Ethics

... Keoni Souza repeats his claim that the Independent Audit of OHA was a waste of money.  Current OHA Chair Machado agrees.  Trustee Kelii Akina explains why they are wrong ....

...Price also said that other businesses are being investigated for potential fraud in connection with funds through the CARES Act....

...Company Received Over $27 Million in Unearned Payments Due to Falsified Cost Reporting--This is one of the largest forfeitures the FCC has ever imposed....

“(My) law firm … pioneered foreclosure defense in Hawaii….” -- Gary V Dubin

...“Project Veritas offers further evidence of the need to ban ballot harvesting,” Mrs. Gabbard tweeted to her 890,000 followers....

...The bill addresses the appearance of corruption....

...Fortunately City workers are not likely to get furloughs.  I don’t know how we would survive without public employees like these....

...While some states have prohibited vote harvesting, many states lack any regulations that would stop third-parties from fraudulently collecting and mishandling ballots as has occurred in recent elections....

...Two questions on the upcoming general election ballot relate to the Honolulu Ethics Commission's budget and staffing.... 

...The proposed rule would require the Department to hold a community meeting and solicit family and community feedback before providing official comment on proposed developments....

...“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....

...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....

...“You would think that employees at the state disease outbreak control center would be too busy these days for such extracurricular activities,” Dan Grazier, an ex-Marine Corps officer who now works for the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight, told The Daily Beast....

“...a potential worse case scenario of a contract award just before a leadership transition at HART and the City and County of Honolulu....”

... similar to sandwich lease schemes common during the Broken Trust days ....

... 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 ....

...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....

...Gov. Ige vetoes bill limiting “revolving door” between government and lobbyists....

...OHA Sacrifices $3.2M to Hide Lawyer’s Conflict of Interest?....

...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....

...He called the situation "classic whistleblower retaliation.”....

... 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 ....

... “Josh Green basically took her case to the Attorney General and presented to the Attorney General for whistleblower immunity,” Dr. Miscovich said ....

... “They have to be trained on what we do." --Dr. Sarah Park .…

...Gov. David Ige has notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his Intent to Veto the following 6 measures....

...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....

...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....

...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....

...I’m not the only one trying to dig up information on where the money went....

...Is the entire administration of OHA complicit in the illegal candidacy of an OHA executive for Trustee?....

...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....

...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....

...it is precisely during times of crisis when the public needs and deserves clear, concise, and transparent communication from its government....

...Megan Kau hired by Miske....

...The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says the lack of transparency is ‘eroding public trust in the management of the pandemic’....

...for campaign use of State facilities, State Seal....

... 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? ....

...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....

...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....

... HRS § 84-13, the “Fair Treatment” section of the State Ethics Code, prohibits the use of state resources for political campaign purposes....

...Honolulu Council District III candidate Alan Texeira was convicted of DUI March 10, 2020....

...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.... 

... The game teaches children several curious lessons ....

...Eleven defendants charged in Hawaii federal court with racketeering and other offenses....

...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....

...sources say this is the result of a grand jury indictment....

"...The people of Hawaii are facing a dead economy, and thousands are waiting in food lines to feed their families...."

...$10.8 million, one of the largest single Medicare ambulance fraud cases ever prosecuted by the Justice Department....

...Kelii Akina Talks Story with Journalism Professor Gerald Kato....

...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....