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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
Sunday, February 18, 2018 |
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First Lateral: 2,834 Bills Still Alive in Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 PM :: 3411 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...complete list of bills remaining alive after First Lateral deadline....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Coco Palms: Registered Sex Offender threatens to 'arrest' Judge Soong
By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 AM :: 7541 Views :: Kauai County, Greenmail
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... It turns out that “Moses Enoka Heanu, ‘Chief Justice, Court of the Sovereign’” was sentenced in 1998 to five years in the state penitentiary ....
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Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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Former Armed Robber Running for Maui Mayor
By Andrew Walden @ 7:05 PM :: 16781 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...Elle Cochran attempted to wrestle the gun away from the security guard before she could be subdued....
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Sunday, February 11, 2018 |
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Former Cocaine Dealer’s Wife Running for Honolulu Council
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 AM :: 22214 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians, Drugs
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...Should ex-coke dealers get more political representation?....
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Saturday, February 3, 2018 |
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SB2136: Ige Administration Opposes OHA's $119M Cash Grab
By Andrew Walden @ 2:11 AM :: 8319 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Higher Education, OHA
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...Ige Admin testimony shows that OHA rent-seeking is driving up hospital bills, public housing rents, and University of Hawaii tuition for everybody—including native Hawaiians....
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Sunday, January 28, 2018 |
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Grand Theft Aina: OHA Trustees Set to 'Compel LLCs to Submit'
By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 5661 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Waimea Valley and all of the LLCs are still 100% owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs--but the LLCs' lawyer says otherwise....
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Monday, January 15, 2018 |
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FEMA: Ige, Miyagi Wrong About 38 Minute Delay
By Andrew Walden @ 3:14 PM :: 11928 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Military
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...Governor Ige and HIEMA administrator Vern Miyagi say they had to obtain permission from FEMA ... FEMA says that’s not true....
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Saturday, January 13, 2018 |
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Friday, January 5, 2018 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Hires Russian Agent to Keep Hawaii Media in Check
By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 58983 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard
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...Gabbard’s consultant, Chris Cooper, is allegedly one of seven identified as being at the center of illegal Russian lobbying efforts reaching into the Trump campaign and Congress....
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Sunday, December 31, 2017 |
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Report: Hawaii’s Billion-Dollar Consensus Proves Nobody Really Believes in Sea Level Rise
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 8814 Views :: Environment, Rail, Taxes
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...This ‘consensus’ of disbelief is proven by the massive investment in sea-level construction of Kakaako condos and Honolulu Rail....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 11, 2017
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 2075 Views
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- Senate: Nielsen Nomination - Confirmation
- Senate: Balash Nomination - Confirmation
- Senate: Short-Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations
- House: Tax Overhaul – Motion to Request Conference
- House: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Between States
- House: Small Business Mergers Regulatory Exemption
- House: Short-Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations
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Sunday, December 10, 2017 |
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Tech: 'Clinically Psychotic' HGEA Signs Suicide Pact
By Andrew Walden @ 8:27 PM :: 8380 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Politicians
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...The seeming political power play is actually a sign of Perreira’s weakness....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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Kamehameha School Child Molester Case – Hidden Payoff to Judge Exposed
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 AM :: 14928 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Judge Crandall's husband, David Schulmeister, and his law firm, Cades Schutte, represented the Kamehameha Schools, billing as much as $1 million a year....
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Monday, November 27, 2017 |
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Monday, November 27, 2017 |
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How Hawaii Civil Rights Commission Covers Up Sex Harassment Reports
By Andrew Walden @ 9:41 PM :: 10180 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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...Hawaii taxpayers may have been soaked as much as $200K in settlements which keep sex harassment quiet....
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Sunday, November 19, 2017 |
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hawaii State Hospital Employees Game Overtime System
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 AM :: 9359 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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A federal court order is being ignored so union members at the Hawai’i State Hospital can manipulate work rules....
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hospital Crisis: How to Use Union Work Rules for Fun and Profit
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 AM :: 10244 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Hawaii public hospital workers earn less but cost more than their private sector counterparts. How is that possible?
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 |
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Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You"
By Andrew Walden @ 1:50 AM :: 18185 Views :: Health Care
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..."Andrew Walden of the Hawai'i Free Press, actually called HHSC the 'HGEA job trust'"....
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Sunday, November 12, 2017 |
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Island Air: Did the Airports Division bamboozle Fitch Ratings?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:42 AM :: 7366 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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“The Airports Division expects near-term traffic results will be better than projected due to Island Air expanding interisland traffic...." -- Fitch Ratings, October 26, 2017
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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Arakawa Quits Lt Gov Race
By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 5902 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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The following message was sent out to Arakawa campaign supporters Tuesday Nov 7, 2017....
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Friday, November 3, 2017 |
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Maui Rep Kaniela Ing Forms Urban Honolulu Congressional Campaign Committee
By Andrew Walden @ 10:35 PM :: 9028 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians
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...Unsurprisingly, it appears Ing is already violating the law....
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Friday, October 20, 2017 |
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Feds: Kealoha Stole $167K from Orphans
By Andrew Walden @ 11:07 PM :: 6800 Views :: Ethics, Police
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...In or about 2004, while employed as a private attorney, K. KEALOHA was appointed by the Hawaii state court as trustee and guardian for two minor children....
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Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
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Letter to House Speaker: Legislator Assaults Oahu Democrat Official After Complaint over Misappropriation of Funds
By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 8125 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics
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"...The four men who restrained Rep. Quinlan are Rep. Daniel Holt. Rep. Tom Brower, Ali Sek and Benjamin Gates...."
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Sunday, October 15, 2017 |
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Crooks and Cronies: Who’s Getting Paid from the FY 2016-17 OHA Check Register
By Andrew Walden @ 8:40 PM :: 8580 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Hawai’i Free Press has obtained a copy of the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Office of Hawaiian Affairs check register in response to an open records request....
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Sunday, October 1, 2017 |
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Two HPD Chief Nominees Sued: Cover up Manslaughter, Excessive Force
By Andrew Walden @ 8:46 PM :: 12285 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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...a secret commission larded with Kealoha loyalists has picked some candidates to continue the tradition....
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Sunday, October 1, 2017 |
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Cultural Nationalism vs Technical Progress: Telescope Protesters Make More Cash Demands
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 6981 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The more technical progress, the less attractive cultural nationalism becomes....
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Thursday, September 21, 2017 |
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Monday, September 18, 2017 |
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Ige Sends out Secret Memo on Information Practices
By Andrew Walden @ 10:42 PM :: 5268 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...Ironically, the Memo itself was not posted on the Governor’s news feed nor is it linked by any Hawaii.gov website....
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Saturday, September 2, 2017 |
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$2.4B Tax Hike: How They Voted
By Andrew Walden @ 10:09 AM :: 6885 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...Senators highlighted in YELLOW are up for reelection in 2018. Only four of them voted for the tax hike....
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Saturday, August 26, 2017 |
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Full Text: Feds Letter Demanding Rail Plan by Sept 15
By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 PM :: 5674 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes
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...The Recovery Plan does not include a financial plan with funding sufficient to cover HART's current estimated total Project cost....
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Monday, August 7, 2017 |
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Full Text: Summary of Secret UPW Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 7:56 PM :: 7133 Views :: Labor
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...The contract features 10.65% wage hikes over four years and a reopener for years three and four -- conveniently timed for after the next gubernatorial election....
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 |
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Rail Stations Designed to Profit KSBE, HECO, First Hawaiian
By Andrew Walden @ 9:34 PM :: 5045 Views :: Rail
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...Cashing in at Middle Street, Kalapama, Iwilei....
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Sunday, August 6, 2017 |
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DoE Student Absenteeism Over 20%
By Andrew Walden @ 8:49 PM :: 6000 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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... DoE student absenteeism is caused by DoE teacher absenteeism ....
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Saturday, July 29, 2017 |
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Telescope: Judge Recommends Permit Be Issued, Land Board Hearing Set for Sept 20
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 AM :: 7053 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...BLNR Chair Suzanne Case set Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 to hear oral arguments in the Contested Case Hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope....
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017 |
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$1.6B Available to Pay for Rail -- Without Raising Taxes
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 AM :: 8014 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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... we found $1.595B being siphoned off of Rail for non-rail purposes ....
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Saturday, July 8, 2017 |
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GE Tax Equivalent to 13% Sales Tax
By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 5389 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Hawaii GET taxes many products multiple times and ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state’s personal income compared to the national median sales tax which applies to 34.46 percent of personal income....
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Friday, June 9, 2017 |
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Global Warmers: Waikiki Sea Level Rise Will Drown Trump Hotel
By Andrew Walden @ 12:43 AM :: 3553 Views :: Environment
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...oddly enough, global warmers are still not lining up to accept my very generous offer of 10% of assessed value for their Hawaii oceanfront real estate....
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Monday, May 15, 2017 |
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Star-Adv Flacks for DHS Insiders--Trashes Peter Boy Book
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 6810 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...entrenched interests within the DHS culture of secrecy are afraid of this book and its contents....
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Sunday, May 14, 2017 |
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Hawaii Republicans Elect Ostrov Chair
By Andrew Walden @ 12:34 AM :: 4727 Views :: Republican Party
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Report from the 2017 Hawaii Republican Party convention....
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Sunday, May 7, 2017 |
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OHA Procurement Violations: Crabbe, Lindsey and the $435K Beamer
By Andrew Walden @ 12:10 AM :: 12489 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, OHA
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Multiple procurement violations underlie a secret $435,000 contract between the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and a company owned by UH Law Professor Kamana Beamer.....
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Friday, May 5, 2017 |
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Complete List of Bills Passed by the 2017 Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 AM :: 5403 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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229 Bills have been passed by the Legislature. 15 have been signed into law as of May 4. Another 214 are awaiting Gubernatorial action....
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017 |
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Rep Kaniela Ing: Bin Laden Was “Leading a Movement Against the American Crusade”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 18072 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Military, Politicians
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...Orig published June 23, 2012. Republished to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the extermination of Osama bin-Laden....
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Sunday, April 30, 2017 |
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Tracking Tax Hike Bills: And Then There Were Two
By Andrew Walden @ 12:17 PM :: 19166 Views :: Taxes
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TAT Tax Hike for Rail and HSTA and a Massive Income tax Hike on Small Business Owners....
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
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Kawananakoa Letter Debunks OHA LLCs Claim to be Immune from UIPA
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 6170 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...attorneys representing Abigail Kawananakoa effectively debunk arguments used by the LLC lawyer Kimberly Greeley in opposition to an earlier open records request--which is still pending--from Hawai'i Free Press....
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017 |
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SB501: AG Slaps Senators for Censoring Testimony opposing Anti-Free-Speech Bill
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 AM :: 6879 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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On March 6 Hawai’i Free Press carried an article reporting on SB501: “Hawaii lawmakers are censoring pro-lifers who were defending free speech”. Now the Attorney General has weighed in....
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Sunday, April 2, 2017 |
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Carnival Cancelled Thanks to OHA Money Grab?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 7411 Views :: Maui County, OHA, Small Business
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“A little over half of this increase is attributable to State wharfage charges"
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