser Voters Guide VIDEO: Ed Case Speaks to Smart Business Hawaii No Polling Place for 2,600 Voters in 17 Precincts Two Agencies Compete for Control of Abercrombie’s Health Takeover Governor's Campaign Manager Runs Governor's Health Care Project Bipartisan Lingle Supporters: Chamber of Commerce Endorses Democrats in Georgia, Utah Hirono’s Propeller Beanie Buddy Hard on Guns: Gabbard, Hannemann back Gun Control Soft on Crime: Victim's mom urges stricter sentencing law after killer gets life with parole Extensive audit targets UH athletics Maui News: Hirono is Part of the Problem UHPA Buys More Case Ads Matson: New EPA Emission Regs Boost Fuel Cost 40%, Blow Pistons Mele Carroll’s Excuse: Honolulu Bag Lady Had my Financial Disclosure Papers Star-Adv Announces Endorsements in Council Races HD33: House candidates prioritize senior care and sustainability HART Blanks Out Federal Funding, Project Cost Figures Finding truth among rail transit myths: Interview with Randal O’Toole CCP Cheerleader, Islam Day Author Would like you to Meet $1000/hr ‘Hero of Forgiveness’ Punahou Brainwashes the Socialist Leaders of Tomorrow Military Bans Sailors from Seven Hawaii Stores Accused of Selling Synthetic Drugs Read More..

Friday, July 27, 2012 July 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 5382 Views UPDATE -- Hawaii Co vs Nago: Primary Voter Lists Compromised? Ed Case Email Blast: ‘Not the First Time’ Ward Has Got it Wrong Fact Check: Case, Hirono Claim Credit for Bills Which Did Not Pass Lawsuit Claims Hawaii IBEW Boss Solicited Murder of Critics As Primary Election Approaches, Governor Approves Funds to Complete Hilo International Airport Cargo Facility Doctored Absentee Ballots? Voter fraud investigation targets Hawaii County Mitsunagas attack Hirono for Pay to Play Case: We’ve Got to Curb Illegal Immigration Hirono Endorser: “Environmentalists are Not American” Star-Adv Endorses Hirono, Points to her 2002 Loss vs Lingle Hirono Still Stands by Support for Acquitted Felon John Edwards for President over Obama Pro-Abortion Group $121K Gabbard Ad Buy Highlights From Honolulu Mayoral Candidates’ Financial Disclosures Early Voting Opens Monday HTA sees good 2012 stretch into 2014 High tech tax credit a concern, but what about the beverage container tax credit? Pro-Railers Call Police on Berg Again Pressure Forces more Homeless to Accept Shelter “Grinning Attorneys” Win Fees from Bankrupt CNMI Pension Fund Hawaiian Tel Wins $771 per user subsidy for Rural Broadband Connections Hyatt union workers join peers on mainland in contract protest Local Companies Donate $300,000 to The Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i Read More..

Thursday, July 26, 2012 July 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 6739 Views Nago: Primary Voter Lists May be Compromised Star-Adv Poll Debunked: 20% Extra Democrats Resolutions to Restore Bus Cuts Pass Council Unanimously Shippers Add New Bunker Surcharges for Low Sulfur Fuel Navy Pushes Biofuel Fleet Despite Concerns About Damage to Equipment Honolulu Habitat for Humanity Announces Information Meetings Disaster Proclamation Authorizes Repairs to Kauai Highway Hirono Endorser Wants Her to Win Primary, Lose General Election Slanted Star-Adv Ward Research Poll: 62% Democrats Case Mocks Ward Poll: ‘Light Years Off’ National Democrats: Obama May Pull Out of Swing States Another Conflict of Interest: Health insurers, hospitals Team Up With HIPA, Abercrombie, fund New health care group Athletic Dep’t Takeover by Broken Trust Freitas in the Works Since 2010 STEM? Hirono Has No Record so She Just Makes one up Star-Adv Endorsements in HD 41-51 Fined $2600, Mele Carroll Again Fails to File Financial Disclosure Rail Steel $15.9M Over Budget Mayor vetoes Kailua, Kalama beach business ban, Wants Island-Wide Rules Kauai: After 140 Years of Land Ownership, Boatyard Business Given 1 Day to Vacate Hawaii Land Corp. Pushes Forward on Projects, Despite Lack of Rules $1.2B Project: Honua‘ula EIS approval ‘big, big milestone’ Next Step: Prime Rib Dinners for Homeless at Oceanfront Shelter 23 cases of scabies at Halawa Correctional Facility since January State lawmaker plans to stop HPD training in neighborhoods US DoE Burns $6M on UH Biofool Research DoE Teachers Assistant Gets Probation for Sexting 12 year old student Lesbian Arrested for Domestic Assault UH Footballer Busted for DUI, Drug Dealing Judiciary Contractor Hires More Bill Collectors Read More..

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 July 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 6476 Views Audit: State Gave Away $1B Act 221 Tax Credits Without Verification of Eligibility Audit Needed: Hawaii Consumers Pay $400M for Recycling  Okabe: Abercrombie Pursues 'Mainland Political Strategy' of Attacking Teachers Unions  Uh-Oh, Hirono ‘Kooky’ Congressman Endorses Hirono Duke Aiona Endorses Kym Pine for Council 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being UK Guardian: When contagion strikes, it's Honolulu you should avoid 22 Candidates Fail to File Financial Disclosures by Deadline Hawaii Enacts Multiple Mortgage-Related Bills and Legislation to Protect Personal Information Pittsburgh Manufacturer Lands $60M Honolulu Rail Contract Judge reviews Hawaii's gay-marriage ban After Giving $1B to Act221 Scammers, Abercrombie Tries to Seize $500M from Real Tech Companies $1B Tax Credit Scandal: Star-Adv Refuses to name names State government is flush; private sector, not so much Sierra Club Criticises Hannemann for Blocking Wind Scammers’ Kahe Project Slom: Project Labor Agreements: Costly for Hawaii Case vs Hirono: Unions Burn Money in Dem Primary Ben Cayetano: Former governor finds many agree with his position on rail Carlisle: Being Mayor is Cool, I got to Meet Dalai Lama Beware of accurate information disguised as 'push polls'  Concert promoter had gone bankrupt in 2009 Stop Elitist Harassment of Kayak Rental Businesses Arguments Against Geothermal Are ‘Absurdly Elitist,’ Says Scientist Hanlon a ‘Strong Supporter of Kihei Mega mall’ Wrecked by Steve Case, Hukilau Fish farm Liquidates Fare Hikes, Bus Cuts and Rail Go Hand in Hand Big Island food stamp use doubles Will HPD Release Personnel Records on Indicted Officers? Global Horizons CEO Speaks Out About Human Trafficking Allegations - and the Justice Department's Decision to Drop the Charges New Hotel Proposed for Waikiki Star-Advertiser attorneys ask court to expedite governor's appeal on fees Homeless Complains about being Kicked out of Shelter that is Killing Him Read More..

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 July 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:13 PM :: 5570 Views HSTA, UHPA Report 2010-11 Membership Numbers New Transit Bill Re-Classifies BRT as 'Fixed Guideway' Lingle: So-called ‘Millionaires Tax’ is a Tax on Small Business   Lingle: Death of Officer Chad Morimoto Devastating Loss for Family, Community Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Grassroot Institute: DoE ‘Schools progress heartening’ Huh? Akakū TV holding Election Correspondent Workshop Hirono Misses Major Votes in U.S. House 22 State Candidates Fined for Failing to File Financial Disclosures on Time Star-Adv Looks at Contested Primaries in HD 19-29 Voter registration tally up since 2010 primary Fishy: Hawaii County Elections Office Closes for ‘Audit’ Lanai Sale Wrecks Community Benefits Package Integral to Windfarm Deal Cayetano, Grabauskas Describe Meeting HART Seizes Property, Evicts Pearl City Family Federal judge hears legal arguments on same-sex marriage University administrators who gave go-ahead to concert took thousands of dollars in gifts from the athletics department Bankruptcy, Bad Debts Trail University Of Hawaii Concert Promoters Sierra Club Fights Urbanization of Hawaii Sugar Subsidies: $800K per Job ACLU Files Lawsuit Demanding Hawaii prisoners’ right to marry Soft on Crime: Man who stabbed hikers asks judge for permission to attend college Tipsters lead Hawaii County police to three gambling parlors Queen's Transplant Center completes 1st kidney transplant Hawaii Procurement Expert Speaks to GCC Students Statement from Governor Linda Lingle on the Passing of Sally Ride   Read More..

Monday, July 23, 2012 July 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 4194 Views Lingle Wraps Up Chamber Endorsement Tour, Launches Tourism Spot 64% of Itemized Hirono Donors from Mainland Sierra Club Rail Position: Incompetent, Disturbing DoE “Zones of Innovation” experiment gets uneven outcome Marriage: Jackson v Abercrombie Hearing Tomorrow Push Poll Targets Hannemann Pushback #1--Watada: Cayetano’s Act 10 Broke up Pay to Play System Pushback #2 -- PRP Chief Passed out Cash in Final Days of Campaign, Now Target Of Campaign Probe Star-Adv Makes Endorsements in Contested Senate Primary Races Caldwell: Vote for Me I Was Born in Waipahu Disclosure deadlines haven’t adjusted to new extended election process Candidates start to receive matching funds It's Time For a 'Save Hawaii' Coalition Good News: Hawaii Climate Change Policy is Just a Bunch of Feel Good Talk, No Action Waikiki Retailers; Sales Squeezed by Rising Room Rates Bag Fees Keep Hawaiian Profitable Horizon: Hawaii Routes Not Affected by New EPA Rules BoH Earns $0.90 per Share Nominations sought for Hawaii County ag advisory committee Suspect finances halt Maui nonprofit Brain Injury Victim Takes on Big Island Country Club Kam Schools Donates Modular Buildings Fire destroys HSTA President's family home in Waianae Read More..

Sunday, July 22, 2012 July 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 PM :: 6142 Views County Services Should Be Paid For By Those Who Benefit Ellison Removes Pro-Wind Signs from Lanai Act 97: Abercrombie, Legislators Steal $24M/year from Non-Profits DoE’s Latest Scheme to Mask Failure: Eliminate Hours and Grades Construction: New Day Like Old Day Newspapers Endorse Hannemann Island Air: Hawaiian Air plans a suspicious coincidence Promoter of failed Stevie Wonder concert facing bank foreclosure on Kailua home Interview with Attorney Clare Hanusz on the dismissal of the human trafficking case against Global Horizon defendants Hawaii Co Mayoral Candidates Back Waste to Energy Windscammers Plans for Hana are cause for concern Maui County Candidates on Akaku Tuesday Interview: Former Miss Hawaii Lauren Cheape seeks elected office in state House of Representatives Clayton Hee Thrilled Over Latest Chance for Akaka Tribe to Exploit Hawaiians Homosexual Molester Coaches Boys in Wahiawa Again State flags Kihei mall project over groups' concerns Hotel Would Bring Back Original Haleiwa 'Real Hawaii' shows trouble in paradise The liberation of Guam and how the Pacific War still speaks to us today Read More..

Saturday, July 21, 2012 July 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 4675 Views Hawaii Family Forum Releases Primary Voter Guide Hawaii GOP Chair to Wed Former Chair Statement from Governor Linda Lingle on Aurora Shooting Tragedy After Inexplicably Abandoning Kau Inoa, OHA Launches New Roll for Akaka Tribe Unfair Indemnification: Truckers Association Pleased by Passage of SB824 More than 5,000 students Step Up Governor Releases $92.8 Million for Highways, Airports and Harbors Hawaii GOP Chair to Wed Former Chair Restoring City Bus Service: Hearing This Wednesday BLNR to Decide on Mandatory Boating Safety Courses Marumoto Briefs Mainland Lawmakers on Hawaii Renewable Energy Rail Vacuums Another $47M Out of Your Pocket City Purchasing Boss: Fire Department ‘Misinterpreted policy’ on Merger Contract Joey Manahan Investigated for Spending $29K on Meals Civil Beat Publishing Responses to Legislative Questionnaires Hawaii Women’s Political Caucus Endorses Candidates Agriculture in Hawaii gets a boost after Eco-Faddists Defeated Ho'opili, Koa Ridge foes file suits to halt projects Bill 11: City Affirms Commercial Ban at Parks Human Trafficking Case Dismissed Hawaii State Plan for Occupational Safety and Health; Proposed Modification US Marshalls Round Up 72 Fugitives in Hawaii Program for visually impaired receives prestigious certification KITV Back on Cable-Air Fontaine Factor - Charter Schools Islamic Society at UH Manoa has no members around to Celebrate Ramadan Read More..

Saturday, July 21, 2012 July, 2012 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 12:51 AM :: 5421 Views Colorado: Where were the men? Hemmings: Kayak Operators Greedy, Breaking Law Dismayed by Passage of Ewa Development Plan Obamacare: Will Hawaii Spend Millions for Less Than Prepaid? Read More..

Friday, July 20, 2012 July 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 6549 Views "Save Our Honolulu" Fundraiser to Support Rail Litigation Abercrombie: Massive Tax Increase Allows State to Deal With Rats, Frogs No More Sinkhole State? Abercrombie's $306M Claim Relies on Financial Sleight-of-Hand Losing in Polls, Desperate Hirono Pulls in Cash from Mainland Leftists Hanabusa, Djou Tied in Cash on Hand Commercial: HSTA Lobbyist Cries Because Cayetano Signed Tax Cut into Law SA Editors Pleased that massive Systemwide Cheating Could Bring RTTT Money to DoE Autism: DoE running up legal fees on contempt/sanctions order Resolution asks for restoration of city bus service without raising fares DoT History Shows Rail Will Run Over Budget 30 years of Litigation Leads to Million Dollar Fence Repair, Sheep Eradication Hawaii County Council Reso Asks for 30% Solar not 15% Kayak Operator Arrested for Hosing Protesters Sakai: Not Nearly Enough Halfway Houses for Justice Reinvestment Releases Voter Registration up Slightly on Oahu, Hawaii Islands City Records Don't Back Fire Dept's Version of Contract Award Will Island Air Become the #2 Interisland Carrier? Potential firing of UH athletics director for concert debacle won't be easy Myths about irradiated food have already been debunked Read More..

Thursday, July 19, 2012 July 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 5038 Views Update: New Poll: Lingle 47% - Hirono 41% Duke Aiona Urges Supporters to Participate in GOP Primary, Vote for Lingle Lingle: Obama's STEM Education Plan 'in Sync' with Hawaii IRS Backs Off, Grants Tax Free Status to Maui TEA Party Full Text: Sierra Club Declines to Make Mayoral Endorsement Rail Propaganda Smackdown Survey: Honolulu Mayor’s Race to Shape Primary Electorate Hirono Skips Three U.S. House Votes, Blames ‘Republicans’ MoveOn: Leftist Whackjobs Endorse Hirono Business Leaders Tour Hawaii Raising Money for Lingle Takamine, Abercrombie Blame Romney(!) as Feds take over Hawaii workplace safety inspections Rats Migrate from Capitol, Infest Waikiki Do you think local politics are “corrupt”? Thielen Raises Money from Family, Ryan from Labor Inouye Prepares to Defeat Solomon Again Hawaii’s bottle deposit fee to increase by a half cent Justice Reinvestment: Felon Kills Man, Up for Parole in One Year Honolulu Mayor Hires Co-Defendant In Whistleblower Lawsuit City Still Seeking A New Chief Medical Examiner Community wants alternative to Kaneohe-Kailua sewer tunnel Meet the 2012 Mom Congress Hawaii Delegate Rep John Medeiros Dies Read More..

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 July 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 6288 Views Annual Yearly Progress- How Did Your School Do New Poll: Lingle 47% - Hirono 41% VIDEO: US Chamber Launches New Campaign Ad Bernake: Tourism is a Bright Spot After One Year, Systemwide Cheating Boosts DoE Test Scores FULL TEXT: RFP for Hawaii Health Insurance Exchange Implementation Project State Historic Preservation Division Releases Organizational Audit Findings Alaska Lawsuit Challenges ‘Illegal’ Emissions Standards for Coastal Ships Queen’s Ranked Among Nation’s Best Hospitals Pine: Reopening HMC West a Top Priority Report: Research Funding for Burns School of Medicine Uncertain Governor signs special purpose revenue bond for HPU International Botball Tourney Returns to Hawaii NASA Comes to Big Isand to Practice Extraterrestrial Encounters Okabe: Abercrombie is Tired, Stubborn, Angry, Hot-Headed Cayetano: Honolulu Roads Worse than Sri Lanka Linda Lingle: Experience as governor makes her best choice The heat is on for Hirono, famous for weak finishes US Dep’t of Ed Impressed by Results of Cheating in Hawaii Solar Feeding Frenzy Triples Permit Count Akaka Bill Through the Backdoor in Fall 2012? Jones Act Obstructs Sale of Superferry Barges Hinshaw was briefed about ill-fated UH concert plans State DoH May Quash Honolulu Fire-EMS Merger SA: Hold developers to their promises SA: Kailua Beach Park ban could backfire, Carlisle Should Veto Residents sue to block sale of Haleiwa land Hawaiian Airlines' parent to expand interisland service with turbo-prop subsidiary PUC: Lana'ians for Sensible Growth given participant status Honolulu, Kahului-Wailuku, Kapaa and Hilo saw number of businesses decline in 2009 Will Hawaii be spared from the Pentagon’s budget cuts? Don’t be a Biofool: Buy Ethanol-Free Gasoline City to soon accept builders' blueprints electronically Read More..

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 July 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 7375 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 16, 2012 City Announces Annual Bus Service Changes for School Year Big Island Part of National Test of Health Information Exchange Harmful U.N. Sea Treaty Stalls in Senate Hoku Loses Control of Its Own Website VIDEO: Berg Grills Grabauskas Hawaii state tax revenues Fall Short of CoR Projections Campaign Finance: New Gang of Crooks Backs Gabbard vs Old Gang of Crooks backing Hannemann Hawaii Co Council Candidate tied to Bob Marx Rejected in Grab for Public Money Mazie: Values Mean Abandoning the Family and Falling into the Arms of Government, Academia Pine Leads Fund Race, Berg Second Star-Advertiser Compares Senate Candidates on the Issues Senate Democrats build fall campaign cushion—Except in Hawaii Carpenter: Large Contingent of Democrats Want Closed Primary UH President Greenwood’s involvement in athletics called “unprecedented” Queens Perfoms First Kidney Transplant DHHL Gets $12M from HUD Free The Grid Ranks Hawaii 'F' on "Interconnection' Public Land Development Corp to Hold Public Meetings in August NYT: Anti-Sonar Agit-Prop Debunked Misanthropes Push to Boost Nearshore Shark Populations Hawaii's biotech papayas hold a lesson for America Clean Energy? Biomass Feed Clogs Big island Highway with Logging Trucks Hawaii waging campaign for Obama library Learning Socialism: Obama spent youth ‘in Hawaii smoking something’ Read More..

Monday, July 16, 2012 July 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 5484 Views Lingle Responds to Criticism of Maui Judicial Conference 34 Senators Reject: LOST Will Not Be Ratified by Senate This Year Aegis Combat System Successfully Completes Trials on Second Republic of Korea Destroyer After rail, city will Hike Bus Fares, spend 17% of taxes on transportation Gabbard outpaces Hannemann in April-June fundraising for U.S. House race Delusional Okabe Still Claims HSTA ‘Ratified’ January Contract Linda Lingle: The GOP’s Senate Pick-Up In Hawaii? Case: Hirono Ineffective Foot Soldier for Far left, Lacks Diversity CD2 Candidates Answer Surveys Stop Rail Suit to be Heard in August Ethics Commission warning to legislators about incomplete financial disclosures falls short Maui Saved, 9th U.S. court cancels 2013 Monterey conference $200,000 Project Will Add 4th Lane to H-1 Pill Mill?  Bay Clinic Hit With Second Lawsuit Star-Adv Editors: With safeguards, new biosafety lab will benefit isles Both Houses Reject Navy Biofool Program Geothermal bills still alive Kenoi’s contributions come from out of the county Obama Threatens to Cut Hawaii Beach Safety Funds Florida couple Hassled by Volcano National Park Police? When Will Anyone Talk About the Real Costs of the Undersea Cable? Kicking The Tires On Energy Distribution Options Leaching Off Tourist Trade: Kinau Street Gambling Bust Nets Meth, Stolen Goods Police Search for Medicated marijuana stolen from Kailua home Cronyism Infects Hawaii Historic Register Program Read More..

Sunday, July 15, 2012 July 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:37 PM :: 6743 Views Kaiser Study: Hawaii Obamacare Exchange to Pay Insurers $973/month Ceiling Circumvented With Special Funds State Office of Planning Requests LUC Hearing on Kihei Mega Mall Project Broken Trust Frietas, Greenwood Use Wonder Debacle to Cement Control of Manoa Campus Complete Rundown on Legislative Races, Fundraising Abercrombie has Until 2014 to Kill Prepaid Influence: Insurers to Pay for 100% of Hawaii Health Connector Borreca: Pacific Resources Partnership Like Segregationists Star-Adv: Dumping Rail Will Kill Honolulu’s Credibility in Washington ABC News: $26 per Gallon Biofuel at Center of Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Justice Reinvestment The state's aging film studio angles for millions of dollars in renovations Private Schools Flip Homework, Lectures Castle & Cooke Affordable housing cut from Kapolei Enviros Outraged: Frogs Eating too Many Cockroaches, Ticks Theology: No Need Act, Coral Reefs totally Dooomed by Global Worming Read More..

Saturday, July 14, 2012 July 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 5254 Views New Website: The Real Hanabusa Same Day Registration Leads to 48,000 Fraudulent Voters, Lawsuit Hoku Corporation to Delist from the NASDAQ Global Market 90% of Faculty Sticks With HTA Charter School Berg: Restore Cancelled Bus Service Want Land? DNLR Will Buy You Some Star-Adv Pushes to Eliminate Voter Registration, Open Doors to Massive Voter Fraud SA: Hoku Shows Solar industry is a flash in the pan Hirono: Self Reliance is a Government Paycheck Promoter: UH Stevie Wonder deposit money has been found Berg holds lone anti-rail stance at candidate forum Speed dating style event for candidates and voters Justice Reinvestment: Lifelong Criminal Let out, Disrupts Hawaii 5-0 Shoot Wahiawa General Hospital's fate could depend on whether Castle & Cooke gets zoning for Koa Ridge City lifts moratorium on sewer hook-ups in Central Oahu Duty Free Stores Funnel $3B to State Hearst vs Time Warner Battle Blacks Out KITV, Mainland Stations Biofuel Stocks: Food Prices Rise Again How Rail Screws the Poor Electric vehicle drivers now have new, free place to charge up in town at Ala Moana Center Pongamia: New Biofool scam Hits Hawaii Read More..

Friday, July 13, 2012 July 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 5646 Views Djou: "Rail is being transformed from a public works project into a private benefit club" Informational briefing held for Proposed Biosafety Lab Vacation Rentals, Homeowners’ Associations Face Increased Disclosure Requirements, Penalties Under New Law Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Wavecom Solutions Cyber-Crime Bills Signed into Law Rep Fontaine Thanks Gov Abercrombie for Signing “Move Over” Bill into Law Lingle Campaign Raises $1.1M in Two Months Hawaii Restaurant Association Endorses Lingle Environment: Rail is Dirtier than Cars Dismayed by Passage of Ewa Development Plan Stung by Slipping Numbers, Hirono Releases Four Week Old Polling Results to Fool Media Lingle pulls in $1.1M to Hirono's $941,000 Pay to Play Crowd Pours Money into Mayoral Race Pandora’s Box: Gabbard Hammers Hanneman on Pay for Play Complete Rundown on Maui Legislative, Council Fundraising Honolulu Mayoral Candidates Debate H-Power, Landfills Candidates Don’t Know How Many Fire , Ambulance Stations City Has Congress hopefuls sail into Jones Act’s political waters Concert?  What Concert?  Wonder Reps Called UH  Monday Last Lease-to-Fee Case Ends in Defeat for Homeowners Abercrombie Forces Hoosier, Takata to take Leave Council passes ACLU-Backed bill governing protests Stung By Signmaking, Alcohol Scandal, Hawaii County Election Div Plays Catch up Kenoi Vetoes Two Geothermal Bills Some Kona Coffee Farmers Angered by Abercrombie Signing HB 280 Kauai Voters Will Not Get Say on Mayor’s Power over Chief Kenoi axes GASB bill, Continues to Loot Retirees Benefits Punchbowl flap will spur calls to kin Senators tell judges to cancel Hawaii junket American Samoa lawsuit seeks U.S. citizenship   Read More..

Thursday, July 12, 2012 July 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 6352 Views Poll: Lingle Takes Lead in Senate Race Hawaii, Exercise Your Right to Vote! Hawaii NRA Instructor Liability Bill Signed into Law Rep Pine Cheers Cyber Crime Bills Signed Into Law Hawaii Dems and Mr Jones Harris: Sierra Club Has Decided to be Pro-Rail Voters Give Lingle $1M for Campaign Carlisle: Unions No Longer Able to Control Elections New PRP Commercial Hits Cayetano Over Teachers’ Strike $1.5 Million Funneled Through Pro-Rail PACs Mufi’s HTLA Endorses Lingle Another Day Another Lie: Civil Beat Tries to Smear Lingle Pollster Council tells HART to put reins on PR Handouts to Mufi Cronies Abercrombie’s DoE Cuts Autistic School Fashion: State Gets its Paws on Another Entrepreneurial Industry Office of Hawaiian Affairs to buy Gentry Pacific Design Center Concert Fallout: Donovan removed as UH athletics director Prosecutors Desperately Grasp at Technicality to Keep Deedy in Hawaii’s Corrupt State Courts Hawaii has second-highest credit card debt Sheriffs Using Jaywalking Enforcement As Excuse to Abandon Baliff Duties? Laboratory plan leads residents to fear the worst Council outlaws businesses at Kailua Beach Judge ends TRO, says he lacks jurisdiction over MMMC Aloha Petroleum fined $33K for Paperwork violations Aerial hunting ban approved, DLNR Plans to Ignore Read More..

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 July 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:06 PM :: 6438 Views Hawaii, Exercise Your Right to Vote! Senate Committee Hearing Discusses Ways to Create Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval Abercrombie Vetoes 14 Bills Full Text: Lingle Speaks on Jones Act Hanabusa, Hirono Co-Sponsor Bill Threatening Closure of Catholic Charities State Appeals Attorneys' Fees Award In JSC List Case CNBC: Hawaii Ranks 49th in Business Climate HART Slashes Rail PR Budget—But Only After Primary Did HART Secretly Pay Off Advertiser Editor? Mazie-Come-Lately: Hirono's Touted Sustainability Plan is All Talk and No Action Mazie’s record is clear, because it’s empty Full Text: Lingle Speaks on Jones Act Obamacare Repeal Up For a Vote in House Today Cayetano: Hirono, Rail Contractors Up to Their Eyeballs in Pay to Play Scandal Watada: Cayetano Part of Pay to Play Culture Don Horner, Nestor Garcia Conflicts of Interest Guided Ansaldo Contract Into Place Bi-Polar: Sierra Club Endorses Rail, Caldwell, Denounces Mufi KITV Knocked off Cable, Watch Mayoral Debate on Internet Drunk Running Sign Making Business out of Hawaii County Election Office Gets Job Back thanks to HGEA, Cronies Laupahoehoe Charter School Opening With 190 Students Scammers Con UH Admin out of $200K over Fake Stevie Wonder Concert Maui Firefighters Smoking Meth on the Job? Guides talk of terrifying ordeal, tried to save teen lives Akaka, Inouye, Hirono, Hanabusa Vote to make Cockfighting a Federal Crime Carlisle Admin Takes Another Step Towards Sale of Public Housing Smart Meters: So Much Data, but Who Can Analyze It? Strict U.S. visa policies discriminate against Polish visitors to Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 July 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 8768 Views Level 3 Bio Lab for Kalaeloa? Briefing Wednesday After Losing Hospital, Ewa Beach Gets New Ambulance Berg: Bus Cuts Could be Restored by Eliminating Rail Propaganda Planning Commission to Vote on Ewa Development Plan Arkansas Attorney General Sues Hawaii Travel Agent Is Mufi Campaigning Illegally on HLTA’s Dime? Will Cayetano Turnout Produce Case Victory? Will Hirono Back Andy Winer for Federal Judge? Windfarm Scammers Consider Purchase Of 4500 Acre Hana Ranch Hirono Pushes Windfarms in Latest Commercial Complete List of House Districts Ranked by Turnout Biosafety lab draws protests Abercrombie Continues to Harass Attorneys Who Won Judicial Transparency Hemmings: State Guilty of Anti-Trust Violations in Push for Medical Monopoly Carlisle reports raising nearly $200,000 in run for re-election Thielen: Teenagers Pump Money into Slot Machines in Kaneohe Meteorological Tower Permits Approved for Molokai Wind Project Shocker: Electric Bills Fall Principal says secretary's theft caused program cuts, layoffs DoE Seeks to Ban SAT From Bidding Milner: Hawaii Unions Need to Post Fake Comments on Blogs to Manipulate Public Opinion, Just Like Wisconsin Pasha Hawaii to compete with Matson, YB on container service Kailua Overrun With Tourists Barber’s Point Key to Getting Hawaii-Based Carrier Allegiant Projects 26% Growth Based on new Hawaii Routes Gas Stations Give Away Free Electricity to Electric Car Owners Eminent Domain, Island Style High-speed rail officials rebuffed proposal from French railway Read More..

Monday, July 9, 2012 July 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 PM :: 5517 Views Lingle Cable TV Channel Adds Interactive Photo Scrapbook Rail: Transportation Secretary Wants Us to Be Like Communist China Audio: Obama’s U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson -- The Hit-and-Run 911 School Bus Cuts Show DoE/BoE/Legislature/Governor Still Pointing Fingers DoE Cuts Back on Adult Schools, 9,000 Students Affected HART Propaganda Wins ‘Platinum Hermes’ State Green Police Spur Neighbors to Spy on each other, Find Energy Wasting Apostates 2nd Congressional District debate Thursday on HNN Abercrombie Signs Two Senior Service Bills Hawaii Election Rolls ‘12% Deadwood’ Abercrombie Closure of Haleiwa Farmers Market bodes ill for Oahu's agricultural future Family vows to fight for land as City Threatens Leasehold Bill 5 Throws Small Businesses off Beach Carlisle, Kaneshiro Boost Prostitution Enforcement as Election Approaches 142 People Contribute to Harry Kim Campaign Parents: Eco-Tour Group Did not Search for Son Swept out to Sea Star-Adv Gives Column Space to Occupy Morons Again Emilia now a hurricane as Daniel weakens and nears Hawaii Read More..

Sunday, July 8, 2012 July 8, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 5997 Views FCC Closes in on Sandwich Isles Scam as Abercrombie Prepares to Give Al Hee $100M ‘Cause It Is Only a Quarter of a Percent New Lingle Ad Focuses on STEM Education Perriera: HGEA has 30-year Plan to Screw Retirees, Maintain Control over Hawaii DoE to Dump Standardized Testing, Get NCLB Waiver in Bold Plan to Mask Failure Star-Adv: HDR-Infraconsult Rail Deal Incestuous, Troublesome Caldwell, Carlisle need big idea; Cayetano, big turnout Queen's set to purchase HMC-West Hawaii Rejects Obamcare in Two Surveys Pro-rail blogger under fire for critical posts OHA Works on Plan to Let Criminals Out, Boost Sovereignty Movement Honolulu is given $1.05M to create detailed road database Isle visitors lift sales figures Kauai Council pulls plug on free power for electric vehicles Plan to Rehab 200 Vacant Units Starts With Creating 50 New Position Some Coffee Farmers Back HB280 NYT Celebrates Beginnings of Community Organizing of Marshallese in Arkansas Hurricane Daniel expected to strengthen, but poses no threat 50-Years Ago Today: US H-Bomb Test   Read More..

Saturday, July 7, 2012 July 7, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 6893 Views July 7, 1898: US Annexes Hawaii June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii Bipartisan? Hanabusa Campaign Slimes Congressman Visiting Hawaii Hawaii, Exercise Your Right to Vote! Full Text: Audit Challenges Hawaii's Burgeoning Special Funds, Raids Act 219 Eliminates Penalties for Profitable Non-Profit Tax Cheats Abercrombie Administration Cuts off Quadriplegic’s Medicaid—Until Media Finds Out Fire-EMS Merger Contract Awarded After Honolulu Official Manipulated Score City Promises No Additional Cost for Rail Authority, but Oahu Taxpayers Now Fund Agency at $22 Million Annually Pro-Rail Candidates Predominate in Council Races HART Gets New Offices, Council Suffers With Rats, Mold, Asbestos Big Brother: Health Exchange to Control Your Medical Records Hirono Wants to Be 1% of a Brain Carlisle earns endorsement from Duke Aiona’s Veterans in Politics Jones Act Unions Back Hannemann Kam Schools Names Three Trustee Nominees Star-Adv Calls for Three Vetoes No Special Session Planned at Hawaii Legislature for Veto Override ‘Green’ Energy: MECO’s monthly metering fee continues to increase Nimble MMMC Exempt from State Procurement Code? One Progressive Activst Moves into Public Housing, Immediately Wins Passage of Law to ban Smoking Indoors Monk Seals: NOAA Releases Propaganda Sheet in Push to Grab Control of Hawaiian Waters, Shorelines Isle troops deploy Army Guard to spend 10 months in Kosovo New changes planned for site of former Japanese internment camp Hawaiian Ocean View Estates water well dedicated The Dirty Dozen: The State of Honolulu's Public Restrooms Damien's service retold in lauded play Loomis CEO Pens another ‘Free Catholic’ Obamacare Screed Read More..

Friday, July 6, 2012 July 6, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 23197 Views Greening the fleet: Republicans criticize $26 a gallon biofuel being tested by the Navy Abercrombie Releases $75M for Honolulu Airport CIP Cut The Price Of Solar In Half By Cutting Red Tape VIDEO: "We call it riding the gravy train." Cayetano Dares Opponents to Open Pandora’s Box Star-Adv: Solve Traffic Problems With A Few Million Here and there so that Rail Looks Good Abercrombie Relents on Shake Down, signs Hospital Fee Bill How Will Prepaid be Gutted by Obamacare? Gay Couple Passes Marriage Through the System, It is Declared Invalid Abercrombie, Obama team up to Make Foodstamps Fraud Friendly Ethics Fine vs. Nestor Garcia Result of Hawaii GOP Complaint Hawaii Auditor Blasts State Special Funds Proliferation; Vindicates Opponents Spotted: A Dem Senate candidate campaigning for Obamacare HGEA Front Group Burns $36K on Hirono Ads Hirono, Case debate set for Hawaii News Now Nakamura: Hawaii Democrat Noted for Not Being Corrupt Kam Schools Has Inside Track on Office of Early Learning Kenoi Only Candidate With any Money Millions in Federal Taxpayer Dollars Pay for Big Island Biofool Plant Honolulu Council District 9 Candidates on the Issues Urban Honolulu Ranks High in Income Inequality Honolulu Ethics Commission Investigates Fire Department Contract Wanna Be Ward Heelers Get Money Everywhere but Oahu Scammer Allegedly Conned 22 Honolulu City Employees Fake Tech Center to Be Booted out by UH Manoa Kauai group seeks justice years after woman's murder Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation to hold its 50th Annual Hawaii State Farm Fair this Weekend July 7-8 Hawaii Soldiers Deploy to Kosovo Emotional days in exile for Hawaiian princess at Home of Theo Davies Nonprofits hope to tap Ellison’s largesse Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Speak in Hawaii in August Read More..

Thursday, July 5, 2012 July 5, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 6236 Views Sweetener: Did InfraConsult Push $1.9M Change Order for HDR? Djou: What Independence Day Means to Me NASDAQ Halts Hoku Trading FBI Closes Am Samoa Office after Imprisoning Numerous Corrupt Officials, Prepares to Open Hilo Office (YES!) Welfare Queens: Tax Credit Scammers Thrilled With Big Cable, Tech Accelerator SA: Council should censure Garcia Because He Endangered Rail Ethics? Evans, Hashem Refuse to Report Stock Ownership Prosecutor: Takata Grudge match against Kaneshiro Honolulu Council District 7 Candidates on the Issues DOE Not Bloated—Former Official Pork Project: Honolulu Pig Control Costs $1,400 Per Head Wind Farm Claims to Begin Operation on Maui Anti-GMO Activist allegedly bilked investors with utility scam Court Voids Hawaii Gun Ban After Non-violent Misdemeanor Conviction The American pivot to Asia is all bluff and bluster Read More..

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 July 4, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 6050 Views Does HDR Purchase of InfraConsult Create a Conflict of Interest on HDR’s Rail Contract? Lingle Celebrates Independence Day Abercrombie Quietly Gives 'Favored Nation' Benefits to Executive Branch Employees RTTT: Congress Demands Answers as Georgia Joins Hawaii on 'High-Risk' Status Unanimous BoE Approves DoE 'Strategic Plan' EU: Smart Meters Allow 'Massive Collection of Personal Data' Berg Video: Carpenters Union Members Get Rail Jobs--Knocking on Doors for Election KHON: Voter registration deadline on Thursday, July 12 Clueless: BoE/DoE Can’t Figure Out How Many Bus Routes it has Cut Chinese Government Owned Locomotive Maker to Buy Ansaldo? Democrat Advertiser: Hard to Be Proud to be American when Obamacare is Losing at Polls AJ Musto: We Democrats Still Angry over Our Defeat in Civil War July 4 Commentary: Civil Beat: We Atheists Terrified by Church-Based Voter Drive Budget flexibility threatened by special, revolving funds Inouye, Media Desperately Coordinate Effort to Hang ‘Obamacare Repeal’ Around Lingle’s Neck Inouye Questions Whether Lingle Wants Obamacare Repeal C&C Seeks to Block LOL Intervention in Lanai Sale Inouye, Akaka Among Most Pro-Gay Senators Inouye Endorses Hirono’s Pollster Hawaii 6th State to Enact Vacating Conviction Law for Prostitutes CD5 Kobayashi Challenged by Parsons Brinkerhoff Engineer 10% Oahu Water Rate Hike Politicians, Criminals Nervous as FBI Opens Hilo Office Secret Garbage Shipments Turn Kona Against Kenoi Candidate forums slated across the island Read More..

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 July 3, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 30526 Views Record Ethics Fine: Nestor Garcia Conflict of Interest on Rail Votes Probation Fees: Will Justice Reinvestment become a Revenue Center for the Judiciary, PSD, and Police? Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 2, 2012 Rate Hike: HECO Gets $59M, Ratepayers Get $0.85 Case Welcomes Hirono's Change of Mind on a Statewide Televised Debate Will Matson Survive? Hawaii Republicans Celebrate July 4th Statewide HM: Ooh! Aah! Kaboom! Here's a list of dazzling Hawaii Fourth of July fireworks shows VIDEO: Independence Day Parade gets political in Naalehu Pension Tax, Gambling Back on the Agenda to Fill $600M Deficit? Inouye to Case: “Thank you for lying to me” Hirono Leads Case By 15 in Own Poll Tulsi Gabbard named one of 10 Outstanding Americans Moody's affirms Hawaii's ratings on $5B in Debt Abercrombie won't restore school bus service cuts Utility CEO: Big Wind, interisland cable are last gasp of dying dinosaur Rail Contractor HDR Engineering acquires Honolulu rail consultant InfraConsult Contractor Quietly Quits Hawaii Tobacco Quit Line, Nobody Talking HTA: Nonstop air seats to Hawaii projected to grow by 12.6% Hawaii health insurance exchange members take their posts Star-Adv: Homeless Work Farm better than Tent City Kauai Police Commission Sues Mayor Maui Victims Fall for Another Scammer June bankruptcy filings lowest in nearly 4 years New Patent Office Inexplicably Goes to Silicon Valley, not Honolulu Navy to resume sinking old ships in US waters Marriott Securitizes $250M of Timeshare Mortgages Synthetic urine use increases after a year decline   Read More..

Monday, July 2, 2012 July 2, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:41 PM :: 14870 Views Pay to Play: Will Cayetano Retaliate Against Hirono? DoE to Face Larger Bus Shortfall Next Year CB: Council District 1 Candidates Answer Survey Retired Marine will oversee DOE facilities, support services Visa waivers Likely to Boost tourism from Taiwan Obama’s RIMPAC Slap at China Could Hurt Tourism 22 nations assemble for military exercise Former police chief revived law enforcement collaboration A&B, Matson Split Complete Japan Begins Restating Nukes Hawaii The Most Expensive Places To Build A Luxury Vacation Home Read More..

Sunday, July 1, 2012 July 1, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 29331 Views 400 Rally Against Obamacare at State Capitol Can a Tax Increase be in the Works? Lingle: Akaka Bill Will End These Lawsuits Forever Complete List of Cancelled School Bus Routes Feds: Hee Family Skims Millions from Sandwich Isles Communications Justice Reinvestment: Kauai Prosecutors Office Employees Benefit from Prison Diversion Contract Cayetano: $26M in Rail PR Contracts Line Pockets of Former Mufi Staffers Star-Adv: Federal Funds for Rail Should Not be Stopped DoE Robs Military and Substitute Teachers to Pay off Colluding Bus Companies DoE May Change School Day Schedule to Help Colluding Bus Companies Roberts switched views to uphold health care law Suicide #1 Cause of Injury Death in Hawaii Why Wind Turbines Aren’t Turning Billionaire Omidyar Denies Beach Access Only Abercrombie, Inouye to Show at Democratic Convention UH faculty union leader announces intent to step down in 2015 Waikiki parade salutes the military on Sunday Professional Surrender Monkey thrilled by Possibility of Military Cuts Lunatics Claim it is unethical for Council Members to not listen to Lunatics 80,000 EW Center Alumni Spread Across Asia Read More..