Entries for August 2014

Even weeks after angry kupuna and union members began crowding committee hearings to protest, Takai voted 'aye' for the pension tax bill HB1092 HD1....

...find your state representative and determine how he or she voted every time the pension tax was up...

...UH lacks critical rules but progress has been made on other prior recommendations....

What qualifies as real estate for REIT purposes is an issue that recently has been in the news....

...it took nearly a month for the ailing delegate to file a formal letter with Obama pleading with him not to take any action that would harm American Samoa....

...OHA cronies claim 2000 support fake Indian tribe....

...After jumping down from the roof, Skelton walked around the back of the Annex and followed the fence line along Kamehameha Highway....

...the MVLP Division did not support the initiatives for improving customer service; did not consider the long lines and long waits as valid concerns....

...Grassroot President Keli’i Akina interviews Cam Cavasso, who is currently running to represent Hawaii in the U.S. Senate....

...Online registration is available and will remain open until a few weeks prior the election....

...I support President Obama's desire to defeat ISIS, but America needs to see more decisive leadership....

...The rejection of the disaster declaration shows the people of Hawaii that Schatz has no influence where it matters most....

The rally is to be held at 1pm at the lawn in front of Hawai’i Hall....

...the founder of the American organic movement, Jerome Rodale, died during a recording of The Dick Cavett Show after declaring how wonderful his organic diet made him feel....

Cliff Garcia operates Tropical Lamps & Shades on land his family has owned in the Kakaako district near downtown Honolulu for the past 70 years....

...Waihe‘e also contracted Dennis Dwyer for a total of $1.3 million dollars to be Kana‘iolowalu’s federal lobbyist....

Today must be election contest day at the Hawaii Supreme Court....

“...it has been determined that the damage from this event was not of such severity and magnitude...."

...According To The DCCA, Robert A. Ige And Associates Has Misfiled Several Annual Reports, And Failed To File Their 2012 Report Until May 5, 2014....

...he not only expresses persecutory ideations but he wants your money to keep him in his position....

The six top-scoring states are Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, and Utah....

But Hawaii isn’t the only state where pro-label quacktivists are taking a hit....

...Total expenditures by visitors who came to the Hawaiian Islands in July 2014 rose 2.6 percent from the same month last year to $1.4 billion....

The largest occupational groups in Hawaii are retail sales followed by general office clerks and cashiers....

... Brandon Ahakuelo, Kent Hiranaga and Arnold Wong to the Land Use Commission....

...Ideology has no basis in evidence or reason. It is based in a core set of beliefs, just like religion....

...No accountability for past and present errors in the election process by the Chief Elections Officer....

...the City and County of Honolulu condemned an undeveloped lot in rural Oahu for a fire station, but has been met with staunch resistance....

"I didn’t vote for OHA trustees, because I didn’t know anything about them."

...a major gubernatorial candidate in the general election has endorsed the Hawaii Shippers’ Council’s noncontiguous trades Jones Act reform proposal....

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee met with incoming Interim Chancellor Bley-Vroman on Monday, August 25th and is optimistic about working with him in the coming year....

Applications must be received by this Friday, August 29 before 4:30 p.m. at the Mission Memorial Building next to Honolulu Hale, 550 South King St....

..."Kali Watson is campaigning for the position"....

You can tell what kind of case is before what Hawaii appellate court by the case designation at the top of the fist page flysheet....

...Newcomer Jarrett Keohokalole, A-rated, for State Rep., Kaneohe, won his Democratic primary against Sierra Club Pres., Robert Harris, F-rated....

Statistics show that without income from a paying job an ex-offender often will return to criminal activity....

The law is pre-empted by the state law and cannot be enforced at the county level....

From a constitutional standpoint, the administration has no legal authority to implement its proposal....

...the staff decided to start over and re-read all memory cards. It is at this point that one memory card was not read again....

The following letter has been sent out to all HHSC employees....

Three Hawaii lawmakers called on the State Elections Commission to fire Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago Friday during a standing room-only commission meeting....

The percentage of students absent 15 days or more in the 2013-14 school year dropped to 11 percent from 18 percent a year ago....

...Estimation of the sales lost, plus the start-up, the bulldozing costs and growing up to that first year, when they’re ready to harvest again … is about $53 million....

...To gauge the scope of gender-based disparities in the United States, WalletHub ranked each of the 50 states based on 10 key metrics....

State officials in South Dakota and Hawaii have found a creative way to address alcohol use, drug use, and crime....

...Thursday at 4:30 p.m. was the statutory deadline for instituting an "election contest" in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...The ACLU lawsuit asks the Hawaii Supreme Court to allow any registered voter affected by Iselle to cast a vote to be included in the August 2014 primary results....

Mr. and Mrs. Stocker waited until the day their taxes were due....