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Monday, December 14, 2009 |
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Cayetano: Hanabusa's Broken Trust connections lead to Ko Olina
By Andrew Walden @ 12:09 PM :: 50580 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Hawaii History, Politicians
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SB Photo 1999: Jeff Stone's sister Mari Stone Wong and his then-brother-in-law, ousted Bishop Estate Trustee Dickie Wong, needn`t be as worried as they look--they're on trial in the courtroom of Judge Michael Town.
About Hanabusa's 2002 push for developer Jeff Stone to receive $75 million in Ko Olina tax credits, Cayetano writes:
"As I watched all of this, I wondered if there were any legislators who had the guts to ask the hard questions. There was not a peep from the Democrats--or from conservative Republicans like Slom and Hemmings who had made careers in opposing social programs for the needy, or from young legislators who were learning quickly the politics of "going along to get along." The only legislators who raised questions about the credibility of Stone's claims were Republicans Charles Djou of O`ahu and Jim Rath of Kona, Hawai`i."
If Hanabusa enters the congressional race and defeats Democrat Ed Case in the Primary, she will face off with Charles Djou in the General Election next November.
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Monday, December 14, 2009 |
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Ed Case's 2006 "felony" vote: Greens vs. Illegals
By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 AM :: 17101 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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It is easy to portray the anti-immigration sentiment as coming entirely from the political Right. But the environmentalist Left is also a big part of the anti-immigration effort. Groups such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a leading anti-immigration group, played a key role in two failed attempts to take over the Sierra Club in 1998 and again in 2004. FAIR and its offshoot, Numbers USA, advocate not only an end to illegal immigration and deportation of all illegals, but also reduced levels of legal immigration....
Hawaii Representatives Neil Abercrombie, D-HI, and Ed Case, D-HI, (first and second Congressional districts, respectively) both voted on December 16 to keep the felony provision in the bill. Case then voted to approve HB 4437 as a whole while Abercrombie voted against it. Case has close ties to the environmentalist Hawaii Nature Conservancy: his sister Suzanne Case is their Executive Director.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 |
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Billy Kenoi associate Malu Motta gets life without parole for Pali shootings
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 18541 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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Chief United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway today (Monday, Nov 30) sentenced ETHAN MOTTA, also known as "Malu," age 40, to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole, for his role in the shooting of three persons at the Pali Golf Course on January 7, 2004.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 |
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Tied to Holocaust denier website, former tax cheat Gary Hooser picks up anti-Superferry protester endorsements
By Andrew Walden @ 10:24 PM :: 16882 Views :: Democratic Party, Kauai County, Environment, Politicians, GMOs
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...Hooser's campaign website indicated that the anti-Semitic, Holocaust denier, 9-11 trooother website www.WhatReallyHappened.com was part of Hooser's "regular reading regime." ....
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009 |
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Honolulu Meth-Dealer Protection Racketeer tied to Mehau, politicians
By Selected News Articles @ 12:18 PM :: 36174 Views :: Law Enforcement, Politicians, Drugs
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Here are some news articles which--strung together--tell the story you won't be able to read anywhere else. The story ends with a Governor, a Party Chair, a Congresswoman and more....
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Thursday, September 3, 2009 |
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Enriques statement on Hawaii County Council Re-Reorganization
By News Release @ 2:06 PM :: 8033 Views :: Hawaii County , Politicians
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The proposed restructuring of the County Council does not exclude anyone of power or leadership. Each council member continues to head a committee....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 |
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Why Hawaii Lost the Superferry
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 24749 Views :: Hawaii History, Jones Act, Judiciary, Politicians
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Last year, instead of enacting a law stating that the Supreme Court was wrong, the Legislature adopted special legislation exempting the Superferry pending completion of an environmental impact statement. The Supreme Court’s recent decision correctly struck down that exemption as violating the Hawaii constitutional prohibition against legislative special treatment for special interests.
The governor and Legislature were then handed a second opportunity to make the law pono by saying what everyone believed. The Legislature could enact simple language, such as the following which I recommended to the legislative leadership in March 2009, making clear that our environmental laws do not extend to "secondary" impacts:
"Significant effect" does not include or require consideration of “secondary impacts” on the environment that may result from government action. This latter provision is retroactive to enactment of this chapter.
By doing so, the law would state what everyone always believed it meant and the Superferry would have been allowed to continue providing essential transportation to Hawaii's citizens and competition to interisland airlines.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 |
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Guantanamo Greenwell: "If you voted for me you have to accept my position"
By Letters to the Editor @ 4:47 PM :: 15616 Views :: Hawaii County , Military, Politicians
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I inquired by email to Councilman Greenwell asking if the now infamous article on Guantanamo detainees was true. In that email, I indicated that I would circulate his response to the same people. Well here it is.
Mr. Greenwell opted to reply by phone on July 2. My initial reaction to the call was “wow" “pleasant surprise”, “approval” and those kinds of feelings. But the pleasure was short lived. After but a few seconds, it changed to disappointment and dismay.
It wasn’t more than two or three sentences into the conversation that he became rude, arrogant, combative and boorish!
Here’s how it went…
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Thursday, July 2, 2009 |
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Hawaii Co. GOP to "GTMO" Greenwell: Call it quits
By @ 12:42 PM :: 10655 Views :: Hawaii County , Politicians, Republican Party
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Here are the last two days of public commentary on Robert 'Kelly' Greenwell's invitation to resettle Guantanamo detainees on the Big Island. At top a letter from Hawaii County GOP Chair Daryl Smith.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
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Hawaii County Councilman: Release Guantanamo detainees in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 21614 Views :: Hawaii County , Military, Politicians
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Bermuda and Palau may not be the only beautiful tropical islands to host illegal Islamist combatants being released from US custody at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station. If a Hawaii County Councilman and a Kauai County activist get their way, some would get a new home—and complete freedom--on two of Hawaii’s most beautiful islands.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 |
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Malu Motta: “I need one governor so he can pardon me.”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 31405 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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EM: Someone got to win governor that we know, huh? My best friend is an emcee at, he on tonight, he’s on the mic…(unintelligible) ….Hawaiian braddah.
Informant: Yeah, yeah, you gotta be pushing that.
EM: David, they grooming him to be Governor. That’s my best friend, bah. They sign the work tomorrow. He could be governor in 20 years from now. Not tomorrow, you know.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
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Ka`u donations boost Enriques
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 13995 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, OHA, Politicians
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After years of thuggery and intimidation by Bob Jacobson’s Ka`u Preservation, Inc supporters, Council District 6 residents are fighting back....
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Thursday, August 7, 2008 |
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Billy Kenoi helped Pali Shooter
By Andrew Walden @ 10:13 PM :: 31943 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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Admitted Pali Golf Course shooter Ethan “Malu” Motta apparently had a lot of friends in Hilo—including politicians....
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
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Takamine Donors: A Road Map of Hawaii's 'Old Boy' System
By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 9040 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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Running unopposed in the November General Election, Takamine (D-N Hilo, Hamakua, N Kohala) received the predictable campaign contributions from unions. What may be more surprising to readers are the contributions he received from Political Action Committees (PACs) representing Hawaii big business.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006 |
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Big Island Rancher Larry Mehau Hosts Community Rally for Sen. Akaka
By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 36401 Views :: Akaka Bill, Democratic Party, Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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Big Island Rancher Larry Mehau, resplendent in a dazzling white “Akaka for Senate” campaign T-shirt, welcomed over 100 Hawaii County Democratic activists to a campaign rally at his Big Island ranch on Sunday, Aug. 27, for U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-HI. Several of Hawaii’s Political Candidates Show Face Including Congressional Candidates Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz and Gubernatorial Candidate Randy Iwase....
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