Ethics

On September 15, the Commission contacted Respondent Young to inquire about the events described in the Hawai’i Free Press article....

...OHA Trustee Haunanai Apoliona is a Director of Bank of Hawaii and BoH does substantial business with OHA....

...if a portion of Caldwell’s “beneficial ownership” in the Bank may have been in the form of stock options, such options are a “thing of value” and should be disclosed under both Federal tax and City ethics rules....

...the writer described the location of where the Professor’s wife liked to bike, terrorizing her enough to become afraid of staying home alone. They even went to Craigslist....

In the last month alone, Highways Maintenance staff have removed more than 200 signs....

...OHA Chair’s Charter School Gets Seven Times More Than All Other Charters Combined....

...Did you make campaign contributions this year?....

This report provides the Honolulu City Council with an update on the activities of the Office of the City Auditor....

In March, the Honolulu Zoo was denied re-accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) for the first time in its 100-year history....

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

People Laughed When They Heard OHA Had Hired A PR Firm To Improve Its Image.  The Laughter Soon Stopped When The Firm Recently Moved To Shut Down All Dissent....

"...what could he possibly provide in an hour a month that’s worth $299,000 to Territorial other than political influence?"

Politically Connected Board Members....

...there are plans to secretly divert OHA funds and use them for the re-election campaign of OHA chair Robert Lindsey....

On August 24th, the BAE Committee and OHA’s CEO proposed a new policy called “One Voice, One Message,” which requires that all external communications be submitted to the CEO for review and approval....

Huge Sums Of Hawaiian Beneficiary Money Have Again Been Spent At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs With No One There To Stop It....

..."earns" tens of thousands of dollars in City public relations contracts....

... Review your state regulator's financial ties?  -- Not in Hawaii ....

...Caldwell has been using his position as Mayor to enrich himself -- making $200,000-$299,999 a year as mayor "working" just 1-2 hours a months and collecting $900,000 - $999,999 in bank stock for his "service"....

Hawaii has no legal authority to revoke the licenses of cops who have been dismissed for misconduct....

...the City failing to follow through on the audit recommendations and court orders....

...October 20, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. -- public meeting on ethics in state government....

...the state Office of Information Practices (OIP) was “palpably erroneous” in its 1997 interpretation....

...Their Reaction Was To Blow Even More Hawaiian Beneficiary Money....

...the Hawai`i Green Infrastructure Authority (HGIA), which manages GEMS, attempted in July to expand the pool of potential beneficiaries with a proposal to fund energy-saving initiatives of large corporations, with a minimum loan amount of $1 million....

“Hawaii Revised Statutes section 84-13, the 'Fair Treatment' section of the State Ethics Code, prohibits the use of state resources for political campaign purposes.”

It seems that 15%-20% of our surcharge is being paid by “tourists” in the strict sense, but when you include military families and the federal government you do come up with a percentage closer to a third....

The Commission issued the Charge after its investigation of Respondent Shimabukuro for allegedly accepting improper gifts from Alston Hunt Floyd and Ing....

Zika is a highly-effective population control device ....

...Liu submitted false invoices to be paid from the state after being awarded a state contract to start a certified redemption center....

Judge Edwin C. Nacino ruled today that Governor Ige’s appointment of Tom Gorak to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was valid....

...UPDATE: Dems Will Seek Removal of Kaaihue from Ballot....

Maui State House Rep. Mark "Kaniela" Ing (D) was arraigned today ....

...sold municipal bonds using offering documents that contained materially false statements....

The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Has Been Keeping This A Secret For The Longest Time....

...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....

... Republican congressional candidate Angela Aulani Kaaihue has issued a news release rejecting “this local dumb mentality” and offering to withdraw from her race if Gov. David Ige and “his Japanese constituents” will settle a lawsuit over land her family owns in Waimalu ....

No other department of the State of Hawaii engages in this type of open electioneering....

...How You Can Help Put A Stop To This....

...not a single member of the Commission appointed by the mayor, other than Ms. Sheehan, has any legal or law enforcement background....

...and identifies three upcoming audits....

...dividing the project into an AC portion and an energy portion would greatly reduce the per-classroom cost....

...Ms. Yamane previously served as the Acting State Auditor....

...Caldwell collects not only a $164,928 annual pay check from taxpayers but continues to 'work' a second job at a bank collecting an additional $200,000 per year....

...Ing claims a long-running conspiracy is out to get him....