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Saturday, March 26, 2016 March 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 3663 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 24, 2016 Hawaii DoE: Don’t Measure Students Ability to Speak English ‘Culturally Accurate’ Testing: DoE Latest Scheme to Move Goalposts Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Anti-GMO Activists Push Hard for Sanders Win Hawaii Democrats Will Quickly Lose Sanders Voters 'Thirty Meter Telescope' could find Refuge from Hawaii in War-Torn Kashmir Former Rail Architect Nails HART: Crime, Lunacy, Big Bucks—Mistake after Mistake  Architect: HART a Poster Child for How Not to Put in a Transit System Caldwell’s Zoo Could Lose 10% of Animals Read More..

Friday, March 25, 2016 March 25, 2016 News Release By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 5642 Views Grassroot Report: How to Fix Hawaii's Housing Crisis Lawsuit Dismissed: State’s 10% Rail Tax Skim Stands Maui Budget: Mayor Arakawa Says No Property Tax Rate Increase Necessary Sanders: No Federal Interference with Native Hawaiians Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State Cataluna: Billy Kenoi was last one Left in Old Boys Political Bullpen Ethics Board, Stacked with Cronies, Finally Decides hear Kenoi complaint Kame'eleihiwa: Hillary Will Give us our Fake Indian Tribe Beth Fukumoto: "Start acting like a [expletive] Republican." DoE Shysters to Grill Mentally Disabled Girl Raped again and again at Multiple DoE Campuses Horner: HART Revenue Plan Outdated HB2740: Sen Roz Baker rewriting bill to allow HMSA Medical Care delays The Dark Side Of Renewable Energy Next Round of HC&S Worker Layoffs Announced Kauai Anti-GMO Leader Busted for Alcohol Revolving Door: Keoki Kerr Leaving HNN TV for HSTA Job Read More..

Thursday, March 24, 2016 March 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 4814 Views Billy Kenoi Indicted, Arrest Warrant Issued -- Could Get 15 Years in Prison Nai Aupuni Fundarising: Don’t Give These Scams a Dime SR16: Hawaii Legislative Resolution Asks Google to Censor Internet Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Victory: Lawmakers shelve fuel tax hikes Haoles Back Sanders in Democrat Vote Saturday On November Ballot: Police Commission Can Fire Chief SB3034: Victims’ rights measure advances through House Stadium’s future could be tied to private-public development Thousands petition to keep Wahiawa General Hospital open Hawaii Superferry Headed for Maine-Nova Scotia Route Anti-GMO Movement: Deny 3rd World Farmers the Best Seeds Apo: Prince Kuhio Founded Indian Tribe—But Nobody Noticed until recently Soft on Crime: Out on Probation Does it Again and Again and Again Read More..

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 March 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4065 Views Fuel Tax Hike to be Heard by Committee Without Proper Public Notice Tuition up 136%: UH Manoa Ranks #1 in USA—and Administration Wants More Caldwell’s Zoo Loses Accreditation New Report Compares E-Cigarette Taxes in 50 States TomTom: Honolulu 6th Most Congested in USA OHA Funding for Native Hawaiian Roll Comm on Today’s Agenda RM16-01 Honolulu rail aims to be #1: Costliest transit project in the country’s history on per capita basis Secret Political Cabal Behind New Media Company Revolving Door: Ex-KITV Aide To Gov. Ige Launches Video Production Company Caldwell is Insincere and Disrespectful Senate committee OKs Ag water rights bill On Island Obsessed with GMOs, Meth No Longer Makes Headlines Obamacare: Your Medical Care is Already being Rationed SB2244: Cut retirement benefits for judges SB265: Help Pimps Recruit Minors Cop Cameras Among The Police Reform Bills Still Alive HPD officer found guilty of trafficking stolen vehicle Hawaii County Water Rates Hikes to Pay for Alt Energy Schemes Hawaii taxpayers Pay $13.28M for Fancy Waikiki Enviro Conference Number of Hawaii residents kept medicated with marijuana could double Libraries Inundated with Homeless Maui County $31K/year on Herbicide Read More..

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 March 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 3476 Views Hawaii Republican State Convention Set for May 21 Hawaii 12th Most Expensive State to Own a Car Hawaii Legislation Would Strengthen Franchisee Rights Hawaii Planned Parenthood Should be Investigated Not Celebrated Hawaii Family Advocates Legislative Week in Review Hunting for alternate site:  TMT board members visit Canary Islands Sanders Panders to Anti-GMO Crowd Stanley Chang comes from the most liberal side of the Democratic Party Zika Lands on Chemophobe Kauai—‘No Spraying Was Done’ OHA Cronies Grab for Control of Agricultural Water Transportation Department Holds Kauai Hostage to Fuel Tax Hike SB2690: Rise in Cigarette Tax Peddled as Aid to Cancer Center HB2466: Special Fund Raid Targets Community Health Centers as E-Cigs Continue to Cut into Tobacco Sales Just for Laughs: UH Administrators Pretend to have a Plan to Save UH Cancer Center 100% Goal is Still Fake – Renewable Energy Bill Deferred Senate Votes $28M for DHHL Committee tightens up a measure on transient rental taxes What’s Happened To Mayor’s ‘Bold’ Affordable Housing Plan? Task Force to Take Aim at Affordable Housing Money Crime Victims Flood Newspaper: Will my Perpetrator be released? Admiral, Police Team up for Maui Marijuana Business HB1072: Psychologists Want to Sell Drugs, Too Army to Reduce Hawaii Forces 8% Joining Dems and GOP is possible but unethical Read More..

Monday, March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:09 PM :: 3852 Views Report: Rep Fukumoto Will Quit Republican Party DoH Announces Political Insiders Chosen to Review Marijuana Dispensary Licenses Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 21, 2016 The hidden hand of the state is reaching for your car keys NYT: Hawaii Struggles to Keep Rail Project From Becoming a Boondoggle Big Dig, Rail: Grabauskas lands in familiar territory Chang thinks he can beat popular Slom; we’ll see Caldwell, Martin Still Playing Political games What really happened at the ʻAha, part III Agricultural future for Hawaii rests on removing many barriers to entry Throwing Bad Renewable Energy Projects Off the Bridge Hawaii Superferry Going to Maine-Nova Scotia Route Wahiawa General Hospital in danger of closing HPD officer resigns to help Wahiawa's homeless full-time Maui Council boosts transparency Anti-GMO Hawaii County Council Candidate Exposed as Paid Lobbyist 1,566 Hawaii Same Sex Marriages Since 2013 Read More..

Sunday, March 20, 2016 March 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 5200 Views Bill Burgess: Honolulu attorney fought race-exclusive programs Hawaii State Judiciary “Connect-A-Vet” resource fair Triple Referral Lateral Could You Please Pick Up That Pencil? Hawaii: Assault on your Second Amendment Rights Continues Clumsy and Secretive: Caldwell’s Minions Mug Ethics Director Thousands of Punatics, Anti-GMOs Joining Hawaii Democratic Party to Vote for Socialist Kauai Fact-Finding: Anti-GMO Pesticide Hype Completely Unsubstantiated Are you participating in Hawaii’s main political party caucuses to choose a presidential nominee? Wife of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visits Oahu NYT: UH Lags Private Sector in Equal Pay, Womens’ Rights Financial woes threaten the UH Cancer Center Required testing of rape kits removed from bills HB2391: Release Hundreds of Criminals Back onto Streets Medicated: Another 1,800 Sign Up to Smoke Weed Affordable? Senior Housing Rents Jump 62% City says North Shore playground built by volunteers must come down Read More..

Saturday, March 19, 2016 March 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 3061 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 18, 2016 MDs: Gender Ideology Harms Children Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Hawaii State Senate: A Wall of Secrecy ‘for year or more’ Anti-GMO Realtors Demand Seizure of HC&S Land Conflict of Interest: Anti-Ag Activist Appointed to Maui Water Board Obamacare Gives HMSA New Way to Reduce Quality of Medical Care Chilly temps aren't slowing state's push to cool classrooms Police Standards Board Bill Revived SB2411: Police Body Cams Committee Vote Tuesday Four Officers Involved in Conspiracy to Stage Auto Theft—Vehicle Later Used in Robbery of Drug Dealer Ethics Panel Seat Still Open Read More..

Friday, March 18, 2016 March 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4032 Views Police Raid Offices of Honolulu Rail Car Supplier Organic Farmers Thwart Tropical Disease Eradication Efforts Duke Aiona Legislative Update March 17, 2016 Hawaii: Assault on your Second Amendment Rights Continues Beer Taxes: Hawaii Ranks #5 in USA Lava Tube: DLNR’s Case ‘setting up roadblocks to the media on matters large and small’ March 18, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill Alii Place: $50M State Giveaway to Owner? Hollywood Giveaway: Hawaii Offers up to $15M Taxpayer Money per Movie Office of Hawaiian Affairs Has 10 Employees In The Six-Figure Range Chang Aims for Total One Party Control of State Senate Kauai Mayor Carvalho calls for $20M increase in general excise tax Charter: Police Commission to get Teeth? Ferry Bill Clears First House Committee Water a Money Spinner for A&B Lawmakers ask HMSA, doctors to compromise on imaging pre-authorization Hawaii medical school drops off U.S. News list of top programs, law school drops 10 places FBI: Hawaii Overwhelmed with Perverts Civil Beat's Errors and Conflict of Interest Dolphins to Be Protected from Eco-Religionists after Decade of Harassment Ethnic bloc endorsements seem odd and out of date Read More..

Thursday, March 17, 2016 March 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 3345 Views Na’i Aupuni Cancels Ratification Vote Anti-Gun Bills Deferred Plan to renovate or rebuild Aloha Stadium could become a taxpayer boondoggle Oahu Windfarm Proposed for Live Explosives Dumping Area 2016 County Health Rankings Hawaii Honolulu Drivers Waste 49 Hours in Traffic Hawaii House budget Boosts Spending by $2B House Budget Bill—$60M to be Wasted on Aloha Stadium House budgets $200M for new Maui jail, Undercuts OCCC, Halawa Plan Two Sheriffs Involved in HPD Stolen Car Scheme 81% Chance of Sanders Win in Hawaii Telescope: Selection of Hearing Officer ‘In Progress’ SB2562: State Squad to Apply Pressure to Homeless Who Continue to Refuse Shelter Will Utah Housing First Leader Direct Honolulu Homeless Effort? Kauai Utility CEO: Renewable Energy Goal Not Cheap Or Easy To Meet Honolulu Police Commission’s job review of HPD Chief Louis Kealoha is an embarrassing whitewash Hawaii TSA had 'record number' of violations, discrepancies Prosecutors: Gay Prostitute Killed Woman in Honolulu—Faces Kiddie Porn Charges Read More..

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 March 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3886 Views HB2085: Ban Sale of Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles in Hawaii House committee to hear ferry bill Wednesday morning HB2555: Hemp Inc Behind Industrial Hemp Bill Anti-Gun Bills up for Senate Vote Hawaii County PD Seeks Community Input Rail, TheBus and HandiVan Operations – Under HART or the Mayor? State Hands IT Systems to New UH Tech Center Feathering Their Own Nests, UH Administrators to Peddle Latest Round of Tuition Hikes at Public Meetings Small Business Day at the Capitol, March 30 Na’i Aupuni Ratification Trick Osorio: Three major problems with the ʻAha constitution Honolulu rail project's chief architect departs, warns of project's future HB1751: Alt Energy Meeting Goals By Screwing With Definitions Consultant faults Hawaiian Electric for geothermal contract failure DOE investigations into employees drag on for months Arakawa pushing for hard-wall housing units for Maui homeless Star Adv:  Steal Affordable Housing Credits from DHHL 2 top Hawaii TSA managers sue agency for discrimination, retaliation HPD Officer on trial for allegedly buying, selling stolen SUV Lawmakers consider releasing hundreds of inmates to Boost Crime Rate Hawaii’s Largest Meth Dealer Gets Reduced Sentence Read More..

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4607 Views Interior Department Funds Guam ‘Self-Determination’ Outreach Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on 3rd District Court Nominees HR21: Development Land Swap for Great Lawn in Hawaii Kai Complete List: Bills that Passed First Crossover Grand jury in Kenoi case issues subpoenas Caldwell Makes Excuses for not asking police chief to go on leave during FBI probe Legislature: Lets Make it Easier to Pass Around the Campaign Cash GEMS for DoE plan hits delay HTA against shifting $3M to UH sports SB2244: No Pension for Judges Unless They are reappointed Transparency-Related Bills Before Legislature HB2501: With Sugar Dead, Usual Suspects Fight to Take Away Ag Water State Fines Costco $16K for Helping With Hurricane Relief 1,000 Apply for 84 Affordable Rentals in Pearl City Declining oil prices lead to lower Electric Bills Planning director calls for revoking permits for Aina Lea golf courses Soft on Crime: Tweeker Gets Probation for Near-Fatal Shooting--Surprisingly She’s Back at it Again SB2309: Untested Rape Kits If Hawaii Had Dictatorship Like Cuba, We Could Shut Down Anti-Pesticide Nuts and Spray to Stop Dengue, Zika Dem Presidential Caucus a Test of Strength for Anti-GMO Nuts Trump gets huge win in Northern Mariana Islands GOP caucus Read More..

Monday, March 14, 2016 March 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 3471 Views Anti-Gun Bills up for Senate Vote Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 14, 2016 HB2558: State Travel Expenses to Flood DLNR ‘Carbon Credit’ Slush Fund  Delaying Medical Tests To Save Money Is A Dangerous Game Police commission rating of Kealoha seems incomplete High Public Cost Of Race Case Bolsters Calls For Police Reform ‘Liquefied natural gas’ doesn’t always mean ‘fossil fuel’ Read More..

Sunday, March 13, 2016 March 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 3484 Views Regressivity Auditor: Incompetence Prevents Management of State IT Resources Auditor: Handi-Van Not ADA-Compliant Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 11, 2016 SB 2840–Kill Zombie Pensions Morita Comes up Short in KIUC Bid AP: Only Senator Sam Slom Responded Fully to Our Open Records Request Senators go along with Dubious $75M Gas and Vehicle Tax Hike SB2454: Make Income Taxes More Progressive State is squarely in path of unfunded liability landslide Affordable housing trade-off: Credit program aids Hawaiian Homelands Another $30M in Revenue Bonds for Political Insiders Hawaii Trump Voters: It’s time to move to a level of confrontation not seen in local politics Read More..

Saturday, March 12, 2016 March 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 4641 Views Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Hawaii Cesspools: Tax Credit, Ban Caldwell Minions finally force City Ethics Director Out for Being too Tough on Rail Crooks? OHA Mauna Kea Cash Grab: Judge Remands All Telescopes’ Sublease back to BLNR  House Set to Approve $16B Budget, $300M in Red Hawaii could be only state that taxes Girl Scout cookies if Idaho bill passes Hawaii's general fund tax deposits up 7.4% Homeless are Big Part of Hawaii’s $1.2B Medicaid Bill Hawaii deals with dramatic shortage of doctors Like Tourism, State’s #2 Industry ‘In Slow Decline’ Hawaii tech industry ranks 45th in the nation Civil Beat Hypes Latest Gaggle of Phony Taxpayer-Funded Tech Companies Anti-GMO Activists Just Keep on Lying 2 former GOP Hawaii chairs face complaint over their criticism of Trump Can Tulsi Gabbard Swing Hawaii Voters to Sanders? New state BOE policy embraces language diversity in classrooms Read More..

Friday, March 11, 2016 March 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 5917 Views Final Results: Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Guam Votes Tonight In The Republican Primary Nai Aupuni’s Secret Controllers Hawaii GE Tax Bites into 99% of Personal Income Maui: Auditor Undervalues our Garbage Maui Council Rejects 300% Agriculture Tax Hike American Samoa Fights Feds for Fishing Zone The Best—and Worst—States for Workers with Disabilities AM940 -- Grassroot Institute on the Air Full Text: Kauai Pesticide Report Local GOP hopes caucus turnout re-energizes party Hawaii Trump Voters “Disgusted with political correctness” Revolving Door: Politician Nestor Garcia Pays Largest Ethics Fine in History, Gets Hired by KHON Revolving Door: Ex-KITV Aide To Gov. Ige Launches Video Production Company How Fed Wreckers Kept Aha Distracted Drivers’ concerns rise as lawmakers advance bill to hike vehicle fees Maui Council Rejects Massive Ag Tax Hike Report finds no health impacts from pesticide use on Kauai FBI investigates allegations police chief's wife lied in court to fix ticket for Solar Contractor Calls for police chief to step aside grow amid expanding federal probe Hearing begins over Kauai Police Department’s body camera program Hawaii or Hawai'i: What's the official spelling? Kau: Sovereignty Activists Harass Landowners, Courts Read More..

Thursday, March 10, 2016 March 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 3648 Views Over 15,000 Ballots Cast in Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Beyond Political Sovereignty: Pathways for Native Hawaiian Advancement Hawaii’s Deficit Disaster: Learning from Illinois Raising Hawaii Taxes in 2016 - Unconstitutional Economics Exposed Hawaii Cruz Campaigners Disciplined by National Cruz Campaign Hawaii GOP caucus -- party hand-counts remaining ballots OHA Cronies: Seat a Government Before January 20, 2017, and Obama Will Make us a Tribe Rep. Choy’s bill would let legislators take jobs at the University of Hawaii HB2408: DoT to Award Secret Land Permits Kauai: Report Debunks Every Anti-Pesticide Claim Federal investigation into police chief broadens Honolulu police chief ‘exceeds expectations’ in annual evaluation  (Meanwhile FBI closing in....) Ex-officer was bookie during HPD tenure, prosecutors say Missing OCCC extended furlough inmate captured, arrested for attempted murder Read More..

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 March 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:23 AM :: 3632 Views Results from Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus 2016 Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. Government Huge Voter Turnout for Hawaii Republican Caucuses $75M Tax on gas, auto weight would go up via bill OK’d by senators Sen Sam Slom, after a brief hospitalization, is back in true form at the Capitol Will TheBus be Handed over to Rail System? Hawaii County employees can keep frequent flier miles Purchased with P-Card What’s Up With Panel To Award Medical Pot Dispensary Licenses? Idle Rich Behind Hawaii Anti-GMO Activism Plans for Rusting wind junk off Waikiki moving ahead Hawaii’s Public Charter School Movement At A Crossroads Judicial Appointment Bills are Retaliation for DHHL Ruling? Homeless Tent City: Arguments, Yelling and a Party Read More..

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 March 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 4368 Views Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Rick Santorum Campaigning for Rubio in Hawaii Five Anti-Gun Bills up for House Vote Fitch: Hawaii debt levels are high Kasich: No Fake Hawaiian Indian Tribe Clinton Backs Fake Indian Tribe for Hawaii Native Hawaiian nation won’t be on public dime Duke Aiona Endorses Rubio Excitement Builds for Today’s Republican Presidential Caucus Can Hawaii and Idaho Stop Trump Tuesday? Rep Beth Fukumoto Chang on Trump: “I told you so” Hate on Display: As Sugar Layoffs Begin, Leading Hawaii Anti-GMO Activist Deploys Revisionist History to Cheer Demise Hawaii County Ethics Comm Holds Secret Hearings to Grant Exemptions to Double Dipping Self Dealing Contractors U.S. Senator Brian Schatz loses mind, calls on media to focus more on climate change Vehicle owners face increases to three separate fees under new bill Chronic Homeless Refusing Help, Return to Kakaako Proposed law would release even more criminals onto streets Men assaulted by Honolulu officer file lawsuit against city Read More..

Monday, March 7, 2016 March 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 2793 Views Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Djou Open Letter against Trump: ‘Selfish immaturity unworthy of Presidency’ Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 7, 2016 First Decking: Complete List of Crossover Bills Vegans are Crazy: Does Study Stand Up? Hawaii Republican Caucus Tuesday March 8 Economic Justice Starts With Correcting Tax System Inequities Prison Operator Wants Native Hawaiian Inmates’ Suit Wrapped Up Musings: Fact, Fancy and Flat-Out Fudging Legislative News Read More..

Sunday, March 6, 2016 March 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 5047 Views Nai Aupuni Aha Roll Call--How They Voted Energy Star Certification Program Promises Hawaii DoE $300M in Savings Tax Conformity: Can We Make It Move? March 8 GOP Caucus – Where to Vote What Really Happened at Aha: Delegate ‘Crying like a little B***h’, ‘Hostage’ Demands $5000 Ransom, and more Nai Aupuni ‘Constitution’ Becomes New Excuse for Multi-Million Dollar Cash Grab Mayor’s role on bank board seems to be a clear conflict Rail Tax Hike: ‘Can’t I get the Same Thing?’  Maui County: Punitive tax plan has Real Potential to Shut Down Farms, Ranches Senate moving bill to grab veto power on reappointment of judges and justices Abercrombie, Sanders: Birds of a Feather SB2569: Homelessness Court Sought to handle 14,860 Tickets Star-Adv: Quit playing politics with homelessness Read More..

Saturday, March 5, 2016 March 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 4462 Views Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Former Bush Supporter Barbara Marumoto Endorses Rubio Former Carson Supporter Sen Sam Slom Endorses Ted Cruz for President Sen Sam Slom Hospitalized Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 4, 2016 Renewable Energy: How the 100% Mandate Hurts Hawaii Hawaii Drone Bill Would Hinder Federal Surveillance Program Hawaii Bill to Reject Some FDA Restrictions on Terminal Patients Clears Final House Committee HPD: Surfing on Duty?  Beat your Wife?  -- Get Promoted to Captain Obamacare: HMSA Refuses to Pay for Medical Tests, Patient Suffers Stroke While Waiting 78% Support Term Limits for Hawaii Legislators Kauai Council Considers Stupendous Gas Tax Hike After $10K and 2.5 Months, Builder Finally Allowed to Apply for ADU Permit How Caldwell Wants To Spend $61.7 Million On Housing Windward Residents Continue to Suffer Bus Cuts to Pay for Rail ACLU Desperately Trying to Keep the Homeless, Homeless: Urine is a Constitutional Right Hawaii lawmakers push to ban professors sex with students Read More..

Friday, March 4, 2016 March 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 4383 Views Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Waste Management: Millions for Company Tied to OHA Chair Pass Through House Finance on Three Minutes Public Notice Gasoline Taxes: Hawaii 4th Highest in USA Hawaii: Legislation that Violates Due Process Could be Voted on in the House Friday Hawaii Federal Court: Get Ready For Bridge Aina Lea Trial Hawaiian Electric Companies report record high renewable energy use Excitement Builds for March 8 Hawaii Presidential Caucus Star-Adv: Reject gas tax--bloated bureaucracy, not lack of money, is a fundamental obstacle to better roadways Your Tax Dollars at Work: HCDA, City Team up for Florida Boat Junket Governor: 100% Renewable Energy Formula ‘Flawed’ Sen Keith Agaran: I Intended to Kill Term Limits from the Beginning Borreca: Gabbard Can Expect Retaliation from Clinton Machine Mayor keeps his options open for seeking another elected office Harry Kim to run for Hawaii County mayor again Hitachi hitting speedbumps in acquisition of rail car manufacturer Ansaldo Legislators Work to protect Tobacco Biz by Taxing E-Cigs Garbled gibberish, faux science and Utopian agricultural dreams Read More..

Thursday, March 3, 2016 March 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 PM :: 4224 Views Nai Aupuni ‘Constitution’ Dictated by Department of Interior? Honolulu Charter Commission to Discuss Rail-Related Proposals Friday Impact of Jones Act Shipping on Hawaii Cost of Living? House Refuses to Study Issue Caldwell, Liberal West Coast Mayors, Hope to Exploit Homelessness for Federal Megabucks Hawaii Republicans ready for March 8 Presidential caucus Contractor: Hawaii DoT Using Lawsuit to Cover up Incompetence Emergency? Lingle Built Shelter Space for 650 Homeless, Ige 20 Senators Kill Bills To Elect Judges, Create Legislative Term Limits Residency: Josh Green Lives and Works on Oahu but Says he Still Occasionally Visits his Kona District OHA Trustee: Another $2M Must be Wasted on Nai Aupuni Judge strikes dollar amount from order to boost DHHL funds Kapolei students chosen for telescope time State of the City Fallout Jon Drinky Karimatsu Convicted on 2nd DUI IDG-Huena Geothermal Missed the High Price Opportunity Read More..

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 March 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 PM :: 5028 Views Duke Aiona Legislative Update March 1, 2016 Grassroot: Pro Bowl Numbers Don’t Add Up HB1473: Help Legislators Buy Influence, Spread Campaign Cash Demographic and Economic Profiles of Hawaii's Electorate CTA Innovation Scorecard: Hawaii Dead Last, Likely to Stay There Trump’s isle lead has rivals wary of upcoming caucus Tulsi Gabbard Not a Combat Veteran Star-Adv: Keep Political Appointees out of HART, Bus Lines Will have to be Cut Geothermal Wars: IDG/Huena—The Highest Price of Them All Media Ignored OHA Cronies Aha—62% Say ‘Meaningless’ 5.5% increase in $462M Hawaii County Budget mostly for salaries, benefits Soft on Crime: Lunatic Returns to Asylum City: Artificial Turf Cheaper than UPW Lawnmowers Read More..

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 March 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:59 PM :: 4879 Views Grassroot: Aha ‘Constitution’ is Effort to Form Race-Based Government Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 29, 2016 Guards Union: Airport Security Contractor Illegally Holding Money Which Belongs to Workers Tax Facts & Figures: How Does Hawaii Compare? Hawaii: Only 38% Doubt God Retaliation: Nailed for Campaign Spending Violations, House Reps Push HB2008 to Eliminate Investigators’ Positions Trump ‘A Nightmare for Hawaii GOP?’ Nai Aupuni Constitution: Limitless Land Grab Legal turbulence that swirls around Nai Aupuni will not abate anytime soon Senate panel votes $75.3M gasoline tax hike Dead for Session: Two Different GE Tax Hikes Kauai County’s GE tax hike plan filled with flaws Maui County: Now That Sugar is Dead, We Want 1000% Tax Hike on Farms, Ranches Earned Income Tax Credit Bill Dies Caldwell: HART Should Take Control of TheBus, HandiVan HECO-NextEra Hearings End Today SB2561: Why Does it Take 10 years to Build Affordable Housing in Hawaii? Can LUC Penalize Developers? Ige, Legislators Flail About Looking for More Prison Space to Create UPW Positions, Spend More Money 3 Maui prison recruits fired after strip club fight, stabbing 20 Convictions:  Out on Bail--Does it Again YB Monopoly: Lousy Service is Latest Excuse for Rate Hike Read More..

Monday, February 29, 2016 February 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:35 PM :: 4322 Views Dengue Here, Zika Coming but 75% of South Kona Properties Go Unsprayed due to Anti-Pesticide Fanaticism SB2478: Massive GE Tax Hike on Agenda Today HB2388: Build Many New Prisons to Give Jobs to UPW Term Limits Bill Gets Hearing Hawaii lawmakers looking into 'Work for a Day' program for homeless Maui Harassed by Homeless Demanding Money for Malt Liquor Hawaii has one of lowest Food Stamp Participation Rates in USA  Proposed Assistant HPD Chief kept Second Domestic Violence Case secret Maui County Employee Gets Months of Paid Vacation after Caught Stealing $73K in Tires ADA: Tulsi just an Opportunist Read More..

Sunday, February 28, 2016 February 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 PM :: 5157 Views VIDEO: Tulsi Gabbard Resigns DNC, Endorses Bernie Sanders Notice Overkill? Last Week of Hearings—What’s on the Move? Bureaucracy on Maui Leading to Water Shortage Hawaii Kine Stuff - Setting the Record Straight with Al Gonzales VIDEO: Republican Legislators on HMSA Imaging Mandate, Sex Trafficking, and Shark Fins Feds Expanding Medicaid involvement in Hawaii homeless initiatives Hawaii Right to Try Legislation Receives Bipartisan Support Hawaii BOE Adopts New Standards for Science Education Aha Constitution a Negotiating Position with Department of Interior UH Proudly Announces: We are Closing Down Five Perfectly Good Telescopes Hawaii: Crooks, Cronies Line up Behind Clinton—Anti-GMO Nuts Back Sanders Legislators’ crackpot plans muddle state’s real issues Pathetic and Ineffectual Congressional Delegation Places Hawaii at Risk Feathering their own nest, UH Administrators Try to Peddle Tuition Hikes Two Years Later Still no Criminal Charges against Nepotistic Charter School Operators Is DoE Competent to Plan ‘Cool Schools’ Program?  Omidyar, A&B, Parker Ranch Score $1.5M in IAL Tax Credits Removal of HC&S Water Means no Farms to Replace Cane Plantation Seeing a NextEra Conspiracy Where There is None Dopers: Lack of Labs Gives us Excuse to Transport Kilos of Marijuana on Airlines Activists Change Kauai’s Image Taro isn't Maui's future either Mom sues again over education for hearing-impaired girl Medicare Cuts End Medical Equipment Purchases on Sister Isles Read More..

Saturday, February 27, 2016 February 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:15 AM :: 3758 Views Constitution: OHA Cronies Want to Run Their Own Prison System, Police, and Judiciary Thousands Attend Franklin Graham Rally at the State Capitol Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 26, 2016 Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Hawaii CON Law Throttles Health Care Access Doctors Want Nothing to do with ‘Medical’ Marijuana Hawaii gets federal help to expand Mental Health programs for homeless Seniors Fear Arrival of Property Tax Assessment Self-Satisfied: Hawaii Co Council to discuss measure that would increase term from 2 years to 4 Traffic relief in Nanakuli in the works Thanks to Rep Andria Tupola Lawmakers Livid at Soft on Crime Sentence for Thieving Principal Read More..

Friday, February 26, 2016 February 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:52 PM :: 5484 Views If judges act like politicians, shouldn't they be treated like politicians? Court: Kawananakoa Can’t Sue Over Tainted Rail Votes Puerto Rico moves to privatize local ferry services Report: Educational Attainment in Hawaii Hawaiians Reject Fake Indian Tribe HB1653: How 100% Mail-In Voting Could Shut Down anti-GMO Activism Statewide Sen J Kalani ‘Powdernose’ English on Cocaine Conviction—Nothing to see here, just move along DLNR Lease puts Kai Kahele’s residency in question: Senate seat requires Hilo home; DLNR requires Milolii residency Cigarette tax hike advances HB1751: Green Energy Scams Nobody Knows About Yet Expert: Hawaii would save money with liquefied natural gas Criminal trespass bill aims to fight Keehi harbor thefts, drug dealing ACLU Forces Police to Ticket 7,000 Tourists Cop charged in off-duty assault pleads not guilty Hawaii least satisfied with affordability of local housing Mom sues state Department of Education after son goes missing from school State seeks an $15M in back taxes from online travel websites Read More..

Thursday, February 25, 2016 February 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 5300 Views New School Construction: “Intentional misuse of taxpayers’ money” El Faro Disaster could reshape Jones Act UHERO Tries to Make Hi-Tech Tax Credits Look Good PEW: Public support for environmental regulations varies by state Who Will Win Hawaii Presidential Caucuses? Native Hawaiian Indians In A Tribe Land Board gets case—Telescope Prepares to Leave Hawaii Emergency: Push is on to Get Homeless Shelters Tied up in Environmental Red Tape Again Lawmakers look Save GEMS--alter school AC plan Pensions at Risk: Enviros Use Divestment Scheme in Bid to Take Control of ERS Billions Great News: Bill to Elect Judges Still Alive Bill on executive branch lobbying up for hearing Thursday While Considering GE Tax Hike, Kauai Pushes Executive Pay Hikes Brickwood Galuteria Free—but Former Hawaii County Council candidate charged with voter fraud Small Donors Have Nothing for Caldwell SB2820—Will 100% = 100%? Anti-Cane Burning Injunction Denied—For Now Illegal TVRs: Political Amnesia Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Retires to Hawaii after 30 years Preying on Boys Former head of school avoids prison time after stealing nearly $153K Soft on Crime: Paroled murderer charged with Honolii shooting Read More..

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 February 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:58 PM :: 3857 Views Hawaiians Arrested at Nai Aupuni Tribal Aha SB2618: Should there be a Hawaii State Ferry? SB2615: Democrats to dictate theology Statewide Homeless Emergency Extended Feds: We will Recover Billions Wasted on Obamacare State Exchanges HB2632: Many Excuses to Take Your Guns Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for House Judiciary Committee Hearing This Week HB2528: Shooting Range for Kailua-Kona Former OHA Staffer Joins Office of Mauna Kea Management HGEA Work Rules Prevent Counties from Catching Illegal Vacation Rentals Star-Adv: We need Fewer Lanes for Cars to Increase Traffic Jams SB2313: Gender Wage Cap Can Make Millions for Hawaii Lawyers HB2773: Elected Criminals to be Reelected by Incarcerated Criminals FACE: Lets Raise Taxes to Pay for $100M of Make Work Projects Zika virus confirmed in Marshall Islands Honolulu one of worst state capitals due to lack of affordability Muslims Fish Around for Someone Opposed to Missile Defense of Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 February 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 4433 Views Rep Bob McDermott Endorses Ted Cruz Hawaii’s Top Secret Japanese Prisoner of War Camp – Camp Iroquois Grassroot Salutes Court Decision Protecting Maui Hospital Plan HART Gives HECO $120 million—Says ‘Tourists’ Will Pay It 8 Protesters Arrested at Aha Ige’s School AC Scheme Crashes, Burns Report on roads left by wayside $100,000 Salaries Mushroom at DOE 6% -- More Tuition increases proposed for UH Total Loss: Hawaii ERS Loses Everything on Defunct Big Island ‘Clean’ Energy Project PUC: Electric rates should not be lowered Failed ‘Clean’ Energy Behind Rolling Blackouts on Big Island  Maui Anti-GMO Committee: County Should Buy up Ag Land and Put it under our Control Subsidies won’t solve homelessness Read More..

Monday, February 22, 2016 February 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 5161 Views Gun Grab: Ivory Bill Scheduled for Senate Vote on Monday Franklin Graham Prayer Rally Coming to Honolulu Kenoi Mulls Plea-Bargain, May be Forced to Resign HMSA treating its member doctors like idiots Bought n Paid For: Sen. Josh Green Is Sitting On A Half-Million Dollars Of Campaign Cash State survey shows big decline in agricultural land Movement towards Legalization Seen in Hawaii Marijuana Bills Legislation seeks more police oversight HB2773: Allow prisoners to vote from behind bars HB1524: More Debt-Financed Rooftop Solar Kauai Study group to release pesticide report March 10 Council Bills Pushback Against Caldwell Scheme to Eliminate Lanes, Jam up Traffic Roads in Limbo Committee Report In Limbo Bankrupt HHSC Plans Closure of E Hawaii LTC Facility DLNR Helicopter Used to Clear Tons of Junk from Homeless Camp Dengue: Vegan, Cruelty-Free Mosquito Repellant  Read More..

Sunday, February 21, 2016 February 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 3139 Views General Excise Tax at 6%? Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 19, 2016 Carson and Rubio on Ballot for Hawaii Republican Caucus HB2632: Many Excuses to Take Your Guns Big Island Rolling Blackouts Caused by Lack of Wind Hawaii Gasoline Prices #1 in USA—$0.24 Higher Than California Long Term Solutions for Coastal Highway Erosion HB1013: Hawaii’s Right to Try Bill Hawaii Ag Land Use Baseline Report List of Bills Still Alive After First Lateral OHA Cronies: Scalia Death Opens Door to Fake Indian Tribe State Awash in Unspent Highway Funds, But Wants to Hike Your Fuel Taxes by $45.1M Kauai: $50M GE Tax Hike for 3% Bus Ridership? DLNR Revocable Permits: Will Legislature Save Agriculture from OHA, Enviros? Medical Marijuana: Star-Adv Suddenly Remembers that Senator J Kalani ‘Powdernose’ English plead guilty to drug felony HECO Cancellation of Bankrupt Solar Farms is latest Excuse to Kill NextEra Deal Shapiro: Left becoming as absolutist as far right Read More..

Saturday, February 20, 2016 February 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 3993 Views Full Text Court Order: UPW May Not Block Maui Hospital Privatization HECO: LNG is Cleaner, Cheaper Energy Alternative Which Places Benefit Most from State and Local Tax Deductions? A Comparison of Presidential Tax Plans and Their Economic Effects After Kicking Everyone Out, Aha Decides to Allow Olelo Coverage Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 SB2615: Gay Control of Your Son A Word With Ward - Dengue Fever with guest Dr. Sarah Parks Six More Days--Aha Delegates Preparing Tribal Constitution for Vote by Kanaiolowalu Roll HB1527: Round up all the Tax Credits, Kill Them Off A look at some of the measures that survived the first major deadline of the session Hawaii Superferry to Run Maine-Nova Scotia Route Hounded by Protesters, UH cancels Hualalai geothermal projects HART: First Railcars to Arrive March 23 Parents Push Back After DoE Cancels Honors Classes Honolulu charter panel considers more powers for police commission 11 Years, Million Dollars: Lawyers Score Big in HPD Discrimination Case Hawaii County Police misconduct drops Dengue: State officials more concerned about Tourism, Federal Money Thanks to Kym Pine, City accepts ownership of more than 50 Leeward roads and infrastructure improvements It's Time To Throw The Ancient 'Merchant Marine Act' Overboard Read More..

Friday, February 19, 2016 February 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 AM :: 3640 Views Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki? Ige Flies to NYC, DC for Meetings HB1713—Exempt all State Employees from Ethics Laws House Incumbents: Who Has Campaign Cash, Who Doesn’t Hawaii House legislators band together to grab lobbyist donations during session HB2773: Convicts Will Receive Absentee Ballots to Give to the UPW HPD Scandals: Never Enough to Break Through Culture of Impunity Star-Adv Applauds as ACLU, Criminal Lawyers Beaver Away at Marsy’s Law HB2501: Stop Anti-Agriculture Water Grab Rail Condemnation: HART Squeezes Blood Bank for Every Drop Hawaiian Electric Claims it won't pursue LNG after NextEra Energy sale dies Energy Plan?  UH Fails Miserably after Decade Three Clean Energy Projects Collapse in One Week SB2535: Bill limiting county oversight of Geothermal advances Low teacher salaries mean high turnover, second jobs Ige Nominates Two to UH BoR  Leadership: Rep Andria Tupola Wins Nanakuli Contraflow Lane Read More..

Thursday, February 18, 2016 February 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:50 PM :: 4034 Views Hawaii Joins 17-State Expensive Energy Pact After SCOTUS Stay DLNR Task Force to Analyze Revocable Permits Hawaii: Pacific VA Director Quits Without Notice CDC: Hawaii #1 for Sleep Deprivation Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Scott Walker Addresses 400 Republicans in Hawaii Report: 60 Hawaii Bridges Structurally Deficient Marijuana: State Now Helps 13,000 Stay Medicated One Party State: Stanley Chang Campaigns to Eliminate All Republicans from State Senate Attempt to raise GE Tax is opposed SB3001: Senate Votes to Dry up Farmers’ Water Supply Hawaii Conspires With Vermont to Develop State Obamacare Software HELCO Seeks LNG Conversion for Failed Hu Honua Plant Marijuana Dispensary panel Still not Selected, Deadline May be Missed Kaneshiro: HOPE Probation is Excuse to Keep Criminals out of Prison A third of prison guards call in sick Super Bowl Sunday Public school employees get paid vacation when accused of sex with students Homeless Tent Cities – Deaths and Murders Nuisance Money: City agrees to pay $48,500 to settle sidewalk-clearing lawsuit Read More..

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 February 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 3865 Views Duke Aiona Open Letter to Donald Trump 2016 Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes Property Rights Court for Guam? Na’i Aupuni Surprise Maj. Borges decides not to accept HPD promotion SB2478: 12.5% Increase in GE Tax Seriously Considering Gas Tax Increase Hawaii Only State Taxing Girl Scout Cookies DoE—Lots of Vacant SPED Positions UH Manoa—25 Salaries over $275K UH West Oahu sees big tuition hikes The Elusive Goal of On-Time Graduation—The Atlantic Looks at UH Report: LNG Provides Electric Ratepayers ‘Lowest Overall Cost’ Hearing Set in Anti-Aquarium Lawsuit vs DLNR HB2564 Deferred: Farmers Saved from Anti-Pesticide Hypocrites Deadly Cult Boat Investigation “Could Take Years” State Pulls Request For Prison Environmental Studies Exemption Marijuana Dispensary Applicants Had Trouble with DoH Website USO Gangster, Brother Start Prison Riot—Second Incident this Year Gun goes off in prosecutor’s office, no report filed with authorities Bills On Police Body Cams, Shooting Review Board Move Forward After 20 Convictions, Judge Finally Gives Lifelong Criminal Hard Time 80 days in jail after 9th violation Lunatic Acquitted killer seeks state hospital release Read More..

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 February 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 5168 Views Reject the Tribe: Hawaii, Maui, Oahu Public Meetings Bumpy Kanahele Quits Aha–Cites Clandestine Manipulation Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 16, 2016 BBC: Use genetically modified mosquitoes on Big Island Ige Appoints Kai Kahele to Senate Ige Joins ‘Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future’ After Bribery Indictments, State Airport Division Extends Contract, Increases Pay Aha 2016: “Everything’s going to plan — we’re going to be Indians.” State government wages war with itself over DHHL SB2496: All Absentee Voting System—Romy Cachola’s Dream House Bills Take Aim at Profligate UH Administration Hawaii attorney general files to dissolve Hawaii Health Connector Hawaii 20% Short of physicians Marijuana Bills not Moving in House Amendment would limit county oversight of geothermal ‘Revealing Emails’ May Emerge in Big Island Geothermal Docket Reports to the Legislature Hidden Homeless Tent City Sprouts on Diamond Head Veterinarian to Challenge Anti-GMO Councilmember HECO bills drop again thanks to Fracking Atheist: Conservative President May Mean More God-Friendly Military Read More..

Monday, February 15, 2016 February 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 3986 Views With Mike Gabbard Controlling DLNR Budget, Kailua Bay Zodiac Death too Hot to Handle It’s the Judges, Stupid March 8 Hawaii Republican Caucus in the News Telescope Protesters Fined $5000 for Illegal take and Transport of Marine Mammal SB3072: Airport Authority Hawaii PACs Already Busy Raising And Spending Cash Term Limits, Voter Initiatives Tax Credit: An Investment In Children’s Future HB2638: Public Housing Move to Work HSTA: Give Us a 25% GE Tax Hike and Eliminate Testing HPD wants gun owners in FBI database SB2725: State lawmakers seek enhanced police oversight 225 Homeless Meth Addicts Near Wahiawa Read More..

Sunday, February 14, 2016 February 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 5948 Views What Scalia Taught Us Solving the Online Tax Dodge with Cookies? Hawaii State, Local Taxes Take $129.73 per $1000 Income Threatened with lawsuit, DoH Agrees to Identify Marijuana Panel Members Second Amendment Bills on the Move in Legislature Jones Act Exemption, LNG Imports Key to Puerto Rico Recovery Jones Act Navy Sinking in Sea of Red Ink Former Cocaine Dealer seeks Marijuana License: Unwarranted advantages, self-dealing, favoritism, and undue influence Marijuana: Secrecy, Unknown Agendas, connected applicants and lobbyists pressuring friends OHA’s Latest Cash Grab targets DLNR Leases OHA Cronies, Hanabusa in Grab for Big Island Geothermal Cash Flow Borreca: Mauna Kea Telescope Failing Because if Ige’s Lack of Leadership Elected Judges?  Elected AG?  Senators Push to Trim Governor’s Power Legislature considers a “victims’ bill of rights” in Soft-on Crime Hawaii Three Chosen To Fill Seat Of Late Hilo Senator Kahele Hawaii bills tackle marijuana, police oversight, pesticides HPD leader under fire for soliciting support for promotion UH NCAA Violations—It’s the Administration’s Failure to Stop the Coverup March 8: Who will Hawaii voters pick for Republican Presidential Nominee? Gabbard vs Wasserman-Schultz Showdown at the Plaza Club Tuesday? Nuuanu Ave Next Target in Caldwell’s War on Cars Read More..

Saturday, February 13, 2016 February 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 4032 Views Pounded by Schatz and Gabbard, Ige Finally Declares Dengue Emergency VIDEO: Duke Aiona Legislative Update HGEA to Protest Against Hawaii Republican Party Video: Free Market Economics for Hawaii (with Erik Root) North Korea Nukes: The Tipping Point is Here February 11: First Triple Referral Deadline of the Legislative Session Grassroot Institute Legislative Update--February 12, 2016 HB1249: Guilty until Proven Innocent of Rape Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 12, 2016 HSTA bid for raised GE Tax fails in House, Still Moving in Senate No Surprise: Hawaii’s Soft-on-Crime Judges Don’t Want To Face Voters Biofuel Shell Game: How Giant Coal Plant Becomes part of Hawaii's 'Clean' Energy Future Because Obama is a Pathetic Weakling, South Korea Will Need its own Nukes HART: Time to Plan for Permanent GE Tax Hike using Rail Extension as Excuse No Surprise: DoE Solar project long on talk, slow on PV installations HELCO geothermal plan’s strict requirements nixed deal Bills Aim to Finance Workforce Housing Developments Homeless People Crowding Waianae Busses Soft on Crime: Multiple Convictions Since 2006 out on the Streets Does it Again Prison Guard accused of sex assault on the run Hawaii Ranks #3 in Foreclosure Inventory HGEA Members Take 180 Days to Approve Building Permits Read More..

Friday, February 12, 2016 February 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 4708 Views HB2733: 25% Hike in GE Tax Federal Court: Unions Can't Stop Maui Hospital Privatization Shenanigans continue—House Waives 48 hour notice for Hearings Hawaii Consumers Will Save $20M/Year Thanks to Internet Tax Abolition Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas to Host Panel on Self Determination Oahu Girls Court Celebrates Strength Through Adversity Plan B: TMT would relocate if permit not secured soon Puna Geothermal: Door Open to OHA-Connected Company Selling Overpriced Electricity Judge Seizes A&B Water, Transfers Control to EarthJustice Newspaper demands pot panelists’ names be released Hawaii’s Charter School Overseers ‘Under Assault’ by Corrupt Charter School Operators Hawaii fantasy sports bill could create loophole Only 53% of Hawaii Visitors Stay in Hotel Mililani: Homeless Invade Preschool, Demand Service Police transparency gaining momentum as political issue Soft on Crime: Legal Aid Society Among Hawaii’s Top Lobbyists Legislators Consider Releasing 200 Criminals on to Streets Senators grill HPD over claims department meets 'gold standard' for operations Internal probe targets alleged cheating at police academy Zika in Micronesia? Read More..

Thursday, February 11, 2016 February 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 5433 Views HB1829 Makes it Easier to Divert Dispensary Weed to Black Market US Senate Votes to Permanently Ban Hawaii's Tax on Internet Access The Last Farmer Standing Grassroot Asks Legislature to Stop Using the GET as a Fundraising Tool Gabbard: Obama, Kenoi show Leadership on Dengue—Where’s Ige? UHERO: Recent Trends in Hawaii's Green Economy: Agriculture, Energy and Natural Resource Management DBEDT: Residential building permits jump 67.5 percent Legislators Advance 50% Hike in GE Tax Utility Taxes Rerouted to Reward HSTA for Supporting Ige AirBnB to Become State’s Tax Collector Huge Progress? After Kicking Most Hawaiians Out, Nai Aupuni Aha Decides to … Adopt Roberts Rules of Order Thirty-Meter Telescope officials reviewing sites outside of Hawaii Hounded by Protesters, Geothermal Company Quits HELCO RFP Hawaii Needs All Types Of Farms, Including Industrial Operations Marijuana Application Process ‘Stinky’ Leader of Charter School Oversight Agency Hounded out of Office By Corrupt Charter School Operators Kenoi’s Crony Ethics Board Continues to Obstruct Political Insiders Panic over Possibility of Elected Judges Committee begins search for new Kamehameha Schools trustee Honolulu Prosecutor Takes over Prosecution of Cult Boat operator HB2740: Legislators consider tough medicine for HMSA UH Rape Politics Enters Legislature Victims wait for justice as hundreds of rape kits go untested SB2316: HPV Vaccine Mandate WaPo: Obama has Failed, North Korea May Nuke Hawaii Read More..

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 February 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:01 PM :: 4716 Views Hawaii: Two Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearing Feb 10 Kenoi Declares Dengue Emergency, Ige Refuses Hawaii ANG Unit Deploys to Fight ISIS Irony: GMO Marijuana Growers Threatened by Pollen Drift from Organic Hemp Farms Coop Proposes Alternative Power Generation Plan for Big Island Nai Aupuni Brainwashing Judge Throws out UPW Suit Against Hospital Privatization Crazy Idea: DOE could try more efficiency Unions Push State Subsidies for Failing, Bankrupt HHSC Panel, process for giving Cronies pot licenses to remain secret SB2753--Term limits for state legislators Feudal System Saved from Souki New HPD Assist Chief Has Long History of Trouble NextEra-HEI hearings likely to be extended again Monsanto is getting tired of being everybody's whipping boy Anti-GMO Airhead Ing -- ban genetically-modified salmon in Hawaii 95 Lose Jobs--Sugar plantation layoffs announced Brower: Turn Sand Island into Gigantic Homeless Tent City for 1,500 Kahele’s Son to Seek Senate Nomination Election-Related Bills Before Legislature Senators Unanimously propose creation of new airport authority Push for victims’ constitutional right-to-know renewed at State Capitol Report--Escapee Shot by Hawaii County Police Push Hawaii lawmakers for pesticide buffer zones—but only for agriculture, not golf courses or other big pesticide users Humane Society Sticks up for Cat-Obsessives Solar Contractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Cheating—May Get Prison  Waipio: 308 Acres Bulldozed for Bankrupt, Incomplete Solar Farm Talia's Bill To Curb US Military Child Abuse Passes House Read More..

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 February 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 4645 Views HB868 Gut n Replace: DoE Sneak Attack on Special Ed Students Fee Simple Conversion Bills Killed after KSBE Protests Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 8, 2016 Are Electric Cars Really Green? State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets for 2016 HB1675: Gay Control of Religion State Looking For A TMT Hearing Officer–Deadline 430pm Today Bridge Aina Lea: Hawaii ‘Takings’ Case in Federal Court HB1886: Oshiro v Friedrichs to Save HGEA from Open Shop? Poll: Ige Even Less Popular than Caldwell HB1913: Small businesses in Hawaii could be exempt from G.E.T. State pension could face ‘volatile’ future Hawaii is a Sinking Ship Telescope: Will Investors Give Up? House Chairman Blocks Speaker’s Lease Conversion Bills on Orders from KSBE HB2571: Legislature Considering New HECO Business Model Proposals would expand after-school care for middle schoolers Hawaii law to limit tenants' stay in public housing advances Homeless find permanent housing during ‘successful’ start to Hale Mauliola Ernie Martin Obstructs Affordable Senior Housing project Firearms Bills At Hawaii Legislature Soft on Crime: New Ways to Let Criminals Roam Free Escapee Wanted for Shooting SB3016:  Will the Hawaii Legislature finally allow the public to see the names of bad cops? Instead of immediate DUI arrest, HPD sergeant got ride home Airport security guards accused of bribery plead not guilty Karen Awana Running For Office? Disgusting Organic Mac Nuts Infested with Salmonella  Atheists, Devil-Worshippers Renew Push to Drive God off Kaneohe Base Which is More Sacred: Crony Spawn or Albatross? Accused of Rape at UH?  Women’s Center Wants to Talk You into Admitting Guilt Read More..

Monday, February 8, 2016 February 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:49 PM :: 4597 Views Pirate Video from Aha: Bumpy Kanahele Shouted Down, Walter Ritte Thrown Out HB1902 Sex Trafficking Reform Passes Judiciary DLNR Issues, Revises Kailua Bay Boating Incident News Release, Then Withdraws It HART Errors – Lack of Acknowledgement is Troublesome DLNR Sweeps Na Pali Coast--One Arrested, 70 Cited, Tons of Trash Airlifted Out Senate Superferry Bills on the Move Hawaii voters believe most misconduct is due to a few bad cops GE Tax Hike to Fund Bankrupt HHSC Where Are The Highest Paid State Workers? Public Health Only 19% Trust Aloha United Way With $5M for Homeless Projects Hawaii Energy Excelerator Funds Phony Wind Turbine Scheme Another Green Energy Scheme Goes Bankrupt Mauna Kea Telescope is Key Scientific Project for Indian Government—Will Tulsi Gabbard Step Up? Eco-Hypocrisy: Pandering, Selling Votes and Trashing the Aina HB686: Anti-GMO Morons Attack Fish without Explanation HPV: Legislators Bow to Anti-Vaxxers UH Grad Students Union Gets Hearing in House, Senate HB1802: Abusive Condo Associations Oahu 40 years Behind in Road Maintenance  27 Years: ‘Roads in limbo’ compound upkeep problems on island Read More..

Sunday, February 7, 2016 February 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 3718 Views Campaign 2016: Dozens of Politicians Pull Papers in First Week Legislative Update: Death, Taxes, and Extracurricular Activities As Farms Close, Reps Ing and Lee Jump on Anti-GMO Bandwagon GEMS to Cool Classrooms? Indian Casinos for Hawaii?  Karl Rhoads Awaits Instructions from Political Bosses Aha: First week of convention Focuses Push for Fake Indian Tribe Republican Primary Season for All Players Panicky Airhead Schatz Struggles to Appear Senatorial Term limits for Hawaii legislators and initiatives could revive isle politics Ferry plans face big hurdle in swelling culture of ‘no’ HB2638: Make Public Housing a Ladder to Home Ownership Lawyers Salivate at Chance to get Money for Convicts SB2313: Field Day for Lawyers Senate committee approves bill imposing tax on E-cigarettes and E-liquids Cigar Tax Cut on Agenda for 2016? Marijuana Bills – Ban Home Grown? Caldwell’s Potholes Repaired with ‘Least Durable Method’ Read More..

Saturday, February 6, 2016 February 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 3602 Views DoH Releases Full List of Marijuana Dispensary Applicants Hawaii Superferry Eyed for Maine-Nova Scotia Route Anti-Family Bills Before Hawaii Legislature VIDEO: Planned Parenthood Uses Accounting Gimmicks to Hide Baby Parts Sales HSTA Pushes $750M GE Tax Hike HB1713: HSTA Bill Will Gut Ethics Law in Hawaii Feds: Caldwell’s Homeless Tent City is Distraction—Path to Failure NextEra’s ‘Unreasonable’ Plan: Windmills Everywhere and Undersea Cables to Connect Them 9th Circuit court to hear Maui GMO moratorium case Bad Day in Court for Burning Anti-Agriculture Activists Hi-Tech Scammers: Tax Real Companies to Pay for our Fake Companies Hi Tech Scammers: We don’t need to Develop any real Companies in Hawaii But You Must Give Us Money Chief Being Investigated by FBI, New Assistant Chief was arrested on a first-degree felony charge for terroristic threatening SHOPO files complaint over use of police body cameras on Kauai HB1525: Legislators Maneuvering to keep Homeless on the Streets Maui County Council Dithers as Ige Homeless Emergency Ticks Down to Feb 26 Expiration DLNR Removes 71 Homeless and Tons of Trash from Napali Coast Camps  Obamacare: COFA Has until Feb 15 to Sign up DoE School Cancels Honors Classes in Effort to Promote ‘Equality’ HMSA Imaging Ban ‘A Lawsuit Waiting to Happen’ Child Molestation: HB1782--Erin’s Law for Hawaii Soft on Crime: Shot at a Cop, out on Parole, Does it Again, and Again State seeks proposals for secured privately-run mental patient facilities  Read More..

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