Entries for February 2015

...If approved, non-profits directed by Grace, the Paradise Lua porta-potty magnate who beat the rap for the 1999 Aloha Stadium porta-potty fire bombings, would be eligible for millions of dollars to fund proposals such as the "Paradise Ohana Heart and Vascular Center, Inc."....

The 2015 Neighborhood Board elections will be held in April and May of this year. At stake are 437 seats on Oahu’s 33 Neighborhood Boards, whose volunteer members hold monthly meetings and serve as advisors on community concerns....

...the role, vision and challenges of the GOP in Hawaii....

The event was attended by approximately 80-100 members of public, some legislators, legislature staff and members of the shipping industry....

As the Minority member on the House Special Committee to investigate the residency challenge to Rep. Calvin Say, I know many people expected me to put forward a dissenting opinion....

...the proposed laws could actually increase obesity by increasing poverty....

...not all damage from the past recession has been repaired....

...Japanese arrivals decreased 4.9 percent to 110,969 visitors....

...Ige held a news conference to provide information about his participation in the National Governors Association Winter Meeting....

At 6:10 a.m. Thursday (February 26), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Captain Cook....

The old arguments in favor of the Act are no longer persuasive in light of the overwhelming evidence that it raises the cost of living....

...The question now is not whether the dispensary bills will pass, but more what these bills will look like....

...House Bill 1482 aims to establish a crowd-funding exemption for limited intrastate investments between Hawaii residents and Hawaii businesses....

Contrary to some reports, the Hawaiian Electric Companies are continuing to accept solar photovoltaic (PV) applications....

They Had Everything Planned So Carefully....

...Tulsi Gabbard has quietly hired an identified associate of the Chris Butler Cult as her new Chief of Staff....

The problems were partly due to mismanagement but even more, as I have suggested, to the dishonesty of the leadership and its willingness — even eagerness — to shamelessly lie to its own employees....

The next step in the process is to begin contract negotiations with Ormat, with an agreement to be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for approval....

Marijuana advocates are hard at work trying to game the system....