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Watson Friends and Family Plan: Insiders Try to Hustle Multi-Million Dollar Development Deal Past Hawaiian Homes Commissioners
HNN: … The land at the center of the debate is former agricultural land owned by Catholic Charities. It’s mostly empty, but there are environmental concerns and signs of dumping at the site on Fort Weaver and Old Fort Weaver Road.
The Hawaiian Homes Commission is considering an agreement where developer, Kalanianaʻole Development, would buy the nearly 20 acres, donate it to the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and then lease it back to build a commercial center….
(CLUE: Owner would be responsible for environmental cleanup expenses.)
Kalanianaʻole Development said it’s in the middle of escrow ***and environmental assessments*** and wants to help (trick) Hawaiian Home Lands generate revenue (into paying for the cleanup).
“This is just one way that DHHL can get money into the department so that it can build more infrastructure. This donation has no risk to DHHL. Zero. Zero risk,” said Patti Tancayo, CEO, Kalanianaʻole Development (without cracking a grin)….
(CLUE: Kalanianaʻole Development is co-owned by Nan boss, and convicted bid-rigging felon, Nan Chul Shin.)
DHHL chair Kali Watson recused himself from voting since Tancayo once worked for him….
(IQ Test: How hard are you laughing?)
“There are serious contamination concerns and to accept a donation that could require millions of dollars of clean up without knowing that ahead of time would have been negligent,” said Kenna StormGipson, executive director, Hawaiʻi Housing Policy Foundation.
Despite no dumping and no parking signs along with lots of barbed wire, parts of the property have become a magnet for illegal dumping. There are tires, trash, and even an old truck.
“‘A’ole. I’m going to be in strong opposition,” said state Sen. Kurt Fevella, R-‘Ewa Beach, Ocean Point, ‘Ewa By Gentry, Iroquois Point, ‘Ewa Villages.
“What I don’t like is we are going give the pilau land to Hawaiian Homes,” he added….
CB: DHHL Delays ʻEwa Real Estate Swap To Make Sure Donation Isn’t ‘Dirty Land’ - Honolulu Civil Beat – “The property in question is a 19-acre parcel on Fort Weaver Road that was once a ranch slaughterhouse”
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read … Ewa Beach land donation plan at center of Hawaiian Homes debate
DHHL approves insiders’ development of Kalaeloa racetrack project
KHON: … On Monday, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands approved a Project Developer Agreement with Legacy Ventures LLC for a ‘world-class raceway.’
The 139 acres of land involve an industrial-commercial mixed-use development, which is currently being rented out by Pasha. And it sits across the street and less than two miles away from where the City and County of Honolulu plan to build its racetrack ….
DCCA BREG: “Legacy Ventures LLC” – Pamela Witty-Oakland, former Honolulu Dir of Comm Svcs
read … DHHL approves development for Kalaeloa racetrack project
Meth Dealer’s Son Pleased as Maui County confirms it is open to purchasing Maui Land & Pineapple
HNN: … (the son of) West Maui water advocate (meth dealer, Moses Kiakona,) Paele Kiakona, said he believes that could be a step in the right direction.
“Our county, especially in Maui Komohana (West Maui), only controls 23% of our wai, of our water,” said and Kiakona. “The Honokohau ditch system supplies a substantial amount of water to the west side of Maui. That is a huge tipping of the scale that can potentially bring things back to a place of balance.”
The Commission on Water Resource Management posted “Current Drought Conditions, Instream Flow Standards in Honokohau, and Water Use in West Maui” on Tuesday’s agenda….
REALITY: Meet the Meth Gang Behind ‘Lahaina Strong’
REALITY: Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
read … Maui County confirms it is open to purchasing Maui Land & Pineapple
Hawaii's hard drug problem: 'Meth is king'
KHON: … “Meth is king, and it always has been,” said Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area executive director Gary Yabuta. “We’re seeing three generations of meth addicts at the E.R. these days. We have E.R. doctors telling me, they remember the grandparent of the clients they’re getting now, the patients that they’re getting now, for meth addiction, meth overdoses.”
Statistics from the Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area reflect Yabuta’s notions and show 260 meth overdose deaths in 2024 compared to 103 deaths due to fentanyl ….
According to Honolulu police crime data, there have been 1,321 drug and narcotic violations so far in 2025, that averages out to over five per day, and experts said the majority of the product is not made in the Islands.
“There’s no reason to manufacture drugs here in Hawaii, like about 25 years ago. So our drugs come in. They’re imported into Hawaii, and the Mexican cartels are the ones that do it the best and cheapest,” Yabuta said.
A lesser-known drug that has caused at least seven local deaths in the last three years is Xylazine — experts said it is a horse tranquilizer that has the unfortunate nickname of the ‘Zombie drug.’
“It eats through your skin, it goes into your body,” Rogers said. “It has made its way towards this way. I won’t say that it’s not on the island. However, I have not seen or heard about a lot of it over here.”…
BACKGROUND: Mehau in Majuro – How the US Meth Epidemic Began
read … Hawaii's hard drug problem: 'Meth is king'
Former secretary accused of illegal campaign contributions to Hanabusa pleads not guilty
HNN: … Terri Ann Otani is charged with four counts of false name contributions for allegedly arranging straw donor contributions (TO HANABUSA) in 2020.
HNN Investigates learned the case was boiled down to donations to just one (HANABUSA) campaign out of nearly a dozen that got allegedly illegal contributions due to a state law that sets a deadline for prosecuting campaign spending crimes.
The allegations came to light when the 70-year-old’s sister and niece testified in a bribery case last year.
Otani is free on $4,000 bail and her trial is scheduled for November.
The judge issued a no-contact order which prohibits her from contacting her sister and niece during proceedings….
CB: Former Secretary Pleads Not Guilty To Making Illegal Political Donations - Honolulu Civil Beat
read … Former secretary accused of illegal campaign contributions pleads not guilty
Lawyer looking for Plaintiffs to Sue Kamehameha Schools
SA: … Two weeks ago, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a nonprofit membership organization, launched KamehamehaNotFair.org Opens in a new tab, a website that examines the legality and fairness of the admissions policies of Kamehameha School.
It is our belief that this school should open its doors to all of Hawaii’s children, regardless of their race or national origin ….
SA: Editorial: Kamehameha right to defend policy | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
AP: $15 billion Hawaiian private school founded by the family of King Kamehameha braces for affirmative action battle | Fortune
read … Column: Merit, need matter more than ancestry | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Maui Doctor Who Promoted Dubious Covid Treatments Joins RFK's Vaccine Panel
CB: … Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist and pastor at Calvary Chapel South Maui, provided the livestock drug ivermectin and the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to prevent and treat the coronavirus during free house calls for Maui residents….
He and Dr. Lorrin Pang, the state’s top medical adviser for Maui County, co-founded The Pono Coalition for Informed Consent, a website that called the Covid vaccines experimental and advocated instead for the use of unproven drugs….
He and four others named Monday join the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a fraught moment in public health. In June, Kennedy fired all 17 sitting members of the panel that makes recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about how vaccines should be used, saying that a clean sweep is necessary to restore public trust in vaccination (impose the anti-vaxxer agenda) ….
read … Maui Doctor Who Promoted Dubious Covid Treatments Joins RFK's Vaccine Panel - Honolulu Civil Beat
AstraZeneca suing Hawaii “340B” drug discount law
CN: AstraZeneca is suing Hawaii over a state statute that requires pharmaceutical companies to offer discounted “340B” drugs to contract pharmacies. The company claims the statute is preempted by federal law and that federal appeals courts have made it clear that federal statute regulating such drugs does not require manufacturers to provide discounted drugs to “unlimited” contract pharmacies.
340B: AstraZeneca Sues Hawaii, Tennessee, Colorado Over 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Laws - 340B Report
MIRA: Mintz IRA Update — 340B Roundup: States and Manufacturers Continue to Battle over 340B Contract Pharmacies | Mintz
PDF: 2025/08/hawaii-pharmaceutical-lawsuit.pdf
read … Discount drugs | Courthouse News Service
Hawaii is investigating mainland lawfirms accused of ‘aggressive client recruitment’
DJ: … reports of aggressive client recruitment after Lahaina fire ….
read … Hawaii is investigating mainland firms accused of violating solicitation moratorium
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