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Sunday, May 26, 2013 May 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 4105 Views Hawaii Memorial Day Ceremonies Making the Tax System a Social Tool Creates Inefficiencies Hawaii Academics, Business Leaders Urge Congress to Repeal Jones Act Hawaii Republican Assembly Elects New Board of Directors A Visit to Drake's Bay Oyster Farm, Epicenter of a California Food Fight Stanley Chang: Elect Me or I'm on Welfare KOS: Schatz Should Undergo Sex Change Operation Morons Against Monsanto Rallies Star-Adv Cheers DoE Scheme to Shuffle Tests Unemployment Taxes Soar 980% Hawaii County Council Backs Tax Hikes Going big on Kakaako plans will redefine our isle home City to restore and improve 5 bus routes City Bumbles Handi-Van Procurement Three Years Running Electric car trailblazer Better Place to file for bankruptcy within days AD Ben Jay has his work cut out revamping UH’s athletic facilities Honoring veterans as monuments decay, funds dry up Delicious Turtles: National Geographic Pushes Back Against Traditional Native Hawaiian Gathering Rights Smithsonian Redoubles Assault on Hawaii Fishing Industry More pumping, less rain leads to spike in salt levels in water Police Capture Another OCCC Escapee Read More..

Saturday, May 25, 2013 May 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 4118 Views Census looks at 2012 Elections: Hawaii Worst Voter Registration, 2nd Worst Voter Participation Castle & Cooke moving forward with Lanai ‘Big Wind’ project State Targets Hundreds of Small Businesses, Demands $30K Star-Adv: Howard Hughes Kakaako Plan Lacks Parking Legislature Rejects DoE Strategic Plan, DoE Rejects Legislature UH needs oversight structure revamped, union says Developer in dispute with Hawaii County links back to top lobbyists Report: Nearly 13% of Hawaii's bridges are 'structurally deficient' Homeless shelter director accused of mistreating Bedbugs Disbarred Libel Lawyer Got Fake Law Degree from Fake Hawaii School Read More..

Friday, May 24, 2013 May 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:58 PM :: 4161 Views Honolulu Muslim Leader Accuses Radical Muslim of Two Local Attacks Hawaii ranks 40th for Economic Outlook UHERO County Forecast: Growth Accelerates Statewide Report: Espero Expects to Announce Congressional Candidacy House GOP Cites ‘Significant Progress for Hawaii’s People’ Shawn Tsuha Nominated Deputy Director, Department of Public Safety UHERO: Does Abortion Pill Reduce Surgical Abortion? Hawaii Family Advocates Reviews 2013 Legislative Action Calvin Say to Run for Governor? Developers Meet to Cut Up Kakaako Council Agenda: Restore Bus Service or Fund Profitable Nonprofits? Matayoshi Claims 'Transformation of Education' Taking Place 100% On-Line Election Generates Lowest Turnout of All House Candidate Admits to Running Ponzi Scheme Housing First to Shelter 800 5 more come forward alleging abuse by Homosexual priests State Senate Airs Frustration Over Home Lands Audit Filthy Biofuels, biomass dominate Hawaii Clean Energy Leader list 38 Hawaii plants, snails gain federal protection How Board and Care Home Operators Killed Transparency Gays Still Frustrated by Inability to Penetrate Boy Scouts Read More..

Thursday, May 23, 2013 May 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 3947 Views DoD Report: 14,000 Military Personnel Victims of Homosexual Rapists VIDEO: Honolulu Airman Trains Afghan National Police Hawaii Lowest Alzheimer’s Mortality in USA NOAA expects below-normal Central Pacific hurricane season GOP: Investigate Donna Mercado Kim $139K per Unit: $48.3M for Public Housing CIP Maui TEA Party in DC for IRS Hearings CD1: Case, Takai, Espero, Hannemann, Anderson? Muslim Infighting behind Honolulu Eye-Gouge Attack, Two Other Assaults Honolulu Has no Emergency Room Capacity for Disaster, Terror Attack Hawaii: 12,000 Medicated Pot Heads Restraining orders often slowly or never served HCDA: Tear Down Blaisdell, Build 700' Tower County Council OKs property tax hikes 5-1-3 Kenoi Pushes Tax, Fee Hikes--Uses Unions as Excuse GPS School Bus Tracking Expands to Oahu Hanabusa Cons Congress into Wasting $70M on Jones Act Shipyards UH spends $1.3 million upgrading empty College Hill mansion Tesoro Layoffs to Start June 14 Senate Extends Sugar Subsidies Judge won’t block seizure of Occupy belongings Hanabusa And Schatz Differ Over Making Drug Companies Pay Read More..

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 May 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:20 PM :: 14834 Views Maui TEA Party Leaders to Testify Before Congress Neighborhood Board Election Results Announced Filipino Veterans Equity Act Celebrates 20 Years of Pretending Former Hawaii Judge Suspended for 'Misappropriation of Client Money' Report: No Economic Recovery for Hawaii Youth Aloha for Oklahoma Senate Briefing on Hawaiian Homelands Audit Mercado Kim Threatens Investigation Because Son not Admitted to Richardson Law School Mercado Kim's Son Accepted to UH Law School Without Applying Disaster: Council sets aside $300,000 for homeless tent city Hirono: Foreign Tourists Must be Fingerprinted Hawaii agency taking comments on Honolulu rail survey work for another week Civil Beat: Day Three of Ala Wai Canal Coverage UNITE HERE, Teamsters, UFCW, Reject Obamacare Boylan: Impeachment Sets Stage for Republican Ascendancy Political Correctness 'Outs' Warriors Hawaii Pro Bowl in doubt for 2015 UHWO Stiffs Tokai Univ on Land Deal Big Wind Coming Soon To An Electric Bill Near You! Oahu electric rates fall to lowest level since December Solar Scammers to Bulldoze Trees in Kau Honolulu nightclub owner arrested, again Kauai school custodian arrested on campus for drug offenses The Shack Waikiki Defendants Beat All Charges Read More..

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 May 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 4014 Views Abercrombie, Wife, and Murdered Legislator on Hawaii Democratic Socialist Membership List Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee Kakaako: HCDA to Release TOD Plan, Hold Open House OHA Urged to Back Hawaiian Immersion Focus for Paia Elementary School After Banning Fishing, NOAA Kills Sharks to Save Monk Seals End of Life Workshop Featuring Scott Makuakane Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2013 Hawaii Filmmakers Investigate 'Honor Killings' in US Highlights from Hawaii GOP Convention Consequences for Bad Government Behavior? Sen. Sam Slom to Address Maui TEA Party Native Hawaiian Advancement: Keli’i Akina to Speak in Hilo Abercrombie Signs Seat belt Law, Calculates Savings at $7226 per Victim Abercrombie Defends Convention-goers Fired for Hawaii Pension Conference 'Boondoggle' Council Raids Slush Fund to Reject Caldwell's Tax Hike, Pay for Union Contracts Luke Targets 'Vacant Positions' UH legal bill for Greenwood's $2 million demand letter: $53K Teacher: No Administration Support for School Discipline Obama Salutes Transsexual Agenda for Hawaii Schools Democrats Thrown Out of Army Facility Medical marijuana primed for overhaul Inmate deaths a call to action Maui County Demands Property Return from Profitable Non-Profit Towing Companies Bill to kick boot competitors awaits governor's move Ala Wai Canal: Oversight Is As Murky As The Water Read More..

Monday, May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:47 PM :: 3595 Views DoE Sidelines HSA Test, Dumps No Child Left Behind Caldwell Pushes for Tax Hikes Obamacare: Kauai to Become Collectivized 'Blue Zone' Star-Adv: Obama's Worst Abuse of Power Affordable Housing: 100 sq Feet? The Geopolitics of Hawaii Feds Push $100M Project, Claim Ala Wai Canal Could Overflow, Flood Waikiki Public Asked To Help Pick Site For New Hawaii Nature Reserve Read More..

Sunday, May 19, 2013 May 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 4693 Views Hints from GOP: Aiona for Governor, Djou for Congress Is Anyone On The Hook If a Volcano Gawker Ends Up In Trouble? Stanley Chang Suspended by Bar Association Minimum Wage Should Not Be Living Wage Tsutsui Being Used to Keep Unstable Abercrombie Under Control Abercrombie: My Opponents are Depraved, My Faults are Teeny-tiny Kos: Anti-GMO Activists, Sovereignty Movement Part of Republican Conspiracy Aiona Lays Groundwork for Gubernatorial Campaign Hawaii GOP: 'Republicans Will Rise Again' Kim: Gut and Replace Guidelines Need to be in Senate Rules Forgiveness doesn't come cheap or easy for UH brass TOD Talk Just a Cover for KSBE Kakaako Profits UH Athletics Shortfall Due to Aloha Stadium Deal? Forty Years Later, Hawaii Congressional Delegation Still Pretending to Pass Filipino Immigration Bill Bag Tax? Watershed gets $10.75M after all Another OCCC detainee allegedly commits suicide Read More..

Saturday, May 18, 2013 May 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 3770 Views IRS to Maui TEA Party: "Provide details of your relationship with Dylan Nonaka" Mitsunaga Launches New Attack on Kobayashi Hawaii leads nation in per-capita debt for unfunded union benefits 'Hating Breitbart' Now Showing in Honolulu Gov. holds secret meeting with UH regents on presidential search Salmonson Appointment a Swipe at Hoosier, Anti-Superferry Protesters UPW Negotiations Required to Mandate Physical Fitness for Prison Guards HSTA Leaders Spent $700K on Futile Labor Board Case Federal Judge Refuses To Toss (de)Occupy Honolulu Suit Despite City's Efforts Integrative approach gives Kaiser edge in health care Demolition starts next week at former HMC-West hospital Sex Assault Becomes Excuse to Place Military Justice under External Control Read More..

Friday, May 17, 2013 May 17, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 4288 Views GOP Lost 50% of Statewide Offices Under Willes Lee Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18 Hawaii County Democratic Convention This Weekend Full Text: Rail Appeal Challenges Failure to Consider Bus Rapid Transit Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Today Abercrombie Nominates Salmonson for Environmental Quality Control Hawaii Scores 'C' on Attack Ad Transparency Hawaii schools scale back extended learning time DoTax Invents More Excuses for Shortchanging Rail  Caldwell Campaign Chair Backs Out Of Zoning Board Appointment Investigate airport contracts New US Transportation Dep't Nominee Backs Honolulu Rail, Complete Streets  UH regents urged to hire new president locally Regents Vote to Wipe Athletic Department Debts Occupy: “Mixed Bag Of Self-Absorbed Social Protestors” Homeless Dude: 'I Hate Hawaii' Housing Last: Tobacco Smokers to Be Evicted Hawaii County Pays 130% of Assessed Value for Geothermal Relocations Suspect in infant death has prior record Read More..

Thursday, May 16, 2013 May 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4003 Views Airports Division Audit: Mismanagement, Recurring Violations, Delays, Cost Overruns Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Friday Aloha Tower Case Tests 'Private Attorney General' Before Supreme Court Atheists Attack HGEA, UPW Contract: Demand Unions Give Up Paid Holiday Judicial Watch Sues U.S. Secret Service for Obama’s Hawaiian Vacation Records Honolulu Tea Party says it was targeted by IRS Maui Tea Party Group: IRS Intimidated Us Will A New Federal Shield Law Replace The Soon-To-Be-Dead Hawaii Law? Wasted money approaches Wonder Blunder status HMSA: Obamacare to Impose 2% Rate Hike HMSA, Kaiser Losing Money--More Rate Hikes Coming What Bills Do You Want The Governor To Veto? Hawaii County Elections Division faces audit Bloody UH, Near Death, Littered With Bodies 2 previous UH presidents remain in academic posts Ruling due on sidewalk nuisance law Homeless Destroy Chinatown, Use as Toilet Mayor Wright Redevelopment Slated Complete Streets: Kakaako Developers Aim to Recreate Manhattan Complete Streets Activists Fail to Stop Repaving Work Read More..

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 May 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:53 PM :: 3685 Views Report: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Embezzlement Quarter Pounder Index: Honolulu 10th Most Expensive U.H. Men’s Athletics Once Again Hamstrung With Swishy Moniker Anti-Whaling Tactics to be used Against Hawaii Aquarium Collectors? Flags to Fly at Half-Staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day State Spends $176K to Save HMSA Tea Party Maui targeted for IRS scrutiny Hospitals not to blame for differences in their bills Police, Fire Contracts to Cost $11.5M In the Reign of the Gay Magical Elves With Greenwood Neutralized, Faculty, Apple Squeeze Athletic Department Public Shut out of BoR President Search? For Abercrombie, Senate Primary is a Chance to Make His Mark Kakaako: Ecos, Developers on Same Page DOE Builds Without Permits, Blames consultant Registration Fee Hike? Council seeks to Blackmail Gun Owners Organizations consistently ranking high for lobbying expenditures Sen Green Gives His Parking Spot to Super Lobbyist Scientists, Farmers Defends Themselves Against Ignorant Mob Testimony Unanimous Against Tax Hikes $40M for Micronesian Medicaid in Immigration Bill HSTA Tries to Shortchange State on Contract Deal NYT Runs Feature on Pig Eradication in Hawaii Are You an Artiste?  $5M for You in Rail Budget Defense workers' furlough days cut Again Read More..

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 May 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 4051 Views GOP Chair Nominates Leadership Team Med-Quest Enrollment Cancelled After Multiple Marketing Mix-ups Council Resolution 13-74: Ease Gun Registration Lines DoJ Recognizes Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Director Politico: Multiple Scandals Envelop Obama Administration After HMSA Loses Customers, State delays enrollment for low-income health plans Legislative session: Act 221 Scammers Cry a River Double-dipping pervasive in Hawaii’s public sector and it Starts at the Top House Coalition: Middle Class Tax Relief on Agenda for Next Session Star-Adv: Water Fee is Last Straw Teacher Questions Common Core Leilehua teacher accused of Meth Importation placed on house arrest Complete Streets Honolulu: Completely Free of Cars High Gasoline Prices Killed Caldwell's Gas Tax Where's The Pork? Honolulu City Council Dishes Out The Earmarks Hawaii County Council Awards itself $900K Reelect Me Fund, Considers Tax Hike  Opponents file last-minute notice against TMT Department of Retaliation: Hawaii County Contractor Claims Defamation, Flickinger Apologized Read More..

Monday, May 13, 2013 May 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 5389 Views Database Reveals Hawaii MDs and the Drugs They Prescribe Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Warn: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care” Video: Hawaii Wounded Warriors Qualify for 2013 Warrior Games The Sinking Ship of Cabotage Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 13, 2013 Danner Claims Obama in on Conspiracy to Federalize DHHL Salaries: Greenwood Down, Apple Next  Hirono Invents Excuses for Illegals to Stay in USA Star-Adv Backs 'Housing First' It’s Neil’s Birthday (Again)! Hawaii Ed Department Could Restore School Bus Cuts NYT: Disentangling the Politics of a Hawaiian Murder Mystery Gov. Abercrombie mulling bill to help local pharmacies Hawaii tax revenue rises 8% The fall of the yen as seen from Hawaii Civil Beat: Hawaii is Being 'Left Behind' as Gay Marriage Penetrates More Jurisdictions Public Housing: 128 Kona Apartments Value Reduced to Zero Read More..

Sunday, May 12, 2013 May 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 3731 Views Akaka Tribe: Frankenstein Bill to Create a Frankenstein Tribal Roll Hirono, Schatz Vote Would Impose Hawaii GE Tax on Pension Contributions, Stock Transactions Moving the Tax Burden to Others Legislature Graded: 42% F, 31% D  Oahu Democrats, Abercrombie show frustration with Legislature Chang, Espero, Takai for CD1? Gays Describe How they Tortured Hanabusa to Force Marriage Souki:  Republicans Involved, Coalition Strong, Great Session Ritte Joins Danner's Attack on DHHL Cigarette maker Altria tops in lobbying spending since 2006 Touching tribute for fallen Kailua airman Billing fee gets tempers boiling Hawaii Co Food Bank Buys New Building, Can't Account for $200K Hundreds of families on public housing wait list see hope  Gabbard: Sex Assault in Military a Handy Excuse to Put Military Justice Under Outside Control Read More..

Saturday, May 11, 2013 May 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 3670 Views Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka Geothermal: Hundreds Denounce Mililani Trask Auto Commuters' Access to Work: Honolulu Among Four Biggest Losers UHERO: Are lodging costs starting to tame the tourist boom? DBEDT: Economic Forecast "Slightly Less Optimistic" DHHL: Senate Hearing Slated After Danner Attacks Masagatani Legislature, Steelworkers Ask Abercrombie for Union Seat on Tesoro Refinery Task Force Governor Signs More than Seventy Bills Before End of Session Senate Democrats Tout Achievements Oahu Democrats to Elect New Leadership Today American Legion Honors KITV for St Marianne Cope Documentary Campaign Spending Commission Launches New Website Honolulu Auditor Seeks Interns New effort by state could cause patients more pain Cost Transparency Leads to Cost controls Kakaako development will hit new heights under rail-oriented draft rules Drop in value of Japanese yen Blamed for 2.9% Drop in Japanese Tourism Decade passed before a Hawaii court found DHHL breached its trust obligations to Native Hawaiians Opposition to GMO foods has become a Salem-like witch hunt Profits: Media Will Be Biggest Winner of 2014 UH works to fix millions worth of broken, dilapidated facilities Public input sought on Kenoi’s Second Tax Hike $57/month Rental Has Leaky Roof Occupy Litigation Status Conference Read More..

Friday, May 10, 2013 May 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 3965 Views IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims Tesoro Bidder: Dismantle Refinery, Ship it to China NYC Reduces Street Homelessness with ‘Housing First’ Hawaii Gas delays LNG shipping container program Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii--Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act Kym Pine Backs Four Key West Oahu Transportation Projects Big Cash Giveaway: Health Connector Announces Marketplace Assister Funding Opportunity Star-Adv, Danner, Schatz vs Abercrombie: Federalize DHHL Bishop Silva: Lawsuit Possible over Abortion Pill Mandate SB623 Solar Credits: 1MW or Larger Projects Would Have Looted Treasury  UH legal bill for new telescope project nearly $3 million Honolulu mayor reveals plan to reduce homelessness DoE SPED Teacher Busted for Meth trafficking Greenwood Retirement Catches Visiting Accreditation Officials By Surprise Hawaii County PD:  Sovereignty Scammers Lying About Investigation  State Destroys $60M to Get $12M in Tax Revenue Political Chicken: Alternatives to Gas Tax Hike Lawmakers Balk At Bills Targeting 2012 Hawaii Election Flubs New laws target sex exploitation of children Online Voting Leads to Low Participation in Election HCDA: Secret Plans for Another Kakaako Tower  'Complete Streets': Cooke St to Be Closed to Traffic Read More..

Thursday, May 9, 2013 May 9 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 3792 Views Dozens of Republicans Enter Neighborhood Board Elections HCR165: State Child Welfare Services “Unauditable” Harvard: HOPE Probation Among Top 25 Innovations in Government 24% of DoE Grads Ready for College Math Video: Slom, Kato, Morita Discuss Shield Law Hawaii--How Safe is Your Hospital? Kim: Airport Division Audit Among Priorities for 2014 Masagatani: Abercrombie is With me Against Schatz, Danner Appeal Planned After Suit Challenging planned Ho'opili community is dismissed HMSA Chief Predicts Obamacare 'Rate Shock' for Hawaii Hospital charges vary widely within Hawaii Honolulu Homeless Solution to be based on 'Housing First' Plan Hee Single-Handedly Kills Ethics Reforms Playing Hooky from the Legislature Hawaii County Board OKs Sequential Self-Dealing  LNG and CEO Compensation top issues at HEI's Annual Meeting Hawaii High Prices Due to Electric Rates Flights, seats from Honolulu fell over 6 years, study shows My Dad, Larry Helm, Needs Your Prayers, Good Thoughts and Mana-ful Energy Read More..

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 May 8 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 4394 Views Sen Sam Slom: List of 27 ‘No’ Votes Campaign Season: Abercrombie Hands Out Taxpayer Cash to Taxpayers Foreign-Built Jones Act Ship Launches New Domestic Puerto Rico Service Pacquiao Takes Fight in Macau, U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate Proves Too High Akaka Tribe: Schatz, Danner Conspire to Federalize DHHL Shapiro: Race Card is Hanabusa's Only Hope Caldwell: Labor Agreements Give Me New Excuse for Gas Tax Hike Caldwell Claims 'Chief of Staff' Position Vacant Dang Quietly pays $1,000 to resolve potential conflict of interest charge Hawaiian Roll Commission Fails Transparency Test Who Will Replace Greenwood? Abercrombie, Legislators' Power Play Doomed Greenwood Will Hawaii Schools Ever Become the Equal of Micronesian Schools? Education Chairs To Participate In Nat’l Early Ed Fellows Program Obamacare: Hawaii nursing Glut and Shortage Coexist Lunatics, Criminals to be Banned as Security Guards:  Half Still Eligible Elder Abuse Justice Unit doubled in size, working with finance industry Another inmate dies in Hawaii prisons Now That Rail is Being built, City, State Act to Relieve Traffic Hawaiian Electric Pays out $120M/year Dividends NYT: Who Would Kill a Monk Seal? Tom Brower Praises Cult Church of Scientology Luddite Proposes GMO Ban on Big Island Read More..

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 May 7, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 5955 Views MRC Greenwood Quits After Abercrombie Shortchanges University $22M Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18 45 Students Complete State's First 'Transformation Internship Program' While Thousands Wait, Sen Malama Solomon gets Lease on 106 ac of DHHL Land Danner Pushes to Eliminate non-Hawaiian DHHL Renters Blackmail: Greenwood Out, Apple Next? Republican Bills Pass Legislature Hanabusa Defended Secret Labor Contract Public Not Invited to Abercrombie Political Campaign Opener Welfare Cheats Steal $48M from State Solar Scammers: Half of Installations Were Fraudulent Hawaii Historic Preservation Division Still On Federal Thin Ice DoE: Can Change at the Top Overcome Years of Failure? Hawaii Schools Chaotic College students say 'Easy A' courses waste time & money Money in Politics Report: Top Donors to Hawaii's Legislators Revealed Hong argues conspiracy in Elections Division suit War In Waikiki? The Fight Over The Natatorium Is Far From Over Lost in the Budget, $20M ML&P Pension Fund Bailout Money Found Read More..

Monday, May 6, 2013 May 6, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 5066 Views Hawaii Health Connector Funded by Cutting off Coverage for Cancer Patients Lodestar: Plaintiff Attorneys Awarded Fees in Rail Iwi Case Laie Hotel Developer Selected Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii Danner vs Masa­ga­tani for Control of DHHL Why Won't Kirk Caldwell Say Who Works For Him? $100M in Pure Profit: Legislators kill bill to reduce state's take of rail surcharge Legislators set sights on 2014 Early Education: KSBE, Castle Come up Short, Will Be Back for More Schatz Touts Rise to 76th in Senate Seniority How Lobbyist Dollars Helped Save The Pearl Harbor Tower Bill to buy Lipoa Point not backed by funding Public Housing Smoking Ban Prevents Patients from Properly Using Prescribed Medicine Read More..

Sunday, May 5, 2013 May 5, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 5616 Views Rail Suit to Be Heard August 12, Quick Ruling Expected Deadline for Public Comment on Rail AIS May 30 Farmer: Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui $2.5M Per Job: Honeywell CEO Defensive About Kapolei Biofuel Refinery Blocking Banner Keeps Sister-Isle Patients Flowing to Oahu Hospitals Making Reimbursements Could Incur Tax Liability PDF: How Major Bills Fared at the capitol 12 Cents an Acre: DHHL Commissioner, Senator, Other Cronies in Hawaiian Land Grab Hunt Development Grabs Control of Kalaeloa  Two Dozen Doctors targeted amid rise in painkiller deaths Act 221 Scammers Score $6M 'New day,' new bills mostly promise new headaches Calvin Say Twists Arms to Win Passage of Abercrombie's Voucher Program Bill 8 Puts Police at Disadvantage Against 'Meanderers' SB883: Tourist Drownings Caused by Lack of Lifeguards' Bargaining Unit SB693: Espero's Traffic Cam Bill Dies in Conference Strange Bedfellows: Life in the Senate Did Hanabusa Block Ko'olina Boat Ramp? Honolulu 2nd Worst Traffic in USA Accreditation Agencies' Racket Read More..

Saturday, May 4, 2013 May 4, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:24 PM :: 7297 Views Inspector General Slaps Down Effort to Create Indian Tribe Without Congressional Approval Budget: Kenoi Proposes $21M Property Tax Hike 'No Hawaii Beverage Tax' Cheers Third Win in a Row $9.6M: DHHL Wins First legislative Appropriation Since 2010 Obama: From king of the world to dead in the water in six months Schatz to Inouye Family: "Uh, uh, uh...." Perreira: HGEA Primary Endorsement Coming Retaliation: Abercrombie Quietly Shortchanges UH by $22M Tampering? Lawyers Pack Court to Support DesJardins Tax Increase, Fee Hikes Still Fall Short of Funding Biggest Budget Ever Councilmembers mull 10% Property Tax Hike Fewer funds force drug treatment centers to close Exemptions to Speed Restoration of Hawaiian Fishponds Maui Budget: Property Tax Hikes are Hot Button Issue ML&P’s troubled financials raise concern about future Six bid for new geothermal plant DoD Employees Face Furloughs: Pentagon Pays $59/gallon for Biofuel Former county workers charged with stealing fuel Nonprofit group spearheads Wahiawa transformation Felix Gee Wan Tom, supervised 20 bookies, filed a false 2011 tax return and laundered money Read More..

Friday, May 3, 2013 May 3, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:03 PM :: 4220 Views Hanabusa Formally Enters 2014 Senate Primary Race House GOP: 'Legislature closes fiscally conservative session' NRA: Contact the Governor and Request his Veto of Senate Bill 69 Rep. Johanson, Minority Leader – Closing Remarks – May 2013 Reuters columnist disparages the Jones Act, but can’t see any way to repeal it Removal of "Occupy," an Attack on "International Workers Day" Widow: Inouye Began Grooming Hanabusa After She Teamed up with Mehau, Booted Bronster Hawaii political establishment is about to find itself in a fight — with itself Clayton Hee: I am Democracy Itself; Killing Shield Law Like Passing Civil Unions Legislative Wrapup Session Done, But Is Hawaii Speaker Consolidating Power? Star-Adv Eager to Eliminate More Republicans Precisely as Predicted: DoTax Accelerates HART Payments now that Legislature Adjourned HART Ices Out Hawaiian-Owned Contractors City sues owners of two properties lying in rail system’s path U.S. Court Dismisses Hawaii Jones Act Claims How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii: Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act Appeals court schedules August hearing on rail injunction Convicted killer's life sentence changed to 20-year term Honor, Courage And Commitment Read More..

Thursday, May 2, 2013 May 2, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:54 AM :: 4504 Views Caldwell Signs Bill 8: Protecting Politicians' Midnight Bathroom Escapades Shield Law: Nine Senators Stand up to Clayton Hee Senate Votes to Pass 174 Bills Natatorium Decision Re-Launches EIS Contract Robotics: Micronesian Schools Plan 'Yapital Robo Day' Starting in October: 15% Penalty on Overpaid Unemployment Comp Bills 11 & 12: Pine Appeals for Leeward, Ewa Projects Meet Hawaii's Millionaire Union Bosses Rate Hike: $11M for Obamacare, $27M for HMSA Portnoy: No Shield Law as Long as Hee is Judiciary Chair Gil Rivere switches parties, Prepares for Rematch with Fale  Four Say Loyalists to Get Leadership Positions in Souki's House DoE Boosts Scores by Repeating Test Three Times Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui Bio Tech Backed by Nature Conservancy Witness in officer's extortion case cuts deal SB391 'Safe Places' Dies in Conference 87% of Domestic Violence Cases Dismissed Baisa: Tax Increases Needed to Fund Profitable NonProfits Med School Puts Best Face Forward To Lawmakers Faculty resolution calls UH study “flawed and premature” Tesoro refinery closure leaves Hawaii Gas looking for new supplier First Full Cruise Season Under New EPA Rules Start $739M Airport project set for takeoff Read More..

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 May 1, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:02 PM :: 4349 Views Sen Thielen: School Land Exemptions Remove Fairness, Transparency of Development Deals Legislators Unanimously Approve Budget House Approves More Than 100 Bills Tsunami a Money Spinner for Profitable Non-Profits Rep. Cynthia Thielen inspires floor amendment extending existing shield law SB1196 Small Vendors Targeted by DoTax Foreclosed Homeowners Sue 32 Hawaii Judges US News Ranks Hawaii High Schools Merchant Marine Union Touts Hawaii's Jones Act Exemption as Cruise Line Safety Solution Records Disclose Details Of HGEA, State Negotiating Positions HGEA Unit 13 Rejects Contract Settlement Shapiro: To dislodge the old guard, young Dems must do battle HTA Cheers TAT Hike Bill To Allow Phased Review of Archaeological Sites Passes Solar Scammers Still Crying Over Lost Tax Cheating Opportunity Hawaii Legislature OKs school readiness program Hawaii lawmakers approve school land development Forced psychiatric treatment OK'd Hawaii Legislature OKs more gun background checks Hawaii shield law likely dead as chambers differ Fruitcake Ing Calls Bus Stop Bill 'Orwellian' Wheel Boot Ban Passes State Legislature Marshallese Still Not Accepted in Hawaii White's proposed budget $23 million lower than mayor's Hawaii County's Planned Economy Sovereignty Activist Gets Jail For Attacking County Workers CONSENT DECREE ON DISPUTED PEPE`EKEO POWER PLANT OSHA cites Halekulani for 17 safety violations Homosexual Rapist Sentenced to Federal Prison Bill To Treat Partners With STDs Clears House Abercrombie Teams With Caldwell To Tear Down Waikiki Natatorium ‘Native’ vs. ‘non-native’ dogma misguides conservation Read More..

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 April 30, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 AM :: 5098 Views Abercrombie Launchers Reelection Campaign, Appoints Crony Committee Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 29, 2013 SB69: Mandatory Background Checks to be Voted 9th Circuit: Tribal Courts Have Civil Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians Kona Coffee Farmers 'Disappointed' by Safeway Blending Lawsuit Settlement DLNR Seeking Streamlined Permitting Process to Restore Fishponds HECO: Renewables Hit 13.9% for 2012 Abercrombie: UPW Contract 'Positive Result of Partnership' UHERO: Latest Jobs Report Suggests Most Industries Recovering SB623: Solar Scammers Fall Hard, Lose Big Hawaii Public Employee Misconduct: Harassment, Theft, Violence Billion Dollar Estimated Cost of Union Wage, Benefit Hikes Cost of UPW Contract Still Unknown As Hawaii legislative session winds down, more initiatives bite the dust Rally Against SB1171 Today Wooley, DelaCruz "Bickering Like a Married Couple" 'Incorrect Vote' Saves Scott Nago from Performance Review Caldwell's Secret Staff Costs 40% More Than Carlisle's HB1214: Legislature to Pick Winner of Street Fight Between Competitors HSTA Operative: Use of Pidgin Means New Teacher Evaluation System Will Damage Education OHA Geothermal Deal Means Sandwich Profits for Trask HELCO Biofuel deal would be costly for Oahu electricity ratepayers Foreclosures: Mediation requirement stalls in the Legislature Hirono: Immigrants Should Get Welfare Samoa to Buy Hawaiian Airlines? Does Hawaii need more hotel rooms? Is U.S. demand for Hawaii on the decline? How A Shattered, Disorganized Hawaii Supreme Court Was Manipulated into Gay Marriage Mainland Gays Aroused by Ability to Recruit at Farrington Read More..

Monday, April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:49 AM :: 3498 Views Dozens of Crony Capitalist Donors Switch from Hanabusa to Schatz SB237 Would Give DOE Unfettered Power to Lease Public School Land PEW: Lack of Competition Might Hamper Hawaii Health Exchange PEW: New Health Exchange Unlikely to End Insurance Monopoly in Hawaii Living in the Fourth-Most Economically Repressive State House, Senate Approve Resolution Challenging Big Cable, Big Wind UPW Makes Excuses for Wrecking HHSC Hospital Deal Obamacare Just a 'Stepping Stone' Tax Hike: Keep room tax at 9.25 percent Omidyar Backs Preschool Voucher Program Legislature Kills Same-Day Voter Registration PUC 'Black Box', 'Rubber Stamp for HECO' Kailua airman one of four killed in Afghanistan plane crash Annual Veterans Parade won’t be held this year Secret Law Hides Public Records?  Has Hawaii Given Up On Lobbying Congress? City Council measure would prohibit smoking at bus stops Read More..

Sunday, April 28, 2013 April 28, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:57 PM :: 4102 Views Shame on HGEA, Politicians for Rejecting Banner Health HB622: A Sieve Law Not a Shield Law Lack of Understanding of General Excise Tax Creates Confusion Hawaii Senate Race Stokes Obama, Clinton Rift Full Text: Honolulu Council Challenges School Lands Bill As CEO Pay Hits $5.8M, Hawaiian Electric Flunks Executive Compensation Scorecard Two Marijuana Bills Pass Conference Committee Caldwell Announces Town Hall Meeting Schedule VOG: Hawaii County Air Flunks Army Completes EIS for Pōhakuloa Battle Course Locking down Dem primary will Create a Two-Party System Senate Race: Brief Opportunity for Voters to Determine Outcomes 'Before Cement Hardens Again' Democrats: CD1 is 'Strange', Elects Republicans, Hippies Thanks to Obamacare, New Hawaii Nurses wait for jobs City workers' raises to cost $26M Hawaii Legislative Preview: Last week of session It's amazing how quickly an upcoming election can open the state vault “The monster is dead” but the process raises a question of legislative ethics Abercrombie Claims Victory After Legislature Guts Preschool Scheme EHR: Impractical, Costly, Discouraging High schools on Oahu, Maui are among nation's most challenging Homeless Guy Arrested after Mass Shooting at Maui Golf Course Hawaii County Task force would weigh property tax increase Kauai Politicians Use Busses as Latest Excuse to Propose Tax Increases HTH Reporters Still Not Paid Dramatic changes confront the state as people increasingly favor living on the neighbor islands Read More..

Sunday, April 28, 2013 Letters to the Editor April, 2013 By Letters to the Editor @ 4:16 AM :: 11449 Views Shame on HGEA, Politicians for Rejecting Banner Health 'Sensible Slate' for Neighborhood Board Schatz Evades Jones Act Question? Read More..

Saturday, April 27, 2013 April 27, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:27 PM :: 4060 Views Budget Report & Worksheets from Conference Committee ALERT – Upcoming Votes on Exemption Bills Does Hawaii Constitution Prohibit Gut and Replace? (No) Shield Law Passes Conference – Will Limit Our News Sources Neighborhood Board Ballot Passcodes Sent to Voters SB1093 Early Education Passes Conference Committee Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17 Six Animal-Related Bills Moving Forward Progressive Frankenbills Conferees Advance Captive Insurance Scheme for EUTF Hee, AG Conspire to Invent Excuse for Not Counting Military Hanabusa vs Schatz = Burns vs Gill Minimum Wage: Unions Refuse 'Tip Credit' Get Nothing Department of Labor to Regulate Your Home Preschool program gets shelved 'Reopener Clause' -- HSTA Contract Price to Rise in 2014 Hawaii committee OKs school land development bill Tax Credits: 5% Boost for Billionaire Movie Moguls House Kills Geothermal 'FrankenBill' Favored By Hawaii Senate PPPA Killed in Conference HB1481 Public Funds for Candidates Killed in Conference Lawmakers reduce UH budget by $7 million, eliminate 100 positions HB634 Dies in Conference, Would Have Required New Owner to Keep All Employees Extended Foster-care bill set for final vote Bill may ease mail-order prescriptions requirement Refinery bid delays layoffs at Tesoro Prisoners Used to Promote Prison Construction Police arrest man in connection with suspicious backpack in Waikiki Hawaii Gears Up for First Satellite Launch Read More..

Friday, April 26, 2013 April 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 3998 Views Study: 'Clean Elections' Often Favor Corrupt Incumbents Against Upstart Challengers 500 Petition Against School Lands Bills HB252: Video Mocks Sen Galuteria's Frankenstein Bill 'Sensible Slate' for Neighborhood Board Tourism: First Quarter 2013 Sets New Record HMSA sued over alleged anti-competition pacts Hanabusa Senate Win Could Circumscribe Abercrombie Power Council Threatens Lawsuit Over county-owned school land development  Lawmakers make hotel tax rate permanent SB573: Lawmakers flunk teachers' tax credit Alert: Frankenbill HB252 lives on, becomes even more undemocratic Funding for HGEA, HSTA, UPW Union Contract Agreements Approved HGEA Recommends Rejection of Unit 13 Contract $6 to Put 'Entrepreneurs' on Welfare  Solar Scammers Thrilled by On-Bill Financing Massive Tax Credit Giveaway to Commercial-Scale solar systems Lawmakers move weakened news media shield law Some Good Government Bills Still Alive 'Federal Carrot' Drives Early Education Debate Campbell High School: 'It's A Cinderblock Oven' WHT eliminates editor position; Flickinger out EarthJustice Operative Joins Bio-Logical Capital Fake Bomb Threat Shuts Down Courthouse Another Day, Another Escape Visitor numbers up but experts forecast coming slowdown CEO pay soars, HEI receives "F" for executive pay Potential buyer would keep Tesoro facility a refinery, official says ML&P  Pension Bailout Tied to Lipoa Point Purchase Star-Adv: Smoking Ban May Harm Tourism Read More..

Thursday, April 25, 2013 April 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 PM :: 4781 Views HGEA Announces Unit 8 Contract Settlement 25th CAB Reaches out to Fallen Heroes' Families Auditor: Less Than Half of Audit Recommendations Implemented OHA awards $1.5 million to charter schools Caldwell: Feds Reaffirm Commitment to Honolulu Rail Hawaii Prayer Breakfast – A Civic Space for the Religious and Non-Religious HIRA: Democrats Want to Tax Your Online Purchases House Republican Legislative Update Misconduct conducts bad cops to the door HGEA Contracts Ratified Chang Dodges Questions, Security at Press Conference DesJardins: Accused of Tampering, Judge Resigns, Faces Charges May 2 $2 'Tip Credit' Demanded in Minimum Wage Conference Council Bill 22: Hike Registration Fees by $75 Traffic congestion in Honolulu ranked second-worst in the nation Public land debate not settled SB1171: Phased archaeological survey bill headed for final vote Waikiki residents reject possible school closures Sex Assaults Settled? Principal Suspended after DUI SB668: Pass Luke's Law, To Help Care For Hawaii's Autistic Children Help mentally ill help themselves Medicare eligibility to spike health care cost for resident Bursting at the Seams: Skyrocketing Enrollment Crowds Campbell High Classrooms Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Searchable Format Rogue agency: The State Procurement Office refuses to meet with State Auditor Protesters' campsite cleared after complaint from TheBus Gabbard Wants Labeling Of Genetically Altered Food Kaneohe woman wants water leak, mold problem fixed in public housing unit Hawaii Health Insurance Exchange Guide Hawaii Natural Energy Institute risks losing funding from so-called barrel tax Maui Mayor Scores 19% Pay Hike, Council 15% Rep. Ward speaks with Dr. Carbone, MD, of the UH Cancer Center   Read More..

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 April 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 PM :: 4397 Views WaPo: "Another race-tinted showdown in Hawaii" Stanley Chang Running for CD1? HSTA Cheers Defeat of 'Instructional Hours', Targets Preschool Vouchers Hawaii Ranks 41st for Business Gallup: Hawaii Most Stress-Free State US Attorney General to Honor Hawaii Victims Rights Advocate Sabato: 2014 is Hawaii Republicans Best Chance CD 1: Crowded field of Democrats could compete in the primary Hanabusa Angry, Schatz Vulnerable Shapiro: Hawaii Needs Louisiana Jungle Primary $130M for State IT, $400M for School Maintenance Preschool, Solar Scammers Let to Squabble Over $30M Pie 10 'Unused' DoE Parcels Worth $120M PUC: "Black Box", "Rubberstamp for HECO" Romy Cachola Endorses Scheme to Move EUTF to Captive Insurance Company SB1171: Bill's opponents rail against partial archaeological surveys City leaders go to Washington for rail meetings Wooley committee shelves bill to study GMO labeling effects New life could be coming to Tesoro refinery Oil Company Cashes in on 'Green' Energy  City Council committee OKs islandwide smoking ban Airlines trimming flights to isles Read More..

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 April 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:47 PM :: 3562 Views Sources: Hanabusa to enter Senate race today, Dems Will Give no Money to Schatz Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17 Nicole Velasco to Head Neighborhood Commission Conference Committee Hearing on Senate Bill 69 Rescheduled Act 27: Abercrombie Orders Doctors, Hospitals to Provide Abortion Pills LINK: Bills Singed into Law 2013 Budget: Union Contracts Kill Other Big Ticket Items HSTA Begins Pushing Back Against Evaluations Justice: Runaways Get Locked Up, Child Molesters Get Probation Shamefaced Abercrombie Repeals PLDC Green, Seitz: Homosexual Rape Gang Still Active at Blind-Deaf School Hawaii lawmakers negotiate limits to shield law Japanese Yen losing value, effects felt in Hawaii Army warns of deeper cuts in troop numbers Aerial hunts under fire: Restriction on meat recovery unpopular Read More..

Monday, April 22, 2013 April 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 4038 Views Confident, Rail Opponents Seek Expedited Hearing on Appeal Contracts: UPW 17% Raise, HSTA 15%, HGEA 8% Abercrombie Orders ‘Flexible Pay’ Hikes to Match Outside Job Offers Petition Seeks Defeat of Three PLDC-Clone Bills Oahu Biofuel Plant: Honeywell CEO to Face Questions Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 22, 2013 Petition Seeks Defeat of Three PLDC-Clone Bills Juvenile justice: Youth on the brink Bill would defog requirements for compelling psychiatric help Judge OKs $5.75M settlement in Homosexual Rape Gang Case at Blind-Deaf School Sovereignty Activists' Lawyer Disbarred for Stealing from Elderly Clients AG: Early childhood learning program won’t spur school vouchers KSBE: Use Barrel Tax to Fund Green Energy Scammers or Hilo Will Run Out of Water Minimum Wage: Tip Credit Still on the Table Hee Pounded on Shield Law American Courage: Lingle at PAC fundraiser in Florida City officials to meet with feds over rail project State wise to follow City and sell housing projects Soft on Crime: 36 Priors, Busted for Burglary of Philippine Consulate Novelist Mike Bond on “Saving Paradise” and the future of America Groups Rally to Kill Legislation that Would Weaken Hawaii's Environmental Law Read More..

Sunday, April 21, 2013 April 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:14 PM :: 3573 Views How A&B Wins Big From Environmental Litigation Contracts: UPW 17% Raise, HSTA 15%, HGEA 8% Petition Lists 7 Gut and Replace Bills, 11 Frankenstein Bills Let Them Ask for Their Funding Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion Which kills more: ideology or religion? Star-Advertiser: 'Health Reform Driving Doctors to Leave' Doctor Shortage: Experts blame the affordable care act MD: State should end Medicaid managed-care model Legislators revisit school land Development plan HCDA in Charge, Solar Scammers Eager to Kill Off Akoko Plant HEI Boss Pulls Down $5.3M DoTax Blames Slow Processing for Shortchanging Rail Revenues Now That Rail is Approved, H1 Gets 4th Lane in Kalihi Mitsunaga War on Kobayashi Squelches UHH Pharmacy School Evaluation team penalizes pharmacy school for lack of dedicated facility Ing's Bill banning access to employees' social media fails Luddites Motivated by Ideology, Profit Enviros: Celebrate Earth Day by Tithing $11M Read More..

Saturday, April 20, 2013 April 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 3659 Views Obamacare Paycuts Pushing 900 Hawaii MDs Into Retirement Hanabusa, DSCC Discuss Challenging Schatz UHPA Pushes Back Against NEA Raid, Cyberattack SB535: Illegal to Fire Your Child’s Babysitter HB634 Obstructs Sale of Businesses With Over 100 Employees Medical Marijuana Bills Delayed in Conference Committee Abercrombie Appoints Darrell T Young DHHL Deputy Director Calling All Cronies: Caldwell Announces $1.6M Cash Giveaway OHA: Profitable Non-profits Score $8M President Obama’s Budget Proposes to Make Wind and Solar Subsidies Permanent US Deploys Its Newest Missile Defense System to Guam Banner Quits Hawaii, HHSC Exec: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care” Abercrombie, Sign UPW Secret Four Year Contract Deal Rail opponents Confident of Victory, seek expedited hearing in appeal Lawmaker touts new draft of shield law as compromise Star-Adv: DHHL must tighten up its loan policies Another Constitutional Amendment to Keep Soft on Crime Judges Past Age 70 Sidewalk Nuisance Bill Designed to Fail Barnacle Bill Leads Naming Contest Maui Mayor Vetoes Bill Amending ‘Circuit Breaker’ Tax Credit for Elderly Homeowners Sewer Breaks, City Claims it is not their Problem Read More..

Friday, April 19, 2013 April 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 4520 Views VIDEO: Boston Police Shootout With Muslim Bombing Suspects HB1268: Allows 999-Year DHHL Leases, Transfer to Non-Hawaiians Portnoy vs Hee on Shield Law Palila, Let’s Keep the Story Straight SB1084 Relating to Early Childhood Education Moves Forward Sequester: DoD Civilian Furloughs Still Under Review Caldwell to Sign Sidewalk Nuisance Bill Budget Negotiations: Support Puuanahulu Shooting Range Derrick Kahala Watson: Senate Confirms New Honolulu Federal Judge Paycuts Pushing 900 Hawaii MDs Into Retirement  Dollars running short with new HSTA contract; other public worker unions yet to settle With Contract Money Pocketed, HSTA Shifts Focus to Defeating Teacher Evaluations Precisely As Predicted: OHA, Trask Team Up for Geothermal Gold  Borreca: Forget Two Party System and Celebrate Gay Marriage Battle For Hawaii's Shield Law: House Pushes Back Against Senate Usual Crooks, Cronies Line Schatz' Pockets PBS Insights Discusses Homelessness Homeless preschool program earns national accreditation Teacher accused of tying up first grader Rapist and Alleged Child Molester Scores $35K from City Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Bills to Help Fix School Bus Program SB17 Energy Office Loses in Grab for Barrel Tax Money Hawaii lawmakers debate bill to create homeland security office to guard against terrorism Isle lawmakers laud Kulani decision Arrested in 2011, still no charges in county diesel fuel theft Pflueger rejects plea deal, Trial Next FBI: Hawaii Mortgage Scammers Tied to Domestic Extremist Group Read More..

Thursday, April 18, 2013 April 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 4715 Views Democratic Party Will File Legal Challenge Over Hawaii's Primary Election Laws HSTA Membership Ratifies Contract Audit Slams DHHL 'Lax Loan Management' Obamacare Tax Credits Target 70,000 Hawaii Households Property Seized by Mayor: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Guam Case DoE Announces 2013 Graduation Dates Democrats Closed Primary: Civil Beat Gets it Wrong Legislature Bows to HGEA, UPW: Condemns HHSC Hospitals to Bankruptcy OHA, Trask Team Up to Scam Geothermal Royalties Hawaii lawmakers debate details of preschool plan Conference Committee: Fund Big Island prison Conference Committee Members Named for Shield Law Bill City Council OKs ban on 'sidewalk nuisances' Marijuana Bills in Conference Committee Friday Hawaii forms public LTCI study bill conference committee New Immigration Proposal Is Mixed Bag For Hawaii Families Atta to Recuse Himself from New Hope Zoning, Permitting Issues Lawmakers Ask City Council Members to Stop Development Plans for Hawaii Kai Preservation Land Finmeccanica Consultants, Subcontractors to be Investigated New details emerge in Marine Corps helicopter crash near N. Korea Anti-GMO Activists Question Biofuel Grant Missile Defense: Hanabusa vs Gabbard  Read More..

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 April 17, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 4136 Views Hawaii 2nd-Worst Tax System for Small Business HSTA Convention Urges Ratification: Contract Vote Today Campaign 2014: Youthful Hawaii GOP Takes Aim at Legislature, Congress SB 1171 – Phased Archeological Inventory Surveys Hawaii Dems to sue over open primary voting system Stanford Carr Salivates over 'Community based' Plan to Develop School Lands Strategy to rebuild special education unveiled Frontrunning Council, Caldwell will reject pay raise till union contracts are inked Soft on Crime: Killer Gets Sentence Halved from 20 years, Could be out in 2016 Eighteen months, probation for two men in continuous sexual assault of 4 year old girl OHA Cronies Plan Appeal of Telescope Decision Accreditation Threat Used to Push UH Hilo Pharmacy Funding Insurance Agents could Still Score Big Payoff from Health Exchange Navy Concerned About More Sequestration Cuts Schatz Draws Large Sums From Hawaii Business Leaders Will Innovative School Bus Plan Really Bring Down Costs? Kauai Chief: 'Officers We Know Should Not Be Here Are Coming Back' HB1481: Public Funding for House Candidates Ben Jay Slams UH Maintenance Failures New Hope Leeward church eyeing Kunia farmland Kaua‘i Eclectic’s ‘Abuse Chronicles’ series prompts council to lash out 60s Generation Ending a Lifetime of Failure, Desolation Read More..

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 April 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:41 PM :: 4990 Views Standing with Boston Flags Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Boston Victims Background Checks: Senate Rejects House Amendments; SB 69 Goes to Committee Conference Judge rules against Christian innkeeper who refused to rent bedroom to lesbian couple Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 16, 2013 Investigating the Potential for Seawater Air Conditioning in Waikiki Hawaii Suspends TB Test Requirement for Food Handlers Caldwell: City is Moving Rapidly on Road Repairs Hawaii Utilities Rank in Top 10 for Solar Campaign Strategy: Keep Abercrombie's temper and unpredictable explosiveness under control Abercrombie Refuses Senate President's Request for Water Commission Nominee List HB632: 'Cornerstone of Transparency?' Hanabusa brings in $230K as she eyes other offices Willes Lee Trashes Lingle, GOP HB642 Would Ban Firing of Workers Dozens of Hawaii Residents Standing Near Explosions at Boston Marathon are Safe Judge: Lesbians Can Force Their Way into Your Home if You Rent Out Rooms PLDC repeal heads to governor for OK Hawaii lawmakers fund health agency reorganization HB417/SB665 Subsidize MDs State to Regulate How Babies Sleep Hawaii Universities Pile on the Fees, Bumping Up Students' Bills As state, county mull marijuana laws, Project SAM seeks smart approaches Chris Deedy Defense Fund Raises $50K Read More..

Monday, April 15, 2013 April 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4065 Views Bombs Explode at Boston Marathon: Two Dead, Dozens Injured Emergency Services Briefing: Lack of Emergency Rooms in West Oahu Abercrombie Anger Management Tour Hits Kakaako Slush Fund: Council Aims to De-Fund Vacant Positions LUC: IAL Tax Credits are only for Landed Aristocracy Officials: Hawaii Courts Not Clogged With Pot Cases Star-Adv: Cut Retirement Benefits Next Time The Future of Good Journalism In Hawaii Is In Peril Emails Show Abercrombie Admin Coordination of OIP Response Lege May Help Fledgling paipai industry by Cutting Red Tape TMT work may start in year OHA: Archaeological inventory surveys should be done upfront HB115 tells UH More for Mitsunaga, Less for Kobayashi Read More..

Sunday, April 14, 2013 April 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 3617 Views DoTax Cooking Books to Influence Legislature? HART Calls for Audit Kerry: Give Up Missile Defense for more North Korean Promises MSNBC host: Children belong to ‘whole communities’, not their parents Let Conformity Simplify Tax Filings SB858: Gender Equity on Boards and Commissions On the Menu: Extra Big Servings for HGEA 81% of New Homeless Arrive Direct from Mainland  Grabauskas: Supplemental EIS for Honolulu rail project completed Hawaii Co Councilor: Raise GE Tax to 4.5% Maui Co Energy Commissioner: "Cut Solar Tax Credits"  Pols place fear-mongering, fundraising high on agenda HB1147: Super PACs must list top donors  Obama's Sister Pushes Pre-K Voucher System City needs reasonable schedule for road repairs Hawaii Koreans rally to denounce North Korean threats The State Of The City Rhetoric UH Needs Audit, Not PR Campaign Good Work Of Catholic Charities Kauai Residents Oppose $50M Artesian Well Read More..

Saturday, April 13, 2013 April 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 5827 Views After Deadly Train Wreck, DC Metro Dumps Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo OHA Launches Website to Coordinate Shakedown Operations House Republican Budget Update “Let ‘Em Eat Cake” Comes to Hawaii Fuel Supplier Lobbies Congress Against Jones Act Lemonade From Cuts to State Prison Spending Conference Committee to Reconvene April 15 at 9:30AM Leilehua, Baldwin, Kalani High Schools Finish FIRST in State Robotics Competition From the Grave: Inouye Money Flows to Hanabusa 120 DHHL Loans Delinquent over 5 Years --owed $82M Elimination of ‘Vacant Positions’ Slush Funds Makes Budget More Transparent Hawaii County Sham Budget Larded With 'Vacant Positions' Coal Plant Re-Starts, Oahu Electric Rates Drop 7% Homelessness: No Facilities for Elderly Mentally Ill State set to offload affordable housing Land board grants use permit for $1.3B Thirty Meter Telescope ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Comes to Waianae Geothermal Energy: Clean, safe, abundant Former Hawaii Resident Now Runs Young Leaders Program in Washington DC SB586: State, Counties Oppose Relaxing Building Codes for Farm Sheds 103 arrests, 53 convictions, 29 felonies California Suicide Seen as Opportunity to Promote Homosexuality in Hawaii Schools Read More..

Friday, April 12, 2013 April 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4394 Views Budget: Conference Committee Agrees on Pension Payments at First Meeting SB987: $19K ‘Impact Fee’ for Water Meter Gabbard: Now is not the Time to Cut Missile Defense Lawmaker drops bombshell: North Korea may have nuclear missiles An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say Abercrombie Big Spending Plans Top Conference Committee Agenda How Kaiser / HMSA Maintain Duopoly ACLU Demands Private Prison Death Records, Ignores Halawa, OCCC Changes to Hawaii’s shield law ‘ignorant of what’s going on in the media world’ Politicians Agree: Don’t Read ‘Broken Trust’ Obamacare: TB Test Shortage Shuts Down DoH Clearance Program Grabauskas Scores $35K Bonus, Backup power system, rail safety gates likely to cost millions more Feds Cut Rail by $14M: TheBus and rail transit Consolidation Dropped Tent City: Homeless Take Over ‘Slippah Island’ Homelessness Industry Now Revolves Around ‘Occupy’ Obama’s DOA Budget $410M Military Construction for Hawaii Navy rolling out bill program that rewards energy savers, punishes energy users Highest Rates in the Nation: EDF Calls it ‘Paradise’ Permit fees to hurt heart of the community — opposition Meth Ring: Another Airline Worker Busted Health department: Cane burning closely monitored Read More..

Thursday, April 11, 2013 April 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 7918 Views Hawaiians Give Vote of No Confidence to ‘Sovereign Hawaiian Nation’ Hawaii Tax Freedom Day April 14 Hawaii’s First Satellite to Launch from Barking Sands Got Ethics? Apply Here to Join the Commission Hawaii: Last Chance to Stop Bill Requiring Background Checks on Legally Possessed Firearms Hawaii Ranks 13th in Access to Local Food Budget: House, Senate Conferees Named Schatz Across Hanabusa’s Bow: Campaign Reports $1.1M Raised Abercrombie Anger Management Tour Prepares for Campaign 2014 SB68: More Early Release for Drug Dealers HCDA: Endangered Native Trees, Hawaiian Trails, Caves Must be Destroyed for Solar Farms Hunt Cashes in on Abercrombie Contributions, Plans 4000 Homes in Kalaeloa under HCDA Control HCDA Finally Decides to do Something With Building Vacant Since Statehood Marvin Dang Bill: Ethics Commission Rejects Mollway Letter In The Case Of This Fired Honolulu Cop, The Public Is Still In The Dark New Details in Stevie 'Wonder Blunder' Concert Fiasco Released After University Forced to Make Report Public Rail Money Could be Cut by Sequestration Federal Pork for Hawaii in Obama’s DOA Budget Sagum pleads no contest for theft Maui County officials will seek bigger TAT share TAT Cap Blamed for Hawaii County Property Tax, Gas Tax Hikes Hawaii County Elections Officers Still Trying to Sue ‘Taxedtodeath’ Japan Drops the ‘M’ Bomb on Hawaii Bill Would Hinder Sale of Tesoro In just two weeks, Tesoro’s oil refinery will shut down Tech Mavens Make Final Pitch for IT Funding Campaign Contributions: A Public Option Hawaii County Council Votes to Stiff Lawyers Maui Co: 18,000 Would Have Been Hit by Toilet Tax Bill aims to expand smoking ban to all Oahu beaches, parks Clayton Hee Shuts Down Reso Calling for Freedom for Alleged Drug Dealer HB668 Medicated Marijuana Passes Senate LOL: Global Wormers Predict 6.5 foot Sea Level Rise, Quadruple Size Waves Read More..

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 April 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5277 Views Crossover List: House Passes More Than 150 Bills, Senate 136 Testimony: Passage of SB286 Will Lead to State Court Challenge EPIC: FBI Sued over ‘Orwellian’ Hawaii Snooping Program Jones Act in the News Hearing Today: HCR189/HR150 Alternatives to Big Wind, Big Cable Land Use: Making an Environment for Those With Means No ‘Constitutional Right’ to Leave Unattended Property on the Street Gut and Replace: Committee Chairs 2 - Committee Members 0 SB982 Changing the Way Votes Are Counted on Constitutional Amendments DLNR participating in Statewide Earth Month events Caldwell Rewards Campaign Chair With Zoning Board Appointment Homosexual Child Molester Wins Big at Merry Monarch Fest 2014: HHSC Hospitals Come to Dead End Hidden Unemployment 12.8% in Hawaii – Rank 17th in USA FACE Makes Excuses for Not Increasing Tip Credit If Lawmakers Spend Too Much Now, They May Have to Raise Taxes in Election Year Crossover at The Legislature Ban fundraisers during session 7 Newly Elected Democrats Offer Themselves for Sale to Highest Bidder Finally ... Rail CEO Faces Off with Opponents Over Rail Project Frivolous Claim Over Sovereignty Snags Homeowner Private Schools Fill Gap For Hawaii's Dyslexic Kids — But At High Cost BoR Claims Problem is a PR Matter Another Day, Another Escapee Accused of Attacking Japanese Tourist, Could Have Been Extradited Back to Mainland Order aerial hunting on Big Island to resume Sierra Club Used Wrong Population Projections in Support of Honolulu’s Rail Hawaii 9th Smallest Male-Female Pay Gap Is Hawaiian geothermal investigation a flight of fancy? Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a double-edged sword Read More..

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 April 9, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 4298 Views Only 9,300 Sign Up for Akaka Tribe Election Day Registration: Voters Subject to Media Hype TEA Party ‘Mastermind’ to Speak on Maui Mayor Caldwell Nominates Budget Director and Deputy Director HB252: Malama Solomon Slips Geothermal Permits into Unrelated Bill Fat City? Medicaid Punches $1.8B Hole in Budget HMSA: Obamacare Forces 9.1% Premium Hike Hee Has No Clue, Stuck in Past House, Senate Budget Conferees Named IBEW 1260 Endorses Schatz Lawmakers should vote on pay raises 28 Legislators Raise Funds During Session Council wrestles away control of vacant positions Teachers Tax Credit to Cost $3.5M/Year Cracking the Code: Are Hawaii Schools Doing Enough for Dyslexic Students? Hawaii Co Council Rejects Call for Legalized Gambling Why big development is so difficult in Hawaii OHA Grabs for Piece of Obamacare Pie Kane: KSBE Trustees Much More Hands-Off Placing AIDS Patients at Risk, Hawaii Lawmakers Open STD Treatment Option To Gays Study Claims Hyper-Thyroidism Link to Fukushima Louisville's Pitino had controversial Hawaii ties Homeless Dude Announces Next Run for Congress Read More..

Monday, April 8, 2013 April 8, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 5737 Views Creative Insolvency: EUTF to Enter ‘Shadow Insurance Industry’? Feds Give Hawaii Health Connector $128M to Pay for Overhead Solar Scam Bonds to Fund Bank of Abercrombie Abercrombie Hi Tech initiative Larded With Fat Salaries HART Takeover of TheBus? SB1171: Abercrombie Admin Seeks Phased reviews of sites to find iwi Waiting for Colleen  After All the Hype, Sequestration task Force Slow to Start Early Education: Abercrombie Making it up as He Goes Along Senate Judiciary Chair, Journalists, Battle Over Future of Journalism Shield Law Secret Digest Records Measure Pending on Third Reading Tsutsui Distraught Over Failure of Sugar Tax Bumpy Roads, Brain Injury And A $1.7 Million Pothole Weed, Whacked: Why legal pot didn’t happen in Hawaii Another Prisoner Escapes Sovereignty Activists Recruit the Next Generation in Prisons The Scraggly Tents of Resistance Librarians Urged to Show Solidarity with MRC Greenwood’s Overpaid Pick Family marks second anniversary of fatal Waikele bunker explosion Read More..

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