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Thursday, September 17, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: HART Invents New Billion Dollar 'Crisis' to Pressure Council for Tax Hike
By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 5057 Views :: Rail
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...HART is now ginning up a new billion dollar "financial emergency" timed to justify a Honolulu Council vote to raise the GE Tax by 0.5% for the years 2022-2027....
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
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Conference to discuss development opportunities, environmental issues along rail line
By News Release @ 5:06 AM :: 7372 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail
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The workshop is designed for landowners, developers, real estate brokers....
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Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
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Rail Builds Four Miles, First Car Shipped from Italy
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 5000 Views :: Rail
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...the first two rail cars are now in Pittsburg, California and are on schedule to arrive in Honolulu in the first quarter of 2016....
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015 |
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015 |
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Rail Revote: Is There Anybody Without a Conflict of Interest?
By News Release @ 5:17 PM :: 6904 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...all Council members received a great number of donations from entities that would profit directly from approval of the Ho’opili/Rail project....
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
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Gridlock: Honolulu Commuters Waste 50 Hours/year in Traffic
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 6048 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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...Honolulu came in 18th, with 50 hours of delay per commuter, costing $1,125....
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Saturday, August 1, 2015 |
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"How Much Will Rail Cost Us In the End?"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:36 AM :: 5289 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the only honest answer is "as much as it takes."....
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 |
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HART: Caldwell Appoints 'Expert' tied to Rail Projects Even More Messed up than Ours
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 4794 Views :: Rail
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Mr Burns' extensive rail project experience includes the Third Street Light Rail and Central Subway Project in San Francisco....
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Saturday, July 18, 2015 |
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HART seeks applicants for vacancy on Board of Directors
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 4526 Views :: Rail
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“We are looking for an individual who ... supports rail transit ...” said HART Board Chairman Ivan Lui-Kwan....
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Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
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Ige Signs Rail Tax Hike, Demands HART Report to Him
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 7087 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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The excise tax is an investment by the taxpayers of Hawai‘i and my job is to ensure that their hard earned money is being spent efficiently, effectively and productively....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Congress Appropriates $250M for Rail -- Delegation, Mayor Keep Silent Until Ige Agrees not to Veto Rail Tax Hike
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 5982 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Rail
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The U.S. House passed its FY 2016 transportation appropriations bill earlier this month, and the Senate bill was reported from the Senate Committee on Appropriations on June 25....
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Monday, June 29, 2015 |
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Grassroot Institute Publishes HART Check Register
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:16 PM :: 5948 Views :: Rail
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The HART check register can be viewed here ....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
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Rail Creates Only 870 Local Jobs
By News Release @ 11:38 PM :: 5555 Views :: Rail
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Remember This? "Rail Construction Will Create about 10,000 jobs Each Year" ....
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Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
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Rail: The Cost is the Benefit
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 1:18 AM :: 4968 Views :: Rail
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"It must always be remembered how cost-effectiveness works in the public sector: the cost is the benefit."
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Fox, Henhouse: Caldwell Appoints Hanabusa to HART Board
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 5362 Views :: Rail
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“The largest public works project in Oahu’s history demands the strongest possible oversight” -- Caldwell
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 |
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Rail: It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride
By Selected News Articles @ 6:31 PM :: 5362 Views :: Rail
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At least two concrete columns have developed cracks and have had to be replaced....
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 |
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Rail Tax Hike: How They Voted
By Andrew Walden @ 1:14 AM :: 7197 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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Senate 21-4 : House 39-12
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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Desperate to Push GE Tax Hike Thru, HART Pretends Property Tax Hike is Only Alternative
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 7232 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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Watch HART try to pitch a Property Tax hike in order to make the GE tax seem palatable....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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HART GE Tax Receipts $9M Above Expectations
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 5459 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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“We now have collected nearly $1.47 billion in local revenue funding for rail”
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Tiny Honolulu Rail Stations Limit Capacity of $300M per Mile System
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 4984 Views :: Rail
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Heavy-rail lines have much higher capacities because train lengths are limited only by platform lengths, which in most cases is 8 to 11 cars. But Honolulu is building a heavy-rail line whose platforms are only long enough to allow four 60-foot cars....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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Auditor: City Unable to Track Federal Transportation Funds
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 5946 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...grants and appropriations had lapsed or were subject to de-obligation because project managers lacked accurate, complete and reliable information....
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 |
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Desperate to Pass Rail Tax, HART Finally Agrees to Televise One Meeting
By News Release @ 2:12 PM :: 4710 Views :: Rail
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‘Ōlelo to provide live television coverage of next week’s Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s (HART) Board of Directors meeting....
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Friday, April 17, 2015 |
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DBEDT: Solo Commuters up 74%
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 5075 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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The number of commuters driving alone increased 74.2 percent from 253,680 in 1980 to 441,988 in the 2009-2013 period....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Senate Passes Rail Surcharge Extension, State to Skim $496M
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 2:54 AM :: 6210 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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Senators Russell Ruderman, Glenn Wakai, Lee Ihara, Mike Gabbard and Gilbert Keith-Agaran voted in the affirmative but with reservations. A no vote at this stage serves to exclude the person voting no from participating in the Conference Committee....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Stop the Rail GET Surcharge Extension Bills
By News Release @ 5:38 AM :: 5589 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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HB134 will be voted on this Tuesday - 4/14 - in the State Senate....
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Sunday, April 12, 2015 |
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Rail Tax: If You Don't Ask You Don't Get
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6618 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...we are getting closer to a resolution on the two bills that are seeking to extend the life of the 0.5% Oahu county surcharge on our general excise tax....
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Thursday, April 9, 2015 |
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Rail Tax: 2022 Sunset is Only Remaining Check on HART Spending
By Natalie Iwasa @ 2:58 AM :: 5625 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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The only way to contain costs is to force HART to live within its current means....
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Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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Prosecutor: HART & OHA Auditing Firm Victim of 3-year, $500K Embezzlement Scheme
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 14548 Views :: Ethics, OHA, Rail
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... from January 27, 2011, through and including January 27, 2014, Oki perpetrated four separate and distinct fraudulent reimbursement schemes against PKF Pacific Hawaii ....
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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UHERO: Despite Kakaako, Residential building permits fell last year
By UHERO @ 11:03 PM :: 9927 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Rail
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...Assuming affirmative resolution of ongoing entitlement battles for Hoopili and Koa Ridge, single-family building will begin to pick up over the next two years....
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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Honolulu Auditor Releases Citizen Centric Report
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 6039 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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Characteristics receiving the lowest percentage of excellent or good ratings were the availability of affordable quality housing, cost of living, and traffic flow on major streets....
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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Eminent Domain And The Honolulu Rail
By Robert Thomas @ 4:59 PM :: 5263 Views :: Rail
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...eminent domain, property rights, and the Honolulu rail project....
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 |
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GE Tax: Significant negative effect to state economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:24 AM :: 5345 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...The current trend of increasing state and county revenues via various state tax increases and surcharges represents the sort of short-term planning that inevitably leads to economic troubles....
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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Top Issues? Budget, Homelessness, Housing, Rail Tax, and Marijuana
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 8047 Views :: Homelessness, Rail, Taxes, Drugs
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A report on the top state issues of 2015....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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Lawsuit: OE Local 3 Hawaiian Stabilization - multimillion-dollar slush fund for union bosses
By Selected News Articles @ 10:26 PM :: 9622 Views :: DHHL, Labor, Rail
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...union members accuse union leadership of cavorting with the Japanese Yakuza and the Chinese Triads crime syndicates....
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Sunday, March 15, 2015 |
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Leaked Docs: Wong, Dwyer, and Harry Mattson Got 26% of Kanaiolowalu Contracting Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 9:41 PM :: 11703 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA, Rail
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Contracts with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) reveal hundreds of thousands of dollars in Kanaiolowalu “consulting” fees paid in 2012 and 2013 to Dwyer and Wong....
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Sunday, March 15, 2015 |
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Video: House Republicans Speak Out on HB134 Rail Tax
By Video @ 4:23 PM :: 6755 Views :: Rail, Republican Party, Taxes
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...0.25 per cent rate, beginning January 1, 2017. Amends the administrative fee for the collection of a county surcharge by the State....
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Monday, March 9, 2015 |
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Video: Rail Line Property Owners Meet With Attorneys
By Robert Thomas @ 5:36 AM :: 4259 Views :: Rail
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..."just compensation and damages" are required by the constitution....
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Friday, March 6, 2015 |
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Raise it Higher? GE Tax one among worst practices in fifty states
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:24 AM :: 6419 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...And the poorer you are, the more of your income goes to GE Tax....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 |
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Rail Project Forum: Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, and Protecting Property Rights
By Robert Thomas @ 1:53 PM :: 6159 Views :: Land Use, Rail
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Date: Tomorrow, Thursday, March 5, 2015
Time: 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Location: Farrington High School Cafeteria
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
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HART Directors' Secret Discussion: State May Grab 25% Cut to Ease Passage of GE Tax Extension
By Andrew Walden @ 2:30 PM :: 6935 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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HART Chairman Don Horner suggests the State's surcharge will be raised to 25% even though such a move would "result in a deficit in anticipated GET revenues."
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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Hitachi Buying Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
By Selected News Articles @ 5:13 PM :: 5002 Views :: Rail
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Italy’s largest union, Cgil, called for “a meeting with the government to discuss the possibility of blocking the sale to protect jobs and one of the country’s strategic industries.”
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
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Seminar: Your Rights When HART Comes to Take Your Property
By Robert Thomas @ 9:25 PM :: 6890 Views :: Rail, Small Business
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...Thursday, March 5, 2015, from 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. at the Farrington High School Cafeteria....
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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In Hawaii, The State of Liabilities, The Cost of Rail is Just the Beginning
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:20 PM :: 6941 Views :: Labor, Rail, Taxes
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Liabilities everywhere: The rail project, the failing state hospital system, overdue maintenance on state buildings and campuses, underfunded public worker pensions and health insurance, and so much more....
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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Full Text: Rail Cost Engineer on 'Billion Dollar Mile'
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:12 AM :: 6059 Views :: Rail
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...a brood of unethical government contractors and incapable government enforcers....
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Friday, February 13, 2015 |
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Rail: Engineer Exposes The Hows and Whys of Cost Overruns
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:07 PM :: 5536 Views :: Rail
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...managers had set up a special module in the cost reporting software that allowed them to change prices....
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
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Small Business Caucus Backs HB266 Regulatory Review Board
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 6329 Views :: Rail, Small Business, Taxes
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...Small Business Caucus of the Hawaii State Legislature today announced its priority list of bills....
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Monday, February 9, 2015 |
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Rail to Make a Mess of Bus Service in Pearl City 'Until Further Notice'
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 4646 Views :: Rail
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Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10, 2015, and until further notice, Routes A, 40, 42, 53, and 62 buses traveling westbound on Kamehameha Highway from Kaahumanu Road to Waiawa Road will be detoured between 2 and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday....
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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People's Pulse Contradicts Ward Poll: "Economy, Housing Remain at Forefront"
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 7300 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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Housing / homelessness is now the new hot button concern, increasing from 6% to 17% over the past year, overtaking Education as well as infrastructure, covering roads and mass transit....
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