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Saturday, October 27, 2012 October 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 7686 Views Audio Interview: Kona Resident--Father of Slain SEAL Killed in 9-11 Attack, Bengazi Debate: Djou Closer to the Center Mililani, Kalihi, E Oahu: Talk Story With Charles Djou Hirono and Hanabusa cut $2.1B from Hawaii Medicare Advantage and Medicare Reimbursements Hanabusa Backs Effort to Link Indian Tribes to Turkey Brookings: Honolulu 10th Largest International Airport Eradication: Who Are the Real Invasives? Save O’ahu Farmlands Alliance Announces Endorsements ML&P Faces Delisting from NY Stock Exchange Armed With Carpenter’s Statement, Democrat Primary Runner-up Sues To Stop Manabat in Ewa School Board Member Criticized over Defense of Accused Child Molester Why Linda Lingle Might Just Win Star-Advertiser Ties Hanabusa to Hated Obamacare Program HART Burns $77.4M Buying Steel Rails Libel? Cayetano Court Victory ‘Highly Unlikely’ Armed With $77M, Abercrombie Health Exchange Takes Secret Bids on Secret Contracts Air Leaks, Roof Caves in at UH Bio Safety Lab Apple: Wonder Blunder Equivalent of ‘Bake Sale Gone Awry’ UH President spends from lucrative donor accounts Tom Berg Opens Up Why the Plastic Bag Ban Makes No Sense Play puts new saint's acerbic side on display After Six Years, ‘Experts’ Finally Decide Killer is Crazy, No Prison for Him Lehman lost $85M on Superferry Maui County Tries to Shut Testifiers out of LUC Meeting Democrat Operatives Sponsor Ag Park Read More..

Friday, October 26, 2012 October 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 5684 Views On the Honolulu Ballot: $5M Ward Heelers' Slush Fund Census: Hawaii Tops Nation in Multi-Generational Families Senator, 1000 Ratepayers Call for Lower Electric Bills Fitch: $71M in Maui Co Bonds Rate AA+ Louise Kim McCoy To Be Named Gov’s Communications Director Debate: Djou Closer to the Center Linda Lingle: The Clear Choice Star-Adv Endorses McDermott, Reader, Butler, Fale Council hopeful aims to do job without 'drama' of incumbent Political Fight For Oahu's GET Heats Up Tax Review Commission Report Calls for More Tax Hikes BoE Mulls PLDC, 21st Century Schools and Who Owns the Land Computers: Preview of DoE, HSTA, Abercrombie Posturing over DoE Budget Buster PUC: Ewa Field Solar Scammers to Rake in Megabucks Kauai County Details Massive Waste of Electricity ML&P Threatened with NYSE Delisting 170 On Staff at Kokua Kalihi Browsing through the data on campaign money Ballot listing does not follow state law -- Presidential candidates not in alphabetical order   Read More..

Thursday, October 25, 2012 October 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 8687 Views Streaming Video: Djou v Hanabusa Debate 8pm Tonight Feds Reveal Dozens of New Violations at Hawaii Nursing Homes Duke Aiona Backs Candidates in Council, Legislative Races Humane Society Sues DLNR Over Aquarium Collectors VIDEO: Five Targets Hit Over Pacific in Largest Anti-Missile Defense Test Alaskans Push Back Against 200 mile 'Emissions Control Area' for Ships PDF: Hawaii GOP Releases Voter Guide Did sickout by election staff violate Voting Rights Act? With Akaka Gone, His Cronies Wander Aimlessly Djou Supports Free Trade in Pacific Djou Backs Balanced Budget Amendment Inouye And Hirono Skip Planned Media Interviews Star-Adv Endorses Aaron Johanson for HD31 Pro-Rail Group Spending Money for Hirono Pro-Rail Doorknockers include Murderer, Drug Addicts Nimitz Flyover Cost Estimate Suggests that Rail Will Cost $7 Billion Gender wage gap narrower in Hawaii than nationally Soft on Crime: Suspected of Murder in California, Felon Seeks Deferred Acceptance in Hawaii Chinatown Police ‘Tolerant’ of Drug Dealing Hawaii details $600M plan for upgrades at Honolulu International Airport Read More..

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 October 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 6013 Views After Debate, Nearly 70% Say Djou Wins Hawaii: 3rd Fastest Growing Tax Burden Hawaii Productivity Growth Lowest in US—Only 4.76% Since 1992 UH Manoa Scores 295th of 700 World Universities Hawaii-based Travel Site Upset by $700M Tax Decision ACLU: Guards Should Stop Listening to Hawaii Prisoners Brickwood Galuteria, Serial Job Killer Fitch: $890M Honolulu Bonds Rated AA+ NYT: Obama Camp Begins Blaming Clinton for Defeat Pressure from lawmakers could leave UH flattened UH Regents will revisit Donovan settlement at special meeting Star-Advertiser Endorses Ching, Low Fund for Freedom Buys Lingle Ad Time Rail: Heed Warning or Face Bankruptcy Cayetano Issued 204 Pardons, Waihee Approved 72% of Pardon Requests Rail's design-build contracts put into question Shiny Objects: DoE Using Computers to Distract from Budget Buster Union Demands Hirono, Hanabusa Harass New Airline Geothermal Producer Offers to Cut Electric Bills OHA Candidates Haunani Apoliona and Cal Lee Fail to Show at Community Forums AKINA for OHA – Dinner Rally Why So Many Hawaiian, Samoan And Filipino Youth In Justice System? Budget Cuts: Army May Leave Strykers at Pohakuloa to Reduce Training Costs Queens Sues Kaiser in $4M Payment Dispute Hawaii Monitor: Patronage Games Read More..

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 October 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 6156 Views Lingle: I know We Have the Momentum to Win Hirono Refuses to Answer for Actions Harmful to Hawaii Hirono Hits Middle Class With Tax Hike Omidyar Buying Influence: Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar founder launches leadership program Omidyar Building Resorts: Protection of Lipoa Point must be a community effort HNN VIDEO: Lingle vs Hirono Final Debate KHON Survey -- Djou Leads 2-1 Lingle agrees with Cayetano’s stance on Honolulu rail project Judge Slaps Down Abercrombie’s $700M Raid on Internet Travel Agencies Star-Advertiser Endorses DelaCruz, Hee, Straight Democrat Slate for Senate Cayetano’s Suit Should Be Laughed Out of Court Hirono’s vote to kick our nation’s deficit problems down the road highlights her ineffectiveness in Congress. Hirono was the only member of the Hawaii delegation to vote against funding the Department of Defense for FY 2011. Prosecutor: Takata Appeals for Pothead Vote Sierra Club, Blue Planet Foundation Admit the Problem With Gas is that it is Cheap Solar City Investigation May Snare other Solar Providers Abercrombie Relies on ‘Kitchen Cabinet’ Full of Lobbyists Maui HSTA Leader: Abercrombie Cried and Lied Dueling Videos in Pine vs Berg Race Complaint dismissed against former Maui police officer After Files ‘Go Missing’ Hawaii County Bag Ban Rules Published NIMBYs Harass Charter School Garret Hashimoto Recuperating from Successful Surgery Read More..

Monday, October 22, 2012 October 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:53 PM :: 5646 Views Charter Amendment: Honolulu Council Grabs for Control of Rail Funds House Candidate Kaniela Ing Threatened with Expulsion from UH Pollster Claims Debate Performance Boosts Hirono 3% Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions GALLUP: R 52% 0 45%... Hawaii Tribune-Herald Endorses Lingle, Hapai Star-Adv Endorses Sam Slom Lauren Cheape is the choice for Hawaii’s future Hirono Pals Around with Barney Frank Attack on Free Speech: Cayetano to File Libel and Slander Lawsuit Against Pacific Resource Partnership, Carpenters Union Cayetano: Hannemann Learned Nothing from ‘Ass Kicking’ All About the Charter Amendments on Your 2012 Hawaii Ballot Historic Preservation Division -- No Longer Just Warm Bodies? Legislative interference threatens long-term viability of UH Hawaiian Civic Club Kicks Reporters Out, Discusses Legalized Gambling, PLDC Hawaii Solar Installations Double Every Year, Orphans in Future Soft on Crime: 10 Convictions, Charged with 12 Rapes Read More..

Sunday, October 21, 2012 October 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:19 PM :: 6918 Views Streaming Video: Canonization of Molokai’s Mother Marianne Cope Secret Letters Show Nago Timed Attack on Hilo Election Office with Workers Planning Sickout HSTA’s Okabe ‘Extremely Pleased’ With Supreme Court Order Sierra Club Doing the Dirty Work for the Power Brokers Learn about UH Law School's accessible Part-Time/Evening Program Billionaire Resort Developer Paid Operatives to Swing Election Against Pono Chong Hirono Bill Designed to Create Chinese Bubble like Japanese Bubble PRP Goes off Deep End: Mailer Implies Cayetano is Communist Republican Feds: Rail Contingency Fund Below Acceptable Levels Before Supreme Court Shutdown Proposal Will Give Chief Justice Opportunity to Hand Pick Crony Judges for Cases Simple Solution for UH: Just Let Sen Kim Have Whatever She Wants Esther Kiaaina to Lead Charge for PLDC Pro-Rail Canvassers Work Voter List in Kahala UCLA expert weighs in on transit debate Profiteers, Suicide Lobby Sense Opportunity in Case of 98 Year Old Woman PUC Surcharge Vacuums $58.5M from Phone Customers’ Pockets After Gay Marriage, Polygamy Read More..

Saturday, October 20, 2012 October 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:32 PM :: 5614 Views Donalyn Dela Cruz Quits: Oshiro Claims Resignations “Have Nothing to do With Abercrombie” Pro-Rail PRP Pumps Money into Council District 6 Race Governor Releases $91.9 Million for CIPs Sierra Club, Solar, Wind Scammers Team Up to Block LNG US Chamber of Commerce $250K Ad buy for Lingle Star-Adv: Reelect Kaneshiro Prosecutor Cigarette Taxes: Government Addicted to Nicotine DoE Consultant to Present ‘unpopular’ School Bus Proposals Hirono Lying About Lingle Role in Romney Campaign PRP Hawaii Launches Pricey Political Stink Bombs at Anti-Rail Candidates City Driver Charged With Meth Trafficking Keeps His Job Honolulu Maoists, Anti-Semites Lied About Shipment to Gaza No Confirmation that Trooother Was on ‘No-Fly’ List Read More..

Friday, October 19, 2012 October 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 5910 Views Bipartisanship: Senate Energy Committee to Move on Natural Gas? Fact Check: Hirono stumbles, shows lack of understanding of key issues Lingle v Hirono Debate: PBS Insights Live Streaming Video Obama on Comedy Central: 'If four Americans get killed, it's not OPTIMAL' REALCLEAR MAP: Romney takes first lead in electoral college... GALLUP: R 52% O 45%... Tsutsui to Introduce Bills to Repeal, Amend Act 55, Abercrombie Threatens Veto Lingle grills Hirono over possible cuts to national defense After watching the KITV/Civilbeat.com U.S. Senate debate, which candidate will you vote for? Lingle Rejected “Greatest President” Comment Back in 2002 Honolulu rail agency expects to finish archaeological digs ahead of schedule HART Pays for Rail for Entire Length of Project Cayetano Threatens Lawsuit to Silence Critics Pro-Rail Advertiser Endorses Council Candidates Manoa Voters Asked to Destroy Double Ballots UH regents hire Dobelle lawyer to help determine Greenwood's fate Regents Approve $1.4B Budget, No Decision on Greenwood Expected Today Green Energy Scammers Dream of Separating Ellison from his Money New Homeless Czar Talks About Everything EXCEPT Getting Homeless off Streets into Shelters Mayor inks deal to sell off affordable public housing Misconduct by Maui liquor control supervisors in field, suit says News From Hilo: Bisexual Rapist Croaks Star-Adv, AP, National Consultant Bungles Medicaid Story South Park Ridicules Kauai Malihini 9-11 Trooother Masquerading as Patriot Suddenly Able to Fly Again Read More..

Thursday, October 18, 2012 October 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 7418 Views Poll: Lingle 43% - Hirono 47% Gallup: Romney 52% – Obama 45% Hawaii Among Worst States to Practice Medicine Endangered Species: Feds Grab for 18,766 Acres on Big Island Fitch Rates Honolulu Bonds AA+ Court of Appeals Upholds Rail Contract Award Bateman: We Can Cut Consumers' Electric Bills Wastebook 2012: University of Hawaii Martian Food Tasting Project Legislative Rundown Looks at 12 Key Races 800 Manoa Voters Get Two Absentee Ballots Each Greenwood: Senate Investigators Putting UH Accreditation at Risk A sainted nun blessed Hawaii with her service Hawaii's 'Most Sophisticated Grassroots Attack Operation' Rail: Spending A Lot for Nothing HIPA Conspires with Abercrombie, Legislators to Defend PLDC Hawaii DoE one of only Three States Using ‘Adaptive Testing’ With 364 Water main Breaks a Year, Former City Officials Say Honolulu's Board of Water Supply Needs to Boost Pipe Replacement Schedule Kauai Politicians Continue Posturing in Leadup to Prosecutor Election Hawaii sees wilting sales from its flower and nursery products sector 9-11 Trooother Masquerading as Patriot Claims to be Booted from Military Flight at Hickam Judge allows trial video coverage by the Hawaii Guerrilla Video Hui Read More..

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 October 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 5411 Views Fact Check: Hirono Continues to Mislead Voters with Inaccurate Statements Change in Afghanistan, Change in Hawaii New paper details Hawaii and Hawaiians’ surprising roles in the U.S. Civil War ACLU, Alston Demand Courtroom Video Access for 'Hawaii Guerrilla Video Hui' Hawaii Zipline Operators Want Protection from Their Competition DayStar Technologies Buys Avatar Solar Hawaii Projects Honolulu Transit Megaprojects Compared Pro-Rail Legislators, Advertiser Threaten to Grab All of 0.5% GE Tax For Themselves PRP: Cayetano Tied to Birfers Abercrombie, Louie Continue to Harass Star-Advertiser over Judicial Transparency Suit Grasping DoE Bureaucrats Defy Abercrombie, Demand $75M University President To Address Unhappy Faculty? HMC Closure Causes Losses, Layoffs at Kaiser Omidyar Hassles Ellison over $250 Anchorage Fine Honolulu's Sewer Construction Projects Cost Five Times the City's Estimates Mining is Hawaii’s #1 Growth Industry: Tourism growing at slower rate than rest of Hawaii economy County Lobbying Group Could Propose Bill to Repeal PLDC Homelessness Tops Agenda at Waikiki 20/20 Sovereignty Activists Admit to Crimes Against Hawaiians, Face Federal Felony Sentence Old Boy Councilmember Caught Lying About Polling Place? Want a UH Job? Read More..

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 October 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:57 PM :: 5290 Views Mediscare: Mazie's $6400 Falsehood Audit Pushes Special Fund Ahead of Vote: City Loses $366K by Not Collecting Camping Fees Hawaii Teachers Halt Labor Negotiations, Escalating Conflict Treasury Dept. Fingers SolarCity in Exploration of the Dark Underbelly of Solar Leasing Honolulu Transit Megaprojects Compared KITV: Hirono, Lingle to square off in KITV/CivilBeat.com debate Filipino Chronicle: Djou vs Hanabusa Cayetano, Legislators Begin Fight Over .5% GE Tax Revenues Borreca: Because of early voting, Hawaii's Election Day is actually 22 days long State voter registration increases by 18,000 Target Greenwood: Faculty Marxists Attempting to Convene Lynch Mob Wednesday 95 Applicants for University of Hawaii Athletic Director Senator Murkowski echoes Lingle on bipartisanship After Hanabusa Loots Campaign Funds, Djou Has more cash on Hand Ali’i Gives to GOP, He’e Gives to Democrats Miss A Payment? ‘Free’ Solar Installer Could Soak You for $28K Federal Funding for BRT Requires Rail-Like System Hawaii's Elevator Safety In Free Fall? Hawaii Rarely Prosecutes for Campaign Spending Violations Raid on arcades of dubious value Hilo and Kapaa residents most stable in Hawaii in terms of residency, analysis finds W Maui Community Rallies to Stop Omidyar Development of Lipoa Point Read More..

Monday, October 15, 2012 October 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 5838 Views Key Hirono Endorser Switches to Lingle Akana: OHA Gentry Deal Sidelines Kakaako Development Absentee Ballots Hit Mailboxes Defense Spending: Hirono, Hanabusa Voted to Launch Hawaii Over ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Hirono is a Zero, but How Small and Insignificant is That? Self-Dealing Charged in OHA Purchase of Gentry Pacific Design Center Lines Drawn in Battle over Greenwood Campaigning in the Dark: New Hawaii Law Creates Extended Blackout Period New groups form to back Cayetano as ads multiply Ing Insults Police Officers, Firefighters Ing Could be Barred from Office over Campaign Spending Violations Fontaine has record of achievement for S. Maui Shimabukuro: Need to Investigate Ash Diversion to Reduce Landfill Miss Hawaii Defends Accused Priest Real ID Sparks Bump in Name Changes Read More..

Sunday, October 14, 2012 October 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4936 Views Flexibility Lost, Tax Increases Guaranteed with Earmarking Berg: Bus Cuts May be Civil Rights Violation Dawn: Survey Shows Djou up 61-33% Rasmussen: R 49% O 47% Gallup: R 49% O 47% DM: Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released Feds: Honolulu Rail has No Capacity for Additional Cost Increases Usual Assortment of Crooks, Cronies Give to Hirono, but Lingle has most cash Lingle has long record of public service University Goes First Class in Every Way Except Accomplishment Enviros Show Forest City How to Siphon Millions from Military Families Media Ignores Guilty Pleas by Sovereignty Scammers 37,000 Pay Serious Money to Escape DoE: Private School Enrollment is down 8% since 2007 Matayoshi: Charter Schools not part of DoE Jump in credit and debit card transactions shows the isles' economy is on a rebound Hawaii County hires geothermal mediator to Negotiate Payoffs for Activists Hula Mae Starts Giving Away Down payment Loans to Unqualified Borrowers Kakaako plan for 22 towers holds promise Kawaiahao: Historic preservation and burial laws would work fine if they were followed Cancellation of Maui Co Veterans Day parade is shameful After a long and frustrating journey, Molokai Veterans Center nears completion Kauai Prosecutor Beats Campaign Spending Rap Hawaii Co. Charter amendments take on land, elections, hunting Read More..

Saturday, October 13, 2012 October 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 7090 Views Apple Explains How He Put Freitas in Donovan's Place Governor Releases $17.9 Million for CIPs on Maui VIDEO: Mark Hashem, Jeremy Low, on their run for House VIDEO: Kurt Lajala, Sam Slom, on their run for senate Akaku: Maui County meet the Candidates Military contracting in Hawaii hits 5-year low, more cuts on the way Democrats: State Should Have Looted Orbitz.com for $500M to Give to Our HSTA, DOE Cronies Survey: Micronesians Increasingly Skip Hawaii, Head for mainland Sources: Letter from Greenwood's lawyer prompted special regents' meeting Star-Adv: Regents Better Pick Someone Good to Run UHWO Panel surveys school land for possible profit PRP: Cayetano, Lingle on Same Team Cayetano’s BRT – 16 Minutes to Aloha Stadium at Rush Hour Caldwell says he might eliminate Chinatown Rail station, add bike paths Whistleblowers Fired: Former Mililani High School workers sue D.O.E. Gay Atheists: We Have Decided Gay Marriage is a Civil Right, Anybody Who Tries to Vote Will be Punished Grading our Governor: Abercrombie’s “F” Electric Rates Jump Again Immense Amount of Electricity Needed to Produce Small Amount of Hydrogen PBN Challenges Secret Lanai Windfarm Plans Cachola Resigns Effective Oct 31 Two-party system needed to break up good old boys Read More..

Friday, October 12, 2012 October 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 5384 Views Video: Biden is Laughing, Are You? Inouye Formally Endorses Caldwell Hauula: Caldwell Should Stop Using “Keep the Country, Country” Hawaii Letter Carriers Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement, Cover-up Hirono Votes Threaten Local Jobs Poll: Sam Aiona Tied for Lead in Council District 6 Kym Pine: End Homelessness on Oahu Consumer Reports: Protect Yourself from the Latest Solar Scams Zipline Audit Report: State Cannot Improve on Industry Self-Regulation KITV: Hirono, Lingle to square off debate October 16 Survey: Djou 60% Hanabusa 34% Maui News: A clear win for Lingle Ad Wars: Djou vs Hanabusa, Lingle vs Hirono Youth versus experience at Maui House forum Carpenters Union Launches new Front Group spend nearly $600K for Caldwell FEAR: Higher voter turnout could cut both ways Ward Research ‘Shocked’ by its 22% Undercount of Gabbard Vote State's new land developer to call Round 2 of public meetings Regents Split into Pro and Anti-Greenwood Factions Another $200K UH accounting error focus of new investigation Hanabusa Defends Greenwood, Apple University of Hawaii Board of Regents Aim to Silence Peers, Media, with 'Confidentiality Covenant' Transcript: Elderts Threatened to Shoot Deedy Savio Denounces City Affordable Housing Deal HTA Seeks MOU for 2M Japanese Visitors Pfluegers Seek Eviction of 82-year old Woman Elder Abuse: Don't be a victim of crime Residents sue county to enforce Kona planning law Judge: Anti-GMO Luddites Can’t Sue Landowner Gay-Atheists Eager to Attack Boy Scouts, but Organization Barred and Blacklisted Anybody Like Them Read More..

Thursday, October 11, 2012 October 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 5938 Views Energized by Debate Performance, 500 Rally for Lingle in Ewa Hirono a No-Show at Waimea Candidates’ Forum SolarCity Reveals Details Of Treasury Investigation In Pre-IPO Documents Companies Make Progress on Alaska LNG Project Alleged Big Island Child Molester Arrested: Runs Gay-Friendly Bed & Breakfast Obama Campaign: Some progressives seem to be going into primal panic mode Where Have You Gone, Neil Abercrombie? HART Reserve Nearly Gone, Delays Cost $114M to $145M--Will Start Burning $450M Line of Credit Next HART Asked to Leave Burials in Place, Undisturbed Kakaako Plan for 22 Towers, 9.3M Square Feet, 4,000 units A&B Uncovers 48 Intact Alii Burials, No Big Deal UH Athletic Supporters Bought Champagne, Fancy Dinners for Reporters Apple, Freitas, Coaches? Mercado Kim Demands Explanation of Coaches Support Letter A Year Late, KCC Instructors Finally Get their Pay Checks Consumer Reports: Protect Yourself from the Latest Solar Scams Solar Energy Industry Faces Uphill Battle Amid Politics And Scandal $90M Biomass Burner: Woodchips to Power Kauai After Rate Hikes, Water Board Overwhelmed With Customers Seeking Payment Extensions Hawaii County Ethics Board Slaps Down Nago Retaliation Law Aimed at Homeless Snares Thousands of Gays Instead State settles suit on denial of mental health services Eric Ryan Admits Campaigning on City Time   Read More..

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 October 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 5801 Views Rep Mica: Honolulu TSA Meltdown Confirms Systemic Problem Tax Foundation: Hawaii Business Tax Climate Drops to 37th Scizophrenic: Abercrombie Among Worst Governors in Nation Bateman: We Need Lower Cost of Living, Not Higher Taxes and Utility Bills Honolulu rail survey finds more human remains HART director Tanoue left city job 10 days ago for Rail Contractor R.M. Towill Rail's operating cost must be on table, not under it UH Admin Begins Leaking Dirt on Donovan UH West Oahu Chancellor admits ethics violation Progressives See Opportunity to Plant Two of their Kind on Ethics Commission Roommate, high school friend a bit bewildered by Pothead Obama's rise 'Critical habitat' designation threatens cattlemen Full Text: Akaka gives final speech to the Native Hawaiian Convention OHA: Apoliona Strikes Back at Akana Kaniela Ing Does Not Respect Many of Us Honua‘ula at center of lawsuit by Sierra Club and Maui Unite Last Ditch Effort to Block Privatization of Public Housing Hawaiian Front-Wahine Quits Wind Scammer Gig Gays Frantic as City shuts 24-hour restroom facilities in Waikiki FBI Believes Serial Child Molester is on Big Island Read More..

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 October 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:36 PM :: 6780 Views Fact Check: Hirono Misleads Voters with Inaccurate Statements Paychecks Hawaii Announcers General Election Endorsements No Money Down Rooftop Solar Providers Inflate Project Value for Tax Credit Abercrombie Appoints Esther Kia'aina as DLNR Deputy Director State Historic Preservation Division on Track to Meet Federal Requirements Former Regent: Senate Grandstanding Places UH Mission at Risk Apple to Manoa: My Commitment is to You, not Regents, Greenwood Bus Routes Terminated by Rail: B, C, E, 3, 9, 11, 20, 43, 53, 73, 81, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98A, 101, 102, 103, 201, 202 Retirement Party for Rep Barbara Marumoto Debate: Lingle Prepared with Powerful Response to Hirono Obama Losing, Visualizes Sandy Beach Kona Teachers Dil-Wop Day Protest Against Abercrombie HSTA Pushes for Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Strike Statewide Rally Against Act 55 Kobayashi Lawfirm #1 in Billing at UH 1,100 Honolulu Voters Tried to Vote Without ID in Primary Ethics Complaint Challenges Campaigning on County Time at County Facilities UH West Oahu chancellor to step down Lynch Mob to Hang Greenwood Friday Hannemann/Caldwell Dipped into Pension Funds to ‘Balance’ Budget Caldwell Raised Property Taxes, Zoo Fee for Keiki Rail Plaintiff files to have city pay legal fees PRP/Carpenters Union Burns Money on Hawaii County Races Public Records Logs Expected To Help The Public Access Information Crowley eyes return of sovereign Hawaii Congressmen Call on Shinseki to Fire Chief over Wasteful Conference Spending Thousands snared by law on closed parks 50% of Auto Burglaries involve Dodge Chargers H-Power Third Boiler Construction Pau IPO Hype: Solar City Prepares to Cash Out Norks: We Can Hit US Mainland Read More..

Monday, October 8, 2012 October 8, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 9885 Views Voter Registration Deadline: Monday, October 8 Birth Of The Public Land Development Corporation – A travesty of the legislative process Djou: Voting in Afghanistan Ed Case Endorses Ben Cayetano for Mayor Gays Attack Hawaiian Culture, ‘Multi-Generational Families’ Use Feds to Pressure Hawaii DoE Bullying Programs Star-Adv: To Pay for Rail We Must Fire Lots of UPW and HGEA Members Lingle-Hirono Debate Tonight 7pm Civil Beat Salivates Over Democrat Legislative Candidates Star-Advertiser Runs Hanabusa Commercial Disguised as Article Ed Week: HSTA May Strike First-time voters must show ID at polls City, Supreme Court Justices Conspire to Seize House from 93-year old widow Green Energy Scammers Continue to Panic over Natural gas Hawaii Co. Council decides to not hire special counsel against advice of county attorneys Big Island Reporters Hound Kawauchi, One Files ‘Ethics Complaint’ After Being Blackballed ‘The religious right’s leading ghostwriter’ Escaped from Hippie Hawaii Will US Supreme Court Destroy EBay? City director of planning and permitting David Tanoue resigns HPD Seeks Privatization of Burglar Alarm Registration Custody Group Attacks Tanaka 19 year-old UH swimmer remembered by teammates Read More..

Sunday, October 7, 2012 October 7, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 6301 Views PLDC Seeking ‘Chinese Bubble’ to Match 1980s ‘Japanese Bubble’ Frustrating the Taxpayer’s View of Public Finances Cal Lee Refuses Debate, Declares OHA “NOT for the Public” Duke Aiona Endorses George Fontaine: Passion, Character, Values Saturday Oct 6 Last Day to Mail Voter Registration Forms Molokai Video: What is IAM? Machida Trotted out to Help Cayetano on ERS Unfunded Liability NFL, HTA Name Jim Donovan to Pro Bowl Committee Target Greenwood: “Missiles have left the silos” Shapiro: Apple Got the No Respect he Deserved Sen Kim, Sen Hee’s Wife, And other UH Politicizations Three of Four Greenwood Faction Members Named UH's Palafox linked to state, federal probe UH Hilo officials spend $126K to travel Inouye gets no deference from Cayetano, Lingle Aila: PLDC is genuine opportunity for Hawaii Rail: PRP, FACE Hire Meheula to Justify Phased Approach Disaster FACE Forces Reestablishment of Housing Department Abercrombie Super Tower: HCDA has not had very much success developing state land with private partners PLDC Will Rebuild Natatorium? More than 150 of Oahu's sirens need to be modernized Waimea windmills create eyesore to some Read More..

Saturday, October 6, 2012 October 6, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 PM :: 6545 Views UH Regents to Discuss MRC Greenwood's Employment Apo Reveals Why It’s Time to Replace OHA Trustees Hawaii Family Forum Releases General Election Voter Guide VIDEO: Mark Hashem, Jeremy Low, on their run for House Bert Kobayashi Power Play: ‘I Have No Respect for Tom Apple’ A faction has lost confidence in the university’s current leader and believes she should be fired National Republicans Help Hawaii GOP With Phone Banking Venue Shopping: HSTA Quits Federal Mediation in Favor of Supreme Court Coalition moves to stop ‘Smart Grid’ programs Legislators Plan Internet Tax Hike, Call it ‘Fairness’ Maui Co Council Calls for Overturn of Act 55 Child Obesity to be on Legislative Agenda Sam Slom: Army of One Business leaders are helping guide classes in public high schools that teach students real-world skills Waipio: Illegal City-Leased dumpsite being cleared, investigated Hawaii workplaces see methamphetamine use on the rise ‘Organic’ Industry Freaks Out over Study Pointing out Worthlessness of Organic Food Read More..

Friday, October 5, 2012 October 5, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:17 PM :: 5976 Views How Lingle Can Turn it Around Letter: 39 Legislators Demanded Rail EIS Rush-Job Mizuno Campaigns Accused of Illegally Comingling Funds Hanabusa No-Show at HTLA Debate 15 to Finish: More UH Students on Track to Complete Degree on Time Lawyers: Hawaii Can be Sued for Slip-Falls on Public Land DHHL breaks ground for Lalamilo Waimea Homesteads Poll: Hanabusa 49 – Djou 44% Progressive Panics as Mazie Polls Lull Democrat Voters to Sleep Djou Spends $63K, Hanabusa $53K Transit to Grab 19% of city revenue, Plan for $450M Cost Overrun Ing faces new campaign finance complaint Alm: Keep Giving Money to Wind, Solar Scammers SA: Laws protecting iwi need review Hawaii county clerk, state chief elections officer confident about general election RICO: DCCA Closes off Access to Business Complaints State rolls out plan to transform business, technology With Greenwood on Ropes. Anti-Telescope Activists Squeeze Haleakala Project Suicide Activists Admit to Four Counts of Attempted Manslaughter FACE pleased with how a city housing deal has turned out Hawaii’s Greatest Political Dynasty Fired Mililani High Workers Sue DOE For Retaliation Read More..

Thursday, October 4, 2012 October 4, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:23 PM :: 5896 Views Some Key Romney debate points for Hawaii Lingle: Inouye Thinks He Should Decide Who Steps Up in Hawaii Felony Campaign Spending Violations: Second Complaint in a Month Accuses Kaniela Ing FULL TEXT: Reapportionment Plaintiffs File for Summary Judgment 54-37% -- Hirono Pollster Releases Internal Polling Numbers Rail Fail: Oahu Construction Jobs Drop as Sister Isles Job Boom tops Nation Caldwell, Cayetano press each other for transit details Outside Expert to Feds: Honolulu Rail Is Ready UH “Wonder Blunder” hearings available for online viewing One Third of Solar Projects Started by Queue Squatters Schatz: LNG Import Plan Ready by December Hawaii Co Council votes against public lands agency, Maui Next AFSCME Burns Another $56K for Hirono Inouye’s Delusional Statement on Romney-Obama Debate State takeover of Big Isle voting is short-term fix Networks, AP Cancel Exit Polls in Hawaii, 18 Other States CNN teams up with Omidyar Front Group to Look at Hawaii Voter Turnout From reigning to campaigning: Beauty Queen political candidates Mother Marianne Soon to Be ‘Saint’ Kauai Prosecutor Desperately Tries to Avoid Self-Dealing Charges Drug Court Defendant Scams Retired Pastor out of $137K Early study results hint at Minimal effects from cane burns HHSC Plans New Hospital for Kona NORKS: North and South Korea 'on the verge of nuclear war' Read More..

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 October 3, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 5976 Views Voter Registration Deadline: Monday, October 8 Hawaii Survey: Ethics, Honesty, and Corruption in Government are Top Election Issues Lingle: Taiwan Visa Waivers will help Hawaii's Economy Painters' Union Burns $70K to Prop Up Hirono 51% Fail, But Six More DoE Schools Make AYP Rail: Star-Advertiser Editorial Just a Yoshioka Mouthpiece Council Honors Rail Iwi Plaintiff Paulette Kaleikini Cayetano Could Change Ewa Development Plan Hawaii Web Surfers Steal Less Music than Most Hawaii Citrus Quarantined Hirono Received Illegal Pay for Play Donations Legislature should study tax policy, not tax hikes Abercrombie is Moses, Spoke to HMSA in Burning Bush Stacked Poll Still Finds only 62% for Obama in Hawaii Wonder Blunder: Did UH Give $200K to Florida Child Molester? Wonder Blunder Update: Sheriff "surprised" was put on leave Cayetano’s BRT Plan $1.5B, not $1.1B Civil Beat/KITV Mayoral Debate on Wednesday Hawaii's Public Utilities Commission Is Not Really 'Public' Romney Supports Path to Citizenship Ellison plans to experiment on Lanai Medal of Honor Week Hawaiians gear up for Rome for Blessed Marianne Cope's canonization Isles prepare for visitors from Taiwan 1960: Campbell HS Field Soil Dug from Waipahu Cemetery Colorado Man Sues North Dakota Diocese, alleges Hawaii Abuse by Michigan Priest Read More..

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 October 2, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 5152 Views Hawaii State Debt Tops Nation: $83,815 per Private Sector Worker Nago Orders State Takeover of Hawaii County Elections HMSA, Queens, Healthways Take Aim at Chronic Disease Cost-Cutting Hawaii Health Exchange: HMSA Plan Selected by Board HMSA Sits On Medal of Honor Ceremony at MCAS Ewa Field Grassroot Institute Responds to Latest Version of Akaka Bill Hawaii Family Forum Announces Leadership Change Hanabusa 14th Most Partisan in Congress Lingle Campaign Debunks Civil Beat Poll Cook: Lingle Has Been an Exceptionally Good Candidate Poll: Cayetano 51-Caldwell 42 Wonder Blunder: Senate to Core Apple Today Akana Slams OHA Spending on Akaka Bill Coordination? PRP, WBH Attack Cayetano with Same Video Activists: Wonderblunder ‘Just a Warmup’ for 2013 Attack on Military Research at UH Following the Trail of the University of Hawaii's Missing $200,000 - to North Carolina HSTA Mediation Not Fruitful, Asks Supreme Court Order HRLB to Issue Decision PLDC Opponents to Abercrombie: "Delineate actual projects and explain how they would be handled" Act 221 Scammers: Boost Wind, Solar, Biofool Council will vote on a deal to offer 12 affordable complexes to a private company James Pflueger Last Remaining Defendant In Federal Tax Case Kawauchi Describes Impact of Old Boy Media Assault Big Island Residents Given Chance to Comment on Bio Fuel, Rate Hikes DoE Hot Dog Prices Double, Supplier Grabs Monopoly Hawaii Up 8% as Home prices post strongest growth in 6 years Solar energy not among Hawaii’s top three renewable resources Carmel Partners plans to invest $820M real estate fund in more multifamily housing Read More..

Monday, October 1, 2012 October 1, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 5225 Views VIDEO: Hirono Collects $1M Salary, Accomplishes Nothing Pulpit Freedom Sunday: Can the Government Censor Sermons? VIDEO: Kawika Crowley for Congress Pollster off by 20 Points claims Lingle Down by 16 Djou Was Hawaii's Most Moderate Congressman UH regents evaluate Greenwood in secret Senators Push For Unredacted Fact-Finder's Report From University Buffeted by opposition, Navy blinks on solar site Ono: More oversight of Solar Startups Needed Complaint dismissed against prosecutor 10 months ago Eric Ryan Finally Busted UH Manoa Perfesser Demands Affirmative Action Quota for Illegals in Hawaii 100 Gather to Plan Amnesty for 2,380 Hawaii Illegals Waikiki 20/20 Conference Sales of electric vehicles stall Read More..

Sunday, September 30, 2012 September 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 5517 Views Hirono Misses 144 Votes, Lingle Raising $144K Djou: Hanabusa 'Out of Touch' on Economy Hanalei: Billionaire Pierre Omidyar Pushes for Resort Development Friends of NRA to Gather on Big Isle, Oahu Sequestration: Obama Admin Pressures Federal Contractors not to Issue Layoff Notices Panos: Caldwell Suffers from Windmill Deficiency Edging Toward the Fiscal Cliff, Tax Increases Inevitable Abercrombie 'Relishes' Meeting with Angry Mob: PLDC ‘Strategic Plan’ is Answer Rail Pillars Built on Land City Does Not Own Cayetano: Negative Ads Cost Me the Majority Cayetano’s Alternative Would Require Legislature to Revisit GE Tax Brewbaker: With the industry growing, the need for Hawaii's solar subsidies is fading Portnoy, ACLU Reject Hirono’s Four-Point ‘Litmus Test’ for Supreme Court State explores TOD concepts along Oahu’s rail corridor Hirono Scores Million Dollar in Salary UH Sinks Another $680K into President’s Residence UH Athletics bypassed routine administrative reviews UPDATE: Oahu Democrats Reject Dela Cruz Censure Maui Democrats Organize Malihini Against Cane Burning 34,000 Yellow Cards for new Voters Since Primary Day Criminal With 45 Convictions Arrested after Armed Standoff Kona Criminal Logs 74th Arrest, only 6 convictions NZ Wave Power Device Heading To Hawaii After Oregon Test Ito: Prepaid Hinders Use of HSAs Read More..

Saturday, September 29, 2012 September 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:19 PM :: 5627 Views Zoning Enforcement On Kauai - A Rice Cooker Is A Kitchen? Honolulu Homeless Law Not Affected by Court Ruling Pine Campaign Victim of On-Line Impersonator? Ethics, Conflict of Interest Questions Dog Regents Committee on Wonder Blunder Donovan will be in charge of marketing UH brand Latest Batch of Brain Washed Ethnic Studies Students Emerges from UN Manoa Obamacare Maven Finally Discovers Socialized Medicine Based on Rail Decision, Court orders halt to Kawaiahao Church construction Patsy Mink used for Self-Promotion by the Usual Suspects Latest Anti-GMO ‘Research” Featured Rats bred to Develop Tumors Kawauchi, Five Others Attend Election Workshop State Running Out of Money to Give Away to Politicians Obama Lifestyle Criticized as 'Royal': Author Documents Presidential Vacations, Staffing as Costing $1.4 Billion Annually Medal of Honor recipients to be honored in Hawaii Star-Adv: Suicide Rate in Military A Great Anti-War Argument Nanny Law Coming to Hawaii? Sex Trafficking Legislative Agenda Man Faces Jail, $210,000 Fine for Keeping Snake, Piranhas Enviros Push to Cut off Molokai Ranch Water Gaming Machine Raids ‘Not Over Yet’ Read More..

Friday, September 28, 2012 September 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 6018 Views Inouye hides Akaka Bill in Policy Rider -- just after “Grazing Permits” Ewa House Candidate Manabat Challenged on Residency Kauai Prosecutor Denies Perjury Plot: Says Mayor, County Attorneys Peddling Influence Coffman, Bateman To Debate One-On-One for House 5 Seat PBS Debate: Council Berg vs Pine and House Au vs Saiki Duke Aiona Endorses Richard Fale for HD 47 Hawaii Family Forum Needs Your Help Supreme Court Denies City's Motion For Reconsideration in Rail Case Djou says he would ‘clean house’ at University of Hawaii Borreca: Mafia Don Greenwood Should Be Fired Caldwell Criminal Collusion With PRP? Sign of Impending Defeat, Inouye Wades in to Faltering Hirono Campaign To help 43 PR staff, UH hired 2 consultants for $150K "Wonder Blunder" Entertainment Promoter Invited To Appear Before Senate Committee SA: DoE Should Actually Do Something About Truancy Only 38% of DoE Students Taking AP Exams Pass DOE's chief financial officer says old technology is hindering department efforts to operate efficiently Cayetano transit plan for Honolulu would use train-like buses Cayetano, Caldwell get down to business Kawauchi Unveils Strategy to Thwart Old Boy Sabotage Hawaii Voter ID Moves to Conform to Federal Law Kauai Council OKs additional $20K for Special Counsel for OPA Ualena Street companies accuse state of business discrimination Pine vs Berg on PBS Prosecutor Seizes ‘Gambling Machines’ Authorized by Liquor Commission Federal grand jury hands down indictment in fatal Waikele fireworks blast Aina Koa Pono Pitches Biofool Project Company Tries to Score in Kauai Hydro Development Hawaii Attorney To Speak at Property Rights Conference Atheist Confab Slated for Honolulu Read More..

Thursday, September 27, 2012 September 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 PM :: 6325 Views Hanabusa Campaign Exploits Forced ‘Volunteers’, Contributors VIDEO: PRP Renews Pay for Play Attack on Cayetano Western Association of Schools and Colleges ‘Impressed’ With Greenwood’s Careful Attention to Finances HC&S: End to Cane Burning Tied to Acceptance of BioFuel RFP Posted for Hawaii LNG Study FEMA Sends Tsunami of Cash to American Samoa PBS Debate: Council Berg vs Pine and House Au vs Saiki Duke Aiona Endorses Richard Fale for HD 47 Hawaii Family Forum Needs Your Help Vote: Democrats to Censure Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz Sovereignty Activists Stole $468K from Hawaiians Hirono is attempting to make her candidacy about anything but her own record in Congress On the Trail of the University of Hawaii’s Missing $200,000 … in Florida Sam Aiona Running Flat Out as Anti-Rail Candidate for Honolulu Council 6 Cayetano outlines his rail alternatives, at one-fifth the price Mayoral hopefuls will debate on TV twice next week Hawaii Supreme Court denies Honolulu rail motion, Invalidates SMA Permit Abercrombie May Kill Welfare Work Requirement Nago Schedules Another Retaliation Session Three quarters of Hawaii families fit 'mom and pop' definition Judicial records should remain open to public Pro-Rail Star-Advertiser Continues Effort to Remove Lane from H-1 Native Hawaiian minors arrested more than other ethnic groups State places Dillingham Airfield in limbo Program to repay loans will help field doctors Enviros Wrong on Bottled Water Occu-De’s Upset Because Media Not Around to Photograph Latest Arrest Read More..

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 September 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 6083 Views Wandering into the Wonder Blunder, Abercrombie Describes Pressure He Put on Greenwood EPA Urged to Crack Down on Hawaii Over Air Pollution Rules Hanabusa Questions Loyalty of Afghanistan Veteran Djou Gay Atheists Cheer Mrs. Mafia Sheriff Freitas’ Minions Now “Of Counsel” to Selection Committee Greenwood to Be Latest Victim of Legislative Micromanaging? Grill legislators on abuse of power in UH debacle Threat of ‘Investigation’ Used to Cow McMackin in Buyout Talks MTV Viewers Pick Lingle, Djou Charles Djou at SUNRISE. UH: Who's On First? Hawaii Teachers And Chicago Strike Fontaine: Progress being made on high school Chelsea Yagong faces off Against Mehau Associate for Hawaii Co Council Pilago: Personal Conflicts at Root of Hawaii Co Elections Debacle Mel Rapozo is Only Intelligent Council Candidate on Kauai State Should Allow DNA To Prove Native Hawaiian Ancestry Hawaiian Airlines collects $21M in baggage, change fees in Q2 Stanley Chang Gets Attention as “Pro-Growth Progressive” Horrified by State Regulations? Oracle sailing team cancels plan to train at Lanai Natural gas is ideal bridge fuel to green future Read More..

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 September 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 5840 Views Lingle Hosting Campaign Rallies at Six Oahu Schools Big Island Doctors Panel to Discuss Effect of Obamacare on Hawaii Full Text: Over 1500 Pages of UH Documents on Wonder Blunder Akaka Bill: Let Hawaii do the Dirty Work? Big Island 'Clean' Energy Plant Sued over Air Pollution ILWU Business Agent Elected to Board of Laupahoehoe Charter School Cause? Any Cause -- Fire Greenwood, Regents Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted September 24, 2012 Hirono No Show As Lingle Talks to Kona, Kohala Voters Lingle: Amend Obamacare Abercrombie, Say, Tsutsui Called for Donovan to be Retained UH Blows $4.7M on Buyouts, Lawyers UH Paid Lawyer $50K to Cover for Greenwood, Another got $25K to Cover for Everybody Else Unity House Felon Rakes in $500K/Year Cayetano, Caldwell Agree: HART Should Know How Much Rail Delays Cost Progressives: Give up hope before entering the voting booth Hawaii County Clerk Replaces More Old Boy Election Workers Campaign Sign-Making Took 25% of Hawaii County Election Warehouse Gabbard ducking debate, Crowley says Ashida, Roth differ on prosecutorial philosophy Big Turnout For Molokai Energy Meeting But No One Likes Big Wind Honolulu issues more than 300 solar permits in first day of online system Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), making House bid: Break up the big banks Hawaii's Federal Judge David Ezra to Quadruple Caseload in Southwest Border State Hawaii Fluoride Debate Idle Despite Major Policy Shifts On Mainland Read More..

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 September 2012 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 5:33 AM :: 5227 Views Cause? Any Cause -- Fire Greenwood, Regents Pensions: Getting Stuck With the Can that Got Kicked Chinese Navy Deserves Payback Read More..

Monday, September 24, 2012 September 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 5791 Views Senate Accountability for Everybody Except Rockne Freitas Debt is Focus of Djou's Third TV Spot UK Censors Images of Rusting Hawaii Windfarm Electric Vehicles Cost the Taxpayer More than $7 per Gallon Greenwood “Running Around Like Headless Chicken” Donovan to testify about 'take-it-or-leave-it' offer from UH How to Fire Greenwood, Regents Natatorium Emails Show how Contractors Spur Controversy to Score Contracts Tax Review Panel Won't Recommend Gambling Student Escapes DoE, Shoots for the Stars DoE Teachers Told they Can no longer Sell Tutoring Services High-schoolers face end-of-year tests Big Island Dairy Farmer Attacked by Anti-GMO Luddites, Occupy Morons Halting Kihei malls could put housing on the line No Strike … Yet: Teachers in Hawaii have it worse than those in Chicago Read More..

Sunday, September 23, 2012 September 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 6085 Views Elusive Unfunded Liability Needs to be Addressed Without Tax Increases 2016: Obama's America Now Showing on Oahu, Kauai, Big Island 'Last Ounce of Courage' Now Playing in Honolulu NYT: Medicare Bills Rise as Records Turn Electronic Secret City, state emails reveal Abercrombie’s $100M Scheme for ‘Hot Potato’ Natatorium Can Act 55 Be Amended to Exclude Time Shares, Hotels? F-Bomb Governor suddenly wants respect? Hirono voted to authorize automatic cuts to the federal government that will leave her own salary untouched Electing moderates only way to end gridlock Greenwood Questions Legislative Oversight of University UHPA Demands More Legislative Oversight over UH Spending Star-Adv: Mayoral Election is All About Rail About 18% of isle students were absent 15 or more days last school year Media oppose proposal to seal court files U. S. Senate Talk Story Sunday; Forums Set Islandwide Will Monday’s hearing in Federal Court be the last gasp of federal farm trafficking cases in Hawaii? Survey unveils figures on most vulnerable homeless The Reburial of Bones DLNR boosts haul of illegally moored boats on Oahu After Giving Away the Store to Wind Scammers, HELCO Wants to Get Tough on Geothermal Suicide Activists Exploit Case of 95-year old woman Community, donors rebuild Ewa Beach playground area 1961: 70,000 in Hawaii Watch Film Exposing Berkeley Rioters Read More..

Saturday, September 22, 2012 September 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 5437 Views New Player on the Team: Hawaii Family Advocates 20 years of Agriculture in Hawaii: Very Small and Shrinking Hirono Suggests Inouye not Effective Ewa Planning Commission Rejects Movie Studio and Hotel for Kalaeloa No to Tax Increases: Yes to Budget Cuts Honolulu Magazine: How HSTA, DoE Gave us Furlough Fridays Lingle, Djou Wow ‘em in Waikiki Dem Leaders Ask To Stay, But Hirono Heads Home Rail land-buy poses conflict of interest OHA probes age of burials unearthed by Kawaiaha‘o Honolulu mayor candidates Caldwell and Cayetano give insights about mass transit and traffic Departure of Abercrombie Spokesperson Tied to Unity House Bankruptcy No Confidence Vote for MRC Greenwood Seitz Sues, Claims State Promises to Put DoH Administrators Back to Work HPD Officers Charges Dismissed High Hurdles Remain for Kihei High School Maui Council votes 8-0 for GMO Labels More scrutiny needed of money going to nonprofits Kim, Kenoi debate CDPs, geothermal energy Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering Crowley Asks Gabbard for TV Debate Hawaii amends its UI law regarding rate determination appeals, exempt employment Rep Clift Tsuji recovering from pneumonia Candidate Tulsi Gabbard reports receiving death threat Read More..

Friday, September 21, 2012 September 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 6242 Views American Soldier: Djou Unveils Second TV Spot $1B Short: Obama 2013 Budget Cuts Hawaii Obamacare Funds 'Critical habitat': Feds Seize Control of 67 square miles on Oahu; Maui Next Feds Take Over OSHA Inspection from DLIR Wanna Buy a House? Federal Funds Back $6400 Hawaii Giveaway Feds Refuse to Fund Rail Until After Election Abercrombie Loses Another Communications Director, Resignation Count Hits 19 Lingle 52% – Hirono 43% Pay to Play: PRP Buys $332K of Anti-Cayetano Ads PLDC Plows Ahead Slowly Yes to wider schools accreditation Hawaii Reps Vote Against More Visas for Skilled Immigrants Fontaine needed at this crucial time in district VIDEO: Senate District 25 and House District 36 Debate on PBS Retaliation by New Director: DHHL Cancels Homesteading program Senate hearing likely to bring more UH disclosures Effort aims to bring in homeless from streets Hawaii jobless rate dips to 6.1% as thousands give up searching Solar Scammers Begin Positioning to Defend their Profits Next Session New Hoku: Sopogy Inc. Lays off Workers, Talks Pie in the Sky While CSP Crashes and Burns Engineer says rail line can be built despite obstacles How to Get Expelled from the Manoa Mosque Al Jazeera: How to Get Hired at Civil Beat Read More..

Thursday, September 20, 2012 September 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 7905 Views How HMSA Used Health Care Advisory Council to Establish Medical Monopoly VIDEO: Djou Launches First TV Ad Bronster: Secret Tape Recordings Show Kauai Prosecutors Plotting Perjury 9th Circuit Hears Abercrombie Appeal Against Micronesians Beth Fukumoto: Supporting the Leaders of Tomorrow Lauren Cheape: Organic and Genuine Representation Public Comment Sought on Revised Environmental Review Process Honolulu: Best 100 Communities for Young People DHHL to Build Houses for Non-Hawaiians? Activists Pressure DHHL to Stop Self-Funding Did Honolulu Council Ban All Commercial Activity in All Parks? Council to Return Medal of Honor Names to Kalaeloa Roads? “Repeal Act 55 or Pink Slip”: Bodyguards Shield Abercrombie from Angry Crowd Fishermen Walk out on Abercrombie Muslim Association of Hawaii Calls for Blasphemy Laws in US Anderson: HART Doesn’t Sound Intelligent Revealed Name of Undercover Officer: Ex-HPD Officer Pleads Guilty to 3 Federal Felony Counts $481M in New Taxes Welfare recipients double U.S. Chamber Spends At Least $170K On Lingle Ads Lingle Criticizes Romney 47% Remark Hirono Scrambles to Distract Voters Democrats Become Crazed, Delirious as Massive Election Defeat Looms Fontaine’s record shows he deserves re-election A friend of feds last hearing; Akaka retiring No decision on outside firm in AD search UH hires law firm to help prepare for Senate hearing on concert Alaska LNG Summit woos buyers, producers Small Biz Hawaii Awards Dinner VIDEO: Kahuku Residents Protest Treatment of Iwi Comments Sought on False Killer Whales Move would free $500,000 to restore bus services Read More..

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 September 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 6813 Views Chinese General: Prepare for Combat with Japan Panetta: Navy Will Invite China to Pacific Rim Exercise BOE approves DOE plan to accredit all schools by 2019 1995: Akaka Bill Begins With Clayton Hee and Casino Gambling Largest Jury Verdict For Hawaii Slip and Fall Case New Lingle Ad: People Across the State Agree, Including Democrats Legalized Gambling at Heart of New Akaka Bill RTTT at Risk: As Solar Scammers Loot General Fund, DoE Faces Cutbacks Poll: Cayetano 47% Caldwell 45% Abercrombie: Tone Down the Rhetoric on PLDC ‘Undesirable Element’: Pierre Omidyar Unveils Scheme to Bulldoze Hanalei site, Build “string of mansions” Billionaire Developer Pays Operatives to Register Democrats at UH Senate panel on UH's Wonder blunder broadens its reach Transsexual gets 20 years, must pay for implants HPD Major Wants Ankle Bracelet Removed Another HOPE Probationer Charged With Murder State elections panel frustrated by Hawaii County election troubles State House hopefuls focus on energy Towering windmills a blight on the environment VIDEO: Geothermal incident response detailed in Puna SA: Seek shelter in shipping containers PBS: George Ariyoshi: Journey to Washington Place Genius Honolulu: Newly Paved Road Excavated for Sewer Work Former Public Housing Community Leader Fighting Eviction ORI Demands Kickbacks for Construction Job? Clayton Hee Suddenly ‘Sensitive’ Occupy Celebrates First Anniversary with a Couple of New Rapes Soldier from Kosrae Micronesia Killed by Muslims in Afghanistan Read More..

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 September 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:37 PM :: 6081 Views UPW Fires Employees for Refusing to Contribute to Hanabusa CBO: Hawaii Faces $2.1B Medicare Cuts Under Obamacare Obesity Study: Hawaii Could Save $2.7B By Eliminating 5% Micronesians: Stop Abercrombie's Healthcare Discrimination Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted September 17, 2012 Neither Jurisdiction Has Authority to Solve Hawaii County Election Problems 15-20 % of Hawaii DoE HS Teachers Violate Federal Law, 45% ineffective Unions Burn $64K on Lazy Mazie Lingle Correctly Cites Sequence of Events in Hirono Flip Flop Caldwell, Cayetano Debate Monday Oahu has fourth-largest military work force in U.S. School Bullies: Senator Wants More Systematic Approach to DOE Plan City Takes Aim at top Medical Consumers Media Experts: Hawaii Shield Law Deters Subpoenas Of Journalists Honolulu City Council Has Banned All Commercial Activity at All Parks Solar installations continue to rise HECO Loosens Solar Requirements for Interconnection The more things change at UH, the more they don't Queens Takes Last Slap at Killing Patient Going Back To School With Tulsi Gabbard One Man Serves on Boards of many Hawaii High Tech Companies Read More..

Monday, September 17, 2012 September 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 5504 Views FOIA Request Reveals: Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act Hangs by a Conference Call “Reconsider, Rep. Hirono” UPW Announces General Election Endorsements Hirono Flip-Flops on Budget Cuts Abercrombie Dismisses “Conspiratorial Hysteria” Doubles Down in Defense of PLDC, Legislators Hint at Amendments to Law Three Debates for Djou-Hanabusa? Open Congress: Hirono 16th Most Leftist Member of Congress Two Caldwell-Cayetano Debates Set HART to Stage October Surprise Against Cayetano? New effort aimed at saving lives, money by housing homeless mentally ill Beekeeper worried PLDC controversy will hurt his business Star-Advertiser surrounds report of solemn 9/11 ceremonies with graphic of circus performers Star-Adv: 27 Arrests in Waikiki Threatens Police State, Loss of Democracy Medicaid: Uncountable chances for mistakes and fraud PV company gets caught in global trade net Sloth: Surf Bums Complain Bitterly About Intrusion of Workers Lawmakers question need for 4-person American Samoa office in Honolulu; budget more than $300K RTTT, Failing School Closures Key Topic in Chicago Teachers Strike Read More..

Sunday, September 16, 2012 September 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 6611 Views Rod Tam Rule: Court Change Would Help Criminals Run for Office Elusive Tax Credit Data Raises Important Concerns New DoTax 'Composite' -- Apply for $5M in Solar Credits on One Form DoTax Issues 12 Tax Announcements Hawaii Ranks 39th in 'Automotive Misery' VIDEO: Watch the 'Muhammad' Movie Islamists are Using as their Latest Excuse Hawaii Defense Contractors Face 18% Cuts Agnew-crombe Takes on the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism Star-Advertiser/AARP/Hawaii Democrats Continue to Babble about Medicare State tax collections are up 11.9% Geniuses at DoH Discover that Lingle Solved their Problem Back in 2009 Hawaii State projects to be Financed by Selling EB-5 Green Cards Cayetano, Caldwell Squabble over Debate DoE Focuses CIP Spending on “Zones of School Innovation” Kauai Co Completes Seizure of 100-year old Boat Yard Rappers Held on Attempted Murder Charges After Waikiki Brawl Maui County Ready to be Ripped Off Again Occupy, Ant-Geothermal Luddites Boo Kenoi End of the World Comes as Boy Scouts Practice Firearms Safety Read More..

Saturday, September 15, 2012 September 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5914 Views Island Heavy Rail Calamity: San Juan Repeats in Honolulu Update on the Federal Court Challenge to Rail Voters to Decide on Two Constitutional Amendments Fitch Cheers Honolulu Sewer Rate Hikes, Assigns AA Rating to Bonds Maui Chamber of Commerce Endorses Lingle Hawaii Among Four States With Charter Schools 100% Unionized Hawaii in the Crosshairs as White House details ‘destructive’ spending cuts Asking For It: Abercrombie, DLNR to Host Community Meeting on Kauai Martin: Will Rail AIS Delay Federal Funding Agreement? Construction delays could threaten rail project’s contingency funds Hirono Misses Three Days of Votes Star-Adv Pushes AARP Democrat Get Out the Vote Effort Abercrombie’s DHHL Cancels Homebuilding Program Mall Approved for DHHL Land Homecoming at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Greenwood Cancels Faculty Awards, Recognition Ceremony Honolulu Lawyer Agard Faces Three Years in Federal Prison Rep Mele Carroll receives fine for failing to file spending report — again OHA Cronies Press Land Board to Stop Haleakala Telescope Read More..

Friday, September 14, 2012 September 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:18 PM :: 5552 Views Full Text: New Version of Akaka Bill Hirono Votes Against Funding Tsunami Warning Network Mapping the Political Geography of Hawaii Property Owners Can Stall Rail ‘til Spring 2014 First human remains discovered along proposed Honolulu rail route Laura Thielen: Abolish PLDC before it has chance to do damage Senate UH probe widens beyond failed concert Can A Republican Win A Senate Seat In Blue Hawaii? Akaka Bill Likely DOA in Senate City can't afford TheBus freebies BYUH readies second phase of expansion plans for city State soon won’t be able to issue drainage permits, which could cause project delays Abercrombie Endorses Assisted Suicide as Lobby Takes Advantage of Personal Tragedy Coqui Heard at 12 Oahu Locations Read More..

Thursday, September 13, 2012 September 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:57 PM :: 6624 Views Senate Committee Approves New Revision of Akaka Bill West Molokai Homeowners 98% Against Windfarm Apple: I Requested Freitas, Let the Commission Do What Has Been Asked Lawyer to Abercrombie, Dela Cruz: Stop Lying to the Public about PLDC Governor Releases $147 Million for Education, Health and Other CIPs $789M of Small Purchases: Tighten oversight on schools' buying Abercrombie on PLDC: “Pay no attention to the usual suspects” AARP Rallies at Hawaii Dem HQ to Turn out the Vote Gabbard Meets Pelosi, Little Hope for Serious Committee Assignments Dead Rail Continues to Kill Live Businesses Anti-Rail Litigant Seeks Cultural Practitioner Position With HART Friday's hearing will determine fate of proposed Haleakala telescope Freitas Supporters Leave Search Committee '‘Mental Health Hawaii’ Pushes Gay Bullying Programs Hanabusa Backs Warantless Wiretap Bill; Hirono Misses Vote State pays $83K in work comp for another dead person, More Cases Under Investigation Campaign Spending Commission: Public Campaign Funding Used for Goat, Pig, Circus, Umbrellas Awana, Carroll Fined by Campaign Spending Commission, Criminal Charges Considered Hawaii County Ethic Board Chair Accused of Trying to Shake Down Councilmember Setting the Record Straight on HOPE Probation: Memo from the Founder Cayetano’s record as Governor Caldwell Led Charge for Superferry NMI: Pension, Clean Energy Scams Lead to Articles of Impeachment Hawaii Biofool Scammers Propose Tinian Algae Project American Samoa gov moves to repeal death penalty Read More..

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 September 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 6129 Views Muslims Celebrate 9-11 by Storming US Embassies, Hoisting Al-Qaeda Flag, Murdering US Ambassador Senate Committee to Markup New Revision of Akaka Bill Hawaii County Police Investigate 2010 Voter Fraud SHOPO, Small Business Groups Endorse Rep George Fontaine Hirono Refuses Sister-Isle Debates Lawyer to Abercrombie, Dela Cruz: Stop Lying to the Public about PLDC Governor Releases $147 Million for Education, Health and Other CIPs “Now is not the time to be increasing our taxes” Lend Lease, Forest City Compete for Abercrombie Tower Contract Proposal lets seniors ride TheBus free Senators Pre-Grill MRC Greenwood Primary mess shows need for statewide authority Hilo Old Boys Refuse to Release Funds for Legal Representation of Kawauchi, Yagong Lower fuel costs cut electricity rates on Oahu $400K: Hawaii Pays Dead Man Workers Comp for 22 Years Inouye Develops Interest in ‘Spectrum Crunch’ BYU-Hawaii criticized for 'worthless' new degree program Delusional: Project in Makaha Valley calls for 353 homes on 61ac agricultural land Wind energy projects draw community criticism Hawaii's Big Wind Project Downplayed in New Energy Study Read More..

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 September 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 6614 Views Speaker among 29 House Democrats Opposing Tax Hikes (Calvin Say’s faction list?) House Republicans Oppose Proposed GE Tax Increase Looking Back: Charles Djou Joins Army After 9-11 Eleven years ago, our lives came to a standstill Flags Ordered to Fly at Half-Staff on September 11 Hawaiian Airlines Projects Decreasing Revenue MSNBC: Sen. Akaka’s exit interview: The full, unedited version of Chuck Todd’s interview with retiring Senator Daniel Akaka Gay Activists use Bullies to Turn Hawaii Kids Freitas’ large shadow looms over UH’s AD discussions Boots honor ultimate sacrifice OHA Behind Mobilization Against PLDC PLDC: DelaCruz, Solomon Call for New Strategic Plan DOE Internal audit finds procurement flaws PRP Paying $400 Week to Rail Doorknockers Repeal tip fee discount to help fund reliable city bus service? Act 221 Scam Company Hoku Deregisters its Shares Third Party Presidential Candidates on Hawaii Ballot Republican Senate Candidates Surge in Liberal Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin AES Solar gets EIS approval for 5-megawatt solar farm in West Oahu Initiative to help at-risk homeless comes to Oahu Hawaii Still Not Ready for Hurricane Read More..

Monday, September 10, 2012 September 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 5459 Views Tax Review Commission Proposes Gambling, Pension Tax, and a Grab for Rail Tax Lingle: Congress Must Lead on Jobs, Hirono has no Plan Bill Too High? Richard Ha to Address Kona TEA Party Final EIS for Kihei HS Released SA: Rein in state's solar tax credits VIDEO: City recognizes first responders in 9/11 Remembrance Walk Secularists Launch New Attack on St Damien, St Marianne Could Public Land Corp's No-Bid Contract Policy Lead To Sweetheart Deals? Congress returns for short pre-election session Gabbard: National Money Will Be Dumped into Hawaii Congressional Perkins: Career and technical education is critical to Hawaii and U.S. success Solution on hold in Lanai water dispute Retroactive Tariffs erase firm's savings on solar panels Act 221 Scammers Spread Money Around FACE Organizes for Wahiawa Center for Community Health Occupy Claims Federal Ruling Brings Honolulu Homeless Belongings Ban Into Question Marianas Pension Fund Could be Plum Job for Honolulu Attorney Read More..

Sunday, September 9, 2012 September 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 5901 Views Expenditure Focus Rather Than Tax Policy 2016: Obama's America Now Showing on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Big Island CSC: New Campaign Spending Violations by Kaniela Ing VIDEO: First Lingle-Hirono Debate Liquefied Natural Gas for Hawaii: Sourcing and Transportation Options Senators: DoD Disenfranchising Military Personnel Star Advertiser: Democrats, Lingle Own Hawaii’s Corporatist Economy ‘Fact Check’ Urges Obamabots to Protest Lingle Ads Democrats: Manabat an Embarrassment, Lied under oath Maui Democratic congressional candidate Ing accused of violating campaign-spending laws Ing Bought Votes at $11 each Publicly Funded Candidate Funnels Money to Illegal PAC? BJ Penn Endorses Kawika Crowley for Congress Cayetano, Caldwell Debate Before HS Students A&B Politics: ‘Local Knowledge an Advantage in Hawaii’ No-town Kapolei Cacophony of candidates and coqui hits crescendo Psychiatrists Get Mentally Ill off Streets Thousands of Marines to push beyond Hawaii Bob Woodward: A President Cornered Waikiki '73: That Communist is Gottfried Seitz Dopers: Taylor Camp exhibit brings a universal moment of history to light Birthers: Only Thing Dumb Enough for Obama to Feel Superior to Read More..

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