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| Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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June 27, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 50305 Views
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- Judge Orders OHA LLCs to Hand Over Check Registers
- What are OHA Trustees Trying to Cover Up Now?
- John Stossel to interview Keli'i Akina at FreedomFest
- Ige Signs 57 Bills into Law
- Initial Online Polls Say Gabbard Wins The Day
- Financial Disclosures: Ethics Commission Releases Five Page List of Late Filers
- Tourism: Spending Down--Arrivals Up (again)
- Profitable Non Profit: Absentee Boss Salary Cut to Measly $253K, but keeps Miss Hawaii
- KPD investigated officers in alleged cheating scandal—Secret Documents Affecting Criminal Cases
- Kealoha mailbox case now in the hands of the jury
- Maui Mayor plans to Copy Honolulu crackdown on illegal vacation rentals
- AirBnB: We Want to be Your Tax Collector
- UH says it reached out to protesters before ahu were removed at TMT site
- Veto for Suicide Prevention Month?
- Anti-GMO Maui Councilmembers Want to Hire Florida Lawyer to Push Fake Claim Against Bank of America
- Anti-Dairy Activists Attempt to Respond After Berkeley Livermore Lab Destroys Their Credibility
- Measure requires restaurants to offer ‘healthy’ drink options as default choice for keiki meals
- Hawaii Supreme Court: Boards Must Prove Privacy Interest To Close Meetings
- Ethics Comm: Ige Signs Three Ethics Bills into Law
- Hawaii’s Longliners Could Soon Be Allowed To Catch 18 Million Pounds Of Tuna
- Soft on Crime: Dude with 34 Priors out on the Streets, Does it Again
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| Wednesday, June 26, 2019 |
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June 26, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 3442 Views
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- OHA Granted Marijuana Grower Right to Audit LLCs
- HART Stonewalling Federal Subpoenas since February
- Kealoha Head of The Secret Police
- Closing Arguments: Alison Lee Wong Shows up in Court
- Akina’s right to speak up to demand a better OHA
- Vacation rental enforcement: Caldwell signs Bill 89 – Vetoes Bill 85
- ‘Digital Stings’ To Identify Illegal Vacation Rentals In Oahu Start Aug. 1
- Lawsuit: Major Mental Illness Untreated in Hawaii Prisons, Jails
- Soft on Crime: Woman arrested in Keaukaha shooting has multiple felony convictions
- Ige Signs Bill Creating Special Drivers Licenses for Trannies
- Water is NIMBYs Latest Excuse to Oppose Affordable Housing
- Kishimoto Reminds Principals that Roundup is Banned
- Karen Pence visits Hawaii
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| Tuesday, June 25, 2019 |
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June 25, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 3285 Views
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- Ige: Intent to Veto 20 Bills--Including AirBnB Tax
- Microbiologists Not Getting Enough Global Warming Grant Money
- OHA trips over accountability, sunshine, and free speech
- Bills Ige Won’t be Vetoing
- Prosecutions Could be Reversed Because Kealoha was prosecuting cases while faking ‘serious’ medical condition
- Judge to decide on change to Kaneshiro removal petition
- Anti-Pesticide Hysterics Decide to target Schools (again)
- Soft on Crime: Thief Let out to ‘Socialize’, Allegedly Commits Rape
- Telescope Should be Blocked Because Some People Have Decided Mauna Kea is Sacred
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| Monday, June 24, 2019 |
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June 24, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 3702 Views
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- Civic Engagement: Hawaii Ranks Dead Last
- $10K Daily Fines for illegal vacation rentals may begin in August
- Honolulu Councilman Ron Menor calls on Gov. Ige to veto vacation rental tax bill
- Don’t Scapegoat Airbnbs For Honolulu’s Housing Crisis
- HGEA, UPW Obstruct Push for Airport Authority
- Labor Force Count Drops to Four Year Low
- Homeless Criminals Trash Oneula Park, Assault Park Workers
- Iwilei: Massive Clinic to be Built to Divert Expensive Bums from Emergency Rooms
- Soft on Crime: HPA to Determine Rapist’s Real Sentence
- Stairway to Heaven Could Be Removed By 2022
- Salt Farming Used to Gain Control of Airport
- HPD trying innovative ideas to fill hundreds of vacancies
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| Sunday, June 23, 2019 |
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June 23, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 4405 Views
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- It’s the Economy, Stupid
- On Board Video Shows 2016 Incident with Skydiving Plane
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 23, 2019
- Kahele Full of S***
- Tough issues of TMT for governor, TVUs for mayor require leadership neither has shown
- ‘Resilience’ Strategy: Property Tax Increases and Less Affordable Housing
- Collecting taxes not job for Airbnb
- Teacher: Student Suspensions Necessary for Safe Work Environment
- State re-files single theft charge against former charter school director
- Maui Meadows NIMBYs Oppose Solar Farm
- Maui County Still Uses Pesticides to Keep Isle Looking Good for Tourists
- Hawaii County Charter proposals – Raid Open Space Fund to Pay HGEA Members
- Surfrider Attempts to Respond After Berkeley Livermore Lab Destroys Their Credibility
- Failed Ocean Boom Returns to Non-Existent Garbage Patch
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| Saturday, June 22, 2019 |
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June 22, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 4548 Views
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- The average Hawaii household forks over more than $10,000 a year for food
- Honolulu Workers Need $39.75 Per Hour To Rent A 2-BR
- Inspired by ‘simplicity and efficiency’
- How High Are Spirits Taxes in Your State?
- Why doesn’t Hawaii privatize more public services?
- OHA Trustees form PIG to Silence Discussion of Corrupt LLCs
- Autopsy of man killed by sheriff’s deputy at Capitol contradicts official account
- Hotel industry softness portends downward trend
- Contrary To Civil Beat Claims, Wespac Is Effective And Transparent
- Will ‘sound cannon’ be used against TMT protesters?
- Water leases still in court
- Ige To Sign A Host Of Traffic Safety Bills Into Law
- After 7 Years of Delay, Murder charge in death of Zion McKeown, 4, dismissed
- Mokuleia crash death toll now at 11; Same plane spun toward ground in 2016 over California
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| Friday, June 21, 2019 |
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June 21, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 3773 Views
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- ‘De facto ban’ could poison tourism well
- OHA board appoints interim chief executive officer
- Prosecutors: Attorney Sumida Stole Evidence from File and Lied On The Witness Stand
- SB1292: Governor Still Deciding Whether to Veto TVR Tax Bill
- City budget for nearly $3 billion approved without mayor’s signature
- Caldwell Says Property Tax Hikes Will Cover Rail Operations
- Budget becomes law without Mayor Harry Kim’s signature
- Maui Water Board to Buy Ditch System?
- Kona judge to decide whether to Keep Police Corruption Secret While Alleged Drug Dealer Walks Free
- Hawaii Police Shooting Board Won’t Release Its Findings — At Least For Now
- Student Absenteeism Is Plummeting At Waipahu Elementary
- Fewer Bus Rides for Low-Income Kids?
- Keep Expensive Bums out of Emergency Rooms -- Second urgent care clinic that caters to homeless set to open in Kaneohe
- Squeezed by Communist Government, Chinese Tourism Drops 25%
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| Thursday, June 20, 2019 |
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June 20, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:11 PM :: 5048 Views
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- OHA Majority Targets Trustee Akina
- Telescope: State Issues Notice to Proceed, Rips Down Protesters Shacks
- First Congressional Hearing on Citizenship Choice for Individual American Samoans
- Auditor: No More Silly Talk About Profits at the Convention Center
- Judiciary Program Tackles Absenteeism at Keaau Middle School
- Solar Schemer: As a Political Insider, Former police chief received discounted solar deal not Available to the Little People
- A&B may get water permit in the end
- Maximizing Hawaii for Tourism: Most Enviro Court Cases Filed by One Lawyer on Maui
- Double taxing REITs sends wrong message about Hawaii
- As Country after Country Rejects Shipments of Foreign Garbage, Hawaii County Council Amends Styrofoam Ban
- ‘Simply Madness’: City Owes $100K For Missing Deadlines In Garbage Disputes with UPW
- Where the Polynesians Are: Kauai Ranks 15th behind California, Nevada, Washington, Utah, and Arizona
- Lunatic Asylum Finally Decides to Replace Broken, 25-yr old Security System
- Pension Spiking Kauai firefighters nearing raises
- Hawaii Employees Contribute the Least to Health Insurance Costs
- Smug Snobs Hassle Tourists in Hanalei
- NIMBYS Turn out to Protest Affordable Housing Project
- Homeless Rockthrower Attacks Homelessness Meeting
- Maunakea Liquor Store Gets License Renewed
- Honolulu Council Helps Homeless Stay Homeless
- Court ruling annuls PPA, creating potential setback for Hu Honua Wood-Burner
- A number of Honolulu public parking spots could be reduced, rented out to rideshare companies
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| Wednesday, June 19, 2019 |
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June 19, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 6665 Views
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- Hawaii State Veterans Summit
- Damien Kim Leaving HART Board as Federal Investigators Close in
- Prosecutors: Kealoha ‘Witness Tampering’ and Lies Won Civil Case
- New Kealoha Lawyer Makes Fool of Himself
- Council members sped up passage of vacation rental bills to Influence Ige on SB1292
- Which TVR Bill will Caldwell Sign?
- Honolulu rail authority must replace 15 cracked canopy arms
- Use County-Owned Land for Affordable Housing
- Maui Budget: Anti-GMO Wack-jobs on Council Again Show They Have No Clue
- New Ruling In Maui Water Case Still Doesn’t Resolve Old Dispute
- Lawsuit puts blame on the state for high inmate suicide rate
- Panic After False Shooter Report at Honolulu Airport
- Hawaii DoE: We Really Are Zeroes
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2019 |
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June 18, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 4020 Views
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- Why is the Hawaii Attorney General too busy to prosecute charter school corruption?
- Hawaii 3rd Most Dangerous for Older Pedestrians
- Kahele: I am a F****** Tiger on Tulsi's Tail
- Council Passes Both Anti-TVR Bills
- Kauai protestors block visitors from entering Kuhio Highway into Ha‘ena
- Debunking Keanu Sai’s Response to Office of Consumer Protection
- Defense Attorneys take floor in Kealoha ‘mailbox trial’
- How Much Does Hawaii Really Spend On Education?
- In battle over iwi kupuna, Maui judge invalidates license for archaeology firm
- Palolo Valley Basin Might Be Cut From Ala Wai Flood Project
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| Monday, June 17, 2019 |
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June 17, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 4027 Views
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- After Lying to Legislature OHA Shoots Messenger--and Misses
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 16, 2019
- Economic Well-Being of Children: Hawaii Ranks 34th
- Splitting Oahu Into More Counties Might Not Be A Bad Idea
- Contributions grow as vacation rental bills advance
- Kealoha Trial Resumes—New Lawyer joins Defense
- Honolulu and D.C. could soon join global warming-litigation craze
- Potent pot, vulnerable teens trigger concerns in first states to legalize marijuana
- Kupuna Caregivers Program a Test Run for Long Term Care Insurance
- Guam Abortions Reduced 99%
- State lawmaker wants to take away licenses from drivers with 2+ violations in a moving vehicle
- The state’s first Veterans Summit aims to bridge generational boundaries for the benefit of all veterans
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| Sunday, June 16, 2019 |
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June 16, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:57 PM :: 4360 Views
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- Conservative Rankings of Hawaii State Legislators
- Conservatives Rank Hawaii CongDel: Schatz Hits 14%
- OECD Jones Act Study generates very large impact numbers
- HI-5 – Have We Stopped the Leakage Yet?
- Caldwell: Rail is the Next Mayor’s Problem
- Anderson Not Running for Mayor
- Another Victim of Child Molester Files Lawsuit Against KSBE
- Hawaii Tourism Authority distorts value of vacation rentals
- Hearing set for TMT water pollution permit
- Honolulu Airport: 50 Years of Failure
- Kailua Kona: Shelter-Refusing Drug Addicts Take Over ‘Bermuda Triangle’
- DOE: 42% of High School Students Vape
- Scots Work to Save Falls of Clyde
- Gabbard Against Identity Politics
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| Saturday, June 15, 2019 |
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June 15, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 3537 Views
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- Debunked: Caldwell’s ‘Vancouver Tax’ Does Nothing to Ease Rental Crisis
- Feds: Hawaii #2 for White Collar Crime
- Hawaii Mortgage Debt--2nd Highest in USA
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs censors itself
- Kauai: Former Police Chief Target of ‘nine-year vendetta of continuous harassment’
- 7 Years Later -- KPD assistant chief Mark Begley reinstated
- 30 Convictions in 30 Years—Criminal Finally Busted by Feds
- Hawaii’s traffic fatalities have soared 18% so far this year
- Grade Inflation: More Hawaii public students receive honors diploma
- Disbarred Lawyer and Mafia Associate John Carroll announces run for mayor of City and County of Honolulu
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| Friday, June 14, 2019 |
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June 14, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:52 PM :: 4049 Views
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- Hawaii needs a handy ‘adjust policy’ tab
- Hey, shipbuilders, Jones Act reform is your friend
- How High Are Wine Taxes in Your State?
- Let’s be reasonable about STRs
- P3 or not P3? Rail project faces difficult transition
- Gov. Ige and President Trump find common ground on some policies
- ACLU Says Disparities in School Suspensions Must be Racial—Can’t Possibly be Family Structure
- Task force to examine rules of involuntary hospitalizations
- Homeless Drug Addicts Take over Coco Palms Property
- Shakedown: Activists Begin Running ‘Water Quality’ Scheme on Maui
- Waikiki Mayors Confab to see Push for More Crackpot climate change cases
- Second Schofield employee charged with bribery
- No Surprise: Pinky Tows Driver and Vehicle have Numerous Violations
- Credit card debt in Hawaii grows at fastest clip in the nation
- Vacation rental applications trickling in
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| Thursday, June 13, 2019 |
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June 13, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 3590 Views
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- Bill 31 Dead: No Sanctuary City
- Home Sharing Under Attack
- Ige Signs 64 Bills Into Law
- 15 Seconds of Terror--Near Repeat of Sacred Falls Tragedy
- More allegations of improper spending by Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees
- Bumbling Attorney General Office Helps Charter School Principal Evade Justice
- CIU Wiped Kealoha Hard Drive
- Next Trick: Tell the Little People Property Tax Hike will ‘Solve’ Affordable Housing Problem
- Most Of Legislature’s Major Bills Are Still Sitting On Ige’s Desk
- Farmer Plows Thru Red Tape to Import Water Buffaloes
- Homeless Court: 159 Bums, 1,862 Cases
- Sex Assault of Minor on Kealakekua HS Campus
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| Wednesday, June 12, 2019 |
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June 12, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3541 Views
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- Hawaii #2 for Suicide: Drug, Alcohol Deaths up
- Republicans Against Bill 31: No Sanctuary City
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee in trouble for alleged disloyalty
- Feds: One Month to Evaluate Latest Rail Recovery Scheme
- National Gathering of Mayors—Another Chance to Buy Influence with Caldwell Admin
- Mitch Roth for Big Island Mayor?
- Where’s The Money, DOE? Time To Turn Over Public Financial Records
- City-funded domestic violence shelter that was barely used is slated to close down
- Maui Council Budget Chair Dazed and Confused—Doesn’t Know Up from Down
- DHHL Claims it Will Ramp up Housing Construction
- Saving for a down payment on a home in Hawaii takes 40 years, report says
- Kauai County attorneys push courts on TVR issue
- ‘Shift Change’ – 1 Hr Police Response time to Call for Wanted Fugitive
- Soft on Crime: MADD outraged over hit-and-run sentence
- This Texas Lawyer Flies Marshallese Women Through Hawaii For Black Market Adoptions
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| Tuesday, June 11, 2019 |
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June 11, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:02 PM :: 5245 Views
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- Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom
- Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood
- Maui Jail Short Staffed Because 85 UPW Members Stopped Showing up for Work
- Office of Consumer Protection Calls for Criminal Prosecution of Sovereignty Mortgage Scammer Keanu Sai
- Judge rejects city prosecutor’s request to throw out a petition for his impeachment
- Legal expert says expect prosecutors to finish strong when Kealoha trial resumes next week
- Arrests of Corrupt Police Hit Three Counties
- Sam Slom Wants To Be A State Senator Again
- Ethics Board rules Kierkiewicz violated code when she didn’t report possible conflict
- Maui Line Item Vetoes: Mayor Nicks $6.5M from Council Budget
- Protection from floods getting pricier
- Loss of 2 key specialists at Hilo hospital underscores scope of doctors shortage
- Staff Turnover High at North Hawaii Community Hospital
- Nanakuli residents at wits’ end over volatile homeless camp on federal property
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| Monday, June 10, 2019 |
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June 10, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 3324 Views
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- HB1383: Will Ige Veto Marijuana Decriminalization?
- 25 Republicans Elected to Honolulu Neighborhood Boards
- Sunscreen, Straws and Subtlety: The Dangers of Oversimplifying a Complex Environmental Problem
- Marriages Have Fallen 20% in Hawaii Since 2008
- City Council Considers Measure To Make Honolulu A ‘Sanctuary City’
- Why the Inouye International Airport remains in disrepair
- Vacation rental guests contributing less to tourism economy
- Spending Big On Lobbying Didn’t Guarantee Success At Legislature
- Tamara Paltin to be the Next Ruggles? Maui Council Ctte Hears Convicted Fraudster Keanu Sai on ‘How the County Council Complies with International Law’
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| Sunday, June 9, 2019 |
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June 9, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 3955 Views
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- DOE, Fork Over That General Ledger!
- Warmers: $23B Homes to be Destroyed in Urban Honolulu
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 2019
- Shapiro: Homeless help must sometimes be forced
- LG Josh Green: “Get these people off the streets or their health problems will blossom and they will die”
- Homeless Criminals who evaded police Demand Permanent Homeless Tent City in Kakaako
- Maui police arrest Molokai police officer suspected of multiple drug-related offenses
- Kealoha Trial in Recess This Week
- Vacation rental giants look to temper Council bills
- Hu Honua Faces Four Legal Actions
- Hawaii County: 21 charter amendments heading to 2020 ballot
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| Saturday, June 8, 2019 |
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June 8, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 4347 Views
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- Nepotism within Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
- Honolulu needs a spending cap, pronto!
- Hawaii 3rd Highest Beer Taxes in USA
- Democrat Senator Reveals His Ties to the Knights of Columbus
- ACLU: Proposed Mauna Kea Rules Unconstitutional
- ACLU: DoE Would Rather Litigate Than Build Locker Rooms for Female Students
- Kealoha Flunkeys Tangled up in Lies
- 5 Years Late--Honolulu Rail Officials Hand-Deliver Latest Attempt at a Recovery Plan To Feds
- Maui: Hotel association issues public call to oppose 17% tax hike
- Firefighters Squeeze Kauai Council for Contract Approval
- After 15 Years of Empty Promises, SWAC Says ‘Next Year’ AGAIN
- Police Raid Homeless Camps Arrest 40 Criminals for 200 Warrants
- State wants to fly prison guards to Maui to address severe staffing shortage
- Corrections Officer Was Harboring Fugitive? -- Still Employed while on Trial for Meth
- Hawaii ranks among the nation’s worst states to have pets
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