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Entries for October 2018
| Wednesday, October 31, 2018 |
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October 31, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:29 PM :: 4151 Views
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- UH: After Pittsburgh Attack We Must Focus on Trannies
- Tourist Count up 3.5% --Big Island Drops 14%
- Voting Power: Hawaii Ranks 10th
- Prison for Kaniela Ing? Updates may reveal more offenses
- Honolulu Taxpayers Now On The Hook To Help Build Rail
- Because They Were Lying HART Won’t be Going After Rainy Day Funds
- Unions spend heavily against ConCon
- HTA: Vacation rental homes Account for Nearly All Tourism Growth—Hotel, Timeshare in Decline
- Civil Beat: Send in Police to Keep Telescope Protesters off Roads
- Lucky Prisoner to Cash In after being Locked up longer than legal?
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| Tuesday, October 30, 2018 |
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October 30, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 3943 Views
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- Hawaii Supreme Court Affirms TMT Permit
- Hawaii Electricity Prices to Jump 20% Thanks to New Ship Fuel Requirements
- Hawaii WWI Centennial - a Full Day of Events at the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial
- Feds to Caldwell, Council: We have been very patient with you
- GOP: Vote 'No' on Bill 42 Rail Ripoff
- The Cost of Utilities: Hawaii Pays the Most in USA
- Secret Recovery Plan: Borrowing costs for rail have increased by $42 million
- Andria Tupola denies blocking running mate Marissa Kerns from debate
- Ige far outstrips Tupola in fundraising
- Ron Curtis Voice of Reason vs Crazy Mazie
- Caldwell unveils new vacation rental bill
- Critical shortage of doctors prompting range of solutions
- After 35 Years One Schizophrenic Accepts Housing
- Danner Protests at DHHL HQ
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| Monday, October 29, 2018 |
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October 29, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 4193 Views
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- Crooks and Cronies: Who's Cashing in on the 2017-18 OHA Check Register
- UH: Bitcoin Causes Global Warming
- Trump Makes it Easy for Ige to Defeat Tupola--Media Sings Along
- Target HSTA and HGEA: A Maui Mother Outlines how Faculty and Staff Get Drawn into Bullying Complaint
- Bullying: Gays vs DoE
- Star-Adv: We Have to Make Suicide Look good to Trick the Mainland
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| Sunday, October 28, 2018 |
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October 28, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 4730 Views
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- Full Text: HART RFP for Rail P3 Partners
- ‘P3′ for rail a budgetary ruse
- Civil Beat vs Star-Advertiser on the Con-Con Referendum
- Take-Aways from the “Con-Am” Argument
- Property Tax Impact on Hawaii Business Environment
- Ruggles’ Supposed Sovereignty “Expert” Has A Troubling Past
- Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again
- HSTA Members will be Targeted by New Bullying Policy
- Caldwell Quietly Gives Ala Moana Mall, Waikiki Hotels Multi-Million Dollar Tax Breaks
- Some Candidates ‘Sketchy as Hell’
- Josh Green Already Running for Governor--2022
- Green to Exploit Relationship with Ige to gain Control of Homelessness Industry
- Kawananakoa’s former attorney testifies at OHA trustee’s ethics hearing
- Listen to Hawai`i Supreme Court Oral Arguments re Hu Honua
- Leilani Estates lawyers up: Association to sue county over access issues
- One state senator wants to get rid of vehicle safety checks
- Constant human interaction makes dolphins vulnerable to sharks
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| Saturday, October 27, 2018 |
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October 27, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 3850 Views
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- The State of Obesity in Hawaii
- Highest in USA--Hawaii Electric Rates a Burden for Low Income
- OHA: Insiders Fighting to Cash In on Kakaako Makai Development
- Compact Impact: Guam, NMI, Hawaii Must Develop Uniform Accounting Framework
- A Tale of Two Homeless Shelters: Cut Red Tape and Permitting Takes One Month, not 24
- Navy says most marine mammals won’t be affected by sonar, explosives tests off Hawaii
- Two Dead: 15 Months Later Mental Patient Ready to Walk Free
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| Friday, October 26, 2018 |
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October 26, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 4827 Views
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- Bat Killing Windfarm Buys Enviro Support for $2.75M
- Auditor: Agriculture Department Hides $2.4M from Legislature
- Chemophobia epidemic—Fanning fears about trace chemicals obscures real risks and ‘damages public health’
- DoE Touts AP Exam Results
- A victory to savor, but core issue remains
- Election Day Is Already Over For Almost 80,000 Hawaii Voters
- ‘Appearance of Impropriety’ -- Hawaii Senate confirms Ige Campaign Manager for post on Appeals Court
- Payments restart as DOE computer system is partly restored
- Kealohas’ Bank Fraud Trial Moved To June
- OHA Insiders Target Akana
- After Decade of OHA Obstructionism--Kauai Juvenile Drug Treatment Center Almost Complete
- After years of complaints and $1M in fines, homeowner just keeps operating illegal vacation rental
- Kilauea tops USGS ranking of nation’s ‘very high threat’ volcanoes
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| Thursday, October 25, 2018 |
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October 25, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 3610 Views
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- Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Gets Busted
- OHA Candidate Evicts Kauai Anti-Drug Program
- Finalists named for UH Hilo chancellor
- Rail Funding Solution--Raid Every Department
- Secret Rail draft plan reveals potential cost-cutting measures
- HART’s P3 plans built on unbelievable ridership estimates
- Ratepayer Impacts Due to Hu Honua`s Unusual Financial Arrangement
- Ethics Complaint: Anti-GMO Councilmember Atay Used County Resources for Political Mailer
- Election Takedown: Crabbe Operatives Line up to Testify Against Akana
- Emergency Help For Hawaii’s Mentally Ill Is A Revolving Door thanks to law preventing Forcible Treatment
- Suicide Push Could Save State $16M/year
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| Wednesday, October 24, 2018 |
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October 24, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 4960 Views
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- How Much Does Over-Regulation Increase Hawaii Housing Costs?
- Laughed out of Court: Criminal Al Hee's Scam Company Loses Again
- Iowa: Gabbard Spending Campaign Cash on 2020 Presidential Run
- Ige, Tupola disagree on how to bolster funding for education
- First day at the new Kihei Charter School campus-- While Kihei HS remains a vacant lot
- ACLU: DoE Bullying Policy Doesn’t Do Enough for Gay Recruitment
- Kamehameha pays $65 million as part of settlement for One Homosexual Child Molester
- The Strange Legislative Path Of The ConAm Bill
- ‘Showboat Politicking’ Keeps Homeless on the Streets
- Diminished Hawaii Republicans aim to incrementally rebuild—May Win One Seat
- Crabbe Operatives Point Finger at Akana
- Kealoha ‘Sickness’ Used as Excuse to Delay Trial
- Should Unlicensed Airbnbs On Maui Face A $20,000 Fine?
- Eco Religion: Pilgrims are ruining dolphins' sex lives
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| Tuesday, October 23, 2018 |
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October 23, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 4003 Views
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- ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA
- Affordable Hawaii Coalition: We Will Continue After Victory
- Graham: "I wouldn't want to be a Republican charged with a crime in Hawaii"
- Did Anti-GMO Activist Rip You Off? Maui County Can Help
- HSTA Member arrested for allegedly choking a student
- Homeless Sex Offenders Visit Hawaii, Fake Registration
- Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Finally Gets Busted
- Akina: Why I Don’t Spend OHA Trustee Allowance
- If Rowena Akana is Reelected, What Will Legislature Do?
- Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning to break ground next year (AGAIN!)
- Eco-Hucksters Try Disappearing Island Trick (again)
- UH says it’s not the reason vets home plan was changed
- AG: Gun Crime Down in Hawaii
- Big Island hotel RevPAR dropped 12 percent in September as Kilauea effects linger
- Tulsi Gabbard stumps in Sioux City, Iowa
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| Monday, October 22, 2018 |
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October 22, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 3518 Views
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| Sunday, October 21, 2018 |
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October 21, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 4006 Views
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- Do We Really Have a Spending Ceiling?
- Would You Pay $10 for Maui Beachfront Land?
- ‘Kalikimaka Kritters’ picked as theme for 33rd Annual Holiday Wreath Contest
- Shore water event application deadline extended for non-North Shore surf events
- Poor Farmer
- Rail: Stonewalling helps HART Evade Subpoenas
- Star-Adv: Trying to pour more money into Education Department coffers an illusory solution
- More free-speech awareness is needed
- Government Employees Dominate Salary Commission
- Homelessness: ACLU Part of the Problem
- Kauai CrossFit gym shut down by Aila
- Ethics hearing starts Monday for Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee Rowena Akana
- Did Anti-GMO Activist Rip You Off? Maui County Can Help
- Prosecutor Bungles Sex Trafficking Case
- DHHL: Small farm homesteads are planned for a former sugar plantation site
- UH: Priests of the Eco-Religion Rant About Trump Again
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| Saturday, October 20, 2018 |
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October 20, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 3585 Views
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| Friday, October 19, 2018 |
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October 19, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 5072 Views
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- Team Hanabusa Grills Ige Campaign Manager over Judicial Nomination
- Hawaii 2nd Most Regressive Tax System in USA
- Study: Need $111,892 'To Get By' in Hawaii
- Influence of Law Clerks at SCOTUS
- HSTA Sex on Campus: Drug-Using Teacher Gets Probation in Revenge Porn Case
- CSC: Anti-GMO Campaign Funded by Money Taken from Dead Man
- Dela Cruz, ADC, Evicting Plantation Families to Build ‘Trendy Retail Center’ at Whitmore Village
- Poll: Independents Shift Negative on Hirono After Kavanaugh Rants
- How Antis Fake the ConCon Pricetag
- Oahu homebuilders rally for faster city permits
- Hawaii High Court Weighs Whether To Release Secret Investigation Of State Auditor
- UH Board of Regents agrees to allow changes to proposed rules for Mauna Kea
- UH Students to be Stuck with $35M Parking Fee Increase
- Hawaii State Public Library hasn't had any major upgrades in 26 years
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| Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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Letters to the Editor, October, 2018
By Letters to the Editor @ 11:17 PM :: 7585 Views
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- Influence of Law Clerks at SCOTUS
- 1978 Delegate: New ConCon Needed
- Low voter turnout gives special interests even more power
- 'Shut Up': Why people elected Trump
- Teach Your Children
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| Thursday, October 18, 2018 |
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October 18, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 4554 Views
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- Hawaii Family Forum Releases Voter Guide
- Hawaii AG Tells Supreme Court: Vote No on HSTA Property Tax
- Report: Honolulu Roads 5th Worst in USA
- Complaint Demands Expulsion of LoPresti from Democratic Party
- ConCon: CNHA Rejects Abercrombie Alaska Pitch
- Lawsuit Challenges 'Illegal' Maui Council Frankenbill
- ConCon: CNHA Rejects Abercrombie Alaska Pitch
- Politically Engaged States--Hawaii 50th
- Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission Annual Survey
- Ranking Sales Taxes on the 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index
- Poll: Ige 52% – Tupola 31%
- Star-Adv Refuses to Back Cachola, Cabanilla
- One-party state drives away voters
- OHA trustee files temporary restraining order against State Ethics Commission
- Council advances bill to raise $44M for rail from city bonds
- Contractors: City permitting delays forcing workforce lay-offs
- Hawaii Co Council rejects tax relief for Pahoa, Volcano
- Aila Raids Anahola: Danner arrested in Fight over Squatter
- Leeward Oahu homeless shelter that can house 80 families set to close at end of month
- City Closes Two More Parks Overrun with Homeless Drug Addicts
- Program for formerly homeless kids helps them break habits
- DOH employee questions medical marijuana quality, policies for checking it
- Owned by HSTA: Ige supports state tax on properties to fund education
- Commission Doubles Fines For First-Time Campaign Spending Violators
- Convicted Killer Now Hides Behind “Sovereignty’
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| Wednesday, October 17, 2018 |
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October 17, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 3404 Views
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- Bogus Study Debunked: Hawaii Teacher Salaries Above Average
- Why ConAm Will Hurt Teachers and Keiki
- The Cost of a Constitutional Convention
- States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud--Hawaii 51st
- DoH: Prepare Workflows for Optimal Suicide Experience Starting Jan 1
- HSTA Tax Would Mean $5,000 Annual Rent Increase
- Poll: Voters Want Term Limits For State Legislators
- Voters Like The Idea Of A ConCon, They’re Just Not Going To Vote For It
- Caldwell Exploits Federal Rail Deadline in Bid to get Tommy Waters Elected
- Hawaii Democrats Have Strayed Too Far To The Left
- How OHA Trustees Spent Their Allowances
- Top Lobbyist Would be Dead if Assisted Suicide Were Legal
- It stinks to high heaven: a raise for the managers of Hawaii County
- Kim Names New Chief for Big Island Bus System
- O’Hara withdraws resolution that would recognize animals as ‘sentient beings’
- County takes $100K grant from Atay assistant
- Courts: Finding Hawaiian interpreters a ‘challenge’
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| Tuesday, October 16, 2018 |
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October 16, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 4183 Views
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- Gay Bullying Policy: DoE Sets Public Hearings
- Hawaii Family Advocates 2018 Voter Guide
- Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition: Hawaii 38th
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 14, 2018
- Volunteers Needed for Polling Places
- Lawsuit over $109M Fraud: Oahu Head Start Fakes Enrollment, Scores Megabux
- Poll: Hawaii Voters Oppose HSTA Property Tax
- UHPA Says No to HSTA Rental Tax
- Mind Control: Ige Debate Strategy—“Tupola = Trump”
- Absentee mail-in ballots arriving for Hawaii voters
- Ige Extends Emergency Proclamation to Destroy Tax-Free Hanalei TVRs
- Brower: Affordable Housing Set-Asides Backfire
- Finding work that’ll actually cover the bills
- Caldwell Scheme to ‘Completely’ Jam up Pearl City Streets
- Hawaii Co Charter Commission recommends cutting back 2% Open Space Fund
- Sears played groundbreaking role in creating modern Hawaii
- City OK’d Permit For Site With Native Hawaiian Remains
- City sued over damage caused by flooding
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| Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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October 15, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 3951 Views
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- Hawaii 2nd Lowest Uninsured Rate in USA
- Four Hawaii Govs Team Up To Defeat HSTA ConAm
- HSTA Finds 120 Liars in One Place—UH Manoa
- Lack Of Mental Health Treatment Among The Culprits In Police Shootings
- With Matt LoPresti Around, When Will Police be Called Next?
- ‘Monster houses’ bill is criticized as not addressing the cause of the problem
- New version of Hawaii County vacation rentals bill heads to Planning Committee
- Hawaii County: Case Study of How the Tax Cut Doesn’t Happen
- Hawaii Supreme Court Holds Three Public Oral Arguments: Education, Access & Hu Honua
- Total Failure: KSBE Again Seeking Contractor to Cut Down Larry Mehau’s Broken Trust Scam Eucalyptus Trees
- Hawaii Preparatory Academy didn’t stop adult-student affair, report says
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| Sunday, October 14, 2018 |
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October 14, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 3794 Views
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- #AuditTheRail, now more than ever
- Why Con-Con Opponents Willfully Ignore Legislative Bypass Issues
- General Income Tax Credit: How Legislators Subverted Will of 1978 ConCon
- ACLU: Let the Homeless Eat Meth
- Legislators Leave Puna in Lurch—No Special Session
- Will Ige Call Special Session? -- Bellatti—No State Funds for Punatic Property Buyout
- Putting school tax on ballot lets unions sidestep debate
- Strike-related dampening of visitor numbers could cross into 2019
- Mililani: Will Republican Val Okimoto Win Legislative Seat?
- DoE Anti-Bullying Policy – Not Enough Effort put into Gay Recruitment
- Push for Legislature to Fund Medicaid Dental Plan
- See Level Rise?—or Not: Priesthood of Eco-Religion has a Plan for Your Land
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| Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
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October 13, 2018 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:30 PM :: 3437 Views
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- Insiders: How the 1978 Constitution Keeps us in Power
- Leadership Change at ODC
- VIDEO: Mazie Hirono Covers Up Sexist Harassment at UH
- Regents to consider revisions to proposed Maunakea administrative rules after public hearings
- ACEEE: Hawaii Scores Points for GEMS Scheme
- Kiplinger: Hawaii Among Least tax-Friendly States
- HPR Begins to Wonder if ‘Price of Paradise' Actually a Bad Thing
- State seeks 44% fee hike for harbors—500% for Moorings
- We May Finally Get To See Honolulu Police Salary Information
- Soft on Crime: Judges sentence Kihei men to 18 months in jail for fatal beating—They’re already out on streets
- One Homosexual Child Molester -- 130 Victims
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