Ethics

... but he can get back to being a shyster in 5 years ....

... Nickie Lum Davis has retained Potomac International Partners to push for a grant of clemency. One of the lobbyists on the account is Mark Cowan, who was a member of Trump’s transition team ....

... from 2011 to 2018, Winslett paid over $100,000 worth of bribes to two U.S. Army contracting officials who worked at the Range at Schofield Barracks, in order to steer federal contracts worth at least $19 million  ....

... bribes from a drug trafficker to obtain United States Postal Service cluster box units ....

"...ADC has done little – if anything – to facilitate the development of agricultural enterprises...the State can no longer wait for ADC to figure out what it is, what it is supposed to do, and how it is supposed to do it...."

... Kealoha was selected Chief thanks in part to Michael Miske’s ‘uncle’ ....

... “Ms. Iwasa's official engagement on the Board will ensure increased accountability and transparency at HART.” ....

...“We will rely on the advisory opinion of the auditor in making corrective changes. If OHA’s in-house policies do not conform to our obligations as a state agency, then we should create policies that do.”....

...Hawaii’s Lum Crime Family is back in the news—allegedly channeling a Malaysian billionaire’s money to buy Chinese communist influence in Donald Trump’s White House via a top Trump fundraiser--convicted fraudster Elliott Broidy....

... Allegations of Misconduct at the Honolulu Flight Standards District Office ....

... Where This Good News Is Coming From May Surprise You ....

... The proposal documents for the P3 procurement will soon be available for review ....

... EIH believes that transparency is the first necessary step to transform Hawaii’s over-centralized public school system into an empowered system that is schools-centered and allows education professionals closest to the children to determine how best to meet children’s needs ....

...in 2017 five of the top ten earners worked directly under Ballard at Central Receiving....

... 2019: Who Is Earle Partington And What’s He Doing In The Kealoha Case? ....

... The first problem is that some people think that the letter comes from a government agency. It doesn’t ....

"...The failed COVID 19 Operational Plan directly promoted abuse by officers...."

...Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission promulgated new administrative rules, effective November 28, 2020....

...management did not initiate a review or evaluation of its policies and procedures that allowed one of its higher-ranking deputy prosecutors to use the office for criminal activity....

... The city did not share in the $5.3 million in revenues collected by the Bikeshare program between FY2017 and FY2019 ....

...The sentences mark the end of one of the largest public corruption cases in Hawaii history....

"...it is about power...." --  Brendon Lee

... Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Inter-Island Submarine and Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Assets from Paniolo Cable Company ....

... 1,262 checks totaling $21,085,583.58 ....

... these violators were busted and complaint settled within 17 days ....

...The net result: Keep the cash flowing to the usual insiders....

...B&F basically told the departments, “Here’s your money. Go spend it.”....

...Harry Kim won’t be mayor much longer....  

...last year Youssef briefly courted journalists with a story about Hunter’s links to the now-defunct mbloom fund....

...what does it take to get OHA to comply with an Open Records request....

...Joe Biden’s Transition Aide Helped Steer $3M to Hunter Biden-Linked Firm....

...Insider holds and presales reduce the number of tickets available to the general public and restrict accessibility for local residents....

...From 2015 to 2018, we made 190 actionable audit recommendations, of which the affected agencies reported partially or fully implementing 182….

... Advice to Crooks: Stay in Hawaii where things like this won't happen to you ....

...I am voting for Keli'i Akina because he has consistently been an advocate for accountability and transparency at OHA....

...Complaints have been filed with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission and the Honolulu Ethics Commission....

... the Governor issued a Fourteenth Supplementary Proclamation, in which the language suspending the Procurement Code was radically changed ....

... last-minute “spend-for-the-sake-of-spending” mentality ....

... YES To Those Who Stand For Truth & Transparency ....

... Really Obvious Question: Would the son expose any wrongdoing committed under the father? ....

... What does an Audit contract cost in Hawaii?  The Hihimanu Sushi meal was $669 but Nobu was only a measly $500 ....

...Navy Employee Fined, Debarred from Federal Service for Numerous Hatch Act Violations....

... Because OHA get plans for Mauna Kea .... 

"... the ones who are punished the most for allegations of OHA misdoing is the community ...."

...An accounting firm can’t arrest people, throw them in jail, or otherwise find that they have committed illegal activity....

...Federal authorities charged former top fundraiser for the Republican National Committee Elliott Broidy with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent over his alleged involvement in a secretive effort to lobby the Trump administration....

...Unless the corrupt “old guard trustees” (or their clones now running for OHA seats) are replaced with honest people willing to clean up the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the state and federal government will step in and shut it down, saying: “See? We gave you Hawaiians chance, and you blew it.”....

...Akina’s opponent, Jason Keoni Souza, is a Realtor who supports selling the Ceded Lands “to corporations.”  Souza tells Ka Wai Ola he wants OHA to “collaborate with the Building Trades.”....

"...We will consider options under the Government Auditing Standards, including terminating the audit, and will inform you of any decisions affecting the audit...."

...well-connected people often found their way to the tops of housing waiting lists while the names of people who really needed affordable housing disappeared....