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Friday, September 25, 2020 |
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COVID Spending: Hirono questions Ige's ‘lack of transparency’
By News Release @ 7:14 AM :: 2521 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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...“I remain concerned that Hawaii will not spend these federal resources before the end of the year, and that a lack of clear information provided by the state on how funds are being used is creating frustration and confusion among Hawaii’s residents,” Senator Hirono wrote....
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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Common Cause 2020 Legislative Wrap Up
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 3282 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Office of Elections
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...Ige’s deadline to veto bills has passed, so we know which of the bills that made it through this most unusual session will become law....
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Monday, September 21, 2020 |
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Council Candidate Greg Thielen Cautions Against Awarding P3 Contract Under Robbins' Tenure
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 3622 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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“...a potential worse case scenario of a contract award just before a leadership transition at HART and the City and County of Honolulu....”
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Sunday, September 20, 2020 |
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 |
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Hawaii Attorney General and Ethics Commission Join Forces to Address Fraud, Waste and Abuse
By News Release @ 4:56 PM :: 2747 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors announced today that her department has joined the Hawaii State Ethics Commission in an effort to identify fraud, waste and abuse involving government funds ....
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Thursday, September 17, 2020 |
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Waikoloa Mauka Project Now Subject of FBI Investigation, Developer Says
By Selected News Articles @ 7:51 PM :: 5415 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Land Use
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...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020 |
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Ige Releases Final Veto List
By News Release @ 1:17 AM :: 2652 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...Gov. Ige vetoes bill limiting “revolving door” between government and lobbyists....
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Sunday, September 13, 2020 |
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Friday, September 11, 2020 |
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Hawaii Crime Boss Busted for Racketeering, Murder; Infiltrated Teamster Local
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 5871 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement
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...Especially noteworthy is Miske’s involvement with unions, particularly International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 996, which represents drivers hired to do movie and television scenes....
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Thursday, September 10, 2020 |
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Retaliation at DoH: Another Candid Discussion with Dr. Scott Miscovich
By Video @ 2:41 AM :: 3266 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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...He called the situation "classic whistleblower retaliation.”....
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020 |
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Dubin Disbarred--Its 'Foreclosure Hour' for Associate of John Waihee and Keanu Sai
By News Release @ 10:01 PM :: 7070 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, OHA
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... with mortgage scams on the decline, sovereignty activists appear to be shifting to phony Hawaiian Kingdom bond sales as a means to pay for lavish trips to NYC, Geneva, and The Hague ....
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020 |
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HGEA Retaliation: Hawaii Dept Of Health Whistle-blower Forced Out with Bogus Firearm Threat
By News Release @ 5:39 AM :: 5598 Views :: Ethics, Labor, COVID-19
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... “Josh Green basically took her case to the Attorney General and presented to the Attorney General for whistleblower immunity,” Dr. Miscovich said ....
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Sunday, September 6, 2020 |
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So Do We Have Contact Tracers?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3125 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... “They have to be trained on what we do." --Dr. Sarah Park .…
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020 |
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Governor Releases 'Intent to Veto' List
By News Release @ 4:02 AM :: 4344 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Homelessness, Second Amendment
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...Gov. David Ige has notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his Intent to Veto the following 6 measures....
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020 |
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Lum Pleads Guilty in 1Malaysia Development Berhad Lobbying Scheme
By News Release @ 3:43 AM :: 3656 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Lum Davis admitted that, between March 2017 and January 2018, she and others — including a prominent official of a national political party with ties to the administration — agreed to lobby the President of the United States, the Attorney General, and other high level officials....
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020 |
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Johnny Miro gets the lowdown on Hawaii’s lack of COVID-19 transparency
By Video @ 1:55 AM :: 2679 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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...Radio host Johnny Miro of H. Hawaii Media interviewed Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli’i Akina on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020 about Gov. David Ige’s lack of COVID-19 transparency....
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Monday, August 31, 2020 |
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P3 Secrecy: Council Candidate Greg Thielen Calls for Removal of HART Executive Director
By News Release @ 7:07 PM :: 3812 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...taxpayers of the City and County of Honolulu deserve to know the details of this proposed contract prior to any decision being made on it....
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Sunday, August 30, 2020 |
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Case of the Missing Contact Tracer Millions
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:06 AM :: 4816 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...I’m not the only one trying to dig up information on where the money went....
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Sunday, August 30, 2020 |
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Lawsuit: Lindsey Cheats Anti-Telescope Protester in OHA Race
By Andrew Walden @ 5:52 AM :: 8214 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, OHA
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...Is the entire administration of OHA complicit in the illegal candidacy of an OHA executive for Trustee?....
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Saturday, August 29, 2020 |
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Ethics: DoH Employee Fined $25K for Running Private Business on State Time
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 4352 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business
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...DoH is too busy to respond to the State Auditor and too busy to organize contact tracing because they are working real estate deals on State time with the Board and Care home operators they regulate. And their union wants them to be paid to 'work' from home again....
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Saturday, August 29, 2020 |
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Auditor: DoE Refuses Cooperation with COVID Report
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:29 AM :: 2996 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, COVID-19
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...As many of our questions echo those being asked by the public and public officials, it is unreasonable for DOE to refuse our requests about their safety and health guidelines....
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Thursday, August 27, 2020 |
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Contract Tracing: DoH Stonewalls State Auditor
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:02 AM :: 2692 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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...it is precisely during times of crisis when the public needs and deserves clear, concise, and transparent communication from its government....
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020 |
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Watchdog group urges Ige to release COVID records
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:02 PM :: 3435 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says the lack of transparency is ‘eroding public trust in the management of the pandemic’....
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020 |
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Ethics Fines for Reps Saiki, DeCoite
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 3238 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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...for campaign use of State facilities, State Seal....
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Sunday, August 23, 2020 |
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Insider Cacao Scheme: KSBE out $4M -- but OHA Dodges Bullet
By Andrew Walden @ 1:06 AM :: 5688 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Did Burgess tell KSBE that he would need a steady flow of free money for the next 15 years to make good on the Trust’s investment? ....
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 |
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OHA to Take Over Honolulu Council?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 AM :: 9841 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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...two OHA operatives are in the Council runoff elections this November with one goal in mind--help OHA upzone Kakaako Makai so it can build hotels and condos up to the sky....
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Thursday, August 6, 2020 |
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Pine urges direct federal oversight of rail’s P3 contract awards
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 8:52 PM :: 3087 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Pine is urging the Federal Transit Administration to conduct in-person oversight of rail project awards of so-called public-private-partnership, or P3 contracts....
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Sunday, August 2, 2020 |
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OHA Illegally Using State Resources to Campaign Against Akina, others
By Andrew Walden @ 11:44 PM :: 4022 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... HRS § 84-13, the “Fair Treatment” section of the State Ethics Code, prohibits the use of state resources for political campaign purposes....
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Sunday, August 2, 2020 |
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Council Candidate Texeira Gets DUI
By Andrew Walden @ 1:52 AM :: 5159 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...Honolulu Council District III candidate Alan Texeira was convicted of DUI March 10, 2020....
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Sunday, July 26, 2020 |
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Miske Lawyer Behind Campaign to Unseat OHA Trustee Keli’i Akina
By Andrew Walden @ 3:52 AM :: 11797 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...In the middle of what may become a death penalty case, lawyer Thomas Otake is making time for an OHA campaign. One might wonder what Michael Miske thinks about that....
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020 |
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HART Now Makes Video Games
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 2843 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... The game teaches children several curious lessons ....
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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Feds: Miske Could Get Death Penalty
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 4848 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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...Eleven defendants charged in Hawaii federal court with racketeering and other offenses....
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Thursday, July 16, 2020 |
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Former HPD Officer Gets Four Years Prison--Forced Two Suspects to Lick or Dunk Toilet
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 3504 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...on January 28, 2018, while working as on-duty officers, Rabago and Reginald Ramones conspired to force an individual to lick a urinal in a public bathroom...in a separate and unrelated incident prior to January, 2018, Rabago made another individual place his head in a public bathroom toilet in order to avoid arrest....
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020 |
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FBI Arrests Kealoha Pal Mike Miske for Murder
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 28106 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...sources say this is the result of a grand jury indictment....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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COVID Legislature: "This will be a shell of a democracy"
By Rep Gene Ward @ 10:49 PM :: 3320 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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"...The people of Hawaii are facing a dead economy, and thousands are waiting in food lines to feed their families...."
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020 |
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Guam Ambulance Company Owners Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in Medicare Ambulance Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 2824 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...$10.8 million, one of the largest single Medicare ambulance fraud cases ever prosecuted by the Justice Department....
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020 |
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Should Police Misconduct Records Be Made Public?
By Video @ 2:41 AM :: 2692 Views :: Ethics, Police
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...Kelii Akina Talks Story with Journalism Professor Gerald Kato....
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Sunday, July 5, 2020 |
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Damn the Tax Clearances, Full Speed Ahead!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3228 Views :: Ethics, Taxes, COVID-19
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...Ige's COVID order suspends law requiring that people who want to do business with the State or municipal governments need to be current with their state and federal taxes....
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Friday, July 3, 2020 |
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Yes, we are different from Minneapolis; our police misdeeds are kept secret
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:37 PM :: 3627 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Police
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...The intense secrecy that has come to characterize the Honolulu Police Department....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 |
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Hawaii Republicans Blocked from Observing Voter Count
By Brett Kulbis @ 10:38 PM :: 4795 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...This year Hawaii will vote exclusively by mail. Now as many of us know this increases the chances of fraud. Couple that with the checkered history of our Office of Elections, makes it more important as ever that all political parties have representation in our vote counting centers across the State....
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Friday, June 26, 2020 |
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HB285: Legislative Conference Committee Passes Police Reform Bill
By News Release @ 10:59 AM :: 3389 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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...The measure requires the disclosure of the identity of officers who are suspended or discharged for misconduct in a report to the Legislature, removes the exemption for police from disclosure under Hawaii’s Uniform Information Practices Act, and clarifies additional authorities and powers of the Law Enforcement Standards Board....
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020 |
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Council District Nine--Family Ties
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 PM :: 6131 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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... Of the three candidates, two have family members that are already sitting in the Honolulu City Council ....
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Monday, June 15, 2020 |
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Feds: Civil Beat Publisher's Security Detail Sends Pig's Head to Media Critic
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 5305 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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...anonymous, threatening messages, disturbing deliveries – including a box of live cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig mask – and conducting covert surveillance of the victims....
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020 |
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Confronting Police Abuse Requires Shifting Power From Police Unions
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:22 AM :: 4484 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Police
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...“We do not have the ability to get rid of many of these officers that we know have done wrong in the past due to issues with both the contract and the arbitration associated with the union.”....
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Sunday, June 7, 2020 |
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Amemiya Joins Pack of Insiders Grabbing ‘Affordable’ Housing Units for Themselves
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 AM :: 17403 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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...Honolulu Mayoral Candidate Keith Amemiya knows a lot about the ‘affordable’ housing system and how to ‘work’ it....
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Friday, June 5, 2020 |
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UPW Prison Guard Busted Allegedly Smuggling Meth into OCCC
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 5097 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...the UPW still has not agreed to allow all guards to be searched for contraband....
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Thursday, June 4, 2020 |
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Sierra Club: Maui Mayor Exploits Corona Emergency Powers to Fast-Track Shoreline Development
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 4113 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, COVID-19
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... On May 30, Mayor Victorino issued a directive indicating certain shoreline development approval requests will be reviewed within fifteen days or be automatically approved ....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020 |
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GOP: Did Honolulu Council Act Illegally on Rail in 2011?
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 7:47 PM :: 5563 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail, Republican Party
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... Earlier this month, the Hawaii Republican Party’s (HRP) Chairwoman Ms. Shirlene Ostrov sent a letter to Chief Daniel Hanagami, Special Agent, Office of the State Attorney General, who is investigating Honolulu’s Light Rail Project ....
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