Entries for September 2023

... Scott DeGhetto has been appointed EVP, CFO & treasurer of HEI, effective October 1, 2023 through approximately December 31, 2024. DeGhetto joins HEI from Moelis & Company ....

... ACLU executives retaliated against the plaintiff, lawsuit alleges ....

... Tamara McKay Chair, Kaulana Fenton Lee First Vice Chair ....

... Natalie Iwasa, who was appointed by state Speaker of the House Scott Saiki, has been barred from participating in executive sessions ....

... Threats of violence ....

... policies the Maui Council can implement to boost the County's economy and encourage reconstruction in Lahaina ....

"...we can't continue to do nothing and expect the problem to just go away....”

... "the 100% lunacy of TAG's six-year odyssey to obtain a building permit to renovate what is now The Brad Powell Theatre." ....

... the price list is buried in Maui vs HECO ....

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... The 7 percentage point decline was the seventh smallest among states ....

... Each working group will produce a preliminary report by November 1 and deliver a final report by December 15, 2023 ....

... Here are some of the highlights:  Adds “affordable” housing to the title ....

... FBI released the fourth list of the names of 31 individuals who have been reported unaccounted for ....

... The new vaccines address the XBB-lineages of the Omicron variant that accounts for 99% of COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i ....

... testimony before County Council ....

... In this video, we explore what happened and how to make sure it never happens again .... 

... Oahu luncheon presentation on Tuesday, Sept. 19 featuring Connor Boyack ....

... suing Governor Josh Green for this blatant infringement on our 1st Amendment rights ....

... There have been 10,448 new claims for unemployment in Maui County in the four weeks since the fires struck ....

... The hearing will take place on September 28, 2023, and the following individuals are expected to testify ....

... between 2019 and 2022, Hawaiian Electric invested less than $245,000 on wildfire-specific projects on the island. Instead of spending necessary funds to prevent fires caused by its equipment, Hawaiian Electric instead spent millions of dollars towards efforts to achieve a 100 percent renewable energy goal, which earned the Company bonuses that the Company’s executives used to increase their own compensation ....

... second highest cost of funerals and end-of-life medical care ....

"…one of the best ways to heal is to make home rebuilding as streamlined and quick as possible…."

... Hawaii’s income tax rates are among the highest in the country, and its business climate is consistently ranked poorly. Meanwhile, residents continue to flee the state for less expensive mainland locales ....

"... Honolulu County Chair Steve Lipscomb, former State Chair candidate Charlotte Rosecrans, and former Vice-Chair and interim State Chair Lohi Goodman  dishonestly presented themselves to party members as candidates for leadership  without disclosing they signed the petition to remove Republicans from the Hawaii ballot...." 

... employees of the DPP took bribes in exchange for performing official acts at DPP .... 

... Joe Rogan and Tulsi Gabbard on the government screwing over the residents of Maui to take their land ....

... VOTE: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 -- 6pm to 8pm ....

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

... peoples’ homes and businesses are at stake, and their right to those properties must be defended ....

... $30 million in educational loan debt repayment to health professionals licensed or otherwise certified to practice in and provide care to patients in Hawai‘i ....

... State House Minority Leader Diamond Garcia ripped Biden for his kitchen-fire comparison and appearing to fall asleep at a memorial service ....

... coverage will continue through at least the end of this year without interruption except for those who voluntarily ask Med-QUEST to end their coverage, those who have moved out of state or those who are deceased ....

... Legitimate questions now need to be asked about whether the government is going to want to take back some of that Lahaina money in taxes .... 

... The number of people still missing from Lahaina after wildfires wiped out a portion of West Maui has dropped from hundreds to 66 ....

“Tourism…dropped off the edge of the Earth.”

... falsifying DOE mileage and parking forms and using DOE purchase orders and a “P-Card” to steal more than $7,000 from the DOE ....

... Vakameilalo allegedly changed the bank account she previously had designated to receive the PUA unemployment benefit payments from the claimant’s bank account to her own ....

...DBEDT reduces its economic growth projections for Hawaii from 1.8% for 2023 to 1.1% and from 2% to 1.5% for 2024....

"...Threats have been made against me, loved ones who don’t even work for the government, and even children...."

... to formulate recommendations for the upcoming session, which begins January 17, 2024 ....

... Bills on the move: Honolulu, Hawaii County, Kauai County ....

... a new tax classification specifically for long-term “gap” rentals ....

... resolutions would assist the city administration in hiring for critical positions, delete unfilled and unnecessary positions and likely contribute to lower budgetary costs ....

... nearly two decades as a public defender—Judge Shanlyn A.S. Park ....

... Hawaii signs a multi-year agreement to use mdf commerce's advanced procurement technology suite to digitize and streamline its end-to-end procurement process ....

... landowners knew how dangerous it was to have that huge volume of dry grass next to subdivisions, and could have saved hundreds of lives at cost of less than $1,000 per acre to cut the brush ....

... If you have comprehensive coverage (also known as “other than collision”) on your automobile insurance policy, submit a claim ....

... Maui Attorney Lance D. Collins has formally requested that Hawai'i Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito call upon property insurance companies to pay out 100% of coverage limits ....