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Friday, March 15, 2013 |
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UH Federalist Society: "Litigating for Liberty: Non-traditional Public Interest Law."
By Robert Thomas @ 1:34 PM :: 6543 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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Scott Bullock, the Institute for Justice lawyer who argued Kelo will be speaking next Monday at the University of Hawaii School of Law ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2013 |
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Enviro Lawyers Off Target With Criticism Of Callies, Says Callies
By Robert Thomas @ 4:33 PM :: 8381 Views :: Environment, Judiciary, Land Use
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...the environmental lawyers upped the ante by calling Callies a liar and a sell-out....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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How Liberals Live
By NCPA @ 1:20 PM :: 7557 Views :: Democratic Party, Land Use, Cost of Living
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The Democratic Party has two reliable groups of adherents: the rich and the poor...Both groups have little use for the middle class....
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Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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Mismanaged Federal Properties Cost Taxpayers Billions
By NCPA @ 1:13 PM :: 5345 Views :: National News, Land Use
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Across the country, more than 75,000 buildings sit vacant or underutilized....
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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HNL Planning Director: "Public, Along With Private Property Rights, Are Our Top Priority"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:28 AM :: 6280 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use
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...In "City followed law in issuing Hao Street development permit," he makes some good points we don't usually see being made by government officials....
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Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
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Video: The PLDC And Property Rights In Hawaii - A Panel Discussion
By Robert Thomas @ 3:20 AM :: 6295 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... University of Hawaii Law School panel about "The PLDC and Property Rights in Hawaii"....
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
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Status Of Appeal Of Land Use Commission’s Koa Ridge Approval
By Robert Thomas @ 12:15 PM :: 8209 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use
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...it is difficult if not impossible to overturn a land use district boundary amendment as contrary to IAL designation, when it does not yet exist...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
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Upcoming Event: The PLDC and Property Rights in Hawaii
By Robert Thomas @ 3:01 PM :: 6047 Views :: Land Use
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 from 7:15 - 8:30 p.m., at the University of Hawaii Law School ....
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Monday, February 18, 2013 |
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Residences at Aina Haina: Jeff Stone's Plans in Wailupe Valley Opposed
By Selected News Articles @ 7:38 PM :: 12688 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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Jeff and his wife Laurie Stone contributed $3000 to Kirk Caldwell's recent Mayoral campaign....
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Sunday, February 17, 2013 |
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Do Property Rights Matter When the Environment is Going to Hell in a Handbasket?
By Robert Thomas @ 1:49 PM :: 6131 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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Presented by the Environmental Law Program and the Federalist Society at 12:15 p.m. in CR1 at UH Richardson Law School Thursday, February 21....
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Saturday, February 9, 2013 |
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Sen Thielen’s PLDC Repeal Bill Gutted and Replaced With ‘Recreational Renaissance’
By Selected News Articles @ 10:54 PM :: 6273 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...Somebody is playing a joke on Sen Thielen, making her oppose her previous proposal....
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Friday, February 1, 2013 |
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Nobriga vs DHHL: Some Days You Get the Bull
By Robert Thomas @ 7:05 PM :: 7963 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use
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Did you know that as a Hawaii landowner you own all unmarked or unbranded cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, goats, and swine, over twelve months of age, which may be running wild on your land?
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Friday, February 1, 2013 |
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Lanai to PUC: Murdock's Wind Waiver No Longer Valid
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 6343 Views :: Energy, Land Use
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“The Commission granted Hawaiian Electric and C&C a waiver from competitive bidding based on, among other conditions, demonstrated ‘site control.’"
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Monday, January 28, 2013 |
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Survey: Honolulu 3rd Least Affordable Housing on Earth
By Selected News Articles @ 1:08 PM :: 8388 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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Even in Honolulu, housing affordability has deteriorated markedly, with the Median Multiple rising 0.6 points in just the last year. Honolulu was less affordable than all but Hong Kong and Vancouver...
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Sunday, January 27, 2013 |
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Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals Clarifies Zoning Appeals
By Robert Thomas @ 1:03 AM :: 5987 Views :: Land Use
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...a "zoning verification" by the Director of the City and County's Department of Planning and Permitting is not a "decision of the Director"....
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013 |
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Rep. Thielen Wants to Make Shoreline Access Law Permanent
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 4:41 PM :: 6661 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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House Bill 17 is scheduled for its first hearing in the House Committee on Water and Land on Friday, January 25 at 8:30 a.m. in House Conference Room 325....
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
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Summary of Bills Repealing the PLDC
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 PM :: 7996 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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Repeal Bills: SB 1; SBs 245, 246; SB 338; SB 425; SB 480; SB 663; SBs 780, 781; SB 866....
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Friday, January 18, 2013 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court to Hear Another Shoreline Case
By Robert Thomas @ 9:34 PM :: 7239 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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The Hawaii Supreme Court has accepted certiorari and agreed to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals' unpublished memorandum opinion in Diamond v. Dobbin....
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
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Abercrombie: "Legislature May Need to Adjust Act 55 to Avoid Repeal"
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 8351 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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"If the Legislature cannot achieve this outcome, the possibility of repeal will ensue."
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 |
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Pretextural Takings: Will Supreme Court Hear Guam Case?
By Robert Thomas @ 7:07 PM :: 8626 Views :: National News, Judiciary, Land Use
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NFIB, CATO Instiutute, Owners' Counsel of America, and lawprofs James Ely, David Callies, Todd Zywicki, Randy Barnett, Eric Claeys, and D. Benjamin Barros -- have filed an amicus brief ....
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Friday, January 4, 2013 |
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Sierra Club Koa Ridge Challenge
By Robert Thomas @ 4:10 PM :: 10297 Views :: Environment, Judiciary, Land Use
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Intermediate Court of Appeals held that the Hawaii Senate's failure to confirm a sitting Land Use Commissioner for a second term did not disqualify him from office ....
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Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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Report: State Office of Planning to Become Super-PLDC
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 8765 Views :: Land Use, Rail
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With protesters unleashing their fury on Abercrombie’s Public Lands Development Corporation, political insiders have been scheming. And on December 28, they quietly announced their plan....
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Saturday, December 29, 2012 |
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Kealakekua Kayak Rentals: DLNR Bans Small Businesses From Water
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 7830 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use
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"The proliferation and use of unpermitted kayak rentals being conducted at Napoopoo have resulted in concerns .... "
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Full Text: "Leveraging State Agency Involvement in Transit-Oriented Development"
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 7181 Views :: Land Use, Rail
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The report’s recommendations come after a series of meetings between state government officials, private sector leaders and non-profit representatives....
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Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
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Two Hawaii Supreme Court Cases to Watch
By Robert Thomas @ 3:35 PM :: 8364 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Land Use
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- Blake v. County of Kauai Planning Comm'n,
- Kanahele v. Maui County Council
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Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
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Why Not Hunting?
By Tom Lodge @ 12:42 PM :: 7883 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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In Hawaii, hunting has had a long tradition that for political reasons is being eradicated....
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Court: Kawaiahao Subject to Burial Council
By Robert Thomas @ 12:59 AM :: 5797 Views :: Land Use
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...Kawaiahao Church in Honolulu is not exempt from historic preservation review....
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Supreme Court Slaps Down Maui County Takings Claim
By Robert Thomas @ 12:41 AM :: 7340 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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...the ICA held that property owners ... are not required to seek an amendment to the Community Plan in order to ripen their takings claims....
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Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
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Guam: Mayor Seizes Neighbor's Land
By Robert Thomas @ 12:29 AM :: 7245 Views :: National News, Land Use
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...the government condemned the appraised area, paying for it with compensation supplied by the Ungactas, and transferred it to the Ungactas....
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
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TPL, OHA Gain Control of Galbraith Estate
By News Release @ 11:58 AM :: 11706 Views :: Agriculture, Land Use, OHA
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...Trust for Public Land assembled the $25 million purchase price from a variety of sources, including $13 million from a Hawaii state bond; $4.5 million from the U.S. Army; $4 million from the City and County of Honolulu; $3 million from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and $500,000 from D.R. Horton....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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ICA Mandates 'Contested Case' for Water Disputes
By Robert Thomas @ 7:26 PM :: 6298 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals held in this unpublished memorandum order that the Commission must hold a "contested case" hearing upon demand....
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Monday, December 3, 2012 |
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Play by Play: Opening Day of Hoopili Litigation
By Selected News Articles @ 7:14 PM :: 5723 Views :: Land Use
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In keeping with a long tradition in Hawaii that land use cases are litigated in court on procedural rather than substantive grounds, the opening skirmish in Sierra Club v. D. R. Horton was fought over whether one of the parties’ appeal in the case should be disallowed....
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Monday, October 8, 2012 |
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Birth Of The Public Land Development Corporation – A travesty of the legislative process
By Selected News Articles @ 4:34 AM :: 8492 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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Many have asked how come none of the regular environmental and public interest watch-dog groups sounded the alarm earlier? How did such a law get passed?
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Saturday, September 29, 2012 |
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Hanalei: Billionaire Pierre Omidyar Pushes for Resort Development
By Robert Thomas @ 11:57 PM :: 8634 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Land Use, Pierre Omidyar
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The developer touts the proposed resort as "the most environmentally and culturally responsible visitor-oriented project ever to be proposed in the state."
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Monday, August 27, 2012 |
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Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court
By Robert Thomas @ 5:43 PM :: 21726 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Judiciary, Land Use
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...the Hawaii Supreme Court "has managed to find in favor of Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Earthjustice ... 90% of the time, 70% of those decisions overturning the [Hawaii] Intermediate Court of Appeals....
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
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“Concerning Public Lands” 14 Executive Orders Suddenly Appear on Abercrombie Website
By Andrew Walden @ 3:55 PM :: 9953 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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Fourteen Executive Orders, dated between August and December of last year have suddenly appeared on the official website of Governor Neil Abercrombie....
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Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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KoOlina and Hanabusa: Another land deal, another ex-cop, steroids, broken teeth, and Saigon Passion
By Selected News Articles @ 1:58 AM :: 16201 Views :: Ethics, Land Use, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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Last year, Souza provided equipment used for a beach-cleaning contract at Ko Olina held by a company headed by Paul Hospodar, chief of security at the Ko Olina Resort, business records show….Hospodar was fired from the police force in 1995 for violent behavior and alleged drug abuse....
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Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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OHA Trustees claim ownership of your drinking water
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 27437 Views :: Kauai County, Land Use, OHA
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Thirsty? Get used to it. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) now claims ownership of most of Hawaii’s fresh water.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 |
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OHA's Ceded lands grab shifts to Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 9:39 AM :: 10372 Views :: Akaka Bill, Land Use, OHA
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Here's a complete round up of all the legislative moves and all the lies being told today...a day when almost every "not surprised" Hawaii Democrat is admitting they have been lying through their teeth for the last 15 years...and not a single interviewer is calling them on it.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
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Supreme Court 9-0: "The Apology Resolution did not strip (the State of) Hawaii of its sovereign authority"
By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 AM :: 13353 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Land Use, OHA
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How wrong is the Hawaii State Supreme Court? Their unanimous decision just got unanimously reversed by the US Supreme Court....How did this case begin? With OHA suing to block construction of affordable housing. Why are Hawaiians leaving Hawaii? Lack of affordable housing.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Statement on Ceded Lands Issue
By News Release @ 12:52 AM :: 12416 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government, Land Use, OHA
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News Release from Governor's office responds to December 6, 2008 Honolulu Advertiser article. The Advertiser quotes Bill Meheula, a key player in Dan Akaka's 2006 reelection campaign and Lilian Kame'eleihiwa, of the UH Hawaiian Studies Dep't who ague that OHA has a claim to ceded lands and seem to imply that the State has taken a new position in its appeal to the US Supreme Court requesting the Court overturn the Hawaii Supreme Court ruling blocking the state from selling ceded lands.
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Monday, August 7, 2006 |
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Death Tax Mahele: Sens. Akaka and Inouye Vote to Take Tutu's House
By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 AM :: 7330 Views :: Land Use, Taxes
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...condemn thousands of Native Hawaiian families to turn over 30 percent to 50 percent their property to the United States federal government when the inevitable occurs....
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 |
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"I Trusted Jim Medeiros"
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 AM :: 6990 Views :: Hawaii County , Family, Development, Greenmail, Land Use
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...That was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life....
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Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
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Beyond Greenmail: Extortion Becomes Expropriation
By Andrew Walden @ 12:58 PM :: 7820 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Land Use
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The Hokulia case is becoming a bald-faced attempt....
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