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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 August 31, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:30 PM :: 5537 Views Rail: Caldwell’s Dog n Pony Show Designed to Force GE Tax Hike Report: OHA Chair to Resign After Re-Election TS Madeline Following Iselle's path onto Big Island DoE Enrollment Drops Again—Charters Growing Visitor Arrivals Set All-Time Monthly Record in July 2016 DBEDT: Hawaii economy continues to expand Fraud: Maui Glass Recycler Gets Year in Prison Defeat: Anti-GMO Protesters Chase Syngenta out of Hawaii Family of Victims Sues over Lanikai Gabbard Cult Boat Death, Injury Hurricane Not Enough to Force Homeless to Accept Shelter National expert says state's making progress on homeless crisis Star-Adv: Don’t let federal law hinder local vacation rental tax effort Judge Rules Feds Properly Withheld Details Of UH Biolab Inspection Wrongful Foreclosure Claims Rock Hawaii Condo Associations Hurricane: Will Caldwell Botch it Again? Read More..

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 August 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 4843 Views Kaiser: Union Stalling Pushes Maui Hospital Transfer Date to July 1, 2017 2 Years Late With Recovery Plan, Caldwell to Meet With Feds State Agrees to $85M Foster Care Lawsuit Settlement Hawaii Public College Tuition Up 136% More than Average Household Income Molokai Ferry to Shut Down—Can’t Compete With Subsidized Airfares Kolekole: Progress on Second Route out of Waianae Sen Green: Unions Torpedoed Maui Hospital Negotiations after fake $1B Surplus Announcement Rail Insiders Use Meeting With Feds to Push Tax Hike Agenda As Clock Runs Down on TMT, Lawyers Debate Which Witnesses Anti-Telescope Lawyers May Call Election Reveals Limits Of Hawaii’s Biggest Labor Union Flooding: Will Caldwell Botch it -- Again? COBOL Blamed for Hawaii’s Materially False Bond Offerings $150M -- DBEDT Comes up with new GEMS Scheme Hawaiian Electric Dumps Parr, Gives Chevron Monopoly Churches and nonprofits help ex-prisoners stay off the streets Judge known for 'tough love' probation retires to expand program on mainland Another Day in the DoE Read More..

Monday, August 29, 2016 August 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:03 PM :: 3394 Views Fake Indian Tribe: 9th Circuit Rules Injunction Moot After Nai Aupuni Dissolves Itself Star-Adv: Reasonable Concern About OHA Management of Papahanaumokuakea Bird Deaths and Renewable Energy Converge at IUCN World Conservation Congress Anti-GMO Hooser Circling the Drain Civil Beat: Crazy Kaaihue is Excuse to Tighten Ballot Access Civil Beat Still Trying to Make Arizona Prison Look Bad Homeless Migrate to Hawaii Kai, Set up Lounge Chairs, Begin Bum Fights Read More..

Sunday, August 28, 2016 August 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:14 PM :: 3478 Views Slom: $1B Surplus is an Illusion Rail Ridership Wildly Over Estimated $4M for DoT to Study Ways to Raise Highway Taxes Carroll for Senate—Reform the Jones Act Why Don’t We Even Look at the Regulation? Crave Oxycontin? Hawaii is the Place to Be Na Pali Coast: DLNR Issues 13 More Tickets Just in Time for Waikiki Eco-Conference Photos: 24 Hours With Charles Djou Formby: I’m Still Trying to Figure out what a Rail Recovery Plan is—But Tax Increase is Mandatory Star-Adv: Buy Work-Rule Reform with Pay Raises Chang Knocks 10,000 Doors in Drive to Eliminate Last Surviving Republican from Senate Voter turnout still shameful with isles hitting record low Short-term rentals law may not be enforceable, officials say Caldwell’s Smart Meters Building on Dumb Failures? ‘Unbiased’ Journalism: Gabbard is Pure--Her Only Enemies are a Thief and a Clinton Read More..

Saturday, August 27, 2016 Letters to the Editor, August, 2016 By Letters to the Editor @ 8:53 PM :: 5434 Views Rail Ridership Wildly Over Estimated Two election problems that need to be fixed Read More..

Saturday, August 27, 2016 August 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 3185 Views Hawaii The 2nd-Least Tax-Friendly State in the U.S. Judge Upholds Gorak for PUC E-W Center Names New President GOP Endorses Ostrov in CD1 Special Election List of Road and Park Closures for Waikiki Eco-Conference Formby’s First Act: Grab $50M Rail Loan from City AG subpoenas 13 in Kenoi Case; Five are granted immunity HPD Cop Saved by Raid on Massage Parlor Planned Parenthood Teams up With Hawaii Anti-GMO activists HECO Threw Solar Contract to Failing High-Tech Schemers Operator of Molokai ferry seeks to shut down service Syngenta Giving up 847 Acres on Kauai Feminists Complain Study Makes Hawaii Wymyn Look Like They’re not Victimy Enough Read More..

Friday, August 26, 2016 August 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 4445 Views Obama to Expand Papahanaumokuakea: OHA gets Co-Trustee’s Cut of the Green SEC Orders Hawaii to Cease and Desist—State Bond Offerings ‘False and Misleading’ DoI Deadline Approaching for Act 173 Amendment to Hawaiian Homes Commission Act Rep. Kaniela Ing Pleads "Not Guilty" Special Election: CD2 Republican Nominee Files to Run as Democrat in CD1 Rail subcontractors revealed: Lots of local companies, but how much overlap? TOD: City Milks Tower Developer for Everything Except Rail Hawaii Judge Mulls Legality Of Governor’s PUC Appointment Another Democrat Openly Endorses Green Party Presidential Candidate Reforms could ease teacher shortage Hawaii Doctors may skip new CMS primary-care payment initiative 5,000 Uber Drivers on Oahu Hawaii’s Energy Future is Only a Few Rate Hikes Away Dolphin Swim Ban: How Much Irony Can Eco-Nuts Handle? Dive Tour Operators Behind Aquarium Collection Ban Now Make Excuses for Dolphin Harassment Cat Obsessives Kill Birds, Monk Seals UH Manoa Incubator of Hawaii Politics Read More..

Thursday, August 25, 2016 August 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 5747 Views What OHA Hid from You for 40 Years VIDEO: Caldwell was Reckless, Its now a Big Mess, and its Costing You Rail Reshuffle: Mark Garrity named acting director of Department of Transportation Services Supreme Court to hear Hanalei Boatyard Case Airbnb Probably Isn’t Driving Rents Up Much, At Least Not Yet Scheme Hatched to Keep state’s $1 billion surplus from being refunded to taxpayers Just 2 Lobbyists Have Donated $650k To Hawaii Candidates In The Past 10 Years Candidate disclosures offer rare glimpse at finances Council requests temporary halt of rail property takeovers past Middle Street Call for ethics audit advances HPD officer accused of assaulting Uber driver Former DHS fraud investigator sentenced in theft case Papahanaumokuakea: Mainland Megabucks vs Local Fishermen Hawaii Progressives have some really weird priorities HPD Expects $455K in Overtime for Waikiki Eco-Confab NTSB: El Faro audio includes captain's abandon ship order Read More..

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 August 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 3291 Views 2016 ACT Scores: 85% of Hawaii Students not College-Ready ERS Saved: Judge Grants Restraining Order Against SB2077 Calling All Cronies: UH Has $50K to Give You Women’s Equality: Hawaii #1 in USA Unions Eye $1 Billion as State Ends fiscal year with record  surplus HGEA: ‘In Discussions to Facilitate Smooth Transition to Kaiser’ Small Business: Caldwell Hikes Property taxes 425% Promising HPD Expose Devolves into rehash of Domestic Violence and Civil Suits HPD’s body camera program still under development Three Law firms hired for Kealoha lawsuit City considers hiring outside party to audit ethics commission Soft on Crime: Let Him Out He Does It Again Will Sanders Supporters Get Behind Closed Primary Push? Tired of transplants who try to change Hawaii Papahanaumokuakea: Expansion Will Harm Hawaii’s One Sustainable Business Green Energy: “Really just an expensive way of making the tree-huggers feel good about themselves.”  Read More..

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 August 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 3838 Views End Caldwell Crony Capitalism Clean Energy: HECO Breaks Ground on New Diesel Plant ESSA: DoE Sets More Public Meetings How Politician Profits from BLNR Lease Assignment State Hides Oahu Zika Cases—Risking Public to Protect Tourism? We Don’t Want to Visit Waikiki Because of Caldwell’s Homeless HPD insists it takes domestic violence seriously, but in some cases its actions say otherwise Taxpayers forced to Cough up $12M in Green for Waikiki Eco Confab Finger: Hawaii Democrats Move to Expel Leading Sanders Supporters TRO: Alika Atay Maui Council Candidate Blocking Fire Ant Eradication Due to Anti-Pesticide Fanaticism Anti-GMO: Do Five Losers Make a Movement? Buying Organic Shows You Are a Sucker for Marketing Swimming with Dolphins--NOAA Takes Aim at Eco Religion—Dive Tour Operators Expected to Freak Out Regents Give Lassner High Marks ADB report: Poverty rate high in Marshall Islands Read More..

Monday, August 22, 2016 August 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:38 PM :: 4039 Views Hawaii Foster Grandparent Program Needs Volunteers Surprise: 20 More Marijuana Dispensary Licenses to be Awarded in October, 2017 Federal Prosecution Only Way to get Rid of Bad HPD Cops HSTA Calls for Halt as DoE Awards ‘Cool Schools Contracts at Mind-Blowing $78K Per Classroom Grabauskas did not do this on his own Council Overrides Caldwell to Give Tax Break to Kakaako Small Businesses 10,665 Sign up for Section 8 Housing Can Pueo be Used to Shut Down Affordable Housing Developments in Ewa? Civil Beat Tries to Blame Longliners for Scallops from Philippines Anti-Telescope Protest Leader to be Fined $27K for Interfering with Whale Rescue? Kudos to the Ethically Challenged Civil Beat: Record Low Voter Turnout Calls for Repetition of Stale Ideas Will politics get dirty over the issue of a landfill? Read More..

Sunday, August 21, 2016 August 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3756 Views GEMS as a Target for Raiding? Nut vs Nut in CD2 Republican Primary -- Hawaii GOP Chair Denounces Winner Obesity? Hawaii 3rd-Slimmest State ‘All Natural Wild Harvest’ Scallops Behind Hepatitis Outbreak HPD Misconduct: 16% of Officers arrested or prosecuted -- one every 5.7 weeks Impunity Starts at the Top: Caldwell Bought and Paid for by Banksters  Grabauskas Gone: Last Chance to Save Rail GE Tax Hike Coming -- Souki to remain House speaker with Unanimous Democrat Support Homeless chief warns against bypassing rules Hawaii DoE 1,600 Teachers Short Four New Councilmembers for Hawaii County Hawi: Seven Trump Signs Stolen $4.5M in Green: Waikiki Eco Confab Subsidized by Taxpayers Read More..

Saturday, August 20, 2016 August 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:21 PM :: 3521 Views Maili Most Stressed Place in Hawaii, Mountain View Least Honolulu adds hurdles for military families driving for Uber, Lyft Ninth Circuit Shields Hawaii Open Primaries HART: Two Down, Caldwell to Go Maui Hospital: Privatization injunction dissolved Suspended UPW Prison Guards Sue for Promotions, Lose Federal ban on Private Prisons Means Illegal Aliens Will be in Federal Penitentiary Cost of Living: Hawaii Teacher Salaries Lowest in USA ‘Green’ Energy Initiative to Justify $30B in Rate Hikes Biofooled: New Diesel Plant Will Provide Excuse for More Rate Hikes  Maui to Clear out Homeless Tent City at Kanaha Beach Park Anti-GMO Activist Blames ‘Brainwashed Filipinos, Puerto Ricans and Portuguese’ Kathryn Xian Busted by Undercover Sheriffs in Lyft Sting Read More..

Friday, August 19, 2016 August 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 3436 Views Djou: Formby Will Further Politicize HART Regents approve Lassner as UH Manoa interim chancellor Ige Extends Homeless Emergency Proclamation (again) Homelessness Decrees: Short-Term or Shortsighted? Statehood Backed by Silent Majority of Hawaiians 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American Caldwell, Formby will Beg Feds to Approve Middle Street Scheme—‘Tough Sell’ Morishige: Emergency Proclamations Allow Government to Act Quickly on Homelessness  Caldwell to be Saddled with Waimanalo Ditch Just Before Election Day 1,678 Votes Will Not be Counted: Absentee Ballots Arriving Late at Election Office Hospital: Time for HGEA to settle with Ige School Reform: HSTA wants you to believe it’ll be Different This Time A Decade Later--Kauai Adolescent Drug Treatment Center Groundbreaking Harry Kim Job Killer? Felony? ‘Cancer free’ Kaaihue Offers to Drop out of CD2 Race in Exchange for Inducement Read More..

Thursday, August 18, 2016 August 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 5550 Views Djou: Dismiss the HART CEO Tomorrow; Mayor in November OHA Funds Voter Sentiment Survey to Help Incumbents OHA Incumbents: Is 20 Years too Long? CD1: National Defense PAC endorses Ostrov for Congress Full Text: 9th Circuit Court Tells DOJ to Back Off in Medical Pot States Construction 5.9% of Hawaii GDP—#2 in USA Desperate Defenestration -- to Save Caldwell, Hanabusa Sacrifices Grabauskas Hawaii State Senate News: Former Drug Dealer’s House Torched--Twice Energy ‘Green’ -- $8B in Rate Hikes Needed to Help Solar, Wind Schemers Ethics: Enviros Allowed to Bribe Legislators, Staffers with $900 Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Punished for doing the Right Thing Telescope: What is the Cost of OHA Rent-Seeking? Hawaii Bureaucrats And The Can’t-Do Spirit DoBOR made a fool of themselves – Years of Income Lost Thanks to ACLU, Homeless Pay Cat n Mouse Game instead of Being Forced to Accept Shelter ESSA: “Administrative Empowerment”  Civil Beat reporters are too lazy to dig up news Former member of alleged Hawaii cult threatened as film featuring group debuts Read More..

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 August 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 3250 Views GE Tax: Audit Shows Tourists pay only 14.1% of Rail Surcharge  DBEDT Releases 2015 Hawaii Data Book Online Telescope: Educational Opportunities beat Rent Seeking Kenoi Copies Kealoha Strategy: Blame the Media for Grand Jury Indictment Did HECO-NextEra Merger Proponents have Insider Information from PUC? HD44 Dems: Who’s Trying To Sway Elections Now? Raises for DoE Execs? BoE Defers Action Board of Education considering a special performance review of the state’s charter school authorizer Ige reiterates opposition to LNG Candidates begin to file for District 1 special election Mother of Peter Boy now cooperating with investigators Maui taro farmers prevail in water dispute with state Local Enviros Aim to Score Megabucks from Waikiki Eco-Funders Conference Hawaii GOP: How many times does a party have to get skunked to wonder if there needs to be a Plan B? Read More..

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 August 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:37 PM :: 4442 Views Akina: Protect Hawaiian Entitlements from OHA Federal Recognition Scheme Cato: Hawaii Ranks 48th in Freedom, Near Top in Cronyism Hawaii Obamacare waiver could serve as national blueprint Closed Primary? 9th Circuit Rebuffs Hawaii Democrats (For Now) Full Text: 9th Circuit Rejects Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Suit Djou vs The Machine: We Care Puana Attorney to Police Commission: Too little, too late With Election Over, DoT Announces New Lanes to Ease Traffic Two election problems that need to be fixed CD1: Republican Candidate Shirlene Ostrov files for special election Hanalei Boatyard: NFIB, Owners Counsel ask Hawaii Supreme Court to Intervene Hepatitis Traced to Genki Sushi, Frozen Scallops Maui hospital plan a ‘blueprint’ for Big Isle, Ige says Democrats Urged to Fight for Patronage Positions at Honolulu Hale Power Mad Democrats Aim to Grab Last Senate Seat Hawaii Democrats May Sue Because Somebody Had the Audacity to Defeat ONE of their Incumbents Saturday Chief Kealoha Conspiracy Theory may Backfire Motions to dismiss filed in Kenoi theft case Will Ethics Commission Follow its own Rules? Hawaiian Electric Wins $80M Rate Hike—Spins it as Money Saver! Rail: HECO Wants to Soak Taxpayers for ‘Double Redundant System’ Slow #1 -- Government Procurement: HPD Buying Only 80 Tasers Per Year—Needs 500 More Slow #2 -- 900,000 Gallon Sewage Spill from Animal Quarantine Station--While Waiting for Government Contracting Slow #3 -- After 64 Years Maui Gets Another Hospital Slow #4 -- Health Department Hiring — Will The Mosquitoes Wait? Quick Action! ACLU Nuisance Suit Scores $2300 cash payout for All Money-Grubbing Honolulu Homeless—Millions to be Distributed Years Later, Molokai Boy raised by Potheads Recovers Anti-GMO Losers: Every Candidate Trained by Hooser Defeated Prominent Maui Anti-GMO Activist in Court on Child Molestation Charges Alleged pimp held in beating is first charged under new law Read More..

Monday, August 15, 2016 August 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 PM :: 4136 Views Runoff: Keli`i Akina Challenging 20-Year OHA Incumbent Haunani Apoliona Djou: Caldwell badly damaged and we are just getting started Judiciary Hosts Hawaii’s First Veterans Treatment Court Conference Hawaii’s ruling political party revels in its control over state Rail Scheme Exposed: Extend to UH Manoa in Exchange for Another GE Tax Hike Djou Wins in Kalihi, Waianae No Telescope Fabrication Until Site is Selected Surfrider: How Lawyers Aim to Destroy Agriculture in Hawaii Busted on Long Waits, VA now Denies Claims Neighborhood battles back against crime Read More..

Sunday, August 14, 2016 August 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5124 Views Primary Races: Full Statewide Results here Hawaii Budget: Taxes on the Horizon The Little Engine that Could? Thought of One Party Senate Gives Democrats Pause Democrats Lose Incumbent to ‘Candidate Who Should not have been running as Democrat’ Hawaii Turnout Sets New Record Low – 34.7% Anti-GMO candidates stumble in Hawaii Massive Pay raises sought for DOE execs Crumbling Capitol building Symbolizes State of the State Ethics: Union Lawsuit May Lead to More Free Golf for Procurement Department Waikiki Eco-Conference Seen as Opportunity to take more from Fishermen, Hunters, Farmers Hawaii—2nd Highest Concentration Of EVs Per Capita Hawaii Cult Leader Sexually Abused Male Followers Read More..

Saturday, August 13, 2016 August 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3966 Views Primary Election Day Saturday Aug 13—Find Your Polling Place Here Full Text: State, UPW Reach Maui Hospital Agreement Papahānaumokuākea: A Model for Everything Wrong in Hawaii Politics DHS Director Rachael Wong Leaving Hawaii: How to Quit Paying Union Dues—Legally Hyatt Worker Says Hotel Ignored Sex Assault by Saudi Maui: Zika May Have Spread to Local Mosquitoes Maui Hospital: HGEA Issues Still Open Primary: Little Drama—Don’t Expect Much Turnover Many Democrats are running unopposed for Hawaii Legislature Oahu Turnout Down: 93K Absentee Votes so far TMT hearings: Two months grinding slowly through dilatory motions as clock ticks Maui Anti-GMO Activist Jailed on Child Molestation Charges Government Contracting: Waianae boaters upset as pier goes unrepaired 8 months after collapse Bill 36: Uber Drivers Must Have Hawaii Drivers Licenses With Big Eco-Conference Coming, State Finally Agrees to Let City Clear Bums off Prime Ala Moana Real Estate Read More..

Friday, August 12, 2016 August 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 4739 Views Honolulu Most Expensive in USA--$100 worth only $80 India Parliament: War-Torn Kashmir is Approved as Site for Thirty Meter Telescope Two Years After Ousting Apple, Lassner forces to Appoint Himself UH Manoa Chancellor Hawaii: Fewest Malpractice Suits Per Capita ESAs: How to increase school funding without raising taxes It was 118 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory Kouchi Facing Senate Revolt—Caldwell’s GE Tax Hike Hangs in Balance? Sweetheart Deal: Lawmakers Ignore Risk to ERS ‘Running on empty’ — Many bumps and stalls in hospital management transition Djou Outraises Caldwell 4-to-1 It Pays To Be An Incumbent In The Hawaii Legislature Council Rides to Rescue: Kakaako Repair Shop Taxed $33K per Year by Caldwell Regime OHA: Obama Won’t Ignore our Grab for Papahanaumokuakea State Email Accounts Used by Anti-GMO Activists Homelessness: Ige Sets Precedent for Rule by Decree Shelters shift strategy to house homeless more quickly Lawsuit: Waikiki Hotel Runs After-Hours Massage Parlor for Muslim Prince, Entourage Child Molesters on Loose in Ewa Criminal Escapes Justice Hawaii debates first Time-Of-Use community solar proposal PZEV Internal Combustion Engines are 9X Cleaner than Filthy, Disgusting Electric Cars New Owner for Big Island Dairy Read More..

Thursday, August 11, 2016 August 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 4191 Views Hunting, Farming & Fishing Association backs candidates who “help feed Hawaii” Ige: Obama Administration Turning ESSA into NCLB UH community colleges most affordable in the nation Hawaii Section 8 Waiting List Opening for First Time in Decade 79,395 Absentee Votes Cast on Oahu Ige: Telescope Like a Movie I am Watching  Proof of Hawaii Brain Drain: Hanabusa ‘One of our top public thinkers’ Chief asks to be represented by private attorneys in police misconduct cases Entrepreneur Flees UH After Trying to fix Bureaucratic Black Hole Tax Credit Schemers Seek $3M from Taxpayers so they can buy themselves 70 Teslas Barrel Tax Slush Fund for Green Energy Schemers The price of democracy; how much does it cost to hold an election? No Science Behind Papahanaumokuakea GMOs Lead Fight Against Zika, Ebola And Next Unknown Pandemic Anti-Solar Protests Begin on Big Island Can Civil Beat Sink Any Lower? Read More..

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 August 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 3790 Views Full Text: ERS Files Suit to Stop SB2077 ‘Catastrophe’ The Case for Stopping Rail Dead in its Tracks TVR in a Ag Condo: Must Your Neighbors Approve? Ige Appoints Nature Conservancy Employee to BLNR Attorney: OHA Chair Secretly Supports Telescope Rail: The Difference is Djou Won’t Raise Taxes OHA Candidates Trask And Akina Teaming Up GEMS: State Spends $2.1M to Provide $388K in Loans Anti-GMO Lawyer Goes to Work for Anti-Geothermal Punatics Sierra Club Lines its Pockets with Carbon Credits Judge throws out charges from state's largest gambling case (Again) 13,000 Gallons: More Caldwell Spills on Waikiki Beaches—Nobody Tells Lifeguards UH Ed School Still Using Decrepit Buildings in Campaign for More CIP Money Hawaii’s commercial fishery a good steward of the ocean Read More..

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 August 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 4606 Views How Much Is Enough to Replace the Mayor? Audit: How Hawaii VA Solar Project Delayed 21 Months Honolulu Auditor Releases Annual Report Hawaii Court Orders Online Travel Companies to Pay Rental Car Taxes $188K Cesspools: EPA Fines State, Counties Early Voting: 62,000 Votes Already Cast on Oahu Grabauskas Sacrificial Lamb—Baffled Hanabusa Rants and Raves as Secret 14 Hour Debate Spills out into Public HECO trying to Milk Rail for More Money Caldwell’s Bank Job: How To Make $250K In Just Hours A Month! Nightmare for Honolulu:  Three-Term Mayors Abercrombie Slams ‘Nowhere’ Ing on Kihei HS Who Should Control Charter Schools? Hepatitis A, Zika: Vaccination Confusion And Hiring Delays FDA Takes Control of E-Cigs AirBNB ’Committee to Expand the Middle Class’ Gives to Incumbents State DHS gets federal grant to research paid-leave programs TV News: How investigative can you be in eight hours? Biogas: A lot of hot air? State pension fund finishes fiscal year with a 0.9% loss Hawaii has nation's highest mortgage closing costs Read More..

Monday, August 8, 2016 August 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 3923 Views Karma: Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Eyes $16B US Yoga Market I Feel Pretty: Gabbard’s looks cost campaign thousands Caldwell Ethics: Muzzled, Tarnished, Credibility Lost Kenoi coattails taint Lau TOD Kalihi: Shipping Containers, Then No Parking Ex-HPD sergeant pleads guilty to shooting bartender EV Drivers Caught Using Handicapped Parking Spaces Civil Beat Deletes Commenter(?)—Then Engages in Petty Bickering Read More..

Sunday, August 7, 2016 August 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 5499 Views Report: OHA Forms Secret Partnership with Homeland Security, FEMA Aftermath of the Maui Hospital Benefits Veto Override Caldwell Ducks Debate as Fundraising Fades State Issuing Fines on City for Sewer Spill and Failure to Maintain Infrastructure Fishery Council Asks for Transparent Analysis of Proposed Marine Monument Expansion Office of Elections Still Seeking Primary Day Poll Workers Rep Ing Under Arrest—Hammered for Absenteeism, Lying, Mishandling of Funds Death of Big Money:  Will Caldwell go the Way of Abercrombie? Rail projects in other major cities are dealing with similar budget woes 20 Honolulu Charter proposals Will be on Ballot Star-Adv: LNG Should Still be Considered Layoffs, “voluntary” buyouts hit Honolulu’s daily newspaper Next Step: Oceanfront Homeless Shelter Eases Rules Umi Street families to be displaced for months during cleanup, asbestos testing Voting preps underway ahead of Primary; volunteers still needed Read More..

Saturday, August 6, 2016 August 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 5464 Views This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing Occupational Licensing: Hawaii Most Burdensome Requirements in USA UH Law Prof: White Milk is Racist Food Oppression Hawaii Seed Crop Worth $151M—Up 7% Maui’s long waiting list for water 9th Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Hawaii Gay Marriage Law Republican Candidate for Ewa’s Senate Seat Demands Change Feds to Hit Corrupt Hawaii Democratic Party with ‘Biggest Fine Ever’ Sewage Spill Bringing Stiff Fine: State Orders Caldwell to Change Ways Star-Adv: Police Commission Needs to Act on Kealoha Telescope: Next Hearing August 12 Dozens pack the Hilo YMCA for TMT hearing Zika Fears Drive Tourists to Choose Hawaii Scary News: Farrington HS to be Model for DoE Maintenance Programs Papahanaumokuakea: Environmentalists excuse to cripple Navy operations Travel websites ordered to pay Hawaii taxes on car rentals Act 202: $3M Per Year State Giveaway to Biofuel Producers Securitas officers plead guilty to theft at Honolulu airport Read More..

Friday, August 5, 2016 August 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3776 Views Hawaii: 41% of Children Dependent on Government 53% – Hawaii Headed in Wrong Direction UPW Delays Destroying Maui Memorial Hospital Optimistic that hospital settlement is within reach Telescope Time Running Out: Flurry of Motions, Then Wait til October Tax Hikes Will Never be Enough to Pay for State DoT Djou: HPD needs to get a handle on officer misconduct How Kirk Caldwell Blew Through $500K In Just 29 Days Prominent Democrat Donors Give to Djou Public-Private Partnerships And Their Potential For Rail Rail Sinkhole is Developing Sinkholes in Ewa OHA Chair Claims Papahanaumokuakea Has Nothing to do with Money, LOL! Eco-Lawyers Push Federal takeover of Hawaii Agriculture Earthjustice has a great little scam going Read More..

Thursday, August 4, 2016 August 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4432 Views Fundrace: Djou Beats Caldwell 3-1 Latest Poll on Hawaii Island Shows 2-1 Margin in Support for TMT Construction Hawaii: $100 Worth only $85.62 Hawaii Family Forum Primary Voter Guide Honolulu Green Light-Red Light Ratio Designed to Jam Up Traffic Why it’s so expensive to cool Hawaii’s schools Hawaii School System Quality Ranks 42nd US News Ranks Best Hospitals in Hawaii Hawaii Scores B+ for Laws That Help Expecting and New Parents Maunalua Bay Recreation Advisory Committee Meets for First Time DLNR Initiates Public Comment Period to Post One Sign at Marina Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees Senatorial Candidates John Carroll and Makani Christensen Challenge Senator Brian Schatz to Debate Moody’s Hawaiian Electric Downgrade due to “unpredictable and highly political regulatory environment” Civil Beat Poll: How to Trick Voters into Supporting GE Tax Hike  Money: Civil Beat Co-Founder NOT Behind Anti-GMO Candidate Unconsummated hospital deal costs Kaiser $40M New police commissioner wants board to investigate embattled police chief City, State Still Talking About Removing Bums from Prime Walkway Between Waikiki and Ala Moana Mall Oahu Opening New Oceanfront Homeless Shelter at Kakaako Sanders Hawaii Leader: Vote for Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Hawaii Co Council Tries to Outfox Anti-Styrofoam Obsessives UH Manoa professor arrested on child porn charges Honolulu Airport bribery probe nets 3 guilty pleas Job Cuts Loom At The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Kauai Retaliation News: Assistant chief files injunction Read More..

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 August 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 3889 Views Caldwell Hammered on Bank Job, Lack of Ethics Will Olympic Visitors Bring Zika Back With Them? TOU Pricing: A Cool New Way to Raise Your Electric Rates Honolulu Ethics Commission Appoints New Director Hawaiian Electric Begins Peddling Batteries Elderly 45.8% More Likely to Suffer Traffic Fatality Hawaii Offshore Windfarms An Expensive ‘Political Agenda’ CD1 Special Election Set for General Election Day Truth and Transparency Lacking at OHA Poll: Djou Ahead 42-33 Money: OHA Cronies Demand Control of Papahanaumokuakea Caldwell Continues to Protect Chief Kealoha from FBI Computerization Opened Door to Cash Theft in Parks and Rec Dept Djou: Build Up in Urban Honolulu TOD Tax to Pay for Rail? Rap Back: Even Former Gun Owners Will be Included in Database Education: ESSA Forums Hit Big Island New charter schools’ authorizers sought Kapiolani Park Homeless threaten Journalist Stabbing suspect linked to previous incidents of road rage, pepper spray Big Island Windfarm Will Kill Endangered Bats and Birds Transportation Bill Decision Lawsuit: Kauai Marijuana Dispensary Funded With Stolen Money Believe in Sea Level Rise? Sell Now and Flee! Gabbard Slams Religious Bigotry in Clinton Camp Read More..

Tuesday, August 2, 2016 August 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 4919 Views Feds Contradict Caldwell: Hawaii Veteran Homelessness Only Down 3% Hawaii Medicare: 50% of Payments to be on Incentive Plan Why are more Micronesians coming to Hawaii? OHA Violates Trust Responsibility to Native Hawaiians If We Can’t Have it Nobody Will: More Delays as UPW, HGEA Work to Destroy Maui Memorial Kaiser Losing $500K a Week Waiting for UPW, Governor  Ige Doubles Down on Transportation Tax Blackmail Caldwell Boots Ethics Out the Door Rail: Caldwell Throws Out Option after Option until only Tax Hikes are Left Businesses blame Ridiculous, Irresponsible Years–Long Failure for Iwilei flooding Banks Pay Caldwell More Than City Does GEMS: Your Tax Dollars Shift to Corporations DoE Far Short of cooling a thousand classrooms Soft on Crime: Freeway stabbing suspect has previous felony conviction, pending cases Great News: 526 More Convicts may be Liberated from Expensive, Corrupt UPW-Controlled Prisons Death to Tourism: Zika Hits Miami, Visitors Cancel in Droves Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage Hokulea Arrives at Nova Scotia Home Port of Hawaii Superferry Ilagan Gets More Contributions from SD2 than Anti-GMO Ruderman The Problem with Hawaii is Obscene Anti-GMO Activists Who Move Here from the Mainland Same-Day Voter Registration Available at Walk-In Voting Locations Who Can Fire Police Chief?  Case Heading for Supreme Court Read More..

Monday, August 1, 2016 August 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:46 PM :: 3823 Views Walk-in Voting Begins Monday Aug 1 On Rail, Caldwell Stonewalls Council, Legislature, and Feds A Dream and a Vision 1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings ‘Pretend School’ – 625 Teacher Vacancies Statewide Tighten Rail’s Leash Most Homelessness Money Goes to People on Verge High Cost of UPW Prisons Behind State’s Soft on Crime Approach Caldwell’s Sewage Incompetence Dying To Cross The Street In Honolulu Petroleum supplier wants to deliver clean energy Solar Dirty Energy Complain Waianae neighbors Public Hearing: Big Island Windfarm Wants to Kill Endangered Species for 20 Years  Want a Copy of the Constitution? Now, That’s Controversial! Read More..