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Sunday, January 9, 2011
UK Lib-Dems push for end of “libel tourism”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 8028 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Threats of libel actions in UK courts were used to silence coverage of the financial connection between Barack Obama, Tony Rezko, and Iraqi ex-Baathist billionaire and lifelong Saddam Hussein associate Nadhmi Auchi during the 2008 campaign.  Hawai’i Free Press was one of the few news sources anywhere on Earth willing to defy the threats. 

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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Djou “Shocked and saddened by shooting of Rep Giffords”
By Rep Charles Djou @ 5:01 PM :: 10681 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Former Rep. Djou served on the House Armed Services Committee with Rep. Gifford.  The two of them co-sponsored the Truth-in-Spending bill in the 111th Congress and co-authored editorials together advocating for restraint in Federal government spending.  Djou and Gifford’s bipartisan cooperative relationship was a subject on televised debates in Hawaii and Arizona.

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Friday, January 7, 2011
Stalemate Broken: House Republican Caucus backs Calvin Say for Speaker
By Andrew Walden @ 9:10 PM :: 6616 Views :: Energy, Environment

Rep Gene Ward: "The eight of us have heard directly from our constituents, from Oahu to Maui, about the importance of not raising the general excise tax (GET), providing favorable pro-small business initiatives that will create jobs and ensuring improvements are made to state infrastructures."

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Friday, January 7, 2011
Rep. Marumoto Bill to mandate DNA collection from arrested suspects
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 7666 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Honolulu – Representative Barbara Marumoto submitted the following bills for inclusion in the Women’s Caucus Legislative Package.

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Friday, January 7, 2011
Hiram Bingham IV, the secret rescuer
By Selected News Articles @ 1:23 PM :: 12350 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Did you know that an idealistic U.S. diplomat disobeyed his Washington superiors early in World War II and saved 2,500 Jews in southern France, before Nazis could ship them to death camps?

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Hanabusa: One Day on the Job, One Broken Promise
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 11:28 PM :: 10863 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Rep. Hanabusa and Senator Inouye assured voters last October that she would get a seat on the powerful Appropriation Committee if elected and that has turned out to be nothing more than an empty campaign promise.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Djou: Our hard-fought battle allowed the GOP to gain 3-5 additional seats on the mainland
By Rep Charles Djou @ 11:20 PM :: 9913 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

I believe that a vibrant two-party democracy is better at preserving liberty than monolithic one-party rule.

I believe that open and responsive elected officials are better at ensuring an accountable government than an old-boy network.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
WaPo: Futile, Discouraging, Depressing -- Hanabusa joins the lowest of the low
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 9498 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"The Congress is the most futile place in the world, and the most discouraging, and the most depressing" for people in this position....

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Full Text: Speaker John Boehner takes gavel
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 6872 Views :: National News, Ethics

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Instant Runoff Voting debunked
By Selected News Articles @ 7:44 PM :: 12967 Views :: Office of Elections

Because voters in the Dec 29 special election for Honolulu County Council Dist 1 elected a Republican, Tom Berg; the billion dollar Progressives at Civil Beat have concluded that the system of elections must be changed, “to prevent such an election in the future.”

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Birthers “Born Again” thanks to Abercrombie
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 7356 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

That’s some favor Abercrombie did his old pal; he took a non-issue that was as settled as it’s ever going to be and fired it up all over again.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
$126M Giveaway: Abercrombie quietly boosts spending on Public Employees’ Insurance
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 10630 Views :: Energy, Environment

UHPA: After a series of meetings with Governor Abercrombie, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed on December 23rd, 2010 that increased the employer’s contribution to 60% of the premium costs for the coverage selected by individual public employees.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
VIDEO: Steele Faces Rivals in RNC Chair Debate
By Video @ 2:23 AM :: 5950 Views :: National News, Ethics

for all their criticism in print and on-line of incumbent Chairman Michael Steele, none of his four opponents in the race (which will be decided at the RNC winter meeting next week) landed a knock-out blow or even roughed up the embattled RNC chief….

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Monday, January 3, 2011
Robert Iwamoto trust sued over Maui Ponzi scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 8:31 PM :: 27036 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement

Lloyd Kimura, a Democrat donor, gambler, and brother of Hawaii County Prosecutor Jay Kimura, pled guilty December 28 in State Court to operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme known as Maui Industrial Loan & Finance Co. or Maui Finance Co. (MFC).  He could face up to 20 years in prison.  But Kimura’s admission of guilt is just the beginning....

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Monday, January 3, 2011
Calif. EIS shows plastic bag ban harms environment
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 12810 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Maui’s County-wide plastic bag ban goes into effect January 11, 2011.  No EIS has been required.  Here’s what they are hiding:

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Monday, January 3, 2011
WaPo: Abercrombie “taking the pole position of political surrealism ”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 PM :: 8305 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Hawaii is taking the pole position of political surrealism in the far-flung states. The new governor, Neil Abercrombie, an iconic longhair and college pal of Barack Obama's father, has decided to make knocking down Obama birther conspiracies his top political priority.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011
December 7 battlefield to become Regional Park
By John Bond @ 7:40 PM :: 6964 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Birther War Year Two: Hey Neil, Don't feed the trolls
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 7912 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

This truism is lost on the ignoramuses at the Seattle Times, who published an editorial this morning applauding newly-elected Governor Neil Abercrombie's declared intention to do something to squelch the conspiracy theory....

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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Abercrombie’s Birther War named in top ten Flubs of the Year
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 PM :: 8645 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

It is easy for Seattle Times editors to cheer on the war effort from comfort of their offices, but many on the front lines are starting to think this is not a winnable war—a quagmire.  Some are even calling for negotiations with the birthers.

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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Hawaii Land trusts merge to finance grab for thousands more acres
By News Release @ 12:27 PM :: 6870 Views :: Energy, Environment

Currently in active negotiations with landowners on Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii Island, HILT expects to announce thousands more conservation acres within the first quarter of 2011. The Hawaiian Islands Land Trust central office is based initially on Maui.

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