Entries for October 2016

This week we had a wonderful time meeting dog owners from around Oahu to discuss expanding the number of dog parks in our city....

One year ago, DHHL was sitting on about $55 million in federal funds unspent, as a result of which HUD stopped providing additional funding....

...we calculated the standard deviation of donor ideology - the average distance between any two donors - for each city....

Politically Connected Board Members....

...consider how a Jones Act exemption and privately-operated model can change the game....

“The bees are dying,” read one Washington Post lede....

Kaiser rates are going up 25.9% ....

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

By a 3-2 majority the court affirmed the state land board’s decision in 2012 to grant a permit to build the Telescope....

In addition to selecting the best candidates for elected office, Hawaii voters have many decisions to make that will have a big impact on County charters and our future....

Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii county police departments successfully inventoried their untested sexual assault evidence collection kits....

Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at Aliiolani Hale....

Beck’s, the largest family-owned, retail seed company in the United States....

General fund spending rose 7 percent in 2016, and Ige proposed to increase it 12 percent in 2017....

"We will be taking a close look at our highest achieving schools and determine best practices that can be implemented in schools that need supports."

You’ve got some influential friends in the House....

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....

...an international sex trafficking organization transporting hundreds of women from Thailand....

...51 percent of students tested met or exceeded the achievement standard in ELA, up three percentage points from the previous year....

The community is strongly encouraged to participate in the public hearing process....

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

"The City is requesting an extension of the December 2016 Recovery Plan submittal date to June 30, 2017"

...a feasibility study of various intra-island and interisland ferry services....

Two weeks after the Committee vote, the Obama Administration published its “final rule” bypassing Congress with administrative recognition of a fake Hawaiian Indian tribe....

...The Case for Inclusion, an annual ranking of how well State Medicaid programs serve Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities....

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

"...Our numbers come from the DOT submittals to the federal government for the HI state-owned road system, so if they are ‘wrong’ then the DOT needs to say why they submitted them ‘wrong’...."

...a $4 million federal grant to come up with a “reimagining” of the taxes we currently pay....

...signs of a slowdown ahead....

The results of Hawaii Smiles confirm that Hawaii’s children have the highest prevalence of tooth decay in the United States....