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Sunday, July 15, 2018 July 15, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 3828 Views HB2748: $500,000,000 Hole in Budget Poll: Tupola 41 - Carroll 28 Poll: Ige Beats Hanabusa 44-40 Hanabusa coasts on leadership claims while vague on policy Puna Land-Swap Could Provide Answer Hawaii’s regressive “progressives” Abigail Kawananakoa records secret despite Supreme Court directive HGEA Still Whining about Maui’s hospital changeover, a year later Woman’s death from heroin overdose leads to dismantling of homeless camp Kauai Mayor Considers Lifting Ban on Vacation Rentals Kauai to kick off vote-by-mail Hawaii veterans work to rebuild, find a home for Barbers Point memorial New study finds rat eradication improves fisheries around islands Read More..

Saturday, July 14, 2018 July 14, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 3387 Views Push-Poll: Hanabusa Ahead 57-31 Cash: Carpenters super PAC to Help Make up for Hanabusa campaign shortfall SD23: Very Little Cash for Hee After he Quits Gubernatorial Race LG Campaign: Rich Tranny Loans Himself $442K Tupola Leaves GOP Challengers Behind In Campaign Money Race Kiaaina: 100% for the Akaka Tribe Hawaii County Charter Commission Sworn in Status of missing drug evidence case a mystery Read More..

Friday, July 13, 2018 July 13, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 4425 Views DoTax Chickens Out on Retroactive Internet Sales Tax Collection HB1895: Legislators Give Tobacco Lobbyists Sneaky Bonus How to resolve Hawaii’s public pension debt crisis Caldwell Proposes Reducing Regulatory Burden on Transportation Providers To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Corporate Income Taxes? Work together to implement Janus decision NextEra Execs Pay $20K for The Hanabusa Kealoha Case: Chief Cuckold’s Last Chance for a Deal? 'Arch enemies': Princess Kawananakoa's attorneys denounce foundation's board OHA Race: Esther Kia’aina Backed by Crabbe Cash Against Sam Wilder King II Microgrid Tariff: New Way to Transfer Ratepayer Money to Elon Musk City officials relocate 23 homeless to Shelter Soft on Crime: After 7-year Crime Spree, Criminal gets 5 years for Spear Attack (again) Coast Guard Medevacs Snorkeler from Molokini 25 Years Later—Developer Still Trying to Turn First Shovelful Read More..

Thursday, July 12, 2018 July 12, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:56 PM :: 4456 Views Hawaii Highest Energy Costs--Lowest Consumption CNBC: America's Top States for Business -- Hawaii 47th Letters being mailed to 44,000 impacted by storage crash of driver licensing documents The FCC is changing up the country’s emergency alert system to prevent another Hawaii incident City Terminates Watts Constructors’ Right to Work on Joint Traffic Management Center Homeless Criminals Overrun Lava Evacuation Centers—Scare Victims Away Waikiki: Bystanders Provide Attitude Adjustment to Homeless Criminal County approaches Shipman about housing for evacuees Star-Adv Runs OHA Waimea Valley Fluff Piece Council OKs Property Tax Break For Active-Duty Military Personnel The city opened its waitlist for rental subsidies for 4 days — and 11,000 households applied $46,000 of grant to Atay’s assistant is being withheld—Trinette Furtado Defends Atay, Bardellini Political Insiders Sell 850 Pounds of Weed Lawyer: Dozens of Homosexual Child Molesters Became Hawaii priests AG: Alleged Charity Scammer Busted Again Organic Food is a Fraud Why banning plastic straws upsets people with disabilities Unwanted Recyclables Catch Fire in Keaau Read More..

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 July 11, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:39 PM :: 3309 Views Senate Votes 72-27: Former AG Mark Bennett Confirmed to 9th Circuit Court Vote Sam King: Support Forensic Audit of OHA Are You Guilty of These? Department of Health begins implementation of new medicated cannabis amendments Ige Vetoes Massive TAT Hike Carbon Taxes: $855M Tax Hike Coming Tax Credit Junkies Grab for More Hawaii's Film Industry Hirono leaves door slightly open to voting for Kavanaugh More Hawaii Issues ‘Nationalized’ Kim: Don’t bar building in lava zones Affordable housing index drops for homes, condos Hawaii Supreme Court Confirms Lesbians are Mandatory Houseguests Tobacco Smoking, vaping banned at University of Hawaii campuses (OK if marijuana) US Court of Appeals: HPD officers used excessive force during deadly tasing near Iolani Palace Ala Moana Park Homeless Debacle Tourist attack in Waikiki by homeless ‘man’ Even Liberal California Judges Know That Anti-GMO Pesticide Claims are Garbage Read More..

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 July 10, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 PM :: 4170 Views Ige Signs Firearms Bills Including Bump Stock Ban Honolulu's Sidewalk Obstruction Prohibition Goes Island-Wide Tech Debacle: Hawaii v Ciber Stays in State Courts, Guaranteeing Big Money Payoff Ala Moana Park EIS Released for Public Comment Popular science news website promotes pesticide conspiracy theory Kau Charter School Shuttered Amid Criminal Investigation Best Cities to Drive in—Honolulu Scores 86th Hawaii--The most expensive place to live in America KIUC Paying $3.2 Million to Co-op Members Ige Vetoes Eight -- Allows Law Enforcement Standards Board to Become Law GEMS for Insiders: Polynesian Cultural Center First to Take Advantage of On-Bill Financing Katherine Kealoha had affair with Hawaii Co Fire Battalion Chief using money she stole from grandmother, feds say OHA Inspires Disillusionment For Hawaiians The annual money hunt begins for UH, stadium Arakawa Ads Take on Anti-GMO Mob Hawaii Co Councilmember was Paid Anti-GMO Lobbyist City boots contractor from delayed $54 million project Will State, Hawaii County Blow $2.7M on ‘Open Space’ Now Covered by Lava? Public safety officials submit plan for relocating, replacing OCCC Homeless: More Murder and Mayhem Read More..

Monday, July 9, 2018 July 9, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 2952 Views VIDEO: Make Hawaii Affordable Again Hawaii 11th Most Efficient Education System--When Cost of Living Taken into Account High Cost of Housing? 1978 State Constitution is the Problem Hanabusa Tried to Slip ‘Akaka Bill’ Thru Backdoor Deal Anti-GMO Corruption: Atay Gives $100,000 to his Thuggish Executive Assistant Jitters resurface over rail costs What Honolulu Rail Planners Can Learn From Puerto Rico Professional Licensing: It is easier to become a cop in Hawaii than to become a massage therapist or hair stylist. Public schools could soon be open for business Read More..

Sunday, July 8, 2018 July 8, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 3468 Views If You Don’t Rock the Boat, How Do You Change Its Direction? Hanabusa: Mafia is Good for You and Me Star-Adv: A Vote for Hanabusa is a Vote for Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities Everywhere Gov. David Ige wins over environmentalists Hawaii News Now enables Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign hypocrisy ACLU prepares to sue to Keep the Homeless out of Shelters Volunteers build additional shelters for evacuees Senate 19 Candidate Kurt Favella Catches Illegal Grease Dumper Surfrider Discovers Unwanted Kauai Garbage is Good Propaganda Tool Decades of Anti-Geothermal Hype Dismissed Easily Read More..

Saturday, July 7, 2018 July 7, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 4112 Views Recording Employees: HART’s evasiveness troubling Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898 July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii Nago Reverses: Opens Pahoa Polling Place for Lava Evacuees Hawaii Timeshares Average 92% Occupancy in First Quarter 2018 Hawaii's First Hemp Growers Licensed Unions Conspire with State to Illegally Continue Fee Collection for Non-Union Employees     Perreira Makes AFL-CIO Endorse Mafia Candidate Hanabusa Abigail Kawananakoa Foundation seeks to enter legal dispute over $200M fortune Opiate and cocaine use up, marijuana down in second quarter Star-Adv: Lets Pretend Erosion is Something New and its Caused by Sea Level Rise North Korea Slams U.S. ‘Gangster-Like’ Demands at Nuclear Talks Read More..

Friday, July 6, 2018 July 6, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 3224 Views After Years of Hype: Hawaii Electricity Still 82.4% Coal and Oil Public lodging and island-wide sidewalk obstruction bills submitted to City Council Only One Jones Act Ship Used in Iraq War The Jones Act: A Burden America Can No Longer Bear Blue Cross: Hawaii Lowest Rate of Diagnosed Major Depression Strictest And Most Lenient States on Speeding and Reckless Driving Honolulu Auditor Announces Next Audit Plans   Lawmakers won’t override Ige vetoes After lawsuit Threat: State Suddenly ‘confident’ it will open Pahoa polling place Kamehameha Schools to pay $5M in case involving former teacher accused of recording students in the shower Will Dead Homosexual Child Molester be Removed from Punchbowl? Eviction case against former employees of Hawaiian heiress dismissed Young Brothers Grabs for $7.8M Rate Increase   Obamacare Grafted into Prepaid Same old Tricks from Maui Liquor Commission Coco Palms Grifters No-Show at Court Hearing Homeless Village May Get A New Neighbor: A 150-Foot Radio Tower Biki Getting 40% More Docking Stations Rent-Free Read More..

Thursday, July 5, 2018 July 5, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 4001 Views Who Wants to Kill OHA's Forensic Audit? Department of Hawaiian Home Lands: Broken Promises SCHHA: Danner Confab Set for July 14-15 Former ILWU Stevedores Division Director slapped with federal indictment after alleged theft To Force Homeless into Shelters--Can ACLU Obstructionism be defeated? People returned to subdivision buried by lava in 1990 — could it happen again? DoE Discourages Teachers Faster than UH Can Graduate New Ones Shopping bag fee reduces spending August 11 -- 30% of Voters Will Decide Everything Campagna keeps pushing for debate 36% of Hawaii Candidates are Female Maui policymakers should consider a spending cap Homeless Drug Addict Attacks Woman at Ala Moana Park Drugs Behind Doubling on Foster Care Children on Kona Side of Big Island Residents in lava-ravaged lower Puna have a new concern: An uptick in crime Read More..

Wednesday, July 4, 2018 July 4, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 2860 Views Akina: Where is the "Forensic" Audit OHA Trustees Promised? Rate Hikes Coming: Matson Christens Big Overpriced Inouye Boat The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July Who Has Freedom and Who Doesn’t? Don’t forget the sunscreen today HGEA Endorses Mercado Kim for Congress Elle Cochran Bought n Paid for by Maui Developers Cochran seeks to extend Central Maui moratorium on sand mining Maui: Professional managing director proposal deferred As LG Tsutsui Never Showed Up for Cabinet Meetings The U.S. has borne the Jones Act long enough Hawaii Hospitals Short on … Oxycontin? Low Quality Academics Make UH Manoa Students 6th Most Unhappy in USA Calling All Cronies: ‘Solar without a roof’ program set to debut Read More..

Tuesday, July 3, 2018 July 3, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:14 PM :: 4254 Views ACLU Demands Pahoa Voters be Allowed to Register and Vote in Person on Election Day Reorganizing the HTA Ige Appoints Four New Members to HTA Board Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How They Voted July 2, 2018 HART Seeks Applicants to Fill Board Vacancy  To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Individual Income Taxes? Designed to Fail: Local 5 Pushing Subprime Mortgage Scheme UH Cancer Center Keeps National Cancer Institute designation Hanabusa: Elect Me and I Will Build Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities Everywhere Grants in Aid: Kidani, Yamane, Maluafiti Send Themselves $126K Trump Revokes Obama’s Anti-Asian School Admissions Policy Feds: Honolulu Rail Is Still Short By $134 Million Honolulu rail’s price tag now estimated at $8.3 billion, up $100 million Sen. Espero To Gov. Ige: ‘Huge Mistake’ To Veto Police Board Last call today for changes to Maui County Charter Sunscreen Ban Based on Junk Science Gap widens between arrivals and hotel occupancy: is Airbnb the reason? Hawaii officials eye a new approach to tourism Charter School Principal Calls It Quits After A Year Soft on Crime: Police searching for man with 17 prior convictions after parole violation State Religion Celebrates Sinners’ $0.15 Tithe Read More..

Monday, July 2, 2018 July 2, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:18 AM :: 4972 Views Best States to Start a Business? Hawaii 50th Hawaiian Legislative Report Card Released Ray L’Heureux Should Have Been Included in Republican Debate Cocaine Dealer’s Wife Raises $139K in Council Bid Sam King for OHA Trustee Doug Chin was Lobbyist for CCA Private Prisons HEMIC:  We Will Not Buy Weed for Oxy Addicts Don’t Veto The New Police Certification Board Read More..

Sunday, July 1, 2018 July 1, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 4347 Views It’s Not Easy Bein’ — an Employer State Payroll Modernization Readies for ‘Group 2’ Rollout 60,000 – 80,000 Lots to be Wiped Out? Ban on new construction in lava zones proposed Hawaii Union Bosses Have No Idea How to Extract Money from Workers Without Compulsion Tulsi Gabbard: Hypocrisy is as Hypocrisy Does Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, once a thorn in scandal-plagued DNC’s side, gets taste of her own medicine Fewer women applying for judge positions in Hawaii Does it matter that Kaniela claims to be progressive? Councilmember Elle Cochran apologizes for FY 2019 rate increases Atay’s Anti-GMO Thug assistant is barred from Maui Council Services floor, ag offices Read More..

Saturday, June 30, 2018 June 30, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:40 PM :: 3421 Views Are Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg For or Against Religious Hostility? Hawaii ranks 24th in national child well-being Judge in Kawananakoa eviction case was on Family Payroll Hawaii County Council Stops Pretending -- passes $40M GE tax increase HELCO Scores $290M Rate Increase $8 an hour: That's how much Hawaii child care workers earn when cost of living is factored in  Margin of Error: Gabbard Maybe Less Popular than Hirono  Challenger criticizes Gabbard for ducking debate Former Unity House Scammers Still Harassing  Waikiki Beachboys Read More..

Friday, June 29, 2018 June 29, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 4072 Views Hawaii Sierra Club Leader Hit With $1000 per day SMA Fines Caldwell: Outlaw Homeless Blocking Public Facilities While Refusing Shelter Space City Vans Shuttle Chinatown Homeless to Waianae May Tourism Spending up 11%--Arrivals up 7% Former HPD Officer Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Hawaii public unions must adapt to new reality DLNR Public Land Trust Database Now Open to Public DBEDT: "Population and Economic Projections for the State of Hawaii to 2045" Bumpy Kanahele Grifts for $300M—Gets Help from Ige Hounded by Senators, Hawaii Tourism Authority board votes to fire president and CEO George Szigeti Sudden Media Focus on False Missile Alert Designed to Put Hanabusa Over The Top Commission recommends 14% increase in TheBus and TheHandi-Van fare Big Island: Tallying The Growing Cost Of A Multimillion-Dollar Eruption Star-Adv: Pregnancy Centers Should Not Have Free Speech Supreme Court overturns gag order in case of child who died in foster care Civil Beat Wins Right To Intervene In HPD Arbitration Case Maui County Liquor Comm: Testifiers cite fear of retribution, changing rule interpretations; audit is underway Feds sue HMSA for alleged discrimination against disabled workers Sex abuse victims from decades ago will have another chance to file claims Read More..

Thursday, June 28, 2018 June 28, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 2999 Views Accused OHA Mis-Spenders -- Why You Should Vote for Them Anyway HSTA Endorses Moriwaki for SD12-Kakaako Hawaii 9th-Most Reliant on Sales Taxes Trump OKs federal aid for Oahu and Kauai victims of April floods   Council Chair: Jail Affordable Home Builders Housing for Lava Victims--Hawaii County Proposal Due in Two Weeks Rowena Akana Sues State Ethics Comm Political Intrigue: What This Consultant Is Doing In Hawaii Is A Mystery Puna residents complain of squatters, looters and thieves TSA to Fine Honolulu Airport $25M for Security Violations? State Cyber Security: ‘We Have Been Very Lucky’ Honolulu City Council considers a resolution designating Chinatown as a "slum" 69 public schools offer free summer meals. But most kids don't claim them Read More..

Thursday, June 28, 2018 Letters to the Editor, June, 2018 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:01 AM :: 3597 Views Ray L’Heureux Should Have Been Included in Republican Debate Hawaii Act 200 of 2017 on Shaky Ground Why does the Jones Act continue to be tolerated? Read More..

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 June 27, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 4486 Views Supreme Court Rules Government Unions Cannot Force Workers to Pay Dues False Missile Alert: HGEA Members Sleeping on the Job Misunderstanding Economics: Interview with Paul Brewbaker Maui Planning Department Finalizes Short-Term Occupancy List HUD: $93,000 now considered 'low income' on Oahu No guarantees for renter in property tax proposal New Dialysis Clinic Sits Empty for Three Years Waiting for HGEA Inspection HNN to host Republican debate featuring gubernatorial candidates HART moving toward public-private partnership 10 questions about rail that have had very little discussion Hawaii is #1 state for nurse burnout, according to study Report ranks Hawaii one of the best states for LGBTQ ‘families’ New law requires Computer Science in public school curriculum Act 48: No Auction required for Derelict Vehicles Civil forfeiture law needs reform Snorkel Rentals Kill: Elderly woman dies while snorkeling in waters off Poipu Read More..

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 June 26, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 4297 Views Travel Ban Upheld 5-4 Supreme Court voids part of crisis pregnancy center law Ige Releases 'Intent to Veto' List Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to Host Open Houses VIDEO: "This Is Not A Drill: 38 Minutes That Changed Lives." Volcano? What Volcano? Hawaii Hotel Occupancy Up 1.5% for May Hawaii Governor intends to veto resort tax bill State releases hundreds of pages of communications related to false missile alert Korematsu Overruled by 5-4 US Supreme Court How Hawaii Governor Candidates Would Handle Burgeoning Pension Debt Ruggles drops out of Puna council race HB2729: Allow vaping for Marijuana—Ban it for Tobacco City services, DMVs back up and running after daylong outage Biofuel Murders Orangutans Haoles are Just Another Ethnic Voting Bloc Read More..

Monday, June 25, 2018 June 25, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 2920 Views Sierra Club Endorses Ige for Reelection Kakaako Senate Race: HSTA, Moriwaki Co-Sponsor Homelessness Forum Election Officials Mail Absentee Ballots to Voters Affected by Lava HPD: We Need Institutionalization to Help Honolulu’s Mentally Ill Puna: Bumbling Scott Nago Gives Hanabusa an Issue to Exploit McDermott: The Problem is Illegal Immigration Developer questioned on number of affordable units in its Ala Moana project NELHA: One Subsidized Failure Morphs into Another Military details $1 billion radar on Oahu to detect possible missiles Read More..

Sunday, June 24, 2018 June 24, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:40 PM :: 2686 Views Akina: Caldwell makes right call on ride-hailing Travel Ban, Forced Union Dues Decisions Coming in Supreme Court's Final Week Pray I Don’t Alter It Any Further Special Session?  Wait Until After August 11 Primary Felix: Forensic audit needed for rail project Designed to Fail: OIP’s current difficulties are self-imposed FEC Will Get Ing Young Brothers seeks 11.05% rate hike Yukimura: How I have kept Affordable Housing to a Minimum on Kauai for Decades More judges can ease caseloads Special court helps direct homeless criminals to services rather than jail or fines Rides to shelters help clear homeless off Honolulu sidewalks Civil War guns spark Hawaii classroom conflict Read More..

Saturday, June 23, 2018 June 23, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 3284 Views PUC Orders $107M Hawaii Electric Rate CUT--Thanks to President Donald J Trump Supreme Court Legalizes Internet Sales Tax--And Hawaii May Get Nothing Interior Announces Funds to Extend Yap Robotics League Program to Pohnpei, Chuuk Caldwell: Creating HART was a Mistake Caldwell Wants Council to Approve City Bonds for rail—Doesn’t Have Very Convincing Sales Pitch Raid of attorney's home connected to massive public corruption case New UBER bills introduced Cataluna: Voters Need to teach Joker Kaniela Ing a Lesson  Star-Adv: Ing betrays trust of donors Closed voting sites and early absentee ballots raise concerns in Puna Charter school co-founder looks to future after eruption OHA Passes out Cash in Hanalei Elon Musk Abandons 14 Gigantic Solar Farms Read More..

Friday, June 22, 2018 June 22, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4868 Views Flashback 2016: Caldwell, Hanabusa Agree to Stop Rail at Middle Street Honolulu Rail -- Most Expensive Per Capita in World History Local 5 Hotel Workers Endorse Ige--Firefighters Endorse Hanabusa Honolulu: Eleven Professions with no Money Left Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Leaves a Dinosaur-Sized Economic Footprint in State of Hawaii State Gives Away $900K to Manufacturers  SNOPES: Did Fracking Cause Volcanic Activity on Hawaii’s Big Island? 84% of teachers choosing to leave Hawaii due to high cost of Housing—State Land Needed to Solve Problem Another CPS Failure: Child sex crimes, prostitution alleged at Nuuanu home for naked parties Thirty Meter Telescope back in hands of Hawaii Supreme Court Back again: Hawaii County GE Tax Hike to be heard June 29 How Low Is Hawaii Voter Turnout? Fake Recycling: 40 Tons of 'Recycled’ Plastic from Kauai Dumped in Indonesia EACH MONTH Honolulu media lapdogs ignore homeless center mystery School Choice? Hawaii Taxes 529 Plans for K-12 'We probably will not ever return.' Park official reflects on Kilauea's past, present, and future Read More..

Thursday, June 21, 2018 June 21, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:31 PM :: 4180 Views Caldwell: Loosen Taxi Regs for Everybody Would Pele Play Favorites? More Than 8 Cents of Each State Revenue Dollar Goes to Medicaid UHERO: Wind and Solar will Drive up Electric Rates a Lot More Supreme Court Legalizes Internet Sales Tax Rep. Kaniela Ing fined more than $15K for campaign spending violations Lava from Kilauea volcano wipes out nearly $375M in Hawaii real estate market value Treat Hawaii’s Housing Shortage Like The Disaster It Is Here’s The Spending That Got OHA Incumbents In Trouble A fight over royal property: who owns the heiress' home, the family or her previous employees? Church breaks ground on village of micro-homes for lava evacuees OIP hits back at Civil Beat, again. Hawaii Recycling is a Feel Good Exercise Which Wastes massive Amounts of Energy and Money Emergency permitting for Hanalei Flood Victims Water Diversions from Ag Land Will Lead to Massive Condo Developments in Central Maui Kauai: Activists, Tourism Industry Expect to Use Instream Flow Assessment to Block Dairy Farm Homosexual Molester was UH Athletic Dep’t Doctor Read More..

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 June 20, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 3486 Views FCC Approves Cincinnati Bell Takeover of Hawaiian Tel To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Property Taxes? Why does the Jones Act continue to be tolerated? Hawaii 6th Most Independent State? County, state legislators working on plan for special session to help Puna Hawaii County Council rejects proposal to raise general excise tax Caldwell veto of bill to cap surge pricing reframes issue Honolulu only metro to see single-family home rents decline New Kakaako Rules Restrict Resale for 10 Years Frustrated child welfare workers appeal to state lawmakers for help Officials estimate Kuhio Hwy repairs to cost $80M after historic floods Added stress: Lava evacuees struggle with thieves, trespassers Dispensary Law is Latest Justification to Bust Puna Doper Parallel road proposed for Waianae Coast Snorkel Rentals Kill: Another Near-Death Experience Saving Hawaii’s GOP: A Tough Job For 3 Candidates For Governor Read More..

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 June 19, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 4858 Views Hawaii Hotel Workers Win Right to Refuse to Pay Union Dues New Campaign Highlights 680 Beer Distribution Jobs in Hawaii Cat-Obsessed Animal Liberation Nuts Blamed for Monk Seal Deaths UH Updates BoR on Maunakea Stewardship Before Supreme Court Hearing Hawaii County Council Urges special session over State Land for Lava Victims Unsealed documents show Katherine Kealoha’s secret deal with HPD-Connected drug defendant SB2343: Lawyer-Laden Legislature Keeps Courts Jammed Ethics: Council Not Sure it Wants Officials to be Truthful  Final vote on proposed Hawaii County GET increase set today Volcano Destroys 400 TVRs -- Hawaii County Council Waits Til July 10 to Finish Them Off 817 people register for FEMA assistance after Kilauea eruption on Hawaii's Big Island Did the floods and the lava affect unemployment? State kicks off pilot aimed at filling high-need jobs more quickly Poll: Tax Reform: Good or Bad for Hawaii? Will Al Gore’s Electric Bus Scam Trick Kauai? City extends homeless center on Sand Island Is Honolulu Hale Making City Staffers Sick? Read More..

Monday, June 18, 2018 June 18, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 3591 Views Maui BnB Bill Beyond Draconian Rule 48: Lawyers Play Delaying Game with Deadly Effect Many Open Seats on Kauai Every moment a wind turbine Stops spinning, Hawaii’s people and wildlife benefit PUC: Big Island to get More Expensive Windfarms and Solar Farms New tax credit to health professionals who train Read More..

Sunday, June 17, 2018 June 17, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 3368 Views Can’t You Just Change the Agenda? HART Board to Discuss Public-Private Partnerships  Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card -- Hawaii Stuck on 'F' Education for Politicians: HGEA Fickle, Untrustworthy  Star-Adv: Ige Should Veto TAT Hike Public hearing Monday on Hawaii County general excise tax increase TMT back in court Supply key to housing crisis Accident survivor relies on rideshare Repeated delays in case shows inherent frustrations ‘Personality Traits’—Liberals latest Excuse for Keeping Asian Americans out of good Colleges $60K Nuisance Money for Fired Maui Film Commissioner UH Athletics Still Losing Money Read More..

Saturday, June 16, 2018 June 16, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 3154 Views HART violating FTA funding agreement? Never too late to ‘Audit the rail’ Special Ed: DoE Loses Class Action Suit Filed for 495 Students Kauai Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Manufacturing Child Pornography PUC: Geothermal Shutdown Means Higher Rates, Dirtier Air OHA to host flood relief outreach events on Kauai Chief Justice Appoints Shimozono, Yoo, Hiatt, and DeWeese as District Court Judges Ige: Ban Construction in Lava Zone 1 – Hanabusa not so Sure Big Island residents line up at Disaster Recovery Center seeking assistance Electric Car Plan Will Cost Ratepayers Your Outdated U.S. Sunscreen Exposes You to Needless Cancer Risk Read More..

Friday, June 15, 2018 June 15, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 3565 Views Audit: State Asset Forfeiture Program -- 30 Years Without Rules HART board member calls for forensic audit of rail Hawaii Supreme Court Limits Jurisdiction of Civil Rights Commission PUC seeks public comment on Electric Vehicle road map Trump Approves Federal Individual Assistance for Volcano Victims  Expedited Building Permits for Hanalei Flood Victims Caldwell Admin Blocks Ethics Commission Audit Psychiatrist: Kawananakoa Does Not Have Mental Capacity Hawaii Will Pay $10.25 Million To Settle Special Education Lawsuit Former DoTax head Makes Excuses, Gets Maui Job Allegations surface of equipment misuse for profit by DLNR employees Chinatown Homeless Mess: "I've been punched, kicked, spat on, people tried to steal my car" Changing minds about GMOs Hawaii Green Energy Insiders: Government Needs Flexibility to Selectively Crush Anarcho-Capitalism Read More..

Thursday, June 14, 2018 June 14, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 4543 Views June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii Sam King for OHA: I will work with Trustees to enact change Is the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on Fire? Mapping 2018 Tax Reform Hawaii—Need $75K Income to Afford 2br Apartment Ige Requests Federal Individual Assistance for Volcano Victims Hawaii mayor wants to relocate those displaced outside zones one or two Local 5 Trust Fund to Build Affordable Housing on State Land LG Race: Pro-Rail Super PAC Spending A Quarter-Million Dollars to Stop Tokuda Blood Bank Paying A High Price In Its Dispute With Honolulu Rail Officials Hawaii first state to ban Ag pesticide, bowing to Hysteria Scammers Busted for ‘Local Food’ Fraud Chinatown Bumfights: Homeless Drug Addicts Mayhem at 2AM Homeless Tweeker Gets 5 Years for Hammer Attack Frustration grows for Oahu residents renewing drivers licenses  Take the time now to understand the ‘Con Con’ question Read More..

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 June 13, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 3950 Views HGEA Endorses Hanabusa Community Discussion on Electric Utility Regulatory Models Wind Farms Request Permission to Kill More Bats, Petrels, and Nene As eruptions continue, land swap eyed for hundreds of evacuees Homeless Drug Addicts Prey on Volcano Victims Family of 9-year-old Big Island girl who starved to death is suing the state for wrongful death Coco Palms: Latest Crackpot Lawsuit Laughed out of Court Anti-GMO Nuts Try Using Term Limits Against Opponents Hawaii County Ethics: Non-Bid Sole Source Professional Services Contract OK Hawaii’s New Fossil Fuel Generator Hawaii is one of few states where ticket scalping is legal Criminals Happy With July 1 plastic bag ban After 45 Convictions and 4 Probation Violations, Criminal Gets 10 Years Honolulu sees negative rent growth for apartments Front Street: How Fake are Affordable Housing Laws? The Crusade To Keep Hawaii Kids Fed by Someone Besides their Parents This Summer Read More..

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 June 12, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 4941 Views Summit: US Security Guarantees for North Korean Denuclearization--Peace Treaty Next Public-Private Partnerships in Hawaii Best States for Working Dads--Hawaii 25th Local 5 Wants Ige to Veto TAT Hike Carpenters Council, PRP Launch New Front Group –‘Be Change Now’ Election already won for 4 candidates Hawaii Politics Has Never Been For Sissies A Republican Governor Would Bring New Uncertainty To Rail Project 410 people in emergency shelters “are never going back to their homes.” Church begins construction on second shelter village for lava evacuees Opioids: “For Once it’s Good to be 50th” More Thugs Join Former Unity House Scammers to Harass Waikiki Beach Boys Two Homeless Dudes Attack Woman on Bicycle  Feds: Alleged Pimp Bribes, Threatens Witnesses from FDC UH contracts now include buyout protections That Everybody Else adopted Years Ago Read More..

Monday, June 11, 2018 June 11, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 5695 Views Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom Gabbard a Lonely Vote for Russia in Congress SB2699: TAT on Everything Hotels Do Will Same-Day Registration Make a Difference for Voter Turnout? Maui: Climate change, open space and land management strategies primed for ballot Hanabusa Once Picked Ige for Transparency Initiative Socialist Uber Study Full of Errors Push for Homeless Tent Cities Based on NIMBYism Shelter fatigue: Stress takes toll on lava evacuees Value of Hawaii’s seed crop drops 19% Read More..

Sunday, June 10, 2018 June 10, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:45 PM :: 3129 Views What Does State Constitution Say About Balanced Budget? Nanawale on Alert After Small Breakout Near Lava Tree Just home from Iraq, air traffic controllers answer call for Volcano Relief Culture of accountability results in academic successes at Kamehameha III Elementary Travel Ban? Janus? Supreme Court Poised for Blockbuster Finish Why are isle residents struggling, income-wise? Most People Don’t Know who the Politicians Are Difficult to take Hawaii Republicans seriously Star-Adv:  Don’t put ceiling on ridehail fares Loss of Geo Plant Jacks up Big Island Electric Bills In Latest Effort to Shut Down Fishing Industry, Enviros Re-Classify Opah into Five Species Hawaii County Police say changes made after evidence in high-profile cases compromised Read More..

Saturday, June 9, 2018 June 9, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3652 Views Attention Friends and Family: Puna Volcano and Kauai Floods Spur OHA Cash Giveaway Tax Collections Soar for FY2018 HB2748: Ige Signs Housing Bill  GEMS-Funded Crony Capitalist Developer Converting ‘Affordable’ Hawaii Kai Rentals Into Condos Volunteers, Church Quick-Build Homes for Volcano Victims  As Volcano Burns Neighborhood Punatics Continue to Obsess Over Clean Geothermal Plant Bag Tax: Eco Religion Makes Whipping People Down Easy -- We Should Do It More Often Honolulu Council Voters to Force Tax payers to foot the bill of private attorneys for Kaneshiro, Kealoha Democrat Lt Gov Candidates: Push Moratorium on Development and More Weed for the People HSTA Refuses to Endorse Hughey in HD8 Race Read More..

Friday, June 8, 2018 June 8, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 2978 Views UPW Endorses Ige, UHPA Endorses Hanabusa Ige Releases $12M for Volcano Response 'Surge pricing' ban will hurt Honolulu consumers As least we’re not as bad as California Hawaii #3 in Sin Taxes S2980: Missile Defense for Hawaii, Alaska VA Reform: Mission Act streamlines community care options for veterans Filing Open Until June 22 for Ewa Beach Senate Dist 19 Race Nago Closes Puna Polling Places—Absentee-Only for Lava Zone No Serious Challengers for November--Dems Control Hawaii Congress races Hawaii County GE Tax Faces June 19 Council Vote New housing now critical on Hawaii island Kauai Councilman: Since TVRs are Shut Down, They Should be Given to Flood Victims Jones Act drives up everyone’s costs Status Update: Four Hawaii Climate Change Legal Actions Health Beat: Bring Back The Mental Hospitals Suicide up 18% in Hawaii Hawaii: Abortion to Lose $830K Federal Subsidy Eruption Threatens Future Of Some Big Island Charter Schools Federal funding may finally flow for Ala Wai Canal flood control Honolulu agency tasked with determining Uber, Lyft price cap opposes measure Loss of Uber Means More Drunk Drivers, Highway Deaths Read More..

Thursday, June 7, 2018 June 7, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 3103 Views A Housing “Boom” and a Volcanic “Bang” Cam Cavasso for Congress Dist 1 Little Pink House Coming to Hilo Is the Hawaii Convention Center Profitable? UH Manoa Ranks 302nd in Survey of 800 Universities Honolulu Council Sneaking City Funds into Rail Project via Bond Sale Honolulu Budget: $214M for Rail Honolulu Council approves 1st ride-hailing price cap in US Hawaii County Council Uses Volcano as Excuse for GE Tax Hike Mauna Kea Oral Arguments Set for Hawaii Supreme Court Kauai Council Votes to Exploit Flooding to Eradicate ‘Commercial Uses’ Volcano Sets New Record for Destruction of Homes How Hawaii made its lava disaster worse Maui County Carnival seeks relief from high shipping costs Will City Spend $4M to Fix Pig Feed System That Ain’t Broken? System Working Hard to Keep Drug Addicts Alive Impressing Democrats by Bashing Trump—So Easy a Mazie Could Do it Read More..

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 June 6, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 3748 Views Ige Volcano Proclamation: 'Make State Lands Available for Housing' Safest States--Hawaii Ranks 8th Elections: 394 Candidates Pull Papers -- 327 File -- 4 Withdraw VIDEO: 500 More Homes Destroyed--Kapoho Bay Fills with Lava A Sneaky Way to Approve City Funds for Rail Hawaii Missile Defense Radar--Public Meetings Set for EIS Very Few Republicans Running—Aug 11 Primaries Will Decide Many Races Hee, Lee, Cabanilla, Wooley: Legislative Retreads Want to Get Back in the Game Ed Case joins crowded race for Congress, but some see him as a front-runner Ige, Kim: Fast-Track Temporary Housing Proclamation: Make state lands available for housing Book Being Ghost-Written for Gabbard Ige signs bill requiring study of sea-level rise before building Anti-TVR Charter Amendment on Maui Ballot TVR Regs Working Way Through Hawaii County Council Gary Hooser Eliminates Himself from Consideration Hawaii Legislators are a bunch of Misogynists Snorkeler Almost Killed Thanks Rescuers ‘Complete Streets’ key issues ignored Anti-Uber Bill 35 to be Voted Today Read More..

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 June 5, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 4724 Views Elections: 390 Candidates Pull Papers -- 282 File -- Today is Last Day to File Hee Quits Gubernatorial Race--Will Run for Senate 23 or LG Hawaii: New Greenhouse Gas Rules Just as Fake as Renewable Energy Rules Land Swap: A plan to help those displaced by lava Ed Case Pulls Papers To Enter Hawaii Race For Congress Kaniela Ing Faces More Campaign Finance Questions — This Time From Feds Budget: More Tax Hikes -- ‘Easy Money’ on Kauai Bill 35: “Uber service on Oahu is at risk” Hawaiian Airlines says volcanic eruption led to modest drop in bookings Rents for single-family homes in Hawaii on the decline After Accepting Shelter, 11 Homeless Get Jobs Court Ruling Gives Usual Anti-Military Activists an Angle of Attack Against Pohakuloa Anti-Sunscreen Hysteria Part of Scheme to Force Approval of New Ingredients? Read More..

Monday, June 4, 2018 June 4, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 3252 Views Hawaii: Highest Government Surplus--Lowest Median Household Income Hint for Hawaii in Gay Cakes Decision: Supremes Rip ‘Civil Rights’ Commission HART Audit: ‘Big Brother is Watching’ Councilman Catches Caldwell appointee using City Resources to Campaign for Tommy Waters Audit: Honolulu Parks Could Save Millions By Reducing Potable Water Use How ‘Innovation Grants’ are Spent at DoE Schools Sierra Club criticizes state Health Department proposal for Red Hill fuel tanks Read More..

Sunday, June 3, 2018 June 3, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 3427 Views Lava Covers Four Corners, Hundreds of Homes Cut off Auditor: OHA Openly Violates HRS10-17 Nepotism Sam King: Its Time to Fix OHA! Public Hearing: New Rules for Scheduling Surf Contests Conservative Forum of Hawaii Closes Books After Decade of Activity State IT: Several Measures Await Governor’s Signature 2017: Google Generates $171M of Economic Activity in Hawaii Auditor: Two Years Later State Scores 2-2-1 on IT  The California Stupidity Fund, Part 2 Ige, Kim: Lava Victims Need Permanent Homes – not Tent Cities Shapiro: Building in Lava Zone no Different than Building Rail in Inundation Zone Fear-Mongering Anti-Geothermal Activists Hope End to Plant Gabbard Record on Human Rights ‘Very Disappointing’ Man shot by police was a former corrections officer with a troubled history SB2407: Marijuana to be Sold to Drug Addicts Mass Eco-Tourism: Tight Parking and Overflowing Porta Potties Maui: Real Estate Mogul Controls List of Anti-GMOs Idiots Running in 2018 Maui Council: Will County Voters Get Crack at Manager? 20 Candidates File for Kauai Council—6 for Mayor  ‘Complete Streets’ just an excuse for government to spend Caldwell’s Dim Bulbs Slow Business in Chinatown Read More..

Saturday, June 2, 2018 June 2, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:22 PM :: 4585 Views Auditor: $500K IUCN Grant Left out of OHA Annual Report HB2501: Ige Signs Hawaii Promise Scholarship Bill UHERO: Healthy county economies face growing pains Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Volcano $0.15 Bag Tax Hits Oahu Starting July 1 Auditor: City Parks and Recreation Fails Again and Again Honolulu Auditor: Only 56% of Recommendations Acted Upon Since 2004 Waikiki: Former Unity House Scammers Attack 14-year old girl Homeless Drug Addicts Beat Japanese Couple near Kakaako Murals Former housekeepers for Heiress Kawananakoa say their firing was 'retaliation' Promoting economic freedom Zumper, Apartment List Differ on Honolulu Rents Maui Charter Amendments: County Manager?  $20K Fine for TVRs? Read More..

Friday, June 1, 2018 June 1, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 4302 Views Auditor: HART Management Listening in on My Interviews with Employees Visitor Arrivals, Spending Up for April Hawaii County Seeks Applicants for Charter Commission Mayor Kim Suspends Several Hawaii County Building, Land Use Laws State Income Tax Collections--Hawaii Takes $1389 Per Capita Mayor Kim: Volcano Recovery Plan Based on 1960 Tsunami Recovery Big Island's largest homeless shelter struggles to meet needs of lava evacuees Members Of Military Might Get A Property Tax Break Free Speech? Police Step into Action to Tear Down Domestic violence signs targeting Clayton Hee Suicide: Lobbying or Free Speech? Gov Ige to Sign Three "Sustainability" Bills Three Electric Car Subsidies that Didn’t Pass Giant Diesel Plant Completed—HECO Pretending it is ‘Green’ In Push for New Stadium, Aloha Stadium Authority Stops Maintenance RNs Pay $96K in Hawaii Unity House Scammers Continue to Harass New Waikiki Beach Boys Ige: Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Should be up to Feds Suit challenges EIS approval for Lahaina wastewater plant Will Mass Tourism Finally be Limited? Read More..

Thursday, May 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:06 PM :: 3448 Views Jail Time for Haunani Apoliona? Evacuation Ordered for Vacationland, Kapoho, Waa Waa Who is Driving Electric Vehicles in Hawaii? Telescope: Congress offers funding, Pushes Mauna Kea-Chile Cooperation Discovering Hidden Hawaii Tours to Pay $570,000 To Settle EEOC Male-On-Male Sexual Harassment Suit US Pacific Command Changes Name Hawaii Job Market Schizophrenic Election Volunteers Needed for Polling Places Solution for Volcano Zone: Homeless Tent Cities or Fee-Simple Land Swap?  San Buenaventura on Volcano Relief: “I’m going to leave it up to the homeless advocates.”   Espero Resigns from State Senate   Kealohas Plead Not Guilty to Robbing Orphans State takes first step toward lucrative hemp industry with new research program Taxi Owner: Ride-Sharing Bill Will be Good for Business In 9 Months, Feds Subsidize 4,988 ‘Patients’ at Hawaii Planned Parenthood Demented Liberal Thinks Homeless are Working 2-3 Jobs Read More..

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 May 30, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 7663 Views New Democratic Chair Promises to Support Gay Agenda New Medicare Cards are Arriving in Hawaii and Pacific Territories Fast-moving lava crosses Highway 132 in lower Puna Top Universities: UH Manoa Ranks 306th Anti-GMO Faction Almost Quit Democratic Party All Three Democrat Gubernatorial Candidates voted for Rail GE Tax Hike In Effort to Curry Favor with Council, SHOPO endorses Ernie Martin for 1st Congressional District FBI Seeks Missing Person Sued by M Club Owner Obamacare in Hawaii Legislature—What Passed and What Didn’t Bloated: Maui Budget Boosts Spending by $53.1M   17 More Homeless Forced to Accept Shelter Starbucks Loses Business, Keeps Wifi Moochers Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 May 29, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:35 PM :: 3823 Views Fast-Moving Lava--New Evacuation Orders for Leilani Estates Star-Adv: Democrat Rule Cripples and Divides Hawaii Hawaii CD2 #1 for Hapa Haena: Overwhelmed with Pilgrims, Eco-Religionists Seek Cap of 900 a Day Styrofoam Ban: Activist uses Pseudoscience to Check Hype and Arrive at Pre-Determined Outcome Enviros Cashing in on Anti-Sunscreen Hysteria Read More..

Monday, May 28, 2018 May 28, 2018 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 3658 Views Desperate, Hanabusa Releases Month-Old Push-Poll -- Claims 2-1 Lead Open Letter from Journalist Harassed by Tulsi Gabbard Secret OHA LLC Created to Sell Marijuana Truth and Transparency - A Visit With Samuel Wilder King II Brian Schatz: Tax Reform Was A Conspiracy To Make People Lose Their Jobs FDA Cracks Down on Hucksters Exploiting Anti-Sunscreen Hysteria Memorial Day Sen Ruderman: HRS 171-93 Allows BLNR to Provide Land to Volcano Victims  After Decades of Hysteria--Lava Covers Geothermal Well-AND NOTHING HAPPENS! Hanabusa: Political Insiders are My Strength Isle Democrats elect lobbyist as new chairwoman State economists forecast speedy growth Constitutional Amendment won’t lock in school funds Star-Adv: With Wind and Geothermal Coming to an End, Give All Your Money to Elon Musk for batteries Dire need for truly affordable housing must be met with action, not just political promises State Drug Court helps rebuild lives Lumpy Poi expected after floods smother Hawaii staple crop Hawaii’s private firearms likely number well over 1 million Gay Activists Saddened by Lost Opportunity to Exploit Injured Amtrak Passenger Read More..

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