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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
| Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
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Rep Pat Saiki Elected GOP Chair
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 AM
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the Hawaii Republican State Committee voted 37-8 with one abstention to elect former US Rep Pat Saiki Party Chair....
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| Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
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SB2435HD1: Will GMO Labeling come back to Life in Frankenbill?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM
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The hearing—with decision making to follow--is set for March 20, 2014 at 9:35am in the State Capitol Auditorium....
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| Sunday, March 9, 2014 |
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Solomon Pushes for Approval of Mililani Trask's Overpriced Geothermal Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 8:16 PM
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...IDG officers and associates gave over $10,000 to Malama Solomon for her tightly contested 2012 primary race against Lorraine Inouye....
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| Sunday, March 9, 2014 |
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HB1503: Prohibit Landlords from Evicting Marijuana Smokers
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM
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Topping off the irony, Rep Rhoads also introduced HB2577 which would ban indoor tobacco smoking in public housing....
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| Saturday, March 8, 2014 |
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March 7, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
By Andrew Walden @ 1:57 AM
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending March 7, 2014....
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| Thursday, March 6, 2014 |
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Zoning Board: Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick Operating Illegal Enterprise for Over a Decade
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM
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Did Wilson see fit to advise the Judicial Selection Commission or the Abercrombie Administration of his long-running and on-going illegality?
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| Thursday, March 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii Obamacare Medicaid Applications–Even Less Than The Few
By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 AM
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The post-Obamacare increase averages out to an additional 1,174 persons applying for Medicaid each month since October 1....
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| Wednesday, March 5, 2014 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Office Manager tied to Chris Butler Cult
By Andrew Walden @ 1:35 PM
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Cults are known for their ability to draw in devotees and make them worship the leader. In a recent poll, Tulsi Gabbard’s popularity was tops among Hawaii politicians at 76%....
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| Saturday, March 1, 2014 |
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Letter: Waikiki Rep Brower Threatening to Smash More Shopping Carts?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM
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Brower mentions “carts” ten times, and suggests his attacks were part of an effort to "create a better society."
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| Saturday, March 1, 2014 |
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February 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
By Andrew Walden @ 12:11 PM
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 28, 2014....
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| Sunday, February 23, 2014 |
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CD1 Poll: Good News for Charles Djou
By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM
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Even more interesting, the breakdown on Djou’s support is completely inverted from the traditional Republican pattern....
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| Friday, February 21, 2014 |
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February 21, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
By Andrew Walden @ 9:31 PM
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 21, 2014.....
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| Sunday, February 16, 2014 |
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GMO Labeling Could Add $800/yr to Hawaii Grocery Bills
By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 PM
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It is expected to cost consumers $800 per year in higher food prices and many products could simply disappear from Hawaii shelves, but SB2521 is on the move thanks to Senator Clayton Hee....
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| Saturday, February 15, 2014 |
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Election 2014: Candidate Filing List Now Totals 14 Pages
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 14, 2014....
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| Friday, February 14, 2014 |
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Bad Company: Honolulu Rail Car Supplier Ansaldo Breda May be Sold, Liquidated
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 AM
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...what was left of Ansaldo Breda would turn into a "bad company" to be gradually liquidated....
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| Saturday, February 8, 2014 |
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Election 2014: Dozens Pull Papers in First Week of Candidate Filing
By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM
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The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 7, 2014....
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| Friday, February 7, 2014 |
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Clayton Hee: “We give notice we cut you at the knees”
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM
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Watch the Senate committee system falling apart....
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| Monday, February 3, 2014 |
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Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Paltry 0.7%
By Andrew Walden @ 9:27 PM
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...the conservatives in this survey may be disproportionally counted among the non-voters....
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| Sunday, February 2, 2014 |
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Anti-GMO Activists Claim Kauai Mayor’s Office has been Legally Vacant since 2010
By Andrew Walden @ 2:35 AM
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Anti-GMO activists are citing a little-used 1951 Hawaii Territory law designed to get rid of Communists....
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| Saturday, February 1, 2014 |
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Regressive Taxes: State Hypocrisy on Minimum Wage
By Andrew Walden @ 8:30 PM
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“…our residents living in poverty pay more in state taxes than all but three other states….”
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| Friday, January 31, 2014 |
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Judge Tosses Gay Marriage Suit
By Andrew Walden @ 3:22 PM
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...the Hawaii Attorney General argued that even if voters were tricked in 1998, they had no say in their family structure and that the legislature and governor were within their rights to force a new one on the people....
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| Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
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Hundreds of Youth Rally for Life at Capitol
By Andrew Walden @ 9:40 PM
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Hundreds of young people turned out Saturday for a ‘March for Life’ commemorating the 41st Anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision....
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| Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
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USDA: Pesticides, Chemicals, and Synthetic Ingredients Used in 'Organic' Food
By Andrew Walden @ 11:58 PM
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...here is a selection of some of the most interesting ingredients included in "organic" foods and another list of synthetic pesticides and other substances allowed for use in "organic" crop and livestock production....
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| Thursday, January 9, 2014 |
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Jeff ‘The Solar Guy’ Davis Running for Hawaii Governor-- As Libertarian
By Andrew Walden @ 11:47 PM
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...Jeff Davis has filled papers with the Campaign Spending Commission to form a campaign committee to run for governor....
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| Wednesday, January 8, 2014 |
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Report: Am Samoa Governor Prepares to Replace Faleomavaega
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 PM
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Tuā’au Kereti Māta’utia, Jr., the only candidate to announce for Faleomavaega's seat, is an assistant senior policy adviser to the Governor....
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| Tuesday, January 7, 2014 |
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Tax Credit Scammers Find a New Home in HSDC
By Andrew Walden @ 1:18 PM
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State retirees should be afraid, be very afraid....
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| Sunday, January 5, 2014 |
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Tourist Boats Operated by Anti-Superferry Activists Hitting More Baby Whales Than Ever
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 AM
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...the bleeding baby whales are left to suffer an unknown fate in shark-infested waters....
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| Saturday, January 4, 2014 |
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'Sanford Dole' Joins Akaka Tribal Roll
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM
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"Aloha and mahalo e Sanford Dole for registering with Kana'iolowalu"
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| Friday, January 3, 2014 |
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Flawed Minimum Wage Hike Advocacy Will Cost Hawaii's Poorest Workers $7M this Year
By Andrew Walden @ 12:34 AM
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...7,000 well-paid waiters are being played against 7,000 underpaid dishwashers....
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| Wednesday, January 1, 2014 |
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Happy New Year from HMSA: Premium now $1742.50 per Family
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM
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...premium payers will get a new round of cancellation letters starting this September, just in time for the elections....
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| Saturday, December 28, 2013 |
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HGEA BU 10, 13 Contracts Detail ‘Huge Payout to Union’
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM
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...BU13 salary schedules reveal a base salary scale which will top out at $148,704....
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| Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe ‘Exit Plan’ -- Padding Rolls with Fraudulent Tribal Enrollment?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:27 PM
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Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs voted November 7 to demand an “exit plan” from the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission. Is the Roll Commission now defying those orders?
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| Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Samoa Reporter Accidentally Admits Coverup: Missing Congressman Found "Convalescing in Utah"
By Andrew Walden @ 11:25 PM
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...American Samoa Congressional Delegate Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr has been found...
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| Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Auditor: HART Paid $563K to Blogger who said Job was 'Obviously' to Help Pro-Rail Candidates
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 AM
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"With Pro-Rail Candidates Having Won the Primary Election, 55-to-45 Percent, the Project's Public Involvement Team Obviously Has Been Doing Its Job"
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| Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
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Want to Run as a Democrat? Sorry, You Just Missed the Deadline
By Andrew Walden @ 9:59 PM
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A key deadline on the election calendar passed with little notice December 3....
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| Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
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Feds: Hawaii Health Connector Sign-up Count Inflated
By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM
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...the “Number of Individuals Who Have Selected a Marketplace Plan” is “pre-effectuated” -- including individuals who have not made any premium payments....
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| Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
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Queens Hospital Losing Revenue, Furloughs Management Employees
By Andrew Walden @ 2:17 PM
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...nonessential management employees are being furloughed three days per month for the next six months as part of a cost-cutting drive....
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| Sunday, December 8, 2013 |
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How to Use Anti-GMO Ordinances to Seize Marijuana Plants: A Guide for Police Departments
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 AM
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... between $400,000 and $1,000,000 in fines for a single mature 40-day old plant ....
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| Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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End of the Akaka Tribe? OHA Trustees Shut Down Hawaiian Roll Commission
By Andrew Walden @ 9:44 PM
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This is a huge victory for Native Hawaiians. Hawaiian affairs are returning to the channel created in the Hawaii Admission Act....
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| Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
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Maui Pesticide Bill Would Fine Farmers, Landscapers $10K per Day
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM
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...to be placed on the December 6, 2013, Council agenda....
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| Monday, November 25, 2013 |
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HART Audit Reveals $83M Transfer of Federal Funds Kept off Books
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM
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...one must ask whether the 'mistake' is intended to cover up some violation of Federal requirements attached to the $83M....
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| Friday, November 22, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Halawa Guard Organized Vicious USO Family Gang Assault
By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 AM
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On February 17, 2013, Plaintiff Lealao was in Module 2B Quad 3 at HCF when he was viciously attacked by numerous violent and/or dangerous inmates from another Quad....
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| Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
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Lloyds of London Lawsuit Reveals Story Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fires
By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 AM
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The lawsuit states that a second fire—also previously described by First Wind management as ‘small’--resulted in $2,000,000 in damages....
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| Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Hawaii Co Council Sends GMO Ban to Mayor 6-3
By Andrew Walden @ 7:26 PM
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With this afternoon's 6-3 vote, Hawaii County Council members now leave it to Mayor Billy Kenoi to decide whether or not to ban GMOs from the island....
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| Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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| Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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How They Voted: Senate Passes Gay Marriage 19-4
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM
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Abercrombie has scheduled a signing ceremony Wednesday November 13 at 10AM at the Hawaii Convention Center....
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| Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Playing with Fire: Kahuku Windfarm to Install Molten Magnesium Batteries
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 AM
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...magnesium melts at 1202 degrees Fahrenheit and antimony melts at 1166 degrees Fahrenheit.....
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| Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Child molester back at work at Hawaii Legislature (Again)
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM
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Rouse is now managing the office of Rep Karen Awana, D-Nanakuli....
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| Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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No Blackout: RevoluSun Exposed
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM
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The revolution will not be televised, but on television last night, the RevoluSun was not blacked out....
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