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Saturday, August 31, 2013 August 31, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 3706 Views Temptation: Offered Millions, Catholics Reject Abercrombie's Attempt to Re-Write Curriculum Bishop Silva: "Marriage has eroded because we have allowed so many things" ‘American Paranoia About Racism’ Nailed by Thai Dountman HECO: Biodiesel Price Must be Competitive With Diesel UH Manoa has New Trick to Justify Lack of Global Warming: Reverse Cause and Effect Family Promise of Hawaii: 63 Churches Help Homeless Families Get off Streets MRC Greenwood Shares 'Final Thoughts' Rail Construction Could Re-Start Sept 16 Farrington Principal Outraged by Atheist Lawsuit Gay Marriage? Jesus was not crucified because he pleased everyone and said everything they wanted to hear House Dems to meet with Abercrombie over gay marriage Obamacare: Insurers, Hospitals, Big Pharma Rake in Bucks Homeless Woman Set to Return to Mainland Without State Help HCF, Gerbode Give $10K Cash to 9-11 Truthers' Funder State Attacks Micronesians Again in Futile Grab for Federal Money State Capitol Roof Job Botched Wahiawa General Hospital pays $451,428 in improper billing suit Councilmember Ann Kobayashi fined $500 for ethics violation Difficulties paying Expenses: Zanzabar Closes Read More..

Friday, August 30, 2013 August 30, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 3845 Views UPDATE: Governor Close to Calling Special Session in Spite of Public Statement to the Contrary Latest News Gives Real Hope in Fighting Same-Sex 'Marriage' As FBI Nabs Alleged Tulsi Gabbard Stalker, Chris Butler Cult Returns to Media Spotlight Man charged with threatening to decapitate HI rep sent emails to Watchdog State approves rail project's archaeological reports Board of Water Supply Charter Amendment on Council Agenda Do Lower Contribution Limits Decrease Public Corruption? Surfing the Nations Freedom Surf Contest Waikiki Navy Releases Final EIS for Hawaii-Southern California Training Area Need a Job? State Will Hire You to Sell Obamacare Bishop Silva Letter: Civil Beat Caught in Another 'Fact Check' Lie Mainland Homosexual Threatens to Assault Bishop Silva Gay 'Marriage' Churches Conspire with Atheists to Take Money from other Churches GOP Primed to make Issue of Gay Marriage in 2014 Election Interior official to speak at Hawaiian meeting Randall Roth: Rail is the New Broken Trust Ex-administrator remains on payroll in preservation division Big Island hunters oppose continued helicopter hunts  Crews remove 2 tons of sidewalk 'nuisances' Bradley, Womaning: "Makes New Friends in Prison" Read More..

Thursday, August 29, 2013 August 29, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 3389 Views Full Text: Abercrombie Releases Draft of Gay ‘Marriage’ Bill HFF: “Special Session Unlikely” Man Arrested for Alleged Threats Against Gabbard Hawaii GE Tax "Broadest in the US" Special Ed Victory: Court Finds Act 163 Violates Federal Law $18.7 Million Released for State Facilities, Schools Hawaii DOE gets failing grade for fiscal transparency Hawaii Lumber Industry Sees Positive Future, Boost in Construction Chaminade University: Four Year Guarantee Spurs Record Enrollment Gay 'Marriage' Rally Ends in Shouting Match With Governor Abercrombie: "I'm not going to consider a special session...." Mainland Gays in a Frenzy  Hawaii's sales levy has a burdensome "pyramiding effect," a policy institute says Visitor momentum down Only Six Apply for Top SHPD Job Public participation in $3 earmark for clean elections down 60% Honolulu Councilmember wants Board of Water Supply audit Why Pay $125M? Hawaii County Offered Free Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Smaller Group of County Bureaucrats Grab for Pay Hikes Bill would target off duty officers who drink and carry weapons Ex-cop gets a year in ‘South Park’ case NBC Dateline Follows Puna Murder Residents Inundated by Turtle-Worshippers Hope Turtles Go Away Read More..

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 August 28, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:14 PM :: 4088 Views OHA Chair Colette Machado Joins Rally Against Gay Marriage Special Session Lech Walesa: “Gays should not impose themselves on the majority” Stay Strong: You Can Influence Hawaii’s Same-Sex 'Marriage' Debate Deedy jury foreman: Deadlocked 8-4 for Acquittal Cato: Hawaii Scores ‘F-‘ Lacks Public School Spending Transparency Official White House Petition Urges No Executive Order for Akaka Tribe Honolulu Ranks 128th on 2013 "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report" Political libraries vs. living memorials Souki: Governor not ready to call special session on gay marriage 'LGBT-identified' Children Should be Taken Away from Christian Parents Gay Marriage to Suffer Fate of Superferry Deedy jury foreman: Deadlocked 8-4 for Acquittal GOP sends operative to Democratic Hawaii Running Out of Money, Senators Propose to Sue Navy Over Kahoolawe OHA's Geothermal Group Led by Convicted Felon tied to Unity House Scam How Low Priced California Cannabis is Taking a Toll on Big Island Growers Hawaii "Never Ever Will" Steal Tech from Silicon Valley Tax Foundation’s ranking for Hawaii’s low sales tax is misleading Mizuno to Bring Back Homeless Fly Back Program HCDA Condos Selling to Investors in Shanghai and Tokyo Chinatown: Will Sale of Affordable Housing Trigger EIS? Troubled Hilo water tank’s price tag rises Samoans continue fight for US citizenship Ministry's pot dispensing detailed Read More..

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 August 27, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:45 PM :: 5367 Views Abercrombie to Submit Gay Marriage Bill Wednesday Deedy Jury Hung: Mistrial Declared Introducing GOP’s New Executive Director, Kayla Berube Esther Kiaaina Front Runner for High-Level Interior Department Position Commercial Leases: DHHL Beneficiary Consultations Set This Week Governor Names David O’Neal and Ruth Tschumy to State Ethics Commission Grants in Aid Advisory Commission to Meet Aug 27 OHA Chair Colette Machado Joins Rally Against Gay Marriage Special Session Atheist Advertiser: Gay Marriage Law An Excellent Opportunity to Blackmail Churches   Gay 'Marriage': House Democrats to Count Votes Wednesday Manning lawyer gives more details on (alleged) gender change Criminalizing Farmers is Pretty Sad Anti-GMO Activists Fight Amongst Themselves: Brenda Ford Doesn't Trust Margaret Willie HCDA proposal so awful it seems like maybe a ruse How Much Is Too Much When It Comes To the UH PR Machine? Solar Scammers Target Retirees Legislator proposes UH tuition freeze Salary board member quits in protest over Ethics Disclosure Philippine Version of HCDA target of massive anti-corruption protest Alcohol Sales to be Banned from PX Stores? Read More..

Monday, August 26, 2013 August 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 3558 Views GOP: Abercrombie Hijacking Government for Political Agenda When sharks bite, Hawaii tourism worries UH Seeks Nominees for Five Board of Regents Seats Hawaii DoE Gets $1.7M ‘Turnaround’ Grant HNN: Deedy Verdict Watch: Deedy makes appearance at courthouse HawaiiFreePress: Rare, Independent, Guarantor of True Democracy Censored in Hawaii: Worldwide Reaction to Bishop Silva's Marriage Letter Cayetano: Legislature Needs to Reform Hawaii Collective Bargaining Law Delta Airlines and the $100 Million Costs of Obamacare Will the Changing Energy Landscape Spark Biofuel Buyer's Remorse? Farmers to Anti-GMO Protesters: 'Find a New Religion' Candidates’ fundraising during first six months of 2013 Inouye Memorial to Set PSF Record Overhaul of state building due for completion in 2016 Language a barrier for tests at Hawaiian charter school Obama's Big Mouth Helps Two Pearl Harbor Alleged Rapists Theft case against former HPD officer dismissed Bill 51 & 52: Pawn shop plan needs tweaking Kauai County Council to finally consider regulation of lobbyists Battle brewing at old news site Funding Nonprofits: Who gets funded and why Hawaii jumps to second place in Ernst & Young rankings of U.S. state solar markets Schatz' Father Knew About Syphilis Study, Did Not Go Public Read More..

Sunday, August 25, 2013 August 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 5892 Views Placing Check-off Designations on Tax Form Paid for by All Taxpayers Would you play ethics limbo with Senator Ruderman? 29.4 million in Tax Revenue by Seed Companies in Hawaii SB1369: Mainland Gays take aim at Kawaiahao Church  Gay 'Marriage' to Force Change on Asians Atheist Hype, Insults Show No Class Obamacare: Taxpayers' Millions Flow only to HMSA, Kaiser HMSA Claims 'quality programs' helping slow increases in health care costs Obamacare: 191 Community Organizers to be Hired in Hawaii Stung by Pre-K Cuts, Isle schools need $34 million boost, committee finds State Rep. Neil Abercrombie spoke against the HCDA in 1976 (de) Occupy Honolulu plaintiffs ask that City be held in contempt for violating court order AARP: Almost 20 percent of Hawaii seniors live in poverty Pastors unite, call for God’s healing of Hanamaulu park Star-Adv Gets Religion: Promotes Giant Pagan Worship Service Read More..

Saturday, August 24, 2013 August 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:00 PM :: 5260 Views Bishop Silva: "To Discriminate Regarding Marriage is NOT Unjust" Hawaii to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of "I Have a Dream" Speech Call for nominations for UH Board of Regents Atheist 'Enemies List' Published -- 126 Hawaii Churches Reporters Say What they Really think About Politicians 36% of City Tax Revenue to go to Rail, Debt Hawaii tourism Expects US Slump in 2014 25,000 Customers Could be Shocked by Water Bills Kauai Council Committee OKs property tax Hike Councilwoman Ford’s Extreme Approach to GMOs Kihei Charter rated low; student proficiency high City hauls away nearly 8 tons of waste in sidewalk sweep State Continues to Waste Time, Money on "Creating Language for the Homeless" City Keeps Towing vendor, Makes Excuse Cook Evaluates Senate 2014 Churches Changing Bylaws to Protect Against Gay Atheist Harassment State Seeks to Expel Church Group from Waiahole Valley Felon escapes through work furlough program OHA Grants for Diabetes, Weight Control Star-Adv: Trade Pohakuloa for Makua Valley Lawmakers must do more to fight cancer in Hawaii, report says Read More..

Friday, August 23, 2013 August 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 3898 Views Bishop Silva: "To Discriminate Regarding Marriage is NOT Unjust" House Leadership: Only Congress can Create Akaka Tribe Audio: Kelii Akina on Work vs Welfare in Hawaii Alex Teece and Lynn Finnegan: “Positive Choices in Education” Grassroot Perspective Magazine: 120 days full of events and success! Hawaii Captive Insurance Administrator Resigns 11th Annual Hawaii Charter School Conference set for October Hawaii Catholic Archdiocese Backs Health Care Conscience Rights Act How Hawaii Counties Enabled SHOPO Contract Police highest paid public employees State inertia illustrated by surfeit of empty buildings Legislator Capitulates after being Harassed by Atheist Advertiser Caliboso bows out of Lanai wind energy case Kailua family slapped with $8K water bill after surprise leak in home Regents Approve Fat Salary Hikes for Insiders Hawaiian language school concerned about low score Town Square: Hawaii's Sunshine Law Huff Po, Poynter Salivate over Omidyar Billions Read More..

Thursday, August 22, 2013 August 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3977 Views Hawaii’s election chief won’t be getting a pay hike Martin Luther King Jr Recommends Gay Conversion Therapy Discriminatory GMO Hearing: Kauai Farmers Expose Hooser, Media LendingTree: Hawaii Borrowers 3rd Best Credit Profile Study: Obesity Soaring in State, but Hawaii Ranks 47th ACT Scores Fall: Only 30% of Hawaii Students Meet Benchmark Materials From Today's Eminent Domain In Hawaii Conference The Next 100 MW Power Plant for Oahu House Soft on Gay 'Marriage' 28-23 Caldwell Admin Rehashes Debunked Claim $20M Budget Hole Created by SHOPO Settlement HTA: We've Squeezed All We Can out of Tourists Jones: Kauai Anti-GMO Bonkers Labels for GMO Foods Are a Bad Idea Former leader of UH regents steps down before term ends Former PUC chief in dubious position Hawaii Co Council kills gambling resolution 7-2 Kauai Council Cttee Advances 750% Dog Fee Hike Schatz Camp Squeezes Hanabusa on Spying State Social Services Facility Looks Like Geneshiro Kawamoto Property Read More..

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 August 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:14 PM :: 5034 Views Hawaii Leads Nation in Making Welfare More Attractive than Work It pays not to work: Hawaii highest welfare benefits in US Feds Push Expensive Offshore Windfarms for Hawaii Kauai: Hawaiians Voice Suspicion of Akaka Tribal Roll Publicly Funded Ads Promote Purchase of HMSA, Kaiser Policies Atheist Threatens DoE Employees at Board of Education Meeting, Sheriff Called to Keep Order Jihad Against God: Atheists Aim to Ban Churches from Renting School Facilities Atheist Advertiser Plans to Force Gay Marriages on Churches, Just like Civil Unions Mainland Homosexuals Hot to 'Marry' Local Boys, Abercrombie Says 'Be Patient' Abercrombie's main threat to re-election is his own ego Nonpartisan effort needed to change harmful Jones Act Kauai: Anti-GMO Luddites no-show at Hearing Scott Nago to Get $20K Raise? Former PUC Chair Subject of Ethics Query By Hawaii Energy Regulators Lawsuit: Hoku Charged with Fraud, Racketeering Thanks to Union, 20 HGEA Jobs Will Disappear at HHSC New DoE Testing Scheme Looks Bad for Charter Schools Musto: Senate Seniority is the Great Equalizer Omidyar Launches Hawaii Law Center to Push HPD Disclosure How it Takes 3.5 Years to Fix Bathroom Wahiawa Transportation Base Yard Sits Empty Two Years After Rebuild Native Hawaiian group throws major roadblock into state resurfacing project Native Hawaiians Did not Exercise 'Sovereignty' Under Hawaiian Kingdom Ideas to make Hawaii more walkable I Aloha Molokai Plans Events Hawaii County Considers $10,000 Fine for 'Dangerous Trees' Read More..

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 August 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:14 PM :: 3658 Views HFF: Same-sex "marriage" is not a done deal DoE New System 'Report Card' Makes it Looks Good Ex-University of Hawaii president spends big ‘for kids’ Property Tax Exemptions on Honolulu Council Committee Agenda Gambling: Hawaii County Resolution 158-13, A High Stakes Game Two New Members Appointed to Hawaiian Homes Commission DBEDT Boosts Economic Growth Projection Gay 'Marriage'?  House Dems to Count Votes Again Calling for special session could open can of worms Ray Soon Takes over at Honolulu Hale 18% of DoE Students 'Chronically Absent' Attorney for teacher accused of sexual assault begins fighting against bias Teacher: I Hated the HSTA Electricity rates jump Again Not Everybody Feeling the Recession Abercrombie 2005: Scrap the HCDA Led by Marijuana Grower, Hundreds Denounce OHA Geothermal Scheme 6 months after Munet's escape, are procedures improved? Honolulu Won't Help State With New Online Voter Registration System Health Department notifies county clerks of dead voters Read More..

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 August, 2013 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 12:01 AM :: 3745 Views Resolution 158-13, A High Stakes Game Kakaako Development Promotes Inequality Read More..

Monday, August 19, 2013 August 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3892 Views VIDEO: Pastor Wayne Cordiero Responds to Atheist Lawsuit VIDEO: Kelii Akina and Mufi Hannemann on 'Building Leaders for Hawaii Investors Submit Plan to Reorganize Hokulia Project Preschool Vouchers: Backers Claim Only 52% Support Constitutional Amendment Abercrombie Admin Drafting Gay Marriage Bill Flashback: Broken Trust Gang finally Imposes Gay Unions on Hawaii Obamacare Could Cost Hawaii Millions for 'Cadillac' Healthcare Plans Obamacare widens Kaiser's second-quarter loss Members of New Hope speak up about lawsuit against the church Harbor plan leaves LNG out of mix at Kalaeloa Will the GMO Debate Consume Hawaii? What Have You Done With Pua Aiu? Boston Globe Unmasks Evan Dobelle 8 Years Later Army May Finally Open Stryker Brigade Training Complex Hawaii consumers rack up second-highest credit-card debt among U.S. states Read More..

Sunday, August 18, 2013 August 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 3881 Views Mental Health: Can Reform Solve Hawaii’s Homeless, Prison and Unfunded Liability Problems? Purchases of Goods and Services for Resale Afforded Lesser Rate Army to construct infantry platoon battle course at Pōhakuloa Ige Predicts Victory: Backed by Akaka, Ariyoshi, Kim, Kidani Long-ailing state hospitals direly need new treatment Matsumoto: End Low Growth to Solve Public pension problem New effort in pursuit of Akaka Tribe has slow start Wind Scammer will return to Kahuku Star-Adv: Let Water Board Keep Raising Rates Residents raise stink over watery sewage situations Excuses from the Top: Stopping sick-leave abuse not easy GMO summit to be held Monday on Big Island OHA Trustee: We are cashing in on Geothermal, so Stop Protesting Already Hawaii's kupuna need to remain engaged Read More..

Saturday, August 17, 2013 August 17, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 5934 Views Oshiro: Not Sure House Would Vote for Gay Marriage Survey finds that almost everyone in Hawaii identifies with one faith or another Abercrombie Flees Public Cabinet Meeting as Haoles, Hawaiians Argue over Fish New Bill Would Order Immediate Shutdown of Papaya Farms, Fine Farmers $1000/day Kauai County Electric Bill $8M / year UH regents agenda: Fat Paychecks for Three Insiders Shipped LNG Will Reduce Natural Gas Prices in Hawaii Forgotten & Underserved: Pacific Islanders Fight for Academic Success Hawaii Medical Service Association Operating loss $21M All society suffers with lack of resources for mentally ill Bums Quickly Acquiring New Junk to Put on Sidewalks New Language to Help Homeless Stay on the Streets and Avoid Shelters Maui Council Prepares Campaign Smears for Mayoral Race JPAC Trolling Punchbowl in Search for Justification of Continuing Mission Read More..

Friday, August 16, 2013 August 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 5617 Views Rail Appeal Hearing: Judges Focus on Jurisdictional Issues Mayor claims $26 million shortfall just days into fiscal year Final Judgment: Online Travel Companies Owe State $246M Hawaii Data Book 2012 Now Available on the Internet Judicial Selection Commission Seeks Supreme Court Nominees CD 1 race 'crying out' for Mufi Hannemann HHSC 'More Difficult to Operate' With Obamacare Atheists Sue Hawaii Churches, Demand $5.6M Cash Congressional Delegation Pressures Abercrombie to Call gay Marriage Special Session How Much Can We Squeeze Tourists? HTA lowers expectations for 2014 Leilehua HS Teacher Pleads Guilty to Meth Charges  Constitutional amendment to send taxpayer funds to private schools will be up for a vote Video: Felons Conspire With Law Prof to Ensure Sovereignty Movement Recruitment at Kulani Prison HTA vs Schatz: 'Decision Already Made to Locate Obama Library in Chicago' Carpenters endorsing Tsutsui for 2014 race Hawaii Health Connector says small businesses should go for the tax credits Compared with Other States, Hawaii Adults Not So Fat How Women's Liberation Spawned Exploitation of Women Read More..

Thursday, August 15, 2013 August 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 5248 Views Update On Hawaii Reapportionment SCOTUS Appeal UH Responds to Star-Adv: Claims Inouye Center Project 'Not Shrouded in Secrecy' Abercrombie: Too Expensive to Put Juvenile Offenders in Custody Lawsuit Challenges Honolulu 'Stored Property' Seizure from Private Property VIDEO: Senate Minority Leader Sam Slom on Rating Hawaii Business Climate VIDEO: Sam Slom and Mike Palcic Discuss Reapportionment Pritchett: Cementing the Inouye Legacy Plan to Let Juvenile Offenders Out Ninth Circuit to hear rail lawsuit today Health Connector Aims to Get 204,000 people to Dump their Existing Insurance, Join HMSA/Kaiser Duopoly 'Market' Heed court ruling on Sunshine Law Under siege—and in bid to stay relevant—teacher unions evolve Knee, Hip Replacement?  Not in Hawaii Farmer's Electric Bill: $11K / month Hawaii Wind Energy Depends on Oil Burners and Power Outages Oi: Council Should Let Water board off Easy 9th Circuit Slaps Down Yet Another Shameful DoE Lawsuit Against Handicapped Child Statehood Day: Proud to be an American Governor taps pair for seats on Hawaiian Homes panel Eviction Looms For Sovereignty Mortgage Scammer Puna Anti-Geothermal march on HELCO (Aug. 17-19) Abercrombie Claims Small Business Wants More Government Spending, Handouts Lawyers think defense has advantage in Deedy trial Kona: Nine Years of Meetings on Aquarium Collection FACE: DREAMers Celebrate First Birthday Read More..

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 August 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 3972 Views Star-Advertiser Gets it Wrong: Obama Cannot Act on ‘Sovereignty’ Senate Hearing to Consider Kahoolawe Trust Fund, State Historic Preservation Hawaii County: Police Chief Addresses Corruption, Aloha, and Tinted Windows Ernie Martin Still getting Campaign cash from ORI $24 Million Difference: Did Hawaii Pay Too Much for Healthcare Software? U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Hear Appeal on Hawaii Reapportionment Legislators should beware the parties' thought police Don't rush Inouye center plans For Deedy Its Murder or Nothing Court Spells Out Expansive View of Sunshine Law Former BoE Member now at Harvard Pens Plagiarized Star-Adv Commentary Tax Credit Scammers: Hawaii is a Paradise for Startups Castle and Cooke Links With Bio-Logical, Patten? GM crops don't kill kids; opposing them does $19M City Garage Sits Empty Read More..

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 August 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 5247 Views The Jones Act: Road to Repeal Pricey Honolulu rail project faces more legal hurdles Watch Honolulu Rail Appeal Live From SF 11AM Thursday DLNR Seeks Applications for SHPD Administrator OSHA hits Hawaii refrigerated food warehouse: $253K Fine, 63 Violations New Tax Hike Scheme: Caldwell Invent $26M Budget Deficit ORI blasts alleged misinformation Airhead Schatz Compares Lack of Akaka Tribe to "Separate but Equal" Bitter, Tense: Inouye Family Wants Schatz Out MoveOn Members endorse Sen. Brian Schatz UH effort to honor Inouye seems shamelessly ironic Sweeps Forcing Homeless to Accept Shelter Breene Harimoto to run for Ige's Senate Seat? DoE Has no Idea Who is Driving its Busses Hawaii Teacher: Winning the First Crucial Battle Gall: Jimmy Pflueger demands hundreds of thousands from the state Limit on Consumer Costs Is Delayed in Health Care Law Hawaii’s solar photovoltaic industry sees permit decline for third month in a row Ewa Plantation manager’s home, then and now NYT: The Civil War and Hawaii Ford sues county over Leithead Todd appointment Military Superferry Coming to Hawaii? Teacher Pleads not Guilty to Groping Student Read More..

Monday, August 12, 2013 August 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 4646 Views Akaka Tribe “Disenrollment” -- 75% of Hawaiians “will not be acknowledged” KOS: Open Primary Forces Democrats to Discipline Lawmakers Rail: The remaining issues still before Judge Tashima Anti-GMO Activists See December Deadline for County Action Akaka Tribe: 'Privileged Tribal Leaders' Seek End Run Around Congress Ninth Circuit to hear rail case Civil Beat: Nobody Reads Us Fishing Showdown Set for Abercrombie's Kona Meeting Ige vs Abercrombie: Serious Guy vs Serious Case Hawaii Congressional Delegation Bought and Paid for by Big Sugar Council delays move on water board plan Animal Control Budget Cuts Setup for Fee Hikes Enviros Preparing to Sue over Ala Wai Canal? Kauai Property tax bill deferred Two Weeks High Court Rules on state open meetings law EV charging space required but statute not enforceable Read More..

Sunday, August 11, 2013 August 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 4337 Views Producers Already Enjoy Reduced Rate Hawaii GOP Recruits New Executive Director Democrats Making it Harder for Republicans to Switch parties Oahu Dems Reject Censure of Legislators, Call for Gay Marriage Special Session Perfect Irony: $20M Daniel K. Inouye Center Being Built Quietly Without Public Input Last pitch to stop rail Public Safety Director is Same Guy Who made Excuses for Past Absenteeism Not all genetically modified foods the same and a blanket ban on them would be misguided Cleanup, homeless issues leave foul taste for officials Legislators Tour School Being Converted to Prison Food for hungry goes to waste Kaneohe residents work to take back their neighborhood Read More..

Saturday, August 10, 2013 August 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 3670 Views Not Just Hawaii: Insurance Companies Reject Obamacare Exchanges--Reid Predicts Single-Payer Coming Kauai Adolescent Drug Treatment Study Published, Site Selection Next Honolulu City Lights display deadline August 30 Obama administration backs prayer at local government meetings 9.2% Preschoolers Obese: Hawaii Lowest in Nation Trouble Paying Car Note? Call OHA, They'll Give You Cash Abercrombie's specialty is bombast, Ige's specialty is budgeting Sequestration Cost Hawaii $684M State paying feds $101 a day per inmate to use federal facility OHA Gives Away $8M to Profitable Nonprofits Physicians Must be Warriors for Private Practice Omidyar's Hanalei McMansion Scheme Makes WSJ Hawaii schools struggle to keep new teachers UH Manoa forced to tighten belts amidst funding cuts Senator to monitor UH's Price situation The Medicaid Buy-In Task Force NOTICE OF MEETING Electric vehicle charging station law lacks enforcement Read More..

Friday, August 9, 2013 August 9, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:01 PM :: 4053 Views Hawaii senator Brian Schatz involved in simulated sheep rape rituals Complaint Alleges Wrongdoing by Hanabusa Campaign UHERO: School Furloughs Reduced Juvenile Crime Rates Report: Hawaii third highest in per capita interest costs Fitch Ratings Analyzes DHHL Lease Portfolio Report: Feds Have No Idea Why $200M Hawaii Harbors Contract Doubled in Cost UHERO Annual Hawaii Forecast: Expansion to Strengthen Despite Washington Worries Audio: Mike Hansen on the Rick Hamada Show -- Jones Act Interview HNN Blackout: DISH Network Asks Congress to Intervene Ikaika Anderson announces candidacy for congress, Raises $80K Gay Activists Release Another Bogus Poll: Claim Everybody Wants Them SA: Put school facilities under 1 roof Freitas Negotiating University Business Deals Systemwide Sick Leave Abuse Tied to Guard's Death Alleged Muslim Eye-Gouger to Appear for Mental health Exam Kauai School Bus Driver Arrested for DUI, Kids On Board No Yellow Bus: Some Big Island Charter Students on Dangerous Road to School DID RECENT SPECIAL SESSION AFFECT INTERIM APPOINTMENTS? Veterans Lose out on VA Loans Because of Catchment Tank Regs Act 238: State Bonds for Seawater AC Cronies After Budget Dispute, Animal complaint calls to go to HPD not Hawaiian Humane Society Read More..

Thursday, August 8, 2013 August 8, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 5980 Views Hawaiian Homelands Commissioner Resigns After Mortgage Fraud Conviction Exposed Obamacare Menu Labeling Law: The Food Police Are Coming "Hawaii's Fittest CEO" at Center of Alleged Ponzi Scheme PUC Chief Counsel Quits Ninth Circuit Rail Appeal Preview UHERO: Coastal Zone Management in Hawaii UHERO: School's Out, Unemployment Up? Lawsuit: Mentally Handicapped Girl Raped at Three DoE Schools HHSC: HGEA/UPW Employees Earn Less but Cost More No new insurers? State needs to Revisit Health Exchange 40% of State Prison Guards Allowed Unlimited Sick Leave New DoE Testing System Designed to Hide System Failure Accused Wait 1 year Due to DoE misconduct probe backlog State Rep. Mark Takai launches congressional bid Hanabusa Deputy Chief of Staff Resigns Schatz Proposes Massive Tax Hikes DHHL: "Half of these guys don't even know what the hell they're there for" Fired UH offensive coordinator earns more than governor Kona Residents Resist Federal Takeover of 19,000 ac Hawaii Land Expert: We Have Room To Develop Council Rushed to Spend $48M on Housing    Deferred: Ballot Proposal to Reform Water Board   After Saving 50 Lives, Rescue Tubes Finally Legalized by State  New Parking Meters Already Broken Akaka tribe jurisdictional conflicts shown by mainland examples Pflueger Insurers on Hook for Ka Loko Hawaii Pacific University tops list of most diverse colleges A Scientific Study Of ... Restaurant Menus? Australian Dollar's tumble fails to dent Hawaiian demand yet Read More..

Wednesday, August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 5035 Views Act 268 Hawaii Unfunded Liabilities Plan: Pot of Gold for Corrupt Union Leaders Hawaii Is at the Forefront of Genetically Modified Crops HIRA: Reject Call for Same-Sex Marriage Special Session Audit: DoE Construction Process Outdated, Inefficient, Inconsistent Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair for Veterans and Military Spouses in Honolulu Senator Schatz Announces Polar Apocalypse Obama library bid gets lobbyist donors OR&L, Doors Star in New Anti-Rail Video Farrington HS: First Facility Redesign for Small Learning Communities What's the Point of Getting on the Sovereignty Roll? Now Hawaii Co Anti-GMO Legislation Withdrawn HHSC: Decision to Save HGEA, UPW will Cost State $1.5B Kauai Socks Home-Based Businesses With 271% Tax Hike Rep Lee: Clean Energy 'Painful', Does not Mean Lower Rates Abercrombie Albatross Around Schatz' Neck UH faculty members question Price fiasco OCCC guards called in sick in big numbers for New Years, Super Bowl How will county pay for police raises? City steps up sidewalk, park cleanup efforts Neighborhood Watch Celebrates 33 Years "Christopher Deedy & Chronicles of Racism in the 50th State..." Read More..

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 August 6, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 PM :: 3990 Views Schatz Denounced by NASA Scientist, Another Embarrassment for Global Warming Activists Hawaii Highest Closing Costs in Nation VA Mortgages Denied for Catchment Homes, State DoH Refuses to Act Governor Releases $12.9 Million for National Guard, Civil Defense and Health Facilities UPDATE: Contract Dispute Knocks Hawaii News Now off DISH Network State Procurement Office Announces eProcurement System Update Wikileaks: Japan refused Obama Hiroshima Apology This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing Hawaii Green Energy Mandates Depend on Keeping Electricity Expensive Alm Departure: Time for Green Energy Scammers to Evolve Many Roadblocks to LNG and Lower Electric Bills Council pushes GMO Bill 2491 to September to ask attorney general’s opinion Anderson wants more oversight of Board of Water Supply What Should the Public Know About Sandwich Isles? PUC Won't Say Former UH president Dobelle's travel audited in Massachusetts Schatz, Hanabusa Both Voted to Kill Hawaii Hurricane Hunter Flights Democrat Party Boss drops complaints against 9 Democratic legislators, Focuses on Gabbard, Har Hawaii Congressional Delegation Disunited in War of Press Releases Hee Operative Behind Complaint Against Judicial Nominee Move to Oust State Procurement Director?  Legislators Question Freitas' UH-West Oahu Land Deals UH Wastes More Money Paying Dismissed Offensive Coordinator DoE Cancels Bus Service for Charter Schools Statewide DoE Reality: No Space, No Teachers, No AC Jet Packs: Hawaii's Hyper-Regulatory Government Makes WSJ  Hawaii Space Exploration: UH Students Reach for the Sky Read More..

Monday, August 5, 2013 August 5, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 3452 Views Hawaii DINOs Meet Idaho RINOs HMSA, Kaiser Front Group Pays off 'Community Partners' Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 5, 2013 UH Native Hawaiian UH VP Candidate Attacked due to Military Service We'd Like to Fight health costs with competition, but get HSMA and Kaiser Instead Papaya Nightmares: A Farmer Struggles Amid Hawaii's GMO Debate Publicity About Hawaii's Fly Homeless Home Program Attracts More Homeless Problems of state’s historical preservation office trickle down to simple home renovations FBI informants allowed to commit crimes in Honolulu Sovereignty Activists Try New Angle on Drivers License Scam Hanabusa, Schatz differ on Medicare drug rebates Read More..

Sunday, August 4, 2013 August 4, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 4085 Views Passing on the General Excise Tax is Not Possible For Some Kakaako Development Promotes Inequality Lawyer, Lobbyist Money Makes up for Abercrombie's Lack of Brains Abercrombie Demands DHHL Hire Supporters, Undermines Mission Green Energy Scammers Push More Rate Hikes Golojuch Charges Against Legislators are the Future of Hawaii Failing, DoE Changes the Test Again HOPE Pretrial to be Used to Let More Jailbirds Out Flossie fake-out still more authentic than new Pro Bowl Freeing the Farmers markets Read More..

Saturday, August 3, 2013 August 3, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 3612 Views Ashford Nomination Challenged on Ethics Amendment Would Exempt Unions from paying Property Tax Hawaii Health Connector:  New 4.3% Tax on premiums is just the Beginning Kamuela: Small Hospital Faces Reimbursement Cuts, Can't Keep Up with EHR Requirements TriCare Gives Obamacare Preview State Historic Preservation Division under pressure for rail review Environmental permit could be just the first redo for rail Akaka endorses Colleen Hanabusa for 2014 Anti-GMO Bill Would Harm Big Island Dairy Oahu school bus pilot project enrollment has been slow Garbage Piles Up, City Makes Excuses Management Consultants, Motivational Speakers Hired to 'Transform Hawaii Government' Star-Adv: City Grants in Aid System Reduces Corruption Convicted Felons Sue: Demand Puuhonua for Sovereignty Movement Recruitment in Prison Alleged Green Energy Scammer Indicted in Honolulu Read More..

Friday, August 2, 2013 August 2, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4713 Views Rail: Will Honolulu be the Next Detroit? Hawaii Supreme Court Smacks Rail EIS - An Update Video: Monsters, Miracles, and the Politics of Genetic Engineering Limbaugh: 'Liberal State of Hawaii Wants to Deport Their Homeless' Hey UH, lawmakers say watch those hefty salaries More drones over Hawaii? It’s a good idea for some SA: GMO Fears Could Shut Down Agriculture in Hawaii KOS: Schatz Paid Off by Developers, Hedge Fund managers Protectionists Campaign for Schatz in Export-Oriented State of Hawaii PBN: Highest-paid union officials in Hawaii Business Mag Runs 53-page Photo Essay on Hawaii Homelessness Giving It Up for the Governor: Hawaii State Employees Fuel Campaign Nepotism, Jobs, and Free Money for the Cronies Hawaii Court to have live video feed of Ninth Circuit Appeals Court hearing: Serial Manoa rapist just needs work furlough for parole, but Soft on Crime Crowd Not Volunteering to Hire Him  Nest of Marks: Now it's the UH Football Coach -- Loses $500K to Financial Scam Atheists go Silent as Civil Beat Runs Fluff Piece on Gabbard's Hinduism Read More..

Thursday, August 1, 2013 August 1, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:19 PM :: 4540 Views More than 1,000 Kauai Farmers Speak Out Against Bill 2491 Contract Dispute Knocks Hawaii News Now off DISH Network HMSA, Kaiser Will Monopolize State Health Exchange, 'Rate Shock' Predicted Buying Influence: Usual Suspects give Abercrombie $860K Race to the Bottom: Hawaii Battles for Film Production With Incentives HPD plans to use license plate reading technology Why Is Hawaii's Technology 'Mess' Taking So Long to Fix? Trash pickup delays, 6 of 7 city trucks out of service Pro Bowl changes look good for Hawaii Read More..