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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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Audit: 100% FEMA Fail on Kauai Disaster Procurement
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 1666 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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... projects seeking FEMA reimbursement could be subject to an Office of the Inspector General’s (“OIG”) audit ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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Kouchi in Danger After Nahale-a Debacle?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 3493 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Politicians
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... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 |
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Amended Return Equals Guilty Plea
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1592 Views :: Ethics, Taxes
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... Here’s how the strategy works ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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Lahaina aid should be about quality, not quantity
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:46 PM :: 1468 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... “There’s not been a lot of transparency” regarding how wildfire relief funds are being spent ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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SB3381: Stop Lahaina Property Owners from Rebuilding
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 4524 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Labor
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... will Lahaina literally be handed over to the HCDA and an appointed ‘Community Board’ comprised of Josh Green’s hand-picked Carpenters Union representatives? ....
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Saturday, February 17, 2024 |
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Skimming Nuclear Munitions Contract? Lawsuit Alleges Dawson is Fake Hawaiian Company
By Andrew Walden @ 7:54 PM :: 5415 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA
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... "Nuclear Munitions Command and Control" is a $698K per year grift ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Hawaii Information Practices: Annual Report for 2023
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 1307 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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... 2,253 UIPA record requests received by the State agencies in FY 2023 and 2,839 by the Counties ....
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Sunday, January 28, 2024 |
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LLC Ownership Secrecy: Oh BOI, More Red Tape for All
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1419 Views :: Ethics, Small Business
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... ultra-wealthy oligarchs, bad actors, and others are seeing us—the United States—as a haven where they can park money or assets in entities, like limited liability companies ....
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Saturday, January 27, 2024 |
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Audit Exposes Widespread Payroll Cheating at State Hospital
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 7:57 PM :: 1826 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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"...staff’s intentional attempts to inflate their pay...."
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 |
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Court: Ethics Rules do Apply to OHA Trustees
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 1357 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... The Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission is pleased to announce a significant legal victory in Akana v. Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission ....
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 |
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
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Settlement Hearing Set for Hawaii DoE Title IX Class Action Suit
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 1243 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... class action lawsuit on behalf of present and future Campbell High School female students who participate, seek to participate, and/or are or were deterred from participating in athletics ....
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Saturday, January 13, 2024 |
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Friday, January 12, 2024 |
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Company Owned by Civil Beat Publisher Criminally Liable for Terror Campaign Against Media Critics
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 1776 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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“Today’s settlement holds e-Bay criminally and financially responsible for emotionally, psychologically, and physically terrorizing the publishers of an online newsletter...."
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Monday, January 8, 2024 |
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Housing regulations add up to solid brick wall against homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:44 AM :: 1248 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... it’s taken almost half a year to see anything come from the governor’s emergency proclamation ....
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Saturday, December 30, 2023 |
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Pinata: Legislature opens GIA application processes
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 1224 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... The Legislature will continue to accept GIA applications until Friday, January 19, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ....
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Tuesday, December 26, 2023 |
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Monday, December 25, 2023 |
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Public Corruption In The Land Of Aloha
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 PM :: 2874 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History, Police
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... Rather than get personally involved and perhaps step on the wrong toes, people deliberately chose to go along to get along ....
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Tuesday, December 19, 2023 |
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Chinese Illegals: CNMI DMV Chief Convicted of License Fraud
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 1595 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News
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... As Chief of the BMV, Leon Guerrero knowingly permitted 'Ivan' to submit fraudulent immigration documents, on at least 50 occasions between January 2020 and December 2022 ....
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Friday, December 15, 2023 |
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Green Picks Miyake for HD10 Vacancy
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 2761 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Tyson Miyake--Construction boss and former Maui County Chief of Staff under Victorino, now Vice President of Corporate Affairs for lobbying firm, Karey Kapoi LLC ....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023 |
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Hilo Police Detective Arrested for Perjury and Tampering With a Government Record
By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 1428 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Police, Drugs
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... Following his arrest, Brown was placed on leave without pay pending the outcome ....
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Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
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Two types of corruption fuel cronyism in Hawaii — illegal and legal
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:14 PM :: 1397 Views :: Ethics
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... Legal corruption comes in the form of special interest groups currying favor from politicians to pass laws that narrowly benefit just them ....
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Monday, November 27, 2023 |
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Fire: AG Subpoenas Maui County Officials
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 1293 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... Subpoenas have been served upon the Maui Emergency Management Agency, the County of Maui Department of Public Works, and the County of Maui Department of Water Supply ....
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Monday, November 27, 2023 |
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CBS: Maui County Uncooperative with Fire Investigation
By Video @ 5:15 PM :: 1899 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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“...Multiple sources are telling CBS News that Maui county officials, from Mayor Richard Bissen on down, are not responding to requests for interviews from Hawai`i state officials who are conducting an official investigation about the fire launched by governor Josh Green....”
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Thursday, November 23, 2023 |
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After FBI Raid, CNHA Demands Hawai'i Free Press 'Cease Operations'
By Andrew Walden @ 8:32 PM :: 5171 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, First Amendment, OHA
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... Song’s complaint was filed just weeks after the FBI raid on the offices of key CNHA financial backer Dawson Companies ....
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023 |
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Confirmed: Union Lawyer Appointed to Supreme Court
By Andrew Walden @ 2:44 PM :: 1499 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Labor
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... Devens’ legal experiences go beyond corporate practice, having represented several labor unions, including the State of Hawaiʻi Organization of Police Officers, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, and more ....
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023 |
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DOBOR: We Knew Surf School Bidding Was Rigged
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 2121 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Small Business
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... After 'randomly' choosing four companies it turned out three of them are owned by the same person. ...
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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Caldwell's COVID Slush Fund: 'Follow the Money'
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:36 PM :: 1620 Views :: Ethics, Taxes, Tourism, COVID-19
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... you have to follow the money, especially when there’s a huge surge of funds given to the government to dole out ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Former Kauai PD Employee gets Jail for Embezzlement
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 1629 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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... Hiranaka repaid the State of Hawaiʻi $75,633.25 in restitution ....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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Fronting for the Contractors: CNHA Hosting Debris Removal Meeting
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 1737 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military
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... CNHA fronts for the 8a contractors which scored the lucrative no-bid USACE contracts to clean up properties in Kula and Lahaina ....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
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Felon Watch: Nan buying Grace Pacific from A&B
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 AM :: 3932 Views :: Ethics, Development, Rail
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... convicted felon to gain even more control over Hawaii CIP projects ....
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Sunday, November 12, 2023 |
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Audit Exposes Caldwell’s $175M Slush Fund
By Andrew Walden @ 9:19 PM :: 4942 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... Could credit union executives go to jail? ....
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Audio Reveals HECO Informing Maui PD Lahaina Power is Off
By Audio @ 7:23 PM :: 3400 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Police
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“The BBC obtained audio of a conversation between Maui police and Hawaiian Electric in which the power company confirms that power has been turned off in the town of Lahaina.”
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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Crossing the Rubicon Again
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1575 Views :: Ethics, Development, Taxes
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... Green suspended the General Excise Tax as it related to vendors involved in the design, construction, sale, lease, or financing of housing projects designed to provide rapid relief to the homeless ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Handling Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Calls Climate Change An ‘Existential Threat’
By Video @ 6:24 PM :: 2271 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics, Judiciary
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... The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled this week that Honolulu’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies can proceed to trial ....
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Sunday, October 29, 2023 |
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How monster homes came to be: A Halloween Story
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:50 PM :: 2458 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... meet the monster’s creators ....
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Thursday, October 26, 2023 |
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Green's Latest Housing Proclamation Removes Sunshine Law Exemption
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 943 Views :: Ethics, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... all boards involved in an affordable housing project covered by the proclamation should comply with the Sunshine Law’s requirements ....
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023 |
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Slavery Poisons Solar Industry’s Supply Chains
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:11 PM :: 1647 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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... Roughly 80% of solar components are manufactured in China using slave labor ....
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023 |
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As Predicted: Andy Winer's Law Partner Nominated for Supreme Court
By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 2301 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police
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... raised in the boiler room of Hawaii local politics ....
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Sunday, October 22, 2023 |
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Stop Permitting Favoritism
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:31 AM :: 1907 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... All permit applications are equal, but some are more equal than others ....
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Sheriff's Top Training Officer Pleads Guilty
By News Release @ 10:38 PM :: 1917 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... her fake qualifications will protect every officer she trained ....
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Debris Removal: Corps of Engineers Contractors Purposefully Damage 100s of Properties to Make More Money
By News Release @ 9:46 PM :: 2626 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military
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"... an intentional effort to capitalize on this tragedy by defrauding the government ...."
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
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Lahaina: Corps of Engineers Fake 'Toxic' Cleanup Money Spinner for CNHA, 8a Companies
By News Release @ 2:24 AM :: 2693 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military
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... The announcement comes as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to initiate the next phase of the recovery ....
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Saturday, October 14, 2023 |
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Is it really a good idea to build a new Aloha Stadium?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 PM :: 2238 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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... Considering the record of the old Aloha Stadium, there are many questions ....
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Thursday, October 12, 2023 |
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Maui: Water Meters Taken from Fire Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 2101 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... For customers whose houses were destroyed, the Director of the Department of Water Supply has temporarily canceled water service until the property owner is ready for reconnection ....
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