Entries for 'Keli'i Akina PhD'

...Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai counties are all considering raising the property tax....

...the lack of dissent allows tax-and-spend policies to move smoothly through the Hawaii Legislature...until....

...this audit seeks to identify areas of “waste, abuse and fraud...”

The most recent version of Rich States, Poor States has been released, and once again, Hawaii ends up on the wrong end of that title....

...HB165 (now headed to a Conference Committee) would modernize the existing Sunshine Law by requiring electronic posting of public agency meeting notices and minutes and making board packets available for public inspection....

When Governor Ige first announced his plan to double local food production, people wondered....

...Trustee Keli‘i Akina appointed to chair audit committee....

...bills heard this week (HB76, HB233, and HB234) attempt to amend the law passed last summer by adding new severance options for the hospital employees....

It's true that the session is far from over. And this bill could certainly end up morphing yet again....

County workers throughout the state make higher wages than nearly all of their mainland counterparts adjusted for the cost of living....

In just this legislative session, we've seen attempts to make the surcharge a permanent part of life.... We've seen proposed income tax increases. There's even an attempt to write a tax...into the state Constitution....

If it is possible to address the national security concerns of the Jones Act through other, more efficient and effective legislation, then we might clear the path to modernizing the Act....

...Akina Appointed to Ad Hoc Audit Committee....

Considering how often we are promised "effective" policy or political plans that "work", there's surprisingly little effort spent measuring that effectiveness....

The Board has scheduled voting on Akina's proposed audit for the February 8th meeting of the Resource Management Committee, a committee of the entire Board....

3,600 words full of spending proposals and sunny guarantees about the future....

Mercatus Center Healthcare Openness and Access Project – Hawaii Ranks 29th....

And what was the most memorable part of his remarks? The introductions of Rep. Kouchi's campaign manager and of the highest paid lobbyist....

...a contract for financial consulting services that ballooned from an initial $95,000 commitment to $723,000 from 2014 to 2016....

...some great scores...and some very, very poor ones....

Stop the unconstitutional use of public funds to turn native Hawaiians into a race-based tribe. Instead, focus on what would really help them -- like better schools, more housing, and economic development....

On Thursday, the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs held its second meeting since its reorganization....

...analysis of the financial statements of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

...OHA is relevant and of concern to the entire community....

...a prosperous society is where the rich get richer and the poor get richer....

I can't think of a single local family that doesn't have multiple service members in it....

Keli`i Akina, Ph.D. has won the General Election race for Trustee-at-Large in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

...Stop OHA from interfering with the economy with its tendency to stand in the way of progress like the Thirty Meter Telescope....

One of the interesting things about elections is that so little attention is paid to issues that have major, long-term consequences....

Lindsey and Apoliona, both up for re-election, have failed to participate in any publicly hosted forums or television programs in which they would have faced their respective challengers Mililani Trask and Keli'i Akina....

...Hawaiians NEED everyone to vote to clean up the problems at OHA....

Everyone agrees that we need to do something about Hawaii’s homeless situation…and that’s part of the problem....

...the habit the state Department of Taxation has of keeping the money that is left over after they process the rail surcharge....

...a feasibility study for a new inter-island ferry....

I have good news. Hawaii improved its position in the Index, moving up from 30th to 26th overall....

Four years ago, the state acquired 1,200 acres of farmland....

...agriculture can be held back by regulation, politics, and policies....

At the very moment when they should be preparing for a possible hurricane, Maui is looking at cutting back health services....

...I am proud that Hawaii is a state of the union....

...reform OHA so that OHA`s funds are spent on meeting the real needs of our Hawaiian people rather than being wasted on failed political agendas....

"OHA wasted tens of millions of dollars in the failed pursuit of a federally recognized race-based nation, something the majority of Hawaiians do not want. Instead, OHA should be using its funds to meet the real needs of Hawaiians for housing, jobs, education, and health-care."

Unnecessary division, stoked by ethnic, racial, and historical issues, pushed forward by an environmental movement that holds disproportionate influence in Hawaii (often heavily driven by mainland interests)....

...vote for OHA Trustees in the August 13 Primary....

...The new hospital public-private partnership is estimated to save the state $260 million in costs over the next decade....these savings could disappear if the costs for the transition is too great....

With your help, I can become Trustee-at-Large of OHA, a role in which we can unite Hawaii's people rather than divide them....

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Leina’ala Ahu Isa has issued a statement on her Facebook page that OHA spent $33 million on the Akaka Bill....

In commemoration of Kamehameha Day, Keli’i Akina, candidate for Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee-at-Large, has released the following statement....