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Sunday, January 27, 2013 January 27, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:11 PM :: 4480 Views 'Complete Streets': Will Kakaako Become Another Waikiki? Kulani Prison to be Sovereignty Movement Training and Recruitment Center HFF: Mainland Money Behind Push for Gay Marriage CDC: Hawaii 3rd Lowest Tobacco Use 199 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals Clarifies Zoning Appeals After 20 Years of Minimal Change, Minimal Growth What Should Hawaii Plan For? Impact of High Taxes Cripples Economic Growth Meet the Profiteer Behind Hawaii Medical Marijuana Cards Governor's road to curing 'virus' starts with a mirror Abercrombie’s Perilous Rollercoaster: Are Unopposed Legislators Really That Popular? Let the People Vote on Marriage Rhoads Proposal calls for limits on free speech Abercrombie Schools, Harbors, Parks Proposals Copied from Text of PLDC Law SB594/SB595 Help Farmers by Exempting Foods From GE Tax HART: Rail on Track Trained parents have better effect on children than universal preschool Nearly 90% of all bills introduced in Hawai'i fail Hawaii Refinery Stop Set to Lure Asia Jet Fuel: Energy Markets Films of IAM’s 2nd Annual Energy Festival Trent Williams Assaulted, Tasered in Hawaii Nightclub, Won’t Play NFL Pro Bowl North Korean Dictator Preparing Nuclear Test?  Read More..

Saturday, January 26, 2013 January 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4128 Views NRA: 2013 Legislative Session Begins with a Battle for Our Second Amendment Rights in the Aloha State RFP: HELCO Seeks Proposals for 50MW Geothermal State Rejects HSTA's Billion Dollar Contract Proposal Competing Marriage Bills Introduced as Gay Atheists Stomp Gary Okino Hawaii elections commission says elections office will make improvements, Nago can keep job Hawaii lawmakers Introduce Bills to reform state elections State Supreme Court Prepares to Give Medicated Potheads License to Traffic Drugs on Airlines? HART to Complete Trenching This Weekend, No Changes to Rail Route Expected Hawaii legislators push ethics code reforms Volcano Nat’l Park Plans to Exterminate Remaining Animals Ellison plans new Lanai hotel, runway Read More..

Friday, January 25, 2013 January 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 4714 Views HSTA: 'Prepare for Negotiations to Continue at Length' HTA: 2012 Arrivals, Spending Set New Records HGEA, DOE Agree on Evaluation and Support System for Principals Hawaii's 40 Top 'Green' Energy Projects A Fracking Good Story DoE Scores 'D' for Teacher Preparation 15 House Reps: Let the People Vote on Marriage Gay-Atheists Trying to Force Gary Okino Off Ethics Committee Fesharaki: Oil Prices Going Down, Wind, Solar ‘ Not Free’ Refineries, Electric Power Plants May be Shut to ‘Solve’ Non-Existent Global Worming HART Sues Demanding to be Given 10ac Waipahu ‘Banana Patch’ Without Payment Kauai Reps Skeptical About Pot Bill News From Hawaii’s Future -- Colorado: Penalty could keep (Tobacco) smokers out of health overhaul Tsutusi Promises Not to Run Against Abercrombie, Pushes Constitutional Amendment Honolulu Council Committee OKs hotels in smaller communities Rail Burials Ruling May Halt Road Work Statewide Hawaii DoT May Face Criminal Charges over Oahu Shearwater Deaths HB72 Protects Public Employees from ‘Occupy’ Lawsuits Anti-GMO Activists Seek GE Tax on Ag Exports SB894: $100M to Buy Out Turtle Bay? Hanabusa Scores Gig on Energy Subcommittee, May Use Position to Support Alaska Drilling Read More..

Thursday, January 24, 2013 January 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4776 Views Eco-Friendly? Reusable Shopping Bags Poisoning Our Oceans Does Senate Bill 219 turn your Daddy’s Duck Gun into an Assault Weapon? Survey: 195 Patients in Hospitals Waiting for Long Term Care Beds Health Insuance: Hawaii Has One of Lowest Rejection Rates in Nation Sen Sam Slom Releases Agenda for 2013 Rep. Thielen Wants to Make Shoreline Access Law Permanent Gallup: Obama's Fourth Year in Office Ties as Most Polarized Ever HCDA to Become New PLDC: Governor wants firms to develop public land with state Gay ‘Marriage’ Bills Introduced in Legislature Pearl City man charged with producing Homosexual child porn NKorea warns that nuke test may be imminent, Aimed at USA Hawaii Delegation Applaud Sending Women into Combat Souki Pot Bill nearly identical to Colorado Amendment 64 Union membership slips nationally, grows in isles Hawaii senators propose tax on sugary drinks Abercrombie State Bank is Back With a New Name Minimum Wage: The Governor’s Secret Tax Increase Small businesses react to minimum wage hike proposal Abercrombie Has Appointed 10% of Legislature Hospitals in Hawaii Employ 16,043 People Justice Reinvestment: Sovereignty Activists Given Grant to Recruit Juvenile Delinquents Contracts: State plans $750M in airport work Department of Health cites companies for pollution violations Lobbying Lessons: What Hawaii Can Learn From Other States NAACP, Hispanic Alliance Join Lawsuit Against NY Soda Ban Read More..

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 January 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 4933 Views FULL TEXT: State of the State Speech Summary of Bills Repealing the PLDC HI-5 Fraud Shows DoH Cannot be Trusted With Soda Tax McDermott: Early Education Proposal Inadequate Johanson: How Will We Pay for All These Initiatives? Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 22, 2013 WaPo: Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy Kahuku Windfarm Loan Timed to Boost IPO, Avoid Jail No Sugar For You Abercrombie's Jeopardy Challenge: What Is Uninspiring? Spending Would Rise Nearly $1 Billion Under Gov. Abercrombie's Legislative Proposals Governors List Leans Toward the ‘Wish’ Category FACE Backs Call for 3rd Highest Minimum Wage in Nation Why Should We Take Rep Awana to Court? Mayor right to call out state on skimming city's rail tax Lobbying Reform Is A Tough Sell In Hawaii's Legislature Greenwood Goes to Washington During Inauguration on University’s Dime State Spending on Higher Education Rebounds in Most States After Years of Decline Big Cable Scammers Threaten to Hike Prices if We Do Not Knuckle Under Gabbard elected as DNC Vice Chair Pro-life group marches to protest Roe v. Wade Harry Kim: Repeal Act 97, Help Me Kill Geothermal Indian team eyes slice of Hawaii telescope Hawaii Woman Steals Benefits from Wounded Iraq Vet Man's homicide by police officers results in wrongful-death lawsuit HSTA Pahoa Teacher: Evaluations Based on Pseudo-Science (Latest) Bomb threat sparks high security at Keaau school (again) 9-11 Truthers, Sovereignty Activists, Defense Bar, Leading Democrats and Convicted Felons Demand that New Prison be as Resort-Like as Possible Occupy Degenerates into Just Another Homeless Camp NFL to decide by April whether to keep Pro Bowl Striped Marlin Stock Assessment Peer-reviewed and Released Read More..

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 January 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 4983 Views The Legislature and the Death of Big Ideas Abercrombie to Sign Executive Order Creating Super-PLDC Hawaii School Choice Week Events on Oahu, Maui FrackNation TV Debut: Debunks Anti-Natural Gas Hysteria Abercrombie Soda Tax: $1.28 per Gallon 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Full Text: Obama's Second Inaugural Address Star-Advertiser Buys Kauai Garden Isle Newspaper Gun Ban Would Destabilize Hawaii’s Ecosystem Will Legislature Make TAT Increase Permanent? State of the State: Two Speeches, Two Disasters … Going on Three Hilo Election Workers’ Suit Challenges Journalists’ ‘Shield Law’ Wooley: PLDC Repeal ‘Going to be a Challenge’ Kona: Solar Powered Electric Cars Equal to $3/gallon Gas Senators Grill Greenwood Over Jerry Chang’s PR Gig Act 221 Scammers to be Kicked out of Manoa HQ? Is It Time To Beef Up Hawaii's Lax Lobbying Law? Pflueger faces more accusations 19 Convictions in 23 Years and Out Stealing Motorcycles at UH Law School Potheads Drop to 2.8% of Job Applicants Hawaii should prepare now for driverless vehicles Preserve proposed to help 4 native plants Read More..

Monday, January 21, 2013 January 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:03 PM :: 4687 Views Our American Triumph: Civil Rights and Hawaii Statehood Storm of Protectionism: It’s time to repeal the Jones Act Schatz: The Biggest Challenge Hawaii Faces is my Inadequacy Support Our Troops Rally at Pohakuloa Star-Adv: Gun Control, Obamacare, and Amnesty for Illegals Should be Obama’s Agenda Star-Adv, Rachel Maddow Spin Desperately in Effort to Portray Gun Owners as ‘Conflicted’ Ing Joins Broken Trust Waihee for Hawaiian Roll Rally at Iolani Gays: “Civil Union uptake has been relatively low in Hawaii” Anti-GMO Crackpots Delusions of Grandeur Protestors want answers about burial plans at Kawaiahao Church ‘VSE Corp’ Sued in Waikele Fireworks Blast Parents of Autistic Girl Sue DoE for Abuse Leeward tow company faces eviction It will take a year for isle employment to recover from the recession, experts say Read More..

Sunday, January 20, 2013 January 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 4453 Views Our American Triumph: Civil Rights and Hawaii Statehood Abercrombie to Push Penny an Ounce Soda Tax Instill Priorities for Precious Tax Dollars Honolulu: Hundreds Rally in Defense of Second Amendment Hawaii Republicans Announce District Caucuses Contentious Legislative Brawls Challenging for Abercrombie, Unions Deeply Suspicious  PLDC: Abercrombie Eats His Own Words Caldwell focuses on the hotel room tax and money generated by the GET for rail Kam Schools helps guide charters on better school leadership PP: We Will Renew Effort to Force Abortion Pills on Hospitals Elite snobs have hijacked Maui Democratic Party Legalized Gambling Will Create a New Class of Addicts Excellent News: City Sweeps Net Up 96 Bins of Junk from Homeless Camps Daily  Hawaii Presidential Center Inaugural Gala Read More..

Saturday, January 19, 2013 January 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 5032 Views 'VSE Corp' Blamed in Deadly Waikele Bunker Explosion 'School Quality Survey' seeks parent feedback DoE Asks Feds to Transfer School Repair Funds from Kamaile Academy to Deaf-Blind School HB9: Rep. Cynthia Thielen Seeks to Repeal PLDC Six Hawaii Colleges Make ‘Military-Friendly’ List for 2013 Public-Private Partnerships Could Keep State Park Gates Open Hawaii Supreme Court to Hear Another Shoreline Case UH System Enrollment Drops 2.3% Abercrombie Administration Cuts General Assistance Payments Again Hawaii National Guard Trains Afghan Police in Zabul Province 40th Annual March for Life Saturday, January 26 Boylan: Abercrombie is the Next Inouye HB 150 Legalizes Marijuana While SB 330 Bans Tobacco in Public Housing Ihara Doesn’t Support His Own Gun Control Bill Hawaii Firearms Owners Plan Saturday Rally in Support of Second Amendment Rights Union Urges Teachers To Take Personal Days To Testify Giesting: Affordable Care Act isn’t likely to bring down insurance premiums Obamacare is Based on Community Organizing Model Obama breaks isles' mystique 1,100 Morons Gather to Hear Anti-GMO Cult Leader in Lihue Environmental Activist Apologizes for Years of Opposition to GM Foods Organic Cultists, ‘Green’ Energy Scammers Grab for Barrel Tax Ethics, campaign spending packages introduced Bob Jones Plan for the Future: Gay Marriage and No Pensions Greenwood: 108% Tuition Increase a “Good Bargain” State breaks ground on Halekauwila Place Hawaii residents react to recent chill in the air—Oddly Fail to Blame Global Worming Prospects of an all-geothermal isle unlikely Regulators OK Hawaiian Electric power-purchase agreement for H-Power expansion State, Activists Join Forces to Win Right of Trespass Obama Stuck With 16% Spending Reduction on Defense Reduction puts size of Oahu forces in flux Read More..

Friday, January 18, 2013 January 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 5822 Views Abercrombie: "Legislature May Need to Adjust Act 55 to Avoid Repeal" HSTA: "Time and Money Needed" Rep Thielen Introduces Bill Promoting Energy Efficiency in Schools FERC Comes to the Rescue as Gas Supply Threatened by Tesoro Shutdown UHERO: UH Not as Bloated as Other Universities UHERO: UH Manoa Generates $3.2B in Business Will Chevron's Hawaiian refinery survive 2013? – Bunkerworld Teachers Rally for $900M Tax Hike, Point to Own Disinterest in Job Borreca Shocked as Legislators Actually Disagree Repeal of PLDC Designed to Give Developers Access to School Properties  SB 1 First Read: Senate passes bill to repeal PLDC Rhoades Introduces Bullet Control Bill, Ihara Introduces Assault Weapons Ban LNG Could Cut HECO Fuel Costs 50% Big Island Senators Reps Conspire to Squelch Geothermal Development Bag Ban: Hawaii County Residents too Intelligent to fall for it Gilligan’s Island? University of Hawaii Finds $200,000 After It Went Missing for 7 Years Greenwood to Legislature: Get Over It ‘Gay-Friendly’ Pahoa innkeeper enters guilty plea in child porn case Atheist Trash, Civil Beat Protest Against ‘Red Mass’ Anti-GMO Luddites Talk Suicide After Abercrombie Forces Tesoro to Announce Shutdown, Gas Prices Jump OHA Claims Victory: Waimea Valley Visitor Count One Third of What it Used to Be Read More..

Thursday, January 17, 2013 January 17, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 5100 Views HHSC Exec Discusses Banner Partnership with Hilo MDs Slom: Thank God Senate Will Again Have Daily Prayer Kim: Opening Day Remarks Poll: State Taxes Should Require a Super Majority for Passage NFIB: Want to be a Small-Business Leader? EPA Releases List of Hawaii's Top Polluters Speaker Souki Opening Day Remarks Rep Thielen Hails House Bipartisan Coalition Opening Day Speech by House Minority Leader Will LNG become a widely-used marine fuel? Dr John Rosemond Speaking--Honolulu, Waipahu, Poipu Say and His 17: "Revenge, Retribution, Vengeance, Punishment" Caldwell to Hawaii Legislature: Where's My Money? I Want it Now Souki, Kim take different tones on new taxes Schatz Refuses to Support Waiver for HECO, May Force massive Hike in Electric Bills Consultant predicts Chevron refinery will close Next Omidyar’s Hanalei Development Designed by Turtle Bay Architect HMSA Supports Banner Takeover of HHSC Hospitals Oi: PLDC Style Control of School Land Won’t Be for ‘Ritzy Tourist Projects’ Honolulu still hasn’t regained all jobs lost during recession Big Island Plastic Bag Ban Murders 12,000 Trees Every Year Solar Scammers Trot Out Last Year’s Bogus Study Hawaii unemployment rate falls to 5.2% Group: Lighten tax burden for isle poor Amusement Park Proposed for Kakaako Hapuna Beach: Sen Laura Thielen Defends Lingle’s DLNR Biofool Producer Introduces New Invasive Grass Species Groin Removal Blamed for Waikiki Beach Erosion Read More..

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 January 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 11089 Views Privitization: Post Office to be Replaced by 'Hybrid Model' Poll: Majority in Hawaii Against Gay ‘Marriage’ Arbitration Award Sets Stage for Union Raid on Budget ‘Surplus’ Dissidents Have Produced No Agenda  Souki Just as Rigid as Say? HECO’s $200/barrel Scam Exposed Schatz: Jones Act Exemptions are a ‘One-Off’, Good Riddance to Tesoro  Poll: Hanabusa Wins Among Democrats, ‘She Might Have a Good Chance’ Woodson: Abercrombie’s Carpetbagger, just 2 Years on Maui HSTA ‘Encourages’ Teachers to Demand 25% Hike in GE Tax HSTA Negotiations Resume Tomorrow Hawaii Firearms Owners Plan Saturday Rally in Support of Second Amendment Rights Another Kakaako ‘Affordable’ Project to be 100% Rentals Island Air Unions Must Give Back or Face Shutdown March 11 Read More..

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 January 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:29 PM :: 6324 Views Abercrombie Appoints Justin Woodson to House Dist 9 Experts: Bag Tax Spreads Disease, Fills Hospitals Feds Pay Maui County Office of Aging to Keep Medicare Patients Away from Hospital Disease Management Programs Don't Work Dr John Rosemond Speaking in Honolulu Aung San Suu Kyi to Speak in Honolulu $150M Tax Ruling "Will Significantly Reduce Demand for Hawaii Vacations" A Coherent Cabotage Critique Waikele Fireworks Bunker Explosion: Investigation Findings to be Released Rep. Thielen introduces Task force for “reasonable rate of return” for electric utilities Republicans Open House on Opening Day PR: Follow hearings before the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Technology and the Arts Committee from home computers and iPads. Legislature poised to get a lot done — or maybe not Circling With Knives Drawn, Hawaii Congressional Delegation Still Hasn’t Met to Discuss Priorities HGEA Demands Lower Pay for Workers, Less Healthcare for Sister Isles More Hanabusa-Free Coverage of Kalaeloa Raceway Scandal Star-Adv: Mini PLDC Should Redevelop unused school properties Progressives Continue to Hound Calvin Say Racial Distribution of Hawaii’s ‘Gifted and Talented’? Teacher ‘Surrounded by Clichés’ Which Hawaii Schools Are Badly In Need Of An Extreme Makeover? Poll - Keep the PLDC, Create a Lottery and Vote By Mail Ethics Commission cautions legislators on invitations to “food and drink” events Election workers’ lawsuit Heads for Dismissal hearing Potential Lawsuit may Derail Aloha Tower Deal Counties Grub for Money The Economist: Aloha Asia Marine Corps to Increase Numbers in Hawaii Homeless Camp Fire Cuts Telephone Service to Kauai County worker gets another county contract Hawaii Pacific University gets OK for Aloha Tower dorm plans Tesoro mum on who will buy its Hawaii gas stations Read More..

Monday, January 14, 2013 January 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:26 PM :: 5994 Views Abercrombie 'School Readiness' Plan Based on Proven Failure? Head Start: When the Government Fails Completely Poll on Schatz Pick Looks Good for Abercrombie, Bad for Old Boys Star-Adv Features Hanabusa’s Dirt Track Scandal, Doesn’t Mention Hanabusa Teachers Rally for 25% Hike in GE Tax Gabbard, DLNR Team Up to Push 10 cent Bag Tax Money must be set aside for union contracts, and with Inouye gone, fewer federal funds will arrive More Human remains found during rail route survey Legalization of Assisted Suicide Opens Door to Abuse Corporate Gas Consumers Organize Against LNG Exports, Fear End to Cheap US Gas SA: Organize Circus hearings on status of pot Kollar Focuses of Meth. Prescription Abuse Seitz Claims Maui Case Limits Police Use of Tasers Deadly Venomous Snakes, Samurai Swords, Canon Ball and Chainsaw Among Items Seized by TSA Workers approve first Pacific Beach Hotel labor deal Take Ben Cayetano’s Advice – Be True To Yourself Hawaii's Greatest Entrepreneur, Lex Brodie, Dies at 98 Read More..

Sunday, January 13, 2013 January 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 6099 Views VIDEO: O'Reilly Demolishes Hanabusa  Instead of Exempting Wholesaling from GET, Reduce Rate on Business Inputs  Maui Dems Refuse to Release Names of House District 9 Nominees Hawaii’s Den of Thieves Rail Transit Under Fire in Los Angeles and San Jose Jones Act Hurts Hawaii (Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico too) Transportation and Energy Infrastructure Projects: Forecasting is Unnecessary Lawmakers Aim to Create Mini-PLDC to Develop School Properties Abercrombie Cronies to Organize PLDC Pep Rally, Conference Counties' proposals include revenue from traffic fines Abercrombie’s Defeat of Inouye Faction Means Oahu is in Decline Neighbor Island Teachers Miss 20-45 Days Thanks to DoE ‘Training’ Fetish Political Office is for Kids Who Miss Prison, School Insurer-Controlled Health Exchange to Oversee Your Medical Records  Court orders online travel companies to pay state of Hawaii $150 million in general excise taxes Hawaii-based soldiers return home from Afghanistan 10 Felonies, Ordered out of Hilo Drug House Transactions jumped 9.8% in 2012 at isle businesses Kakaako to be Given to Obama Foundation to Develop? Read More..

Saturday, January 12, 2013 January 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 5521 Views 133 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections Seven Apply for House District 9 Position FULL TEXT: HSTA Contract Proposal 'Coastal Development' Tops Priorities for Hawaii Ocean Resources Plan HART Claims Rail Delay Costs 'Lower than Expected' Hanabusa says 2014 run for governor, Senate, House all on table Teachers want 4%, 4 years; tab extra $440 million LNG Fuel switch could bring 55% savings--HECO to give money to Solar, Wind Scammers War With HGEA, UPW: Banner Health nonprofit wants to take over 8 HHSC hospitals Kaiser gets approval for 5.3% rate increase Election Commission Delays Report on Nago Fiasco No Joke: Former state Rep. Jerry Chang joins UH Hilo as director of university relations Absence of Truck Farming Leads to Invasive Species Danger State LUC Rejects Affordable Housing for Lahaina Read More..

Friday, January 11, 2013 January 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 4896 Views HSTA Survey: "Hawaii teachers welcome an evaluation process" NRA: White House Meeting Agenda Driven PEW: Vote-by-Mail Favors Old White Democrats Cayetano on Akaka Bill: Stop Sending Millions to Washington Lobbyists Election's Commission investigation results expected 10AM today Senate Dems Unveil 2013 Legislative Priorities Medicated Marijuana Activists Release Poll Results KIUC Board Election Nominations Open Inouye, Say Gone: Legalized gambling to be key issue when lawmakers convene HSTA to Present Contract Offer Based on UPW Arbitration Award Solar Scammers Grab for ‘Rail Pie’  Callies: HCDA = PLDC Cayetano sees Hanabusa rising on political horizon Mainland Homosexual Millionaires Push Gay ‘Marriage’ on Hawaii Alm: HECO Needs LNG Solar Scammers Unveil Two Schemes to Keep Money Flowing into Their Pockets Ex-HPD Officer Sentenced for Exposing Undercover Officer to Drug Dealers Parker Ranch’ Theo Lani Bell Arrested for Looting California Homeless Shelter $13.4M Oceanside mortgage foreclosed, Greenmailers Missed Vein of Lucre Group lobbies to prevent Turtle Bay development Read More..

Thursday, January 10, 2013 January 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 4680 Views Calles: Moon Court Favored 'Select Interest Groups and Factions' Abercrombie, Star-Advertiser Laugh at Union Effort to Save Tesoro, Price Spikes Predicted State, NOAA Preparing EIS for Humpback Sanctuary Cayetano Doubts Authenticity of Inouye Letter, Will Appeal Rail Ruling For Abercrombie Opportunities Abound on Inouye’s Grave Construction delay costs for rail project lower than anticipated Solar Goes Supernova, Burns Out Pay-raise award imminent in UPW arbitration Souki, Say Spar over Who Gave More to Republicans Counties, LWV, Abercrombie, Push Same Day Registration, Vote by Mail Post-Inouye Reality: Navy Prepares to Cut Two Hawaii-Based Cruisers Ewa Field Runway to be solar -- project gets OK from Navy command Daily Tourist Spending by Island Waikiki 20/20 supports big events and significant funding for improvements Read More..

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 January 9, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:09 PM :: 4305 Views HSTA: Another Union Soon to Win Big Arbitration Award Schatz Names Political Operative Andy Winer Chief of Staff Governor Outlines School Readiness Program and Budget Needs State Kicks Off Foreclosure Fraud Information Campaign Bad Blood May Mean Primaries for Hawaii Democrats Tesoro Obeys Abercrombie, Drops Dead New for 2013: Affordable Housing Costs More The 'Magic Table'--Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Pretextural Takings: Will Supreme Court Hear Guam Case? Hirono, Schatz, Waihee Conspire to renew quest for Akaka Tribe Greenwood: UH Will be Self-Sustaining Without Inouye New Contracts, Technology Key to School Transportation Overhaul in Hawaii DOE chips away at bullying issue EUTF Illegally Denied Benefits to Drugged Out, Crazy State Employees Lawyers Use Loggerheads to Grab Federal Control of Hawaii Waters Civil Beat criticized for withholding data on subscribers Danny DeGracia: Coral Reef Funding a No-Brainer Read More..

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 January 8, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 4433 Views Tesoro Obeys Abercrombie, Drops Dead Lloyd’s List endorses U.S. Build exemption for Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico Education Reform: With a ‘C-’ Hawaii DoE Scores 7th in Nation Hawaii Ranks 2nd in Drowsy Driving Governor Appoints Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran to State Senate Ruff Times: Tsutsui to Challenge Abercrombie in 2014? Hawaii Students Join Global Kick-off of New FIRST Robotics Season BoH CEO Peter Ho Appointed to Federal Reserve Board DoE: HSTA is Partner in Teacher Evaluations Souki, Down to 25 Thanks to Abercrombie, Preps for Democratic ‘Slugfest’ Tomorrow Souki: Say in Denial, Playing Office Games Kaiser, HMSA Jacking Up Rates for Self-Employed before State health Exchange Takes Over UH short-changed some students on aid, audit says Honolulu Ranks #4 in Traffic Congestion Hawaii Open Records Agency Barely Makes a Dent in Backlog Kakaako Pledged as Site for Obama Library BluePlanet Solar Scammers Churn out On Bill Financing Report Oahu Firearms Owners Wait as Long as Nine Hours Over Three Visits to Obtain Registration, Permits Public Hearings Scheduled on Kulani Prison Reopening Common Cause Picks New Exec Director Carl Bonham on Insights on PBS Hawaii Japan: Pro-Nuclear Party Sweeps National Elections Read More..

Monday, January 7, 2013 January 7, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 4847 Views Ruff Times: Tsutsui to Challenge Abercrombie in 2014? Hawaii Students Join Global Kick-off of New FIRST Robotics Season Sea Level? Oahu Rising Two Feet Every 1000 Years Akaka, Inouye Staffers Push Schatz, Hanabusa to Akaka Tribe’s Key Committees Access to ACT exam will Help DoE Boost Test Scores Abercrombie Supports PLDC, Nature Conservancy Supports Abercrombie Gas? Solar, Wind Scammers Working Hard to Keep Electric Bills High Biofuel: Landowners, Developers, Military DoE Payroll on Antique Computer, Only One Person can Maintain Tourism Carries "Sub-Par" Hawaii Economy Hawaii's Shield Law: Defend Your Right to Know Act 221: No Scams Running Now Road death count rose in 2012, but pace slowed late in year Hybrids Killing Cyclists, Pedestrians Read More..

Sunday, January 6, 2013 January 6, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 4656 Views Hawaii Succession Law Unconstitutional: Senate Could Have Refused to Seat Schatz Ills Cannot be Cured With Fees and Taxes Hawaii DoE Adds 68.9% 'Non-Teaching Bloat' Audit of HART 'Public Involvement' Contracts 'Suspended' UHERO: Details of Fiscal Cliff Deal House Finance Committee Announces Budget Briefings Obesity in America: Blame Trade Protectionism on Sugar Cayetano: Inouye Death Could Result in Legalized Gambling Schatz: I will Work Harder for Akaka Bill Hanabusa: Akaka Bill ‘My First Priority’ Gabbard: Promote Friendlier Small Business Environment in Hawaii Hirono: More Debt and More Taxes Needed Back Room Deal? Democrats, Union Boss Refuse to Identify 3 Nominees for Senate Opening Legislative info online in advance of 2013 session Abercrombie $150M Preschool on A Wing and a Prayer Big-Ticket Challenges Face Caldwell Kidani: Airport too Decrepit to Name After Inouye More seniors in isles facing homelessness Suit says educators assaulted disabled student HCDA, OHA Bungling Keeps Pumphouse Closed  After Years of Endless Talk, Fears that Feds Will Pull Highway Funding Turtle Bay Supporters Speak Up Abercrombie Mad With Power Read More..

Saturday, January 5, 2013 January 5, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:14 PM :: 4706 Views Matson, TOTE Ship Orders Timed to Influence Federal Jones Act Study? LNG Report: HCEI Goals not Compatable With Refining in Hawaii Abercrombie Grabs Control of Democratic Machine Economist: Hawaii recovery on a 'plodding path' New Federal Regs “Dramatically Increase Cost to Farmers” HPU steps Up to Straighten out State’s 20-Year Aloha Tower Mess Assisted Suicide, Soda Tax, Rationing of Healthcare on Legislative Agenda State to Increase Vehicle Registration Fees to Pay for Useless Program? A&B: Trust Us, We’re not Like the Other Developers Another Failure Coming: Sopogy Inc. IPO in 2013? Ex-HPD officer gets 8 months in pot case Hawaii Second Highest Drowning Rate in US Hanabusa: Asians are Lazy, Only Liberals are Industrious Read More..

Friday, January 4, 2013 January 4, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 5012 Views Souki Names Luke to Finance Committee after Luke Rejects Speakership Offer from Oshiro Faction Thanks to Abercrombie, Republican Senators More Racially Diverse than Democrats Keith-Agaran Among Six Seeking Maui Senate Gig Audit: 38% of Reimbursements Show ‘Discrepancies’, ‘Honolulu Council Could be Exposed’ Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Sierra Club Koa Ridge Challenge Committee Hearings on Obamacare in Hawaii Insurance Company Controlled Hawaii Health Connector Approved by Feds Cabanilla Housing Committee to Discuss Homeless Tent Cities Senate Transportation Committee Sets Briefing Abercrombie: Make Tax Hikes Permanent Private Attorney General? Hawaii ICA Says 'No' Ethnic Hawaiians Disproportionately Incarcerated? Not! Council on Revenues: New Solar Rules Save State $66M Solar Only 1.5% of Oahu's Grid Will Dissidents End Legislative Secrecy? ‘Babe in the Woods’ Schatz Not a Big league Player Cal Lee Got Illegal Campaign Loans from Crooks, Geothermal Wannabees Cal Chipchase III, Maryland Lobbyist Control Inouye’s Remaining Campaign cash Largest Mortgage Fraud Scheme: Former Filipino Chamber of Commerce President Pleads Guilty Jones Act: Industry-Wide Strategy Session Needed? HPU in dispute over remake of Aloha Tower Hilo Shooter Has Previous Record, Natch Read More..

Thursday, January 3, 2013 January 3, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:45 PM :: 5104 Views Lawsuit: Mentally Disabled Girl Raped at Three DoE Schools Bloomberg Editorial Blasts Jones Act Sabas: Boss Inouye 'Is Watching Us' Abercrombie Releases $45M CIP, $25M Barbers Point Land Buy HSTA Teacher: Student Evaluations Like Police Being Paid by the Arrest Report: Hawaiian Youth not Morally Bankrupt Report Ties Political Rhetoric to Criminal Activity, Recommends more Rhetoric Abercrombie Donor Cheers Extension of renewable-energy tax credit Global Worming on Agenda for Office of State Planning Gabbard, Hirono Sworn In Caldwell sworn in: Restoring Bus Routes a Priority Fiscal Cliff Deal Guarantees Corporate Welfare, Poor Not So Certain Hawaii defense contractors ready for federal cuts, life without Inouye Obama Cuts Everybody’s Wages by 2% Hanabusa: Fiscal Cliff Tax Hikes an Experience to Build On Anti-Sex Trafficking Agenda for legislative Session Murder, Robbery, Conspiracy? Parole Ahead Repeat Child Rapist, 44 Counts Will be on Probation Again in 10 years Police officers reportedly shot in Hilo Getting state ID card takes 2- to 3-hour wait DLNR Adaptive, Indefinite Plan to Ban Small Businesses from Water Problems plague McCully pool, swimmers kept out for years Construction Defects at Pinnacle Honolulu Condos Read More..

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 January 2, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 5310 Views Taxes to Rise on Most American Workers Fiscal Cliff: Who Won? Who Lost? Transition Leaves Rent-Seeking Corruption Intact Inouye Legacy: High Housing Costs, Multiple Jobs? Shapiro: Inouye Led Hawaii to a Bad Place Kim Investigated UH, Who Investigated Act 221?  Gil-Keith Agaran Applies for SD5 Seat OHA Micromanagement Destroyed Profitable Poi Mill Fix recycling program gaps Obama Raises Taxes on 77% of Households, heads back to Hawaii Hanabusa Lies About Tax Hike Schatz’ Fiscal Cliff Vote Leaves Non-Profits Scared HSTA Teacher Blames Micronesians for Lack of Discipline Mainland Homosexuals Invade Hawaii, Get Unions 'Wonder Blunder' defendant gets new trial date Court panel rejects Pflueger's appeal of state land board's $4 million fine Couple's $4M award in condo lawsuit set aside Forget global warming, Alaska is headed for an ice age Gabbard Ruffles Feathers by Applying for Senate Seat Local Family Eats Mussels, Deprives State of Pork Read More..

Tuesday, January 1, 2013 January 1, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 4404 Views Schatz, Akaka Vote: $1 in Spending Cuts for Every $41 in Tax Increases Senate Ways and Means Announces Budget Briefing Schedule House Finance Committee to Hear from Governor, Lt Governor, DAGS Governor Appoints Annelle Amaral to Hawaii Paroling Authority OHA launches Anti-Obesity Marketing Campaign Kauai Farmers to Boycott OHA Poi Mill HawaiianTel Completes Acquisition of Wavecom Solutions Come Support the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team Arizona Judge too Intelligent to Fall for Claim that it is possible to change Gender Gay Mega ‘Churches’ Invade UCC Star-Adv: Rail, HSTA, Loss of Seniority to be Focus for 2013 Strong Foundation? Carlisle Points to Roads, Sewers, IT, Homelessness Solar Credits, Obamacare Head into 2013 Airport taxi service criticized by local traveler Hokulia to be sold Read More..

Monday, December 31, 2012 December 31, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 3932 Views Report: State Office of Planning to Become Super-PLDC $1 Trillion Obamacare Tax Hike Hitting on Jan. 1 WaPo: Last Day Play by Play on ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Negotiations WT: Republicans have conceded ‘Green’ A&B Now Hawaii’s Largest ‘Renewable’ Energy Profiteer Fiscal Cliff, Loss of Seniority Require “Budget Re-Management” Rail at Risk: Abercrombie’s SHPD Set to Lose Federal Certification Due to Incompetence Abercrombie, not Inouye is ‘Relic of Bygone Era’ Mainland Homosexuals Pledged $750K to Back Blake Oshiro for Senate Schatz accepting resumes for Washington, isles staff jobs Visitors broke tourism records Star-Adv: State must control commercial uses of public beaches Homeless? Federal Funding Targets Female Vets OHA ‘Stab in the Back’ to Poi Mill Workers Soft-on-Crime Policies Cause Death of Criminal Am Samoa Scrambles to Save US Banking Presence Isle soldiers prepare for Afghan mission Read More..

Sunday, December 30, 2012 December 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 4402 Views Helping Hawaii to Help Itself Prosecutor: Illinois Ruling May Affect Concealed-Carry Laws in Hawaii Honolulu Rail Remedy - Phasers On Minimal Tom Berg: Farewell to Honolulu Hale Molokai Alt-Energy Festival Arakawa, Tsutsui, Souki, Machado: Inouye Was One of Us Hundreds pay respect to late U.S. senator in Lihu‘e Star-Adv: Inouye Death Proves Mayans Right Audits: Recycling Centers Stealing Millions from Taxpayers HSTA Member: Teacher evaluation not a simple matter Democrats sought for Central Maui Senate seat O‘Conner to chair Kauai Police Commission, Appeal Likely to Move Forward Read More..

Saturday, December 29, 2012 December 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 4326 Views Full Text: "Leveraging State Agency Involvement in Transit-Oriented Development" Mayor-elect Caldwell Announces Key Appointments Hawaii DOE 2012 Year in Review Lanai to Congress: End Wind Production Tax Credit Kealakekua Kayak Rentals: DLNR Bans Small Businesses From Water Former Kauai Prosecutor Makes List of "America's Worst Bosses" Governor Appoints Judge Dean Ochiai to First Circuit Court Counties, Controlled by Old-Boys Getting No Hearing in Legislature Schatz First Day: Gives Away $60 Billion Hirono’s Plan for the Future: “Sooner or Later Seniority Has to Begin Again” Is military spending vulnerable in post-Inouye Hawaii? Carlisle, Berg Gone, Pledge Return Feds Fund Honolulu’s Rail Transit But Burials Complicate Route Danny DeGracia: The End of the Hawaii Republican Party Maximizing Solar Energy Credits in the New Year Campaigns & Elections Magazine Names Hawaii's Top 10 Political Influencers of 2012 Animal Liberation Nuts Pay Ringling Bros Circus $9.8M for Fraudulent Lawsuit HMSA Hikes Rates 8.8% Hawaii’s Shield law to expire in June Mayor Arakawa signs isle plan, ‘framework’ for future of Maui Read More..

Friday, December 28, 2012 December 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 5605 Views "Impeach Abercrombie" Senator Donna Mercado Kim Selected as Senate President Shan Tsutsui Accepts Lt Governor Position, Not Moving to Oahu Rail: Tashima's final ruling — now the case is eligible for appeal Full Text: HART Wins Favorable Rail Ruling FULL TEXT: Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force Report Souza Appointed Oahu District Family Court Judge Tsutsui for Governor 2014? Tsutsui Promotion Shakes Up PLDC Legislation? Star-Adv: City Hall changes are promising Fiscal Cliff: Health officials worry about cuts to reimbursements Solar Scammers Now Claim DoTax is ‘Rewriting’ Law Biofuel: HELCO rate hike request blasted With Schatz Gone, Who Will Champion LNG? PBN: Green Energy, Tourism Will Continue to Drive Economy in 2013 Hawaii tourism revenue on record-breaking pace Read More..

Thursday, December 27, 2012 December 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4874 Views Abercrombie Appoints Schatz, Mazie to be Junior Senator Inouye Staff Offer Dead Fish, Tell Schatz ‘Good Luck’ Hubris Online: Abercrombie’s Head Scratcher Not Logical, Must be Personal Obama Skips Inouye in Memoirs Seniority? Hawaii is better off without it Matson Buying Reef Shipping DoE Launching College, Career Readiness Assessments 3 Stooges VIDEO: Biden Swears in Schatz as Reid Looks on Schism: Abercrombie May Have Ignited Civil War in Democratic Party Star-Adv: Schatz Has to Prove He’s Earned it before 2014 LG: Tsutsui or Say? Fiscal Cliff to Tax All Earners Obama Hits Balls with Buddy Busted in Prostitution Sting More PV installations on Oahu this year than in past decade combined No Rail Decision Yet, Decision Faces Likely Appeal EIS needed for transit-oriented development in Kakaako Group has 38 ideas to reduce Hawaiians in prison Read More..

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 December 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:46 PM :: 15547 Views Hilo, Kailua-Kona, Maui, Honolulu: Tea Party ‘Mastermind’ to Speak Mazie Cries: “Me, Me, Me!” Schatz is considered leader among 14 candidates to replace Inouye Obama to end Christmas vacation early Sequestration threat hangs over Hawaii military base where Obama landed for vacation County Governments to Host Services for Inouye Herculean Effort Needed to Buy out Turtle Bay Developers Link between pot, psychosis goes both ways in kids After 30 years on Streets, Homeless Dude Retiring to Home For Elderly Chicago Neighborhoods Jostle for Obama Library Hawaii judge Ezra coming to Alamo City American Samoa officials in Hawaii to look at bank options Read More..

Tuesday, December 25, 2012 December 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:14 PM :: 4544 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Maui Chamber: Abercrombie Budget Short $372M Complete List of the Gay-Atheist Potheads Who are Selecting your next Senator Inouye replacement to be named Wednesday Combined ceremony will install Council and mayor Tsuji: Farmers Should be Forced to Comply with “Food Safety” Certification Federal workers feel unease over potential layoffs, furloughs unleashed by ‘fiscal cliff’ Time running out on defense industry efforts to avoid sequester DHS Grants Hawaii Real ID Extension New year could be a time for revisiting possible ferry Read More..

Monday, December 24, 2012 December 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 4832 Views Is Abercrombie Vitousek? Ed Case: Disagreeing With Inouye 'Cost me dearly' Case Applies for Senate Vacancy Sea Level Rise? Nonsense, Oahu is Rising From the Sea How Christmas Came to Hawaii Dead Fish Story at ‘Boss’ Inouye Memorial Star-Adv: Inouye ‘Trick’ to Pass Akaka Bill Beyond the Grave Kiaaina Jumps In 1 in 5 city towing bills inflated, invoices show Barking Sands: 430 Rocket Launches North Korea could have U.S. within missile range, says South Inouye: Great Friend of Israel Obama Gives Kuhio Park Developer $300K Gun Control Screeds: Carlisle Seeks to Build on Hands-Off Management Legacy Read More..

Sunday, December 23, 2012 December 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 5536 Views Hawaiian Culture: "All politics was religious and all religions were political" Helping to Drain the State Treasury With Tax Credits Why Not Hunting? Hawaii DCCA Wins Case Against Payday Lenders Two Hawaii Supreme Court Cases to Watch How Christmas Came to Hawaii VIDEO: A Better Day with Senator Slom and Special Guest Linda Smith Star-Adv: Ed Case was Right, We Support Hirono against Hanabusa Harry Reid to Abercrombie:  Ignore Hirono, Make Quick Appointment ILind: Forget Hanabusa, Abercrombie Would Rather Appoint a Liberal Star-Adv: “Smaller than expected” Crowd at Inouye Memorial Obama Golfing in Hawaii With Pal Arrested in Prostitution Sting Occupy Lawsuit Seeks Boost to Homelessness Industry UPW’s For Profit Prison to Boost Hilo’s Economy? North Korea EMP attack could destroy U.S. — now Sovereignty Activist Dies Afghanistan: Continuing the Legacy   Read More..

Saturday, December 22, 2012 December 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 6079 Views House Finance Ctte to Consider Budget Committee on Energy and Environment to Discuss Invasive Species UHERO: Hawaii Personal Income Growth Slows DOE Releases Report on Farrington High School Auditorium Collapse U.S. East and Gulf Coast dock strike may threaten Islanders No Hawaii Beverage Tax Rail: Honolulu Pays $5.5B, Orlando Gets Train for Free “Battle for Control of the Democratic Party” List of Senate Wannabees to be Released Monday Today We Are Gathered … To Hear More About Me Not a Single Teacher Fired in 2010-11--Cheating Draws One Day Suspension HART completes trench work for archaeological survey ahead of schedule Surge is on to get gun registrations and permits Deedy seeking to limit later use of his testimony Foreclosures march toward levels seen before law’s overhaul City crosswalk pilot project launches $1000/day Fines for Plastic Bag Use on Big Island UH biosafety lab on Kalaeloa site gets federal OK Hawaii State Energy Office able to show location of renewable energy resources EPA Maui Water report Doesn’t Give Enviros What they Want City Raid on Occupy Nets Junk, Misses Tents Court Stays Law Barring Therapy for Boys ‘Turned’ by Predators Japan's next leader wants freer rein for military Pressure grows on Senate Democrats to act on ‘fiscal cliff’ Read More..

Friday, December 21, 2012 December 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 5636 Views Sneak Attack? Akaka Bill Placed on Senate Calendar List of Potential Senate Candidates is also List of Potential Special Election Candidates Akaka's Hatch Act Modernization Bill Passes Congress Akaka Introduces Tribal Self-Governance Bill Auditor: Keep Postsecondary Authorization Board at UH Auditor Identifies Eleven Improper Revolving Funds Abercrombie Plan: Shortchange Retirees for next 150 Years Star-Adv: Keep Giving Millions to Solar Scammers while Legislature Dithers Barrel Tax: State Energy Office Makes Grab for General Fund Iwase: State Should form Panel Mandated to Invent New Types of Taxation State urged to beef up its mental health services Cayetano to Speak on 'Ending Corruption in Hawaii' Police Cleanse Thomas Square Hawaii's population grows by 1% in past year Bad News for Solar Scammers, Electric Bills Going Down Big Cable: What Passes for Resource Planning In Hawaii Gun lines build at HPD headquarters HECO Faces: ‘Strong Regulated Growth Opportunities’ Obama: Inspired by Vision of Inouye Prosecuting Nixon   Japan: Inouye Monopolized US-Japan Relations, death leaves hole North Korea’s missile launch could affect work in Hawaii Kauai Council bans Fishing at Old Hawaiian Fish Pond Read More..

Thursday, December 20, 2012 December 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 7091 Views Update on the Federal Court Rail Project Challenge Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Hawaii Scores Near Bottom Sause Building New Barge to Service Hawaii With Hawaii Army Guard mentoring, Afghan forces take independent strides VIDEO: Inouye honored in Capitol Rotunda Hirono Fights to Block Early Hanabusa Appointment Schatz Will Apply for Senate Nomination, Inouye Cronies Threaten Abercrombie Isle delegation's power decreases to nil, Hirono not Up to the Job Star-Adv: Rail Funding Sends Signal to Judge Saddle Road completion could be in jeopardy Loss of Inouye might mean less funding Insane, Shocking: Kauai County revenues down, expenses up Planning Decision Delays Waimanalo Gulch Decision Occupy Lawsuit Could End Homeless Sweeps Hawaii Ethics Commission Sends 'Ambitious' Set of Bills to Legislature Hawaii personal income growth slows in third quarter The Atlantic: Tsunami sirens in Honolulu Suicide Doctor Plays Word Games Read More..

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 December 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4569 Views Hanabusa will apply for Senate vacancy, Case Considers Special Election Run Democrats Pretend to Open Selection Process $1.55B -- Feds Sign Full Funding Agreement for Rail Hawaii's Sudden Economic Tsunami Earmark Ban Helped Inouye Drive More Money to Hawaii Inouye Successor Will Face Election in 2014 Green Energy and Rail Get an 'F' Hawaii's Future: California Solar Power Adds $1.3B to Non-Users' Costs Wonderblunder: Greenwood Thanks University for 'Patience as we Process all the Confusion' Hawaii County: In Election Cases, Time Deadlines Matter Feds set no-go zones for Obama vacation Slom: Without Inouye, Abercrombie Budget Doesn’t Balance  Inouye to be Buried Sunday Vermont Grabs Appropriations, California Judiciary, Intelligence? Transit funding ceremony 'bittersweet' two days after Inouye's death Hawaii Medical Information Exchange Reaches 50% of Providers PUC Gives Abercrombie Campaign Co-Chair Lucrative Airport Biodiesel Contract Elections Commission Investigation Into Ballot Shortage Almost Pau Sunshine Law Gives Power to Lobbyists, Bureaucrats, Staff Hawaii one of Only Two States Without Independent Oversight of Property Tax Assessments Occupy Honolulu Gets Temporary restraining order against Raids Ewa Development Plan on Agenda DoE News: School Committee Chair Convicted on Kiddie Porn Charges Read More..

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 December 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4697 Views Hawaii Loses One of its Three Major Industries Inouye wanted Hanabusa to succeed him in U.S. Senate Senator Daniel Inouye Dies at 88 Abercrombie Submits Biennium Budget to State Legislature The Jones Act Debate in Puerto Rico: Urban Legend or a Never-Ending Story? Anti-Mafia Police Sieze More Property Tied to Hawaii Windfarm Developer Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 17, 2012 SA: Inouye Memorial Coverage $439M in First Year: Abercrombie Budget Boosts Spending 19% Potheads, Gay-Atheists to Select Inouye’s Replacement 33-18: Carroll, Awana Bolt to Souki Camp 20-Year HSTA Member Describes Being Worn Down by RTTT Obama expected to choose Chicago for presidential library Hawaii Among 18 States moving forward on health insurance exchanges Design flaw blamed for fall of school roof Military housing allowance in Hawaii to go up by nearly 20% for some Maluhia program best served by renewing doctor’s contract Ex-guard pleads guilty to sex assault of inmate Congresswoman:: Honolulu TSA Should go Easy on Muslims Time for Bold Action on Biofuels Read More..

Monday, December 17, 2012 December 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 PM :: 4496 Views Inouye ‘Fighting Respiratory Complications’ Jones Act union official calls islands “off-mainland threat” Republicans can win over Asian Voters, if they try Hawaii's Real Unemployment Rate: 13.7% SA: Close School, Open Prison! Legalize It? Legislature Might Amend Hawaii Pakalolo Laws An appointment with destiny for the GLBT Caucus? Answering Critics of U.S. Military Spending Bad checks, taxes, HR on Cost Control Commission’s annual report Flooding hassles in Hauula have hui 'looking at litigation' Read More..

Sunday, December 16, 2012 December 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 4384 Views Connecticut Shooting: Failure of Mental Health System Hold the Tax Increases and Cut the Spending How Christmas Came to Hawaii 700 Civil Unions Disproportionately on Maui, Kauai Obamacare: Will HMSA/Kaiser Duopoly Block Mandated Competition? Death toll from Philippine typhoon breaches 1,000 Local ties in Hawaii help storm victims in Samoa Zero Progress: Handi-Van Strangled to Pay for Rail Public input crucial about 650-foot tower Riviere: Many questions deserve answers about Turtle Bay Resort expansion City towing vendor inflated its fees Hawaii Co Council Considers Establishing Environmentalism as Official Religion As Funding is Cut, Mauna Kea telescopes Scramble Read More..

Saturday, December 15, 2012 December 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 4649 Views UHERO: Film Subsidies Illegal Giveaway to Corporations Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidate Filing Opens Court: Kawaiahao Subject to Burial Council Supreme Court Slaps Down Maui County Takings Claim Guam: Mayor Seizes Neighbor's Land 31-20 Rhoades Bolts to Souki Camp Hawaii to pay athletic director $293K per year Oahu property values up $4.2B Honolulu adds 5,200 private-sector jobs over 12-month period Court: Burials Law Applies to Modern Burials Too Surfing the Nations helping Central Oahu’s Wahiawa be more family-friendly Organ donors are poised to give others the gift of life New gambling-machine sweep targets Lucky Touch arcades DNA Games: Deputy Faces Sex Assault Charges Queen's finalizes purchase of HMC Keep an eye out for possible mental illness in horrific Connecticut shooting Usual Suspects Use Connecticut Shooting to Push Gun Control Read More..

Friday, December 14, 2012 December 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 6036 Views FULL TEXT: Former HSTA President Challenges Okabe on Negotiations Hawaii Ranks 45th in Business Policy Index Cyclone Evan Pounds Samoa, Heading for Tonga, Fiji SunRun, SolarCity: Hawaii Solar Installers Subpoenaed Intensive Care? Inouye Hospitalized Indefinitely DHHL: Another Secret Resignation from Abercrombie Administration KSBE/Mafia-Connected First Wind Switching to Solar Scams Atheist: AG Louie Helped Me Kill Charity Concert Oshiro to lead Say Faction--Challenge to Dissidents Obama’s Asia team caught off guard, partying when NK rocket launched UH regents seem neutered by 'culture of deference' 27% Pay Cut for MDs: Health-care providers plan for fiscal cliff Hawaii Among Only 15 States Opting to Run Obamacare Exchanges Hawaii’s Tallest Building to be Tower of Landlord Slavery Hippie Charter Schools Approved, Serious Ones Denied Hirono, Lingle Debts Remain After Campaign Lawmakers: HCDA Should Postpone 690 Pohukaina Decision-Making Queen's finalizes acquisition of defunct Ewa hospital Donovan Accepts AD Position at CSUF Massive Property Tax Hikes on Tap for East Hawaii Turtle Bay Resort pitches new expansion plans Drug-Free Coalition in contract dispute with city More Gambling Raids, Distributor Sues HPD Mass Hypnosis: Paradise Converted to Superfund Site Undersea Cable May Run Afoul Of WWII Munitions Dump Hawaii Non-Profits Merge DUI: $1000 or One Year Anti-GMO Hypesters to Face off with Forces of Reason, Science Alaska, Korea Talk Natural Gas All 50 States Allow Concealed Carry, Hawaii, Alabama Among only 10 With ‘May-Issue’ Homosexual Rapist Pleads Guilty Kauai Council Still Considering 500% Property Tax Hike for Disabled Veterans, DHHL, Nonprofits Read More..

Thursday, December 13, 2012 December 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:10 AM :: 5594 Views Jones Act U.S.- build requirement is a sham Hearing Act 130, Relating to Charter Schools Supreme Court: Labor Board Can Slow Walk HSTA Why Stop at $500K? DoTax Secret Agreement Allows Giant Solar Scammers to Reap Multiple Tax Credits Legacy: Dan Akaka Unable to Win Passage of Akaka Bill 3x0=0: Hirono will sit on Senate energy, judiciary and veterans committees Federal judge expects ruling in Honolulu rail lawsuit ‘in short order’ Weeks after election, state workers still not paid Hawaii one of only Two States With Hispanic HS Graduation Rates Above State Average Nearly 100 Schools to Protest Accountability Greedy HSTA Substitute teachers to receive tens of millions in back pay DoE 55 School Bus Contracts Expire this Month Another DoE Embezzler Heads to Prison Hawaii Lawmakers Report Receiving Twice as Much in Gifts as Last Year City paramedics, EMTs file complaint on overtime pay Honolulu’s October unemployment rate twice as high as pre-recession level Oi: Traffic Should be Focus of Turtle Bay Opposition Dopey Advertiser: Legalize ‘Natural’ Marijuana, Criminalize Synthetic Marijuana Invasive Moth to Combat Invasive Weed Read More..

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 December 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 6130 Views Effects on a State After Loss of Senior Senator Sierra Club Sues, Demands DoTax Continue to Defy Legislature, Give Money to Solar Scammers TPL, OHA Gain Control of Galbraith Estate Economist: Visa Waivers Behind Hawaii Tourism Boom Study: Hawaii 2nd Healthiest State in USA North Korea Threatens with Successful Missile Launch North Korea Missile Launch Successful OHA installs five trustees to new four-year terms Enviros: NW Hawaiian Isles Should be Superfund Site Wooley: PLDC Repeal at top of Souki’s Agenda HSTA Walks Away from Negotiations over Evaluations Federal Judge to Review Arguments in Rail Lawsuit Today TOD: HCDA to Choose Developer for Kakaako Mega-Tower Thursday Hawaii Tech Transformation to Consume 2.4% of Budget Aloha Pacific Buys Up Another Credit Union Man Accused of Defrauding Elderly Creates "Hawaii Reported" Web Site Former clerk Kawauchi lands job in county prosecutor’s office Meet Jenn Labencki, The Navy Wife Demise of Star-Bulletin Leads to Less Recycling Convicted Thief Mike Golujuch Despoils Honolulu City Lights Read More..

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 December 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4672 Views Inouye Secretly Hospitalized Since December 6 HSTA Rejects Teacher Evaluations, Turns Down State's Offer Rail: Final Federal Court Hearing This Wednesday Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 10, 2012 Full Text: Green Party Sues Nago Over Botched Election Economist: Visa Waivers Behind Hawaii Tourism Boom Civil Rights Lawyer: Moanalua HS Concert Constitutional Politico: Tulsi Gabbard ‘Being Groomed for Senate’ Teachers are Dull, Sleepy--Its the Parents Fault Hawaii Has Bipartisanship, Not anti-union Fervor OHA Grabs 500 Acres of Galbraith Estate AARP: Go Over the Cliff, We’ll Be Fine Hawaii Voter Turnout Drops 4.6%, Lowest in Nation The Past-and-Future Speaker has few grassroots Cancer services need restoring Fiscal Cliff: UH Submarines Grounded Native Hawaiian college enrollment increasing at University of Hawaii campuses Number of homeless remains unchanged in Hawaii Berg: Nanakuli Community Robbed Read More..

Monday, December 10, 2012 December 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4322 Views Akaka Tribe: We Can Kick Out Anybody Anytime for Any Reason Hawaii Health Connector Signs Key Contracts Star-Adv: DoE Was Right to Obey Atheist Commands Teacher: HSTA Protests are Against RTTT FBI Drops Investigation of Hawaii School Bus Company Collusion Cost of UPW: Hawaii to Pay $52 per Inmate per Day in order to Shut School, Open Prison Big losses scar careers of once-elite politicians Traffic: Turtle Bay vs Envision Laie Ecos: Coastal Property values Will Crash Due to Global Worming Global Worming, Corals, and Excuses Illegal tobacco sales to minors in Hawaii drops to lowest rate ever Read More..

Sunday, December 9, 2012 December 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 4432 Views Auditor: HI-5 Program is Exposed to Fraud HSTA: Contract Negotiations 'Most Productive in Months' Ben Jay of Ohio State University accepts job as Athletics Director Fights at Kealakehe HS Caused by Harassment of Micronesians Hawaii Ranks 48th in Broadband Deployment Having Your Cake and Eating It Too Tesoro: State’s Largest Refinery to Close? Now that Rail is Approved, Another Lane Is Suddenly Being Added to H-1  Tax-and-spend Legislature is ready to hand out gifts Abercrombie Half the Man he Used to Be UH Fumbles Announcement of New Athletic Director North Korea considers delaying rocket launch Hawaii Law Allows DPS to Temporarily Outlaw New Synthetic Drugs City selling vacant lots in Ewa as part of its revitalization plan Months After Priest Dies, Suit filed against Damien HS Big Isle teachers join in protest Read More..

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