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Friday, September 30, 2011 Letters to the Editor, September, 2011 By Letters to the Editor @ 6:38 PM :: 8971 Views Paper or Plastic: Let us decide for ourselves Thanks Councilmen for Rejecting Impact Fees Sakamoto Forced Medical Tourism on Maui Hawaii County Impact Fees Unfair To Those Building Their Own Homes Abercrombie Appointment an Insult to Maui 2% for ‘Open Space’ is a Tax 2012 Is All About Trust Hawaii Council Impact Fee Making Affordable Housing Out of Reach Ron Paul Supporter: 9-11 Commemoration Should Honor Conspiracy Theorists Read More..

Friday, September 30, 2011 September 30, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 21219 Views $170/barrel? PUC Rejects AKP Biofuel Contract For Sale Cheap: One Slightly Used Honolulu Rail Contractor State Releases Roadmap For Transforming Information Technology Systems Covering Half the World from Ft Shafter Hawaii Gay Marriage on Agenda for 2013 Abercrombie Emergency Decree Tied to Pay to Play Contributor Mitsunaga Six weeks before APEC, Honolulu Airport “In need of an Upgrade” Inouye Fails: E-W Center Appropriation Cut $4.3M Did Duckworth Overstate Hawaii Support? Abercrombie Fails: Consumer Confidence worse than Cayetano’s Second Term Perfect Symbol: Closed Liliuokalani School to become DoE Administration Offices State GOP on KIPO's 'Town Square' Berg "Took a Beating" for Tax Increase Reso East Honolulu Asks: Is Rail Worth It After All? Former Hells Angels president surrenders at Ala Moana Park Sidewalk Possessions Bill Introduced State spending for Homeless Shelter to Be Cut after APEC Could HECO use all the power that solar farms produce? Oceanit creates hydro-power subsidiary Why are gas Prices so High in Hawaii? DOT study: ‘evidence’ of discrimination Some HPD Officers Post Questionable Facebook Photos Bring a Deer, Go to Jail Waianae Residents Vent Frustrations Over Past Flooding Emergency Repairs On Waikiki Natatorium Set To Begin Read More..

Thursday, September 29, 2011 September 29, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 13967 Views ILind: Spouses of top Inouye, Abercrombie aides employed by Emergency UXO Contractor SA: Abercrombie Secrecy on Child Deaths should be Swept Aside National Journal: Questions about Hirono’s Electability Hawaii Democrats Exporting More Obamanomics to Mainland Sorting out the Hawaii GOP Leadership Change Hawaii Got $20B From Feds Last Year Nurses: Arbitration begins September 30 Malama Solomon’s Lawyer prepares to Sue Council might ban personal property on city sidewalks Vans and buses converted into paddy wagons ahead of APEC, Maoists Whine Vote by mail program sought for isle (again) Justice Reinvestment Panel Crunches Numbers City Leaves Key Questions About ORI Unanswered Higher Rental Car Fee Vacuums Extra $5 Million/Month out of Visitors Pockets Ansaldo Contract Dispute Moves To City Council Chambers Sen Pohai Ryan: Real Kauaians Want Tourists Aina Koa Pono Run Out of Town at Community Meeting on Big Island Kauai Hydro Projects take shape Students question tuition hike Ecos Grab for Coral Control Tree-planting company develops model for investors New Peeping Tom Allegations Against Honolulu Ex-Cop Six Criminal-Illegals Nabbed in Hawaii September 11th San Diego Terror Scare tied to Hawaii Kauai Biofool Plant will Reach into Your Pocket HECO signs deal to buy local algae-based biofuel Cecilio Rodriguez pleads not guilty in sexual abuse case Read More..

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 September 28, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 14128 Views Star-Advertiser: Republicans need to back Rail, Akaka Bill, Abortion, and Gay Marriage Attention Professors: Today you can Stop UHPA Spending Your Money to Elect Democrats Abercrombie: HSTA Theatrics Serve no Public Purpose Berg: People should decide on GE Tax Hike Study: Styrofoam Better for Environment than Tree Killing Paper Products Stop Rail Plaintiffs Respond to City, FTA “Nonsense” A&B: “Entitled land in a great place with high barriers to entry is good” General Fund Deception: Hawaii operating at 9.2% Deficit Abercrombie’s UXO Emergency Benefits Beadie Dawson Company Sen Donna Mercado Kim: Chinese are Abrasive and Rude High court clears the way for HSTA strike – But No Strike Vote Planned EIS edict makes future Pohakuloa Army training iffy OHA Cronies Seek Share of Geothermal Proceeds Thanks to State-Owned Land, Hilo Hotels are Dumpy Rail Transit Town Hall Meeting Draws Crowd APEC security cameras set for final City Council vote Hawaii County continues to issue permits despite LUC ruling Analysis: Hawaii Tax Review Commission Has Some Teeth HGEA endorses US Reps. Hirono, Hanabusa Hawaii Democrats Export Campaign Money to Illinois Expenses: How to read Campaign Spending Reports Gay Sailor: Personal Issues Come Second Micro-Minority: Even after Census Bureau Pumps Up Numbers, only 3,239 Same-sex households in Hawaii Kauai Revolving Door: Repeat Offender Child Molester Convicted Again Why Can't Hawaii Kids Join The Military? Coral-Wielding Feds Threaten Fishermen Read More..

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 September 27, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 11104 Views National Journal: Good News For Hawaii Republicans? Hawaii GOP Chair Resigns, Issues Call for Unity Hawaii's Congressional Delegation: How they voted September 26, 2011 Hawaii Republicans, Democrats on Equal Financial Footing New Day: Abercrombie’s BoE Balances Budget on Back of Special Ed Teachers, Students Borreca: Cayetano’s Second Term Better than Abercrombie’s First, but Cebu beats all Aloun Farms Buys 559 Acres Near Rail Route Berg proposes GE Tax increase for more roads and bike paths State revises count of kids who died in custody Feds Still Have 'Serious Concerns' About ORI Plan Malama Solomon: “You didn’t gimme a district, so I’m Suing” Styrofoam: Civil Beat Doubles Down on War Against Restaurant Industry Kona HHSC hospital faces budget cuts Telescope Shakedown Scammers Questioned Aloun Farms middleman wants charge set aside Chinese visitors to U.S. could reach 5 million by 2015 Disney Projects $1.2B in Aulani Sales State picks 1 food bank out of 2 for Garden Island Conservation groups drop seabird suit against Kauai utility Seed crop industry up only 5 percent in isles City to cede 911 tapes of June 3 spree Read More..

Monday, September 26, 2011 September 26, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 16609 Views Hawaii Wind, Solar projects: Millions for Wall Street, Banks, maybe even Big Tobacco Hawaii Republicans Looking for Leadership Find only Factionalism Kalapa: History of the Hawaii GE Tax Abercrombie Admin Official Quietly Jumps Ship, Joins Private Sector Donations Pour In For Fallen Honolulu Police Officer Federal Law Some Child Deaths Should Be Public Red Tape Hindered Removal of UXO 232 Archaeological Surveys planned for rail route SA: Charter school panel fails to home in on results Maui News Praises Maui Memorial CB: China's PLA May Be on the Road to a Pearl Harbor Anti-APEC Protests begin October 17 Born for Gangbanging: Young Criminals Make Film at HCCC, Abercrombie Applauds Who Controls the Mineral Rights to Hawaiian Home Lands? Thanks to Plastic Bag Ban 70% of Maui Residents Murder Trees Local bicyclists push for vulnerable roadway user law in Hawaii Self-Righteous Back to Nature crowd takes Hanalei Boatyard from Owner Hawaii commerce department debuts mobile app Disney adds second Hawaii cruise in 2012 California Democratic Party among Solyndra’s creditors Read More..

Sunday, September 25, 2011 September 25, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 5399 Views Mufi Operative launches “fringe” GOP Senate Campaign VIDEO: Occupy Wall Street–Preview of APEC Protests? Abercrombie Admin Defends Emergency Decrees APEC Hint for Realtors: Top of Chinese wealthy's wish list? To leave China Borreca: Hawaii GOP merely devours its young Lingle should consider run for U.S. Senate Cataluna: Abercrombie is off the Leash, doesn’t care what people think Drunken Abercrombie Aide Arrested at Waikiki Bar Rail needs to Start over with new EIS, new Rail car contractor Visa policy clogs Chinese tourism Water Board Manager: We need your money Geothermal is latest Excuse for Interisland Cable $20/hr: Isle security guards get highest pay, report says Lawsuit Challenging Property Tax Rates for Native Hawaiians on Home Lands Appealed to the Nation's Highest Court Big Development proposed for Sand Island Kauai Food bank to launch investigation Kauai Council heats up over resolution on salary freeze Hawaii's East-West Center to open exhibition of photos, artifacts belonging to Obama's mother Enviro Job Panic: Cuts to Hawaii’s invasive species control funds could spell ‘havoc’ East of Hilo, West of LA: NASA satellite plunges to Earth Read More..

Saturday, September 24, 2011 September 24, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:53 PM :: 5274 Views Thanks Councilmen for Rejecting Impact Fees Disney Re-starts some Aulani sales after Hawaii approves 33% fee increase If GE Tax were a Sales Tax, It would be among Nation's Lowest "Get Ready Ewa Beach" Saturday Star-Advertiser: September 11th Julian Islam Day Festival is Celebration of Kokua and Peace Shapiro: Hawaii GOP Stuck in Ideological Divide DoE Panics as Students will be limited to only One Re-take on State Assessment After years of doing nothing, Mazie finally mentions COFA at meeting of Asian Victimology Caucus Halawa Prison Employees Able to Smuggle Contraband, thanks to UPW, HGEA HPD Officer Accused of Rape in Kailua Report: Hawaii has nation's most-expensive rent, houses Plaintiffs Step Up Campaign to Raise Funds for Rail Lawsuit Final Reapportionment Maps Due Monday Reapportionment Commission Prepares Alternative Maps for Judge to Help Malama Solomon get a District Berg Wins Support for West Oahu Shooting Range Sea-water air conditioning closer to reality After Gaming Advocates Use it as Talking Point, Navy Closes Bingo Night SA: Resist appeals to prop up Oahu slaughterhouse The Future of Industrial Solar: Thieves Loot Solar Panels at Makuu, Puna Styrofoam: Civil Beat Launches War on Restaurant Industry Papaya farmers eye threats as 85 more trees destroyed Self-righteous Diving Instructor Charged with Harassing Fish Collector County sues rubbish haulers Molester’s Former Underling Calls for Abolition of HOPE Parole Nine Months after Hawaii Conviction, Pervert Vanishes in Scotland Kona Village Resort to suffer fate of Coco Palms? Just in Time for APEC: Homeless Houseboat to be Scuttled Hawaii Meth Project selects Joe Perez as new Director Final 31 Permanent FEMA Homes Turned Over to American Samoan Families Obama Fundraiser Scored $107M in Wind Farm Credits Obama Administration Set to Ban Asthma Inhalers Over Environmental Concerns Read More..

Friday, September 23, 2011 September 23, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:07 PM :: 4384 Views Honolulu Council to Consider Public Firing Range for Kalaeloa Tom Berg calls for Massive GE Tax Increase Contested Case Hearing requested over Oneula Burials Population Without Representation Details of baby's death to stay secret Abercrombie’s Emergencies Prove Republicans Right Hooser vs Hooser on Emergency Powers Aila vs Aila on Rail On Deadline Day, Sumitomo Still "Under Consideration" Lingle Was Right: Rail Projections based on $300M Cut to Bus Funding Failing DoE considering waiver for No Child Ethics Commission Dismisses HSTA Complaint Against Gov UPW, HGEA Contacts allow Halawa to Guards Sidestep Metal and Drug Detection List of Schools Looted by BoE Did BoE Violate Sunshine Law with Social Studies Vote? Double Dip? Tourist count, Spending tumble worst since 2009 Sweeps: 13% More Homeless Forced to Accept Shelter SA Assists ACLU in Pre-APEC Protest Litigation Ex-officer faces trial in pay scheme Sen. Gil Kahele warns about Danger of Deer Poop Capitol full of ‘Rats As Bubble nears Popping, HECO “still comfortable” With Solar Gold Rush OTEC Set to Build First Plant … in the Bahamas Hospital systems’ construction will change medical landscape China Looks at TMT Hawaii attorney taking swing at Pacquiao - Mayweather fight Read More..

Thursday, September 22, 2011 September 22, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 6872 Views Hawaii Republican Presidential Vote Set for March 13 Obama Admin gives Hawaii $3M to help Process “Increased Volume” of Insurance Rate Hikes Sakamoto Forced Medical Tourism on Maui Republican Presidential Caucuses will Help with Party-Building Oi: Abercrombie a One Term Governor? Hearing to address issue of children dying in state custody HSTA contract case expected to drag on for months Hawaii personal income growth lags nation Hawaii Ethics Director Responds to 'Brouhaha' Over Task Force Members Slaughterhouse reels as grocers reject pork shipped live to isles Overpriced Nene Removal, Road Project also Emergencies to Abercrombie AG Defends Gov's Emergency Authority Feds Liquidate Property Belonging to Malama Solomon’s Favorite Methamphetamines Gang Takitani Admits Reapportionment Litigation is all About Where he thinks Senate Seat should Go Ethics Commission: Lawmakers Can Accept Free Tickets to APEC Events Legislators Pant like Dogs as they Lap Up Prisoners’ Stories Hawaii County Impact fees rejected Maui Enviro caught lying about Bottled Water Project: “I don’t have to make sure that every fact is corroborated” Blogger To Face Trial for Obstruction Civil Beat Boss Pierre Omidyar only Hawaii resident on Forbes 400 list Director of Kona Sober Living Home Busted for Drug Possession, Assault on Police Five years after being sentenced to Ten Years, Hawaii Pedophile Busted in Bangkok Hawaii Can Breath Sigh of Relief as Rosanne Show Cancelled Massachusetts Welfare Money Spent In Hawaii Not enough Hippies in Hilo: Down to Earth Closes Organic Holistic store Read More..

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 September 21, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 17002 Views Parent Company of Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo tied to Prostitution Ring UPDATE: Hawaii GOP Leaders Call for Ouster of Party Chair Perreira: Abercrombie Worse than Lingle Shapiro Misses Lingle Too: Abercrombie right at home with his scepter and throne Lingle Predicts More Women Leaders KITV: Opponents Trying to Starve Kaauwai Out, Have no Replacement SA: Who is behind effort to Oust Kaauwai? Rail At Risk: US House May Cut 37% from Hawaii Transit Spending Return to Secrecy: State unable to give count of children who die in foster care DoE to Cut Alternative Learning Centers? Tougher isle graduation standards will start with Class of 2016 Josh Green Freaks out because Malama Solomon has been drawn into his district DoE: Laupahoehoe school may again face closure if Charter Conversion Halted Kauai Food bank loses federal support Horizon Lines troubles show need for reform of US build requirement Foodland, Times Supermarkets cut out Hawaii meatpackers to satisfy Animal Liberation Nuts Hawaii Government Approves Destruction of Rare Bird and Endangered Bat Habitat DoE Springs for Blackboard Software Hawaii Seeks 1 Gbps Statewide Broadband Access by 2018 Read More..

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 September 20, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 4619 Views Ed Case, Brian Schatz back Obama’s Call for Massive Tax Hikes Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted September 19, 2011 Hawaii GOP Leaders Call for Ouster of Party Chair Hawaii Redistricting Panel Excludes Some Military—But Malama Solomon Still Out of Luck Labor Board to HSTA: "We just need to get this case over with" Bank CEO Horner announces retirement—Will Continue as Chairman Hawaii State Salaries 2012: Fewer Employees, Higher Costs Hawaii State Salaries 2012: Highest Paid Employees Hawaii County Council prepares to soak Homebuilders Hawaii Tourism Boosted as Canadians Flee Global Cooling Feds, State Team up to Attack Restaurants, Hotels, and Homebuilders Two Boobs Provide ACLU with A Pre-APEC Disruption warm-up Trial Four Blockheads Handle Niu Valley Boulder Will Convicted Killer get “Contested Case” over Kau Oceanfront Squat? 10 p.m. "quiet time" now enforced at Mayor Wright Homes Kamehameha Schools names finalists for Head of School Residents Demand EIS from Aina Koa Pono Confirmed: Pattern Energy JV will bid on 'Big Wind' project BMW Dealer gets a Bunch of Solar Panels Enviros Demand Bomb Squad File for EIS before Acting 2012 Congressional Medal of Honor convention in Honolulu UH Manoa Perfesser: Alcoholism, Drug Use will make you a self-worshipping Atheist Read More..

Monday, September 19, 2011 September 19, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 11056 Views Appointments: Abercrombie lays three eggs, Wings off to Paris Maui News: Lingle run would be welcome Panos: Is HART Chair Don Horner Shamelessly Dishonest? Royal State Redux: Is HSTA Contract Fight about VEBA? Abercrombie’s DHS Secretly returns to Secrecy—No answers to Questions about Death of 9 month Old Child KSBE’s Kakaako development will not include Affordable Housing Hawaii GOP Plans to Field CD2 Candidate? DoE Leaves UH History as an Elective, Gramscians sense Opportunity UK Independent: America's homeless crisis washes up in Obama's birthplace State works to finish beautification projects ahead of APEC With Politics so Lucrative, Oahu crime rate lowest since '75 Clean Energy Summit Devolves into Kuokoa Sales Pitch for Hostile Takeover of Hawaiian Electric Parental discipline defense upheld in alleged child abuse case Shellfish show promise in Hawaii Kauai Council Slyly arranges Pay Hikes for Elected Officials, Department Heads Kauai County names sustainability czar Read More..

Sunday, September 18, 2011 September 18, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 6201 Views Panos: Is Sopogy Hawaii’s Solyndra? Kalapa: Tax Review Commission must confront Pension Tax, Income Tax, Act 221 Borreca: Will GOP Factionalism Derail 2012 Campaigns? After Obama Burns Treasury, Budget woes hang over isle military expansion Infamous for Blocking Hospital on Maui, Sakamoto picked for #2 Health Job by Abercrombie Rowena Akana ‘Enthusiastic’ about the Feared Changes Coming to OHA Kam Schools gets Easy Walk to Development in Kakaako ML&P Owner Pierre Omidyar Buys Activists A&B Grasps for Solar Tax Credits, Ratepayer Cash Sempra Energy Plans Pearl Harbor Solar Project to Beat Windfarms 9-11 Trooother Group Demands to know why UXO is Emergency California Models Program on Hawaii’s HOPE Parole Mother speaks out on daughter's death Falling Satellite to Pass over Hawaii Kauai Council Passes Law against Pissing on County Building Hawaii County too Disorganized to Collect Tipping Fees VIDEO: Over 100 Waikoloa donkeys board plane for California Iceland, Hawaii hold the secret to Origin of Water? Read More..

Saturday, September 17, 2011 September 17, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:22 PM :: 4874 Views Pearl Harbor Salutes Air Force: Free Admission, Sept. 17-25 Retirees, Tourism make Hawaii 10th Wealthiest in Nation Hawaii Council Impact Fee Making Affordable Housing Out of Reach Ron Paul Supporter: 9-11 Commemoration Should Honor Conspiracy Theorists Abercrombie’s PUC Pick demands bigger Ratepayer giveaways to Green Energy Scammers Futility: Case Begs Unions Officials for a Meeting Schatz in charge for next Ten Days as Abercrombie Jets off to Paris Robert Bunda selected as tenth HART member Council passes Laie hotel special permit Tom Berg Calls for Massive GE Tax Increase Hawaii Gov Orders Boards to Post Agendas Online Del Castillo to challenge Hannemann in 2nd CD Dem Primary Topless Protest sets up ACLU Rehearsal of Courtroom Antics to Disrupt APEC Hawaii Guardsmen Rescue Injured at Reno Air Show HPD Officer Targeted for Posting Photo of Burned Copper Thief PSD Director Speaks Up for New Maui Jail Honolulu wants to transfer control of 12 apartment buildings Tuition rise would balloon toward end of 5-year plan Attention Cronies! Hawaii soliciting bids for employee training contracts Eric Lighter Faces California Fraud Charges Questions about murder, money and lies follow man to Hawaii As APEC Approaches, Honolulu TSA is Fourth Slowest in Survey TSA fires 28, suspends 15 in Honolulu baggage investigation Bird Mitigation at Local Airports Costs Hawaii Taxpayers Millions of Dollars Tighter rules on tropical fish collection eyed AGAIN Read More..

Friday, September 16, 2011 September 16, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 24379 Views Panos: Did Mishandling Cause the Death and Injuries of HPD Officers? Abercrombie Cabinet Member Suddenly Resigns, no announcement until Replacement Named Summer Snow Falls on Mauna Kea after Al Gore’s “24-Hours of Reality” broadcasts from Hawaii Best in Nation Hawaii Overpaid “only” $9.5M in Unemployment Former Kaneohe Marine Awarded Medal Of Honor After Manoa Liberals Apologize to Muslims for Sept 11, Muslims to Stage “Islam Day” Celebration on Sept 11th Julian at Site of Apology Sept 19 Reapportionment Commission to Re-vote on Disenfranchising Military for Malama Solomon Are UPW talks coming to a head? Unions Agree to back proven loser Mazie Hirono after pretending to have Democratic Discussion Abercrombie’s secret decree is black eye for Legislature Abercrombies Jet off to Paris for Ten Days Three of top Five Positions held by Same Three Oldsters for total of 103 years UH Manoa is the Source of the Problem Homeless campsites torn down and air-lifted off Diamond Head Doped Up Teachers have to Fail test Three Times Before They Can be Fired—unless Union Looks the Other Way WSJ: Finmeccanica Executive Offers To Quit After Bribery Reports (Parent Company of Ansaldo) Hawaii jobless rate climbs to 6.2% Luddites Drive Kona Fishfarm Out of Business Maui Water Well Opponents Using Junk Science to Push Hidden Agenda Solar project Driving Up Maui Electric Bills Act 221 Company Deigns to Keep HQ in Hawaii Class-action lawsuit claims Safeway profited from Kona coffee’s reputation, misled consumers Inouye writes Micronesia Immigration Restrictions into Homeland Security Budget Volunteer Program Repairs Oahu’s Public Housing Apartments Message in a bottle found during Kauai beach cleanup—but it’s not plastic Kauai County ends fiscal year with 160 jobs open City Council may say ‘Never on Sunday’ to tour vehicles Former HPD officer accused of ID theft Hawaii Political Party Backed Initiative and Referendum 104 years ago Read More..

Thursday, September 15, 2011 September 15, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 14936 Views The Future of Honolulu Rail? Libyan Rebels forced to Push when Ansaldo Motor Won’t Run Kaauwai: NY, NV Republican Victories Send Message DoE Commits $6M for Pre-School Vouchers for 800 Children “Title Insurance Issues” may force FannieMae to release and re-foreclose Hawaii properties Gun Control: A Relic of Racism Fund established to help fallen and injured police officers Ed Case calls for Massive Tax Hikes Delusional Abercrombie: “Everyone—from business to labor, the Legislative and Executive Branch—can come together around our New Day Plan” ILind: Potential conflict in review of rail contractor Honolulu Rail Agreed to Pay Broken Trust Lobbyist $300,000 While DoE Claims Massive Success, SAT Scores Drop Sharply Hawaii Ed Department Drops Plan to Cut Social Studies Requirements Shapiro Pines for the World before The Generation of 1968 Aila, Louie stalled for months until Abercrombie gave Munitions Disposal Experts Exemption from EIS to Detonate Unexploded Ordinance $800K of Federal Pork for Political Activist Group FACE Green Energy Scammers, Legislators all Concentrated in One Place Money Grubbing Activists Demand Rent from Mauna Kea Telescopes Hawaii Post Offices Off Potential Closure List Hawaii foreclosure filings drop 75% in August Will Honolulu Media Council attempt to Litigate against Honolulu Star-Advertiser link with HNN? 8-year-old girl arrested for allegedly punching vice principal Pennsylvania Welfare Money Spent in Hawaii Read More..

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 September 14, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 5809 Views Mānoa campus ranked #164 among U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Colleges' Feds give Abercrombie $7M to Boost Green Energy Scammers Berg Fighting to Terminate Ansaldo Malama Solomon: Gimme a District or I’ll Sue! ILind: Felon “Keanu” Sai gets free ride because of Political Correctness Hawaiians Demand Makua Valley be used for Military Training SA: APEC work pace worrisome Bombardier Lawsuit Denied Shapiro: Say, Tsutsui are Demanding Right to Divide the Spoils with Campaign Contributors ILind: Abercrombie, Carlisle more Secretive than Chicago Machine Legislators not Consulted on Abercrombie’s Unnoticed Emergency Proclamation Even after District Redrawn to include her Home, Hanabusa claims she will still leave KoOlina Is Rail Already Hurting Hawaii's Economy? GE Tax Take Up 9%, TAT up 24% Panel Picks Honolulu Council Redistricting Plan Obama’s Fake DOA “Jobs” Bill has over $200M in Fake Pork for Hawaii 20% of Hawaii is on Medicaid Kauai Luddites now Claim Hydro Kills Taro Maui Housing Project Residents Defend Resident Manager Kakaako planners consider updating guidelines Civil Beat is Wrong Again – This Time Regarding Job Creation AARP Discusses Safety Improvements For Hawaii's Roadways Har: State, Federal Government Must Collaborate on Monk Seal Protection Senate Oceans Caucus launched Obama Rejected: NYC Congressional Seat goes Republican for first time since 1920s Read More..

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 September 13, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 16597 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted, September 12, 2011 Rail Plaintiffs: Motion to Dismiss is Frivolous South Korea Free Trade: All Talk, No Action from Obama CB: After Lingle’s Sunshine, Abercrombie Thrusts Hawaii Into Dark Ages Fidell: As soon as Lingle Left, Distraction set in Rail Lobbyist at Center of Effort to Relocate Kamehameha Schools to South Dakota Indian Reservation Borreca: Inouye Overplays his hand against Ed Case? Progressive Trashes Hirono for Vote in Favor of Continued Afghan War Influence Peddling at Risk: Tsutsui, Say ask Louie to save them from The ‘Chilling Effect’ of Ethics Abercrombie Lawyers Defend Judicial Secrecy SA: Charter schools bound by state law State falls behind in fix-up projects for APEC meeting Bag-screening gear goes kaput, adding to airport kerfuffles Abercrombie chases Homeless Out Of Waikiki, into Your Neighborhood, for APEC Abercrombie’s BoE Takes Aim at Military Students, Rural Schools HSTA, ACLU, Abercrombie all agree to let Teachers Do Drugs more easily Disability Rights Center Hammers Money-Grubbing DoE over Discrimination Legislators to Celebrate Victory of Communism In China Supporters of Mass Murderer to Lead Protests against APEC State Lawmakers Threaten to Fight Proposed Monk Seal Protections Hawaii Public Pension System Will burn $2.4M to eliminate Backlog in Benefit Calculations Political ties a boon for nonprofit California Republican former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Kalihi school Patten Energy to Submit New Molokai Wind Farm Proposal HECO signs deal to buy 10 million gallons of local biofuel OTEC and geothermal should be considered first Police Claim Blogger was Drunk, Combative Honolulu hotel rates second-highest in U.S. LA Times: Disney's new Aulani hotel dining options are few and pricey Kaua‘i secures $138M in state CIP budget Maui Charter panel: District voting worthy of look Maui: 62% of respondents want to ban Styrofoam Bureaucratic bungling Leaves Nature Reserve unpatrolled Read More..

Monday, September 12, 2011 September 12, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 19074 Views Kalapa: Council on Revenues skeptical about Tax Revenue Increases Hirono Team Rebukes Dangerous non-theist Supporters “Raatz” and “BooMan” 9-11 Tributes in Hawaii Fontaine: Day an experience that ‘changed my life’ Key Rail Lobbyist at Center of Broken Trustees’ Lobbying to Shield themselves from IRS Convicted Perfect Title Scammer David “Keanu” Sai responds to Hawai`i Free Press Sunshine? Abercrombie Administration Ends Lingle-era Requirement to Posting Meeting Agendas and Minutes Online Progressives: “Suck it, Ed Case” Gay Civil Unions to Have High Tech Processing System Not Yet Available to Straight Marriages Tongans: “We like it here in Utah” Horizon Lines Troubles Show Need for Reform of US Build Requirement The new 'R' in education—Robotics Homeowners Insurance Rates coming Down Honolulu Preparing to Exit Affordable Housing Business Federal Court says "aloha" to hotel service charge practices in Hawaii Enviros do two Beach Clean-ups and Sail through Pacific Gyre—AND FIND NO PLASTC BAGS Ecos becoming Dimly Aware that Fishing Ban harms Monk Seals $7.2M to Fly Lihue Airport Nene to Big Isle, Maui The Street: Maui Land and Pineapple Upgraded China’s Army no longer Accepts Communist Party Control Read More..

Sunday, September 11, 2011 September 11, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 21714 Views Kaauwai: Unity in Remembrance of 9/11 Bush: One of the lessons of 9-11 is that evil is real, and so is courage Paul Krugman NYT: Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. AFL-CIO: Wealthy CEOs, anti-government extremist front groups and frothing talk show hosts … pushed open the door to hate Star-Advertiser: Hawaii’s Greatness Showcased by “Islam Day” Manoa Liberals complain that some people Doubt Islam Abercrombie: Refocus on Diversity SA Editors: War Against Terrorists is Murky Charter school sues to block ethics query Self-Insuring Shields Companies from Burden of Federal, State Health Insurance Regs More visitors are vacationing in Hawaii despite higher security and the 9/11 anniversary Extreme disparities in Maui property tax system Read More..

Saturday, September 10, 2011 September 10, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 13971 Views Medicaid: Abercrombie sides with Big Business Son-of-a-glitch: Abercrombie defends turning state’s disabled population into second class citizens Hanabusa Wipes Prince Kuhio --and Robert Wilcox-- out of History Books HART Director: Feds will not invest in Rail if they have Doubts Meet Rail’s Million-Dollar Lobbyist Is Hawaii safe in post 9/11 era? Reapportionment: Hawaii County Can’t Find So-Called Non-Residents Either Soft on Crime Activists Demand No New Jail on Maui State Gives Clayton Hee a Seat at Hoopili’s Table Pflueger Defaults on Settlement for Victims of His Ka Loko Dam Breach Hawaii Bottled Water Manufacturer Hit with $5M Fine Maui County to take Drinking Water from Polluted Well Bhagowalia: Hawaii IT only 20 years Behind Carlisle: Rats are like Homeless 9-11 trooother Roseanne Barr on Medical Marijuana: 'It Works for Me' Read More..

Friday, September 9, 2011 September 9, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 18135 Views Charles Djou leaves for Afghanistan Hanabusa Wipes Prince Kuhio --and Robert Wilcox-- out of History Books Hawaii, Maui, Kauai: Stop And Remember 7AM Sunday 9-11-11 Kahului, Kailua-Kona TEA Party to Commemorate 9-11 Pacific Command to Host 9-11 Remembrance at Fort Shafter Gallup: Hawaii has 4th-lowest rate of Uninsured Persons Full Text: Obama Speech to Congress Comprehensive List of Obama Tax Hikes Hanabusa Wipes Prince Kuhio out of History Books Abercrombie Appoints Waihee, Danner to Decide which Native Hawaiians are "Qualified" National Journal: Old-Boy Democrats, Unions Protecting Hirono Borreca: More tax revenues for state unlikely to grow economy AP FACT CHECK: Obama's jobs plan paid for? Seems not Reaction to Obama Speech: Horner listens to Ansaldo for 2 hours, pretends they are going to be OK Carlisle in DC: Rail Opposition is Inconsequential, Delays, Snafus Should be Dismissed Campaign Spending Law keeps Herd of Democrat Also-Rans Prosperous HSTA Lawyers “demonstrate egregious and reckless disregard for the truth” After APEC, $6M less federal funding to pay for Homelessness Randy Iwase “Accidentally” Locks Public out of Tax Review Commission Meeting Contractors deserve an update on Marines’ buildup in Guam Housing Agency Confirms "Compliance Audit" Of Maui Project Hawaii County Council Votes for Hefty Building Tax First Wind Has no Maintenance plan beyond Eight Years Huge Solar project is planned for Archaeological Site at Barbers Pt. Hawaii County Council: Mailing Junk TVs to Honolulu is not Good Waste Disposal Plan Hawaii widow sues big bank over 'vicious' foreclosure effort The Port of Seattle is silenced by a longshoremen strike Marine told fellow Marines to stop alleged hazing Read More..

Thursday, September 8, 2011 September 8, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 20385 Views Report: 42% of young Adults Obese in Hawaii Parker Ranch, A&B, Grove Farm, Castle& Cook all Rake In Megabucks from State Tax Credits Tax Credit lobbying: $10,500 in Bribes to 24 Hawaii Lawmakers Unaccounted For Thumb on Scale: City adds 30 to 200 pounds in figuring vehicle weights SA: Keep wary eye on new land-use panel Sacrificial Lamb: Jamila Resigns From Planning Commission Disability Mom: Abercrombie Makes Medicaid Population Second Class Citizens Labor Board asked to void HSTA subpoenas of legislators, governor Hirono: Stimulus Wasn’t Big Enough Hirono Team Rebukes Dangerous Atheist Supporter “Raatz” Progressives still Worming their way towards Disenfranchising Military Study: HECO can use unlimited Solar—But only from Very large Arrays, Homeowner installations limited CSC Approves Public-Funded Campaigns without Unconstitutional Equalizing It Begins: Anti-Globalization Circus to Descend on Hawaii to protest APEC APEC Warmup: Hyatt Waikiki Hotel Workers Strike, Wake up Neighbors at 3AM Edition hotel case extended Fall enrollment for UH system hits record high Kamehameha Schools' lawsuit delayed Parties ask for more time in Matee Chowsanitphon conviction review Civil Beat hires Editor known for Attack on Sheriff Joe Arpaio Maui County Nonprofits never get Audited Kauai Nonprofits work to Help Criminals avoid Jail Sentence, Wipe Record Now Free: Thousands of Historical Hawaii Journals Pahoa Reuse-Recycling Center Shut Down Because people actually wanted to Reuse Material ILWU storms port, hold guards hostage in effort to drive out competing Union FBI Raids Obama’s Bankrupt Solar Company Read More..

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 September 7, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:33 PM :: 21594 Views Abercrombie: More Taxes and Spending Key to Economic Recovery Public invited to 9/11 memorial commemoration at Honolulu Community College Honolulu Events to Mark 9-11 Anniversary Lack of Heavyweight Competition Gives Mufi Free Ride to Congress? Carlisle compares Anti-Rail Critics to Chinese communist thugs Council on Revenues: Higher Taxes still come up $120M short Tax Hike May Delay New Construction Starts for Two Years Milner: Democratic Primaries will be More Polarizing and Less Civil Hawaii DoE Students top Nation in Suicidal Thoughts Carlisle Says ORI Wasn't 'Following Rules' Medicated marijuana: Doctors Set up in Hawaii Hotel Rooms, Score Big Bucks Aloun Lawyers call Prosecution ‘Frivolous’ Demand $366K Civil Unions Licenses To be Available Dec 3 BOE members raise concerns about Likelike Elementary closure Report highlights 42% Hawaii obesity Late: BLNR to Vote on Army High Altitude Training Friday Arson damages Maui Drug Court Office Kauai Food Bank Selling Donated Food State DoH receives more Federal Funding, Adds no Staff VIDEO: Marshallese in Hawaiian Ocean View gathering NoMoola: Profitable NonProfit Activists Launch Anti-APEC Site Hawaii’s Largest Market Research Firm Headed by Obama Appointee Hawaii Business Magazine Looks At Nonprofit Leadership Blueprint for safer roads under final review Photon Finance LLC, Island Pacific Energy LLC, Pacific Energy Solutions LLC to Split $500M Solar Job SA: GMO papaya export welcomed Hawaii is #6 in Shrimp Commanders Livid at Obama Iraq Withdrawal Plans Read More..

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 September 6, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:15 PM :: 14447 Views Big Wind: Does Abercrombie want Giant Boondoggle as his Legacy? Borreca: Abercrombie like red-neck, knuckle-dragging sheriffs in Arkansas backwoods Shapiro: Abercrombie All Talk and No Action Hirono Demands Infrastructure Bank so US Can Run Up More Debt 43% of DoE Secondary Schools not good enough for Six-Year Accreditation Reapportionment: Big Island Democrats to put on anti-military circus next Week State Left 10 Concessions in Teachers Contract Carlisle: Homeless Worse than Rats Hawaii Ranks 48th in Patents per Capita UH-Tokai deal will bring 'unique partnership' to West Oahu campus Isle restaurateurs support efforts to ease visa rules for foreign visitors SA: Give Seals a chance to Rule over Humans Feds Demand Maui Animal Shelter Kill Animals Council to Vote Wednesday on Vacation rentals Honolulu Office Buildings Worth Sixty-One Cents Hawaii One of Only Five States to Ban Write-In Voting Latest Sovereignty Mortgage Scam Debunked Read More..

Monday, September 5, 2011 September 5, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:47 PM :: 11949 Views DoE Boosts AYP Standing by Kicking Students off Testing Roster Abercrombie Booed at UH Game Abercrombie’s AG Tries to Block Burns, Case, Moon, and Bennett from holding Private Debate of Judicial Secrecy SA: HSTA Heading In Exactly the Wrong Direction Extortion case is the latest incident in a string of suits, violence and fines at The Shack Waikiki Event aims to show union members they "are not forgotten" Haleakala Telescope to kick in $20M for Science Education, OHA Cronies demand theirs Ethics Rules Selectively Enforced against Legislative Republican Chinatown drenched in Urine by Homeless After NW Hawaiian Isles Fishing Ban cause Seals to be crowded out, Officials want to bring them here Hawaiian Monk seals to soon have better Medical Care than Humans Panos: Ten Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Necessary For Another 50 Years Hawaii health officials plan events for National Suicide Prevention Week CB: Local Food Read More..

Sunday, September 4, 2011 September 4, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 14403 Views Classified Documents reveal United Farm Workers made pact with Global Horizons in hope of profiting from Immigration Reform Kalapa: Taxpayers suffer as ACT 221 Scammers laugh all the way to the bank 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Berg: Council to hear testimony on Waianae Sustainability Communities Plan VIDEO: Hundreds bid farewell to fallen Navy man from Maui Cayetano blasts Carlisle: “Another week and you probably would have lost” SA: Caution Lights Flashing on Rail Project, Bunda is Lousy Pick Hawaii, Income, Expenses, and Budget “Virtually Unknowable” – Kalbert Young Husted to Unions: Stop Assuming Every Democrat will Protect You HSTA Operatives Sow Dissension in effort to reverse Laupahoehoe Charter With no tax credits to gain via ownership, agencies use solar panels owned by others Homeless Woman to become DoE Teacher Next Semester Gambling Advocates Latch on to Military Bingo Weak Dollar Boosting Hawaii Tourism Is Oahu Dense Enough for Rail? Judges need more options for youth offenders Secrecy of court nominees seems to put Hawaii out of the judicial mainstream BLNR to intervene on Behalf of Convicted Killer Claiming Ownership of 551 acre Shoreline Parcel Resort Workers Clean Kauai Beach—No Mention of Any Plastic Bags Obama’s Mother argued against Modernity VIDEO: Hilo-based National Guard deploys to Iraq Read More..

Saturday, September 3, 2011 September 3, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:20 PM :: 12888 Views Murder in Kona: A flurry of phone calls, then Union Leader Walks Free UHERO: With Hawaii Growth Slow, US Risk Looms Large Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Senior Chief Petty Officer Kraig M. Vickers Manoa Liberals to Apologize to Muslims for September 11th Carlisle, HART officials headed for DC Money Train Community objects to plan to close Likelike Elementary Halawa Could Make Millions for Hawaii Slom: Labor Day Should be for All Workers — and Jobs Foreign Journalists begin Arriving for APEC He's Not the 'Shot Caller', But Federal Judge Denies Shack Patron Jesse Yoshino Bail Probationer with 21 convictions let loose on bail after being arrested again Subcontractors: Troubled Waikiki Hotel Owes Them Money The MODERN Honolulu Granted Temporarily Liquor License, But Spa License Still on Hold Kaneohe sandbar deemed safe after radiological testing Big Island fish farm says water pen experiment a success so far Small businesses key to employment Politics in play over Say’s attack on Fontaine’s meeting Read More..

Friday, September 2, 2011 September 2, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 5576 Views Bombardier to HART: Our Rail Bid would have won if not Disqualified Full Text: HSTA Loses Drug Testing Appeal Hawaii Leads the Nation for Methamphetamine Use in the Workforce After Boycott Threat, Safeway Agrees to Change Labels on “Kona Blend” Marriott: M Waikiki Owners Self-Destructive News and Video from House Minority: Ward, Thielen, Ching, Pine, Rivere Construction Industry Group says Hawaii’s rural roads, bridges need work Pepeekeo Biomass Plant Granted Air Pollution Permit Slideshow: 66th Anniversary End Of WWII On Mighty Mo Governor Linda Lingle on Reforming Education in Hawaii Boylan: There is No Canoe Republican Missing from CD2 race as Hawaii undergoes Tectonic Shift Star-Advertiser Publishes Serious Misstatement in Pro-Rail Article, Critics Say Rail Foes Decry 'Hatchet Job' CB Fact Checks PIG picks Bunda for HART, will not reveal identities of Unborn Piglets SA: OHA may descend into Hee-esque Chaos Again Another Honolulu school may close Carlisle Wants $1B Rainy Day Fund as Legacy Sept 9 Lahainaluna HS Rally for America Price: Statehood Something To Celebrate Hawaii's genetically modified papayas to be exported to Japan after 10-year approval process PBN: UH must get better at technology transfer Second Shack Defendant Denied Bail Nearly Half Of Big Island Babies Subject To Intoxicating Substances In Womb Jury finds marijuana grower guilty of murdering Jamil Khan Counterfeit Female pleads not Guilty to Counterfeit Check Charges Prayer Meeting: NOAA asks for input for monk seal recovery Forest Stewardship Panel Meeting Violates Sunshine Law Senate approves Nakasone appointment to Circuit Court Laupahoehoe faces effort to roll back Charter Approval Ethics Brushes Back Waialua Girls Softball Fundraising Maui Wind Farm to Kill Five Nene Gay & Robinson plans larger Hydro Project, wants to Sell Energy to KIUC UH Manoa to Burn $35M on Solar Panels Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning months away from breaking ground Activist concerned about possible radioactive contamination at Kaneohe Sandbar Feds Propose New Dog Import Regs for Hawaii Read More..

Thursday, September 1, 2011 September 1, 2011 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 PM :: 13908 Views Flags to Fly at Half-Staff Saturday in Honor of Senior Chief Petty Officer Kraig M. Vickers Marriott Managers, Security turned away from Waikiki Edition Aiming for $1M Dollars, Djou reaches out to Grassroots Donors Hawaii Right To Life becomes Aloha Life Advocates Djou heads for Afghanistan: “I am part of that Mission” Hirono renews attack on 18% of Hawaii’s Economy 41% of DoE Schools suddenly “Meet Standards” after “misplaced students put in correct category” Abercrombie Creating Positions: State DOT looking to hire 200-300 people SA Backs latest Proposal to Lets lots of Criminals out of jail Fiscal Discipline: Kobayashi proposes $75 million to go to artwork at rail stations Honolulu Spends $77M/year on Road Repairs Redistricting: Mufi Operatives complain about being cut out of CD2 Del Castillo Running For Congress—CD2 With Ansaldo on Ropes, Bombardier asks to be Re-Qualified HSTA's rebuff of deal shut down talks, former HSTA President says Return to Chaos? Namuo to leave OHA Honolulu Unemployment 15th Lowest in nation Influence? Thirteen Lobbyists on Commissions ACLU, School Bullies team up to impose Mandatory Sex Education A "Culture Of Violence" At Waikiki Nightspot Honolulu Police resist giving up Names and Salaries of Officers Manoa Liberals get together to commiserate about 9-11 Berg Plan to Build Waianae Bypass Road Killed School secretary gets probation, fine in theft case AKP Biofool Producer allowed curtailed power sales denied to Wind Scammers States Rights: Fishermen to ask for time to discuss monk seal plan Senate committee votes 4-0 to endorse Nakasone judicial appointment Abercrombie appoints deputy finance director Debunking the Latest Hawaiian Sovereignty Scam Dopers Complain about High Electric Bills in Hawaii Honeywell UOP Breaks Ground On Biorefinery Demonstration Facility In Hawaii Hawaiian raises interisland air luggage fee Read More..