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Sunday, September 30, 2012 September 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 5349 Views Hirono Misses 144 Votes, Lingle Raising $144K Djou: Hanabusa 'Out of Touch' on Economy Hanalei: Billionaire Pierre Omidyar Pushes for Resort Development Friends of NRA to Gather on Big Isle, Oahu Sequestration: Obama Admin Pressures Federal Contractors not to Issue Layoff Notices Panos: Caldwell Suffers from Windmill Deficiency Edging Toward the Fiscal Cliff, Tax Increases Inevitable Abercrombie 'Relishes' Meeting with Angry Mob: PLDC ‘Strategic Plan’ is Answer Rail Pillars Built on Land City Does Not Own Cayetano: Negative Ads Cost Me the Majority Cayetano’s Alternative Would Require Legislature to Revisit GE Tax Brewbaker: With the industry growing, the need for Hawaii's solar subsidies is fading Portnoy, ACLU Reject Hirono’s Four-Point ‘Litmus Test’ for Supreme Court State explores TOD concepts along Oahu’s rail corridor Hirono Scores Million Dollar in Salary UH Sinks Another $680K into President’s Residence UH Athletics bypassed routine administrative reviews UPDATE: Oahu Democrats Reject Dela Cruz Censure Maui Democrats Organize Malihini Against Cane Burning 34,000 Yellow Cards for new Voters Since Primary Day Criminal With 45 Convictions Arrested after Armed Standoff Kona Criminal Logs 74th Arrest, only 6 convictions NZ Wave Power Device Heading To Hawaii After Oregon Test Ito: Prepaid Hinders Use of HSAs Read More..

Saturday, September 29, 2012 September 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:19 PM :: 5441 Views Zoning Enforcement On Kauai - A Rice Cooker Is A Kitchen? Honolulu Homeless Law Not Affected by Court Ruling Pine Campaign Victim of On-Line Impersonator? Ethics, Conflict of Interest Questions Dog Regents Committee on Wonder Blunder Donovan will be in charge of marketing UH brand Latest Batch of Brain Washed Ethnic Studies Students Emerges from UN Manoa Obamacare Maven Finally Discovers Socialized Medicine Based on Rail Decision, Court orders halt to Kawaiahao Church construction Patsy Mink used for Self-Promotion by the Usual Suspects Latest Anti-GMO ‘Research” Featured Rats bred to Develop Tumors Kawauchi, Five Others Attend Election Workshop State Running Out of Money to Give Away to Politicians Obama Lifestyle Criticized as 'Royal': Author Documents Presidential Vacations, Staffing as Costing $1.4 Billion Annually Medal of Honor recipients to be honored in Hawaii Star-Adv: Suicide Rate in Military A Great Anti-War Argument Nanny Law Coming to Hawaii? Sex Trafficking Legislative Agenda Man Faces Jail, $210,000 Fine for Keeping Snake, Piranhas Enviros Push to Cut off Molokai Ranch Water Gaming Machine Raids ‘Not Over Yet’ Read More..

Friday, September 28, 2012 September 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 5826 Views Inouye hides Akaka Bill in Policy Rider -- just after “Grazing Permits” Ewa House Candidate Manabat Challenged on Residency Kauai Prosecutor Denies Perjury Plot: Says Mayor, County Attorneys Peddling Influence Coffman, Bateman To Debate One-On-One for House 5 Seat PBS Debate: Council Berg vs Pine and House Au vs Saiki Duke Aiona Endorses Richard Fale for HD 47 Hawaii Family Forum Needs Your Help Supreme Court Denies City's Motion For Reconsideration in Rail Case Djou says he would ‘clean house’ at University of Hawaii Borreca: Mafia Don Greenwood Should Be Fired Caldwell Criminal Collusion With PRP? Sign of Impending Defeat, Inouye Wades in to Faltering Hirono Campaign To help 43 PR staff, UH hired 2 consultants for $150K "Wonder Blunder" Entertainment Promoter Invited To Appear Before Senate Committee SA: DoE Should Actually Do Something About Truancy Only 38% of DoE Students Taking AP Exams Pass DOE's chief financial officer says old technology is hindering department efforts to operate efficiently Cayetano transit plan for Honolulu would use train-like buses Cayetano, Caldwell get down to business Kawauchi Unveils Strategy to Thwart Old Boy Sabotage Hawaii Voter ID Moves to Conform to Federal Law Kauai Council OKs additional $20K for Special Counsel for OPA Ualena Street companies accuse state of business discrimination Pine vs Berg on PBS Prosecutor Seizes ‘Gambling Machines’ Authorized by Liquor Commission Federal grand jury hands down indictment in fatal Waikele fireworks blast Aina Koa Pono Pitches Biofool Project Company Tries to Score in Kauai Hydro Development Hawaii Attorney To Speak at Property Rights Conference Atheist Confab Slated for Honolulu Read More..

Thursday, September 27, 2012 September 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 PM :: 6116 Views Hanabusa Campaign Exploits Forced ‘Volunteers’, Contributors VIDEO: PRP Renews Pay for Play Attack on Cayetano Western Association of Schools and Colleges ‘Impressed’ With Greenwood’s Careful Attention to Finances HC&S: End to Cane Burning Tied to Acceptance of BioFuel RFP Posted for Hawaii LNG Study FEMA Sends Tsunami of Cash to American Samoa PBS Debate: Council Berg vs Pine and House Au vs Saiki Duke Aiona Endorses Richard Fale for HD 47 Hawaii Family Forum Needs Your Help Vote: Democrats to Censure Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz Sovereignty Activists Stole $468K from Hawaiians Hirono is attempting to make her candidacy about anything but her own record in Congress On the Trail of the University of Hawaii’s Missing $200,000 … in Florida Sam Aiona Running Flat Out as Anti-Rail Candidate for Honolulu Council 6 Cayetano outlines his rail alternatives, at one-fifth the price Mayoral hopefuls will debate on TV twice next week Hawaii Supreme Court denies Honolulu rail motion, Invalidates SMA Permit Abercrombie May Kill Welfare Work Requirement Nago Schedules Another Retaliation Session Three quarters of Hawaii families fit 'mom and pop' definition Judicial records should remain open to public Pro-Rail Star-Advertiser Continues Effort to Remove Lane from H-1 Native Hawaiian minors arrested more than other ethnic groups State places Dillingham Airfield in limbo Program to repay loans will help field doctors Enviros Wrong on Bottled Water Occu-De’s Upset Because Media Not Around to Photograph Latest Arrest Read More..

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 September 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 5901 Views Wandering into the Wonder Blunder, Abercrombie Describes Pressure He Put on Greenwood EPA Urged to Crack Down on Hawaii Over Air Pollution Rules Hanabusa Questions Loyalty of Afghanistan Veteran Djou Gay Atheists Cheer Mrs. Mafia Sheriff Freitas’ Minions Now “Of Counsel” to Selection Committee Greenwood to Be Latest Victim of Legislative Micromanaging? Grill legislators on abuse of power in UH debacle Threat of ‘Investigation’ Used to Cow McMackin in Buyout Talks MTV Viewers Pick Lingle, Djou Charles Djou at SUNRISE. UH: Who's On First? Hawaii Teachers And Chicago Strike Fontaine: Progress being made on high school Chelsea Yagong faces off Against Mehau Associate for Hawaii Co Council Pilago: Personal Conflicts at Root of Hawaii Co Elections Debacle Mel Rapozo is Only Intelligent Council Candidate on Kauai State Should Allow DNA To Prove Native Hawaiian Ancestry Hawaiian Airlines collects $21M in baggage, change fees in Q2 Stanley Chang Gets Attention as “Pro-Growth Progressive” Horrified by State Regulations? Oracle sailing team cancels plan to train at Lanai Natural gas is ideal bridge fuel to green future Read More..

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 September 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 5638 Views Lingle Hosting Campaign Rallies at Six Oahu Schools Big Island Doctors Panel to Discuss Effect of Obamacare on Hawaii Full Text: Over 1500 Pages of UH Documents on Wonder Blunder Akaka Bill: Let Hawaii do the Dirty Work? Big Island 'Clean' Energy Plant Sued over Air Pollution ILWU Business Agent Elected to Board of Laupahoehoe Charter School Cause? Any Cause -- Fire Greenwood, Regents Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted September 24, 2012 Hirono No Show As Lingle Talks to Kona, Kohala Voters Lingle: Amend Obamacare Abercrombie, Say, Tsutsui Called for Donovan to be Retained UH Blows $4.7M on Buyouts, Lawyers UH Paid Lawyer $50K to Cover for Greenwood, Another got $25K to Cover for Everybody Else Unity House Felon Rakes in $500K/Year Cayetano, Caldwell Agree: HART Should Know How Much Rail Delays Cost Progressives: Give up hope before entering the voting booth Hawaii County Clerk Replaces More Old Boy Election Workers Campaign Sign-Making Took 25% of Hawaii County Election Warehouse Gabbard ducking debate, Crowley says Ashida, Roth differ on prosecutorial philosophy Big Turnout For Molokai Energy Meeting But No One Likes Big Wind Honolulu issues more than 300 solar permits in first day of online system Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), making House bid: Break up the big banks Hawaii's Federal Judge David Ezra to Quadruple Caseload in Southwest Border State Hawaii Fluoride Debate Idle Despite Major Policy Shifts On Mainland Read More..

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 September 2012 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 5:33 AM :: 5034 Views Cause? Any Cause -- Fire Greenwood, Regents Pensions: Getting Stuck With the Can that Got Kicked Chinese Navy Deserves Payback Read More..

Monday, September 24, 2012 September 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 5627 Views Senate Accountability for Everybody Except Rockne Freitas Debt is Focus of Djou's Third TV Spot UK Censors Images of Rusting Hawaii Windfarm Electric Vehicles Cost the Taxpayer More than $7 per Gallon Greenwood “Running Around Like Headless Chicken” Donovan to testify about 'take-it-or-leave-it' offer from UH How to Fire Greenwood, Regents Natatorium Emails Show how Contractors Spur Controversy to Score Contracts Tax Review Panel Won't Recommend Gambling Student Escapes DoE, Shoots for the Stars DoE Teachers Told they Can no longer Sell Tutoring Services High-schoolers face end-of-year tests Big Island Dairy Farmer Attacked by Anti-GMO Luddites, Occupy Morons Halting Kihei malls could put housing on the line No Strike … Yet: Teachers in Hawaii have it worse than those in Chicago Read More..

Sunday, September 23, 2012 September 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 5926 Views Elusive Unfunded Liability Needs to be Addressed Without Tax Increases 2016: Obama's America Now Showing on Oahu, Kauai, Big Island 'Last Ounce of Courage' Now Playing in Honolulu NYT: Medicare Bills Rise as Records Turn Electronic Secret City, state emails reveal Abercrombie’s $100M Scheme for ‘Hot Potato’ Natatorium Can Act 55 Be Amended to Exclude Time Shares, Hotels? F-Bomb Governor suddenly wants respect? Hirono voted to authorize automatic cuts to the federal government that will leave her own salary untouched Electing moderates only way to end gridlock Greenwood Questions Legislative Oversight of University UHPA Demands More Legislative Oversight over UH Spending Star-Adv: Mayoral Election is All About Rail About 18% of isle students were absent 15 or more days last school year Media oppose proposal to seal court files U. S. Senate Talk Story Sunday; Forums Set Islandwide Will Monday’s hearing in Federal Court be the last gasp of federal farm trafficking cases in Hawaii? Survey unveils figures on most vulnerable homeless The Reburial of Bones DLNR boosts haul of illegally moored boats on Oahu After Giving Away the Store to Wind Scammers, HELCO Wants to Get Tough on Geothermal Suicide Activists Exploit Case of 95-year old woman Community, donors rebuild Ewa Beach playground area 1961: 70,000 in Hawaii Watch Film Exposing Berkeley Rioters Read More..

Saturday, September 22, 2012 September 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 5250 Views New Player on the Team: Hawaii Family Advocates 20 years of Agriculture in Hawaii: Very Small and Shrinking Hirono Suggests Inouye not Effective Ewa Planning Commission Rejects Movie Studio and Hotel for Kalaeloa No to Tax Increases: Yes to Budget Cuts Honolulu Magazine: How HSTA, DoE Gave us Furlough Fridays Lingle, Djou Wow ‘em in Waikiki Dem Leaders Ask To Stay, But Hirono Heads Home Rail land-buy poses conflict of interest OHA probes age of burials unearthed by Kawaiaha‘o Honolulu mayor candidates Caldwell and Cayetano give insights about mass transit and traffic Departure of Abercrombie Spokesperson Tied to Unity House Bankruptcy No Confidence Vote for MRC Greenwood Seitz Sues, Claims State Promises to Put DoH Administrators Back to Work HPD Officers Charges Dismissed High Hurdles Remain for Kihei High School Maui Council votes 8-0 for GMO Labels More scrutiny needed of money going to nonprofits Kim, Kenoi debate CDPs, geothermal energy Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering Crowley Asks Gabbard for TV Debate Hawaii amends its UI law regarding rate determination appeals, exempt employment Rep Clift Tsuji recovering from pneumonia Candidate Tulsi Gabbard reports receiving death threat Read More..

Friday, September 21, 2012 September 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 6090 Views American Soldier: Djou Unveils Second TV Spot $1B Short: Obama 2013 Budget Cuts Hawaii Obamacare Funds 'Critical habitat': Feds Seize Control of 67 square miles on Oahu; Maui Next Feds Take Over OSHA Inspection from DLIR Wanna Buy a House? Federal Funds Back $6400 Hawaii Giveaway Feds Refuse to Fund Rail Until After Election Abercrombie Loses Another Communications Director, Resignation Count Hits 19 Lingle 52% – Hirono 43% Pay to Play: PRP Buys $332K of Anti-Cayetano Ads PLDC Plows Ahead Slowly Yes to wider schools accreditation Hawaii Reps Vote Against More Visas for Skilled Immigrants Fontaine needed at this crucial time in district VIDEO: Senate District 25 and House District 36 Debate on PBS Retaliation by New Director: DHHL Cancels Homesteading program Senate hearing likely to bring more UH disclosures Effort aims to bring in homeless from streets Hawaii jobless rate dips to 6.1% as thousands give up searching Solar Scammers Begin Positioning to Defend their Profits Next Session New Hoku: Sopogy Inc. Lays off Workers, Talks Pie in the Sky While CSP Crashes and Burns Engineer says rail line can be built despite obstacles How to Get Expelled from the Manoa Mosque Al Jazeera: How to Get Hired at Civil Beat Read More..

Thursday, September 20, 2012 September 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 7712 Views How HMSA Used Health Care Advisory Council to Establish Medical Monopoly VIDEO: Djou Launches First TV Ad Bronster: Secret Tape Recordings Show Kauai Prosecutors Plotting Perjury 9th Circuit Hears Abercrombie Appeal Against Micronesians Beth Fukumoto: Supporting the Leaders of Tomorrow Lauren Cheape: Organic and Genuine Representation Public Comment Sought on Revised Environmental Review Process Honolulu: Best 100 Communities for Young People DHHL to Build Houses for Non-Hawaiians? Activists Pressure DHHL to Stop Self-Funding Did Honolulu Council Ban All Commercial Activity in All Parks? Council to Return Medal of Honor Names to Kalaeloa Roads? “Repeal Act 55 or Pink Slip”: Bodyguards Shield Abercrombie from Angry Crowd Fishermen Walk out on Abercrombie Muslim Association of Hawaii Calls for Blasphemy Laws in US Anderson: HART Doesn’t Sound Intelligent Revealed Name of Undercover Officer: Ex-HPD Officer Pleads Guilty to 3 Federal Felony Counts $481M in New Taxes Welfare recipients double U.S. Chamber Spends At Least $170K On Lingle Ads Lingle Criticizes Romney 47% Remark Hirono Scrambles to Distract Voters Democrats Become Crazed, Delirious as Massive Election Defeat Looms Fontaine’s record shows he deserves re-election A friend of feds last hearing; Akaka retiring No decision on outside firm in AD search UH hires law firm to help prepare for Senate hearing on concert Alaska LNG Summit woos buyers, producers Small Biz Hawaii Awards Dinner VIDEO: Kahuku Residents Protest Treatment of Iwi Comments Sought on False Killer Whales Move would free $500,000 to restore bus services Read More..

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 September 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 6627 Views Chinese General: Prepare for Combat with Japan Panetta: Navy Will Invite China to Pacific Rim Exercise BOE approves DOE plan to accredit all schools by 2019 1995: Akaka Bill Begins With Clayton Hee and Casino Gambling Largest Jury Verdict For Hawaii Slip and Fall Case New Lingle Ad: People Across the State Agree, Including Democrats Legalized Gambling at Heart of New Akaka Bill RTTT at Risk: As Solar Scammers Loot General Fund, DoE Faces Cutbacks Poll: Cayetano 47% Caldwell 45% Abercrombie: Tone Down the Rhetoric on PLDC ‘Undesirable Element’: Pierre Omidyar Unveils Scheme to Bulldoze Hanalei site, Build “string of mansions” Billionaire Developer Pays Operatives to Register Democrats at UH Senate panel on UH's Wonder blunder broadens its reach Transsexual gets 20 years, must pay for implants HPD Major Wants Ankle Bracelet Removed Another HOPE Probationer Charged With Murder State elections panel frustrated by Hawaii County election troubles State House hopefuls focus on energy Towering windmills a blight on the environment VIDEO: Geothermal incident response detailed in Puna SA: Seek shelter in shipping containers PBS: George Ariyoshi: Journey to Washington Place Genius Honolulu: Newly Paved Road Excavated for Sewer Work Former Public Housing Community Leader Fighting Eviction ORI Demands Kickbacks for Construction Job? Clayton Hee Suddenly ‘Sensitive’ Occupy Celebrates First Anniversary with a Couple of New Rapes Soldier from Kosrae Micronesia Killed by Muslims in Afghanistan Read More..

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 September 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:37 PM :: 5892 Views UPW Fires Employees for Refusing to Contribute to Hanabusa CBO: Hawaii Faces $2.1B Medicare Cuts Under Obamacare Obesity Study: Hawaii Could Save $2.7B By Eliminating 5% Micronesians: Stop Abercrombie's Healthcare Discrimination Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted September 17, 2012 Neither Jurisdiction Has Authority to Solve Hawaii County Election Problems 15-20 % of Hawaii DoE HS Teachers Violate Federal Law, 45% ineffective Unions Burn $64K on Lazy Mazie Lingle Correctly Cites Sequence of Events in Hirono Flip Flop Caldwell, Cayetano Debate Monday Oahu has fourth-largest military work force in U.S. School Bullies: Senator Wants More Systematic Approach to DOE Plan City Takes Aim at top Medical Consumers Media Experts: Hawaii Shield Law Deters Subpoenas Of Journalists Honolulu City Council Has Banned All Commercial Activity at All Parks Solar installations continue to rise HECO Loosens Solar Requirements for Interconnection The more things change at UH, the more they don't Queens Takes Last Slap at Killing Patient Going Back To School With Tulsi Gabbard One Man Serves on Boards of many Hawaii High Tech Companies Read More..

Monday, September 17, 2012 September 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 5364 Views FOIA Request Reveals: Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act Hangs by a Conference Call “Reconsider, Rep. Hirono” UPW Announces General Election Endorsements Hirono Flip-Flops on Budget Cuts Abercrombie Dismisses “Conspiratorial Hysteria” Doubles Down in Defense of PLDC, Legislators Hint at Amendments to Law Three Debates for Djou-Hanabusa? Open Congress: Hirono 16th Most Leftist Member of Congress Two Caldwell-Cayetano Debates Set HART to Stage October Surprise Against Cayetano? New effort aimed at saving lives, money by housing homeless mentally ill Beekeeper worried PLDC controversy will hurt his business Star-Advertiser surrounds report of solemn 9/11 ceremonies with graphic of circus performers Star-Adv: 27 Arrests in Waikiki Threatens Police State, Loss of Democracy Medicaid: Uncountable chances for mistakes and fraud PV company gets caught in global trade net Sloth: Surf Bums Complain Bitterly About Intrusion of Workers Lawmakers question need for 4-person American Samoa office in Honolulu; budget more than $300K RTTT, Failing School Closures Key Topic in Chicago Teachers Strike Read More..

Sunday, September 16, 2012 September 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 6261 Views Rod Tam Rule: Court Change Would Help Criminals Run for Office Elusive Tax Credit Data Raises Important Concerns New DoTax 'Composite' -- Apply for $5M in Solar Credits on One Form DoTax Issues 12 Tax Announcements Hawaii Ranks 39th in 'Automotive Misery' VIDEO: Watch the 'Muhammad' Movie Islamists are Using as their Latest Excuse Hawaii Defense Contractors Face 18% Cuts Agnew-crombe Takes on the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism Star-Advertiser/AARP/Hawaii Democrats Continue to Babble about Medicare State tax collections are up 11.9% Geniuses at DoH Discover that Lingle Solved their Problem Back in 2009 Hawaii State projects to be Financed by Selling EB-5 Green Cards Cayetano, Caldwell Squabble over Debate DoE Focuses CIP Spending on “Zones of School Innovation” Kauai Co Completes Seizure of 100-year old Boat Yard Rappers Held on Attempted Murder Charges After Waikiki Brawl Maui County Ready to be Ripped Off Again Occupy, Ant-Geothermal Luddites Boo Kenoi End of the World Comes as Boy Scouts Practice Firearms Safety Read More..

Saturday, September 15, 2012 September 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5705 Views Island Heavy Rail Calamity: San Juan Repeats in Honolulu Update on the Federal Court Challenge to Rail Voters to Decide on Two Constitutional Amendments Fitch Cheers Honolulu Sewer Rate Hikes, Assigns AA Rating to Bonds Maui Chamber of Commerce Endorses Lingle Hawaii Among Four States With Charter Schools 100% Unionized Hawaii in the Crosshairs as White House details ‘destructive’ spending cuts Asking For It: Abercrombie, DLNR to Host Community Meeting on Kauai Martin: Will Rail AIS Delay Federal Funding Agreement? Construction delays could threaten rail project’s contingency funds Hirono Misses Three Days of Votes Star-Adv Pushes AARP Democrat Get Out the Vote Effort Abercrombie’s DHHL Cancels Homebuilding Program Mall Approved for DHHL Land Homecoming at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Greenwood Cancels Faculty Awards, Recognition Ceremony Honolulu Lawyer Agard Faces Three Years in Federal Prison Rep Mele Carroll receives fine for failing to file spending report — again OHA Cronies Press Land Board to Stop Haleakala Telescope Read More..

Friday, September 14, 2012 September 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:18 PM :: 5384 Views Full Text: New Version of Akaka Bill Hirono Votes Against Funding Tsunami Warning Network Mapping the Political Geography of Hawaii Property Owners Can Stall Rail ‘til Spring 2014 First human remains discovered along proposed Honolulu rail route Laura Thielen: Abolish PLDC before it has chance to do damage Senate UH probe widens beyond failed concert Can A Republican Win A Senate Seat In Blue Hawaii? Akaka Bill Likely DOA in Senate City can't afford TheBus freebies BYUH readies second phase of expansion plans for city State soon won’t be able to issue drainage permits, which could cause project delays Abercrombie Endorses Assisted Suicide as Lobby Takes Advantage of Personal Tragedy Coqui Heard at 12 Oahu Locations Read More..

Thursday, September 13, 2012 September 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:57 PM :: 6381 Views Senate Committee Approves New Revision of Akaka Bill West Molokai Homeowners 98% Against Windfarm Apple: I Requested Freitas, Let the Commission Do What Has Been Asked Lawyer to Abercrombie, Dela Cruz: Stop Lying to the Public about PLDC Governor Releases $147 Million for Education, Health and Other CIPs $789M of Small Purchases: Tighten oversight on schools' buying Abercrombie on PLDC: “Pay no attention to the usual suspects” AARP Rallies at Hawaii Dem HQ to Turn out the Vote Gabbard Meets Pelosi, Little Hope for Serious Committee Assignments Dead Rail Continues to Kill Live Businesses Anti-Rail Litigant Seeks Cultural Practitioner Position With HART Friday's hearing will determine fate of proposed Haleakala telescope Freitas Supporters Leave Search Committee '‘Mental Health Hawaii’ Pushes Gay Bullying Programs Hanabusa Backs Warantless Wiretap Bill; Hirono Misses Vote State pays $83K in work comp for another dead person, More Cases Under Investigation Campaign Spending Commission: Public Campaign Funding Used for Goat, Pig, Circus, Umbrellas Awana, Carroll Fined by Campaign Spending Commission, Criminal Charges Considered Hawaii County Ethic Board Chair Accused of Trying to Shake Down Councilmember Setting the Record Straight on HOPE Probation: Memo from the Founder Cayetano’s record as Governor Caldwell Led Charge for Superferry NMI: Pension, Clean Energy Scams Lead to Articles of Impeachment Hawaii Biofool Scammers Propose Tinian Algae Project American Samoa gov moves to repeal death penalty Read More..

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 September 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 5886 Views Muslims Celebrate 9-11 by Storming US Embassies, Hoisting Al-Qaeda Flag, Murdering US Ambassador Senate Committee to Markup New Revision of Akaka Bill Hawaii County Police Investigate 2010 Voter Fraud SHOPO, Small Business Groups Endorse Rep George Fontaine Hirono Refuses Sister-Isle Debates Lawyer to Abercrombie, Dela Cruz: Stop Lying to the Public about PLDC Governor Releases $147 Million for Education, Health and Other CIPs “Now is not the time to be increasing our taxes” Lend Lease, Forest City Compete for Abercrombie Tower Contract Proposal lets seniors ride TheBus free Senators Pre-Grill MRC Greenwood Primary mess shows need for statewide authority Hilo Old Boys Refuse to Release Funds for Legal Representation of Kawauchi, Yagong Lower fuel costs cut electricity rates on Oahu $400K: Hawaii Pays Dead Man Workers Comp for 22 Years Inouye Develops Interest in ‘Spectrum Crunch’ BYU-Hawaii criticized for 'worthless' new degree program Delusional: Project in Makaha Valley calls for 353 homes on 61ac agricultural land Wind energy projects draw community criticism Hawaii's Big Wind Project Downplayed in New Energy Study Read More..

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 September 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 6432 Views Speaker among 29 House Democrats Opposing Tax Hikes (Calvin Say’s faction list?) House Republicans Oppose Proposed GE Tax Increase Looking Back: Charles Djou Joins Army After 9-11 Eleven years ago, our lives came to a standstill Flags Ordered to Fly at Half-Staff on September 11 Hawaiian Airlines Projects Decreasing Revenue MSNBC: Sen. Akaka’s exit interview: The full, unedited version of Chuck Todd’s interview with retiring Senator Daniel Akaka Gay Activists use Bullies to Turn Hawaii Kids Freitas’ large shadow looms over UH’s AD discussions Boots honor ultimate sacrifice OHA Behind Mobilization Against PLDC PLDC: DelaCruz, Solomon Call for New Strategic Plan DOE Internal audit finds procurement flaws PRP Paying $400 Week to Rail Doorknockers Repeal tip fee discount to help fund reliable city bus service? Act 221 Scam Company Hoku Deregisters its Shares Third Party Presidential Candidates on Hawaii Ballot Republican Senate Candidates Surge in Liberal Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin AES Solar gets EIS approval for 5-megawatt solar farm in West Oahu Initiative to help at-risk homeless comes to Oahu Hawaii Still Not Ready for Hurricane Read More..

Monday, September 10, 2012 September 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 5290 Views Tax Review Commission Proposes Gambling, Pension Tax, and a Grab for Rail Tax Lingle: Congress Must Lead on Jobs, Hirono has no Plan Bill Too High? Richard Ha to Address Kona TEA Party Final EIS for Kihei HS Released SA: Rein in state's solar tax credits VIDEO: City recognizes first responders in 9/11 Remembrance Walk Secularists Launch New Attack on St Damien, St Marianne Could Public Land Corp's No-Bid Contract Policy Lead To Sweetheart Deals? Congress returns for short pre-election session Gabbard: National Money Will Be Dumped into Hawaii Congressional Perkins: Career and technical education is critical to Hawaii and U.S. success Solution on hold in Lanai water dispute Retroactive Tariffs erase firm's savings on solar panels Act 221 Scammers Spread Money Around FACE Organizes for Wahiawa Center for Community Health Occupy Claims Federal Ruling Brings Honolulu Homeless Belongings Ban Into Question Marianas Pension Fund Could be Plum Job for Honolulu Attorney Read More..

Sunday, September 9, 2012 September 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 5718 Views Expenditure Focus Rather Than Tax Policy 2016: Obama's America Now Showing on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Big Island CSC: New Campaign Spending Violations by Kaniela Ing VIDEO: First Lingle-Hirono Debate Liquefied Natural Gas for Hawaii: Sourcing and Transportation Options Senators: DoD Disenfranchising Military Personnel Star Advertiser: Democrats, Lingle Own Hawaii’s Corporatist Economy ‘Fact Check’ Urges Obamabots to Protest Lingle Ads Democrats: Manabat an Embarrassment, Lied under oath Maui Democratic congressional candidate Ing accused of violating campaign-spending laws Ing Bought Votes at $11 each Publicly Funded Candidate Funnels Money to Illegal PAC? BJ Penn Endorses Kawika Crowley for Congress Cayetano, Caldwell Debate Before HS Students A&B Politics: ‘Local Knowledge an Advantage in Hawaii’ No-town Kapolei Cacophony of candidates and coqui hits crescendo Psychiatrists Get Mentally Ill off Streets Thousands of Marines to push beyond Hawaii Bob Woodward: A President Cornered Waikiki '73: That Communist is Gottfried Seitz Dopers: Taylor Camp exhibit brings a universal moment of history to light Birthers: Only Thing Dumb Enough for Obama to Feel Superior to Read More..

Saturday, September 8, 2012 September 8, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 6049 Views VoteVets: How Tulsi Beat Mufi Fifteen Candidates Fail to Report Campaign Spending Eight Candidates File to Run in Maui OHA Trustee Special Election Why Your Vote for OHA Trustees Matters Do We Belong to the Government? Tax Review Commission: Tax Hikes on Agenda September 11 Priebus: GOP Will Win Senate Majority Without Hawaii BIG WIND: PEIS Comments Due Oct. 9 Star-Adv: Kim Should Be Unpleasant With Greenwood, Apple, Regents Rail contractor announces layoffs after court decision stopping work PRP, FACE Urge Supreme Court to Reconsider Dem Convention: Clinton Winner, Obama Loser Dem Boss: Hordes of Obamabots Hirono’s Only Hope Ethics Board to Consider County Paid Union Campaign Rallies at County Facilities Will Soft-on-Crime Judges Serve Past Age 70? Mai Tai Slip-Fall Scores $2M for Bodybuilder HUD Needs More Time To Review City’s ORI Plan Fake Orthodox Bishop Named Head of Leftist Interfaith Group Dope Pushers Leave Storefronts as California Cracks Down on Medicated Marijuana Obama Tax Hike will Hit Mortgage Aid Case involving end of life issues also raises question of political power Reverse Mortgage $$ Targeted In Two Alleged Cases of Elderly Financial Abuse Shipping Containers for Farm Housing Read More..

Friday, September 7, 2012 September 7, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 5834 Views Fact Check: Mazie Scores 10 Misrepresentations in First Forum Full Text: DoE Requests End to NCLB Accountability Kauai County Prosecutor Fined for Racial Harassment of White Attorney Hilo: Fired Old Boy Election Workers File New Lawsuits Court: Pacific Beach Hotel Must Submit to ILWU Honolulu Has Opportunity to Meet and Greet America's Medal of Honor Recipients Abercrombie Named to National Governors Association Health and Homeland Security Committee PROP: Enviros Back Pacific Ocean Partnership VIDEO Debate: Who Will be Honolulu's Next Prosecutor ? Lingle Comes out on Top: Hirono Tired, Repetitive Solar Credits: DoTax Finally Decides to Rewrite Rules Carpenter: Delegates’ Faith in Obama Surreal Senate Rejects Regents Maneuver to Stall Wonder Investigation Caldwell Begins General Election Ad Buys Mufi’s Big Accomplishment: He Changed the Name of HTLA Kauai Prosecutor Herself In Trouble For Harassing White Deputy Attorney Lawyers, Politicians and Retaliation: End of Life Care goes to Court in Hawaii Wealth, Power, Influence Keep Pflueger from Facing Trial for Kauai Dam Breach Deaths; Plea Deal Reportedly in the Works Felon, Mortgage Scammer Travels to NYC to Burnish ‘Sovereignty’ Credentials Hawaii ranks high among states in CDC study Pedestrian Safety? Fire the city Dept. of Transportation LUC OKs intervener status in Kihei malls case Hemmings: Tour Busses Clog Kailua Streets NHLC: Stop Removing Iwi at Kawaiahao Church Election Could Bring New Leadership to OHA After 30 years of Drunken Driving, Alky Finally Gets Locked Up Health Connector Seeks Propagandist PBS Insights Focuses on Democratic, Republican Conventions Honolulu police change Facebook posting rules Expect scrutiny of Jet Ski rental operations Read More..

Thursday, September 6, 2012 September 6, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 6721 Views To Head off Kim Committee, UH Regents establish task group on accountability Why I'm Running: Stop Illegal Dumping on the Leeward Coast Regents approve UH West O'ahu loan $16T Debt Enabled by Hirono Thirteen Candidates Fail to Report Campaign Spending VIDEO: Democrats Boo, Jeer as 'God' and 'Jerusalem' Rammed Back Into Platform UPDATE: Mizuno Demands Criminal Investigation of Reporter, Denies Gun Control Plot Ewa Democrats: Manabat is Felon, Liar, Should not be on ballot UHM Vice Chancellor Secretly Fired Six Weeks Ago Senate UH hearing set as regents create oversight panel Eager to Escape Accountability, State will seek No Child waiver DoE Response to School Bus Audit Not Good Enough Honolulu to Supreme Court: Let Us Keep Building Rail Building of cars continues as city stops work on rail system Tenticles: Omidyar Buys 15 Cronies Democrat Platform Strikes God Down, Keeps Akaka Tribe How Many Votes Can Campaign Money Buy? Act 55: WHAT CAN A CITIZEN DO? Kos: Michelle Obama to Run for Senate from Hawaii Nepotism, Illegal Lobbying, Conflict of Interest: Secret AG’s Report Nails Profitable Non-Profit Kauai Council adds $20K for Police Commission to fight Carvalho Why is a Hawaiian 'superferry' docked at the Philadelphia Navy Yard? Council Tries to Bring Down Cost of Power Gay Murder Case Heads to Trial Read More..

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 September 5, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 6101 Views National Debt Hits $16T--up 50% in Four Years 1948: Communists Decide to Enter the Hawaii Democratic Party Duke Aiona Urges Support for Lingle in General Election Mizuno Demands Criminal Investigation of Reporter, Denies Gun Control Plot Mayor’s 9-11 Remembrance Walk Sunday Chinese Navy Deserves Payback Aiona, Kobayashi, Berg: Anti-Rail Slate for Honolulu Council UH Search Committee Rejects Freitas Hustle DoE May Stop Paying $100/day “Idle Bus Fee” Old Boys Continue Push to Reinstate Tainted Election Official Kakaako agency too secretive Hawaii State Government did big things once upon a long time ago Republican and Democrat 2012 National and State Platforms Regarding the Akaka bill EPA Stadards: HECO Must Comvert to LNG or Pay $1B Shippers Eye LNG For Fuel, As Economics, Fundamentals Move In Its Favor First Lingle-Hirono Debate September 6 Hawaii has the third lowest rate of new entrepreneurial activity in the nation Clinton Supporters Spread Rumor Obama Planning Post-Defeat Move to Kailua, Oahu VA spent millions on six days of Hawaii games Gabbard gives speech at Democratic National Convention Case Study: Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard's 65-point turnaround and how vets helped make it happen Kawika Crowley, Homeless Handyman, Runs For Congress In Hawaii Is Federal Agent Immune from “Vindictive, Frivolous” State Murder Charge? Hunt Cos. gets clearance for West Oahu solar farm Tax Credit Scammers Giving Each Other Free Electricity South Korean National Accused of Laundering Money for Hostess Bars, Massage Parlors Study Reveals Hawaii as 3rd Largest Supplier of Wildlife for Aquariums Matson, Inc. Honored with Second CIO 100 Award Punahou Leads ‘Educators’ in Chase After Latest Fad Read More..

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 September 4, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 5306 Views Brookings: Education, Job Openings and Unemployment in Honolulu Progressive Activists: Lingle has the possibility of being a very powerful Senator--Mazie One Dimensional, Undesirable Aiona: Rail Will be Key to Outcome of CD6 Race Judge tells UH to turn over correspondence with Inouye, Abercrombie Kim Committee Beginning of the End for Greenwood DoE Massive System wide Cheating Brings AYP Gains Pro-Rail Group spent another $200k on Mayoral Race Donors Stop Wasting Money on UH Obamacare Threatens to Undermine Queens HMC Deal More Retaliation: Scott Nago Claims Yagong Violates Ethics Rules Election Volunteers Switch Jobs on Election Day Democrats Age into Smug Monopoly UH Manoa Perfesser Starts With Assumption that Mormons are Racists Hawaii Pedestrians, Especially Elderly, Die At High Rate Organic food no healthier than non-organic: study Read More..

Monday, September 3, 2012 September 3, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 5327 Views Voting? Hirono Abstains 23 Times, Misses 23% Report: States' Combined Debt Exceeds $4T Union Money in Elections-- $4.4B Usual Crooks, Cronies to attend Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Hirono Missed An Important Vote to Protect Our National Forests Privatize Maui Memorial Hospital Waipahu HS Gets First-Ever AP Courses Abercrombie’s DOH Begins Implementing Obama Program to Harass Organic Farmers Hawaiians could have a long slog ahead before the Hawaiian Homelands case delivers for them Takamine: More Effort Needed to get Long Term Unemployed onto Welfare Slow Condo Sales Lead to Lawsuit at ML&P Ritz Carlton Chinese vessel's stop will be a first for U.S. Read More..

Sunday, September 2, 2012 September 2, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 5744 Views Hirono Not Showing Up for Work, Missing Votes 2016: Obama's America Now Showing on Oahu, Maui Encouraging Affordable Housing, Get Government out of the Way Chamber of Commerce: University of Hawaii System Ranks 'D' Borreca: Illegal Rail Really Can’t Go, Caldwell Motivation Disappears Act 55? “Impeach Abercrombie” SA: Public land entity’s power is worrisome Lawmakers snap on gloves for probe of concert fiasco UH system earns poor grades in report Despite Warnings and Pleas, Rail Headed for 'Burials Central' Domestic Energy: Lingle Agrees With Akaka, Hirono Silent HELCO rate hikes hit isle’s poor the hardest HGEA Nurses Morale Low, Underpaid 45% Isle Supreme Court affirms state House election results in Kailua-Kona Bishop seeks prayers amid new charges of sex abuse New state rule encourages a developer to build middle-class condos at the News Building site Service Wives, Marines Demand Ballot Rights US Will Soon Be Self-Sufficient in Oil and Gas Rep. George Fontaine is one of South Maui’s own Time to act on government health and pensions liability debt is now Fontaine a class act, asset to people of South Maui Six Hawaii County Charter Amendments on Ballot Maoists, Anti-Semites Demand TIAA-CREF Boycott Israel Read More..

Saturday, September 1, 2012 September 1, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 6729 Views 16 Candidates File to Run in Honolulu Council Special Election Audit: DoE School Bus Failures Waste Millions, Endanger Students DoE Procurement: "Fraudulent Unethical Behavior" Rewarded with More Autonomy, Less Oversight Audits Ignored? Two Years Later Less than 50% of Recommendations Implemented Impact Aid federal survey cards to go home with students 3 Day Fugitive Task Force Mission Leads to 67 arrests U.S. Pacific Islands Collaboration Sets Framework for Regional Ocean Partnership Does Hawaii Need An "Environmental Court?" - Doesn't It Already Have One? New Complaint Challenging Kauai's Limit On Visitor Units Honolulu Rail Cost Escalation Coaches ‘Pressured’, Effort ‘Orchestrated’ to Make Rockne ‘Broken Trust’ Freitas AD SA Endorses Broken Trust Freitas for Athletic Director Nepotism? Mizuno’s Wife is Chief of Staff Cayetano Pinched Pennies Before Primary Audit: Hawaii Sheriff’s Division keeping $383,000 of equipment off-inventory Public hearings set on state's renewable energy plan Hawaiian Homestead case scheduled to resume Friday in Circuit Court NELHA Abandons Pipes Underwater, Destroys Coral The Economics of Recycling in Hawaii LA Bus Riders Union says rail hurts those of lower incomes: Hawaii's Youngest Sex Trafficking Victims 'Get Out' When Rescued by First Responders Kauai County workers alter lighting to protect seabirds Hawaii foreclosure sales down 44% in the second quarter Clinton in Cook Islands: U.S. committed to security in Asia-Pacific Read More..