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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 November 7, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 3389 Views Final Read—Hawaii Election Results Statewide Election Results: Hawaii’s Voter Turnout Was Almost A Historic Low Exit Poll: Hawaii voters say nation headed wrong way Senate Monopoly Broken: Republican Kurt Fevella beats Matt LoPresti in Ewa Beach Recycling Crazy: Rida Cabanilla re-replaces Matt Lopresti in State House Oahu: 7,000 Late-Arriving Absentee Ballots Counted Overnight Put Ozawa Over the top by 22 votes Assorted Anti-GMO Nuts—Election Results Kauai County overwhelmingly votes to keep term limits Big Island Voters Say Yes to Fiscal Notes, Transparency Maui Voters Want Tougher Fines For Unlicensed Airbnbs Suicide in isles underreported If You Really Believe in Sea-Level Rise You will Change rail route How Self-Obsessed are Hawaii Environmentalists? Read More..

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 November 6, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 4184 Views Election Day Reminders DCCA Seeking Applicants for State Boards Legislative Agenda: Oxycontin Will be Excuse to Make Your Insurance Policy Cover Marijuana ConCon Complaint: Campaign Spending Violation on Front page Caldwell Decides to Soak Property Tax Payers $214M for Rail Loan Social Engineering: Caldwell Plans to Ban Cars and Buses from Waikiki Gubernatorial candidates both focusing on the high cost of housing Hawaii GOP focusing on conservative-leaning districts in battle against blue wave Maui Anti-GMO Candidate Funded by Dead Man ConCon opponents raise $740,000 Hawaii: Low Voter Turnout Dictated by Lack of hot races Despite easier registration rules, early voting figures remain low Strategies 360: Money-oriented PR Firm Is Getting Involved In Hawaii Politics Kauai Disaster Becomes Excuse for anti-TVR Policy: Mayor Extends Ban on Hanalei TVRs There's a big increase in crime due to 15 cents bag fee on Oahu, says Retail Merchants of Hawaii City Council Plays Politics--could halt homeless enforcement bills Hu Honua: How a Dirty Biomess Plant Gets to be considered ‘Green’ State review prompted by false missile alert months behind schedule Victim Advocates Withdraw From Partnership with Honolulu Police Read More..

Monday, November 5, 2018 November 5, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:34 PM :: 4580 Views Honolulu 3rd Highest Proportion of Homeless Veterans Honolulu Tagged in Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge Mainland Gays: Our Agenda Only Half-Complete in Hawaii Mental Health Care: Report Ranks Hawaii at Bottom of States Report on the Implementation of State Auditor’s Recommendations Filmmaker Sues Hawaii: My Film Is ‘Not The History They Want Told’ Rent-Seeking Behavior: OHA, DLNR Destroy Hawaii’s Only Flour Mill Ineffectual Hawaii Republicans Allow Hawaii Democrats to Flood Mainland with Money Some hotel workers in CA reach a deal, but Hawaii’s strike continues   Two Years Later Builder Finally Gets Building Permit How Shrinks Help Lunatic Escape Justice--Win for public’s right to know Soft on Crime: Honolulu Rape Kit Tests Produce 120 Hits and 19 Serial Rapists – But no Prosecutions Prostitution charges against ‘johns‘ dismissed Big Island Real Estate Sales Down Sharply Global Warming: How One Environmentalist Scores a Lifetime of Free Hawaiian Vacations Read More..

Sunday, November 4, 2018 November 4, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:37 PM :: 2936 Views It’s Real Property Because We Said So! Rail: Ansaldo seeking $200M over rail delays By Thumbing Nose at Auditor, HART Alienates Legislature 2020: Pine, Anderson Already Raising Money for Mayoral Campaigns Shapiro: Death of GOP Makes Election Pointless, Need Shift to ‘Top Two’ Runoff System Maui Council: Anti-GMO Activists Leave Trail of Chaos, Criminality Maui County awaits appeal of timeshare tax ruling Sovereignty Activists Block Entrance to Barking Sands, Demand Money Feds target Big Island police officer in beating death investigation Hilo: Program to curb homeless trespassing Read More..

Saturday, November 3, 2018 November 3, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3368 Views Lawsuit: OHA-Owned Corporations Must Comply With Open Records Laws Cheese: The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love, but don’t want to label Hawaii 2nd Highest Down Payment Percentage in USA 2018 -- Best Small Cities in Hawaii Who Spent What, When, and Where on the Con-Con Referendum UH Manoa Reorganization Would Create Fat Juicy Administrative Positions Democrats Worried Looney LoPresti May Lose Ewa Senate Race Early voting numbers predict low voter turnout for general election Maui Council panel OKs bill to cut Paia and Haiku short-term rentals to 65 Hawaii County Another step forward for vacation rental bill UPW Just Can’t Get it Right: Erroneous releases from HCCC continue Waikiki Natatorium one of 100 memorials nationwide to receive special WWI honor Read More..

Friday, November 2, 2018 November 2, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 3367 Views Why OHA Needs to be More Transparent Oahu: Lack of Wind Threatens Rolling Blackouts Hawaii DoE: 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year Lower cost of living to help teachers, everyone Election Day Reminders Design Flaws May Delay Rail’s Interim Opening Set For 2020 City will be using $214M of HGEA’s Property Tax Revenue to help pay for rail Too busy to spend money: Hawaii County crises boosted budget savings HUD report: Hawaii sees fewer homeless veterans this year compared to last Ballard: HPD Focusing on Mental Health of Street People Police Commission: Why Is It So Hard To Get A Permit To Carry A Gun In This City? State Supreme Court rules those who solicited prostitutes can wipe record Report: DOE Has Mostly Fixed Flaws In Its Bus Transportation System Navy points finger of Red Hill fuel on human error, community uneasy over future problems “Extra”utility poles going away under $45M Hawaiian Telcom, HECO deal Policing Hawaii’s Illegal Vacation Rentals Read More..

Thursday, November 1, 2018 November 1, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM :: 5091 Views Rail: Bill 42 Breaks a Promise Hawaii ACLU: Catholics Must Participate in Assisted Suicide Honolulu Development Plan Forum Set for Weds Nov 7 Who Are OHA's Real Misspenders? HR 5026: Streamline Citizenship process for American Samoa US Nationals Con-Con: Hawaii’s only hope for term limits Some OHA Candidates Back Telescope Project Mauna Kea: Chin Promises No More Crying Police Apologizing to Protesters Telescope: End of the Line for Legal Obstructionism Hawaii DoE 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year Retaliation: Honolulu curtails 'courtesy inspections' of construction, delaying commercial projects by 2 years for No Particular Reason Planning panel endorses Caldwell’s new plan on vacation rentals Next Episode of Red Hill Drama Set for Thursday State considers Leeward Oahu property as site for homeless ‘ohana zone,' but not everyone is on board Why The State Wants To Build This Ala Moana High-Rise Above A Shelter Venture Capital in Hawaii—37% goes to Marijuana Legislators Tricked HSTA Leadership into Spending $521K on Doomed Ballot Initiative UH Preps Budget Sales Pitch HMSA Forces 3000 onto Obamacare -- Making Taxpayers Cover More Expensive Plans Another Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Sued Read More..

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 October 31, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:29 PM :: 3399 Views UH: After Pittsburgh Attack We Must Focus on Trannies Tourist Count up 3.5% --Big Island Drops 14% Voting Power: Hawaii Ranks 10th Prison for Kaniela Ing?  Updates may reveal more offenses Honolulu Taxpayers Now On The Hook To Help Build Rail Because They Were Lying HART Won’t be Going After Rainy Day Funds Unions spend heavily against ConCon HTA: Vacation rental homes Account for Nearly All Tourism Growth—Hotel, Timeshare in Decline Civil Beat: Send in Police to Keep Telescope Protesters off Roads Lucky Prisoner to Cash In after being Locked up longer than legal? Read More..

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 October 30, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 3128 Views Hawaii Supreme Court Affirms TMT Permit Hawaii Electricity Prices to Jump 20% Thanks to New Ship Fuel Requirements Hawaii WWI Centennial - a Full Day of Events at the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial Feds to Caldwell, Council: We have been very patient with you GOP: Vote 'No' on Bill 42 Rail Ripoff The Cost of Utilities: Hawaii Pays the Most in USA Secret Recovery Plan: Borrowing costs for rail have increased by $42 million Andria Tupola denies blocking running mate Marissa Kerns from debate Ige far outstrips Tupola in fundraising Ron Curtis Voice of Reason vs Crazy Mazie Caldwell unveils new vacation rental bill Critical shortage of doctors prompting range of solutions After 35 Years One Schizophrenic Accepts Housing Danner Protests at DHHL HQ Read More..

Monday, October 29, 2018 October 29, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3148 Views Crooks and Cronies: Who's Cashing in on the 2017-18 OHA Check Register UH: Bitcoin Causes Global Warming Trump Makes it Easy for Ige to Defeat Tupola--Media Sings Along Target HSTA and HGEA: A Maui Mother Outlines how Faculty and Staff Get Drawn into Bullying Complaint Bullying: Gays vs DoE Star-Adv: We Have to Make Suicide Look good to Trick the Mainland   Read More..

Sunday, October 28, 2018 October 28, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 3833 Views Full Text: HART RFP for Rail P3 Partners ‘P3′ for rail a budgetary ruse Civil Beat vs Star-Advertiser on the Con-Con Referendum Take-Aways from the “Con-Am” Argument Property Tax Impact on Hawaii Business Environment Ruggles’ Supposed Sovereignty “Expert” Has A Troubling Past Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again HSTA Members will be Targeted by New Bullying Policy Caldwell Quietly Gives Ala Moana Mall, Waikiki Hotels Multi-Million Dollar Tax Breaks Some Candidates ‘Sketchy as Hell’ Josh Green Already Running for Governor--2022 Green to Exploit Relationship with Ige to gain Control of Homelessness Industry Kawananakoa’s former attorney testifies at OHA trustee’s ethics hearing Listen to Hawai`i Supreme Court Oral Arguments re Hu Honua Leilani Estates lawyers up: Association to sue county over access issues One state senator wants to get rid of vehicle safety checks Constant human interaction makes dolphins vulnerable to sharks Read More..

Saturday, October 27, 2018 October 27, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 3048 Views The State of Obesity in Hawaii Highest in USA--Hawaii Electric Rates a Burden for Low Income OHA: Insiders Fighting to Cash In on Kakaako Makai Development Compact Impact: Guam, NMI, Hawaii Must Develop Uniform Accounting Framework A Tale of Two Homeless Shelters: Cut Red Tape and Permitting Takes One Month, not 24 Navy says most marine mammals won’t be affected by sonar, explosives tests off Hawaii Two Dead: 15 Months Later Mental Patient Ready to Walk Free Read More..

Friday, October 26, 2018 October 26, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 3756 Views Bat Killing Windfarm Buys Enviro Support for $2.75M Auditor: Agriculture Department Hides $2.4M from Legislature Chemophobia epidemic—Fanning fears about trace chemicals obscures real risks and ‘damages public health’ DoE Touts AP Exam Results A victory to savor, but core issue remains Election Day Is Already Over For Almost 80,000 Hawaii Voters ‘Appearance of Impropriety’ -- Hawaii Senate confirms Ige Campaign Manager for post on Appeals Court Payments restart as DOE computer system is partly restored Kealohas’ Bank Fraud Trial Moved To June OHA Insiders Target Akana After Decade of OHA Obstructionism--Kauai Juvenile Drug Treatment Center Almost Complete After years of complaints and $1M in fines, homeowner just keeps operating illegal vacation rental Kilauea tops USGS ranking of nation’s ‘very high threat’ volcanoes Read More..

Thursday, October 25, 2018 October 25, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 2889 Views Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Gets Busted OHA Candidate Evicts Kauai Anti-Drug Program Finalists named for UH Hilo chancellor Rail Funding Solution--Raid Every Department Secret Rail draft plan reveals potential cost-cutting measures HART’s P3 plans built on unbelievable ridership estimates Ratepayer Impacts Due to Hu Honua`s Unusual Financial Arrangement Ethics Complaint: Anti-GMO Councilmember Atay Used County Resources for Political Mailer Election Takedown: Crabbe Operatives Line up to Testify Against Akana Emergency Help For Hawaii’s Mentally Ill Is A Revolving Door thanks to law preventing Forcible Treatment Suicide Push Could Save State $16M/year  Read More..

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 October 24, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 4025 Views How Much Does Over-Regulation Increase Hawaii Housing Costs? Laughed out of Court: Criminal Al Hee's Scam Company Loses Again Iowa: Gabbard Spending Campaign Cash on 2020 Presidential Run Ige, Tupola disagree on how to bolster funding for education First day at the new Kihei Charter School campus-- While Kihei HS remains a vacant lot ACLU: DoE Bullying Policy Doesn’t Do Enough for Gay Recruitment Kamehameha pays $65 million as part of settlement for One Homosexual Child Molester The Strange Legislative Path Of The ConAm Bill ‘Showboat Politicking’ Keeps Homeless on the Streets  Diminished Hawaii Republicans aim to incrementally rebuild—May Win One Seat Crabbe Operatives Point Finger at Akana Kealoha ‘Sickness’ Used as Excuse to Delay Trial Should Unlicensed Airbnbs On Maui Face A $20,000 Fine? Eco Religion: Pilgrims are ruining dolphins' sex lives Read More..

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 October 23, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 3238 Views ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA Affordable Hawaii Coalition: We Will Continue After Victory Graham: "I wouldn't want to be a Republican charged with a crime in Hawaii" Did Anti-GMO Activist Rip You Off?  Maui County Can Help HSTA Member arrested for allegedly choking a student Homeless Sex Offenders Visit Hawaii, Fake Registration Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Finally Gets Busted Akina: Why I Don’t Spend OHA Trustee Allowance If Rowena Akana is Reelected, What Will Legislature Do? Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning to break ground next year (AGAIN!) Eco-Hucksters Try Disappearing Island Trick (again) UH says it’s not the reason vets home plan was changed AG: Gun Crime Down in Hawaii Big Island hotel RevPAR dropped 12 percent in September as Kilauea effects linger Tulsi Gabbard stumps in Sioux City, Iowa Read More..

Monday, October 22, 2018 October 22, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 2740 Views IMF to HART: How to Control the Costs of Public-Private Partnerships Con-Con Opponents’ Nostalgia for Hawaii’s Golden Age of Democratic Reform Walk-in Early Voting Sites Open Tuesday Oct 23 Auditor Looks at HDoT Energy Savings Contracts Test Case for Hawaii? Internet Providers Take On Vermont Net Neutrality DoE Antique Mainframe Crashes--Vendors Still Waiting 3 weeks Later VIDEO: Cam Cavasso - Ed Case Congressional Debate Soft on Crime: Armed Robber Allowed to Run for Mayor Katherine Kealoha accused of faking illness to delay her trial date Convicted murderer returns to OCCC almost 4 hours late Population Decline Hurts Hawaii Wanna Kill Off an Annoying Oldster?  Suicide Squad is on Big Island Read More..

Sunday, October 21, 2018 October 21, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 3062 Views Do We Really Have a Spending Ceiling? Would You Pay $10 for Maui Beachfront Land? ‘Kalikimaka Kritters’ picked as theme for 33rd Annual Holiday Wreath Contest Shore water event application deadline extended for non-North Shore surf events Poor Farmer Rail: Stonewalling helps HART Evade Subpoenas Star-Adv: Trying to pour more money into Education Department coffers an illusory solution More free-speech awareness is needed Government Employees Dominate Salary Commission Homelessness: ACLU Part of the Problem Kauai CrossFit gym shut down by Aila Ethics hearing starts Monday for Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee Rowena Akana Did Anti-GMO Activist Rip You Off?  Maui County Can Help Prosecutor Bungles Sex Trafficking Case DHHL: Small farm homesteads are planned for a former sugar plantation site UH: Priests of the Eco-Religion Rant About Trump Again Read More..

Saturday, October 20, 2018 October 20, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 2892 Views ConAm: Supreme Court Strikes Down HSTA Poison Pill HSTA Property Tax: Two Wolves Fight Over Dinner Tulsi Gabbard weighing 2020 presidential bid NY Mag: Tulsi Gabbard 'remains in the Trump orbit' Auditor: DoH 'Loses' Paperwork--Kills Investigation of PKF Recycling Audit More taxes won’t cure our ills Jones Act: How it Impacts the Military and the State of Hawaii Permitting Delays Encourage Bribery Haleiwa solar farm fined $1K for storm water runoff on North Shore Soft on Crime: Rapist Gets Early Release, Becomes Child Molester Read More..

Friday, October 19, 2018 October 19, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 4277 Views Team Hanabusa Grills Ige Campaign Manager over Judicial Nomination Hawaii 2nd Most Regressive Tax System in USA Study: Need $111,892 'To Get By' in Hawaii Influence of Law Clerks at SCOTUS HSTA Sex on Campus: Drug-Using Teacher Gets Probation in Revenge Porn Case CSC: Anti-GMO Campaign Funded by Money Taken from Dead Man Dela Cruz, ADC, Evicting Plantation Families to Build ‘Trendy Retail Center’ at Whitmore Village Poll: Independents Shift Negative on Hirono After Kavanaugh Rants How Antis Fake the ConCon Pricetag Oahu homebuilders rally for faster city permits Hawaii High Court Weighs Whether To Release Secret Investigation Of State Auditor UH Board of Regents agrees to allow changes to proposed rules for Mauna Kea UH Students to be Stuck with $35M Parking Fee Increase Hawaii State Public Library hasn't had any major upgrades in 26 years Read More..

Thursday, October 18, 2018 Letters to the Editor, October, 2018 By Letters to the Editor @ 11:17 PM :: 6473 Views Influence of Law Clerks at SCOTUS 1978 Delegate: New ConCon Needed Low voter turnout gives special interests even more power 'Shut Up': Why people elected Trump Teach Your Children Read More..

Thursday, October 18, 2018 October 18, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 3637 Views Hawaii Family Forum Releases Voter Guide Hawaii AG Tells Supreme Court: Vote No on HSTA Property Tax Report: Honolulu Roads 5th Worst in USA Complaint Demands Expulsion of LoPresti from Democratic Party ConCon: CNHA Rejects Abercrombie Alaska Pitch Lawsuit Challenges 'Illegal' Maui Council Frankenbill ConCon: CNHA Rejects Abercrombie Alaska Pitch Politically Engaged States--Hawaii 50th Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Annual Survey Ranking Sales Taxes on the 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index Poll: Ige 52% – Tupola 31% Star-Adv Refuses to Back Cachola, Cabanilla  One-party state drives away voters OHA trustee files temporary restraining order against State Ethics Commission Council advances bill to raise $44M for rail from city bonds Contractors: City permitting delays forcing workforce lay-offs Hawaii Co Council rejects tax relief for Pahoa, Volcano Aila Raids Anahola: Danner arrested in Fight over Squatter Leeward Oahu homeless shelter that can house 80 families set to close at end of month City Closes Two More Parks Overrun with Homeless Drug Addicts Program for formerly homeless kids helps them break habits DOH employee questions medical marijuana quality, policies for checking it Owned by HSTA: Ige supports state tax on properties to fund education Commission Doubles Fines For First-Time Campaign Spending Violators Convicted Killer Now Hides Behind “Sovereignty’ Read More..

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 October 17, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 2788 Views Bogus Study Debunked: Hawaii Teacher Salaries Above Average Why ConAm Will Hurt Teachers and Keiki The Cost of a Constitutional Convention States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud--Hawaii 51st DoH: Prepare Workflows for Optimal Suicide Experience Starting Jan 1 HSTA Tax Would Mean $5,000 Annual Rent Increase Poll: Voters Want Term Limits For State Legislators Voters Like The Idea Of A ConCon, They’re Just Not Going To Vote For It Caldwell Exploits Federal Rail Deadline in Bid to get Tommy Waters Elected Hawaii Democrats Have Strayed Too Far To The Left How OHA Trustees Spent Their Allowances Top Lobbyist Would be Dead if Assisted Suicide Were Legal It stinks to high heaven: a raise for the managers of Hawaii County Kim Names New Chief for Big Island Bus System O’Hara withdraws resolution that would recognize animals as ‘sentient beings’ County takes $100K grant from Atay assistant Courts: Finding Hawaiian interpreters a ‘challenge’ Read More..

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 October 16, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 3519 Views Gay Bullying Policy: DoE Sets Public Hearings Hawaii Family Advocates 2018 Voter Guide Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition: Hawaii 38th Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 14, 2018 Volunteers Needed for Polling Places Lawsuit over $109M Fraud: Oahu Head Start Fakes Enrollment, Scores Megabux Poll: Hawaii Voters Oppose HSTA Property Tax UHPA Says No to HSTA Rental Tax Mind Control: Ige Debate Strategy—“Tupola = Trump” Absentee mail-in ballots arriving for Hawaii voters Ige Extends Emergency Proclamation to Destroy Tax-Free Hanalei TVRs Brower: Affordable Housing Set-Asides Backfire Finding work that’ll actually cover the bills Caldwell Scheme to ‘Completely’ Jam up Pearl City Streets Hawaii Co Charter Commission recommends cutting back 2% Open Space Fund Sears played groundbreaking role in creating modern Hawaii City OK’d Permit For Site With Native Hawaiian Remains City sued over damage caused by flooding Read More..

Monday, October 15, 2018 October 15, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 3278 Views Hawaii 2nd Lowest Uninsured Rate in USA Four Hawaii Govs Team Up To Defeat HSTA ConAm HSTA Finds 120 Liars in One Place—UH Manoa Lack Of Mental Health Treatment Among The Culprits In Police Shootings With Matt LoPresti Around, When Will Police be Called Next? ‘Monster houses’ bill is criticized as not addressing the cause of the problem New version of Hawaii County vacation rentals bill heads to Planning Committee Hawaii County: Case Study of How the Tax Cut Doesn’t Happen Hawaii Supreme Court Holds Three Public Oral Arguments: Education, Access & Hu Honua Total Failure: KSBE Again Seeking Contractor to Cut Down Larry Mehau’s Broken Trust Scam Eucalyptus Trees Hawaii Preparatory Academy didn’t stop adult-student affair, report says Read More..

Sunday, October 14, 2018 October 14, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 2948 Views #AuditTheRail, now more than ever Why Con-Con Opponents Willfully Ignore Legislative Bypass Issues General Income Tax Credit: How Legislators Subverted Will of 1978 ConCon ACLU: Let the Homeless Eat Meth Legislators Leave Puna in Lurch—No Special Session Will Ige Call Special Session?  -- Bellatti—No State Funds for Punatic Property Buyout Putting school tax on ballot lets unions sidestep debate Strike-related dampening of visitor numbers could cross into 2019 Mililani: Will Republican Val Okimoto Win Legislative Seat? DoE Anti-Bullying Policy – Not Enough Effort put into Gay Recruitment Push for Legislature to Fund Medicaid Dental  Plan See Level Rise?—or Not: Priesthood of Eco-Religion has a Plan for Your Land   Read More..

Saturday, October 13, 2018 October 13, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:30 PM :: 2783 Views Insiders: How the 1978 Constitution Keeps us in Power Leadership Change at ODC VIDEO: Mazie Hirono Covers Up Sexist Harassment at UH Regents to consider revisions to proposed Maunakea administrative rules after public hearings ACEEE: Hawaii Scores Points for GEMS Scheme  Kiplinger: Hawaii Among Least tax-Friendly States HPR Begins to Wonder if ‘Price of Paradise' Actually a Bad Thing      State seeks 44% fee hike for harbors—500% for Moorings We May Finally Get To See Honolulu Police Salary Information Soft on Crime: Judges sentence Kihei men to 18 months in jail for fatal beating—They’re already out on streets One Homosexual Child Molester -- 130 Victims Read More..

Friday, October 12, 2018 October 12, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 3184 Views Individual Income Taxes--Hawaii Drops 9 Places to 47th Obamacare: 38-state lawsuit reveals deep national divide over states’ rights, federal role, taxation Justice Department Signs Off on CVS-Aetna Merger Planned Parenthood Endorses Ige-Green Ticket Guam Argues for Native Voting Law Before 9th Circuit City Council schedules meetings to fund rail Honolulu rail or a new spaceship to Mars? Hawaii County: Only a quarter of lava evacuees have found permanent housing   Caldwell signs bills to keep homeless from blocking sidewalks Plan Takes Aim at Hardened element of homeless Police Shootings Up Sharply Kelly King: Why I’m Voting ‘No’ On The Proposed New Tax Case: I will Join Reformers Caucus Kauai: Council Members Want To End Term Limits — On Themselves Trustee Akana says investigation into her OHA spending is hampering her campaign Lab: More than 20 percent of Hawaii medical marijuana products rejected for sale 5th Circuit Refuses to Revive Hawaii ERS Lawsuit Against Whole Foods Read More..

Thursday, October 11, 2018 October 11, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:58 PM :: 4688 Views Lawsuit: OHA-Owned Corporations Must Comply With Open Records Laws Brett Kavanaugh: Hawaiian Kingdom Hero? Process Begins for Maui County to Acquire a Portion of Wailuku Water Company Case, Cavasso agree on updating Jones Act Call for Nominations for UH Board of Regents New House-Senate Committee Chairs for 2018—Gun Control Nuts to Lead Key Committees Ige ‘Emergency’ Blocks Reopening of Geothermal Plant Will Legislators Speak out on Hiraoka Nomination? Abercrombie: Vote YES for ConCon HART Chair Explains P3 City may have to repay $8M, HUD warns Committee seeks candidates for Kamehameha Schools trustee position Honolulu police lieutenant charged with multiple tax violations Guam pushes for native-only vote on U.S. relationship $200M Flood Control Project for Ala Wai Canal Grading Maui councilmember attendance Harassment: Waters Campaign Gins Up Investigation Read More..

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 October 10, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 4909 Views Honolulu Rents Flat for Year City now accepting Grants in Aid applications Hawaii ACLU: DMV Must Allow Islamic Hijab HEI Rate Payers to Pony up $2.6B for 1055 MW of Batteries Did Mazie Hirono Blow Democrat Chances for House Takeover? His farm is buried under lava, but he can’t find relief from payments on his state agricultural loan No charges to be filed in missing evidence case After Tax Hike, Big Fat Pay Raises for Hawaii County Execs Sandbagging: Hawai‘i Convention Center seeks to Parlay Leaky Rooftop Door into $57M Contract Councilwoman proposes Vision Zero program to address spike in traffic deaths Read More..

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 October 9, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 3472 Views Ige Selling Judgeships? Nominates Campaign Manager for Appeals Court Gabbard Bill Would Require U.S. to be 100% fossil free by 2035 Mauna Kea: DLNR Helicopters to Exterminate Sheep Again Low voter turnout gives special interests even more power In Hawaii #MeToo is Fake Tupola agrees to include lieutenant governor candidates in debate ‘Monster-house’ plan would kill multi-generational homes Josh Green Exploits Police Shooting in Attempt to gain Control of Homeless Project Hindered by Inability to Lock Mentally Ill in Lunatic Asylum, Police Reduced to Begging, Offering Rides Tranny Gets Another Prize for Something or Other Federal judge awards former OCCC inmate $30K for 2015 beating Read More..

Monday, October 8, 2018 October 8, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 3744 Views Hawaii’s Largest Carbon Credit Scheme to be Evicted from its own HQ? Green Energy: Hawaii Gives Lots of Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires, Lags in Help to Low Income Residents Weather = Climate is Now Policy in Hawaii Tupola: Only Reporters Ask About Trump Local 5 hotel workers strike in Waikiki and Maui Task force calls for jail oversight committee State task force’s recommendations to the Legislature on pretrial procedures won’t contain any “big surprises,” Lunatic Shoots Up Neighbors House Because he was not Locked in Lunatic Asylum DLNR Wants Higher Boat Fees If You Don’t Vote On Constitutional Questions, You’ve Just Voted ‘No’ Read More..

Sunday, October 7, 2018 October 7, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:58 PM :: 3132 Views Guess Which Agency May Be Forgoing Millions in Federal Dollars? 'Shut Up': Why people elected Trump  Hirono Won’t Say Whether Harassing Senators in Restaurants is ‘Going Too Far’ Ige Nominates Hiraoka for Appeals Court HSTA Tax: Speaker Admits Renters Would Be Taxed Starting in 2 Years HSTA War on Poor: Average Renter Earns only $15.64/hr HSTA Renters Tax: Why One Teacher is Voting ‘No’ You now need to earn nearly $160K to buy a home on Oahu P3 plan to shift rail costs burdens future generations BWS: ANOTHER Massive Water Rate Hike 12.9% Obamacare Rate Hike for Kaiser State opens database of Rent-Seeking Behavior to public Game Rooms: With Godfather Dead, Criminals Begin Attacking Each Other HCCC responsible for 16 of state’s 23 mistaken inmate releases since 2013 Machete-Wielding Homeless Dude Shot by Police Outside State Capitol Read More..

Saturday, October 6, 2018 October 6, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 3352 Views HGEA Claims Another Pelt: DOCARE Chief Quits Gay Divorce: Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Lesbian Control Over Another Lesbian's Baby Maui 5th Lowest unemployment in USA, Oahu 7th HSTA Members to be Target of Anti-Bullying Enforcement The state wants to open 6 ‘ohana zones’ for the homeless—No Tents Allowed HART Ridership Numbers Grossly Exaggerated Two young girls hospitalized for Marijuana overdose Maui Liquor Commission Interferes with NRA Fundraiser Read More..

Friday, October 5, 2018 October 5, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 3760 Views Supreme Court to Hear Counties’ Challenge to HSTA Rent tax Constitutional Amendment Ballot Measure Will Raise Cost of Living -- Funds may not go to Public Education UH Glyphosate Study Debunked--Bee Death Story Is Bee-S Teach Your Children The Grievance Studies Scandal Isn’t Just A Problem For Academia Tax Hike on Renters? HSTA Trots out old Front Groups Harvard: Wind Farms Cause Global Warming Hawaii 3rd Richest State Per Capita  Election Countdown--Dates to Remember Renters Bristle at Prospect of HSTA Tax Hike Council’s Latest Affordable Housing Solution: Jail Builders Honolulu permit delays force Oahu contractors to lay off staff, organize coalition Losers Beat Winner: HGEA/UPW Resistance, Meddling Councilmembers Drive Out Hawaii Co Transit Boss DoH Plan to Save Oahu’s Lowest-Cost Energy Producer? DoE Bureaucratic Apple Polishing: Bullying to be More Serious Offence than ‘Hazing’?  Should Public Have More Input On Legislature’s Sexual Harassment Policies? Former student says he wasn’t immediately told he’d been spied upon Sec 8 Designed to Push Mentally Ill Back onto Streets Soft on Crazy: Schizo Criminal with Log Rap Sheet Escapes Mental Hospital Drug testing catches fewer isle workers No Con Con PAC Pops Up After Reporting Deadline Youth voter registration slightly declines in Hawaii, report finds High bacteria count at Waikiki beach: 'Swimming may make you ill' Read More..

Thursday, October 4, 2018 October 4, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 PM :: 3768 Views Caldwell Appoints Chief for Troubled Joint Traffic Management Center Fastest-Growing Cities in America--Honolulu 308th Pearl City: Lowest Percentage of Disabled in Poverty in USA Hirono: FBI Investigation a 'Farce' OHA hires new Chief Operating Officer ‘Big, Big Problem’ -- City can’t meet FTA deadline for rail funds Rail’s Public-Private Partnership Idea Is A Desperate Cry For Help DoE: Bullying, Sex Harassment to be Classed With Assault, Burglary and Possession of a Firearm Enviros Order Schatz to Stick it to Matson Voters Need To Know Sooner Who’s Paying To Influence Them Honolulu City Council wants to investigate building permit delays Council passes bills requiring studies before homeless encampment crackdowns Maui Psycho Killer Was Released from Lunatic Asylum Just before Rampage Hawaii County Council says no to bill for helping businesses affected by lava Easy Doctor Shopping Needed to Suicide Expensive Patients Read More..

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 October 3, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 3541 Views VIDEO: Case, Cavasso Debate Jones Act, Rail, Akaka Tribe Ray L'Heureux: A Vision for Changing Hawaii Guam case that echoes Rice v. Cayetano to be argued before Ninth Circuit at UH law school City Issues 467 ADU Permits--New Sewer Boosts Kaneohe ADU Capacity 2018 Digital States Survey Grades Hawaii B+ Hirono: Heretics Must be Excommunicated from Government Democrats Celebrate Serial Rapist Dan Inouye HART Diverts Millions from Rail Budget to Do HDOT’s Job Hawaii Citizen Initiatives: Designed to Fail Rising ocean could reach a mile inland or something Anti-bullying lawsuit gains momentum Hawaii’s criminal laws on domestic violence are convoluted and often result in unjust outcomes Should Psychologists Be Able To Prescribe Drugs? Child Molester Gets 90 Days Philippines evangelist accused of running a child sex ring Read More..

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 October 2, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 5873 Views Finally! OHA Is Being Audited for Fraud, Waste and Abuse Food Waste Recycling Program Makes Pigs Happy--But Costs City at H-Power HSTA Operatives Set School Protest in Push to Tax Renters Honolulu Make-A-Difference Month cleanups start this weekend HART Board Legally Ambiguous, Barely Able to Function, Can’t Figure Out How Many Members it Has DoE Pushing to Tax Low Income Hawaii Renters—Gives Big Fat Pay Hike for top DOE Execs $600K Campaign Against HSTA Rent Tax     Mayor claims City Council is trying to stall efforts to move homeless from parks, sidewalks Homeless Shelter Opens at Underused HYCF Latest game room shootings has some state lawmakers pleading for tougher enforcement Soft on Crime: Out on Bail Gets ‘Second Chance’ to Shoot Same Victim Two Hawaii Counties Add Local Charge To State Excise Tax Council plays waiting game as Ruggles won’t return Facts, not fear, drive investments, improvements at Red Hill Read More..

Monday, October 1, 2018 October 1, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 2863 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 1, 2018 Caldwell Signs Bill to Bulldoze Affordable Housing Tent-Free Waianae Homeless Village Planned After 21 Convictions, Judge gives criminal another chance -- probation Read More..

Sunday, September 30, 2018 September 30, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 4412 Views Guess Which Agency Can Impose State Tax? Hirono: When I do it, it’s not Hypocrisy Rail: HART, city face tight deadlines Rail: Hanabusa People Complain About P3 What’s a Hawaii election without a trick question? Puna Sovereignty Councilmember Case Really an Oahu Foreclosure Scam Kauai: Ousted BNB Owner Has His Revenge on Kagawa Kauai – 200 Mental Patients Being Cut Off Hurricane Danger?  Give More Ratepayer Money to Solar Scammers and Windfarms Puna: FAA Sued Over Helicopter Noise Hawaii Convention Center Starts Losing Money Again—And Making Excuses Maui: What it Takes to Fly One Homeless Dude Back to Mainland Soft on Crime: Criminal with Multiple Convictions Arrested After Father killed in Haleiwa Soft on Crime: 16 Priors Out on The Streets Does it Again Hawaii has long history of strict firearms laws Read More..

Saturday, September 29, 2018 September 29, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 3123 Views Hirono Fundraising Email Sent During Blasey-Ford Testimony HSTA Rent Tax: 14 Groups Support Counties Appeal to Supreme Court Stop Digging Deeper Pension Debt Years Later KOLEA System Still not 100% Compliant with Obamacare Requirements Audit of State DoD Accounts  Hawaii Construction Forecast: After Pullback, Construction Prospects Firm Financial Literacy: Hawaii Ranks 44th Unconstitutional Law Keeps Dues Money Flowing to Hawaii Public Employee Unions Case, Cavasso Debate Jones Act, Rail, Akaka Tribe Doped Up Sovereignty Activist Councilmember Calls Queens Hospital War Criminal or Something Brown Water: Windfarm a ‘Total Calamity’ for Reef -- $25K daily fine? 'Trust is being built’: Special police unit charged with helping homeless to expand islandwide Cost of long-delayed Iwilei homeless center skyrockets Avoid becoming a 'poverty paradise' Read More..

Friday, September 28, 2018 September 28, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 3221 Views Janus: Hawaii union law potentially unconstitutional New international maritime cabotage study released American Samoa Airline Cabotage Reform Coming DBEDT Report: Top 20 Occupations in Hawaii DoE Passes Buck While Girl has Seizure UH’s New Rules Would Bring Big Changes Atop Mauna Kea New Program to Keep Homeless Criminals out of Jail HPD Retiree Charged with Sex Assault Stolen Truck Chase and Crash—Multiple Felonies Got out after one year so he could have Another Chance to do it again Psycho Slasher Out After 4 years Hawaii’s Andria Tupola Speaks at NYU Can Hawaiian Activists Collect Rent from Salesforce.com?   Read More..

Thursday, September 27, 2018 September 27, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:05 PM :: 3317 Views Business Tax Climate--Hawaii Ranks 38th Hawaii Visitor Spending Increased 1.4 Percent to $1.41 Billion in August Kauai We Have a Problem Usual Suspects File Briefs Supporting Hawaii Open Carry Ban Hawaii Finance Commissioner Calls for Congress to Allow Marijuana Banking UH System Enrollment Down 1.2% Ige accepts TV debate, Tupola not yet HART dragging its feet on rail audit, Les Kondo says Honolulu rail board approves ‘public-private partnership’ plan for project’s last segment Counties Ask Supreme Court To Invalidate Ballot Measure For School Funds   Proposed rules for managing Maunakea lands draw fierce criticism Hawaii receives $120 million in disaster relief, more to come Pension problems Maui: Non-Existent Sea Level Rise is Excuse to Seize 200’ of Your Oceanfront Property Judge: NOAA can’t regulate fish farming under fisheries law 9th Circuit to Hear Guam Plebiscite Case at UH Law School Chuuk to Vote on Secession from FSM Still no news from AG’s office on now-retired Hawaii County PD Detective Allegedly Stealing Drugs from Evidence Locker ‘Chaos At Kamalani’: Why It’s So Hard To Run A Charter School Court deals major setback to condominium associations, attorneys Game Room Robber Release on Bail TWICE Anti-GMO Leader Quits Drinking After Sex Assault by Hawaii Liberal Activist Hirono catches heat for sending fundraiser email during hearing Read More..

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 September 26, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 4054 Views Former UH Manoa Anti-Trump Protester-- "Why I Left the Left" Trump official accused of violating Hatch Act for speech at Hawaii GOP fundraiser Hirono Rhetoric Backfires--"Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years" DoH Receives $8M Federal Grant to Fight Opioid Abuse DoH Report on Underage Transsexuals Makes no Mention of the Child Molesters who Victimize Them Engineers: Sea Life Park Falling Apart- A Disaster Waiting To Happen Rail: As Federal Clock Ticks, Caldwell, Martin, Robbins Form Circular Firing Squad  Hawaii Republican Infighting is not ‘fighting the good fight’ UH Survey: President Donald J Trump is More Popular than Ige, Caldwell, Legislature Muslim Assaults Hotel Worker, Claims to be Above the Law Issues at MCCC lead to $37,490 in fines Big Island: More Anti-Dairy Activism Red Hill fuel tank corrosion worse than expected Read More..

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 September 25, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 4310 Views Secret Report Ties Hawaii Youth Suicide Rate to HSTA Grab for HGEA Positions 'Education Tax' -- $21K per House Financial State of the States--Hawaii 45th--$31,600 Debt per Person Climate Action Plan: Preconceived Outcome Set for Public Meetings BWS to Subsidize Affordable Housing Property tax credit for homeowners with income under $60K Hawaii Cauliflower coral could be listed as endangered Hirono Uses Kavanaugh Accusation to Fundraise for Group Founded to 'MoveOn' from Monica Lewinsky Claims  FTA tells HART to find extra $134M for rail Hawaii Union Law Probably Unconstitutional under Janus Decision Gun pointed at police registered to embattled Honolulu attorney tied to Kealoha Coverup Suspect in Kalihi game room fight was out on bail awaiting retrial for murder of cab driver Gay Prostitute Makes Excuses for Threats Against State Women's Commission FBI: Violent crime ticked up in Hawaii last year, while number of property crimes declined No Fear of Confined Spaces: Blasey-Ford Flew to Hawaii and Back Hurricane Lane: Napili resort facing violations for unpermitted rock wall work Several Hawai`i Renewable Energy Projects Under Negotiation Maui Injection Wells Before US Supreme Court Read More..

Monday, September 24, 2018 September 24, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:07 PM :: 2938 Views Senator Hirono Didn’t Always Tell Men to ‘Shut Up’ and Believe Accusers Maunakea Administrative Rules Public Meetings No way new tax won’t cost us Hawaii: Worst State for Teachers Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 23, 2018 Cayetano: There Are Many Reasons To Oppose The Proposed ‘Education Tax’ HSTA ‘Give us money because we are unqualified’ Kauai Residents mull term limits for councilmembers Legal Weed Dealers Push Paltry 135lbs for June Homeless Drug Addicts Take over Ala Wai Community park Hawaii Obamacare Subsidy Worth a Pathetic $300K Read More..

Sunday, September 23, 2018 September 23, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 3516 Views Say It’s a Tax! Hawaii GOP: Our Ticket is United Video: Hirono Left Twisting in Wind as Blasey-Ford 'Witnesses' Refuse to Back Story Crippling Tribalism has Nation on Road to Ruin Ige: Four More Years of Nothing  Running mates at odds as Hawaii GOP kicks off campaign Tulsi Gabbard encouraged to run for president in 2020 HART’s P3 Secret: Lots of Market-Rate TOD  Bullying: DOE dodging responsibility at every opportunity BoE Member: Supporting HSTA Agenda IS Empowerment 1975: How Legislative Corruption Pushed Voters to Call  for Con-Con Homeless Outreach Court: 46% Accept Housing THC and newborns Judge dismisses suit against Hu Honua, county Read More..

Saturday, September 22, 2018 September 22, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:58 PM :: 3069 Views Rail in Default? Feds Give HART 60-Day Warning Strive HI -- How Did Your School Do? Can Aloha Poke Be Trademarked? Lawyer: Bisexual Guard Raped Prisoners at Halawa for Years FBI investigating officers over beating death of Big Island man, lawyer says Tourism (but not much else) is booming in Hawaii. Here's why that's a problem Read More..

Friday, September 21, 2018 September 21, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 2997 Views Hawaii district court strikes down law targeting pro-life pregnancy centers GOP surrogates rally at UH event for Trump and right-wing ideas Democrat Lawyers Tag Tulsi Gabbard 'CWILF' Hirono Took Money From Democrat Who Admitted to Hitting Wife Hawaii Student Debt Averages $25,125 UHERO: Hawaii's Growth Down, But Not Out Bullying App to Bring Students into DoE Retaliation System? Competitive Elections?  Hawaii Dead Last HSTA chief should stick to the facts Government Spending Will Not Solve Affordable Housing Problem Hawaii County Vacation rental bill gets nod from panel Second Amendment: George Young Heading for US Supreme Court Hawaii County Resists transparency for reservoir evacuations Feds Impose Big Fines over safety violations at Maui Community Correctional Center (again) Foreign homebuyers buy only 375 units in first half of 2018 Finding farming matches for old cane fields not so simple Salary Database Now Includes Hundreds Of Hawaii County Employees Read More..

Thursday, September 20, 2018 September 20, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 3426 Views UH Manoa Socialists Threaten to Throw Poop Hirono: FBI Should Investigate Witness Tampering Against Alleged Kavanaugh Accuser Expected: Hawaii Files For Ninth Circuit En Banc Ruling On Right To Bear Arms  Auditor: RCUH Goes 11 for 11 KITV4 Island News to host first General Election governor's debate—8 Days Before Election Day  HSTA: HGEA and UPW Hypocrites Should Share With Us DoE Spends $5000 per Student on SPED?  -- And Doesn’t Ask for Federal Funds Report: Hawaii students stumble in math Hawaii County Council reallocates GET surcharge proceeds to help pay for damages from Hurricane Lane Vacation rentals bill: City Panel Demands Greater Political Sacrifice by Councilmembers Pressure Pays Off -- Waianae Homeless to Abandon Tent City? Waimanalo NIMBYS -- After Finally Getting the Tweekers out of our Neighborhood, we don’t Want their Homeless Camp Disturbed Hawaii homeowners see average home equity gain of $30K Honolulu rail authority files condemnation suit against Kakaako business Honolulu airport considered one of the worst in the country Why Aren’t There More Women Judges In Hawaii? – Because They Don’t Apply Hawaii’s Soft-on-Crime Policy Leads to Child Death in Puerto Rico Read More..

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