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Monday, November 5, 2012
Hawaii Republican Party Victory Centers Open All Day Tuesday
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 7039 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

After the polls close, HRP will join hundreds of volunteers and supporters at Lingle campaign headquarters....

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Monday, November 5, 2012
Djou: We’re on the Verge of Winning, Hanabusa Launches Negative Ads
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 7845 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Over the weekend, our opponent began airing negative radio ads designed to attack Charles' character and divert the voters' attention from the serious issues facing our state and nation....

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Monday, November 5, 2012
HD47: Fale Responds to Save Oahu Coalition
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 5917 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

...residents I spoke with felt isolated and excluded from the “Keep the Country Country” movement because of a perceived unwillingness by the organization to find common ground ....

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Monday, November 5, 2012
Akina: Seven Myths About OHA Voting
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 5665 Views :: Energy, Environment

Myth: OHA is a Hawaiian organization. Fact: OHA is a state agency created by Hawaii’s voting public to carry out the public’s duty to Hawaiians and society in general....

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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Lingle Camp: Race in Dead Heat, Hirono Panics
By News Release @ 6:52 PM :: 6157 Views :: Energy, Environment

...we know their polling methods are flawed and this race is up for grabs.   Even the Democrat DC-based Super PAC, MajorityPAC, thinks this race is a toss up....

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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Majority PAC Ad Plagiarizes Lingle Ads and Deceives Voters
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 5375 Views :: Energy, Environment

...the message is filled with lies about Governor Lingle’s positions and direct plagiarism of messaging put forth by Governor Lingle....

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Friday, November 2, 2012
UHERO: Renewable Energy Tax Credit is Significant Weight on State Budget
By News Release @ 11:08 PM :: 4801 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hawaii’s tourism juggernaut powers onward, but growth elsewhere remains elusive....

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Friday, November 2, 2012
UHERO Deploys Latest Excuses For Big Wind, Big Cable
By News Release @ 10:58 PM :: 8916 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

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)....

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Friday, November 2, 2012
State Tax Raids on Online Travel Companies Slapped Down in Two More Courts
By News Release @ 10:33 PM :: 6488 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Abercrombie and Louie were just dreaming of easy money ...

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Friday, November 2, 2012
Hirono, HSTA Celebrate Three Years of Furloughs
By News Release @ 6:10 PM :: 5145 Views :: Energy, Environment

Mazie Hirono is hosting a rally today to slander Governor Linda Lingle in regards to the 2009-2010 teacher furloughs, a tactic that has been a hallmark of Hirono's campaign.

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Friday, November 2, 2012
Governor Selects Louise Kim McCoy as Communications Director
By News Release @ 12:38 PM :: 5078 Views :: Energy, Environment

Abercrombie today announced that Louise Kim McCoy is joining his administration effective today....

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Friday, November 2, 2012
DLNR Announces Arbor Day Events
By News Release @ 1:36 AM :: 4302 Views :: Energy, Environment

Abercrombie today said, “I want everyone to remember that trees and forests are what make life possible...."

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Friday, November 2, 2012
Hyper-Partisan PAC Comes into Hawaii Backing Hirono
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 3658 Views :: Energy, Environment

It's very obvious that Hirono's campaign and her mainland operatives see the same polling numbers we do: that the U.S. Senate race is a statistical dead heat....

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
General Contractors Association of Hawaii Endorses Lingle
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 5416 Views :: Energy, Environment

GCA joins a growing coalition of business leaders supporting Linda Lingle for U.S. Senate, including the Associated Builders and Contractors, Maui Chamber of Commerce, and the Hawaii Restaurant Association, as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce....

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Caldwell Caught with His Hand in “Pay to Play” Cash Register
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 6854 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

Yesterday’s report on campaign donations reveals that he continues to accept great numbers of monetary contributions from government contractors, including Honolulu rail contractors....

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Ohana Health receives contract to provide behavioral health services in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 5163 Views :: Energy, Environment

...behavioral health services to Medicaid-eligible adults who have serious mental illnesses, and who are participants in the state's QUEST Expanded Access, or QExA, health program....

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Lingle Hosts Get Out the Vote Rally at Aloha Tower Tonight
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 6205 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

TONIGHT, Thursday, November 1 – 6:00-8:30 p.m....

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Hawaii County Releases Absentee Voting Totals
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 6590 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

104,323 Hawaii County residents are registered to vote in the 2012 General Election....

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Grand Theft Aina: Sierra Club Launches PLDC Repeal Drive
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 6146 Views :: Energy, Environment

"With the PLDC's recent efforts to exclude the public from commenting and the adoption of a toothless strategic plan, it appears our only alternative is to push for a repeal of the PLDC."

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Honolulu Council: Aiona, Fukunaga Tied at 29% Each
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 6659 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

With 7 days to go, this race is a dead heat. Here are the results ....

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
State Seeks Public Comment: New Rules for HRS 343 Environmental Review
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 6143 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Hawai‘i State Environmental Council has issued a draft of revised rules for the state's environmental review process....

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
UHERO Confab: Taxes, Clean Energy and Local Food
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 6469 Views :: Energy, Environment

"State and Local Tax Policy: Taxing E-commerce" focused on taxation of e-commerce, hotel room rentals by online travel agencies, and the impact of tax credits....

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Hirono Voted Against Funding Tsunami Warning System
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 5645 Views :: Energy, Environment

The high-tech buoy network faced $4.5 million in cuts in February, and Hirono opposed bipartisan House legislation to fully fund the critical system for FY2013 ....

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Monday, October 29, 2012
Molokai: Big Cable RFP Should be Delayed
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 9422 Views :: Maui County, Energy

...the RFP is expected six months before the IRP process is complete and at least a year before the results of the PEIS are released....

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Monday, October 29, 2012
Djou: Our Polls Show us Ahead
By News Release @ 3:24 PM :: 8544 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

...The Star Advertiser polled 60% of Democrats in their sample; while our pollster believes that the number of Democrats in our congressional district is closer to 45% of the electorate....

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Monday, October 29, 2012
Pre-Plus: Hirono Takes Credit for Others' Innovation
By News Release @ 3:00 PM :: 6112 Views :: Energy, Environment

"This is a common tactic for Hirono to tout the great efforts of so many others as her own...."

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Monday, October 29, 2012
Ward Polls: A Laughable Embarrassment
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 6221 Views :: Energy, Environment

...in the Democrat Primary election, the Ward poll showed Tulsi Gabbard losing to Mufi Hannemann by 10 points and she went on to win by 21....

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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Canada Earthquake Tsunami 4’ Wave in Hilo Bay, 5’ at Kahului
By News Release @ 1:12 AM :: 7496 Views :: Energy, Environment

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Saturday, October 27, 2012
NFIB: Hirono Votes 100% Against Small Business
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 5920 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hirono has been on the wrong side of every small business issue during this session.

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Saturday, October 27, 2012
ML&P Faces Delisting from NY Stock Exchange
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 7886 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL

...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....

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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Hirono and Hanabusa cut $2.1B from Hawaii Medicare Advantage and Medicare Reimbursements
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 5726 Views :: Energy, Environment

...according to AAN the total Medicare cuts to Hawaii are $2,151,990,000.  That means cuts of $10,648 to each and every one of our 202,097 kupuna....

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Friday, October 26, 2012
Mufi: No 'Pay to Play' in My Administration
By News Release @ 11:49 PM :: 5979 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

Defend Ben is now doing the same thing on behalf of Ben's candidacy, and Ben is certainly not censuring Defend Ben....

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Friday, October 26, 2012
Mililani, Kalihi, E Oahu: Talk Story With Charles Djou
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 7788 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

...free food and an opportunity to tell Charles about the issues you care about most....

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Friday, October 26, 2012
Save O’ahu Farmlands Alliance Announces Endorsements
By News Release @ 10:43 PM :: 8775 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

... candidates who strongly support saving farmland and who will work to promote local farms ....

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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Fitch: $71M in Maui Co Bonds Rate AA+
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 9491 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

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

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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Senator, 1000 Ratepayers Call for Lower Electric Bills
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 9726 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Urge the Governor to rescind Executive Agreements between the State of Hawaii, the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) and HECO that were put in place in 2008 ....

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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Humane Society Sues DLNR Over Aquarium Collectors
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 6198 Views :: Energy, Environment

...the groups are asking DLNR to conduct environmental reviews before granting permits that allow unlimited aquarium collection of marine wildlife in coastal waters....

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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Alaskans Push Back Against 200 mile 'Emissions Control Area' for Ships
By News Release @ 2:14 PM :: 5383 Views :: National News, Ethics

... costly adjustments to comply with the ECA, those costs will be passed on, increasing the price of goods and fuel ....

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Brickwood Galuteria, Serial Job Killer
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 12600 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Galuteria is a major force behind the continuing legislative attempt to tax the pension income of our retirees....

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Fitch: $890M Honolulu Bonds Rated AA+
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 6090 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

...supported by an unlimited pledge of ad valorem property tax....

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
UH Manoa Scores 295th of 700 World Universities
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 9812 Views :: Energy, Environment

From CS World University Rankings ....

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Hawaii-based Travel Site Upset by $700M Tax Decision
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 10232 Views :: Energy, Environment

...the OTC's may still be liable for nearly $200 million in back general excise taxes....

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
ACLU: Guards Should Stop Listening to Hawaii Prisoners
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 11574 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

CCA maintains a practice of having a guard stand right next to a prisoner when he speaks on the phone with his attorney....

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
After Debate, Nearly 70% Say Djou Wins
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 9342 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Djou offered a clear vision for Hawai’i: create jobs here at home by strengthening our small businesses and build a better future for our children ....

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Hirono Hits Middle Class With Tax Hike
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 7842 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Congresswoman Mazie Hirono twice voted to increase taxes on Hawaii’s middle-income families making $35,351 or more per year. The tax increases would have hurt over 115,000 working families in Hawaii, more than one third of all families who file income taxes in Hawaii.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Find Your Polling Place: Walk-In Absentee Voting Begins Today
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 6742 Views :: Energy, Environment

You can now vote early at any of the following locations and listed hours....

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Hirono Refuses to Answer for Actions Harmful to Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:51 AM :: 7478 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

She avoided answering questions about why she voted twice to raise taxes on Hawaii’s middle class families, why she voted against Hawaii small businesses when she opposed the Korea Free Trade Agreement and why she proposed a bill that would raise the cost of housing for Hawaii residents....

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Monday, October 22, 2012
Triple Debate Night: Romney, Lingle, Djou vs Obama, Hirono, Hanabusa
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 5978 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

3pm, 7pm, 8pm tonight

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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 5187 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill two vacancies on the Hawai`i State Ethics Commission and one vacancy on the Campaign Spending Commission.

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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Pollster Claims Debate Performance Boosts Hirono 3%
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 5475 Views :: Energy, Environment

Did what you saw in the debate or have heard about it make you much more likely to vote for Hirono?

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