Entries for August 2021

... if you implement a policy that segregates the vaccinated with the unvaccinated, we're inadvertently incentivizing the unvaccinated community to gather and spread COVID within their own communities ....

... This affects individuals receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC). ...

... Honolulu rail project get a portion of the revenues? ....

... City launches “Safe Access O‘ahu” program to help protect businesses, employees and customers ....

... Visitor spending decreased compared to $1.70 billion (-6.8%) in July 2019....

... The order of summary judgment will not take effect until 15 September 2021 ....

... Compared with July 2019, RevPAR was 16.9 percent higher, driven by increased ADR (+21.0%) which offset slightly lower occupancy (-2.9 percentage points) ....

... “Yes,” Weinberg said. “You are going to mess up Hawaii’s finances.” ....

... One fundamental assumption that has been made over the years by our lawmakers is that if you enact a tax, money will be raised.  What if that weren’t true? ....

... Hawaiʻi college graduates are among the least likely to leave school with debt. And for those who do graduate with debt, they owe among the least in the country ....

... Dr. Keawe Kaholokula of the John A. Burns School of Medicine addresses 10 fears and rumors about the vaccine currently circulating in our community ....

... bills introduced and votes in Congress ....

... Here is the Supreme Court majority's explanation of why the moratorium is illegal ....

... Campbell HS is #1 followed by Waipahu, Kapolei, and Farrington ....

... Judge McCullen has served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for a combined 11 years in the Appellate Division ....

... Would the Hawaiian Kingdom Compel Everyone to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? The Answer is “YES” ....

... The other shoe -- perhaps the most predictable shoe drop in legal history -- dropped yesterday ....

... the affordable housing credits paid to Dowling are worth $1.4M to $20.6M over and above DHHL’s $10.8M parcel valuation ....

... DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 2.7 percent, down from  3.5 percent ....

... I have to laugh because they mocked me as being sheep but, uh, they are the ones taking enough of a toxic substance made for sheep! ....

... The county agrees to fix “chronically inoperable” wheelchair lifts and make other changes to avoid getting sued ....

... Hawaii feed stores seeing spike in Ivermectin sales--One Person Poisoned ....

... Hawaii Households spend the most dollars on food according to a LendingTree study ....

... Bill No. 72, which only allows pesticides and fertilizers that are compatible with organic systems and permitted under the USDA National Organic Program to be used on county property ....

... top Corrections Official was Secret Arbitrator keeping mafia-connected HPD officers on the job ....

... Noe Kalipi is one of two CASAs representing Hawaii, joining Gil Tam, CASA for Hawaii (O'ahu East). She currently serves as the chief strategy officer for Progression Energy and owns a consulting firm specializing in systems planning, food security, energy security and community empowerment ....

... 87% fully vaccinated and close to 5% partially vaccinated ....

... His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Zonal Hospital, Dharamshala, H.P., India ....

... tourist fails to uphold traditional Hawaiian cultural practices ....

... Then on August 3 came devastating confirmation from a respected FTA agent ....

... The modification will be in effect for 28 days ....

"Getting the vaccines that are authorized by the respective authorities is an act of love. I pray to God that each one of us can make his or her own small gesture of love, no matter how small, love is always grand."

... The largest businesses of 50 or more employees reported the lowest proportion of vaccinations at their workplaces ....

... would not allow any new STRs in residential areas, but allow STRs adjacent to existing resort areas ....

"... States and localities enact symbolic green regulations while embracing land-use regimes that harm the environment ...."

... a judge of the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has revoked the concession of public forest land to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) ....

“While millions of people have already safely received COVID-19 vaccines, we recognize that for some, the FDA approval of a vaccine may now instill additional confidence to get vaccinated."

"I recommend: Take the vaccines.  I did it." -- Donald J Trump, August 22, 2021

... Today's ruling against the State eliminates the ten-day expiration period of pistol permits....and the requirement that an individual physically brings a firearm to the police station to register....

... Nazi experiments?  Flu is worse?  Livestock deworming pill is the cure?  Hydroxychloroquine?  All of these tired old anti-vaxxer chestnuts are front and center ....

...What you might not have seen is the difficulty the HART board is having making decisions....

... SIC allowed third-party telecommunication carriers to use the Paniolo Cable Network without permission, without compensation to Paniolo and in violation of the Settlement Agreement ....

... Everywhere you look, there are indications that people are losing patience with the current style of governance and the uncertainty of living under executive orders .... 

... Chinese Social Credit System ....

... On August 16th, a fully executed stipulation and order was finalized, delivering a huge victory to attorney Alan Beck and his clients ....

... Total cases: 383 (of these, 276 cases had no HIDOE facility impact) ....

... in comparison with July 2020 nonfarm jobs have risen by 53,000, or 10.0 percent. However, in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 72,400, or -11.1 percent. ...

... More than 90% of students attending the 10 campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi have been vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus or plan to be ....

... just $3.1 million shy of UH’s best extramural funding year total of $488.6 million in FY2011 .... 

... During most of this pandemic, the infection rate in the Native Hawaiian community was below the curve. That has changed with the more aggressive Delta variant ....