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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Lihue TSA Worker Sues, Claims Sex Assault
By Selected News Articles @ 11:46 PM :: 11102 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Tourism
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Marugame claims a TSA investigator (TSI) "sexually assaulted her" on Aug. 26, 2009....
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Sunday, November 6, 2011 |
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Occupy Honolulu: Waikiki Shooting was “Round One”
By Selected News Articles @ 11:55 AM :: 18556 Views :: Homelessness, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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"...those doing the attacking will die...." -- Occupy Honolulu
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Friday, June 10, 2011 |
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Abercrombie doubles down against Pro-Bowl: "It's Time We Get Our Priorities Straight"
By Video @ 5:22 PM :: 10998 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Politicians, Tourism
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"It's Time We Get Our Priorities Straight," a message from Governor Neil Abercrombie, June 10, 2011
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Sunday, June 5, 2011 |
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$134 Million Mystery: DoTax suddenly admits “unusual reporting, systemic problems, inconsistencies”
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 AM :: 10852 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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The Hawaii Department of Taxation is seeking an outside auditing firm to look at "systemic problems" with DoTax tax revenue reports....
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
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FT: Complacent Honolulu out of its league, not ready for APEC
By Selected News Articles @ 8:09 PM :: 13489 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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It didn’t really seem anyone was in a great rush to pull out the paint and scrub-brushes for the arrival of the world’s media, business chiefs and heads of state for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum meetings in November. At Honolulu’s wonderful, breezy, open-to-the-elements airport there’s little to suggest this is a city that wants to be in the same league as the likes of Seoul, Sydney and Osaka.
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Friday, September 18, 2009 |
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Defeating the "homelessness industry" before it gets a grip on Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:17 PM :: 22639 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Tourism
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The ACLU is threatening a lawsuit against the City of Honolulu after the City Council voted to ban sleeping on sidewalks. Today's Star-Bulletin editorializes:
Councilman Charles Djou introduced the bill because of concerns about how the homeless sleeping on Waikiki sidewalks is affecting tourism. Djou maintains that refusing to allow the chronically homeless to sleep on sidewalks would "put the hammer on people getting the help they need."
Djou needs to cite a precedent where such tough compassion has actually worked.
The answer is embarrassingly simple: Los Angeles.
This leads to an obvious question the Star-Bulletin editorialists must answer:
Where has your laissez-faire attitude towards homelessness ever produced anything but more homelessness?
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Saturday, June 7, 2008 |
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‘Protection racket’ shakes down resort workers, ruins parks
By Patrick Walsh @ 1:46 AM :: 10728 Views :: Hawaii County , Labor, Tourism
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Knife wielding goons demanded money from campers. Public workers sleep through their shift. Pavilions are filthy and littered with broken glass.
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