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Sunday, August 7, 2016 August 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 5495 Views Report: OHA Forms Secret Partnership with Homeland Security, FEMA Aftermath of the Maui Hospital Benefits Veto Override Caldwell Ducks Debate as Fundraising Fades State Issuing Fines on City for Sewer Spill and Failure to Maintain Infrastructure Fishery Council Asks for Transparent Analysis of Proposed Marine Monument Expansion Office of Elections Still Seeking Primary Day Poll Workers Rep Ing Under Arrest—Hammered for Absenteeism, Lying, Mishandling of Funds Death of Big Money:  Will Caldwell go the Way of Abercrombie? Rail projects in other major cities are dealing with similar budget woes 20 Honolulu Charter proposals Will be on Ballot Star-Adv: LNG Should Still be Considered Layoffs, “voluntary” buyouts hit Honolulu’s daily newspaper Next Step: Oceanfront Homeless Shelter Eases Rules Umi Street families to be displaced for months during cleanup, asbestos testing Voting preps underway ahead of Primary; volunteers still needed Read More..

Saturday, August 6, 2016 August 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 5460 Views This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing Occupational Licensing: Hawaii Most Burdensome Requirements in USA UH Law Prof: White Milk is Racist Food Oppression Hawaii Seed Crop Worth $151M—Up 7% Maui’s long waiting list for water 9th Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Hawaii Gay Marriage Law Republican Candidate for Ewa’s Senate Seat Demands Change Feds to Hit Corrupt Hawaii Democratic Party with ‘Biggest Fine Ever’ Sewage Spill Bringing Stiff Fine: State Orders Caldwell to Change Ways Star-Adv: Police Commission Needs to Act on Kealoha Telescope: Next Hearing August 12 Dozens pack the Hilo YMCA for TMT hearing Zika Fears Drive Tourists to Choose Hawaii Scary News: Farrington HS to be Model for DoE Maintenance Programs Papahanaumokuakea: Environmentalists excuse to cripple Navy operations Travel websites ordered to pay Hawaii taxes on car rentals Act 202: $3M Per Year State Giveaway to Biofuel Producers Securitas officers plead guilty to theft at Honolulu airport Read More..

Friday, August 5, 2016 August 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3773 Views Hawaii: 41% of Children Dependent on Government 53% – Hawaii Headed in Wrong Direction UPW Delays Destroying Maui Memorial Hospital Optimistic that hospital settlement is within reach Telescope Time Running Out: Flurry of Motions, Then Wait til October Tax Hikes Will Never be Enough to Pay for State DoT Djou: HPD needs to get a handle on officer misconduct How Kirk Caldwell Blew Through $500K In Just 29 Days Prominent Democrat Donors Give to Djou Public-Private Partnerships And Their Potential For Rail Rail Sinkhole is Developing Sinkholes in Ewa OHA Chair Claims Papahanaumokuakea Has Nothing to do with Money, LOL! Eco-Lawyers Push Federal takeover of Hawaii Agriculture Earthjustice has a great little scam going Read More..

Thursday, August 4, 2016 August 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4429 Views Fundrace: Djou Beats Caldwell 3-1 Latest Poll on Hawaii Island Shows 2-1 Margin in Support for TMT Construction Hawaii: $100 Worth only $85.62 Hawaii Family Forum Primary Voter Guide Honolulu Green Light-Red Light Ratio Designed to Jam Up Traffic Why it’s so expensive to cool Hawaii’s schools Hawaii School System Quality Ranks 42nd US News Ranks Best Hospitals in Hawaii Hawaii Scores B+ for Laws That Help Expecting and New Parents Maunalua Bay Recreation Advisory Committee Meets for First Time DLNR Initiates Public Comment Period to Post One Sign at Marina Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees Senatorial Candidates John Carroll and Makani Christensen Challenge Senator Brian Schatz to Debate Moody’s Hawaiian Electric Downgrade due to “unpredictable and highly political regulatory environment” Civil Beat Poll: How to Trick Voters into Supporting GE Tax Hike  Money: Civil Beat Co-Founder NOT Behind Anti-GMO Candidate Unconsummated hospital deal costs Kaiser $40M New police commissioner wants board to investigate embattled police chief City, State Still Talking About Removing Bums from Prime Walkway Between Waikiki and Ala Moana Mall Oahu Opening New Oceanfront Homeless Shelter at Kakaako Sanders Hawaii Leader: Vote for Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Hawaii Co Council Tries to Outfox Anti-Styrofoam Obsessives UH Manoa professor arrested on child porn charges Honolulu Airport bribery probe nets 3 guilty pleas Job Cuts Loom At The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Kauai Retaliation News: Assistant chief files injunction Read More..

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 August 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 3885 Views Caldwell Hammered on Bank Job, Lack of Ethics Will Olympic Visitors Bring Zika Back With Them? TOU Pricing: A Cool New Way to Raise Your Electric Rates Honolulu Ethics Commission Appoints New Director Hawaiian Electric Begins Peddling Batteries Elderly 45.8% More Likely to Suffer Traffic Fatality Hawaii Offshore Windfarms An Expensive ‘Political Agenda’ CD1 Special Election Set for General Election Day Truth and Transparency Lacking at OHA Poll: Djou Ahead 42-33 Money: OHA Cronies Demand Control of Papahanaumokuakea Caldwell Continues to Protect Chief Kealoha from FBI Computerization Opened Door to Cash Theft in Parks and Rec Dept Djou: Build Up in Urban Honolulu TOD Tax to Pay for Rail? Rap Back: Even Former Gun Owners Will be Included in Database Education: ESSA Forums Hit Big Island New charter schools’ authorizers sought Kapiolani Park Homeless threaten Journalist Stabbing suspect linked to previous incidents of road rage, pepper spray Big Island Windfarm Will Kill Endangered Bats and Birds Transportation Bill Decision Lawsuit: Kauai Marijuana Dispensary Funded With Stolen Money Believe in Sea Level Rise? Sell Now and Flee! Gabbard Slams Religious Bigotry in Clinton Camp Read More..

Tuesday, August 2, 2016 August 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 4911 Views Feds Contradict Caldwell: Hawaii Veteran Homelessness Only Down 3% Hawaii Medicare: 50% of Payments to be on Incentive Plan Why are more Micronesians coming to Hawaii? OHA Violates Trust Responsibility to Native Hawaiians If We Can’t Have it Nobody Will: More Delays as UPW, HGEA Work to Destroy Maui Memorial Kaiser Losing $500K a Week Waiting for UPW, Governor  Ige Doubles Down on Transportation Tax Blackmail Caldwell Boots Ethics Out the Door Rail: Caldwell Throws Out Option after Option until only Tax Hikes are Left Businesses blame Ridiculous, Irresponsible Years–Long Failure for Iwilei flooding Banks Pay Caldwell More Than City Does GEMS: Your Tax Dollars Shift to Corporations DoE Far Short of cooling a thousand classrooms Soft on Crime: Freeway stabbing suspect has previous felony conviction, pending cases Great News: 526 More Convicts may be Liberated from Expensive, Corrupt UPW-Controlled Prisons Death to Tourism: Zika Hits Miami, Visitors Cancel in Droves Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage Hokulea Arrives at Nova Scotia Home Port of Hawaii Superferry Ilagan Gets More Contributions from SD2 than Anti-GMO Ruderman The Problem with Hawaii is Obscene Anti-GMO Activists Who Move Here from the Mainland Same-Day Voter Registration Available at Walk-In Voting Locations Who Can Fire Police Chief?  Case Heading for Supreme Court Read More..

Monday, August 1, 2016 August 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:46 PM :: 3816 Views Walk-in Voting Begins Monday Aug 1 On Rail, Caldwell Stonewalls Council, Legislature, and Feds A Dream and a Vision 1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings ‘Pretend School’ – 625 Teacher Vacancies Statewide Tighten Rail’s Leash Most Homelessness Money Goes to People on Verge High Cost of UPW Prisons Behind State’s Soft on Crime Approach Caldwell’s Sewage Incompetence Dying To Cross The Street In Honolulu Petroleum supplier wants to deliver clean energy Solar Dirty Energy Complain Waianae neighbors Public Hearing: Big Island Windfarm Wants to Kill Endangered Species for 20 Years  Want a Copy of the Constitution? Now, That’s Controversial! Read More..

Sunday, July 31, 2016 July 31, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 4690 Views SB2077: Randy Perreira Face-Saving Bill Hawaii Budget: Taxes on the Horizon Maui County set to strangle Airbnb Time for the Subcontract Deduction to Be Upended? Hafa Adai! Caldwell Already Lobbying for Multi-Billion Dollar GE Tax Hike Papahanaumokuakea: Question the Motives  105 Hot Classrooms at Campbell HS--DoE, Contractors Figure Out How Much They Can get away with Charging HART to Make a Mess of UH Football Opener Rail: Murder on the Disoriented Express Gay Prostitute Gets Dishonorable Discharge Anti-GMO Activists Aim for Aug 13 Dem Primary Half of Medicated Marijuana Users Will Soon Become Unemployed Hot housing market leaves elderly tenants out in cold Read More..

Saturday, July 30, 2016 July 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3735 Views Screaming Haole Trespasses on Farm, Destroys Papaya Trees Hawaiian Electric: Significant Alt-Energy Projects Underway Without NextEra KIUC: 40% Renewable for 2016 Almost All Hawaii Catholic School Graduates go on to College High Tech Corporate Welfare: State Gives Away Another $3.2M of Your Tax Dollars Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Increased in First Half of 2016 Caldwell’s Darby Flood: 15 Homes Uninhabitable, 110 Damaged in Kalihi Convert Rail to Busway? Djou: Poor Zoning Blocks Affordable Housing Enviros Attempt to Force Fishermen out of Papahanaumokuakea discussion Mainland Lesbians Score $80K Bisexual Charged with Murder, Kiddie Porn, Prostitution DNC Finger Flipper Works for Gary Hooser Judge dismisses failure to disperse charge for six telescope protesters Five Years Later Hawaii-based BoA VP Arrested Read More..

Friday, July 29, 2016 July 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 4483 Views Rep Kaniela Ing Caught Lying About Arrest--Claims 'Conspiracy' Heart Association: Second Hand Marijuana Smoke Worse than Tobacco Djou: Open to More Money for Rail as Long as it is not Tax Money Caldwell Slips out of the Office to Meet with bank Board of Directors Fire Grabauskas on August 8? Caldwell Not Willing to Say HART Board Member Walkout Stops Action on Property Purchases Lawmaker Rebuffed At DOE Meeting Three Charter Schools Nearing Approval Anti-GMO Activists Demand Removal of HD7 Democrat District Chair Other Gays Call Tranny a Prostitute After Recreation Department Employee Busted Civil Beat Upset Because Homeless Cant Pee on Things Freely Homeless Shack Runs Aground, Washed out of Keehi Tweekers’ Camp—Lawyers Called Police Union Shouldn’t Block Body Cameras In Kauai Cow Manure: Anti-Dairy Phonies Find New Excuses to Whine Oahu, Big Island nearing Solar Cap Read More..

Thursday, July 28, 2016 July 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4951 Views Rep Kaniela Ing Arrested by Maui PD Secrets: 24 Candidates Fail to File Financial Disclosure OHA Elections are Decided by Oahu Voters Hawaii Capital Gains Taxes 29.2% U.S. establishes new Jones Act enforcement arm Cover Up: Jones Act Whistleblower Case Costs Matson $1M Hot Schools: DoE Prepares for Illness and Exhaustion Bernie Sanders Resigns from Democratic Party DLNR: Keehi Lagoon is Caldwell’s Mess Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Now Showing in Hawaii A Dozen Dead and Caldwell Does Nothing Gay Sex Scandal Rocks Caldwells’ Recreation Department Caldwell’s Darby Emergency Plan—Phone Hilo Here’s The Deal Caldwell Made to Oust Ethics Director HART to discuss council resolutions to suspend property acquisition, change of funding Most Doctors Don’t Want to Sell Weed Housing For Homeless Three Units in Waianae cost $752K Hawaiian Electric Industries Profits $60M from Failed Merger Hawaiians Plan to Violate Ige’s Kona Fishing Ban EPA Drawn into Dairy Farm Fight Why It Took A Republican Governor To Get Blue Hawaii On The Path To Clean Energy Soft on Crime:  Man on probation arrested in shooting Read More..

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 July 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 4362 Views Papahanaumokuakea: OHA’s Power Grab will harm State's ability to continue its trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians Hawaii Pension System $8 Billion in Trouble Sen. Sam Slom Endorses Kelii Akina for OHA Trustee Hawaii Police Departments decreasing in size per capita County by County: Where are the People Doped Up? Video: Tulsi Gabbard Nominates Bernie Sanders for President Lawsuit: Compel Department of Health to post long term care home inspection reports Hawaii Supreme Court: Hanalei Boatyard Connected to Area 51? Honolulu Tops Cities Where Coffee Costs the Most Hawaii County Mayoral Candidate Wally Lau Fears Perjury Charge in Billy Kenoi Case Djou is Only Candidate Pledged to Not Raise Taxes If voters don’t elect new leadership at City Hall, we’re all in big trouble Darby damage was avoidable? Fasi Building Air Conditioning Broken—Will Stay Down for Two Weeks Due to Caldwell’s Incompetence ‘That Ocean Belongs To Us,’ Former Governor Tells Feds HECO to Control Solar Development on Oahu? State, Feds Hand out $23.3M to so-called High Tech Companies State high court rejects ethics charges against Hilo charter school administrator Kauai Anti-GMO Activist Booted from Dem Convention After Giving Hillary Clinton the Finger on Live National TV BLNR OKs transfer of land lease in Milolii from Kahele to relative HPD Arrests City Employee in Gay Sex Scandal Read More..

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 July 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:42 PM :: 4644 Views Senator Slom Publishes Financial Report on the State General Fund Honolulu: Property Tax Bills and Absentee Ballots Arrive in Mail Another Sewage overflow near Ala Moana Tulsi Gabbard: ‘The Congresswoman Trump Fans Can Love’ DoE Community Meetings--Seeks Input on ESSA Precisely as Predicted: DoE Now Says $63K per Classroom is a Good Price for AC Crooked medevac firm files bankruptcy Liquefied natural gas bridge to Hawaii collapses Kauai: Anti-Agriculture Lawsuit Filed by Phony Environmentalists After Tuition Hike, UH to find out if it will get hit with a historic penalty Decade After Being Blocked by OHA, Will Kauai Finally Get Drug Treatment Center? Advocates For Elderly Sue State Over Inspections Of Care Homes 42 Handi-Van Vehicles out of Commission HPD officer arrested for DUI Makani Christensen has long been an ally of Hawaii’s fishing community Rod Tam Crosses The Aisle To Try To Come Back You Tube Video Reveals Homosexual Sex Harassment in Hawaii Community Service Program Here’s why the Hawaii LGBT Caucus doesn’t support Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s reelection campaign Corps of Engineers Plan for Waikiki?  ‘Build a Wall’ UH astronomers test waters for new telescope atop Haleakala Readers Not Fooled by Latest HI-Tech Tax Credit Sales Pitch Read More..

Monday, July 25, 2016 July 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 5518 Views Debt Financing: The mayor's word on rail has been broken – again Bishop Museum: ‘Fears that some pieces might have disappeared’ Telescope Doom: OHA intends to take state and UH to court Gabbard to Challenge Hirono in 2018? Should a deal be struck, it’s unclear how it will impact SB 2077 Top donors to state and local candidates so far this year Bankrupt Puerto Rico Cited as Model for Hawaiian Electric WSJ Looks at UH 15-to-Finish Program Special Session’s Price Tag At Least $10,000 Debunked Instantly: Civil Beat Pushing for Rent Control Read More..

Sunday, July 24, 2016 July 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 3439 Views Recreation Department Audit: No Way to Know How Much They Stole The “Turn Back the Clock Award” UH Law Grads Average $55K Debt City seeks non-profit organization for Kapolei City Lights parade and vendors Video: Winds of Change in Education How Much Money Does Hawaii Spend Per Student? Djou has a point, and Caldwell knows it Veto Override: The whole Democratic machine wobbles Maui Hospital: With Override, the transition should proceed Hawaii Sunshine Law—Constant Tug of War Hawaiian Electric: We’re Looking at all Fuel Choices Young Bros Seeks $3.1M Rate Hike The Evolution of Obamacare Kauai Anti-GMO Candidate Funded by Mainlanders, Celebrutards Read More..

Saturday, July 23, 2016 July 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4608 Views Hawaii Reapportionment Case: Only Mark Takai Put his Name on the Line Tax Hike Coming: Rail ‘Recovery’ Plan to Remain Hidden Until After Election Even With Economy Booming, HART Claims GE Taxes Running Short of Projections The Hawaii Legislature's Exercise in Short-Term Thinking Jones Act Shipbuilders Fail Again: Navy’s latest aircraft carrier cannot be deployed Darby: Hawaii and Maui County Shelters Open Feds Nail $2M Tribal Scam–Thousands Got Free Hawaiian Homelands Cellphones Tulsi Gabbard Votes Against Zika Funding HART: Will Seek GE Tax Hike After Election, Feds Order Caldwell not to Build $280M Pearl Highlands Station Will Darby Duplicate Iselle Impacts? -- Activists Eager for Damage to Geothermal Plant Ward Heeler Predicts Kim-Lau Runoff Candidate profiles GOP Convention Coverage Read More..

Friday, July 22, 2016 July 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 4550 Views VIDEO: HART Vice-Chair Endorses Charles Djou Hawaii 3rd Highest Excise Taxes in USA Golden Parachutes are Expensive -- Massive tuition increases approved by UH regents Honolulu ADU Incentives Now Law Ige Announces $12M Homelessness Plan DoH Socks Hawaii’s Last Cane Plantation with $600K Fine TS Darby heading to Hawaii, tropical storm watch issued for Big Island, Maui Co Big Mess: Legislators’ Trash Heap imperils pension fund Suddenly Caldwell Claims City Finances are All Better Now, Just Ignore that Rail Thingy  Hawaii GOP’s Only Senate Seat May Be In Jeopardy NextEra to pull out of Hawaii wind farm, undersea cable and power supply improvement projects Your Tuition Hike At Work: Vice Chancellor Quits, Scores Big Fat Salary to Teach English Kealohas file motion to dismiss federal prosecutor from grand jury investigation Chinatown Gambling: Price of HPD Protection $7,000? Hawaii health agency faces challenge in Hepatitis A outbreak Valley Fever Could be Excuse to Release Hundreds of Criminals Cab companies see profits plummet as ride-sharing expands Read More..

Thursday, July 21, 2016 July 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 3316 Views It Begins: Caldwell Launches First Negative Campaign Ad Maui Hospital Veto Override will jeopardize the Employee Retirement System Ige: The concerns expressed in my veto message have not changed IUOE ‘Hawaiian Stabilization Fund’ All But Clear of Lawsuit Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Fishermen get no response from Obama, Schatz DHHL Begins Work on 2017 Legislative Package Souki: Rather Difficult to Implement HGEA-UPW Payoff Bill Without Funding HART considers federal loan to help patch rail shortfall After All the Hype Oahu Electricity Still 71% Oil Star-Adv: UH Tuition Hike is ‘Reasonable’ Fitch warns utilities: Retail net metering could damage your creditworthiness Hawaii’s longline fisheries hit bigeye tuna limit early School Cleared In Ethics Case Prison Guard Facing Six Counts of Lesbian Rape Read More..

Wednesday, July 20, 2016 July 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 3215 Views Rep Mark Takai Dies--Special Election in November Hawaiian Electric withdraws request for approval of LNG contract and generation upgrades Supreme Court: Mixed Decision on Office Of Election Ballot Practices Voters win ballot shortage case against the Hawaii Office of Elections Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 19, 2016 Zika Spreads—1300 Cases in Continental US and Hawaii Hospital Privatization: Legislators Override Veto, Give HGEA, UPW Millions After All Caldwell’s Tax Hike Hype, HART Middle Street Contract Somehow Magically Comes in on Budget Facebook Being used to Impose Political Correctness: HPD Officer Reassigned After Writing Incorrect Things School misconduct investigations Sideline Employees for Year Teachers say Hawaii public schools plagued with faulty furniture, equipment County Recreation Department has One Employee for Every 2.8 Acres of parks ‘Village’ offers hope to homeless State Pays for Homeless Programs Slashed by Obama Administration Hawaii groups push co-op utility after failed merger Mainland Anti-GMO Loons, Civil Beat Team up to Attack Kauai County Water Board Nominee Poll workers sought for primary election Kauai PD Lt Stole $75K intended for Drug Buys Read More..

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 July 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 4690 Views Keli’i Akina and Mililani Trask Team-up to Reform OHA EPA Imposes $425M in Costs on Tesoro, Parr Refineries VIDEO: Linda Lingle Addresses GOP Convention 2016 Candidate Info Available on League of Women Voters Website Hawaiian Electric Will Move Forward as an Independent Company Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings Maui Hospital Bill: Legislators ‘Look Foolish Negotiating for Unions’ The transfer of the hospitals would be the largest privatization project in state history Caldwell: I Want Another $1.5B of Your Money Poll: Native Hawaiians Support Telescope GEMS a drain on ratepayers as well as taxpayers Hawaii Poll: Nearly Half of Voters Want HPD Chief to Resign HPA Gives Lifelong Criminal Early Release due to Overcrowding Hawaii's educators fed up with slow progress to cool classrooms First in History: Hawaii DoE Adopts a Curriculum NextEra Rejection Places LNG Project in Limbo Ige Claims Others Wait to Buy Hawaiian Electric Kauai Enviros Really Thrilled About Letting Enemy Subs Sneak up on Navy Ships UH recommends raising its tuition 2% Hawaii County Council Considers $39M Tax Hike on Agricultural Properties HMSA Insurance Rate Hikes Average 11.1% GOP Convention Coverage Read More..

Monday, July 18, 2016 July 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:49 PM :: 3104 Views NextEra Quits Hawaii Short $95M Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi Team Djou Challenge—Rail, Trust, Homelessness, Ethics Take rail all way to Ala Moana, voters urge Poll: People Happier About Homeless after they beat up Brower Porno Choices: Sex ed found to alter minds High cost of rents partially result of GE Tax Maui is being ruined by environmentalists Charter School Chief Job Offer Rejected SB2196 Creates Independent Police Review Board Civil Beat: We Need $400K for Hemp UH president’s pay in mid-range among college leaders, study finds Islanders hit Ohio for GOP convention Read More..

Monday, July 18, 2016 Letters to the Editor July, 2016 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:50 AM :: 5559 Views CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing Read More..

Sunday, July 17, 2016 July 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 5423 Views Poll: Djou Ahead 39-30 See it Here: Your August 13 Primary Ballot DLNR Seeks Nominations for Game Management Commission Hawaii Says ‘Aloha’ to Direct Primary Care Feds: Honolulu Highest Consumer Prices in USA No Tax Hike? Then Wait 20 Years for Your Roads! OHA Chair Lindsey Still Missing in Action Sue and Settle Scheme Aims for Federal Control of Waters off Main Hawaiian Isles Honolulu Charter Commission Prepares 27 Amendments for Ballot  HGEA Loses—Ige Veto will Stand:  Perreira -- ‘Incompetent Fools’ Clinton Winning Hawaii 49-25 Caldwell’s mayoral chances dissipating, blowing in wind 2012 Election Pattern Repeats itself? Easing Council term limits will deny voters fresh faces, ideas LAWSUIT filed: Hermina Morita vs. Thomas Gorak NextEra Has Until July 29 to Appeal Ruderman: I can be Blackmailed into Raising Your Taxes Walter Ritte Tries  to Shake Down Queens Hospital Gabbard Sitting on $1.88M COFA: Guam Governor Deports Inmate back to Chuuk Read More..

Saturday, July 16, 2016 July 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 3179 Views State lawmakers to return Monday to discuss wasteful $25 million union deal Rep Pat Saiki Endorses Keli’i Akina for OHA Rally Protests Federal Takeover of NW Hawaiian Isles Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment Auditor to review Maui county employee travel expenses Slim turnout for public hearings on Young Brothers’ proposed rate hike Hawaii Governor Signs Bio-Fuel Production Tax Credit Read More..

Friday, July 15, 2016 July 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:32 PM :: 3497 Views PUC Rejects NextEra Deal 2-0: Gorak Abstains DLNR Officer: ‘Sucker Punched’ by Firing of Friel HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing Djou Raises $259K in First Month Three Candidates For Mayor, Three Positions On Honolulu Rail Full Text: AG Opinion Backs Ige’s PUC Appointment Full Text: Attorney General Sues Bounty Hunter Duane Dog Chapman HGEA Sues to Block Airport Security Privatization GEMS: State Asks Cronies for $150M in Schemes HART board tight-lipped about Next Scapegoat HART Board Member: Rail is Runaway Train Caldwell Spends $814K to Buy Election But Nobody Likes Him Anyway Modular houses near H-1 will go to the homeless State Of Poverty: Recovery Has Left Too Many In Hawaii Behind Star-Adv: ESSA should encourage local control Dark Days for Anti-GMO Activists Prison Guard Arrested for Rape Borreca: All Hawaii Republicans are Just Like Trump Read More..

Thursday, July 14, 2016 July 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 3859 Views VIDEO: Djou Launches First TV Commercial 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations” DoI Final Ruling: Slippery Slope to Fed Wreck? A Practical Approach to Occupational Licensing Reform Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 14, 2016 Register to Vote Online Here -- Before Today's Deadline Djou: Middle Street is Disastrous Idea Just in Time for Primary Election: Grabauskas to be Next Sacrificial Lamb Honolulu Charter Commission advances proposal to extend officeholders’ terms DoT: We Worked hard to Shake Down Legislators HGEA files lawsuit to stop privatization of airport security Criminal inquiry focuses on IBEW ex-leader General fund tax deposits up 8 percent Land Board Writes Greenmail into new water lease approach Fisheries: Local Food Production Up, Enviros Seek New Ways to Shut it Down Peter Apo: Marine Monument Proposal Isn’t ‘Hawaiian’ Why Honolulu Can’t Be Sure How Many Homeless Veterans It Has Questions raised about mayor’s PV land lease Read More..

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 July 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 3987 Views CNBC: Top States for Business—Hawaii Ranks 49th Ex-Rep Richard Fale Pleads No Contest, Fined $1000 Ige Vetoes Workplace Social-Media Privacy Bill Star-Adv: Hospital payout veto should stand Ige: HGEA Hospital Payoff Jeopardizes Tax-Exempt Status of ERS Legislators Give Ige Six Days to Negotiate Union Hospital Shakedown Djou: Police chief should step aside A Peek Inside The Corruption Probe Of Honolulu’s Police Chief NextEra Rejection Decision could come this week Ige Vetoes Far Fewer Bills Than His Predecessors Suit challenges Vacation rentals enforcement SB2559: New law could slash number of homeless beds in Hawaii 269 candidates vying for public office—5 Get Public Funding Next? Kauai Nearing Solar Caps Kenoi ethics saga drags on: Crony Board further delays complaints against mayor Dru Kanuha Ethics Violation Slow Walked by Laughable Hawaii County ‘Ethics’ Commission Read More..

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 July 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 3349 Views Ige Vetoes Eight Bills Full Text: Contractor Offered Cool Schools at $5990 per Classroom—Was Ignored by DoE Djou Challenges Caldwell to Respond to On-Going EMS Staffing Problems Maui HGEA Payoff: Still $25M too Much Papahānaumokuākea: Schatz Absurdly Wrong AG Seeks Deputy Solicitors General Neighbor island ESSA town halls start Monday Power Has Been out at Oahu Jail Since Friday Report: $10K ‘Affordability Gap’ for Hawaii College Students As Predicted: Ige Vetoes HGEA Hospital Payoff, Calls for Legislature to Amend in Special Session Special Session Called to Amend Maui HGEA Payoff Bill NextEra Hardball--Iwase Panics, Gorak Law License Threatened 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations” Star-Adv: Push for Fake Indian Tribe ‘Almost Certainly will Stall Out’ Solar Contractors Scamming Consumers Again as ‘Grid Supply’ Maxes Out EMS plans changes, may reevaluate 12-hour shifts as UPW-induced staffing shortages continue Even PR Firms Don’t Want to Spin Rail Young Bros. seeks 4.36% rate hike GMOs Safe, Dennis Gonsalves A Big Island Hero Dark Money Behind Anti-GMO Candidates Ige Signs HB2707 – Giving Tax Credits to Marijuana Dispensaries State Marijuana Regulations so Complicated that Nobody Can Open on Time Honolulu Charter: Enviros Keep Tight Grip on Land Use Laws  Iwilei Sweep Teaches Skills to Homeless Ing Makes Fool of Himself, Forced to Apologize Read More..

Monday, July 11, 2016 July 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4193 Views HGEA Maui Endorsements Leaked HGEA: Ige Preparing Reduced Hospital Severance Package Healthcare: Legislators Muddle Definition of ‘Direct Primary Care’ VICTORY!  Nai Aupuni Won’t be Ready with Fake Indian Tribe Before Obama Leaves Office Problems In Interior’s Rule On Hawaiian Home Land Feds to OK New Kahuku Wind Farm Sister Islands: Registered Dope Fiends Exceed 2% of Population Disbarred Ex-Con Hired at UH Richardson Law School Four Killed by Police in Hawaii So Far This Year Read More..

Sunday, July 10, 2016 July 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 3360 Views Hawaii Legislature: 52% ‘Big Fail’ Full Text: Lawsuit Accuses Movie Mogul of Pressuring Maui Mayor to Fire Film Commissioner Shady Deals? Honolulu Grants in Aid Organic Food Tax Credit wins ‘Rusty Scalpel’ Award $42 Million Bid May Stall Hospital Transition and Jeopardize Union Jobs Absentee ballots go out, triggering Election Month Solar loan program wastes millions Natatorium: 20 Years of White Collar Make Work Even With Extra Funding UPW Ambulance Drivers Play Overtime Games Leave Squads Unstaffed HSTA Vision for Future of Hawaii's public schools focus of day-long summit Childcare study finds low pay, few parent resources HCDA: Make Affordable Housing Cheaper Enviros Pump up Hype Campaign Against Remaining Plastic Bags The final chapter in the story of sugar on Maui Legal Marijuana may add $4.5M to Kauai Crony Dispensary Read More..

Saturday, July 9, 2016 July 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 3395 Views Cool Schools: How Government Contracting Makes a $2,500 job cost $138,000 Hawaii Rap Back Law Coordinated with Obama Administration? Rifle Association: Six Lawyers Working on Hawaii ‘Rap Back’ Lawsuit Register to Vote Online Here -- Before July 14 Deadline UH study finds Housing First program improves quality of life for homeless Pro-NextEra PUC majority reached last month, but Iwase, Gorak stalled its release Just Long Enough to get rid of Champley Lawmakers May Call Special Session To Override Ige Veto of $40M HGEA/UPW Payoff HCDA: We Were Supposed to Call Insane Asylum to Report Sewage Spill ‘Untrustworthy’ People Attend Caldwell Fundraisers: City Council Shakeup Kauai Hearings for Floating Windfarm Boondoggle? Read More..

Friday, July 8, 2016 July 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4814 Views Leaving Hawaii: Decision on New Site for Thirty Meter Telescope set for ‘Early 2017’ Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You" One Month Since Launch of Djou Campaign Djou Agrees to Eight Debates Will Obama Give Honolulu a Pardon from Rail Jail? Ige Signs Four More Bills Into Law Significant Increases in Labor Law Penalties Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future? Judge Finds No Evidence to Support So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit Against Maui County Does the Film Industry Need Taxpayer Subsidies? Doubled: More contractors qualify for Slice of ‘Cool Schools’ bonanza DoT Road Priority Blackmail not Blacktop Maui Hospital:  HGEA, UPW Members Play Games with Sick Leave State Education task group takes cues from HSTA Secretary-Treasurer Expert: Maybe Homeless Won’t be Political Football After Election Waimanalo Gulch Developer’s Trashy ‘Liveability’ Award used to Boost Caldwell Rail Contractor Kiewit defies environmental laws, suit says Hawaii: Coal and Oil Become Clean Energy When Political Insiders Profit  Offshore Wind: Another Expensive, Untested Pie in the Sky Scheme for Hawaii Zoning: Anderson out, Ozawa In Kauai: Developers, Tourism Interest Pay for Anti-Diary Farm Ads Smug Insiders Against Local Food: NW Hawaiian Isles Expansion Read More..

Thursday, July 7, 2016 July 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 4880 Views Keli’i Akina: Fed-up with Government? -- “Let`s Change It!” NextEra: Kouchi Asks for Formal Opinion from Attorney General (Full Text) Hawaii Timeshares: Highest fees in USA Ige Signs Three More Bills into Law Hawaii #1 for Distracted Driving Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898 Senate to Hold Revocable Permit Hearing Report on UH lab explosion reveals deep, systemic safety failures HB2772: UH Rape Policy Now Written into State Law Maui hospital workers’ payout bill a ‘sweetheart’ deal After 20 Years of Torture, Lahaina Hospital Breaks Ground for Construction Corrupt ex-Liquor Commissioner and ex-HPD Charged with Child Molestation (No. 1) Retired police officer charged with assault in bar shooting (No. 2) Ex-HPD officer sentenced to 3 months in jail for Stolen Car Racket (No. 3) HPD Officer Charged with Assault in Road Rage Incident (No. 4) Emotions and Irrational Behaviors: Honolulu City Council Aborts Leadership Shake-Up Housing First reports a 97% success rate Sweet Vacation Memories: Homeless Leave Needles Behind After Using Waikiki Lifeguard Towers to Shoot Up Dopers decide: Marijuana or Oxy?  Decisions, Decisions Council Entices Homeowners To Build Accessory Dwelling Units Read More..

Wednesday, July 6, 2016 July 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 5884 Views Caldwell Planning Smear Tactics? OHA Trustees Banned from Talking to OHA Employees Ige Signs 13 Bills into Law Honolulu Republicans Endorse Djou for Mayor Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii Former AG: Hawaii’s Short-Term Rental Regulation Preempted By Federal Law State and Local Sales Taxes: How Does Hawaii Compare? NYT: How Anti-Growth Sentiment Thwarts Equality Caldwell, Wife Paid Over $1M a Year by Local Banks HART Board Member: We Need to Reassess Rail Lies Pro-NextEra Senators Meet to Plan Lawsuit Against Ige Hawaii Ethics Board Member Caught Conspiring to Let Kenoi Off Hook Ominous Court Rulings For The State Ethics Commission HGEA: Our Hospital Job Trust is More Important Than Your Lives How Cool Schools Turned into a Gold Plated Christmas Tree Police Union Wants Final Say On Body Cams Honolulu ranked among the 10 most expensive U.S. cities for apartment rentals Workforce drug tests show highest marijuana use in Hawaii since 2013—1% of Hawaii Residents Now Have Marijuana Card Hawaii becomes last state to ban sex trafficking Retired Honolulu officer pleads no contest to negligent homicide charge Read More..

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 July 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:19 PM :: 4120 Views SWAT Raids Honolulu Homeless Tent City after Night of ‘Wilding’ Maui County Homeless Numbers Drop $40M Payoff? Maui Hospital negotiations May Extend into Special Session Rubber-stamping revocable permits must come to end Hawaii Extends Negotiation On New Private-Prison Contract Hawaii And Honolulu Agencies Really Try To Hide Public Records Hawaii: The Lowest-Paying State Read More..

Monday, July 4, 2016 July 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 4606 Views The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence Mahalo for your service Caldwell Lets Another wave of homeless hit Waikiki beaches Billionaire Warren Buffett’s energy company may be eyeing Hawaiian Electric Honolulu rail project's CFO rescinds resignation ‘Rap Back’ law goes against federal law Hawaii Recidivism Rate 48.9% Cannabis group sees pot of gold ahead HGEA Psych Care $750 a day Ing to Be Tossed out of Office? Ex-special ed students are being sought for a lawsuit Plastic-bag ban has some ’splainin’ to do Read More..

Sunday, July 3, 2016 July 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 6533 Views The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence General Excise Tax Hits Charities Twice IRS Probe of Kamehameha Schools work for Nai Aupuni Tribe? Sitting on Unspent $540M, State DoT to Shut Down New Road Building in Gambit for Massive Tax Hike Roz Baker Supports NextEra Merger Councilmembers Squabble over who will play Second Fiddle to Ernie Martin Ige’s likely vacation rental tax veto bucks trend Enviros Against Local Food (again) Some Hawaii Democrats Distrust Gabbard Because she is too Honest About Islam Marijuana dispensaries delayed Read More..

Saturday, July 2, 2016 July 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 6123 Views Djou: Fundraising Exceptionally Strong New State Ethics Director Announced Savio: Rail Can be Built Without Any Taxpayer Dollars  Ige’s choice to Kill NextEra Deal is sworn in as dispute grows over sudden move Councilman Calls For Audit Amid Honolulu Ethics Commission Chaos Rape? Maui Prison Guard Has Been Fugitive from Justice Since 2014 Kahele divesting himself of controversial beach home Gov Lingle Quits Illinois Gov’s Admin Read More..

Friday, July 1, 2016 July 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 5244 Views Russia to launch ‘Monster’ ICBM towards Hawaii Ige Signs Cool Schools, Water Bills Tourism: Visitors Up, Spending Down Why are there no mobile home parks in Hawaii? Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies Appeals Clock Senate President to Sue Governor in Desperate Bid to Let Old Boys Cash Out of HECO Honolulu goes from Go Rail to Stop Rail to Try Wait Rail Council Crisis Center Modeled on Seattle Program Specifically Designed to Support Homeless Tent Cities SB2559: Homeless Shelters Say Bill May Cut 200 Beds Mayor Arakawa -- Housing First on Maui Anderson Out As Vice Chair OHA CEO Crabbe Reappointed State representatives who had the best, worst attendance Hawaii County Council candidate delinquent on taxes Hawaii AG Appeals DHHL Case Supreme Court: Only Police Commission Can Suspend Chief Hawaii missing out on $100M in taxes from illegal vacation rentals Coral Disease Caused by Illegal TVR Cesspools Used by Vacationing Environmentalists 20% Rise in shoplifting tied to ban on plastic bags Contractor selected to modernize state’s antiquated payroll system Civil rights lawsuit aims to keep elderly couple together in Assisted Living Home Honolulu drivers 137th in nationwide ranking Five Zika Cases in Hawaii So Far Read More..

Thursday, June 30, 2016 June 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:10 PM :: 3464 Views Hawaii Hi Tech Darling Mbloom Collapses After Feds Arrest ‘Porn King’ in $60M Indian Tribe Ripoff Hawaii Homelessness Grows 4%—Mostly on Big Island, Kauai Ige Appoints New PUC Commissioner, Secures 2-1 Majority Against NextEra Study: Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii Hawaii Campaign Spending: Judge Reverses Medieval Punishment for 15th Century Campaign Contribution Hawaii GOP Announces Delegation to Republican National Convention Honolulu Rail Is Laughable, But Not Funny City Auditor to Reexamine Rail Project Power Of Incumbency On Display In Honolulu City Council Races HMSA Puts Patient Health at Risk to Save Money Kauai Homeless Take over Historic County Building, Begin Urinating on Things Honolulu Homeless Admit Sweeps are Working Auditor sets sights on county hiring practices Ing: Immature, Corrupt, Disrespectful Nobel Laureates Point out that Anti-GMO Activism is ‘Crime Against Humanity’ Retaliation Redundancy: Kauai Suit Claims Retaliation over Retaliation Complaint Read More..

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 June 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 3955 Views Esther Kiaaina Cuts Micronesia Funding, Forcing Migrants to Come to USA Sand Island Homeless Center Moves 61 Homeless into Permanent Housing Single Payer Activists to Target Hawaii for Socialist Medicine? HB2231: New law makes it easier to finance energy co-ops Legislators Laugh at Idiot Mayor: We Will not Entertain Caldwell’s Rail Tax Hike—Don’t Even Try Rail: “Never enough time to do it right, but lots of time to do it over” Star-Adv: Ige Should Veto $40M HGEA/UPW Payoff Cool Schools: 300-page Bid Sheets Behind High Costs Oahu Homeless up by ‘Only’ 1%—Sister Isles up 9.7% $9,000 Rent Assist Available to Homeless Who Have Jobs Homeless a Political Football on Maui, Too The cost to house a prisoner in Hawaii may surprise you HB1739: Ige Threatens Veto of Social Media Privacy Bill Read More..

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 June 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:47 PM :: 3706 Views Major Unions Endorse Djou for Mayor Irresponsible: Caldwell Moves for 10 Month Delay on Rail Recovery Plan Transgender Insurance Mandate Among 12 Bills Ige Signing Today Ige: Intent to Veto 9 Bills Ige Signs HB2501: A&B Keeps E Maui Water Study: Hawaii is Number One in Teacher Absenteeism Honolulu Charter Commission Sets Community Meetings Matson launches new foreign flag service Feds Demand Arrest of Tugboat after Giant Golf Ball Mishap Hawaii Federalist Society: Supreme Court Term in Review Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 28, 2016 DBEDT: Housing Over 40% of Consumer Spending for Kauai, Hawaii Co Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii As Supporters Jump Ship, Caldwell Plan Would Have Feds Withhold HART Funding for 3rd Year—Creates $750M shortfall Labor Leaders, HART Vice Chair, ‘Disappointed’ with Caldwell Feb 21, 2007: The Day Rail Jumped the Tracks Train car graffiti just latest in string of crimes at Honolulu rail sites Telescope company continues education fund despite limbo Sand Island: Key to Homeless Success Story is NO TENTS Martin: I want massive Seattle-Style Homeless Tent City on North Shore Where There is Lots of Copper ‘Frivolous’ GOP Ballot Challenge Against Sen Thielen Dismissed Assistant chief files lawsuit against Kauai Police Department Another Hi Tech Media Darling Goes Bust: Self Dealer Flees, Takes Half of MBloom With Him Other states join Hawaii in banning noncompete agreements Medical Board takes 2-1/2 years to revoke license of dope doctor Read More..

Monday, June 27, 2016 June 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 4160 Views Ige: Captive Insurance Shunts $1.26B to Local Bankers Ansaldo Caught Lying About Short Staffing Rail Project Ige’s Rap Back Violates 1986 Federal Law Tourist: Seeing homeless people Take a Dump on the Sidewalk in Hawaii was unexpected City's homeless housing services center celebrates grand opening Caldwell: I want to Control Grants in Aid Is Hawaii Offshore Wind a Done Deal? Trask: Thousands of OHA Trust Dollars Used for Staff Trips to Cook Islands Lindsey: OHA Should Model itself on Cook Islands Tangled up in Red Tape: Weed Dealers May not be Able to Open this year Opponents of vacation rental tax bill renew push for a veto CB: Two Criminals Die in Arizona Prison so we Should Return them all to Corrupt UPW Prisons Soft on Crime: Alleged Shooter Had Many Convictions Yet was out on Streets Again Read More..

Sunday, June 26, 2016 June 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:18 PM :: 3364 Views The Surprisingly Sudden Demise of the Anti-GMO Movement Best states for driving: Hawaii Ranks 15th Condominium and Community Associations: File or Else! Hanabusa: Manipulate the Numbers and Go For a Tax Hike Star-Adv: Squeeze Construction Industry Rail delay by lawsuit was city’s own fault Caldwell’s Pants on Fire Charter Amendment: HART’s Only Job Will be to Collect Taxes and Extend Rail Ige talks big and keeps cool, but kids still boiling in class Brower: My Provocation Manipulated your Perceptions and Now We’re Going to Have More Festering Homeless Tent Cities ‘Liquidated Damages’ New Byword in Effort to Place More Convicts into Expensive, Corrupt UPW-Controlled Prisons EPA to Help Design Two Green Rail Stations Haleakala National Park Implements ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Feral Cats, Dogs  Concerns about Zika are shifting destinations for ‘babymooners’ Read More..

Saturday, June 25, 2016 June 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 PM :: 3516 Views Rail: Building To The Nowhere Of Middle? In the Beginning, Rail Cost Only $3B Privatization: 20 Years of UPW Garbage in Hawaii’s Courts Marijuana License Scores: DoH Reveals Which Cronies Just Don’t Make the Grade Hawaii Gun Owners May Be Monitored More Closely Than Criminals Hawaii Access to Justice Conference 2016 Hanabusa Caught Flatfooted on Two-Year Old Rail Cost Estimate Abolish HART?  Caldwell Grabs for Control of Rail With No Security at Night, Graffiti Artist Has All night for First Tag on Honolulu Rail Car “There’s a lot of irregular things going on with revocable permits” – BLNR OKs changes Initiative seeks conversation, public’s vision for Mauna Kea School air-conditioning bids Where is the sweat equity by the homeless? Lawmaker demands answers in police academy cheating scandal Ing Caught Lying Again The Last Days of PUC Commissioner Mike Champley Hawaii PUC infuses new energy into community renewables plan North Shore, Waianae Residents Question Plan for Ocean-Based Wind Farm Hooser Go Away and STFU Read More..

Friday, June 24, 2016 June 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 3183 Views Djou: Rail Mess is a Pure Failure of Leadership Ige Signs Rap Back: Hawaii Gun Owners to be Placed in FBI Database Hawaii Passes First of Its Kind Gun Legislation Conviction Tossed: How They Get Away in Soft on Crime Hawaii Molasses Spill Very Profitable for Aha Moku Council Oppression of Education PUEO Hawaiians oppose removal of UH-Hilo telescope—Win Delay Rifle Association: “High Likelihood of Legal Action” Kakaako property owners suffering for ‘maybe train’ Simple Traffic Solutions Don’t Cost Billions Cool Schools: Price Gouging, 100 Page Bid Sheet PRP: DoE Gold-Plating Cool Schools Bids Peter Apo: Obama Should Say No To Expanded Marine Monument US Supreme Court Slaps Down Hawaii Supreme Court on Breathalyzer Testing State public housing available in record time thanks to new team of contractors 5 Democrats vie for right to seek empty HD29 seat Read More..

Thursday, June 23, 2016 June 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:24 PM :: 3316 Views Energy monitoring and management coming to 250 public schools Scheme to recognize Native Hawaiians as ‘tribe’ still a threat OHA Control Would Create Costs and Chaos for NW Hawaiian Isles Without Changes, Rail cost could be nearly $3 billion above current estimates Medicaid Reimbursements Need to Grow Thanks to Caldwell, Homeless encampments growing in Hawaii Kai Maui County reaches solar program’s cap Public opinion sought on Young Brothers’ interisland shipping rate hike Candidates Respond To Surveys Read More..

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 June 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:13 PM :: 4839 Views DOCARE Chief Forced Out—Retaliation for Investigating DLNR Corruption, Theft of Guns Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 21, 2016 Feral Cats Kill More Seabirds -- No Eradication Planned DLNR Closing Mauna Kea, Bringing in Helicopters for Sheep Eradication Judiciary Expands ‘Steps to Avoid Eviction’ Program Fed Wreck Plan B Hanabusa Uses Teachers to Open Door to More Lobbyist 'Gifts' to Legislators Child Well-Being: Hawaii Ranks 23rd Caldwell Buys Iwilei Building: Hub for Homeless to Rival LA Skid Row Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki: Feds Take Another Step FTA: Thanks to Caldwell, Honolulu Rail is Now One of Ten Most Screwed Up Projects Unions asking too much of Maui deal Hanabusa Uses Teachers to Open Door to More Political Corruption ‘Progressives’ here far from it PUC Silent on NextEra as Clock Ticks Down to June 30 Departure of Abercrombie Appointee City to convert Iwilei low-rise into hub to keep the homeless, homeless State to help some working homeless with rental subsidy program Hawaii Health Department Watching 50 Cases of Dengue, One Chikungunya  Airhead Hooser too Chicken to Visit Seed Farms Read More..

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 June 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4578 Views HGEA Announces Primary Election Endorsements Ige Extends Homeless Emergency Proclamation Education Savings Accounts: A New Way Forward Ige’s not on board with Caldwell’s idea of shortening train route Chief Kealoha files 1,000 Page Lawsuit: Claims Ethics is a Haole Conspiracy Chief, Wife Sue Ethics Again and Again Star-Adv: Use full vetting for grants in aid Brower Never Learns: Still Pushing for Gigantic Festering Homeless Tent Cities Everywhere  World Travel: The City Council’s Invisible Spending Don’t throw out policy on teacher travel HECO Issues Point by Point Debunk of Rep Chris Lee Crazy Hawaii Renewable Energy Proposals Sticking Up For GOP Values Or Tearing The Party Apart? Read More..

Monday, June 20, 2016 June 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:30 PM :: 3410 Views Trustee: OHA Wasted $33M on Akaka Bill Star-Adv Hits Caldwell ‘Abject Failure of Leadership’ CD1: U.S. Air Force colonel Shirlene Ostrov is “a candidate who can win.” Video: How Free is Hawaii Economically? Big Oil, OHA, and Brian Schatz team up to Give Hawaii Fishermen the Shaft Maui: Half of Overtime Goes to 376 Police Officers Meet the Environmental Protest Industry Rep Thielen to DEA: Legalize Hemp Rail Recovery Plan? Feds Explain How Rail Systems Blow Budget Study: Hawaii Ex-Con Recidivism 48.9% Hawaii Environmental Court Shuts Down Cane Plantation with First Case—Chief Justice Cites ‘Very Successful’ First Year Shortened rail route could pose $20B challenge to housing market Honolulu’s Runaway Rail Project And The Fallacy of Sunk Costs Will Kauai Voters Excrete Hooser from Council? Hawaii’s Sheriff Division More Secretive than Secret Service—But Civil Beat Would Rather Attack Keoki Kerr Kaiser quits taking first-time Medicaid enrollees Republicans expand leadership, membership and commitment Family papaya farm plagued by theft Hawaii and Alaska are the only states with no organized hate groups Read More..

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