DHHL

• DATE: Thursday, November 21, 2013
• TIME: 9:30am to 11:30am
• PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol

Hit men, Yakuza, Hells Angels, the Chinese crime syndicate and Hawaii politicians....

...Union of Operating Engineers cavorts with international crime syndicates, spends union dues illegally and intimidates dissenters with threats of violence....

Beneficiaries and other interested parties and organizations are encouraged to review the Draft Plan and submit comments no later than November 18, 2013....

DHHL has recently received inquiries from beneficiaries as well as the media regarding its loss mitigation and foreclosure prevention programs....

Esther Kiaaina may be the next Assistant Secretary of Interior for Insular Affairs....

Currently, 1.3% of Hawaiian home lands are under a general lease, and these lands generate about $10.17 million each year for DHHL....

Hanalei businesswoman Patricia Sheehan and Hilo labor leader Wallace Ishibashi, Jr. were appointed by Governor Neil Abercrombie last week to represent Kauaʻi and East Hawaiʻi Island respectively....

...could lead to revocation of as much as 20% of permits....

Artates is also executive director of the Hawaii Operating Engineers Stabilization Fund...Sentencing hearings are scheduled Sept. 23....

With a vote of 7-0, the Hawaiian Homes Commission voted to amend its long-standing revocable permit (RP) program....

The FCC order exposes more information on Hee than has ever before been made public....

Michelle Kauhane, senior vice president of CNHA and former deputy director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will succeed her....

...to address concerns raised in the Audit of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ Homestead Services Division and other related Department of Hawaiian Home Lands issues....

...Young is currently serving as the director of communications and acting deputy director....

... 999-year homestead leases to be assigned to trustees of land trusts that are created for managing and holding the homestead ....

As of June 30, 2011, there were 9,922 homestead leases statewide and 26,170 applicants waiting for homestead leases. In FY2011, the department issued 177 new homestead leases....

The Obama Administration, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz and U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono introduced requests for the Congress to approve amendments made to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) by the Hawaii State Legislature over the past several years....

"Seeing it first hand myself was stunning. That even at the highest levels of enforcement, the Attorney General himself...."

...providing safe and reliable utility service at a reasonable cost, through the development of Resource Plans and Scenarios....

" ...we need to focus on how much funding is flowing.... "

The owners want to build homes, which is consistent with the zoning but which cannot be built on a 1/2 acre parcel designated "Park."

Wind project impacts “may be worse than climate change,” says UK Environment Minister....

Keopuolani Park (corner of Kaahumanu and Kanaloa) on Sunday, November 11th between 11:30AM and 1:30PM....

Uncle Sam asks Kanoho why his electric bill is higher when he's using less power:
My electric bill. It went from 250 dollars to 400, and we didn't change nothin'.

The proposed wind project largely serves to limit the amount of imported biofuel used to meet the RPS (so we can make the numbers add up)....

Hawai'i Free Press endorsements on State and County ballot initiatives....

...the Company has 45 days from receipt of the notification to submit a plan to the NYSE to demonstrate its ability to achieve compliance with the continued listing standards within 18 months....

Maui county does participate in the poorly funded state pension plan. Its other post-employment benefit (OPEB) liability is also large....

The ceremony presided over by Pope Benedict XVI, will actually begin at 9:30 p.m. Hawaii time....

...including more than $8.1 million for renovation, upgrade and expansion projects at Maui Memorial....

...It's been almost two years since I Aloha Molokai was formed to fight the big industrial wind turbines....

• False reporting and double reporting of campaign expenditures including expenditures of public funds.
• Failure to properly report a campaign loan
• Accepting a contribution in excess of the $2000 legal limit

"One of our primary missions is to explore every option for converting the plantation from a sugar farm, into a bio-energy farm...."

...she slipped and fell on uncleaned floor of the defendant’s fast food restaurant...$5,670,000....

"These business owners are looking for our government to restore much-needed certainty and confidence in our nation’s economy,” said Governor Lingle

Responses from WMA property owners are running over 98% opposed to the project, with less than 1% in favor. Two surveys last year across Molokai found opposition first at 93%, which then grew to 97%, with again only 1% in favor.

"Your knowledge and sensitivity to business issues were key factors in our endorsement process."

"This is very encouraging news for the citizens of South Maui who have been requesting a high school in Kihei." -- Rep George Fontaine

Candidates have until September 7 to file....

Comments to the new Programmatic Environment Impact Statement for Hawaii’s Clean Energy Program are due on October 9th. The newest IAM film explains the PEIS process and how to make your comments.... 

Apparently, there is an effort to get the Judiciary or the Legislature to form another court with specialized jurisdiction....

“Bio-Logical Capital ensures … lodging development that … embraces the use of … building materials… and maintains the buildings….”

Harrison Sheppard, head of Hana Ranch Partners’ executive committee… said that it “was a very complex transaction. It’s not technically correct to say the sale has been finalized.”

One of the necessary beginning points is this principle: The Constitution of the United States, too, has become the heritage of all the citizens of Hawaii.