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Friday, March 4, 2011 |
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Rep Pine calls for State of Emergency after Strike, Storm leave Ewa, Leeward in dark
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 11:40 PM :: 7696 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The power outage has also affected traffic signals which impact the ability of emergency medical personnel, police, fire, civil defense and other emergency services. We are also concerned that hospitals and care facilities may not be able to run the equipment necessary to maintain the health and welfare of their patients.
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Friday, March 4, 2011 |
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Republicans field over 60 Neighborhood Board Candidates
By News Release @ 7:39 PM :: 5824 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Party leaders at all levels made a strong push to recruit candidates for Oahu’s neighborhood boards and now that most of the applications are in, there are over 60 Republicans who are running for the boards.
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Friday, March 4, 2011 |
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Djou: Lingle would make an outstanding US Senator
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 AM :: 8144 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I think she would make an outstanding United States senator,” Djou says. “The best illustration of Governor Lingle’s abilities is 2006. In 2006, it was a highly toxic environment for the GOP nationally, but she managed to win reelection not only by a large landslide but by the largest margin in the history of the state.”
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Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
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Hanabusa, Hirono, Akaka: Make way for Captain Kirk
By Andrew Walden @ 10:49 PM :: 7247 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Speaking to KHON yesterday, Caldwell said not a word about Akaka. Instead he tractors both Mazie Hirono and Colleen Hanabusa into the Senate race, and then transports himself into Congress--CD1 or CD2 no matter—all in one sentence....
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Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
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Pine: Hawaii hands out the most welfare dollars, food, and benefits in Nation
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:59 PM :: 7751 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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One day, the mother of a 12 year-old girl I mentored called me asking for help after they had become homeless....
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Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
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Lingle, Djou comment on Akaka retirement
By News Release @ 11:11 AM :: 8121 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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I worked closely with the Senator to gain support for the Akaka Bill and I still have hopes that this important legislation will come to fruition during the remainder of his term. -- Gov Linda Lingle
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Thursday, March 3, 2011 |
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Mufi: “Plenty of time to discuss my plans”
By News Release @ 10:47 AM :: 7168 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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While some may be curious, there will be plenty of time to discuss my own personal plans in light of his announcement.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 |
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Extortion, Criminal Conspiracy: FBI investigating Gulen Religious Cult behind Mokapu STEM School, Pacifica Institute
By Selected News Articles @ 8:41 PM :: 17607 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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An email sent in June 2008 with regard to teachers who were late in making the paybacks reads: "Brother Veli wants to have all the “salary returns." And he says to withhold future salaries from those who have not made them."
More incriminating still is an email dated June 13, 2007...which recommends "increasing the number of teachers from Turkey ... to acquire more money."
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 |
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Honolulu 40 Days for Life Rally at Capitol
By Janet M. Grace @ 2:08 PM :: 7981 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Kick-Off Rally on Sunday, March 6 @ State Capitol from 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Being Human Documentary to Air March 8-11 on KALO-TV
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 |
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Legislature seeks to tax music, book, movie writers working in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:47 PM :: 7111 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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... the House Finance Committee heard bills that would tell a business how much it can pay its executives, prohibit a deduction of business travel expenses, impose fees on repeat visitor accommodations, tax creative entrepreneurs who write music or movies, tax their death benefits when a key employee dies; and reverse the state’s long standing position of encouraging investment in high technology firms.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 |
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HB853: State-Owned Bank to be run by Takamine, Abercrombie
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 8717 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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“This State run bank would be governed by persons without a banking background including Governor Abercrombie and the State Director of Labor. I cannot see how Governor Abercrombie, who would be designated as Chairman of the Bank, and three of his political appointees could operate this bank while also managing the entire State, ” noted Rep. Gene Ward, House Republican Leader.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 |
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Finalists for new Dean of College of Natural Sciences will visit UH Mānoa
By News Release @ 11:43 AM :: 7544 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Four finalists have been identified for the position of Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The four are scheduled to participate in a two-day period of visits that covers college department discussions; meetings with senior administrators, faculty, staff, students and members of their respective professions; and a public presentation.
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Monday, February 28, 2011 |
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Haloanakalaukapalili: The Story of the Kalo Plant at Iolani Palace
By News Release @ 7:14 PM :: 11597 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Energy
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The March edition of Mission Houses Museum’s “Talking Story”, which focuses on themes of myths, legends, and fables in 2011, will take place on Wednesday, March 9th at 7PM in the Kana‘ina Building on ‘Iolani Palace grounds. Admission is free.
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Monday, February 28, 2011 |
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HB1465 to be heard Thursday: Protect Elders against “Power-of-attorney” abuse
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 6:54 PM :: 7992 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Sadly, the most widely exploited document used by perpetrators of elderly abuse is the Power of Attorney because it can give the perpetrator immediate access to the victim’s bank accounts, real estate, and other valuable property unlike a will, trust, or estate planning document that may not take effect for many years.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011 |
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Charles Djou, second most moderate Republican in 111th Congress
By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 11653 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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According to an analysis of the 111th US Congress published Friday by the National Journal, among Republicans Hawaii Representative Charles Djou was out-moderated only by Rep Joseph Cao of New Orleans.
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Friday, February 25, 2011 |
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Limbaugh: Did Honolulu Council ever pass resolution condemning Mao’s genocide?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 11558 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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We'd have to check the archives to see if the Honolulu City Council ever did issue a condemnation of Mao Tse-tung for the genocide of Chinese people back when the cultural revolution, the great leap forward and all that stuff took place.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
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Full Text: Carlisle’s State of the City Speech
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 8217 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The word change can simply mean, “something becomes different.” Like a car tire that runs over a large pothole, and becomes flat. But change can also mean “something is transformed.” Transformation is an evolutionary process. Like a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. “Transformation” is a concept that will be discussed several times today as we review the challenges facing our city.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
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$37,500? Abercrombie makes fool of himself during Pension Tax debate
By Video @ 1:34 AM :: 10373 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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"That’s why it is egregious for you to indicate that what I’m saying is that somebody with a sole total income of $37,500—that that is their sole income—that they would be asked under those circumstances to pay that. But if anybody wants to try and manipulate the numbers for a personal political agenda in order to try and score political points, let me tell you—this is one Governor that’s not going to put up with it." -- Abercrombie
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
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Djou: Hawaii Politicians Detached From Reality
By Rep Charles Djou @ 2:25 PM :: 9145 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii’s elected officials are ready to tackle every issue - except job creation and the deficit. The first major action taken by the Hawaii State Senate was to become the only legislative chamber in the United States to eliminate the invocation. The legislature has confronted issues ranging from decriminalization of marijuana, civil unions, bingo on Hawaiian Homelands and banning the sale of toy guns.
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Friday, February 18, 2011 |
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Newt Gingrich to speak in Honolulu tonight
By News Release @ 3:45 PM :: 7632 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will be headlining the Hawaii GOP’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner. The Party fundraising event will be held tonight at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
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Friday, February 18, 2011 |
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Recktenwald names Browning to replace McKenna
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 7417 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Judge Browning’s assignment is effective March 4, 2011. He will succeed Judge Sabrina McKenna, who will be sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court on March 3 at 4:15 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom.
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Monday, February 14, 2011 |
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Pensions, Rail, Earmarks: Abercrombie and Obama wage war on Inouye
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 AM :: 11237 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Just two months into his term, Neil Abercrombie has led Hawaii politics into chaos. From the White House to Honolulu Hale, progressive Democrats are duking it out with the old boys.
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Saturday, February 12, 2011 |
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Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections to be Cancelled?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:17 PM :: 12452 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Hundreds of community activists and aspiring political leaders across Oahu are preparing for Neighborhood Board Elections in April and May to fill 439 seats on 33 Neighborhood Boards. February 18 is the last day to register to vote in the election and the last day for candidates to file nomination papers. But NCO Executive Assistant Bryan Mick and the Neighborhood Commission (NCO) have a surprise in store. On February 17, 2011 the Commission will be holding a “Special Meeting” to vote on a motion to cancel the election ....
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Saturday, February 12, 2011 |
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Saturday, February 12, 2011 |
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SB1449 Hearing Saturday: Hawaii Sunset Advisory Commission to assess Government Agencies
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:33 AM :: 6893 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The committee(s) on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs has rescheduled its public hearing to Saturday, 2-12-2011 at 10 a.m. in conference room 229.
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Saturday, February 12, 2011 |
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Rep Ward, Sen Slom invite public to speak out on pension tax, other issues
By News Release @ 1:27 AM :: 7137 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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- WHAT: Legislative Townhall Meeting
- WHERE: Haha‘ione Elementary School Cafeteria
- WHEN: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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Transparency: Regents Candidate Advisory Council Names Finalists for UH Board of Regents
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 13230 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU – The Regents Candidate Advisory Council (RCAC) has presented a list of candidates to Gov. Neil Abercrombie to fill four seats on the University of Hawai’i Board of Regents, including two City and County of Honolulu seats, a Hawai’i County seat and a Maui County seat.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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SB1425: Legislative Committee to discuss banning all Oahu Landfills
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:53 PM :: 6806 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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According to Senate Bill 1425, relating to banning the acceptance of solid waste in landfills, no landfill in a county with a population greater than or less than 500,000 residents, will be allowed to accept deliveries of municipal solid waste - beginning July 1, 2012, for Honolulu, and for the smaller counties, a date to be determined by their councils.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
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Abercrombie appoints Don Horner to BoE, plans to appoint Horner to New BoE
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 7554 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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In November 2010, Hawai‘i voters approved a Constitutional Amendment that gives the Governor the authority to appoint members of the BOE. Governor Abercrombie is encouraged that the State Legislature has been moving expeditiously to establish the appointment process for BOE members. When that legislative process is complete, Governor Abercrombie intends to name Horner among his first appointments.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
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Rep Pine introduces 18 bills
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 6863 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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- Bills to Decongest Traffic
- Bills to Cut Taxes & Make Government More Responsive to the People
- Bills to Solve Problems within Homeowner Associations
- Bills to Stop Elder Abuse
- Bills to Solve Problems for Our Schools
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Monday, February 7, 2011 |
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Could Djou Challenge Akaka?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:19 PM :: 8760 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii) all but swore off elective politics in his recent farewell address, but the former congressman recently penned an article that is sure to ignite speculation among the state's political observers over whether a 2012 bid against Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) is in the offing.
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Monday, February 7, 2011 |
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Feb 18 deadline to Neighborhood Board Candidates to file for election
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 PM :: 6668 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Candidates have until Friday February 18 to file nomination papers for Oahu’s upcoming Neighborhood Board elections. Up for grabs, all 439 seats on 33 Neighborhood Boards.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011 |
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Djou: Hawaii bets on Machine Politics for the 21st Century
By Rep Charles Djou @ 7:50 PM :: 9562 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Obama-style politics and the youthful 2010 class of freshmen Republicans in the U.S. House might be a passing fad or it might become a lasting trend. Hawaii has sent a congressional delegation that is betting the modern movement toward a much quicker internet dominated system of governing, based on transparency rather than pork, is temporary and our nation will eventually return to the 20th Century seniority centric system of quiet machine based power-dealing. The American people will render the verdict on Hawaii’s bet in the next couple of years.
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Friday, February 4, 2011 |
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HB1058: Buying Office Equipment with Capital Improvement Bonds
By Video @ 12:00 AM :: 10855 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Amends chapter 37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include agency-wide technology and computer systems with an estimated useful life of greater than seven years as capital investments to allow all costs to be financed with bond funds and depreciated as capital investments.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Fontaine “HB166 is an anti-business bill”
By Video @ 2:41 PM :: 11041 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Fontaine: “We heard from a Maui roofing contractor who said that if he received a $70K fine … he would have to earn $7M in additional business in order to make up the fine because his profit margin is so slim.”
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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HB1464 to be Heard Wednesday -- Ethics rules for Homeowners Associations
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 7842 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Although the Flag Bill (HB1468) must eventually be heard – the Flag Bill will NOT be heard tomorrow. This delay however gives all us who are passionate about displaying our flag on our own property more time to contact and urge Representative Cabanilla, Chairman of the House Committee on Housing, to put the flag bill – HB 1468—on the schedule for a hearing.
However, the bill that will be heard tomorrow, HB 1464, also deals with homeowner community associations and the lack of transparency by some homeowner community association boards in their decisions and actions and the lack of fairness by some of these boards in their treatment of their association members.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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ProPublica evaluates Honolulu Medical Examiner
By Selected News Articles @ 6:28 PM :: 10823 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In detective novels and television crime dramas like "CSI," the nation's morgues are staffed by highly trained medical professionals equipped with the most sophisticated tools of 21st-century science. Operating at the nexus of medicine and criminal justice, these death detectives thoroughly investigate each and every suspicious fatality.
The reality, though, is far different. In a joint reporting effort, ProPublica, PBS "Frontline" and NPR spent a year looking at the nation's 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices and found a deeply dysfunctional system that quite literally buries its mistakes.
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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HB48: Mandatory Voter Registration bill deferred
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:44 PM :: 8739 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The bill says that every qualified applicant “is required to authorize the attorney general to collect and transmit the necessary personal information required for registering the qualified applicant with the county clerk.”
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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UPDATE: HB1468 Flagpole Bill will NOT be heard Wednesday
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 9126 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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This bill, HB 1468, brings Hawaii into compliance with the federal law as well as ensuring that these home owners may display their American Flag continuously 365 days a year despite any association board's regulation, covenant, or similar binding agreement to the contrary. It also removes any fee you would have to pay to display our Flag. HB1468 IS BEING HEARD WED FEB 2, 8:30AM IN CONFERENCE ROOM 325 AT THE CAPITOL.
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Saturday, January 29, 2011 |
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Rep Michele Bachmann to speak on Oahu, Maui
By News Release @ 3:02 PM :: 13076 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics
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Oahu: Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 11:30 am to 1 pm
Maui: Wednesday, February 2nd, 5:30 to 8pm
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
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House GOP Caucus introducing transparency bills
By News Release @ 10:46 PM :: 7708 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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"The State House of Representatives needs to address the lack of transparency and public participation in the legislative process by using the technology we have at our disposal today by immediately communicating to the public through video, webcasting and audio transmission," said Representative Thielen.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Public Safety vs. Saving a Buck: SB47 allows early release of Felons
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 7866 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Introduced by Sen. Wil Espero (D) on January 21, 2011, to require the Department of Public Safety to establish a pilot program on Oahu that electronically monitors committed persons who are permitted to live and work in the community, in lieu of continued incarceration; and to appropriate funds.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Epic Fail: After giving away $1.3B in Tax Credits, Hawaii ranks 36th in High Tech
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 10176 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii scores high in categories which measure money spent and low in categories showing the results of those expenditures. Notably Hawaii scores 6th in “Net Formation of High-Tech Establishments per 10,000 Business Establishments 2002”—this reflects the large number of fake “hi-tech” companies being formed to sop up ACT 215/221 tax credits.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Ceded Lands Decision Author Justice Samuel Alito to speak at Hawaii Supreme Court Wednesday
By Robert Thomas @ 7:25 PM :: 10309 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Justice Alito's most "Hawaii-centric" opinion was in Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 129 S. Ct. 1436 (2009), where he authored the opinion for a unanimous Court. In that case, the Court held that the United States held "absolute fee simple" title to Hawaii's ceded lands, and that Congress' 1992 Apology Resolution had no legal effect.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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BoE Member Lei Ahu Isa suddenly resigns
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 8382 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Dr. Ahu Isa, an assistant professor at Hawaii Pacific University and former state representative, decided to resign to allow Governor Neil Abercrombie to fill her vacancy by making his first Board appointment. Last year, voters approved a constitutional amendment that ended Board elections and gave the governor the authority to appoint members. The state Legislature is crafting a new law specifying the appointment process.
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Monday, January 24, 2011 |
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Marumoto reintroduces ban on pickup truck bed passengers
By News Release @ 10:01 PM :: 6651 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Rep. Marumoto wants to keep passengers of all ages from riding in pickup truck beds (HB 15). Several years ago she was successful in restricting those under 13 from riding in truck beds. This year she will once again attempt to extend that ban to Oahu riders (counties over 300,000 population).
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