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Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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Transparency: Regents Candidate Advisory Council Names Finalists for UH Board of Regents
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 13297 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU – The Regents Candidate Advisory Council (RCAC) has presented a list of candidates to Gov. Neil Abercrombie to fill four seats on the University of Hawai’i Board of Regents, including two City and County of Honolulu seats, a Hawai’i County seat and a Maui County seat.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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SB1425: Legislative Committee to discuss banning all Oahu Landfills
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:53 PM :: 6844 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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According to Senate Bill 1425, relating to banning the acceptance of solid waste in landfills, no landfill in a county with a population greater than or less than 500,000 residents, will be allowed to accept deliveries of municipal solid waste - beginning July 1, 2012, for Honolulu, and for the smaller counties, a date to be determined by their councils.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
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Abercrombie appoints Don Horner to BoE, plans to appoint Horner to New BoE
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 7595 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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In November 2010, Hawai‘i voters approved a Constitutional Amendment that gives the Governor the authority to appoint members of the BOE. Governor Abercrombie is encouraged that the State Legislature has been moving expeditiously to establish the appointment process for BOE members. When that legislative process is complete, Governor Abercrombie intends to name Horner among his first appointments.
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
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Rep Pine introduces 18 bills
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 6898 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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- Bills to Decongest Traffic
- Bills to Cut Taxes & Make Government More Responsive to the People
- Bills to Solve Problems within Homeowner Associations
- Bills to Stop Elder Abuse
- Bills to Solve Problems for Our Schools
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Monday, February 7, 2011 |
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Could Djou Challenge Akaka?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:19 PM :: 8818 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii) all but swore off elective politics in his recent farewell address, but the former congressman recently penned an article that is sure to ignite speculation among the state's political observers over whether a 2012 bid against Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) is in the offing.
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Monday, February 7, 2011 |
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Feb 18 deadline to Neighborhood Board Candidates to file for election
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 PM :: 6704 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Candidates have until Friday February 18 to file nomination papers for Oahu’s upcoming Neighborhood Board elections. Up for grabs, all 439 seats on 33 Neighborhood Boards.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011 |
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Djou: Hawaii bets on Machine Politics for the 21st Century
By Rep Charles Djou @ 7:50 PM :: 9616 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Obama-style politics and the youthful 2010 class of freshmen Republicans in the U.S. House might be a passing fad or it might become a lasting trend. Hawaii has sent a congressional delegation that is betting the modern movement toward a much quicker internet dominated system of governing, based on transparency rather than pork, is temporary and our nation will eventually return to the 20th Century seniority centric system of quiet machine based power-dealing. The American people will render the verdict on Hawaii’s bet in the next couple of years.
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Friday, February 4, 2011 |
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HB1058: Buying Office Equipment with Capital Improvement Bonds
By Video @ 12:00 AM :: 10908 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Amends chapter 37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include agency-wide technology and computer systems with an estimated useful life of greater than seven years as capital investments to allow all costs to be financed with bond funds and depreciated as capital investments.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Fontaine “HB166 is an anti-business bill”
By Video @ 2:41 PM :: 11091 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Fontaine: “We heard from a Maui roofing contractor who said that if he received a $70K fine … he would have to earn $7M in additional business in order to make up the fine because his profit margin is so slim.”
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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HB1464 to be Heard Wednesday -- Ethics rules for Homeowners Associations
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 7877 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Although the Flag Bill (HB1468) must eventually be heard – the Flag Bill will NOT be heard tomorrow. This delay however gives all us who are passionate about displaying our flag on our own property more time to contact and urge Representative Cabanilla, Chairman of the House Committee on Housing, to put the flag bill – HB 1468—on the schedule for a hearing.
However, the bill that will be heard tomorrow, HB 1464, also deals with homeowner community associations and the lack of transparency by some homeowner community association boards in their decisions and actions and the lack of fairness by some of these boards in their treatment of their association members.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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ProPublica evaluates Honolulu Medical Examiner
By Selected News Articles @ 6:28 PM :: 10884 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In detective novels and television crime dramas like "CSI," the nation's morgues are staffed by highly trained medical professionals equipped with the most sophisticated tools of 21st-century science. Operating at the nexus of medicine and criminal justice, these death detectives thoroughly investigate each and every suspicious fatality.
The reality, though, is far different. In a joint reporting effort, ProPublica, PBS "Frontline" and NPR spent a year looking at the nation's 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices and found a deeply dysfunctional system that quite literally buries its mistakes.
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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HB48: Mandatory Voter Registration bill deferred
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:44 PM :: 8782 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The bill says that every qualified applicant “is required to authorize the attorney general to collect and transmit the necessary personal information required for registering the qualified applicant with the county clerk.”
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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UPDATE: HB1468 Flagpole Bill will NOT be heard Wednesday
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 9175 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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This bill, HB 1468, brings Hawaii into compliance with the federal law as well as ensuring that these home owners may display their American Flag continuously 365 days a year despite any association board's regulation, covenant, or similar binding agreement to the contrary. It also removes any fee you would have to pay to display our Flag. HB1468 IS BEING HEARD WED FEB 2, 8:30AM IN CONFERENCE ROOM 325 AT THE CAPITOL.
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Saturday, January 29, 2011 |
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Rep Michele Bachmann to speak on Oahu, Maui
By News Release @ 3:02 PM :: 13133 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics
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Oahu: Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 11:30 am to 1 pm
Maui: Wednesday, February 2nd, 5:30 to 8pm
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
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House GOP Caucus introducing transparency bills
By News Release @ 10:46 PM :: 7746 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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"The State House of Representatives needs to address the lack of transparency and public participation in the legislative process by using the technology we have at our disposal today by immediately communicating to the public through video, webcasting and audio transmission," said Representative Thielen.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Public Safety vs. Saving a Buck: SB47 allows early release of Felons
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 7910 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Introduced by Sen. Wil Espero (D) on January 21, 2011, to require the Department of Public Safety to establish a pilot program on Oahu that electronically monitors committed persons who are permitted to live and work in the community, in lieu of continued incarceration; and to appropriate funds.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Epic Fail: After giving away $1.3B in Tax Credits, Hawaii ranks 36th in High Tech
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 10217 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii scores high in categories which measure money spent and low in categories showing the results of those expenditures. Notably Hawaii scores 6th in “Net Formation of High-Tech Establishments per 10,000 Business Establishments 2002”—this reflects the large number of fake “hi-tech” companies being formed to sop up ACT 215/221 tax credits.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Ceded Lands Decision Author Justice Samuel Alito to speak at Hawaii Supreme Court Wednesday
By Robert Thomas @ 7:25 PM :: 10361 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Justice Alito's most "Hawaii-centric" opinion was in Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 129 S. Ct. 1436 (2009), where he authored the opinion for a unanimous Court. In that case, the Court held that the United States held "absolute fee simple" title to Hawaii's ceded lands, and that Congress' 1992 Apology Resolution had no legal effect.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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BoE Member Lei Ahu Isa suddenly resigns
By News Release @ 2:41 PM :: 8433 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Dr. Ahu Isa, an assistant professor at Hawaii Pacific University and former state representative, decided to resign to allow Governor Neil Abercrombie to fill her vacancy by making his first Board appointment. Last year, voters approved a constitutional amendment that ended Board elections and gave the governor the authority to appoint members. The state Legislature is crafting a new law specifying the appointment process.
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Monday, January 24, 2011 |
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Marumoto reintroduces ban on pickup truck bed passengers
By News Release @ 10:01 PM :: 6680 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Rep. Marumoto wants to keep passengers of all ages from riding in pickup truck beds (HB 15). Several years ago she was successful in restricting those under 13 from riding in truck beds. This year she will once again attempt to extend that ban to Oahu riders (counties over 300,000 population).
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Saturday, January 22, 2011 |
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
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Analysis: Hanabusa’s glorious DC MetroRail would leave Rida Cabanilla stuck in traffic
By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 PM :: 10344 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep Rida Cabanilla last October told the audience at a candidates’ forum: “You ride the rail so I can drive my car.”
In DC, 106 miles of subways have been built--how do the regal V-8 carriages of Cabanilla's DC bretheren fare now that the the peasants have been removed from underfoot?
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
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Full Text: House Minority Leader Opening Day Address
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 6904 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Today marks a very critical juncture in our state’s history. We have a $800 million state deficit to fill, jobs to create, and an economy to turn around and a new system of educational governance to establish. It is going to be a busy and intense session, but I am confident, optimistic and quite positive – if we work together, it will be a very good session.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
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Abercrombie appoints Georgette Jordan HD 45 Representative
By News Release @ 2:06 PM :: 8072 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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“Now that the House has organized and the official start of the legislative session has begun it is imperative that District 45 have representation,” said Governor Abercrombie.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
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Hanabusa admits failure to get Appropriations Committee seat
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 10:21 PM :: 9922 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii GOP Chair Jonah Kaauwai release a statement on Rep. Colleen Hanabusa's announcement that she was unable to secure the Hawaii seat on the House Appropriations Committee that her campaign had promised.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
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Full Text: Sen. Sam Slom Opening Day Address
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:18 PM :: 7714 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Some people have referred to me as "The Lone Ranger" because throughout the entire United States I am the only single party Senator in a State Legislature.
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 |
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Abercrombie, Legislators scheme to divert capital improvement money to General Fund
By Andrew Walden @ 10:57 PM :: 10392 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie and potential House Finance Chair Marcus Oshiro have come up with--a $100M per year scheme to divert bond funds into the General Fund disguised as a repeal of the subcontractor exemption from the General Excise Tax.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
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Spring Cleaning at Hawaii’s oldest Home
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 8077 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The museum will reveal the techniques it uses to preserve and protect objects in the 1821 Mission House, the oldest documented house in Hawai‘i.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
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Judge: Federal Court ruling “leaves Honolulu police officers no safe course” to detain mentally ill persons with guns
By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 11195 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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If the officers had done nothing and Arekat had proceeded to shoot someone, defendants undoubtedly would have been sued for failing to detain Arekat. One of the officers explained in her deposition that this case reminded her of a prior case in which the police had not removed a firearm from a person who exhibited signs of paranoia, and that person had used it to kill a person, resulting in a huge civil liability for the police department and the city. In this case, the defendants made a courageous decision to detain Arekat.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
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Hawaii Concealed Carry: More Guns, Less Crime
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 9259 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Honolulu, Hawaii – John R. Lott, Jr., author, activist, speaker and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, will be in town speaking on the topics of gun control, public policy and other points of interest at a dinner hosted at The Plaza Club Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 starting at from 6:30 p.m.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011 |
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Djou “Shocked and saddened by shooting of Rep Giffords”
By Rep Charles Djou @ 5:01 PM :: 10737 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former Rep. Djou served on the House Armed Services Committee with Rep. Gifford. The two of them co-sponsored the Truth-in-Spending bill in the 111th Congress and co-authored editorials together advocating for restraint in Federal government spending. Djou and Gifford’s bipartisan cooperative relationship was a subject on televised debates in Hawaii and Arizona.
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Friday, January 7, 2011 |
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Rep. Marumoto Bill to mandate DNA collection from arrested suspects
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 7711 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Honolulu – Representative Barbara Marumoto submitted the following bills for inclusion in the Women’s Caucus Legislative Package.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 |
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Hanabusa: One Day on the Job, One Broken Promise
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 11:28 PM :: 10916 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Hanabusa and Senator Inouye assured voters last October that she would get a seat on the powerful Appropriation Committee if elected and that has turned out to be nothing more than an empty campaign promise.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 |
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Djou: Our hard-fought battle allowed the GOP to gain 3-5 additional seats on the mainland
By Rep Charles Djou @ 11:20 PM :: 9962 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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I believe that a vibrant two-party democracy is better at preserving liberty than monolithic one-party rule.
I believe that open and responsive elected officials are better at ensuring an accountable government than an old-boy network.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 |
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WaPo: Futile, Discouraging, Depressing -- Hanabusa joins the lowest of the low
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 9556 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"The Congress is the most futile place in the world, and the most discouraging, and the most depressing" for people in this position....
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Monday, January 3, 2011 |
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Robert Iwamoto trust sued over Maui Ponzi scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 8:31 PM :: 27124 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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Lloyd Kimura, a Democrat donor, gambler, and brother of Hawaii County Prosecutor Jay Kimura, pled guilty December 28 in State Court to operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme known as Maui Industrial Loan & Finance Co. or Maui Finance Co. (MFC). He could face up to 20 years in prison. But Kimura’s admission of guilt is just the beginning....
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Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
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Rep Djou announces US Service Academy Nominations
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 10149 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Honolulu, HI — Congressman Charles K. Djou (HI-01) personally congratulated selected nominees for respective United States Service Academies at the Prince Kuhio Federal Building today. The following individuals will be nominated by Congressman Charles Djou of Hawaii’s First Congressional District:
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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GOP: Berg's years of service to community recognized
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 11:25 PM :: 8443 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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As many of you know, Tom has proudly represented the values of our party for years as a volunteer in the community, member of the Ewa Neighborhood Board and as a candidate for the State House. His years of dedication and service to his community have clearly been recognized by voters in this Special Election.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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Republican Tom Berg wins Council Special Election
By Andrew Walden @ 11:18 PM :: 9667 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The results are in. With 100% of the votes counted in the all-mail in special election for Honolulu Council District 1, covering Ewa and Leeward Oahu, Republican Tom Berg has been elected.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
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Judge Samuel King funeral Wednesday
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 9118 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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December 28, 2010 ---(Honolulu, Hawaii) The funeral service for retired federal Judge Samuel Pailthorpe King will be held tomorrow at St. Andrews’s Cathedral. A gathering will begin at 1:30pm, followed by the service at 2:30pm with the Order of Kamehameha entering the Cathedral on Beretania and Queen Emma/Alakea St.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
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Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
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The Dangers of Mail-In Ballots
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 9014 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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As Equal Justice Foundation puts it, “Mail ballots are the method of choice for election fraud. For years now the [we have] pointed out that you can have an honest election, or you can have a mail/absentee ballot election, but you can't have both at the same time.”
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
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Abercrombie names Shimabukuro and Solomon to State Senate, doesn’t mention meth
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 8402 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU - Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced two appointments to the State Senate: Rep. Maile Shimabukuro to represent Senate District 21, and Malama Solomon, Ph.D., to represent Senate District 1.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
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VIDEO: Djou farewell speech before US House
By Rep Charles Djou @ 2:58 AM :: 10092 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Congressman Charles Djou gave the following speech as his final address the the U.S. House....
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Monday, December 20, 2010 |
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Michael Medved to speak at SBH Conference
By News Release @ 6:57 PM :: 8504 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The 35th annual Smart Business Hawaii (SBH) Business and Investment conference will be held Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Honolulu’s Ala Moana Hotel from 7am to 2pm.
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Monday, December 20, 2010 |
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Honolulu is #2 on Erin Brockovich hexavalent chromium hit list
By Andrew Walden @ 3:11 PM :: 19461 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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... blame the military and use this as a basis to prepare to scam a billion or two from Congress the next time Democrats take over....
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