Entries for July 2016

U.S. Vacation Timeshare Industry Shows Increased Growth in 2015: Another Year of Substantial Growth....

“You don’t want rules made entirely for people that have something, at the expense of people who don’t,” said Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers....

...this race will soon get ugly.... 

The sales taxes in Hawaii and South Dakota have bases that include many services and so are not strictly comparable to other sales taxes....

Honolulu faces a crisis of old-boy crony-leadership, a mismanaged railroad, homelessness, and deteriorating public facilities....

“It’s unusual now, only because they haven’t done it in a while,”....

“There are ... concerns about the legality of 2015’s Act 204.... It is our hope that Governor Ige will allow HB 1850 to become law...."

...the CEO has banned Trustees without committees from having direct contact with Administrative staff....

BILL SIGNING CEREMONIES for the following....

On my mind today is 1LT Timothy Steele....

... Another scandal for Kamehameha Schools? ....

...the Department has been raking in the retail rate GET from both the charities and the catering providers....

...we will be able to file an exceptionally strong fundraising report that demonstrates the strength of our campaign and message....

Since 2007, Mr. Gluck has been employed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii....

...the missiles have been in service for more than 25 years, and each of them is able to carry ten megaton class nuclear warheads at a distance of more than 11,000 kilometers....

...the Hawaii Supreme Court clarified a point of appellate procedure that has been unnecessarily vague -- and therefore dangerous -- for a while....

“Here in Hawaii we don’t have trailer parks–they’re not legal.”

... Average daily spending by Japanese tourists is down 10.1% ....

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 percent....

...HB 2569 (Act 176) which aims to expedite the goals of the Department of Education to cool Hawai‘i’s schools, reduce energy costs, meet Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals....