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Sunday, July 31, 2016 July 31, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 4719 Views SB2077: Randy Perreira Face-Saving Bill Hawaii Budget: Taxes on the Horizon Maui County set to strangle Airbnb Time for the Subcontract Deduction to Be Upended? Hafa Adai! Caldwell Already Lobbying for Multi-Billion Dollar GE Tax Hike Papahanaumokuakea: Question the Motives  105 Hot Classrooms at Campbell HS--DoE, Contractors Figure Out How Much They Can get away with Charging HART to Make a Mess of UH Football Opener Rail: Murder on the Disoriented Express Gay Prostitute Gets Dishonorable Discharge Anti-GMO Activists Aim for Aug 13 Dem Primary Half of Medicated Marijuana Users Will Soon Become Unemployed Hot housing market leaves elderly tenants out in cold Read More..

Saturday, July 30, 2016 July 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3763 Views Screaming Haole Trespasses on Farm, Destroys Papaya Trees Hawaiian Electric: Significant Alt-Energy Projects Underway Without NextEra KIUC: 40% Renewable for 2016 Almost All Hawaii Catholic School Graduates go on to College High Tech Corporate Welfare: State Gives Away Another $3.2M of Your Tax Dollars Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Increased in First Half of 2016 Caldwell’s Darby Flood: 15 Homes Uninhabitable, 110 Damaged in Kalihi Convert Rail to Busway? Djou: Poor Zoning Blocks Affordable Housing Enviros Attempt to Force Fishermen out of Papahanaumokuakea discussion Mainland Lesbians Score $80K Bisexual Charged with Murder, Kiddie Porn, Prostitution DNC Finger Flipper Works for Gary Hooser Judge dismisses failure to disperse charge for six telescope protesters Five Years Later Hawaii-based BoA VP Arrested Read More..

Friday, July 29, 2016 July 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 4512 Views Rep Kaniela Ing Caught Lying About Arrest--Claims 'Conspiracy' Heart Association: Second Hand Marijuana Smoke Worse than Tobacco Djou: Open to More Money for Rail as Long as it is not Tax Money Caldwell Slips out of the Office to Meet with bank Board of Directors Fire Grabauskas on August 8? Caldwell Not Willing to Say HART Board Member Walkout Stops Action on Property Purchases Lawmaker Rebuffed At DOE Meeting Three Charter Schools Nearing Approval Anti-GMO Activists Demand Removal of HD7 Democrat District Chair Other Gays Call Tranny a Prostitute After Recreation Department Employee Busted Civil Beat Upset Because Homeless Cant Pee on Things Freely Homeless Shack Runs Aground, Washed out of Keehi Tweekers’ Camp—Lawyers Called Police Union Shouldn’t Block Body Cameras In Kauai Cow Manure: Anti-Dairy Phonies Find New Excuses to Whine Oahu, Big Island nearing Solar Cap Read More..

Thursday, July 28, 2016 July 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4976 Views Rep Kaniela Ing Arrested by Maui PD Secrets: 24 Candidates Fail to File Financial Disclosure OHA Elections are Decided by Oahu Voters Hawaii Capital Gains Taxes 29.2% U.S. establishes new Jones Act enforcement arm Cover Up: Jones Act Whistleblower Case Costs Matson $1M Hot Schools: DoE Prepares for Illness and Exhaustion Bernie Sanders Resigns from Democratic Party DLNR: Keehi Lagoon is Caldwell’s Mess Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Now Showing in Hawaii A Dozen Dead and Caldwell Does Nothing Gay Sex Scandal Rocks Caldwells’ Recreation Department Caldwell’s Darby Emergency Plan—Phone Hilo Here’s The Deal Caldwell Made to Oust Ethics Director HART to discuss council resolutions to suspend property acquisition, change of funding Most Doctors Don’t Want to Sell Weed Housing For Homeless Three Units in Waianae cost $752K Hawaiian Electric Industries Profits $60M from Failed Merger Hawaiians Plan to Violate Ige’s Kona Fishing Ban EPA Drawn into Dairy Farm Fight Why It Took A Republican Governor To Get Blue Hawaii On The Path To Clean Energy Soft on Crime:  Man on probation arrested in shooting Read More..

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 July 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 4390 Views Papahanaumokuakea: OHA’s Power Grab will harm State's ability to continue its trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians Hawaii Pension System $8 Billion in Trouble Sen. Sam Slom Endorses Kelii Akina for OHA Trustee Hawaii Police Departments decreasing in size per capita County by County: Where are the People Doped Up? Video: Tulsi Gabbard Nominates Bernie Sanders for President Lawsuit: Compel Department of Health to post long term care home inspection reports Hawaii Supreme Court: Hanalei Boatyard Connected to Area 51? Honolulu Tops Cities Where Coffee Costs the Most Hawaii County Mayoral Candidate Wally Lau Fears Perjury Charge in Billy Kenoi Case Djou is Only Candidate Pledged to Not Raise Taxes If voters don’t elect new leadership at City Hall, we’re all in big trouble Darby damage was avoidable? Fasi Building Air Conditioning Broken—Will Stay Down for Two Weeks Due to Caldwell’s Incompetence ‘That Ocean Belongs To Us,’ Former Governor Tells Feds HECO to Control Solar Development on Oahu? State, Feds Hand out $23.3M to so-called High Tech Companies State high court rejects ethics charges against Hilo charter school administrator Kauai Anti-GMO Activist Booted from Dem Convention After Giving Hillary Clinton the Finger on Live National TV BLNR OKs transfer of land lease in Milolii from Kahele to relative HPD Arrests City Employee in Gay Sex Scandal Read More..

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 July 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:42 PM :: 4671 Views Senator Slom Publishes Financial Report on the State General Fund Honolulu: Property Tax Bills and Absentee Ballots Arrive in Mail Another Sewage overflow near Ala Moana Tulsi Gabbard: ‘The Congresswoman Trump Fans Can Love’ DoE Community Meetings--Seeks Input on ESSA Precisely as Predicted: DoE Now Says $63K per Classroom is a Good Price for AC Crooked medevac firm files bankruptcy Liquefied natural gas bridge to Hawaii collapses Kauai: Anti-Agriculture Lawsuit Filed by Phony Environmentalists After Tuition Hike, UH to find out if it will get hit with a historic penalty Decade After Being Blocked by OHA, Will Kauai Finally Get Drug Treatment Center? Advocates For Elderly Sue State Over Inspections Of Care Homes 42 Handi-Van Vehicles out of Commission HPD officer arrested for DUI Makani Christensen has long been an ally of Hawaii’s fishing community Rod Tam Crosses The Aisle To Try To Come Back You Tube Video Reveals Homosexual Sex Harassment in Hawaii Community Service Program Here’s why the Hawaii LGBT Caucus doesn’t support Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s reelection campaign Corps of Engineers Plan for Waikiki?  ‘Build a Wall’ UH astronomers test waters for new telescope atop Haleakala Readers Not Fooled by Latest HI-Tech Tax Credit Sales Pitch Read More..

Monday, July 25, 2016 July 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 5554 Views Debt Financing: The mayor's word on rail has been broken – again Bishop Museum: ‘Fears that some pieces might have disappeared’ Telescope Doom: OHA intends to take state and UH to court Gabbard to Challenge Hirono in 2018? Should a deal be struck, it’s unclear how it will impact SB 2077 Top donors to state and local candidates so far this year Bankrupt Puerto Rico Cited as Model for Hawaiian Electric WSJ Looks at UH 15-to-Finish Program Special Session’s Price Tag At Least $10,000 Debunked Instantly: Civil Beat Pushing for Rent Control Read More..

Sunday, July 24, 2016 July 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 3468 Views Recreation Department Audit: No Way to Know How Much They Stole The “Turn Back the Clock Award” UH Law Grads Average $55K Debt City seeks non-profit organization for Kapolei City Lights parade and vendors Video: Winds of Change in Education How Much Money Does Hawaii Spend Per Student? Djou has a point, and Caldwell knows it Veto Override: The whole Democratic machine wobbles Maui Hospital: With Override, the transition should proceed Hawaii Sunshine Law—Constant Tug of War Hawaiian Electric: We’re Looking at all Fuel Choices Young Bros Seeks $3.1M Rate Hike The Evolution of Obamacare Kauai Anti-GMO Candidate Funded by Mainlanders, Celebrutards Read More..

Saturday, July 23, 2016 July 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4624 Views Hawaii Reapportionment Case: Only Mark Takai Put his Name on the Line Tax Hike Coming: Rail ‘Recovery’ Plan to Remain Hidden Until After Election Even With Economy Booming, HART Claims GE Taxes Running Short of Projections The Hawaii Legislature's Exercise in Short-Term Thinking Jones Act Shipbuilders Fail Again: Navy’s latest aircraft carrier cannot be deployed Darby: Hawaii and Maui County Shelters Open Feds Nail $2M Tribal Scam–Thousands Got Free Hawaiian Homelands Cellphones Tulsi Gabbard Votes Against Zika Funding HART: Will Seek GE Tax Hike After Election, Feds Order Caldwell not to Build $280M Pearl Highlands Station Will Darby Duplicate Iselle Impacts? -- Activists Eager for Damage to Geothermal Plant Ward Heeler Predicts Kim-Lau Runoff Candidate profiles GOP Convention Coverage Read More..

Friday, July 22, 2016 July 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 4572 Views VIDEO: HART Vice-Chair Endorses Charles Djou Hawaii 3rd Highest Excise Taxes in USA Golden Parachutes are Expensive -- Massive tuition increases approved by UH regents Honolulu ADU Incentives Now Law Ige Announces $12M Homelessness Plan DoH Socks Hawaii’s Last Cane Plantation with $600K Fine TS Darby heading to Hawaii, tropical storm watch issued for Big Island, Maui Co Big Mess: Legislators’ Trash Heap imperils pension fund Suddenly Caldwell Claims City Finances are All Better Now, Just Ignore that Rail Thingy  Hawaii GOP’s Only Senate Seat May Be In Jeopardy NextEra to pull out of Hawaii wind farm, undersea cable and power supply improvement projects Your Tuition Hike At Work: Vice Chancellor Quits, Scores Big Fat Salary to Teach English Kealohas file motion to dismiss federal prosecutor from grand jury investigation Chinatown Gambling: Price of HPD Protection $7,000? Hawaii health agency faces challenge in Hepatitis A outbreak Valley Fever Could be Excuse to Release Hundreds of Criminals Cab companies see profits plummet as ride-sharing expands Read More..

Thursday, July 21, 2016 July 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 3350 Views It Begins: Caldwell Launches First Negative Campaign Ad Maui Hospital Veto Override will jeopardize the Employee Retirement System Ige: The concerns expressed in my veto message have not changed IUOE ‘Hawaiian Stabilization Fund’ All But Clear of Lawsuit Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Fishermen get no response from Obama, Schatz DHHL Begins Work on 2017 Legislative Package Souki: Rather Difficult to Implement HGEA-UPW Payoff Bill Without Funding HART considers federal loan to help patch rail shortfall After All the Hype Oahu Electricity Still 71% Oil Star-Adv: UH Tuition Hike is ‘Reasonable’ Fitch warns utilities: Retail net metering could damage your creditworthiness Hawaii’s longline fisheries hit bigeye tuna limit early School Cleared In Ethics Case Prison Guard Facing Six Counts of Lesbian Rape Read More..

Wednesday, July 20, 2016 July 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 3242 Views Rep Mark Takai Dies--Special Election in November Hawaiian Electric withdraws request for approval of LNG contract and generation upgrades Supreme Court: Mixed Decision on Office Of Election Ballot Practices Voters win ballot shortage case against the Hawaii Office of Elections Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 19, 2016 Zika Spreads—1300 Cases in Continental US and Hawaii Hospital Privatization: Legislators Override Veto, Give HGEA, UPW Millions After All Caldwell’s Tax Hike Hype, HART Middle Street Contract Somehow Magically Comes in on Budget Facebook Being used to Impose Political Correctness: HPD Officer Reassigned After Writing Incorrect Things School misconduct investigations Sideline Employees for Year Teachers say Hawaii public schools plagued with faulty furniture, equipment County Recreation Department has One Employee for Every 2.8 Acres of parks ‘Village’ offers hope to homeless State Pays for Homeless Programs Slashed by Obama Administration Hawaii groups push co-op utility after failed merger Mainland Anti-GMO Loons, Civil Beat Team up to Attack Kauai County Water Board Nominee Poll workers sought for primary election Kauai PD Lt Stole $75K intended for Drug Buys Read More..

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 July 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 4727 Views Keli’i Akina and Mililani Trask Team-up to Reform OHA EPA Imposes $425M in Costs on Tesoro, Parr Refineries VIDEO: Linda Lingle Addresses GOP Convention 2016 Candidate Info Available on League of Women Voters Website Hawaiian Electric Will Move Forward as an Independent Company Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings Maui Hospital Bill: Legislators ‘Look Foolish Negotiating for Unions’ The transfer of the hospitals would be the largest privatization project in state history Caldwell: I Want Another $1.5B of Your Money Poll: Native Hawaiians Support Telescope GEMS a drain on ratepayers as well as taxpayers Hawaii Poll: Nearly Half of Voters Want HPD Chief to Resign HPA Gives Lifelong Criminal Early Release due to Overcrowding Hawaii's educators fed up with slow progress to cool classrooms First in History: Hawaii DoE Adopts a Curriculum NextEra Rejection Places LNG Project in Limbo Ige Claims Others Wait to Buy Hawaiian Electric Kauai Enviros Really Thrilled About Letting Enemy Subs Sneak up on Navy Ships UH recommends raising its tuition 2% Hawaii County Council Considers $39M Tax Hike on Agricultural Properties HMSA Insurance Rate Hikes Average 11.1% GOP Convention Coverage Read More..

Monday, July 18, 2016 July 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:49 PM :: 3130 Views NextEra Quits Hawaii Short $95M Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi Team Djou Challenge—Rail, Trust, Homelessness, Ethics Take rail all way to Ala Moana, voters urge Poll: People Happier About Homeless after they beat up Brower Porno Choices: Sex ed found to alter minds High cost of rents partially result of GE Tax Maui is being ruined by environmentalists Charter School Chief Job Offer Rejected SB2196 Creates Independent Police Review Board Civil Beat: We Need $400K for Hemp UH president’s pay in mid-range among college leaders, study finds Islanders hit Ohio for GOP convention Read More..

Monday, July 18, 2016 Letters to the Editor July, 2016 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:50 AM :: 5586 Views CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing Read More..

Sunday, July 17, 2016 July 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 5452 Views Poll: Djou Ahead 39-30 See it Here: Your August 13 Primary Ballot DLNR Seeks Nominations for Game Management Commission Hawaii Says ‘Aloha’ to Direct Primary Care Feds: Honolulu Highest Consumer Prices in USA No Tax Hike? Then Wait 20 Years for Your Roads! OHA Chair Lindsey Still Missing in Action Sue and Settle Scheme Aims for Federal Control of Waters off Main Hawaiian Isles Honolulu Charter Commission Prepares 27 Amendments for Ballot  HGEA Loses—Ige Veto will Stand:  Perreira -- ‘Incompetent Fools’ Clinton Winning Hawaii 49-25 Caldwell’s mayoral chances dissipating, blowing in wind 2012 Election Pattern Repeats itself? Easing Council term limits will deny voters fresh faces, ideas LAWSUIT filed: Hermina Morita vs. Thomas Gorak NextEra Has Until July 29 to Appeal Ruderman: I can be Blackmailed into Raising Your Taxes Walter Ritte Tries  to Shake Down Queens Hospital Gabbard Sitting on $1.88M COFA: Guam Governor Deports Inmate back to Chuuk Read More..

Saturday, July 16, 2016 July 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 3195 Views State lawmakers to return Monday to discuss wasteful $25 million union deal Rep Pat Saiki Endorses Keli’i Akina for OHA Rally Protests Federal Takeover of NW Hawaiian Isles Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment Auditor to review Maui county employee travel expenses Slim turnout for public hearings on Young Brothers’ proposed rate hike Hawaii Governor Signs Bio-Fuel Production Tax Credit Read More..

Friday, July 15, 2016 July 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:32 PM :: 3519 Views PUC Rejects NextEra Deal 2-0: Gorak Abstains DLNR Officer: ‘Sucker Punched’ by Firing of Friel HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing Djou Raises $259K in First Month Three Candidates For Mayor, Three Positions On Honolulu Rail Full Text: AG Opinion Backs Ige’s PUC Appointment Full Text: Attorney General Sues Bounty Hunter Duane Dog Chapman HGEA Sues to Block Airport Security Privatization GEMS: State Asks Cronies for $150M in Schemes HART board tight-lipped about Next Scapegoat HART Board Member: Rail is Runaway Train Caldwell Spends $814K to Buy Election But Nobody Likes Him Anyway Modular houses near H-1 will go to the homeless State Of Poverty: Recovery Has Left Too Many In Hawaii Behind Star-Adv: ESSA should encourage local control Dark Days for Anti-GMO Activists Prison Guard Arrested for Rape Borreca: All Hawaii Republicans are Just Like Trump Read More..

Thursday, July 14, 2016 July 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 3883 Views VIDEO: Djou Launches First TV Commercial 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations” DoI Final Ruling: Slippery Slope to Fed Wreck? A Practical Approach to Occupational Licensing Reform Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 14, 2016 Register to Vote Online Here -- Before Today's Deadline Djou: Middle Street is Disastrous Idea Just in Time for Primary Election: Grabauskas to be Next Sacrificial Lamb Honolulu Charter Commission advances proposal to extend officeholders’ terms DoT: We Worked hard to Shake Down Legislators HGEA files lawsuit to stop privatization of airport security Criminal inquiry focuses on IBEW ex-leader General fund tax deposits up 8 percent Land Board Writes Greenmail into new water lease approach Fisheries: Local Food Production Up, Enviros Seek New Ways to Shut it Down Peter Apo: Marine Monument Proposal Isn’t ‘Hawaiian’ Why Honolulu Can’t Be Sure How Many Homeless Veterans It Has Questions raised about mayor’s PV land lease Read More..

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 July 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 4007 Views CNBC: Top States for Business—Hawaii Ranks 49th Ex-Rep Richard Fale Pleads No Contest, Fined $1000 Ige Vetoes Workplace Social-Media Privacy Bill Star-Adv: Hospital payout veto should stand Ige: HGEA Hospital Payoff Jeopardizes Tax-Exempt Status of ERS Legislators Give Ige Six Days to Negotiate Union Hospital Shakedown Djou: Police chief should step aside A Peek Inside The Corruption Probe Of Honolulu’s Police Chief NextEra Rejection Decision could come this week Ige Vetoes Far Fewer Bills Than His Predecessors Suit challenges Vacation rentals enforcement SB2559: New law could slash number of homeless beds in Hawaii 269 candidates vying for public office—5 Get Public Funding Next? Kauai Nearing Solar Caps Kenoi ethics saga drags on: Crony Board further delays complaints against mayor Dru Kanuha Ethics Violation Slow Walked by Laughable Hawaii County ‘Ethics’ Commission Read More..

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 July 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 3370 Views Ige Vetoes Eight Bills Full Text: Contractor Offered Cool Schools at $5990 per Classroom—Was Ignored by DoE Djou Challenges Caldwell to Respond to On-Going EMS Staffing Problems Maui HGEA Payoff: Still $25M too Much Papahānaumokuākea: Schatz Absurdly Wrong AG Seeks Deputy Solicitors General Neighbor island ESSA town halls start Monday Power Has Been out at Oahu Jail Since Friday Report: $10K ‘Affordability Gap’ for Hawaii College Students As Predicted: Ige Vetoes HGEA Hospital Payoff, Calls for Legislature to Amend in Special Session Special Session Called to Amend Maui HGEA Payoff Bill NextEra Hardball--Iwase Panics, Gorak Law License Threatened 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations” Star-Adv: Push for Fake Indian Tribe ‘Almost Certainly will Stall Out’ Solar Contractors Scamming Consumers Again as ‘Grid Supply’ Maxes Out EMS plans changes, may reevaluate 12-hour shifts as UPW-induced staffing shortages continue Even PR Firms Don’t Want to Spin Rail Young Bros. seeks 4.36% rate hike GMOs Safe, Dennis Gonsalves A Big Island Hero Dark Money Behind Anti-GMO Candidates Ige Signs HB2707 – Giving Tax Credits to Marijuana Dispensaries State Marijuana Regulations so Complicated that Nobody Can Open on Time Honolulu Charter: Enviros Keep Tight Grip on Land Use Laws  Iwilei Sweep Teaches Skills to Homeless Ing Makes Fool of Himself, Forced to Apologize Read More..

Monday, July 11, 2016 July 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4216 Views HGEA Maui Endorsements Leaked HGEA: Ige Preparing Reduced Hospital Severance Package Healthcare: Legislators Muddle Definition of ‘Direct Primary Care’ VICTORY!  Nai Aupuni Won’t be Ready with Fake Indian Tribe Before Obama Leaves Office Problems In Interior’s Rule On Hawaiian Home Land Feds to OK New Kahuku Wind Farm Sister Islands: Registered Dope Fiends Exceed 2% of Population Disbarred Ex-Con Hired at UH Richardson Law School Four Killed by Police in Hawaii So Far This Year Read More..

Sunday, July 10, 2016 July 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 3387 Views Hawaii Legislature: 52% ‘Big Fail’ Full Text: Lawsuit Accuses Movie Mogul of Pressuring Maui Mayor to Fire Film Commissioner Shady Deals? Honolulu Grants in Aid Organic Food Tax Credit wins ‘Rusty Scalpel’ Award $42 Million Bid May Stall Hospital Transition and Jeopardize Union Jobs Absentee ballots go out, triggering Election Month Solar loan program wastes millions Natatorium: 20 Years of White Collar Make Work Even With Extra Funding UPW Ambulance Drivers Play Overtime Games Leave Squads Unstaffed HSTA Vision for Future of Hawaii's public schools focus of day-long summit Childcare study finds low pay, few parent resources HCDA: Make Affordable Housing Cheaper Enviros Pump up Hype Campaign Against Remaining Plastic Bags The final chapter in the story of sugar on Maui Legal Marijuana may add $4.5M to Kauai Crony Dispensary Read More..

Saturday, July 9, 2016 July 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 3418 Views Cool Schools: How Government Contracting Makes a $2,500 job cost $138,000 Hawaii Rap Back Law Coordinated with Obama Administration? Rifle Association: Six Lawyers Working on Hawaii ‘Rap Back’ Lawsuit Register to Vote Online Here -- Before July 14 Deadline UH study finds Housing First program improves quality of life for homeless Pro-NextEra PUC majority reached last month, but Iwase, Gorak stalled its release Just Long Enough to get rid of Champley Lawmakers May Call Special Session To Override Ige Veto of $40M HGEA/UPW Payoff HCDA: We Were Supposed to Call Insane Asylum to Report Sewage Spill ‘Untrustworthy’ People Attend Caldwell Fundraisers: City Council Shakeup Kauai Hearings for Floating Windfarm Boondoggle? Read More..

Friday, July 8, 2016 July 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4864 Views Leaving Hawaii: Decision on New Site for Thirty Meter Telescope set for ‘Early 2017’ Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You" One Month Since Launch of Djou Campaign Djou Agrees to Eight Debates Will Obama Give Honolulu a Pardon from Rail Jail? Ige Signs Four More Bills Into Law Significant Increases in Labor Law Penalties Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future? Judge Finds No Evidence to Support So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit Against Maui County Does the Film Industry Need Taxpayer Subsidies? Doubled: More contractors qualify for Slice of ‘Cool Schools’ bonanza DoT Road Priority Blackmail not Blacktop Maui Hospital:  HGEA, UPW Members Play Games with Sick Leave State Education task group takes cues from HSTA Secretary-Treasurer Expert: Maybe Homeless Won’t be Political Football After Election Waimanalo Gulch Developer’s Trashy ‘Liveability’ Award used to Boost Caldwell Rail Contractor Kiewit defies environmental laws, suit says Hawaii: Coal and Oil Become Clean Energy When Political Insiders Profit  Offshore Wind: Another Expensive, Untested Pie in the Sky Scheme for Hawaii Zoning: Anderson out, Ozawa In Kauai: Developers, Tourism Interest Pay for Anti-Diary Farm Ads Smug Insiders Against Local Food: NW Hawaiian Isles Expansion Read More..

Thursday, July 7, 2016 July 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 4917 Views Keli’i Akina: Fed-up with Government? -- “Let`s Change It!” NextEra: Kouchi Asks for Formal Opinion from Attorney General (Full Text) Hawaii Timeshares: Highest fees in USA Ige Signs Three More Bills into Law Hawaii #1 for Distracted Driving Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898 Senate to Hold Revocable Permit Hearing Report on UH lab explosion reveals deep, systemic safety failures HB2772: UH Rape Policy Now Written into State Law Maui hospital workers’ payout bill a ‘sweetheart’ deal After 20 Years of Torture, Lahaina Hospital Breaks Ground for Construction Corrupt ex-Liquor Commissioner and ex-HPD Charged with Child Molestation (No. 1) Retired police officer charged with assault in bar shooting (No. 2) Ex-HPD officer sentenced to 3 months in jail for Stolen Car Racket (No. 3) HPD Officer Charged with Assault in Road Rage Incident (No. 4) Emotions and Irrational Behaviors: Honolulu City Council Aborts Leadership Shake-Up Housing First reports a 97% success rate Sweet Vacation Memories: Homeless Leave Needles Behind After Using Waikiki Lifeguard Towers to Shoot Up Dopers decide: Marijuana or Oxy?  Decisions, Decisions Council Entices Homeowners To Build Accessory Dwelling Units Read More..

Wednesday, July 6, 2016 July 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 5927 Views Caldwell Planning Smear Tactics? OHA Trustees Banned from Talking to OHA Employees Ige Signs 13 Bills into Law Honolulu Republicans Endorse Djou for Mayor Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii Former AG: Hawaii’s Short-Term Rental Regulation Preempted By Federal Law State and Local Sales Taxes: How Does Hawaii Compare? NYT: How Anti-Growth Sentiment Thwarts Equality Caldwell, Wife Paid Over $1M a Year by Local Banks HART Board Member: We Need to Reassess Rail Lies Pro-NextEra Senators Meet to Plan Lawsuit Against Ige Hawaii Ethics Board Member Caught Conspiring to Let Kenoi Off Hook Ominous Court Rulings For The State Ethics Commission HGEA: Our Hospital Job Trust is More Important Than Your Lives How Cool Schools Turned into a Gold Plated Christmas Tree Police Union Wants Final Say On Body Cams Honolulu ranked among the 10 most expensive U.S. cities for apartment rentals Workforce drug tests show highest marijuana use in Hawaii since 2013—1% of Hawaii Residents Now Have Marijuana Card Hawaii becomes last state to ban sex trafficking Retired Honolulu officer pleads no contest to negligent homicide charge Read More..

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 July 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:19 PM :: 4142 Views SWAT Raids Honolulu Homeless Tent City after Night of ‘Wilding’ Maui County Homeless Numbers Drop $40M Payoff? Maui Hospital negotiations May Extend into Special Session Rubber-stamping revocable permits must come to end Hawaii Extends Negotiation On New Private-Prison Contract Hawaii And Honolulu Agencies Really Try To Hide Public Records Hawaii: The Lowest-Paying State Read More..

Monday, July 4, 2016 July 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 4626 Views The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence Mahalo for your service Caldwell Lets Another wave of homeless hit Waikiki beaches Billionaire Warren Buffett’s energy company may be eyeing Hawaiian Electric Honolulu rail project's CFO rescinds resignation ‘Rap Back’ law goes against federal law Hawaii Recidivism Rate 48.9% Cannabis group sees pot of gold ahead HGEA Psych Care $750 a day Ing to Be Tossed out of Office? Ex-special ed students are being sought for a lawsuit Plastic-bag ban has some ’splainin’ to do Read More..

Sunday, July 3, 2016 July 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 6589 Views The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence General Excise Tax Hits Charities Twice IRS Probe of Kamehameha Schools work for Nai Aupuni Tribe? Sitting on Unspent $540M, State DoT to Shut Down New Road Building in Gambit for Massive Tax Hike Roz Baker Supports NextEra Merger Councilmembers Squabble over who will play Second Fiddle to Ernie Martin Ige’s likely vacation rental tax veto bucks trend Enviros Against Local Food (again) Some Hawaii Democrats Distrust Gabbard Because she is too Honest About Islam Marijuana dispensaries delayed Read More..

Saturday, July 2, 2016 July 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 6163 Views Djou: Fundraising Exceptionally Strong New State Ethics Director Announced Savio: Rail Can be Built Without Any Taxpayer Dollars  Ige’s choice to Kill NextEra Deal is sworn in as dispute grows over sudden move Councilman Calls For Audit Amid Honolulu Ethics Commission Chaos Rape? Maui Prison Guard Has Been Fugitive from Justice Since 2014 Kahele divesting himself of controversial beach home Gov Lingle Quits Illinois Gov’s Admin Read More..

Friday, July 1, 2016 July 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 5270 Views Russia to launch ‘Monster’ ICBM towards Hawaii Ige Signs Cool Schools, Water Bills Tourism: Visitors Up, Spending Down Why are there no mobile home parks in Hawaii? Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies Appeals Clock Senate President to Sue Governor in Desperate Bid to Let Old Boys Cash Out of HECO Honolulu goes from Go Rail to Stop Rail to Try Wait Rail Council Crisis Center Modeled on Seattle Program Specifically Designed to Support Homeless Tent Cities SB2559: Homeless Shelters Say Bill May Cut 200 Beds Mayor Arakawa -- Housing First on Maui Anderson Out As Vice Chair OHA CEO Crabbe Reappointed State representatives who had the best, worst attendance Hawaii County Council candidate delinquent on taxes Hawaii AG Appeals DHHL Case Supreme Court: Only Police Commission Can Suspend Chief Hawaii missing out on $100M in taxes from illegal vacation rentals Coral Disease Caused by Illegal TVR Cesspools Used by Vacationing Environmentalists 20% Rise in shoplifting tied to ban on plastic bags Contractor selected to modernize state’s antiquated payroll system Civil rights lawsuit aims to keep elderly couple together in Assisted Living Home Honolulu drivers 137th in nationwide ranking Five Zika Cases in Hawaii So Far Read More..