Entries for July 2014

Grace is the Republican candidate for the Waikiki-Ala Moana seat currently held by Democrat Tom Brower, who gained international notoriety last year for using a sledgehammer to smash shopping carts used by the homeless....

...ranked first in percentage of households without children....

My plan reduces the affordable housing shortfall by 91% within seven years without raising taxes....

This program will cover recent Hawaii case law, including the recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision regarding identifying the certified shoreline....

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Musicians Association of Hawaii are pleased to announce a two-year agreement that will run through June 30, 2016....

...a Request for Qualifications seeking a master developer for the future mixed-income redevelopment of Mayor Wright Homes....

...Operation Choke Point seeks to weed out businesses from the marketplace that the Obama administration considers objectionable....

The workshop is set for Tuesday, July 22, at the Aliamanu Elementary School Cafeteria, 3265 Salt Lake Boulevard, from 5:30-7:30 p.m....

Only five states—Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Vermont— had no wiretap requests during 2013....

An agenda for a July 8th executive board meeting was posted on the OHA website and then removed shortly thereafter prior to the 8th....

The median donation to the Djou campaign was $100 and 88% of the donations came from Hawaii....

Hawaii's mounting state debt now represents $41,300 per taxpayer, the second highest in the country....

• Senate: Castro Nomination - Confirmation
• Senate: Donovan Nomination - Confirmation
• House: Workforce Investment Reauthorization - Motion to Concur
• House: Fiscal 2015 Energy-Water Appropriations - Passage

WalletHub -- 2014's Most & Least Energy-Expensive States.

...the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that offers billions of taxpayer dollars for development of fossil fuels in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Mexico and other countries....

Some of the other forums and debates that Governor Abercrombie declined participation in include, Kokua Council, KITV’s televised debate and Think Tech’s Kaka’ako candidate forum....

The pitch of public controversy surrounding cultural issues...can give the impression that we live in an intractably divided society with incompatible differences.  But the Hobby Lobby decision suggests that such a tone is overwrought....

...Hawaii's power prices are among the highest in the nation as well. Not surprisingly, one of the big reasons for this is taxation....

Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, is being awarded $334,135,534 for firm-fixed-price task order....

...including four seats for immediate appointments....

I’m voting for candidates who actually take money from the seed companies because it kicks the ignorance that’s infecting and contaminating our state....

...the Future Majority Project outlined its “14 in ‘14 Races to Watch” for November....

This matter is currently under review by the State Attorney General’s office, the HTA, as well as the HTA’s contractor....

...you are both NOT about solving real problems in Hawaii, but more about contributing to the problems we have here....

The International Labor Organization says agricultural workers are among the most vulnerable....

...Vernon Char, Ulalia Woodside and Christopher Yuen....

Abercrombie today announced the reappointment of David O’Neal as well as the appointment of Melinda Wood to the State Ethics Commission....

By the end of the 1930s, 22 states had implemented a sales tax....

It’s been 14 years since the courts gave non-Hawaiians the right to vote in Office of Hawaiian Affairs elections....

Two important bills the Council is reviewing may affect these items....

...the next step is "Toss-up!"....

Approximately 60 percent of the 7.1 million people receiving public mental health services nationwide want to work....

The sky fell on Hawaii last month, all because carbon dioxide levels peeped above the much-hyped 400 ppm hurdle....

...rural roads and bridges in Hawaii have significant deficiencies and a high rate of traffic fatalities....

Out-of-state donations were less than 1% of total contributions. Total donations included more than 1,205 individual donations averaging $299.50....

Schatz is among several Senate Democrats trying to counter the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case....

Grassroot President Keli’i Akina interviews Dale Evans, owner of Charley’s Taxi....

A May, 2014 TRO filed by SORT Kalaeloa Raceway operator George Grace III against fellow Kalaeloa DHHL industrial tenant Mark Aiwohi....

26,010 individuals enrolled in Medicaid between Summer 2013 and April 2014....

Hawaii Appleseed has released a report, “Hawai‘i’s Affordable Housing Crisis: The High Cost of Our Affordable Housing Shortfall,”....

...the administration “performing a $4 billion magic trick”....

...General Excise Tax collections for the first quarter of 2014 are down 4.6% in comparison to last year....

Since the last election, Hawaii has lost over 90 years of seniority and now has the junior-most congressional delegation in the U.S....

...men in suits have been seen visiting Horizon's facilities.  Is somebody doing due diligence?....

Cheaper ships mean more ships in operation which create more U.S. seafarer and ship repair jobs and improve service to the shippers....

Hawaii Republican Assembly attacks Democrats for a change .... 

...from some of the reaction we're seeing, you might think the Imperial Japanese Navy was once again off of our fair shores....