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Sunday, March 5, 2017 March 5, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 5122 Views One Integrated Approach to Tax Fairness? Flooded With Fear State Supreme Court says election board erred in not hearing challenge Corrupt Former Fire Chief Arrested for Aiea Road Rage Murder Legislature is last hope of digging up true rail cost Caldwell Plan: Raise Taxes and Add Another Layer of Government Voices of working folk have grown eerily quiet SB501: Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion HB1501: Got a Meth Pipe?  No Biggie Beach Clean up: Activists Looking for Styrofoam Find Needles, Meth Pipes SB1109 Fake Chemical Scare: Styrofoam Ban Stalled Lead Poisoning: Real Chemical Scare Gets Scant Attention from DoH, Legislature  SB1240/HB1457: Anti-Aquarium Bills to be Voted  Read More..

Saturday, March 4, 2017 March 4, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 5302 Views Former Omidyar ‘Journalist’ Charged with Threats Against Jewish Centers HB314: Limit Warrantless Drone Surveillance Anti-Gun Legislation Eligible for Senate Floor Vote Next Week Hawaii Legislature: A Guide to the Deadlines Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review OHA Trustee sued over secret sex harassment settlement HPD Reassigns Detective Who Investigated Toddler Abuse Case Police irked as repeat felons are released to drug treatment – then escape After a Lifetime of Crime, Let 55 Year Old Criminals Out One More Time Star-Adv: Lets pretend to Get Tough on UPW Rapists Still Refusing Shelter: Homeless drug addicts crowd into H-1 embankments Mayor: Ing Would Let Wailuku Residents Drown Green Energy is a Joke: HECO To Build Two More Giant Diesel Plants Anti-GMO Luxury Realtors Sue Each Other A Year Later--VA administration still looking for Hawaii director Hawaii Residents Have Least Past Due Medical Debt Who owns vacation rentals in Hawaii? State Supreme Court says election board erred in not hearing challenge Read More..

Friday, March 3, 2017 March 3, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 4474 Views Use CRA to Repeal Dept. of Interior Rule that Tries to Create Fake Indian Tribe in Hawaii Salvage the Rail: Street Level Plan Can be Completed with Existing Funds Ethics: DLNR Harbor Agent Grabs for Payoff Beyond $200 Allowed Under Law What you can do to help contain taxes Hawaii's Unsustainable Cost of Public Employment ILWU Work Action Idles Pasha Containership in Honolulu Harbor HIDOT to Solicit Feasibility Study for Ferry System Emergency Work Ordered--Giant Sewer May Collapse Under Ala Moana Blvd Pesticides, VOG, Mercury? DoH Seminar to Train MDs on Hysteria Eight Nominated for UH Board of Regents NCAA Reduces Punishment for UH men’s basketball Security: Hawaii Legislators are Sitting Ducks UHERO Fears Trumpmonster: “Many things could go wrong in Washington” Caldwell: My Garbage Tax and Bus Fare Hikes are a Political Gambit Caldwell Budget Adds 191 Positions, Funds 522 Vacant Positions TMT hearing concludes: Decision on contested case could still be months away Not all multi-home owners are investors With No Cardiologists, Sister Isle Hospitals Pay $70K for Life Flight Firefighters could receive 100% Disability pay, Expended Medical Benefits Urban Honolulu ranks 16th among U.S. metro areas in median pay Bills To Raise Hawaii’s Minimum Wage Dead SB689 Search and Seizure: County Inspectors May Raid Buildings Without Warrant—Looking for ‘Illegal Yoga Studios’, ‘Granite Countertops’ Hawaii gun bill aims to prevent mass shootings by seizing firearms from ‘at-risk’ owners Soft on Crime: Lifelong Criminal Will be back out in a Year Read More..

Thursday, March 2, 2017 March 2, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 5133 Views HPD, FBI Investigate Threat to Honolulu Jewish Preschool New Study Details Driving Forces of Hawaii's Unfunded Liability Crisis OHA Ethics Complaints Ignored—Until Now California Company Helps Hawaii Marijuana Dealers Plan Sales to 9M Tourists City schedules meeting to update community on O‘ahu General Plan Senate Judiciary and Labor Passes Assisted Suicide Bill Out of Committee Memorial Service for Former State Rep Mark Moses Trump Should Rescind Obama’s Hawaiian Government Rule Grand Jury Investigation Needed to Get to Bottom of HPD Toddler Abuse Case Caldwell Budget Designed to Justify Tax Hike Hawaii Moves Too Slow On Asset Forfeiture Reform Bitcoin Shutdown related to Hawaii Marijuana Dispensaries Tax Evasion System? Your state is soaking you for beer money Hawaii: Why Wait—We can Already Announce the Worst Appellate Decision of 2017 Kakaako Homeless Refuse Shelter, Dogs Attack Parkgoers HB790: Sacrifice Agriculture to the Hysterical Demos Another step back for dairy – State orders Restart of EIS Planning panel gives city OK to use the landfill till it’s filled Read More..

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 March 1, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 3940 Views POTUS Rescinds WOTUS: Hawaii Waters to be Freed of Federal Control Best States? Government Drags Hawaii Down to 27th Full Text: President Donald J Trump Speech to Joint Session of Congress First Month of Trump Economy: Visitor Spending up 10.1%—Arrivals Jump 4.9% Senate Devises Property Tax Bait n Switch to Help $500M HSTA Slush Fund Pass Vote SB1129: Senate to Vote on Assisted Suicide Airbnb bill calls to collect taxes from vacation rental owners Prescribe-a-Home Bills Amended Hawaii Bill Targeting Commercial Fishing Industry in Danger Why Weren’t Other Parents Told About Day Care Toddler Abuse? 15 Years Later, UH Athletics Dep’t Finally Figures out it Might Need a Marketing Partner Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists Read More..

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 February 28, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:57 PM :: 5427 Views Hawaii 2nd-Toughest State for First Time Homebuyers DCCA Chases Bitcoin Provider out of Hawaii Corporate Income Tax—50-State Comparison Victory!  Rail tax hike fails Senate Ways & Means committee HB1518: Citizens Asking too Many Questions—Lets Shut them Down Hospitals Support Housing Prescription for Homeless Fail: Cool Schools AC in only 54 Classrooms HPD Chief: We’ll Learn More when Federal Indictments Come Out Honolulu Transit Ridership Drops 3.2% Senate to vote on bill boosting TAT funds for counties DHS Reports $51.7M in Welfare Overpayments Libertarian author Steven Greenhut talks public employees at Maui County Club HPD has millions of unspent dollars in rarely-used forfeiture account Suspicious call prompts evacuation of Jewish temple and preschool Sierra Club OK if Paid: Wind farms killing more bats and nene than expected SB376: Repeal Big Cable Anti-GMO Activists Celebrate 98.4% Net Loss of Biofuel Zuckerberg officially drops Hawaii 'quiet title' actions—Except the One Involving an Actual Owner Trump Defeating Liberals by Making them Mentally Ill Maui: Homeless Drunk Bites off Finger Read More..

Monday, February 27, 2017 February 27, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 PM :: 5920 Views Study: Wind Turbines Could Make This Endangered Bat Go Extinct Anti-Telescope ‘Circus’ Nearly Over? – Doubtful Hawaii Wind Turbines Not Bolted Together Correctly—One Collapses Retired HPD Officer was Sought in ‘Felony Investigation’ $3 million sought for Housing First effort on Sister Isles HB783: Force Businesses to Give Free Electricity to Electric Car Moochers We Came Here for the Lifestyle—Now Change It Ige a Traitor? Meets with National Republicans Read More..

Sunday, February 26, 2017 February 26, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 5886 Views HB1297: State-Recognized Indian Tribe for Hawaii Hawaii Legislature Obamacare Heavy Lassner: In Spite of Trump’s Reversal, UH Remains Committed to Putting a Tranny in Every Bathroom DPS Report: UPW Has Been Shielding Child Molesting Prison Guards since 2003 Prisons Have Become De-Facto Lunatic Asylums Souki’s Suicide Run: I only Have 28 Votes for Killing off Expensive Oldsters Cool Schools: 791 Units Short of 1,000 Ala Moana TOD pushes affordable housing aside to expand tourist area SB419: Require draft sign-up for UH Admission Zuckerberg Shakedown: Star-Adv Wants Greenmailers to Appreciate its Reporters More Anti-GMO Crony Capitalist: That which You call sacred is not, That which We call sacred is ‘Indivisible’ Obama Operatives Finally Corner Trump Lovin’ Gabbard Read More..

Saturday, February 25, 2017 February 25, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 3723 Views It Doesn’t Always Pay to Make More Legislators Order Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion: Assisted Suicide Next 62% Hike in Minimum Wage Hike Will Hit Consumers, Small Business Hard SB221 Money Spinner: Legislators Vote Red Light Camera Ticket Fiasco (again) After One Year of Daily Outreach, Less Than 1% of Homeless Agree to Accept Shelter Flaws in protective order system leave abuse victims vulnerable Judge: Kauai police body cams don't violate union agreement—SHOPO to Appeal SB603: DPS Too Tough on the Few Criminals we Actually Send to Prison Read More..

Friday, February 24, 2017 February 24, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 4743 Views 532 Candidates for Honolulu Neighborhood Board SB898: Anti-Gun Legislation Passes Committee SB1137: Return Control of HMSA to its Members Honolulu Most Unaffordable State Capital HB462: Billion Dollar Scheme to Place Prisoners Back under Control of Corrupt, Expensive UPW-Controlled Prisons Tuition: Packed with Administrators, UH Now More Expensive than Mainland Schools Taxi companies accuse Uber, Lyft of not paying $20M GE Taxes Uneducated Schatz Pushing DHHL to Build Rentals, not Leaseholds Team Ige Superintendent Questionnaire Designed to support whatever the decision-makers have already decided How the military impacts rent prices in Hawaii Wind Farm Asks permission to Murder More Bats, Nene Star-Adv: Because Trump is President We Should Screw Agriculture Agnotology: The Study of Anti-GMO Activism HB1518: Block ‘Vexatious’ UIPA Requests SB7: Use Medicaid funds to house homeless Security Guard Loses Finger in Fight with Homeless Drunk NYT: Hawaii is #2 for Teenage Trannies Star-Adv Gives Eric Ryan Space to Rant About Fukumoto Read More..

Thursday, February 23, 2017 February 23, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 5155 Views Why OHA Fears a Forensic Audit DLNR Still Paying Rapist Cop—Claims HGEA President Had Nothing to do with Hiring DLNR Introduces Birth Control for Mosquitoes HART Ridership Projections - Fantasies, Fairytales and Alternative Facts Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 23, 2017 GE Tax Hike Grabs Another $800/year from family finances Oahu drivers could get triple taxed PUC starts public hearings on $100M Hawaiian Electric rate hike Some customers asked to pay thousands to connect with solar Hawaii County Affordable Housing Rents to go up 36% Now That Maui Memorial is to be Privatized, Legislators Act to End Multi-Million Dollar Waitlisting Scheme Push for paid sick time rankles Hawaii eateries To Be A Honolulu Police Commissioner, First Be A Political Insider Honolulu Ethics Commission finds no conflicts in legal campaign support from special interests Anti-Fishing Activists Already Trying to Deflect Blame for ‘Crippling’ Hawaii Fishing Fleet Water Grab: Anti-Agriculture Activists Run  into Opposition from Upcountry Maui  Read More..

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 February 22, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 4923 Views Earn $50K? Hawaii Takes More From Your Paycheck Than Any Other State Local business owners speak out about the minimum wage Governor Ige’s ‘cuts’ still result in big spending increases Underreported: How Gun Silencers Became a Health Issue Full circle about single-payer health insurance Kauai Dairy Farm Withdraws Final EIS Caldwell: My Latest Appointee Helped Deliver Lots of Muslims to Europe OHA Insiders Plan to Neuter Audit Jury finds HGEA President’s Son guilty of sex assault Trump Admin has no Time to Talk to Hawaii Legislators About Rail Inter-Island Cables and Rate Hike Hearings Today Next Big Hawaii Tax Credit Scam Will Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles DLNR Scam-- Plans to Sell Carbon Credits 50% Failure Rate: Solar Installations ‘Falling Like Dominoes’ Sen J Kalani English Accepted Junket From Turkish Opposition Group BOE approves findings from special review of charter school panel HB407: Health Savings Accounts for Hawaii? Honolulu Airport Crasher was Brother of Convicted Murderer Open Borders Activists Come Up With New Argument: Hawaii Man Should be Granted US Citizenship BECAUSE He is Convicted Meth Dealer Peter Boy Case Solved When Competent Prosecutor Elected DAGS Doubletalk Collapsing Ceiling at Capitol Kalihi, Iwilei Stripped of Copper: Sit-Lie Expansion to Force Bums Westward Anti-GMO Activists Squabble Over Celebrutard Access Molokai Finally Runs out of Answers Hawaii Eco Hypocrisy--Trump Will Let us be the Phonies That We Are Read More..

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 February 21, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 AM :: 6064 Views Forbes: Taxes Make Hawaii One of 10 Worst States for High Earners OHA and HART Auditor Admits Fraud, Embezzlement HB1549: Don’t Tax Affordable Housing to pay for Affordable Housing Airbnb tries again on Hawaii tax broker bills Counties Won’t Stand up to NIMBYS and Legalize TVRs – But They Want TAT! Marijuana Just Another Excuse for a Tax Hike SB173: Marijuana Candies are ‘medicine’ Audit Finds a House Worth of Unrecorded Lumber at Hawaii County baseyard HB1277 Add 1,200 More Unionized Public Employees SB1298: Will Police Commission be Allowed to Hire Outsider as Chief? Star-Adv: Time for Greenmailers to get Serious About Extorting MegaBux from Zuckerberg Heroic Coast Guard Protects Whales from Money-Hungry Anti-Superferry Activists  Read More..

Monday, February 20, 2017 February 20, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:03 PM :: 4559 Views The Cost of Public Employment HPD Toddler Abuse Cover-up Unraveling Still no A/C for schools Caldwell Imposes 100% Fare Hike on Bus Transfer Riders Incompetent DoTax a Month Late with Tax Forms Soft on Crime Policy Kills Another Criminal: On the outside after 35 Raps in 14 Years—Bashes Through Airport Security and Dies Maui Program Puts Homeless to Work Sweeping Streets Who Will be Fooled?  Anti-GMO Activists Blame Trump for Pesticide Bill HCDA Changing Affordable Housing Rules KSBE Trustee Search Begins Again Read More..

Sunday, February 19, 2017 February 19, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:49 PM :: 4394 Views The Need for Tax Vigilance in 2017 Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Utopian Nonsense on the Move in the Legislature With Sam Slom Gone, Legislators weigh more than a dozen tax proposals A clear money grab by politicians HB1586: Council Will refuse GE Tax Hike Even if TAT is Taken Away 27 Rail Cars to Be Ripped Apart and Rebuilt in Desperate Attempt to Salvage Them SB591: $2B State Bonds for Housing Construction Medically assisted death: Wariness is warranted Star-Adv Pushes for Red Light Camera Ticket Machines Telescope: Lawyers Make Megabucks House Bill 1571, only attacks agriculture and will destroy farming Will British Petroleum Junk Hawaii Windfarm or Repower Before Federal Corporate Welfare Goes Byebye? Hawaii Residents Suffer the Most from Sleeplessness Read More..

Saturday, February 18, 2017 February 18, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 4371 Views OHA Insiders Plan to Neuter Audit 516 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii pro-life centers fight abortion referral mandate Hawaii Ranks Fourth for Millionaires SB898: Anti-Gun Bill Scheduled for Committee Hearing Next Week Hawaii Military Commissaries Offer 32.6% Savings—Highest in USA Caldwell Goes on Vacation While Legislators Expected to Vote on Rail Tax Hikes Incompetent Airport Division Wants Fee Hikes But Can’t Fix Leaky Roofs Star-Adv: Greenmail Shakedown of Zuckerberg is a Good Idea Diamond Head: Social Workers Chased out of Homeless Tent City By Knife Wielding Bum Soft on Crime: 20 Priors Gets ‘Supervised Release’—Then Shockingly, He does it Again HPD Toddler Beating Gets National News Attention State says hotel illegally pumped storm water into ocean for more than a decade SJWs Scream Blasphemy after Maui mayor says 'No such thing' as sacred rocks So-Called Farmers Union Joins With Anti-Dairy Farm Activists Hordes of Anti-Agriculture Activists to Descend on Maui Public Hearing to Take A&B Water Read More..

Friday, February 17, 2017 February 17, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 4438 Views State Procurement Office Launches Investigation into OHA Professional Services Contracts Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections 430 Candidates Register with One Day to Go Hawaii Motor Vehicle Deaths Jump 27% DOH: Dairy Farm EIS Decision Coming Feb 24 Will HSTA Report Expenses for 6,000 Lobbyists? Caldwell to Build Affordable Housing With Same Efficiency as Rail Blackmail: HECO Scores $61M, Free Trucks Thanks to Rail Tax Payers First Lateral: Several Energy Bills Survive Hawaii Legislature Deadline Target Legislators who fail to introduce bills SB107 Minimum Wage Vehicle Focuses Debate on Tip Credit Incompetent DoE Payroll: Two Months to get Your First Paycheck Sheriffs Refuse to Stop Auto Burglar Two Months of Canvassing Diamond Head – Only 6 Homeless Accept Shelter Eager to Use Homeless for Political Agit-Prop TVRs Account for 1/3 of Hawaii Visitor Accommodations Greenmail: Bill aims to create and Profit from disputes over trail on Kauai When it Comes to ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Hawaii is all talk Read More..

Friday, February 17, 2017 Letters to the Editor February, 2017 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:23 AM :: 10523 Views Will HSTA Report Expenses for 6,000 Lobbyists? Falls of Clyde: Ige Ignores Call from British Parliament Read More..

Thursday, February 16, 2017 February 16, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:47 PM :: 4415 Views OHA: The Mystery of the Disappearing Money Hawaii 64 Structurally Deficient Bridges Identified Hawaii Supreme Court Oral Arguments: When Is Election Law Admin Appeal "Brought?" Economic Impact of Immigration by State—Hawaii 10th HB1595: Involuntary Commitment for Mentally Ill How They Voted: Assisted Suicide Bill Passes First Committee Ward Poll: Hawaii Residents Reject Tax Hikes GE Tax Hike -- SB 1183 a “multi-headed hydra of bad ideas” Ernie Martin: If Legislators Hike GE Taxes, I’ve got several Ideas on How Councilmembers can avoid putting skin in the game HB1586: Income Tax Hike on the Rich -- Counties could lose hotel subsidy Bills on short-term rental tax collection advance SB221: Red-light cameras bill advances Caldwell Affordable Housing Plan: Convert HART HQ to Condos  SB1129: Senators Vote to Boost Insurance Company Profits, Kill off Expensive Patients, Enable Elder Abuse Candidate chosen for UH chancellor turned position down Police Chief Orders Full Review Of Toddler Assault Case Deedy Case: Time To Let Go Of A Case That’s Gone Nowhere SB173: Let Convicted Felons Sell Legal Weed Trump draft order would make welfare recipients deportable Criticism of Gabbard-Assad Meeting Gives Muslims Political Opening  Read More..

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 February 15, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 5691 Views How to give teachers a pay raise … without raising taxes Three Days Left: 371 Candidates Register for 437 Neighborhood Board Seats Maunakea Observatories award Nānākuli and Kapolei students with research time Transform the Bureaucracy and Achieve Justice for John Sosa No Joke: UH Pres Lassner to assist search for DoE superintendent UH Abandons Search for New Manoa Chancellor Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees OHA Pays Criminal Tens of Thousands of Dollars for Nothing Hush Money? HTA Calls Waikai’s Bluff Corruption: DOBOR Boss Fails in Effort to retaliate Against Hawaii County Prosecutor State May Owe $101M to Developer After LUC Steals Land Equity HB1586: Cut counties out of 'room tax' revenues REIT Tax Bill advances in House Legislators: Acute Care is Too Expensive so Eliminate it Legislators: Oldsters are Too Expensive so Eliminate Them Autistic student raped Pearl City classmate TWICE while HSTA Member napped, lawsuit says Homeless to Pick up Litter, Clean Graffiti SB221: Stop Light Camera Tickets Back Again Minimum Wage Hike Clears Hawaii Senate Committee—Deferred in House HB1282: Laughing Legislators Run Anti-GMO Morons thru Maze (again) Anti-Aquarium Obsessives Pin Hopes on Two Bills and a Lawsuit Will Latest Round of AP Lies Sink Hawaii Fishing Fleet? Batteries undercut benefits of rooftop solar, says new study $10,000 Fake News -- HECO Style HB793: Force Everybody to Install Electric Car Chargers SB1121: Force Everybody to Use Solar Water Heaters Denied: Feds Fail Again in Kona Water Grab Feds Sue: Homosexual Harassment of Male Employees Read More..

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 February 14, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:17 AM :: 7807 Views HSTA Rallies for $500M Tax Hike on Renters—House Approves on 2nd Read Anti-Fishing Lies Exposed: Attorney General Releases Point by Point Debunk of Kaniela Ing HPD Acting Chief Supports Naming of Suspended Officers Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 13, 2017 Falls of Clyde: Ige Ignores Call from British Parliament DLNR Cop Accused of Raping Girl—My Mommy is HGEA President Students Starve While HSTA Demands Massive Tax Increase Caldwell Bank Job: Measure To Stop Mayors From Moonlighting Shelved Drivers May Face $100M Higher Taxes, Fees To Lard HIDOT Coffers PUC to Consider $300M HECO Rate Hike Doctors hui opposes assisted-death bill Are Hawaii’s Wind Farms Killing Too Many Hoary Bats? How Housing Shortage caused by City of Honolulu Regs HB778: “Thousands of B&Bs on Ag Land” Hundreds seek help from state rent assistance program Four Sneaky Bills Would give counties the authority to regulate pesticide use Hooser Wants to Legalize Genetically Modified Marijuana Homeless Drug Addicts -- 1 million dirty syringes collected statewide in 2016 After 19 Years Convention Center Finally Gets Around to Booking Sporting Events Age 33 - 6 Felonies: Criminal Dead Because of Soft on Crime Policies McDermott: Travel Ban Needed Read More..

Monday, February 13, 2017 February 13, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:42 PM :: 3898 Views SB1183: Rail Tax Hike Bill is Alive in Legislature How Ige Plans To Cut a Piddling $220 Million From His $28.5B Budget DoE fails to fix problems with its 17,000 casual employees The Impending Honolulu Rail Ridership Debacle Bill to make judges repeat confirmation is advanced Chemophobia: Legislators Advance Polystyrene Ban Politics is About Winning Read More..

Sunday, February 12, 2017 February 12, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 6565 Views Most 2016 GEMS Loans Went to One Insider UHERO Slams the Skim Skin in the Game? Mayor Harry Kim says higher taxes not an option Senator’s Wife Refuses Hush Money Ige Blames Judicial Selection Commission for Appointment of Campaign Manager Ige: Get Rid of Matayoshi so HSTA can Achieve Nirvana HGEA Strategic Incompetence Means Former state workers face long wait for payouts SB534: $70/day, Then Organize Kupuna Caregivers into Union Feds Still Grabbing for Control of Kona Water Tulsi Gabbard Syria Trip Just Like Patsy Mink Meeting with Viet Cong? Years Later—Still More Whining About Depleted Uranium Read More..

Saturday, February 11, 2017 February 11, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:10 PM :: 4568 Views HIDOT Mileage Fee: Meet Big Brother the Taxman SB1129: Senate CPH Committee Schedules Assisted Suicide Bill Neighborhood Board Elections: 327 Candidates Register for 437 Seats With One Week to Go Demanding a Tax Hike, HSTA to Rally at Capitol Jones Act and Maritime Security Program Home Ownership: Hawaii Most ‘Equity Rich’ Properties Justice Ginsburg at UH Law School: “We have a Dysfunctional Congress” Study: 72 Convicted Terrorists Came From Countries Covered by Trump Vetting Order Hawaii needs self-managed pension plan for public-worker retirees Overtime Abuse? Ige’s Been Watching it Happen for Years HB209: Progressive Democrats Demand Massive Income Tax Hike on Small Business Owners Expensive Tickets? House votes to nix one of the HIDOT Money Grab Bills TAT: Political Insiders Milk Cash Cow Energy Excelerates Flow of Tax Dollars to Crony Capitalists Ing Rent Control Bill Deferred Amidst Laughter, Ridicule Condos in Your Future: Anti-Agriculture Activists Grab for Last of HC&S Water Hilo Attempts to Free Itself from DLNR Indolence DLNR Police Harass Christmas Boat Parade Organizer U.S. Transportation department executive approved grant days before taking job with rail contractor Trump Backs Privately Funded high-speed rail projects Shipyard Freeze Gives Schatz, Hirono Chance to Pretend that They Matter  Should U.S. be preparing for a North Korean nuclear strike on the West Coast? Read More..

Friday, February 10, 2017 February 10, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 9967 Views OHA Old Guard Retakes Power: Machado Selected as Chair Crabbe Contract: Abigail Kawananakoa Sues OHA Ige Appoints Campaign Manager Circuit Court Judge HTDC Gives Away $9.8M of Your Tax Dollars to Six Tech Companies Senate Committee Turns Rail Tax Bill into Christmas Tree HIDOT Money Grab: Proposed fines for texting, speeding, seat belts, drunken driving may put motorists in poor house Star Adv: GE Tax on Internet Sales to Take Away Rare Perk $36M REIT Tax is Back (again) HSTA Announces Contract Demands Anti-Fishing Nuts Come Up with New Trick to Shut Down Fleet Maui: Homeless Flood Emergency Room Lawmakers puzzle over how to allow pot to be carried inter-island Honolulu police commissioner injured in domestic assault Hundreds of corrections officers call in sick during NFL championship game $11.5M to Make UH Education Free to Low Income Students Hawaii—Fewest Uninsured in USA Muslims Pleased by 9th Circuit Court Read More..

Thursday, February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 5827 Views OHA Audit Passes Committee Vote What is Kaniela Ing’s Hidden Agenda? 2017 Honolulu Rail: Advice to the Legislature Economy: DBEDT Drops 2017 Growth Projection to 1.8% An informed opinion on GMOs Buffer Zone Bozos Descend on Capitol (again) Assisted suicide: Hawaii bills push envelope Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 8, 2017 Caldwell announces more Cabinet Appointments HB1589: Pro-Hunter Bill to be Heard KIUC Board Sets Renewable Energy Goal of 70 percent by 2030 Streetlights: Kauai First to Complete LED Conversion Hawaii State Ethics Commission 2016 Annual Report UH Law Review Sharing Economy Symposium Murthy: HART Looking at Alternatives to Tax Hike At-grade option offers a way out of Honolulu’s train wreck Raid Rail Funds for Fake $2B Housing Scheme? After Chief’s Lawyer Taken off Her Defense, Accused Suddenly Starts Telling Stories About Crooked Cops and Prosecutors Ige Administration Conspires with Hawaii Mosque to get More Muslims In Tough Times: DoE Gets a Measly $40M Increase This Year Senator rips tourism agency on finances—Take $6M as Vengeance If wealthy can get tax breaks, why not low-income earners? Report: Public Records Agency Slower Than Ever With Appeals Sen Keith-Agaran Grabs for Control over Judiciary Kaneshiro’s New publicly-funded secure Women’s housing complex in Makiki nearly empty Hospitals Paying $1500 per Day per Patient for Homeless Long Term Care Homeless Drug Addicts Take Over Big Island Subdivision Libraries Overrun by Homeless?  A Sales Pitch to Fund Another Vacant Position Ige Admin Debunks Homeless Tent City Nonsense Anti-Urine Bill Becomes Easy Foil for Homeless Tent City Proponents  HB1267: Failed Rent Control Proposal is Back Again Ing Pounding Nails into Agriculture’s Coffin Anti-Agriculture Activists Pave Way for Developers Small Business Leaders Debunk Anti-Styrofoam Hysteria Caldwell Leaves Kids in the Dark The Toxic Language of Hawaii’s One Party State Read More..

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 February 8, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:08 PM :: 9230 Views US Supreme Court to Consider Hearing Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Suit White House Calls Travel Ban ‘a Lawful Exercise’ of Authority Congress Considers Bill to Break up 9th Circuit Court Shell Game: Short Form Bills on the Move Trump Confusing Both Liberals and Conservatives Cost of Living: Only Manhattan is More Expensive than Honolulu Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections 308 Candidates for 435 Seats Lawyer-Enrichment Bills on the Move—Require Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion Murthy: I Can Complete Elevated Rail Without Tax Hike Skim: Caldwell Reaches New Level of Insanity OHA, HART Auditors Didn’t Notice Embezzlement Until Company Ran Out of Cash Telescope: State files appeal over TMT sublease hearing Hawaii lawmakers mull short-term rental Taxes Terrified by Drop in Tobacco Sales, Lawmakers propose 70% tax on some e-cig products Hawaii Lawmakers May Triple Fines For Speeding, Cell-Phone Use, DUI HSTA Operative: Matayoshi Must Go Because We Think Matayoshi Must Go Charter School Commission Fighting Back Against Corruption Audit: Some DOE Employees Still Start Work Before Being Cleared Kenoi Rush Job Adds $280K to Cost of Gym, Golf Course Legislators Try to Establish Homeless Tent Cities AGAIN Honolulu Toddler Nearly Died In An Assault But No Charges Filed State House committees pass anti-Agriculture pesticide bills Garden Isle: Gabbard Right to Urge End to Obama’s Policy of Giving Money and Arms to Al Qaeda Read More..

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 February 7, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 6981 Views County Employees in Hawaii make double what private sector workers make Hawaii government growing faster than private sector OHA and HART Financial Advisor on Trial for Embezzlement It goes to the Top: Ige Education Policy Based on Underage Drinking and Football Recruiting Trips $500M Union Slush Fund Passes Committee Vote—HSTA Strips out Promise of ‘Quality’ Education $80M online sales tax hike Rail Tax Hike—Legislators Kill Two Bills, Vote on Third Set for Wednesday Will President Donald J Trump De-Fund California Hi Speed Rail Boondoggle? Hawaii v Trump: Trump Wins Round One Silicon Valley Billionaire: Hawaii Should want Unlimited Supply of Muslims more than it Wants Rail Funds Akana drops OHA lawsuit against CEO Crabbe Hypocrite Rep Ing Targets OHA Trustee Akina Neighborhood Board Voting to be Internet Only? Hawaii Buyout Hall of Fame Should the State Borrow $2B to Pretend to Build Housing? SB1109: Statewide Styrofoam Ban Pushed by Chemophobes, Eco-Obsessives Bats vs. Blades: A Quixotic Struggle DLNR: Sell Carbon Credits to pay for Helicopters to Kill More Sheep, Goats and Pigs Maui physician against physician-assisted suicide Sovereignty Activists Push their way into Arizona Prison Illinois Homeless Dude Allegedly Kills Wife, Buys Ticket to Hawaii Read More..

Monday, February 6, 2017 February 6, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 5923 Views Fluoridated Water Reduces Gender Pay Gap by 4% Hawaii Bills Would Legalize Industrial Hemp; Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition Matayoshi Dismissal -- Retaliation for Investigation of Kaiser Principal? Charter schools’ agency hit by report Green Grifters Fight over $150M in GEMS  HMSA plan won’t cover most costs One Way to Kill Rail--Trump Will Cut Off Federal Funds if Hawaii Becomes ‘Sanctuary State’ HOPE Probation: “Nothing Works” in Corrections Replaced by “Nothing Works Well?” Making Things Easy for Antis Hawaii Muslims: Now is not the time for Terror Attacks How Islam Is Gaining A Foothold In Micronesia Read More..

Sunday, February 5, 2017 February 5, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 4436 Views SB1056: Seawater Air Conditioning to Become New High Tech Tax Credit Scam? Vacation Rentals: Tax Hike Bills on the Move in the Legislature Hawaii Union Membership #2 in USA–21.7% SB938: End the State Rail Tax Skim Unfunded Pensions – Tip of the Iceberg? 276 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Don’t mug taxpayers to pay for Hawaii’s high cost of living Condo Justice - The Ball's Now In Your Court Save $4.2B, No Tax Hike: Ground-level rail reaches Legislature Mayor’s plan brings rail to new level of insanity Rate hike proposals abound this year, PUC chair says Being driven from GOP is rite of passage for many local successful Democrats Legislature tackles rising opioid abuse Poor Gary Hooser. He just can't accept the fact that Kauai voters rejected him Kauai: Ala Loa Trail Could be Real Money Spinner Beachcombing Becomes Act of Penance in Eco Religion Longline association slams AP article claiming slavery DLIR, DCCA Hound Construction Industry with Millions in Fines 40 Years Later Nanakuli Getting a Library Learning to change: Education program putting Kulani inmates on right course Use Community Colleges to Save Gifted Students from DoE Read More..

Saturday, February 4, 2017 February 4, 2017 News Release By Andrew Walden @ 11:57 AM :: 6175 Views UHERO: ‘Discriminatory’ HSTA Property Tax Plan hits Renters Hardest Audit: Rep Kaniela Ing Does His Part to Hide OHA Corruption Hawaii Attorney General to Sue Trump to Keep Muslim ‘Refugees’ Flowing Into Country Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Hawaii: Trannies Drive Push to Legalize Prostitution Kidani: I want to Double Your Property Taxes to Create Massive Union Slush Fund  Push to Hike E-Cig Tax Legislators Take Another Run at Judiciary  Anti-GMO Hysterics Trying to Buy Politicians—But Voters Punish Anti-Sunscreen? Hysteria Attracts Quacks, as Usual Energy ‘Green’: Hawaii Legislature Explores New and Exotic Ways to Give Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires SunEdison: Billions Of Dollars In Taxpayer Money Hidden In Solar Scammer Bankruptcy 10 violations, 2 firings on annual review of Hawaii Co Police Department Read More..

Friday, February 3, 2017 February 3, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:58 PM :: 4977 Views Hawaii public employee benefits rise 5 times faster than private sector UHERO: The Exorbitant Cost of Collecting Honolulu’s Rail Surcharge Tax Hawaii GE Tax Bites into 99.21% of personal income OHA Board Sets Audit Vote OHA: Akana Ousted, New Chair to be Elected at Next Board Meeting Choke or Head Fake? Ige Doesn’t Appoint Campaign Chair to ICA Mixture of Pro and Anti-Gun Bills Introduced in the Hawaii Legislature Hawaii Did Not Issue Any Gun-Carry Permits to Private Citizens in 2016 Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Recreational Marijuana, Nullify Federal Prohibition in Practice Deadline to Apply for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Extended Basing decisions on evidence, not politics HB1595: Urine Free Zones Telescope Cuts off Funds to OHA Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa has registered as a Democrat Hawaii Democrats Hope President Donald J Trump Appoints Gabbard to Something, Anything Fake Issue: Shipyard at Pearl Harbor not part of feds’ hiring freeze Hawaii AG finally gets around to suing Trump over immigration ban Hawaii: President Donald J Trump becomes excuse for Letting Nurses do Abortions Chemophobia: Nature Challenges Anti-Sunscreen Coral Damage Claims Judge: Blacked-Out Health Department Reports Are Worthless Acting Chief Outmaneuvered: Chief’s severance paid out of police payroll funds last week Go West, Young Bum: Sit-Lie expansion into Iwilei, Kapalama EIS Approved for Dante Carpenter’s Garbage-to-Money Plant Dole Street: Manoa Neighborhood Board Tells SJWs to Get Lost Read More..

Thursday, February 2, 2017 February 2, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 4283 Views OHA LLCs—A License to Self-Deal Support OHA Forensic Audit Full Text: OHA Chair Sues to Force Crabbe Out Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearing Zuckerberg Steps In It In Hawaii Hawaii Tops Gallup Well-Being Index for 6th Year Straight Hawaii: The State of Tobacco Control One Party Justice: Republican Faces Criminal Charges Because he did not put Name on Two Mailers Recycling Company Cited for Water Pollution Future Oahu Community Correctional Center Down to Four Sites Taxing The Poor: Will Legislators Ever Enact Working Family Tax Credit? GEMS and Batteries: Revenues from Ratepayer Fee to be Given to Silicon Valley Billionaires Another Tax Hike: State considers targeting online shoppers Caldwell’s City Hall: Blood, Feces and Broken Windows 5 Reasons To Oppose Physician-Assisted Suicide Let Psychologists Pass Out Crazy Meds? Lynch Mob: Hawaii Supreme Court to hear arguments over 3rd Deedy trial HPD fired, tried to fire 25 officers in 2016 Police Reform Bills Before Legislature Sunshine Law Amendments Before Legislature Hawaii Environmental Council Wants to Change Human Nature, Reorganize Economy Idaho Republican Launches Bid to Split 9th Circuit California Liberals Begin Castrating Prisoners Will President Donald J Trump Keep 1,250 Unwanted Muslim ‘Refugees’ Out of Hawaii? Read More..

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 February 1, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 4686 Views Rep Kaniela Ing: Tickets, Lies, and Bin Laden After Speaking at Anti-Trump Rally, Rep Beth Fukumoto Prepares to Quit GOP ‘Challenging and exciting times’ SB938: Eliminate DoTax 10% Rail Skim HB663 and SB501: Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion DOH fights lawsuit on their non-posting of inspection reports even as two bills in the Legislature again fund the posting HECO Solar Deal: Wholesale Rate Finally Equals Average Mainland Retail Rate BLNR Approves Big Island Carbon Credit Scam  DLNR Seeks Applicants: Commission on Water Resource Management Parents asked to provide feedback on their child’s public school How Many Tourists is Too Many? Report: A Decade of Human Trafficking in Hawaii Information sessions for Oahu Neighborhood Board Candidates Peter Pakemai, Master Canoe Carver GE Tax Hike: Legislature ‘Very Upset’ at Rail Lies -- Caldwell Offers Bribe  Nightmare: Just When You Thought You Were Free of Obamacare, Hawaii Legislature Decides to Keep It HPD Refuses to Pay Kealoha’s $250K Golden Parachute:  Payoff Agreement in Default Feb 2 Maui: In Effort to Create More Homelessness, Soft on Crime Crowd Pushes for Mass Release of Criminals TMT contested case hearing slated to continue through February Bill would lower blood quantum requirement for Hawaiian Homestead successors if Congress Agrees Duke Aiona: Tracking Assisted Suicide in Legislature Chemophobia: Bill Banning Many Sunscreen Products Advances In House Anti-GMO Bills Pass Mike Gabbard Committee Gabbard’s trip to Syria tied to pro-Assad group Advice for Muslims in Hawaii: Don’t (ahem) ‘Blow Up’ the Situation Read More..

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 January 31, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:22 PM :: 3591 Views County workers in Hawaii make highest wages in the nation Call for a Forensic Audit at OHA Robert Lindsey: OHA Trustees Must “Walk on Water, Be Holier Than Thou” Trump Immigration: UH Administrators Pander Relentlessly VIDEO: UH Manoa Chancellor Candidates Public Forum New Tourism Record for 2016 -- 8.9 Million Arrivals High-Speed Internet: Hawaii Schools #1 in USA 2016 National Citizen Survey for the City and County of Honolulu Former Hawaii GOP Chair Joins National Rifle Association Board ‘Natural’ Toxins for your Baby: ‘Homeopathic’ Profiteers Refuse Recall Order HSTA: Amend State Constitution to give us Half-Billion-Dollar Slush Fund  Getting The Chronic Homeless Into Housing Rep Kaniela Ing is a Liar Hawaii one of only Six States for which Amazon Does not Collect Taxes Lawmakers aim to hold homeowner associations accountable for lost, stolen money Waihee Golf Course Tries to Shut Down Public Access to Hawaiian Kingdom Trail With vacancy at the top, high-level promotions at HPD raise eyebrows Correctional center designed for 127 has 174 inmates Change Orders, Cost Overruns picked up in Billy Kenoi’s Last two years Two Iraqi Refugees Slated to Come to Hawaii Read More..

Monday, January 30, 2017 January 30, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 5645 Views Hawaii Attorney General to Sue Trump to Keep Muslim ‘Refugees’ Flowing Into Country? OHA 2016 Check Register: Money Flows to Lawyers, LLCs, Insiders and More Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Court of the Third Circuit Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 30, 2017 Cancer: HMSA Puts MDs on Welfare--Begins Paying Oncologists to do Nothing Proposed tax hikes carry steep costs for drivers SB366/HB1283: Automatic Rate Hikes for Electric Utilities which Shovel Money to Green Energy Scammers Star-Adv: HTA should open financial records 20 Years on Diamond Head—Shooting Drugs and Panhandling in Waikiki Medical vans to aid homeless could cost state $1.4M annually Pot Decriminalization Has A Shot This Session, But Ige Wants To Wait Civil Beat: Report Trump Voters and Bloggers to Us Legislation on the Move Read More..

Sunday, January 29, 2017 January 29, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 4651 Views 239 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Duke Aiona: “What is Your Legislator Pushing?” Peek-A-Boo -- I See Your Tax Return Judge Throws Criminal Al Hee’s Company Out of Court Ige Campaign Manager Shows up on Fourth Judicial Nomination List 12 Caldwell administration cabinet members confirmed Rail: Taxpayers to be Skinned Alive -- Twice? Tourism Industry Wary of HSTA Tax Hike Scheme Bumbling DoTax Can’t Figure Out How to Collect online travel taxes Kealoha Settlement Allows Him to Continue Harassing Ethics Commission—City to Pay Lawyers Millions Will Trump Administration Kill Honolulu Rail? Consider this time-honored Hawaii option for rail problem: Just ignore it and let it linger UH hopes taxpayers will pony up if they claim it is for ‘free’ education to eligible students UH Wants Cut of the Action at Aloha Stadium Five Bills Introduced to Kill off Expensive Patients HMA Opposition to Suicide Neutralized by Political Pressure? Counting ‘Anti-Government’ Homeless Determines Flow of Government Money Legislative bill proposes ban on sunscreen chemical harmful to coral reefs Read More..

Saturday, January 28, 2017 January 28, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:28 PM :: 4849 Views Trask: Trustee Apo uses OHA Resources for Private Business Deals VIDEO: OHA Board Protesters Throw Salt, Call for FBI Investigation FSMA: Unknown Regulatory Threat Leaves Agriculture in Limbo Third Circuit Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsels VIDEO: School Choice Dance 2017! HB71: Bill Would Force Caldwell Resignation Something to Hide? Will OHA Trustees Even Vote for Watered Down Audit? Toxic DoE Tries to Increase Teacher Retention Rate by Sacrificing Matyoshi Anti-Pesticide Claims are all Hype and Hysteria Senate asks attorney general to step in on HTA Secrecy UH Athletic Dep’t Grabs for HTA Pro Bowl Money Lawmakers grill DHS over long-delayed day care safe sleep policies After 11 years, school building might finally open Caldwell Lets Oceanfront Park Rot for Five Years until Community Volunteers Pay to Fix it up Soldier’s body found along freeway nearly 12 hours after motorcycle crash Ex-Cop Gets 2 Days for DUI Bill would ban cellphone use while crossing streets Another Hi Tech Tax Credit Failure Got Money?  Wanna Live in Hawaii?  We WILL Make You Pay Us – Just ask Zuck White Supremacists Cheer: Gabbard Talks Up Trump-Syria Unity Read More..

Friday, January 27, 2017 January 27, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 5798 Views Honolulu 7th Most Expensive Housing on Earth Governor says treat symptoms, not causes of our economic woes Homeless Community Outreach Court is Now Open OHA Audit: Trustee says it’s time to reassure beneficiaries Hawaii 8th Largest Educational Attainment Gap OHA Corruption: FBI, Hackers, and Botox  Money: Schatz Tentacles Reach into P-20, UH Administration Mrs Brian Schatz is ‘Project Manager’ for Illegal North Shore Commercial Activities Judiciary seems recent target of lawmakers, chief justice says Embattled tourism agency Hides Sports Entertainment Spending Settlement in polygraph suit may cost state $400K State opts not to send new funds to program that kept 1000s from streets Medicaid Funds Pay to Help Homeless Stay in Housing? Lawsuit: Police Commission Broke The Law With Secret Meetings SB1292: Save Hilo from Economic Decline Caused by State-Owned Land Management HECO Seeks Re-Start for Overpriced Solar Farms Senate Energy Chair: HECO Must Agree to Bills Before I Hear Them Phony Baloney: Will Lawmakers Change Feel Good ‘Renewable’ Energy Formula? Dozens of Energy Bills Introduced in 2017 Hawai`i Legislative Session Capitol sees renewed push to legalize marijuana in Hawaii Mega Prison to Bulk up UPW-Prison Industrial Complex  Suicide Squad Working to Kill off Expensive Patients, Save HMSA Millions Ige’s Food Goal: Two Times ‘I don’t know’ City has no data on whether plastic bag ban has reduced litter or plastic bag waste SB18: DUI at 0.05%—Big Money Spinner for Lawyers Transportation Department Pushes for $1500 Speeding Ticket Gambling Measures Surface At The Hawaii Legislature Women’s Legislative Caucus targets health care, sex assault, pay gap Senator Brickwood Galuteria Loves Donald Trump Zuckerberg Media Circus Read More..

Thursday, January 26, 2017 January 26, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:06 PM :: 8062 Views Who Covered up OHA Sex Harassment Settlement? Full Text: 2017 State of the Judiciary Address Farm Bureau: 12 Anti-Agriculture Bills Introduced to Legislature SB702 Would Punish Short-Term Rentals Like Sexual Assaults HB1367: Accountability and Involvement with Homeless Provider Agencies Medicare Overbilling: Hawaii ranks 16th Hawaii #2 in USA for Arrests of K-12 Students Study: More Corrupt States Have Higher Public Debt Haven of Aloha: Democrats Declare Hawaii to be a ‘Safe Space’ from The Trumpmonster Grassroot: Stop the Return of Earmarks Star-Adv: Independent Audit of OHA Needed OHA Trustees to Vote on Forensic Audit Monday HSTA pitches $500M/year State property tax, hotel surcharge Legislators: ‘Out to Get’ Ige Mrs Brian Schatz is ‘Project Manager’ for Illegal North Shore Commercial Activities Ing Admits he is a Liar After Four Years of Ignorance, Kauai Council “clear the books” of invalid law regulating pesticides, GMOs Laughed out of Court, Anti-GMO Activists Introduce Anti-Ag Bills in Hawaii Legislature HECO Pays Isles’ largest solar farm 40% More Than Mainland Retail Hawaii bill would classify homelessness as medical condition Homeless Court Gives Bums Chance to Get a Job   SB611—Jack Up Cost of Housing to Create Make Work for Plumbers Union Hawaii Legislators Follow Abortion Playbook SB677: Gambling Bill Dead on Arrival Got Albizia? Get a Tax Credit Hawaii Lawmakers Grab for Control Over Judiciary Same old BS from New HPD Interim Chief Judge Throws Kealoha’s Lawyer off Case  Gabbard Endorses Trump’s Position on Syria After Trip—Calls for End to Obama-Clinton Policy of Arming Al Qaeda Zuckerberg Media Circus Read More..

Thursday, January 26, 2017 Letters to the Editor January, 2017 By Letters to the Editor @ 10:00 AM :: 7283 Views Need for More Family Court Judges on Oahu Vacant?  Planned Hires Normally Get Half-Year Funding Split Honolulu into Two Counties Advice to UH Manoa Chancellor Candidates--Run! One-Way Streets to Alleviate Dangerous Walking Conditions?  Lanai residents fed up with the awful service from Ohana Air Read More..

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 January 25, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 3840 Views Crabbes in the Bucket: Secret OHA Employee Surveys Reveal Distrust, Anger Trump infrastructure priority list focuses on Public-Private partnerships--does not Include Honolulu Rail Hawaii Non-Governmental Workers Receive Lowest Pay in USA Vacant?  Planned Hires Normally Get Half-Year Funding Split Honolulu into Two Counties Making property taxes less taxing Caldwell Pushes $65M Fuel tax, Vehicle Fee Hike Water pipe woes Mean More rate Hikes Few Crabbe Supporters Testify at OHA Board of Trustees Meeting Survey Finds Homeless Dude Using Heroin for 48 Years Will Police Reform Finally Gain Traction In The 2017 Legislature? Criminal Hee Company Loses in Court (again) HPD: City, not Department Should Foot Bill for Chief’s Golden Parachute Hawaii County Council: Keep Buying Booze on P-Cards Greenmail Activists Assert Right to Walk Through Zuckerberg Site Aloha Stadium redevelopment could soon begin with EIS Another High-Tech Tax Credit Flop--Hawaii fish farming company shuts down after 10 years in business Read More..

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 January 24, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 5114 Views Full Text: State of the State Address Ige Speech “Unfocused, Disappointing, Lacking in Details” Bill: Fund Rail by Sale of Development Rights Hawaii Celebrates School Choice Week at 79 Events Statewide Circuit Court Criminal and Family Court Criminal Cases Now Available Online Affordable Retirement? Not in Hawaii Government Mandates on Local Farmers Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Raw Milk Sales Caldwell: Hike Honolulu fuel tax, vehicle weight tax and parking fees to Convince Legislators to Hike GE Tax Ige warns of slowing economy—Promises Raises for Unions Pay for Improvements by Eliminating Bureaucracy, not Allocating Funds Trump, Day One: Hawaii Congressional Delegation Applauds Wildly as Obama-Clinton Legacy Erased Beware the echo chamber Voluntary EIS Provides Vehicle for Anti-Dairy Protesters Bill Banning Second Jobs For Mayors Would Affect Caldwell’s Bank Deal OHA trustees’ to Try to Get Rid of Crabbe Again Lunch Trucks Give up on OHA, Move to Park Bill Would Feminize Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Ige Pushes $10M for High Tech Tax Credit Scammers Death squeal of a subsidy pig: Green Energy Scammers Terrified that Trump will Lower electric Rates Legislation: Felony to Not Put Baby to Sleep on his Back What will Happen to Medicaid when Obamacare is Gone? Several marijuana measures introduced Family of man killed in violent arrest to get $1M Police Commission ‘Clarifies’ Terms Of HPD Chief’s $250K Deal Caldwell Very slow to replace Oahu’s aging water mains State kicks off annual homeless 'point-in-time' count Delay in 'Peter Boy' trial used to Pressure Legislators for Judicial Funding Private Developer offers to Solve Aloha Stadium Problems Zuckerberg's Quiet Title Actions: Reality vs Shibai Read More..

Monday, January 23, 2017 January 23, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:14 PM :: 3666 Views OHA’s Hidden LLCs: Why Plead Guilty to Stealing $14M? My Conversation with OHA Sex Harassment Victim Legislators ‘GEMS Model’ for Future:  Spend $2B on ‘affordable’ Housing Legislators Introduce Two Gambling Bills, More to Come Meet OHA’s Newest Trustee Bill Seeks Privatization of State Small Boat Harbor Kauai Council to vote on anti-GMO repeal Protests a Distraction Assisted treatment law rarely used to help mentally ill in Hawaii $200K to Redirect Low-Level Offenders? High winds rip through Waianae homeless encampment—Tweekers Still Won’t Accept Shelter Trannies a Non-Issue in Kauai School Bathrooms Star-Adv: Expand scrutiny of wind turbines Caldwell’s Latest Water Main Collapse will Jam H-1 thru Thursday Potholes, Lost Inmate Property, Falling Ceiling Cost Taxpayers Civil Beat: All Arguments against Assisted Suicide are Religious and Therefore Must be Disregarded Assisted Suicide Won’t Necessarily Eliminate Lobbyist Read More..

Sunday, January 22, 2017 January 22, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:04 PM :: 5000 Views Liberal TEA Party: Thousands March Against Trump in Hawaii Funding Nonexistent People UH System-Wide Survey to Amp up “Gender Violence” Hysteria State Environmental Council Releases ‘Sustainability’ Report Telescope Leaving? “Will Decide This Autumn” Rail: 145,000 Cracked Shims and Pads to be Replaced – 11 Miles of Re-Work Tokuda: Ige Has No Coherent Plan on Rail Assisted suicide does not fit Hawaii Trump’s victory creates uncertainty for wind and solar tax-credit scammers Lost Ag Jobs Excluded from Hawaii Unemployment Numbers Invasive Species a Real Money Spinner Corrections officials seek $1M to update fruitless master plan Caldwell’s Water Mains Keep Breaking—H-1 Jammed til Monday? Read More..

Saturday, January 21, 2017 January 21, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 10979 Views Obama’s Final Gift to Hawaii—Three Gun-Toting Meth Dealers Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Auditor: HART Audit Not Started Lost Jobs: Obamacare Impact on Hawaii Corporate Lobbyist Leads Hawaii Anti-Trump March Hawaii Republicans Celebrate Trump Inauguration AUW Pays Rent for 1,353 Families Honolulu's construction costs finally cool down, report says Ongoing renovation of state-owned building still behind schedule Lawyer: I’ll Pretend to be Incompetent if it Helps Convicted Murderer Get Off Easy Zuckerberg Quiet Title Gives Ing Another Opportunity to Pander and Posture Mindless State Bureaucracy Shuts Down Car Dealership for Three Weeks High Tech Tax Credit Schemers Try Agriculture as Excuse for New Round of Crony Capitalism Legislature Set to Ban Sunscreen After Coral Hype Kim Jong-un sets sights on nuking Pearl Harbor Read More..

Friday, January 20, 2017 January 20, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 5145 Views Full Text: President Donald Trump Inaugural Speech Full Text: Police Commission Reasons for Removal of Chief Kealoha Financial Services: OHA Spire Contract Balloons 760% in Two Years Ward to Introduce ‘Tough Love Act’ for Homelessness Competition Matters … In Sports and Government Republicans Urged to Run for Neighborhood Board 188 Candidates File for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Asset Forfeiture Transparency & Accountability—Hawaii Grade D+ How Does Hawaii Score on Healthcare Access? Full Text: UH Sued over Biofuel Lab Explosion On Life Support? HECO Wants to Give You $20 EPA Fines Matson $725K for Molasses Spill Auditor: How Will Hawaii Regulate Midwives? Rail: Murthy Finds $9M, Discovers HART Employees are Incompetent Rail: HART CFO Quits—Caldwell Covers it up for a Month Teachers union: State offer of 2 percent increase over 2 years is ‘unacceptable” Second try for New KSBE Trustee Search HMSA chief Wants Hawaii Regulators to Protect HMSA from Competition Corporate Welfare Queens Conspire to grab More High Tech Tax Credits How Legislators Evade Conflict of Interest Rules DoTax Hammered over bugs in $59M Computer Program Report shows millions budgeted for Honolulu Police Department left unspent Hirono at Interior Secretary Confirmation Hearings—Not One Word about the Fake Indian Tribe Star Adv to Trump: Don’t Roll Back Fake Indian Tribe  Obama’s Final Gift to Hawaii—Three Gun-Toting Meth Dealers OJ Simpson Innocence Project files motion to overturn conviction in Dana Ireland murder Lawmakers Push for Mass Release of Criminals onto Streets--Call Hawaii prisons expensive homeless shelters KPD Officer Charged with negligent Homicide Homeless Desecrate Cemetery Amid ongoing crisis, Maui homeless shelters face uncertain future Homosexuals Harass Waianae Church Unlike UH Manoa, KCC students aren’t protesting inauguration Read More..

Thursday, January 19, 2017 January 19, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 5065 Views OHA pays $50K: Sex harassment claim against Peter Apo Caldwell: Payoff for Police Chief is Best Use of Taxpayer Money Privatize: “Not one penny more for rail" Full Text: House Speaker Opening Day Remarks 48-Hour Fed Wreck Countdown Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 18, 2017 Hawaii Dead Last for Pass-Thru Businesses Best State to Raise a Family? Hawaii Ranks 33rd Scottish Nationalists Demand Ige Return Falls of Clyde Star-Adv: Raise Taxes and Kill off Expensive Oldsters High Cost: GE Tax Hike and Honolulu Property Tax Hike on Legislative Agenda One Party Senate: “I can say Anything” Again: Rep Chris Lee Bill to Outlaw Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles Chief Takes One Final Payoff – $250K Plus Full Pension Hawaii County Raises considered despite hiring freeze HPD Needs To Stop Shooting At Cars Keep the People Medicated: Hawaii marijuana numbers soar 17% in Year Police, Social Workers to Count ‘Hard Core’ Homeless Aiea Homeless Camp -- From Bad to Worse Hawaii 5-0 Profitable for Bumpy Kanahele, Fleeing Felons Gabbard won’t say who funded her controversial Syria trip Anti-GMO Movement Splits Wide Open—Dustin Barca Denounces ‘Con Artist’ Ashley Lukens Hawaii Dairy Farms submits unnecessary Final EIS Technicalities prevent Supreme Court from appointing TMT master Weigh in on where to put OCCC North Korean Attack on Hawaii Might Trigger US Response Read More..

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 January 18, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4827 Views Hawaii Family Forum Prepares for Legislative Session Hawaii State Legislators join nationwide initiative to address opioid abuse Opening Day Remarks: House Minority Leader Beth Fukumoto Senate Democrats 2017 Legislative Program Danger: Legislature Begins 4 Month Run for Your Money FBI raids second city building in police chief investigation OHA settles sexual harassment claim against Peter Apo for $50K Counselor Involved In School Sex Case Now Works For State BoE Scrounges Around for Excuse for Matayoshi Firing Caldwell Conceals DPP Resignations For Nearly a Month Moving in the Right Direction? Housing for the Homeless in Hawaii Legislators Seek to Outlaw Lower Cost Private Insurance Plans Rep Kaniela Ing Wants to Steal Your Money, Shut Down Businesses which Employ the Poor Anti-GMO Losers Want Legislature to make them into Winners Green Energy Schemers Grab for More Tax Credits Lifeguard Immunity: Trial Lawyers vs Counties More Empty Talk About Hawaiian Health Care Charter School Commission Hides Funds from Legislators Kauai Reduces teacher turnover 15 Years Later UH Maui Building Falling Apart Quiet Title Actions a Great Opportunity to Shake down Zukerberg for some Serious Money Program to Let Lots of Criminals out of state’s jails has yet to launch Soft on Crime Policy Denies Free Room and Board to Homeless Criminal Soft on Crime: Criminal sought after officer-involved shooting was on work furlough Entire UH Manoa Campus to be Consumed with Anti-Trump Protest Honolulu: 6,000 Expected to Protest Trump on Saturday Read More..

Tuesday, January 17, 2017 January 17, 2017 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:01 PM :: 3739 Views Hawaii residents most likely to live paycheck to paycheck Wind Turbines Are Killing Way More Bats Than Any Expected Hawaii Among Most Expensive States for Smokers Gun Deaths Per Capita: Hawaii ranks 49th Legislative Changes to Ensure Brokerage Compliance? Help Wanted: Deputy Solicitor General State of Hawaii Legislative Changes to Ensure Brokerage Compliance? City purchases undeveloped Kahuku Golf Course oceanfront lands Hawaii Gun Owners ‘Rap Back’ Fact Sheet Caldwell: Don’t Do Anything About Corruption in HPD Will President Trump Save Hawaii from Rail? Children can be eligible to use medicated marijuana Maui Anti-GMO Councilmembers Get Tired of their own Circus Do Condo Owners Need Some Help From Hawaii’s Legislature? Read More..

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