Entries for August 2019

...Crabbe managed to hide from Auditors who were present at OHA HQ June 3 through June 14, 2019....

"...Mauna Kea Access Road is under the control and jurisdiction of DOT...."

...Lowering the cost of living would make everyone’s pay go further, especially the less fortunate....

...During his first term in Congress, from 2002 to 2007, Case introduced three bills to reform the Jones Act.... 

...more than 2,200 healthcare jobs open across the state, with an average vacancy rate of 10% and most jobs taking six to 12 months to fill....

...Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.70 billion in July 2019, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to July 2018....

...The combined total of the 2-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaiʻi Police Department stands at 1240 citations issued and 16 persons arrested for 29 offenses....

Metropolitan Area --Real Value of $100

• 4th Lowest in USA -- Urban Honolulu, HI -- $80.19
• Maui County $93.20
• Kauai and Hawaii Counties – $99.50

...The workshop/presentation "Your Voice!" is about an hour in length and covers the Legislature and how to effectively participate in the legislative process....

...additional immunizations will be required for students entering preschool, kindergarten through grade 12, and colleges/universities in Hawai‘i....

...Clyde J. Wadsworth – 61, Solicitor General, Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawaiʻi, is appointed to the Intermediate Court of Appeals....

...Keep working three jobs so you can send money to Elon Musk....

... Elon Musk needs money.  That's why he is a billionaire and its why you are paying higher electric rates ....

...meanwhile at public schools girls don't have locker rooms for trannies to push their way in to....

...Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and billionaire liberal activist Tom Steyer all say they’ve been cheated out of a podium....

...He has been charged with attempted perjury, attempted hindering prosecution in the first degree, and tampering with a witness....

...The Department of Planning and Permitting is holding a series of pop-up workshops to gather input on how climate change and sea level rise will affect the area between Kāhala and Pearl City, also known as the Primary Urban Center....

...Criminal laws are still in force, even as to Hawaiian protesters demonstrating on Hawaiian home lands....

...69 Communities in Hawaii Ranked for Middleclassness....

...But instead of being rushed into rubber-stamping an obvious insider deal, Trustees Keli’i Akina, Carmen Hulu Lindsey, and Kalei Akaka voted ‘No.’....

...Study Ranks Every State’s Highway System, Finds Road Conditions Worsening In Important Categories....

...The average Oahu driver spends 64 hours in congestion each year....

...The impact of the vacation rental ban on Oahu has not yet been seen in visitor arrivals....

...The report was commissioned by the airline....

...to support the development of additional affordable housing for people transitioning out of homelessness....

...there is a move in Congress to make things worse....

...A supplemental agreement pilot project that provides a wage differential for City & County of Honolulu employees to make $15 an hour....

...Ahakuelo lead the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 until he was ousted three years ago after the union was placed under trusteeship....

...The UHPA Board of Directors has taken this action in response to the strong feelings held by some members that the union should not participate in making candidate endorsements or political contributions....

...The board will take up the rules on November 6 at a special meeting on the UH West Oʻahu campus....

...workers who rely on public transit are most likely to be super commuters, by a wide margin....

...Enhanced traffic enforcement efforts will continue on Daniel K. Inouye Highway by Hawaiʻi Police Department for the duration of the ongoing situation....

...The Schools Directed AC program enables school leaders to initiate the process by requesting an official electrical assessment from HIDOE’s Office of Facilities and Operations to determine where there is sufficient electrical capacity for AC in classrooms....

...If you retire with $1 million in Hawaii, you’ll have less than a dozen years to ride out your savings....

...until just a few months ago, Hawaii was trying to force churches to promote abortion.  Now....

...Theft and Juvenile Delinquency: Where Are Teens Most Likely to Steal?....

...Six Hawaii community colleges ranked on quality and affordability....

... minimum wage, the Hawaii brain drain, and Trump tariffs ....

...Death in Hawaii is by far the priciest among all the states....

...IMUA TMT RALLY This Thursday August 22 @ 5pm STATE CAPITOL....

...Open Letter from State Sen. Lorraine Inouye to Governor Ige and Attorney General Connors, August 18, 2019....

...and a Tweet Momoa sent out a day before this saying that he got run over by a tractor and couldn’t film Aquaman 2....

...Hawaii 47th -- Amount of R&D per 100,000 people -- $1,640....

..."A lot of people felt they were getting burned by talking about population growth and its adverse impact," Holdren said. As a result, he said, the movement's leaders began focusing on the education and empowerment of women….

...Leadership entails not only planning for possible obstructions to your chosen plan of action, but also having the resolve to follow through with your plan....

...Hulu Lindsey is the only OHA Trustee to be Arrested on Mauna Kea....

...by the time Gov. David Ige signed it carried a price tag of $350 million....

...Hawai‘i DOE submits request to US Department of Education to amend data submission....

...The Hawaii State Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii in a single compilation....

...a July 22, 2019 'melee' between members of the Fullard-Leo family and 20 pimps and drug dealers....