Entries for October 2020

...voting is kind of like catching a bus.  It may not get you all the way to the front door of the place you need to get to, but you catch the one that gets you CLOSEST to your destination....

... 4 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 3.0% positive ....

...every court to reach the substance of the allegations has dismissed them—including the U.S. Supreme Court....

...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....

... 6 new hospitalizations, 1 more death, 2.7% positive ....

...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.”....

...accepting applications for three seats on the Board of Regents....

...an example of leadership in the face of the COVID-19 crisis....

...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.”....

"...I will be voting for Keli’i Akina for OHA Trustee At-Large, Luana Alapa for OHA Trustee for Molokai and Lanakila Mangauil for OHA Trustee for Hawai’i Island...." -- Mililani Trask

...We have two guides this year:  One is local and one is for the President’s race....

... 18 new hospitalizations, 2 more deaths, 2.4% positive ....

... Hawaii 2020 unemployment claims surpass 380,000 ....

...Hawaii’s negative migration of the past several years in a row is going to accelerate....

...“In light of Kaua‘i’s post-arrival testing program (Rule 18) being denied by the Governor earlier this week, we have continued to work with our health officials and other partners to take a phased, responsible approach to reopening our economy while keeping our island safe.”....

...six U.S. citizens living in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands have filed a federal lawsuit challenging federal and state laws that deny them the right to vote for President and voting representation in Congress....

... 11 new hospitalizations, 2 more deaths, 4.1% positive ....

...“I don’t know how any Native Hawaiian wouldn’t want to vote for Keli’i Akina.” – DJ Derbs....

...Hawaii’s general fund spending rose a hefty 5.7 percent in 2020, thus reducing the governor’s score in this report....

...City initiates “Climate Ready O‘ahu” adaptation strategy; welcomes resident participation and engagement via on-line tools launched today....

...an effort specifically directed at the City’s 303 park locations....

...Today’s total response rate report on the 2020 Census website shows that 99.9% of Hawaiʻi households have been enumerated, one of the top states in the country.... 

...Program Would Be Open To All Hawaii Children Facing A Safety Issue At School....

... 6 new hospitalizations, 1 more death, 2.6% positive ....

...the state does not expect an immediate flood of travelers....

... A world-renowned biochemist who connects part of her early fascination with science to time spent in a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo biology lab captured the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry ....

...Alaska has far fewer COVID restrictions, yet a lower death rate....

...Hawaii’s leading industry, tourism, has virtually disappeared; unemployment is at historic highs; hundreds, if not thousands, of businesses have permanently closed; state and county tax revenues have evaporated....

...Judiciary Committee hearing on the appointments scheduled for October 1 will feature live remote public testimony....

...to urge transpacific travelers to voluntarily take a second test after they arrive in Maui County....

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

... 5 new hospitalizations, 3 more deaths ....

...Hawaii has recovered just 13% of the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic....

...we found that 12 recommendations were completed, 3 were resolved, and 3 were in process....

...ACUF reviewed selected pieces of legislation voted on in both the Hawaii Senate and House to produce average scores of each chamber as well as individual scores for each sitting member....

...First Circuit Judge Steven Alm’s probation reform pilot program, Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE), which launched in 2004 to reduce recidivism and probation violations....

... no new hospitalizations, 3 more deaths, 6.6% positive ....

...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....

...Mayor’s Emergency Rule 18 would have established a post-arrival testing program for all incoming travelers to Kaua‘i....

... Prior to COVID-19, our respondents reported a roughly 4% vacancy rate .... In August, however, this number jumped to 9% ....

...to develop vaccine distribution plans, determine where the vaccine will be administered, and ensure an adequate number of vaccination providers....

...no new hospitalizations, one new death, 5.7% positive....

... 4 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 3.6% positive ....

We are feverishly trying to spend federal dollars for the common good....

"...Not being afforded the same access to the electorate as my opponent...." -- CD2 Candidate Joe Akana

...UHERO report illustrated a dark forecast—worse than the aftermath of 9/11—for travel and tourism in Hawaiʻi, across the U.S. and around the world....

...Honolulu man charged with possession of chemical weapon and unregistered destructive device....

...bills introduced and votes cast in Congress, from GovTrack.us, for week ending October 3, 2020....

... 5 new hospitalizations, 11 deaths—3 new, 8 due to revisions, 6.9% positive ....

... The Ninth Circuit has established a tradition of re-hearing cases favorable to the Second Amendment ....