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| Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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February 1, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:17 PM :: 3735 Views
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Multiple jobs. Doubling up. Hawaii adults say they’re doing it all and still struggling
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Megan Kau Leads Honolulu Prosecutor’s Race In Campaign Cash
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Caldwell Raises Nearly $300K For 2022 Governor’s Race
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How Young Brothers Hides Money in its Corporate Superstructure
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Deaf advocates seek role in governing Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind
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Mother of probation violator brutally beaten in OCCC joins lawmakers in seeking answers, oversight
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HB2507: Raise Hawaii’s Smoking Age From 21 To 25
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City: We want to expand appointment-only bulky item pickup islandwide
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Pigs out of control on Maunakea
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Bodycams and Kevlar for EMS workers attacked by homeless lunatics?
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| Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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January 31, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 3319 Views
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Crowds line streets to mark end of watch for fallen HPD officer Enriquez
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Spy Satellites provide so-called ‘data’ for possible storm runoff fee on Oahu
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Star-Adv: No Property Tax for BoE
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HART Shouldn’t Promise To Have Rail Ready In October
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Kai Kahele’s Plan to Wipe out Mortgage Lending on DHHL
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Committee: Full Senate Should Confirm Aila As DHHL Director
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Property tax hike fails
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Bills About Nothing: Why Hawaii Legislators Write Measures With No Text
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Gun Rights Advocates: 2020 Bills Impact Law-Abiding Citizens, Don't Address Crimes
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Hawaii County PD: Five officers terminated in 2019
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Purse Snatchers Linked Back to Homeless Camp
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Caldwell Has a Glass Jaw—Punched out in Chinatown
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FAA employee blocked from inspecting Kauai tour chopper prior to crash
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Hawaii Looks To The Philippines For Its Newest Teacher Recruits
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Al Hee’s Lawyer Now Represents Donald J Trump
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| Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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January 30, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 4101 Views
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Low, stagnant wages are main factors in Hawaii's population decline
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Appointed Corruption: Council Considering Abolition of Prosecutor Elections
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Public meetings start next week to discuss proposed stormwater fee
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Caldwell skeptical of HART’s promise to Help Mufi by opening Honolulu rail in October
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Beware The ‘Magic’ Of Public-Private Partnerships For Honolulu Rail
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Testifiers voice strong opposition to Young Brothers’ rate request
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Ethics Board to take on Maunakea road block
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Sovereignty Activist Lawyer on Trial for Mortgage Scams
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Judge appears willing to allow subpoena of anti-TMT group’s financial records
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Honolulu Voters Will Decide On Two-Term Limit For Prosecutor
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HB1676: Red-light cameras in the works
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Child Molester: Former House candidate is sentenced to 5 years in prison
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Hypocrites: Kauai County Still using Pesticides in County Parks
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Homeless Man Forced To Lick Urinal By Police Files Civil Lawsuit
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Meth Bust During Homeless Sweep
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| Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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January 29, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 6434 Views
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Honolulu Prosecutor Debate: Only Megan Kau Pledges to Keep Criminal Suspects Locked up
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Judge: Police, prosecutors hid evidence, violated Ewa Beach woman’s civil rights
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HGEA Member Charged with Stealing $628K from Charter School Overrun by Lava
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Hawaii to Shunt a Lot More Money to Elon Musk
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Can changing a federal maritime law help lower Hawaii's cost of living? U.S. Rep. Ed Case thinks so
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Bill 2: Can Fixing Parking Rules Make Honolulu More Affordable?
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SB2049: $50K to Buy a House With
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Kauai, Maui, Hawaii Councils Sucked in by DHHL Mortgage Hysteria
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Next Boondoggle: View 3 possible design options for the new Aloha Stadium
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The Honolulu Morgue is Still a Mess
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HB2567: Hawaii Should ‘Study’ Magic Mushrooms Instead of Letting Genuine Medical Researchers do it
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| Tuesday, January 28, 2020 |
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January 28, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 3877 Views
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HB2671: Saiki Proposes Constitutional Amendment Allowing Board of Education to Raise Property Taxes
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City considers creating a new utility (and fee) for tackling storm water
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HB2228: Exempt Medical from GE Tax
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School choice offers exciting ways to gain ‘ike in Hawaii
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SB2307-HB2055: Don’t Let State Workers Access Online Porn
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SB2694: Low Income Housing Tax Credits
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Laniakea Test: Will Legislators Burn $34M on Altar of Sea Level Rise?
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Ige: Homeless will Accept Housing if Alternative is Jail
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Homeless Auto Thieves to be Kicked out of One’ula Beach Park
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How Makaha Neighbors Kicked Homeless Drug Addicts out of Neighborhood Botanical Garden
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‘Affordable Housing’ -- Association Fees Jump 50% After Developer Sells Units
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 |
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January 27, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 3543 Views
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Insiders: We Really Don’t Need to Fix Cost of Living, Just Pretend
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Guidelines proposed for legalization of stun guns
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Gun Control Bills on the Move
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Public funeral service to held for fallen Officer Enriquez
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‘Congestion Pricing’ Is Another Of Honolulu’s Bad Ideas
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Bills for 2020: Sea Level Rise is an Excuse to Harden their Property and Sacrifice Yours
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| Sunday, January 26, 2020 |
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January 26, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 4032 Views
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Nearly 7,000 become homeless in 2019 on Oahu
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Leong’s New Job: Box up the Skeletons in Caldwell’s Closet
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Ige has no Plan to Build TMT
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Rate hike blasted: Opposition mounts to Young Brothers’ request for 34% increase
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Case continues quest to change Jones Act
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Legal battle over e-signatures pursued amid effort to impeach Honolulu prosecutor
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Kahauiki Village celebrates second anniversary
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Soft on Crime: Career violent criminal released after burglary, his second arrest in one week
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$24M found in Kauai Water Department pensions
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| Saturday, January 25, 2020 |
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January 25, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 3049 Views
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Maui Mayor: Environmental Assessment Rules Cause Shortage of Affordable Housing
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Violent tragedy at Diamond Head exposed major gaps in Hawaii’s mental health system, state officials say
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Enabling deteriorating behavior hurts public
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Road-usage fee would raise prices for us all
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Turtle Traffic: DoT Wants to Solve Problem the Expensive Way (of course)
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SB3167: Bureaucratic Turf Fight over Aloha $tadium Project
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Hawaii Medicaid Patients May Have Fewer Insurance Choices
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Clerk: King Lied About Spy Cameras in Council Chambers
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Number of Oahu vacation rental units is shrinking
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Prisons need oversight
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OJ Simpson Innocence Project To Host Prosecutor Candidate Debate
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SB2601 -- Bill would allow counties to charge developers for law enforcement costs
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Will State Inspect Cargo Containers for Contraband?
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SB2234: DUI at 0.05%
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State senators propose legalized gambling (again)
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| Friday, January 24, 2020 |
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January 24, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 3207 Views
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FTA “Anxious” About Rail P3 Cost
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HART: Nan Now Seven Months Behind (Latest Revised) Schedule—Delay Could Impact P3 Bids
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Familiar solutions from Hawaii state leaders
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Amid rematch bid, Republican Sam Slom accuses Chang of ‘socialist agenda’
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85% of Ewa Movers want out of Ewa
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Hawaii Road Usage Charge Penalizes Fuel Efficiency-DoT Lying About Declining Fuel Tax Revenues
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Big Oil Carbon Credit Plan Would Hit Hawaii Hard
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Bill package addresses wind farms in Hawaii
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Senators Delay Vote After Grilling Aila As Head Of Hawaiian Home Lands
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$8.3M -- Hawaii County working on new deal for state reimbursement for TMT-related costs
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$15K daily fine -- BLNR Threatens Demolition of South Kona home facing fine for illegal vacation rental in conservation district
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County wants to seize, sell site of former homeless camp to pay fines
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Guns found at Hibiscus Drive not registered to homeowner or late husband, Chief Ballard says
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38 Gun Control Bills Moving in Legislature
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Caldwell: Soft on Homelessness Crowd Killing Homeless
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‘Houseless’ are Refusing to Accept Shelter, must be Forced off Streets
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Sit-lie ban, why not Kona?
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Defense Lawyers Upset After Efforts to Discourage Witness Undermined by Prosecutor
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Lawsuit Claims Guards Had Suicidal Inmate Cuffed, Let Him Bleed To Death
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| Thursday, January 23, 2020 |
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January 23, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 3162 Views
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Cost of Housing: For 50 Years Legislators Have Known that Regulation is to Blame
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Report: 30% of Honolulu renters are looking to move out of State
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Plenty Of Warning Signs But Few Treatment Options In Police Killer Case
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Useless State had HPD wellness-check done on Diamond Head landlord after elder abuse allegation
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Volunteers gather for point-in-time count to get better sense of Hawaii’s homeless population
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‘Sacred’ Money: OHA Tollbooth to Cash in on Mauna Kea Tourism?
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$2.7M Fines -- Maui TVR Shut Down After 60 Years in Operation
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Hawaii County Council $1.45M Insider Cash Giveaway Paused for Now
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Kauai, not just Oahu, now being considered for $1.9B defense radar
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Eliminating Competition to Drive Prices Higher—Global Warmers Take Aim at The Gas Company
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Tour Helicopter Crashes — And Flights — Have Escalated In Recent Years
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| Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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January 22, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 3868 Views
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Mauna Kea: Politicians Form Circular Firing Squad
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Ige still believes TMT can be resolved peacefully
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Telescope Protest: Hawaii AG Seeking KAHEA Bank Records –to be Stripped of Nonprofit Status?
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Shady Tactics Of Gut And Replace Mar Legislative Process
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Hawaii Should Welcome New Defense Radar
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Instead of Dealing with Mental Health, Lawmakers consider ban on lending of guns
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Pension reforms would boost state
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| Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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January 21, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 5496 Views
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Sen Taniguchi Blocks Bill Mandating Pension forfeiture after felony
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Psychiatric Review Court Needed to Incarcerate Lunatics in Lunatic Asylum
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Involuntary Hospitalization Task Force Proposes a Few Timid Reforms
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Dispelling myths about prison overcrowding
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Severe Doctor Shortage On The Big Island
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For 5th Year Running, Lawmakers Consider Giving Airports More Autonomy
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DoT Proposing Laniakea Turtle Traffic Realignment
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Taxpayer Ripped off For Years—Denied Refund
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UH Releases Pay Levels For Hundreds Of Graduate Assistants, Lecturers
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Dude Allegedly Breaks in to Fasi Building, Starts Fire
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Meth Bust reveals Multi-Generational Family of Tweekers at Kahului Library Homeless Camp
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Protesters Finally Shamed into Partially Cleaning up Mauna Kea
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| Monday, January 20, 2020 |
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January 20, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 4643 Views
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Attorney general seeks funds to fight corruption
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Cop Killer was Mental Case -- Second Barricade at House
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HOPE probationers have been linked to some of Oahu’s most violent crimes
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Arson case opened after Homeless Drug Addicts cause 2-alarm house fire in Aiea
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Paddlers say homeless ruining bays
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| Sunday, January 19, 2020 |
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January 19, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4802 Views
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2 police officers killed in shooting near Diamond Head; multiple homes up in flames
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Target Letter? No Problem! Caldwell, Amemiya Attempting to Bring Donna Leong Back to Work in Administration
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99-year-lease housing plan is bleak future
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Legislators’ cost-of-living ideas try to stave off voters’ growing discontent before elections
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Poll: 69% Say Complete TMT
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TMT supporters pick up litter left on Mauna Kea by Telescope Protesters
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Maui Mayor Wants to Raise GE Tax
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Big Island Bus system ‘meltdown’ leaves schoolchildren, working poor stranded—Tax Hike was Supposed to Solve Transit Problems
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Using a new law, Hawaii goes after scofflaws and drafts rules for new B&Bs—But Will Any Apply?
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Many Hoops to Jump Through--Law nets no new lease extensions — so far
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Liability issue clarified for Hawaii charter schools
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HPD Busts Crime Ring ‘Uncle’ – Hand him over to Feds Because Soft on Crime State Kept Giving Him Bail
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Police open murder investigation at Oahu Community Correctional Center
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| Saturday, January 18, 2020 |
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January 18, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 6934 Views
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Young Brothers Rate Hike Proposal Based on Fraudulent Numbers
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Salary Increases Drive $14B ERS Pension Shortfall
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HSTA’s Newest Raise Would Cost $46M
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Sen Taniguchi Blocks Bill Mandating Pension forfeiture after felony
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Drunk Hit-and-Run Former State Senator Actually Gets Arrested for DUI (this time)
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Will Judiciary Block Affordable Housing Plan?
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Ige pledged to end homelessness in Hawaii by 2020. What happened?
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Bum fights at Hawaii state library leave library patrons injured, damage building
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Jail Diversion Plan Diverts One Criminal
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Lack of information in Hawaii inmate’s death is questioned
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Wiping out Hawaiian History: Caldwell administration again pushes to rename Thomas Square
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| Friday, January 17, 2020 |
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January 17, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 3903 Views
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Reforming Inefficiencies Begins With Government Employees
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Hawaii County Council Rushing a $1.45M Insider Cash Give-Away
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New measure at state capitol looking to do away with HI-5 recycling
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Hawaii found to be only partially compliant with federal child abuse laws
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Pro-life advocates rally at state Capitol to ‘honor the lives lost to abortion
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Will DOE Slash Weighted Student Formula to Pay $10M to HSTA?
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Board of Education shelves plans to move Kaahumanu Elementary School to Make Way for Condos
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Fake: City sues disgraced ex-police chief in Pretend bid to recoup $250,000 payout
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New Prison Oversight Commission Trying to Release as Many Criminals as Possible
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More sex assault allegations against former Kamehameha Schools psychiatrist and ACLU Board Member
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Two Weeks of Steady Rain—74 Homeless Decide to Accept Shelter
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Kauai: Tax hike proposed for part-time TVRs
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Is This Any Way To Run An Airport?
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Technology helps provide accurate measure of sea level
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| Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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January 16, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 3219 Views
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Silicon Valley Greenies On Verge of Taking over HECO?
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Hawaiian protests move to state Capitol “uncertain about what they were trying to accomplish”
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Tents, other items remain on Mauna Kea—Protesters Still Making Excuses
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Trying to Tax You Out of Your Car: Caldwell proposes study of traffic congestion pricing
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Details needed to add early-learning hubs
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Fewer criminal cases taken to court statewide
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Consumer Advocate Analysis: Hu Honua will increase greenhouse gas emissions and electricity costs
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Honolulu residents outspend most of the country on food expenses
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Nick Rolovich contract calls for $425,004 penalty for early departure
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New General Manager for HNN Named
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Lawsuit: Organic Store Spread Rat Lungworm to Customers
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| Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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Letters to the Editor January, 2020
By Letters to the Editor @ 4:52 AM :: 3250 Views
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Make OHA Pay for Mauna Kea Protest Expenses
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Time For The Taxpayers to PROTEST
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Hawaii’s aging inter-island submarine fiber-optic cables
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| Wednesday, January 15, 2020 |
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January 15, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 3066 Views
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Powerful Hawaii defensive radar is delayed
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Teacher pay differential plan comes under fire by lawmakers
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HSTA Operative in Three Way Race for Manahan’s Old Council Seat
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Big Island Doctor Shortage—Some Specialists Do Not Exist on Island
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How Much Will Legislators Pony Up to hire a UH football coach?
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UH Law Ex-Con Concerned About Number of Criminals Being Killed
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Soft-on-Crime Activists Complain About Difficulty Using Kids to Smuggle Meth to Inmates
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Waikiki Health opens a new homeless shelter in Moiliili
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The Misunderstood End of Coal in Hawai’i
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Opening Day--Millions of Dollars Demanded
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| Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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January 14, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 4211 Views
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9 Years of CWS Failure Ends only with Death: Starved Hilo girl repeatedly returned to abusive family
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The Usual Election Year Attempt to Shift Protest Movements into Get out the Vote Efforts is Back for 2020
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CD2: Kai is not the guy
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City Officials, Protesters Do Deal on Sherwood Forest Park—Build Same Thing with Different Name
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Anti-GMO Lobbyist: Legalize Magic Mushrooms and Establish Meth Camp in Waianae
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Not enough assisted death?
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HPD 250 Officers Short—Another 268 Could Retire
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Public Safety Department Wants to Add 15 More Vacant Positions
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Amemiya Reports Nearly $1M In Mayoral Campaign Contributions
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Enviros Instructed to Make Hawaiian Hawk A Political Pawn
- Hold on to your Wallet—The Legislative Session is About to Begin
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