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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
Sunday, September 18, 2011 |
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Appointments: Abercrombie lays three eggs, Wings off to Paris
By Andrew Walden @ 7:05 PM :: 6995 Views :: Energy, Environment
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When it comes to avoiding questions, even a Parisian Vacation is part of the strategy for Neil Abercrombie.
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Friday, September 16, 2011 |
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Summer Snow Falls on Mauna Kea after Al Gore’s “24-Hours of Reality” broadcasts from Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 AM :: 16853 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Al Gore treated the globe to “24 Hours of Reality” Wednesday and Thursday, but before the finale, Mother Nature stepped in with a show of her own.
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Friday, September 16, 2011 |
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Best in Nation Hawaii Overpaid “only” $9.5M in Unemployment
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 AM :: 7378 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Of Hawaii’s $308M in Unemployment Compensation payments, “only” 3.1% were paid wrongly.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
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Sunday, September 11, 2011 |
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Hirono Team Rebukes Dangerous non-theist Supporters “Raatz” and “BooMan”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 7917 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The one unchanging article of faith in the progressive religion is that you, dear reader, are a bigot. Beginning with that article of faith, their delusional world suddenly becomes logical--but not reasonable.
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Sunday, September 4, 2011 |
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DoE Boosts AYP Standing by Kicking Students off Testing Roster
By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4714 Views
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...six DoE schools appealed, and after “putting misplaced students in the correct category” they have suddenly been transformed into DoE success stories....
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Saturday, September 3, 2011 |
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Classified Documents reveal United Farm Workers made pact with Global Horizons in hope of profiting from Immigration Reform
By Andrew Walden @ 8:32 PM :: 10566 Views :: Agriculture, Labor
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... a July 3, 2008 memo from the US Embassy in Mexico—revealed earlier this week with the latest batch of classified Wikileaks documents—shows that the UFW had signed a contract with Global Horizons and was itself looking forwards to becoming a major labor contractor ....
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Friday, September 2, 2011 |
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Murder in Kona: A flurry of phone calls, then Union Leader Walks Free
By Andrew Walden @ 10:44 PM :: 20708 Views :: Hawaii County , Labor, Law Enforcement
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... "We were the only two people in the room so you have to reach your own conclusions."....
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Friday, September 2, 2011 |
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Construction Industry Group says Hawaii’s rural roads, bridges need work
By Andrew Walden @ 4:06 AM :: 6905 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- 16% of Hawaii’s Rural bridges are structurally deficient –10th in nation
- 29% of Hawaii’s rural roads rated poor—5th in nation
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
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Mufi’s Republican Army: The Bush Family Connection
By Andrew Walden @ 9:19 AM :: 19627 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Politicians, Republican Party
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For someone seeking the Democratic Gubernatorial nomination, Mufi Hannemann’s campaign sure has a lot of current or former Republicans among its leadership. In fact, Mufi’s GOP connections lead straight to the Bush family—the locus of Democrat seething and hatred for eight years....
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Saturday, August 27, 2011 |
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DoE Boosts Test Scores by Giving Answers to Students
By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 PM :: 13496 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Cheating on tests is paying off big for the Hawaii Department of Education. The DoE has admitted--touted even--its effort to organize a cadre of part-time teachers to provide test answers to students statewide.
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Saturday, August 27, 2011 |
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Report: Abercrombie’s effort to dump Prepaid Health Care Act will drive Debts to 90% of GDP
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 6019 Views :: Health Care
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“the key driver of increasing state and local expenditures is health-care costs, especially Medicaid and subsidies for health-insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009.”
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
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Son of Hamas: Ex-Terrorist to Speak at Aiea Church
By Andrew Walden @ 10:58 PM :: 7560 Views :: Maui County, World News, Family
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of terrorist Hamas founder and leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef, will be speaking at Calvary Chapel Honolulu, 98-1016 Komo Mai Drive, Aiea -- Wednesday at 630PM.
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Monday, August 22, 2011 |
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Can Abercrombie Administration impose Billions in Carbon Fees without Legislative Vote?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 AM :: 15975 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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What does a worn out and debunked fraud scheme do when it has exhausted its welcome around the world? It comes to Hawaii, of course.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Rebels take center of Tripoli, Gaddafi regime collapses
By Andrew Walden @ 8:48 PM :: 10541 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Ghaddafi is/was the fourth-largest shareholder of Honolulu Rail contractor Ansaldo. It appears that Ghaddafi's Libyan Investment Authority is undergoing a change in management ....
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
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Country-Western Singer Lee Greenwood to Headline Hawaii GOP Fundraiser
By Andrew Walden @ 12:50 AM :: 11432 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Featuring dinner and a solo performance by the country music icon known best for “God Bless the U.S.A,” the event is set for Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in the Koolau Ballrooms at the Koolau Golf Course, 45-550 Kionaole Road, Kaneohe, Oahu.
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Monday, August 15, 2011 |
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Waimanalo Gulch Cover-up: Hannemann, Martin fingered in Ethics Commission Report
By Andrew Walden @ 2:06 AM :: 11496 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Busted, named, and shamed by the Honolulu Ethics Commission, Honolulu Planning Commissioner Andrew Jamila has turned State’s Evidence and fingered others involved in a conspiracy to keep Waimanalo Gulch open....
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 |
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Micronesians: “Its just better in Arkansas”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:10 PM :: 30108 Views :: National News, World News, Health Care, Cost of Living
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Neil Abercrombie says Hawaii can’t afford Micronesians.
All four members of Hawaii’s Congressional delegation say Micronesians are “unsustainable.”
Arkansas disagrees.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 |
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Tax Cheat linked to Holocaust Deniers is Source for National Democrats’ Attack on Lingle
By Andrew Walden @ 9:47 PM :: 10121 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Widely panned by local political commentators, the DSCC screed bizarrely tagged Lingle as a “hyper partisan…Republican bomb thrower.”
But there is a ticking time-bomb buried at the bottom of their rambling diatribe.....
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Monday, August 8, 2011 |
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Human Trafficking: Did the US DoJ Purposefully lose the Aloun Farms Case?
By Andrew Walden @ 1:37 AM :: 19377 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Judiciary, Labor, Law Enforcement, Pierre Omidyar
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How could federal prosecutors “accidentally” debase their entire prosecution of crimes alleged to have occurred in 2004 by telling a Federal Grand Jury that the defendants’ collection of “recruitment fees” was a violation of a law which did not take effect until 2008?
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Sunday, August 7, 2011 |
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Police roust Mayor Kenoi, Rep Chang from Drunken Campaign Event
By Andrew Walden @ 9:27 PM :: 13944 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Politicians
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A loud drinking party on county property brought to a halt by the police early May 1 included Mayor Billy Kenoi, state Rep. Jerry Chang and a host of other bigwigs celebrating the end of the Merrie Monarch Festival....
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Thursday, August 4, 2011 |
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Hawai'i Free Press: A Million Hits A Month
By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 5685 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A Site Analytics report shows that Hawai`i Free Press has surpassed 1 million hits a month every month this year.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 |
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Judge Steven Alm: Justice Reinvestment and the future of HOPE Probation
By Andrew Walden @ 11:35 PM :: 15935 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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First Circuit Court (Honolulu) Judge Steven Alm is the originator of HOPE Probation, an innovative probation system being adopted by numerous states across the country. HOPE probation is credited with sharply reducing the number of new crimes committed by probationers....
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 |
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Poll shows Lingle beating Hirono: Inouye’s Senate Democrats outraged by “dishonest” Ed Case
By Andrew Walden @ 8:41 PM :: 10316 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In a Washington Post article published this morning, the national Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee takes the unusual step of attacking a Democratic Senate Primary candidate--Ed Case....DSCC is working hand in glove with Sen. Dan Inouye. Even DSCC’s choice of words -- “not honest” -- echoes Inouye’s lengthy record of attacks on Case.
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Sunday, July 24, 2011 |
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Line up for a Mayoral Campaign? Ernie Martin, Ann Kobayashi, Milton Holt, One Ton of Cocaine, and Kamehameha Schools
By Andrew Walden @ 11:50 PM :: 18761 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Documents filed with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission show that a $1000 per person March 15 campaign fundraiser for Honolulu Council Chair Ernie Martin held at the home of Kamehameha Schools lobbyist Linda Y Wong was organized by convicted cocaine dealer Chad Tsuneyoshi—who now serves as Martin’s campaign treasurer.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 |
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Hanabusa’s Chief of Staff covered for Congressman twice accused of Sex Assault
By Andrew Walden @ 1:30 PM :: 11560 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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After years as the Congressional chief of staff for Rep Wu (D-OR), Julie Tippens this January quit to take a job as chief of staff for Rep Colleen Hanabusa (D-Oahu).
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Thursday, July 21, 2011 |
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Military to be Disenfranchised so Meth dealer’s friend can keep Senate Seat?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:49 PM :: 16270 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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On March 5, 2007--just four months after her 2006 Lt Governor run gave Hawaii Democrats their worst gubernatorial defeat since Statehood—Solomon led about 100 people to sit in at the the Federal District Courtroom of Judge Michael Seabright to support her friend, Shawn Aguiar—the Big Island's largest methamphetamines dealer.
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Monday, July 18, 2011 |
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Convicted Cocaine Dealer replaces Advertiser columnist as Ernie Martin’s Campaign Treasurer
By Andrew Walden @ 1:19 AM :: 27455 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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Convicted cocaine dealer Chad Tsuneyoshi is taking over as Honolulu Council Chair Ernie Martin’s Campaign Treasurer.
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Sunday, July 17, 2011 |
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Sovereignty Mortgage Scammer Keanu Sai at it again with help from Legislators, Maui Council, University
By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 45947 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, Hawaii History, Law Enforcement, OHA
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Do the math. Sai and Gumapac have 300 “customers”. Perfect Title had 400 victims. The Maui-based Ventura-Oliver sovereignty mortgage scammers now on trial had about 300 alleged victims. That is 1000 native Hawaiian households who have allegedly fallen victim to these three alleged scams. ...amounting to 2.3% of all native Hawaiian home-owning households.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
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Thielen: Environmental Assessment required to truck Sludge from Sand Island to Kailua
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 AM :: 10529 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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"Please know that I will pursue all available means to ensure that the Department of Environmental Services does not commence trucking raw sewage to the Kailua plant until it fulfills its comprehensive legal requirements under Chapter 343, HRS." -- Rep Thielen
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Friday, July 8, 2011 |
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Council Reorganization makes Kobayashi guardian of Ernie Martin’s Secrets
By Andrew Walden @ 12:47 AM :: 8936 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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Oversight of the Honolulu Department of Community Services has been transferred from a committee headed by Councilmember Tom Berg to a committee chaired by Kobayashi.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011 |
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Sources: Democrats scheming to plant candidate in Republican Senate Primary
By Andrew Walden @ 10:50 PM :: 13077 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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Sources within New Hope Church say that Democrats are scheming to plant a hand-picked candidate to make a seemingly suicidal attempt to defeat Linda Lingle in the August 11, 2012 Hawaii Republican Primary....
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Sunday, July 3, 2011 |
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Abercrombie’s HSTA contract says nothing about 180-day law, RTTT
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 7796 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Abercrombie administration’s “last, best, and final” offer to the Teachers Union--which has now been unilaterally imposed--says nothing about implementing the 180-day school year.... The State’s contract also says nothing about implementing anything even vaguely resembling the teacher accountability requirements mandated by Race To The Top.
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Friday, July 1, 2011 |
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Martin announces new Honolulu Council Committees
By Andrew Walden @ 12:00 AM :: 8356 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Former Council Chair Nestor Garcia is iced out of all leadership positions.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Resignation call after Audit reveals “ward heeler’s slush fund” overseen by Honolulu Councilman
By Andrew Walden @ 1:05 AM :: 16386 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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After the Audit became public, Cox called for Martin’s resignation as Chair of the Council’s Budget Committee. But the December, 2010 Community Benefits Audit hasn’t received much media attention. It almost became news June 21--but just before it was to be discussed on the agenda of that day’s Honolulu Council Recreation Committee meeting, Martin’s council ally Ann Kobayashi got up and walked out, denying the committee a quorum and ending the meeting.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011 |
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Ka Pua Makaha: Multi-million dollar giveaway of DHHL assets disguised as “gift”
By Andrew Walden @ 10:14 PM :: 15077 Views :: DHHL, Development
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For over a year most of Hawaii’s pliant and un-inquisitive media have gone along with the ridiculous story that Koolina developer and Broken Trust player Jeff Stone was donating 300 Makaha acres to Hawaiian Homelands and Kamehameha Schools as “a gift from the heart….”
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Broadband to be Trojan Horse for Big Wind Cable?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 13256 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Why the sudden addition of broadband to the Big Wind cable?
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Sunday, June 19, 2011 |
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Voice Recorder confiscated during Closed Meeting of Reapportionment Commission
By Andrew Walden @ 9:18 PM :: 7807 Views :: Energy, Environment
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When Hawaii Reapportionment Commission members went into closed executive session during their June 15th meeting at the State Capitol, they discovered something rather disconcerting. A small recording device had been left on a chair and it was turned on, recording their every word.
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Monday, June 13, 2011 |
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Pro-Bowl: Collateral damage in Abercrombie’s war on Mufi?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:02 AM :: 7029 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie’s bizarre attack on the Pro-Bowl is part of Progressive Democrats’ ongoing war against Mufi Hannemann, Dan Inouye, and the “old-boy” Democrats. And this is not Abercrombie’s first attack on Mufi’s new base in the Hawaii tourism industry....
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Sunday, June 12, 2011 |
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Voting Rights? Star-Advertiser pushes to disenfranchise Military Personnel
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 9126 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Oahu Advisory Council of the Reapportionment Commission will meet Wednesday June 15 at 8AM in the State Capitol Conference room 329. Public testimony will be accepted.
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Saturday, June 11, 2011 |
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DoTax completes Internal Investigation into its “Unusual Reporting” of Monthly Tax Revenues
By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 9935 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“since taking office six months ago, Tax Director Fred Pablo has reviewed the department’s operations and noticed unusual reporting in monthly tax revenue reports. Pablo immediately addressed these concerns by conducting and completing an internal investigation and analysis of the revenue reports.”
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Friday, June 10, 2011 |
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Reapportionment Commission rejects Multi-Member Districts, hears testimony in favor of counting Military Personnel
By Andrew Walden @ 1:05 AM :: 7418 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Some Democrats have advocated counting rapists, child molesters, pimps, drug dealers and other convicted felons and prison inmates but not counting the military personnel who put it all on the line to defend America. The final decision was postponed until the next meeting.
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Monday, June 6, 2011 |
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DHS: Thousands of ghost names on Hawaii Medicare, Medicaid Rolls
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 13723 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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“Where we are required to do sampling and have found that of those in our sample who can be identified, roughly 7% to 10% of them are not eligible. In an additional large number of cases, we are unable to receive information to make a determination. So it could be much greater.”
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Sunday, June 5, 2011 |
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$134 Million Mystery: DoTax suddenly admits “unusual reporting, systemic problems, inconsistencies”
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 AM :: 10412 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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The Hawaii Department of Taxation is seeking an outside auditing firm to look at "systemic problems" with DoTax tax revenue reports....
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