Entries for June 2012

The Court has denied certiorari in Corboy v. Louie....

The effects of an eruption would be more profound as the geothermal power development increased in size....

Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Oʻahu)

Judge, Family Court of the First Circuit (Oʻahu)

The Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi empowers the Commission to determine whether Judge Kibe should be retained in office for an additional term of six years.

"...repeals junior kindergarten programs at the end of the 2013-2014 school year...."

 Act 221 Tax Credits paid for this mess and Hawaii media covered for this scam company all they way through .... 

"If Hanabusa wants skip out on doing her job, we encourage the voters of Hawaii to help Hanabusa by voting for a new representative who actually wants to work for Hawaii in Congress."

Some fear the administration’s proposal is an effort to increase enrollment in the state-run insurance exchanges mandated under the president’s controversial health care law.

...the operating subsidy for transit has been increased by $600 million over the next 18 years to a total of $6 billion dollars....

... Many gathered again in the parking lot as more police arrived and flaring tempers were separated by additional HPD officers ....

Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Waimanalo Health Center, the Hilo Bay Clinic, West Hawaii Community Health Center, Hana Community Health Center, and Malama I Ke Ola Health Center on Maui....

We're starting to appreciate the Chief's "functional" approach. What say we apply that same test to a legislature's statement regarding the "public use" for which it is condemning property?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision sets the stage for an historically unprecedented confrontation between Roman Catholics and the federal government over whether Catholics remain free to exercise their religion ....

This decision will energize freedom-loving Americans to once again take matters into their own hands....

The last thing we need is another tax, especially at a time when the people of Hawaii and our nation desperately need jobs....

... bureaucrat-focused, DC-centered approach based on bigger government is not what is right for Hawaii, or the nation ....

The Senate Minority voted “NO” on 7 of these measures—often casting the lone vote in opposition— and on one bill “with reservations.”

... It creates a debilitated, inoperable version of health-care regulation ... a jumble of now senseless provisions ....

Abercrombie’s campaign platform portrays abandonment of the Prepaid Act as a step to “Develop a System of Universal Healthcare.”  It is exactly the opposite.  In the fine print, Abercrombie focuses squarely on managing the State’s finances so “costs are controlled so that we can collectively afford the system and pay for it in a way that is fair and sustainable. We need to create efficiencies out of the current incoherence in our system, create incentives and opportunities for cost-effective preventive healthcare….”

It’s all about the money.

"...it's time to put the political histrionics aside and work to implement the law...."