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Friday, July 14, 2017 July 14, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 3332 Views Hawaii Obama-Appointed Judge Orders More Muslims into Country Constitutional Limits on States’ Efforts to “Uphold” the Paris Agreement Hawaii: 22% of Medicare Patients got Opioids in 2016 Honolulu Auditor Announces Plans for 2017-18 US Soldier, ISIS Supporter Believed Hitler Was Right And Moon Landings Were Fake 2009 Law Allows BioFuel Scammers to Soak Electric Ratepayers Failed GEMS Program Now Takes Slightly Less from your Electric Bill Bag Tax: Enviros Show the way to Rip-Off Consumers Fallen concrete from airport viaduct has engineer calling for emergency inspections Biki:  Top Stations are in Waikiki DoE: Many Teachers Quit to Leave State Hawaii Co Auditor Investigates Cash Handling, Hiring Favoritism ‘Plantation’ village offers families hope Read More..

Thursday, July 13, 2017 July 13, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 3367 Views Mandatory Abortion: As Predicted SB501 Leads to Lawsuit Honolulu 6th-Worst City to Drive in Road Funding: Nobody Pays More Than Hawaii Drivers Hawaii Will Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Advertise Free Abortions US Missile Defense System Achieves Successful Intercept Amid Rising Tensions With North Korea US: Only Supreme Court can relax immigration limits Hawaii Energy Costs--Low Usage vs High Rates Ige Launches 'Multi-Department Opioid Abuse Initiative' Invasive Species Inspectors Communicate 'Caveman Style' After (another) State IT Project Failure UH Prof Lists Surviving ‘Internalized Misogyny’ On Resume Council approves millions in rail construction bonds – But Caldwell Claims it Still Isn’t Enough Rail 34 Times More Expensive Than H-3 AG rejects charges against anti-Cayetano PAC Honolulu Ethics Comm. Quiet After Being Destroyed by The Caldwell Caldwell Schemes to Jam up Traffic in Kalihi, Iwilei 15-Cent Per Bag Tax Historic Home Tax to Jump to $1000? Hawaii Supreme Court Heard Oral Argument on Hawaiian Homelands Funding Kauai Council Approves Massive Pay Hikes for HGEA BioFool Project Will Soak Helco Ratepayers Homeless Drug Addicts Trash H-1 Freeway Homeless Drug Addicts Assault People in Moiliili Read More..

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 July 12, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 PM :: 3162 Views CNBC: Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Business Ige Vetoes 13 Bills--Two Become Law Without Signature National conservative advocates for Jones Act on national security basis Caldwell: $350M Bond Issue is our Skin in the Game HB575: Hilo to be Liberated from Leasehold Decay Kahauiki homeless village breaks ground; families to move in early December DOBOR Retaliation Defeated: Ethics Board dismisses complaint against Roth Airhead Ing: I Pushed Anti-Aquarium Bill for Esthetic Reasons Controversial proposal calls for airport sheriffs to become DOT police force City must pay paramedics and EMTs nearly $900,000 Former HPD officer accused of bribing a prostitute pleads guilty in corruption case MCCC guard promised sex assault victim ‘trouble’ if she talked Schatz, Hirono Among Most Popular US Senators Police crack down on Wahiawa homeless camp that doubled as drug den Long lines waiting for senior housing Chinatown Angry at Caldwell’s Latest Lane-Elimination Scheme Read More..

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 July 11, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:23 PM :: 3449 Views Floating rail bonds could sink city credit Political Correctness Kept Radical Muslim in Army for Years Hawaii's Ruling Party Announces 'Summer of Resistance and Renewal' Competition: Too Many Ships Ply Asia-Hawaii Routes? City to hold second public workshop on Blaisdell Master Plan Governor supports smaller increase in hotel room tax Is Federal Funding For Rail Still Such A Good Deal? Sierra Club: HECO isn’t Hiking Rates Fast Enough HB209: Massive Income Tax Hike Signed into Law Hawaii State Legislature will not convene to override vetoes HSTA Operative to Kishimoto: Unleash us from all Testing Sand Island Transitional Housing Always Full – Will Expand 25% EV Sales fall far short of Projections ‘Outdated’ HighTech Schemers Drop High from Name  Honolulu City Council May Expand Its Plastic Bag Ban Gun Control Nuts Cherry Pick Data from Hawaii Read More..

Monday, July 10, 2017 July 10, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 7378 Views FBI Arrests Kaiser HS Grad at Schofield -- Tied to Islamic State Hawaii Senators Party with Mafia Hitman, Cocaine Dealer in Property Development Venture Why Did so Many Political Insiders Back the Criminal Al Hee? Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce Supports Mauna Kea World Park Hu Honua = Aina Koa Pono V2 Calvin Say and Gene Ward: Yell Less, Pray More And Come Together As Americans Read More..

Sunday, July 9, 2017 July 9, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 3769 Views Mucking Around in the Past? GE Tax Equivalent to 13% Sales Tax Economic freedom needed to increase affordable housing Big Q:  Do know someone who’s had to leave Hawaii directly due to high home prices? (Yes = 68%) Telescope Protesters Want to Discuss Terms for Cultural Park atop Mauna Kea Who Needs a Tax Hike?  $350M Bond Funds Rail for year Ige Admin Uses Anti-Trump Lawsuits as Political Tool SB410: Legislators’ brown-nosing puts unions in control Starting a business is challenging Hu Honua Biomess—Soak Ratepayers Every Month for Years to Come Growth Industry: Public Urination up 1000-Fold Aquarium fishery best managed, in the state of Hawaii Ritte Thug Gets Six Months for Attack on Fishermen Greenmail Activists Celebrate Their Control of Hawaii County Democratic Party Rep Andria Tupola empowers people with hard work and a smile Read More..

Saturday, July 8, 2017 July 8, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 PM :: 3710 Views Ige's Second Suit Against Trump: 9th Circuit Says Chin is Faking it Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898 Ige Reappoints Three to LUC IT Project Stripped out of DOTax after decade of influence buying, psychosis, and bankruptcy Legislature Schedules Special Session to Hike Taxes In Late August Caldwell Discovers New Trick to Hike Property Taxes on Farmers Board: Fired warden created a hostile work environment, but should get 2 years back pay Soft on Crime: Hawaii BB Shooting Suspect Walks, Molests Child Read More..

Friday, July 7, 2017 July 7, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:52 PM :: 3850 Views Hawaii, Alaska contemplate coming into North Korean missile range July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii Ige's Second Suit Against Trump: Too Much Even for an Obama Judge—AG Appeals to 9th Competition heating up on Asia-Hawaii trade HART board chokes on forensic audit Here’s Who Might Get Stung Hardest By Any New Rail Taxes Supreme court hears arguments on 10% Rail Skim Building a house in Honolulu costs nearly twice as much as Chicago, report shows Median price of a home could hit $1 million by 2022 Court decision disappoints substitute teacher Legislature Cut Every Penny For Free Or Low-Cost Legal Services State fires execs at OCCC as jail's care for mentally ill inmates declines Star-Adv: Ige Should Join Next Fake Anti-Trump Fight—Don’t Surrender Voter Data Hawaii First to Join Paris Accord?  Fake News! Anti-Aquarium Nuts: We Are the New Normal Jail Term for Blasphemy: Teenage Iconoclast Repents, Pledges Obsequience to State Religion Read More..

Thursday, July 6, 2017 July 6, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:12 PM :: 6746 Views Tiki bar owner bows to ‘cultural appropriation’ outcry: ‘I am so very sorry’ Secy Perry calls the Jones Act an impediment to energy independence Some reasons why the HART Board does not want to do a forensic audit DLNR: Napali Coast a Better Place with Squatters Out Progressive Activists are the Main Cause of Inequality Corrupt Former Liquor Commissioner is also Child Molester—Only Gets 18 months Rail Construction Destroying Businesses—County Pretends to Help Police Commission Panics After Consultant Who Picked Kealoha Refuses to do it Again Taxpayers Might Have To Pay For Ex-Honolulu Police Chief’s Attorney Hu Honua Ripoff: Another Green Energy Rate hike Coming Oahu single-family home prices hits record $795k Fight over Trump travel ban's scope begins in federal courts Civil Beat Editors Endorse Anti-Aquarium Hysteria Keeping Traffic Jammed: Caldwell Eliminates More Lanes Ige Bill Signing Read More..

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 July 5, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:29 PM :: 4163 Views Al Hee's Scam Company Loses its Monopoly on DHHL Kaiser Takes Control of Maui County HHSC Hospitals Office Of Maunakea Management honored with culture and heritage award A Passion for Papaya is Not Propaganda Beyond Middle Street: Public Forums Discuss Options for Rail Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 5, 2017 Best States to Start a Business? Hawaii Ranks 46th Special Session? Legislators All Agree Caldwell Can’t be Trusted Three Plans to Give HSTA More Control over DoE 91% of Hawaii Senior Women are Rich Embattled City Prosecutor Kealoha Has Been On Unpaid Leave Since April SB 1240 on aquarium fishing should be vetoed Medicated: 17,591 sign up for Marijuana Read More..

Tuesday, July 4, 2017 July 4, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 3549 Views The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence Trump Lawyers Ask Hawaii Court to Stay Out of Travel Ban Ige: I will Help Keep Illegal Aliens Voting Maui Hospital Privatization Will Save State $260M At Maui's correctional center, a litany of safety concerns — and no fix in sight Riding the rail means an endless parade of buses Isle lifeguards on patrol despite liability exposure Hawaii now has the nation's broadest wildlife trafficking ban Sand Mining Since 1984, Suddenly Shut Down Leftists Protest Against July 4th Read More..

Monday, July 3, 2017 July 3, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 3420 Views Craving Statehood: The view from Guam Is This the End to the Hawaii Aquarium Fishery?      Super High—Rents in Honolulu Nearly Double National Average HandiVan: Caldwell Admin Pushing 100% Fare Hike SB410: Bill Would Make UH Admin Bow Before UHPA Idaho dairymen learn while expanding to Hawaii DBEDT staff should handle Public-Private partnerships Hawaii Senior Population Jumps 14% Gary Hooser is the Donald Trump of Kauai Read More..

Sunday, July 2, 2017 July 2, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 3441 Views UH Prof: ‘I Don’t Trust White People,’ They ‘Need To Lose More’ Carving Up the Price of Car Rentals Honolulu Neighborhood Boards: 47 Vacant Positions Available Transit-oriented development a Scam Just Like Rail Star-Adv: HMSA Welfare Scheme is ‘Unacceptable Pay Cut’ for Pediatricians Historic Home Tax Hike – Political Insiders May have to pay $1000 Styrofoam Ban on Hawaii County Council Agenda (again) Supreme Court Orders John Carroll to Surrender Law License Read More..

Saturday, July 1, 2017 July 1, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:39 PM :: 3825 Views Hawaii’s nonsensical resistance to borders shows as insanity As Predicted, Matson Strike Avoided Are you confused about the status of the $250,000 HART special audit? Ige: Public Schools Now Offer Better Education Than Private Schools Matayoshi: ‘A change of direction that I don't really know about’ $347M Just to Cover the Raises Rate Hike Coming: HECO to Burn Another $205M Accommodating Solar New laws mean some city fees to rise next month Caregivers: New Law Creates Liability for Hospitals Hospital Subsidizes Urgent Care to Reduce Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits Census: State Population Grows 0.8% per Year Judge Orders Release Of City Prosecutor’s Employment Records Read More..

Friday, June 30, 2017 June 30, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:33 PM :: 4220 Views Travel Ban: AG Chin Asks Obama Judge to Redefine Supreme Court Ruling, Let More Muslims In Video: Roth vs Anderson on GE Tax Hike APL to inaugurate new foreign flag Asia / Hawaii container service in August UH Law School Looks at Sharing Economy Matson Strike ‘Unlikely’ Hawaii Visitor Spending up 8.7% in May 2017 SB410: Public union power grab goes too far OHA Announces $6M in Grants Institute for Astronomy celebrates 50 years of discovery Micronesia: US Officials Lift Suspension on Compact Public Infrastructure Grant Funding Kim: Trade Telescope Approval for OHA Control of Mauna Kea HART Chair: We’re Not Telling Feds Anything GOP Medicaid Reform Will Give State Choices Caldwell Finds Way to Make Affordable Housing Even More Scarce Sand Mining Since 1980s, Now OHA wants to Sue Outlook dim for 3 proposed charter schools Aloha Stadium offers UH plan to share revenue Enviros Still Crying Over Lost Chance to Gut Fishing Industry Honolulu May Allow Transportation Companies To Regulate Waikiki Streets 5 Years Late, DoT Finally Completes Backup Power Project at Airport Homeless Camp: TVs, Laptops, Generators, Dogs and Fighting Chickens 144 Convictions: Lifelong Criminal Gets 5 Years Law requires officials be alerted when gun permits are denied HB1488: Wanna Feel Medicated? Now More Excuses are Available Matson Unions Threaten Strike If There Is No Contract Deal By Tonight HMSA Experiments With Hawaii Children For Profit Biki Designed to Reward the 1% Bikeshare Part of Kakaako Condo Sales Pitch City Council looks to ban plastic bags Read More..

Thursday, June 29, 2017 June 29, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 3672 Views Can Hokulea Crew Save Telescope? OHA: Hot Air vs Fresh Air Akina: Change OHA’s Current Spending Policy DMV Computer Fixed After Phone Call to Bulgaria Honolulu rail clearly a fiasco Legislators should scrap idea of 'basic income' and just lower taxes Greenmail Fail: Time Running out for Telescope HB165: Sunshine Law Modernized State Supreme Court says subs, part-time teachers aren't entitled to back pay Maui officer pleads guilty over witness-tampering Homeless Drug Addicts Threaten to Burn Down Building Tweekers Breed Puppies in Homeless Camp Bike sharing hits Oahu roads (and not everyone is happy about that) Citing liability, HEMIC cancels worker's comp plans for 7 marijuana dispensaries Usual Suspects: Hawaii Would Collapse Without Illegal Aliens Kauai: Hanabusa, Gabbard Block Immediate Deployment of Aegis Ashore Read More..

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 June 28, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 6505 Views Grassroot: Feds Should Audit Rail Food Evolution Not Satisfied With Merely Taking Land For Rail, Now The City Wants Blood Trump Appoints Doug Domenech Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Hirono Second Surgery: Gabbard, Hanabusa Jockey for Position Special Permits Near Honolulu Rail Line Attract Proposals For Big Juicy Hotels Only 9% of Honolulu renters can afford median-priced home—Worst in USA Telescope: Hawaiian cultural park would reflect traditional use of mountain Lawsuit: Mainland Anti-Ag Activists Target ANOTHER Hawaii Diary Farm Incompetent Caldwell Administration Crashes Computers Statewide, May Take All Week to Correct Homeless Meth-Heads dumping raw sewage at Diamond Head Residents of former plantation village in Ewa fed up with redevelopment plan delays Soft on Crime: Alleged Criminal Takes 160 Selfies and Still Walks HSTA Member Actually Gets Fired—Solicited a Minor for Prostitution Governor Must Follow Through On Intent To Veto Union Giveaway Lawmakers Got Ethics Awards For Not Breaking The Law Read More..

Tuesday, June 27, 2017 June 27, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 4397 Views Universal Basic Income Is A Lazy Solution To The Oncoming Labor Crisis Drug Money: DoTax to Receive $400K/mo Cash—What Could Go Wrong? What Does it Take to Transfer one HGEA Member? Rep Chris Lee: If you don’t want to talk about putting everybody on Welfare, You Do Not Exist Ige Admin Claims Healthcare bill could cost Hawaii $200M/yr Medicaid funding Ige Veto May Save Hawaii From Wasting Millions on New Stadium Don’t Veto HB1414: Demand Audit of State’s Latest IT Debacle SA: Ige Right to Consider Veto of Aquarium Bill Ige Skips Chance to Name WESPAC Board Members Anti-GMO Activists Project and deflect Union for some Matson workers threatens to strike over labor dispute Chin: Hawaii Doomed because 6000 Muslims Might not Come Here Democrats Make Trump More Popular Among Republicans  Attorney John S. Carroll asks to resign to avoid disciplinary action House bill presses for plan to protect Hawaii against North Korea missiles Read More..

Monday, June 26, 2017 June 26, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 5322 Views Supreme Court Allows Travel Ban To Take Effect What a Wounded Veteran Thinks of Trump’s VA Reform Peruta Concealed Carry: Supreme Court Allows 9th Circuit Decision to Stand Cost-disbenefit analysis of rail SB1240: Science Beats Anti-Aquarium Hysteria Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 26, 2017  Most Expensive Place to Live in U.S.? Hawaii, Where Toilet Paper Costs More Than Anywhere in the World No Incentive: HMSA Puts Pediatricians on Welfare Progress Slow on Affordable Housing Ige: “Quiet But Ineffective.” Kealohas Tried to Discredit Police Commissioner In Corruption Probe Read More..

Sunday, June 25, 2017 June 25, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 5753 Views Hawaii named 'worst state to make a living' (again) Washington Holds Guam Back, Despite Not Knowing Where It Is Offshore Wind Turbines Blamed For Killing Whales Anatomy of Epic Fail on Rail Pay to Play: Navatek Contributes $120K to Legislators, Gets $8.75M in Tax credits and Grants  Middle Street Station: HART Pays Millions More so First Hawaiian can Profit from TOD Blood Bank: HART Acts in Bad Faith – Reckless push to take land for rail Legislators need excuses to Hike taxes another $1.3B  for more rail Rail: Why Learn from Your Mistakes? Rail: 100% Personnel Turnover as Rats Jump Sinking Ship Shakedown: After Ignoring it for Years, Squatters Suddenly Claim Coco Palms Site Maui: Audit the Transportation Department Hawaii County: Audit the Hele On Bus System Mom blames court delays in the killing of 7-year-old Reef Aikau The People Who Sold us Obamacare now Pretend to Speak Authoritatively Against Trumpcare—Who could be fooled? Read More..

Saturday, June 24, 2017 June 24, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 3359 Views Ige to Veto 15 Bills DoE to Open Military Transition Centers BoE Approves ESSA Plan Submission to Feds Celebrate Hokulea Return, Oppose Telescope? BoE Handing out Cash to top DoE Execs Hawaii County Council pumps up fuel tax by 261% DOBOR New Fishing Fees – $0.25 per square foot? Homeless: “There’s lots of crazy people on ice around here,” Star Adv: Gays are Racist, Need to Evolve Read More..

Friday, June 23, 2017 June 23, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:26 PM :: 3998 Views HART Cancels Audit: "It's not my intent to figure out what we did wrong” Trump nominates retired Admiral Buzby to be MARAD Administrator Meet the Jones Act: A 97-year-old regulatory law that's costing you money Transforming Military Impact Aid into Education Savings Accounts HART Incompetence: Rail station strategy proves costly Supreme Court could reveal action on travel ban at any time Hirono to undergo second cancer surgery Newly hired teacher faces two month delay in pay Can HGEA and its Legislature Stop Airport Security Privatization? GEMS: How Many Legislators Does it take to Change a DoE Lightbulb? Honolulu Is Paying Back $1.45 Million In Federal Housing Funds Kauai Council Will not Bow to Mayor’s Demand for Tax Hikes  Walter Ritte Thug Gets Six Months for Attack on Fishing Boat DLNR Urges Ige To Veto Bill Phasing Out Aquarium Fishing In Hawaii Global Warmers Hope King Tide Will Generate More Propaganda Photos (again)  Men Systematically Excluded from College Education Battery Schemers Demand More Tax Credit Giveaways—Elon Musk Needs Another Billion Biki is Really Just a Politically-Connected For-Profit Business Wahiawa Meth Addicts Take over Foreclosed Home, Assault Neighbors Read More..

Thursday, June 22, 2017 June 22, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 3781 Views Military Industrial Complex Compromising Hawaii Missile Defense for Profit Honolulu rail project most expensive in the world NFIB Hawaii Small Business End-of-Session Report The Greatest Journey Didn’t Start with a Protest HDOT: 2002 Airport Agreement with Sheriff is Out of Date OCCC Jail Siting Study Released Hawaii Homes Lowest Average CO2 Production in USA How High Are Spirits Taxes in Your State? Navy’s partnership with Polynesian Voyaging Society After Getting Rid of Citizen-Advisors  Police Commission finds Way to Dump Consultant Leading Police Chief Search Performance-Based Contracts Drive Housing First Progress in Hawaii Meth Addicts Like Being Homeless, Don’t Want Shelter Harry Kim Wants Homeless Tent City, May Lose Federal Funding UH Prof: Break up the DoE to Solve Teacher Shortages Hawaii businesses struggle to find workers If Hawaii Was Really Serious about Global Warming, We Would Shut Down Tourism Industry Jones Act Keeps Clean LNG out of Hawaii PUC Orders HECO to Give More Money to Green Energy Scammers Soft on Crime: Pimp, Child Rapist to Get Early Parole—Sues Because Prison was Unpleasant Jonesing Dopers Deploy Sob Story Campaign calls to 'relocate the turtles' as frustration grows over Laniakea gridlock Honolulu Residents Get Raw Deal With Bikeshare Read More..

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 June 21, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 5092 Views After Pushing Bogus Coral Sunscreen Bills, Hawaii Surfrider Collects Payoff from Manufacturer Pasha to Buy Four Mystery Ships? 10 Buildings With the Highest Honolulu Property Taxes in 2016 How Economically Independent is Hawaii? Hawaii to Supreme Court: No need to review travel ban ‘Food Evolution’ movie could mark turning point in public GMO discussion Mother Jones: World Health Organization called RoundUp a “probable carcinogen,” but it didn’t have all the facts FBI probe investigating police chief now zeroing in on city prosecutor, too Lawyers Begin Pretending Kealoha-Kaneshiro Ghost Ticketing Investigation is Real Universal Basic Income: Tax Hike to Pay Mainland Homeless to Come to Hawaii Lawsuit dismissed, clearing the way for transfer of hospitals Ige to Sign GEMS Rip-off Bill—Electric Ratepayers to Subsidize Failed Cool Schools Scam DoE Fails to Develop Even one Parcel of Land BoE Forwards HSTA-Ige ESSA Plan to Feds Emergency hires fill 38% of Leeward Teaching Positions Student Loan Repayment Steers 25 MDs, Nurses to ‘Underserved Areas’ HIDoT: Firing Sheriffs is Negotiating Tactic Soft on Crime Crowd Saddened to Learn that Criminals do not Have Eternal Life Opioid Overdoses Cost $110M/year in Hawaii Domestic Abuse Felony Cases Clog Courts Aquarium fishing limits wrong for Hawaii Surfrider to DoH: Give Us the Power to Shut Down Beaches, Farms Military Industrial Complex Compromising Hawaii Missile Defense for Profit Read More..

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Letters to the Editor June, 2017 By Letters to the Editor @ 8:09 PM :: 7630 Views Oahu Homeowners Get Railroaded Rail vs Neil Blaisdell Center Renovations Audit The Rail Read More..

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 June 20, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 3804 Views Rail Tax Hike: Legislators Promise Special Session, but Cannot Agree on Date or Funding Mechanism Global Warming: UH Professors Say Everybody in Hawaii Will Burn to Death. Soon. Real soon. Cool Schools? DoE Working to Avoid Installing Air Conditioners Rail vs Neil Blaisdell Center Renovations IT: Hawaii Spends the Most, Gets the Least DoTax: Another Big IT Project Collapse—$ Millions Wasted Enough is enough: Cut losses, end rail project Tourism Industry is Proof of Hawaii Democrats’ Climate Hypocrisy How HART Tried — And Failed — To Keep Rail Records Secret Rep Marilyn Lee to Appeal Against Admission of Fukumoto? Homeless Drug Addict’s Dogs Attack Jogger  Hawaii Judge Amends Travel Ban Injunction Read More..

Monday, June 19, 2017 June 19, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 4230 Views Democrats Vote to Allow Fukumoto In Medicaid Expansion States Saw ER Visits Go Up, Uninsured ER Visits Go Down Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 19, 2017 Panos: Statewide Surface Transportation Challenges and Opportunities Half of Hawaii Medicaid Funds Pay for Homeless Emergency Room Visits With Government out of the Way, Privatized Maui Hospital Hiring Hundreds, Investing Millions Put Everybody on Welfare: Omidyar, ACORN, and Richard Nixon All Agree—What Could Go Wrong? Hawaii County Moves to Shut Down Affordable Housing Development Honolulu Ethics Needs ‘Complete Overhaul’  Global Warming: UH Professors Say Everybody in Hawaii Will Burn to Death.  Soon.  Real soon. Read More..

Sunday, June 18, 2017 June 18, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 6388 Views Closing an Estate Tax Loophole? New Sup’t Kishimoto set up to be Main Course of Political Feeding Frenzy Lawsuit: Sex, Lies and Retaliation in Maui County LG Candidates have no enthusiasm for Ige Another IT Disaster: Legislature Cuts off Funds for Tax System Modernization Public school spending in Hawaii is above U.S. norm Renters Hit by 10% Property Tax Hike on Affordable Housing How Homeless Attack Workers, Get Away with it Medicated Marijuana Drenched in Pesticides Read More..

Saturday, June 17, 2017 June 17, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:23 PM :: 4457 Views Caldwell to Legislators: City will not put more ‘Skin in the Game’ With Obama Out of the Way, HMSA Rate Hike Much Smaller Expensive Wind Energy Makes Maui Electric Bills Jump $15 in Month What do Illinois and Hawaii have in common that's causing residents to flee? Decisive Endorsement? Gay Thief Approves Fukumoto for Democratic Party membership Sovereignty Lawyer Disbarred Its Summer Again so Ige, DoE Pretend to Scramble to Cool Schools While Diverting Money to Line Green Energy Scammers Pockets Legislator: Housing Authority Money Demands Lack Specifics State DOT says deputy sheriffs no longer needed at Honolulu airport DOCARE Proposes $11,000 Fine for Teaching Kitesurfing at Beach Kauai Mayor Refuses to Sign Budget After Council Rejects Tax Hike Maui Hospital: 97% of HHSC Staff Accept Employment Read More..

Friday, June 16, 2017 June 16, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 AM :: 3745 Views June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii State Recycling Program: A Decade of Fraud (Part 6) Auditor: 2017 Legislature Batting .000 -- 65 Bogus Special Funds Ige: Legislators Aren’t Getting Answers on Rail Costs Doomed: Affordable Housing Plan Depends on Rail Obamacare repeal will Barely be Noticed in Hawaii Hawaii workers 2nd in the nation using vacation time Preschool Pricing Hawaii families out Bogus Sand Study Claimed Maui would Run out in 2011  Organic Brainwashing in a Sea of Ignorance Scientists Want Papahanaumokuakea All to Themselves NRC Laughs at Big Island Depleted Activists Lawsuit: Staff Covered up Homosexual Rape Inmate lawsuit claims severe beating by HCCC guards; ‘repeated, systemic use of excessive force’ alleged Read More..

Thursday, June 15, 2017 June 15, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 AM :: 4035 Views Audit The Rail State Labor Negotiators partly to blame for counties’ tax hikes No Jones Act tankers are capable of carrying liquid natural gas Takings: Bridge Aina Lea Suit Dismissed Wine Taxes: Hawaii Ranks 12th The Economic Security of Older Women and Men in Hawaii Audit: Informal Procedures by HPD, Prosecutor Hinder Domestic Violence Cases Audit Catches Maui County Finance Directory Abusing P-Card–Exposes Hostess Bar Loophole Soon-to-be HIDOE superintendent at the center of nearly $1M controversy TMT returns to high court: State justices to hear sublease appeal Property Taxes to Quadruple for 8,000 Condos GE Tax Payments up 1.1%, TAT up 14.9% Legislature’s Latest Idea: Put Everybody on Welfare and Call it ‘Universal Basic Income’ Vampire Rail Cuts into Hawaii Blood Supply Hawaii Fastest Rising College Tuition in USA Hawaii Home Health Care Costs Rising Faster Than 48 States Anti-GMO Activists Sue State to Force EIS for Farming Operations Big Money Behind Anti-GMO Read More..

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 June 14, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 AM :: 4398 Views Homeless Housed A third marine carrier in Hawaii? Honolulu 2nd-Lowest Average Internet Speed Kishimoto Contract Guarantees Big Fluffy Golden Parachute New proposals to legalize vacation rentals, hike taxes and fines Housing market beyond reach for many locals Rail: Unanswered Questions Telescope case in judge’s hands City to pay for detective’s attorney in Kealoha civil case New ethics complaint, attorney general investigation into DOBOR Former Maui official claims her firing was retaliatory Former Big Island clerk's law license suspended for 150 days Soft on Crime: Privileged Criminal finally Does a Little Time After Being Arrested by Fake Cops Iwilei: Drug Addicts Refuse to Accept Shelter Fight Police for Right to Live in Piles of Garbage Gerrymandered Enterprise Zones Benefit Wealth y Neighborhoods, Leave Waianae Behind State Pesticide Rules Advancing to Board of Agriculture Good News: Offshore wind farms face slew of challenges Hawaii's Worthless, Incompetent Congressional Delegation Loses Native Hawaiian Funding Mentally Ill Sanders Voters on the Rampage-3 Dead, Several Wounded Read More..

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 June 13, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 AM :: 3326 Views Oahu GOP: No Rail Tax Hike Special Session Hawaii GOP: Ige Paris Accord Grandstanding will Cost Hawaii Consumers Message to OHA: ‘Clean up your Act’ The saga of fishing vessel ‘America’s Finest’ continues Kids Count: Hawaii Ranks 17th in Child Well-being Big Island Republicans Asleep as Democrats Scramble for Senate Opening Legislative Scandals Repeat Themselves: State grants-in-aid Skinning the Taxpayers: Mayor and other city officials get pay increases Tax and Spend: Hawaii County Budget $36M Bloat Enviros Push $760M Carbon Tax on Hawaii SB1240: Government Prepares to Kill Off More Small Businesses The problem with the Ninth Circuit’s decision striking down Trump’s Travel ban Rat Lungworm, the Tropical Parasite that took Hawaii by Surprise After Diamond Head Sweep, only Seven Bums Accept Shelter Homeless sweep set for Iwilei along Nimitz Hwy. Rape Kit Testing Yields Results Medical Bills Exceed $1 Million For Woman Accidentally Shot By Cop Arcadia: Pay a Surcharge and Your Electricity will be Blessed by Gaia New missile and new radar might gird isles Read More..

Monday, June 12, 2017 June 12, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 AM :: 3166 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 12, 2017 GEMS: Ige Redirects Tax on Electric Ratepayers to Cover Cool Schools Failure HSAC: Property Taxes Going Up Because We Are Afraid to Legalize TVRs and Tax Them Parks: Caldwell Spends Money on Kakaako, Abandons Westside Caldwell Admin slammed over delays on landfill Study: Homosexual Child Molesters Abuse up to 40% of Homeless Youth Hawaii Paris Accord Signature – Fake, Fake, Fake UH Profs: We’re All Gonna Die Because of Trump Star-Adv: Legislators Should Make Polystyrene Ban Statewide Read More..

Sunday, June 11, 2017 June 11, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:35 AM :: 2827 Views Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom Hilo: DLNR Land Lease Ends with Demolition of Hotel Reaching Back into the Past Old Boys Give $605K Grant to Some Guy in Hilo Hawaii’s environmental strides are more smoke than substance Increases in bus fares, vehicle taxes and meter parking Leeward GOP silence over rail missteps is deafening Honolulu Homeless improve under Housing First program Doomed: ESSA Plan Requires Kishimoto to ‘Eliminate Achievement Gaps’ by End of Her 3-yr Contract Vexatious?  Hawaii County Shuts off Contact with Community Activist Maui’s Only Neurosurgeon Unable to Leave Island Red tape could delay permits for hemp seed project Upside Down Flag Flies at Hawaii Community College Read More..

Saturday, June 10, 2017 June 10, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 AM :: 2641 Views Rep Thielen: Bring Rail Down to Earth TVRs: No Taxation Without Legalization! CyberStates: Hawaii Lags Global Warmers: Waikiki Sea Level Rise Will Drown Trump Hotel VIDEO: Lawyers Want Your Help to Keep the Homeless, Homeless Eco-Lawyers Help North Korea Reach Targets Contractor Begins Rail Work at Airport Hawaiian Health: Victimhood or Empowerment? Regulations May Make Marijuana Sales Unprofitable Neighborhood sit in stops Biki installment Kauai: Venomous Hatred of Republicans Illegal Alien was Leader of Punatic Circus Read More..

Friday, June 9, 2017 June 9, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:35 AM :: 2595 Views Hawaii: To Afford 2BR Must Earn $73K GE Tax Hike Cornerstone of McDermott Plan to Rescue Rail Beer Taxes: Hawaii 5th-Highest in USA Ships Under Construction for New Cargo Liner Service for the Hawaii Trade? Governor to explore possibility of special session for rail   Did Council Really Put Skin in the Game? People Who Have The Most to Gain From Rail Are Still Skeptical Why Teachers Leave—One Word ‘Housing’ Precisely as Predicted: Schatz, Civil Beat use King Tides for Global Warming Propaganda Bill signals beginning of the end for aquarium fishing Plastic Bag Ban: Feel Good Fakery Read More..

Thursday, June 8, 2017 June 8, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:28 AM :: 2888 Views Who Just Got Caught at OHA? From colonial navigation acts to the Jones Act BoE Puts ‘ESSA Team’ Principal in Charge, Temporarily Potholes Cost Hawaii Drivers $708 per Year Mindless Bureaucracy Detains Machine at Honolulu Airport for Lack on Non-Existent Form KOS: Poll Shows Tulsi Gabbard Vulnerable to Primary Challenge Bonds: HART Story Changes Again--Now Says it Has Money Thru End of Next Legislative Session   New ‘Interim’ Sup’t: A school’s success can’t be measured through rankings City budget ratchets up fees, Bus Fares Falling Out Amongst Thieves: City Council puts off action on retail bag fee Hawaii County Council Approves Massive Fuel Tax Hike Honolulu Median 1BR Rent $1590 HELCO: We will achieve 200% Renewable Energy in 2045 Global Warmers: Only Donald Trump’s Oceanfront Properties will be Inundated Discrimination Against Punatics? Hawaii's medical marijuana program among the nation's most regulated Read More..

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 June 7, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:24 AM :: 2647 Views Socrates Visits a Homeless Camp in Hawaii Hawaii: Most Expensive State to Put Your Kid Through College 90 mins to work: Hawaii Super-Commuters up 63% 2017’s Safest States in America–Hawaii 10th City seeks proposals for its third Housing First program Maui Mayor Signs Polystyrene Ban Hiding Failure: Schools board eliminates tests not required by Feds HART: With $350M Bonds, Rail Will Have Money for Construction Ige: Traffic Relief from Low Cost High Impact Projects – Like Shoulder Lanes Hawaii County Property taxes going up Hawaii County Council to Vote on Massive Fuel Tax Hike Next Caldwell Reaches into your Pocket: Street parking rates are set to double in Honolulu this summer  Suicide Squad Poll: Death Support by Ethnicity  Dope Stores Still Tied up in Red Tape Government Oysters: Delicious but we Promise not to Eat Them HPD: Unelected Thieves got away with millions of dollars in property crimes last year Sentencing delay likely for Kema Sr. as search for Peter Boy continues Read More..

Tuesday, June 6, 2017 June 6, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:46 AM :: 2789 Views VIDEO: Sam Slom, Hawaii's Opposition Voice Ige: Trump Can’t Stop Me From Jacking up your Electric Bill to Line Pockets of Green Energy Scammers Containership capacity in Transpacific trade increasing 2017’s Best State Economies–Hawaii 39th 16 State Coalition Backs Travel Ban Before Supreme Court Wikileaks: Omidyar Website Gave up Leaker to NSA Poll: Ige Loses to ‘Someone Else’ 20% to 57%  OHA staffer faces conflict of interest allegations over poi mill venture 74% Say NO -- Only Star-Adv Editors and Politicians Want 10-cent Bag Tax Iolani Palace Becoming Homeless Tent City Hawaii County Council Approves 100% Property Tax Hike on 50,000 properties Inside Dope: Top State Bureaucrats to Open Marijuana Store on Kapahulu Katherine Kealoha Sues Prosecutor To Keep Her Employment Records Secret Honolulu Prosecutor wants to Spend Last $75k Trump promises ‘cheaper, faster and safer travel’ with private air traffic control Tourism Keeps Hitting Records, But Trumphaters Convince Themselves it is Dropping   Read More..

Monday, June 5, 2017 June 5, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:43 AM :: 2851 Views Six Politicians Already Running for Lt Governor Years Later, Democrats Become Dimly Aware Tulsi Gabbard is a Joke Played on them State Bureaucracy: Marijuana Rots, Dope Dealers Lose $10K a Month Waiting to Open City sweeps homeless from state-owned Nimitz medians City Council bills would Impose 10-cent Bag Tax Richest islanders under the sun go with solar With NextEra Gone -- O`ahu May Get 100 Megawatts of New Solar $70/ Day for Elder Care—Unionization Next  Read More..

Sunday, June 4, 2017 June 4, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:39 AM :: 3292 Views VIDEO: The Right to Home Share in Hawaii Update on key initiatives at UH Mānoa, including enrollment management OHA releases report on the health of Native Hawaiian men Human Casualties at the Legislature, Part 2 Ige Has No Money:  2018 Scramble for Governor, CD1, CD2, Senate? Senators: Caldwell Asks for Blind Bailout, Will not Admit Problem Caldwell’s Latest Plan: Make the Handicapped Pay for Rail Massive Property Tax Hikes on Hawaii County Council Agenda Star-Adv: OHA must overcome Doubters to get Crony Cash Flowing from Fishermen’s Wharf (again) Parker Ranch Sues OHA-Funded Biofuel Schemer   Hawaii County Proposes Down-zoning Bridge Aina Lea (again) PUC: Wanna Sell Bottled Water, Then You are a Utility and we will Regulate You Dope Store Drops End Run Around Testing  Food Stamps: Who Will Buy Food for the Dopers? Catauna: Homeless Almost as Repulsive as Trump Supporters City plans Snap homeless sweep of state’s Nimitz Highway medians With NextEra Gone, Hawaiian Electric Begins Sending More Ratepayer Money to National Democrat Donors Read More..

Saturday, June 3, 2017 June 3, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 AM :: 2477 Views Conflict of Interest: OHA Audit Committee Member Secretly owns OHA’s Former Poi Mill Where Pro-Rail and Anti-Rail Voices Agree Matson charters foreign flag containership for Samoa service   Evans: Raises the reason for tax increase Halawa: All Locks Fail at Another Prison Module Tourism Setting Records, but Chin says travel ban 'chilling effect' hurting Hawaii's economy Star Adv: King Tides Prove Hawaii Must Keep Shoveling Tax Credit Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires  Food as a political weapon State’s Largest Biofuel Farm Produces Much Hype, Little Oil More Marijuana for the Kids Read More..

Friday, June 2, 2017 June 2, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:32 AM :: 2984 Views Hawaii: Lowest Pay in the USA Supreme Court to Hear Rail Skim Lawsuit Rat Lungworm: The Cost of Unintended Consequences Paris Protocol: Devastating Economic Costs, Essentially Zero Environmental Benefits Caldwell: I’m Building Rail Along the Waterfront—But We Should Ignore That and Just Pretend to Believe in Climate Change Anyway Trump Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Travel Ban ‘Free’ Food for all Children at 63 Hawaii Public Schools Astronomers Are Coming to Grips With Moving Telescope From Hawaii to Spain Ige: Indecisiveness is a Strength HB665: Ige Declares War on Parakeets UH Vice-Chancellor Looking for Exit After Only Two Years Big Island of Retaliation: County Employees afraid to speak out Hype about king tides sounded all too familiar Hawaii Supreme Court To Rule On Secret Government Deliberations Act 18: HGEA, UPW Score $30M Payout for ‘Severance’ -- without Losing Jobs Maunawilli: Waihee’s Crooked Golf Club Tries to Parlay Trail Access Dispute into 100-unit Subdivision Approval Homeless Dude Moves to Hawaii, Jailed for Rape Hawaii Poll: Crack Down on Illegal Immigration More Popular than Trump Revolving Door: ‘Journalist’ goes Back to Openly Doing PR Work Read More..

Thursday, June 1, 2017 June 1, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 AM :: 2659 Views Sex Harassment: Only Victim Can Sue Peter Apo says Court Q-Mark Shreds its Own Reputation with Poll Claiming Anti-Aquarium Hysteria Reaches 90% VIDEO: ICBM Knocked out of Sky in Successful Test of Missile Defense Poll: Trump as Popular as Caldwell in Hawaii Testifiers reject Hawaii Co gas tax hike Ethics? Kauai County Council Eliminates County Auditor Office Community Based Solar: Set up to Fail Like GEMS Contested Case for Hu Honua Rate Hikes? Former Hawaii Legislators Lobby Without Registering Murderers among convicted criminals out on work furlough UPW Absenteeism Puts Guards at Risk City Finds Way to Make Construction Even More Expensive Enviros Delay Work to Prevent Massive Sand Island Sewage Spill—Demand Fealty to God of Global Warming  Read More..

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 May 31, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:26 AM :: 2967 Views Help Stop This OHA Cover-up UHPA Contract: Four Salary Hikes and a Reopener for UH Faculty Trump Education Budget Cuts Native Hawaiian Education, Boosts Charter Schools Honolulu Construction Employment Down 1%–Maui up 8% Foreign-built floating dry dock arrives for Jones Act work in Hawaii Good News: Legislators No Closer to Agreement on Tax Hikes for Rail COR: No Idea What Legislature Will Do – Ask Us Again in 3 Months Maui Council Passes Millions in Fee Hikes Hawaii Co Council hearing Wednesday on doubling of gas tax DoE Began Hiding School Failures Last October Kaiser: $35M Saved After Repeal of Obamacare Fees Political Corruption Becomes Excuse for State to Steal Home Equity from Working Class Insiders Milk HCDA’s Bogus ‘Affordable’ Housing Final arguments filed in TMT case 17 Oahu schools have lacked working fire alarm systems for Years Maui Officials: Eliminate Wharfage Fees so County Fair can go on SA1240: Just Say No to Anti-Aquarium Hype Homeless Take over Iolani Palace, Smash Windows Secret Dope Dealership: Kauai Councilman Violated The Public’s Trust Marijuana for Four-Year-Olds Hawaii Will Soon Have 32,000 Medicated Potheads SB505: Limit Opioid Prescriptions The Atlantic: Mapunapuna Street Puddle is Proof of Global Warming! Thanks to NAFTA, you can say aloha to Hawaiian sugar  North Korean Missile Could 'Shut Down Hawaii For Decades' Ostrov’s goal for the GOP Read More..

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 May 30, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:24 AM :: 5297 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 30, 2017 DTL: Sen Donovan Dela Cruz on Payroll of OHA’s Kakaako Developer HSTA: Principals Can Hide Their Failures, Why Can’t We? Parking rates might be raised to fund rail ‘Homeless court’ gets 4 of 21 into housing After 26 Years, State-Owned Affordable Units to be Sold King Tides: Global Warmers Receive “100s” of Propaganda Photos COFA Funds to be Reduced? Read More..

Monday, May 29, 2017 May 29, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:21 AM :: 4419 Views Memorial Day: Our Resolve is the Highest Tribute to the Fallen Political Connections Pay Off: Former OHA Officer on the Inside Developing Kakaako Telescope: “Canary Islands are an Excellent Site” Tuna Monuments: Hanabusa, Democrats Take Stand Against Fishermen Kealoha Chaos: HPD traffic citations Dropped Sharply in 2016, Back up in 1Q 2017 Man arrested for vandalizing Iolani Palace and capitol building Memorial Day Events Read More..

Sunday, May 28, 2017 May 28, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:18 AM :: 2577 Views Randy Roth: OHA Misusing LLCs to Hide from Law Election Results—Honolulu Neighborhood Board 45 Republicans Elected to Honolulu Neighborhood Board Caldwell Veto: Bill 20 Puts ‘Sit-Lie’ at Risk Napali Homeless Camp: DLNR Arrests 11, Finds Crossbow, Queen Size Bed, Pizza Oven Hawaii Family Forum Week in Review Human Casualties at the Legislature Tulsi Gabbard Blows a Kiss to Anti-Semitic 9-11 Conspiracy Website Shapiro: Gabbard Hypocrisy on Trump Maui Senators: ‘Naive’ Rep Kaniela Ing Behind Legislature’s refusal to extend Lifeguard protections Permitting: Hawaii Small Business Horror Stories HB1179: GE Tax, Prevailing Wage Requirements Lifted from Some Affordable Housing Developments DLNR Manini Rent Hikes for Ultra-Cheap Land Leases Anti-Aquarium Nuts Behind SB1240 Read More..

Saturday, May 27, 2017 May 27, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:16 AM :: 5453 Views Maui Hospital: The Little Engine That Could US-built fish-boat needs congressional Jones Act waiver Education leaders formalize Maunakea Scholars program Waimea Valley: OHA’s $20M Secret BoE: We Knew All About Kishimoto, And Picked Her Anyway Arakawa to Run for LG to Save Rail from Ige Arkawa Would Have Easier Chance to Win Republican Nomination, Will Run as Democrat Rail Has Blood on its Hands, but the Right hand Doesn’t Know what the Left is Doing In Effort to Force New Stadium Deal, Aloha Stadium’s preventive maintenance costs are made to appear to climb Hu Honua: Biomess Energy Will Cause $813.60 HELCO Rate Hike DoH: Weed Sales May not be Profitable Enough to Sustain our Bloated Bureaucracy DLNR Raids Kalalau Homeless Camp: Marijuana, Crossbow, and a Pizza Oven Confiscated Jacobins: ‘Tulsi Gabbard Is Not Your Friend’ Global Warmers Disappointed: King Tides ‘Not Dramatic’ Read More..

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