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Entries for 'Robert Thomas'
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Gold Coast Seawall Hot Potato Case: Supreme Court Hears Arguments
By Robert Thomas @ 6:20 PM :: 4692 Views :: Land Use
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A case that we've been following with some mild amusement has reached the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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Lawsuits Have Consequences: Aloha To Hawaii Sugar
By Robert Thomas @ 5:43 PM :: 8372 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Land Use
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Since about the 1970's, sugar plantations have been legal pariahs....
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii Water Law In A Nutshell
By Robert Thomas @ 9:38 PM :: 6436 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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If you want a crash course in Hawaii's unique (some would say weird) water law, you can't do better than this video....
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 |
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Hoopili: Is the State Prohibited from Rezoning "Potential" Important Ag Land?
By Robert Thomas @ 4:10 AM :: 10215 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Land Use, Rail
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...last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a 4-1 ruling in Friends of Makakilo v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, LLC....
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 |
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Green Party v Nago: ‘Mistakes were made, Election Office Fell Short’
By Robert Thomas @ 3:54 AM :: 5362 Views :: Office of Elections
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..."execution of the 2012 General Election fell short of the electorate's reasonable expectations" -- ICA, Dec 18, 2015....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015 |
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More SCOTUS Action In Oprah/Everyone Wins Election
By Robert Thomas @ 3:54 PM :: 6363 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...asking the Court to slap the State, the Governor, OHA and its trustees, and Nai Aupuni (and others, including the ironically-named Akamai Foundation) for violating the Court's injunction....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015 |
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Supreme Court: Hoopili ‘Necessary for Urban Growth’
By Robert Thomas @ 3:44 PM :: 9454 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Land Use, Rail
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"This appeal involves a long-standing issue in this state: balancing agricultural and urban land uses."
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Monday, December 21, 2015 |
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What Is The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs?
By Robert Thomas @ 6:01 PM :: 6354 Views :: OHA
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An op-ed piece by Judge (Ret.) Walter Heen and U. Hawaii lawprof Randy Roth asks "What is OHA?" ....
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Saturday, December 19, 2015 |
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Latest On The Hawaiians-Only-Oprah/Costco-Everyone-Wins Election
By Robert Thomas @ 2:32 PM :: 7928 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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... plaintiffs outline their possible responses to the cancellation of the election and the seating of all candidates ...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni’s "Oprah Theory Of Elections"
By Robert Thomas @ 4:15 AM :: 5162 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...that's the sort of thing that is supposed to happen only in a banana republic....
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Monday, December 14, 2015 |
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii Might Finally Be Forced To Include Military Among ‘We The People’
By Robert Thomas @ 9:13 PM :: 6002 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering that question in a Texas case in which Hawaii’s decades-long exclusion of active-duty military and families from the body politic is front and center....
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Monday, December 7, 2015 |
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Evenwel: Will Supreme Court Overturn 50 Years of Hawaii Apportionment Law?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:45 PM :: 5406 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in two election law cases, Evenwel v. Abbott, No. 14-940, and Harris v. Arizona Ind. Redistricting Comm'n, No. 14-232....
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Monday, December 7, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni: The View from Outside the Hawaii Bubble
By Robert Thomas @ 3:41 PM :: 5471 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The universal query they have for us about the Nai Aupuni vote is "what the heck are you doing out there?"
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Friday, December 4, 2015 |
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The Hawaii Supreme Court's Fractured Rationale For Invalidating The TMT Permit
By Robert Thomas @ 9:04 PM :: 6963 Views :: Higher Education, Land Use, OHA
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Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the telescope Thirty Meter. It's five year continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out a Conservation District Use Permit from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and navigate the treacherous waters of Hawaii administrative law. To boldly go where twelve other telescopes have gone before!
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Friday, November 27, 2015 |
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Justice Kennedy Temporarily Halts "Hawaiians Only" Election
By Robert Thomas @ 4:41 PM :: 7953 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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The biggest problem with this thing has always been the public funding....
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 |
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What Does "Waikiki" Mean? - Variances, Safety Valves, And A "Hawaiian Sense Of Place"
By Robert Thomas @ 9:17 PM :: 8410 Views :: Environment, Development, Tourism
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...Justice Pollack benchslapped the Department on each of the three variance standards....
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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Hawaii AG on Reapportionment: We Want to Count Everybody--But only in Texas
By Robert Thomas @ 4:05 PM :: 4509 Views :: Office of Elections
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Hawaii AG joins amici brief supporting Texas in Evenwel v. Abbott....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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Hawaii Apportionment Plaintiffs to Supreme Court: ‘Count Everyone’
By Robert Thomas @ 12:56 PM :: 4548 Views :: Office of Elections
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Today we filed this amici brief in Evenwel v. Abbott....
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
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Full Text: Hawaii AG Supports Vermont GMO Labeling Law
By Robert Thomas @ 6:38 PM :: 4417 Views :: GMOs
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What is intriguing is that Hawaii chose to join this brief....
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Friday, September 11, 2015 |
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Evenwel v Abbott Could Affect Hawaii Reapportionment
By Robert Thomas @ 5:33 PM :: 4882 Views :: Office of Elections
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Evenwel v. Abbott, the one-person-one-vote reapportionment case currently being briefed in the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Sunday, September 6, 2015 |
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9 Years of Hawaii Law Blogging
By Robert Thomas @ 9:05 PM :: 7000 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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I'd also like to hail my fellow law bloggers....
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Thursday, September 3, 2015 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: Federal Court Dismisses Most of Case
By Robert Thomas @ 9:09 PM :: 8304 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...once again, a property owner's federal constitutional claims -- raised in a federal forum -- get decided by a state court....
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015 |
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Telescope Prediction: Hawaii Supreme Court Will Rule for Challengers
By Robert Thomas @ 4:35 AM :: 8489 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...we predict that at least three of the Justices -- and perhaps a unanimous court if the Chief Justice keeps the opinion for himself -- will rule for the challengers....
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Monday, August 31, 2015 |
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Court: Removal of Protest Signs OK After City Finally Figures out how to Seize Property
By Robert Thomas @ 12:03 PM :: 5918 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment
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You remember that case about property on the rural north shore of Oahu, in which the City and County of Honolulu is condemning a vacant parcel in order to build a new fire station....
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Friday, August 28, 2015 |
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Federal Judge Blocks Federal Grab for Control of Waterways
By Robert Thomas @ 3:29 AM :: 5232 Views :: Environment
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The Rule asserts jurisdiction over waters that are remote and intermittent waters....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
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Enviro Wars Episode IV: A New Court
By Robert Thomas @ 3:06 PM :: 6375 Views :: Environment, Judiciary
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..."mission creep" could well set in....
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Saturday, August 1, 2015 |
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"How Much Will Rail Cost Us In the End?"
By Robert Thomas @ 3:36 AM :: 5292 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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...the only honest answer is "as much as it takes."....
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Thursday, July 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii Appeals: When is Final, Final?
By Robert Thomas @ 11:00 PM :: 4831 Views :: Judiciary
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HAWSCT Again Clarifies When A Judgment Is "Final" And Appealable (They're Serious About This Finality Thing)....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Full Text: Federal Court Slaps Down Maui Anti-GMO Ordinance
By Robert Thomas @ 10:50 PM :: 4889 Views :: GMOs
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...Judge says Maui County prohibition is pre-empted by federal and state law....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Hawaii Reapportionment Commission Breathes A Sigh Of Relief
By Robert Thomas @ 1:49 AM :: 4785 Views :: Office of Elections
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...today's 5-4 decision in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n....
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: County Initiative Preempted by State Law
By Robert Thomas @ 5:08 PM :: 10385 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs, GMOs
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...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 |
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Contested Case or Court Case? The Hawaii Supreme Court Decides
By Robert Thomas @ 6:58 PM :: 6529 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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It's a fine balance, and until the Hawaii Supreme Court's recent decision in Kellberg v. Yuen, and the Intermediate Court of Appeals' decision in Hoku Lele, LLC v. City and County of Honolulu....
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii "Is Exception To Constitutional Law" In State Reapportionment
By Robert Thomas @ 9:31 PM :: 6077 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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...the Texas case may open up future Hawaii reapportionments to legal challenge if Hawaii persists in applying the same or similar standards....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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Koa Ridge Arguments Before Supreme Court - State Prohibited From Rezoning "Potential" IALs?
By Robert Thomas @ 7:01 PM :: 6724 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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Last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sierra Club v. Castle and Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc....
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Friday, May 29, 2015 |
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Big Law vs. Honolulu's Not-So-Big Law
By Robert Thomas @ 9:01 AM :: 7577 Views :: Judiciary, Small Business
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"A Tale of Two Cities: Honolulu and San Francisco"
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Friday, May 29, 2015 |
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Eminent Domain Docfilm "Battle For Brooklyn" Now Streaming
By Robert Thomas @ 8:56 AM :: 5236 Views :: Land Use
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"Battle For Brooklyn explains why property owners fight the taking of their homes and businesses, even when that fight is uphill."
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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WSJ: "Hawaii Military Carve Out May Play Role in Voting District Case"
By Robert Thomas @ 4:11 PM :: 4995 Views :: Office of Elections
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SCOTUS To Revisit One-Person-One-Vote: Representational Equality Or Voting Equality?
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Monday, May 25, 2015 |
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Final Chapter In Judicial Selection Commission List Public Records Case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:23 PM :: 5584 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Ige signed the bill authorizing that final payment this week....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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HAWSCT Clarifies Joinder Of Indispensable Parties, Timely Appeals
By Robert Thomas @ 12:49 AM :: 4405 Views :: Judiciary
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Here's the latest from the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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Guess What: Hawaii Housing Is Expensive!
By Robert Thomas @ 5:25 AM :: 8028 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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"Affordable Housing Maui Style" - from NewGeography.com....
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Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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"Through a Glass Clearly: Predicting the Future in Land Use Takings Law"
By Robert Thomas @ 12:56 AM :: 4266 Views :: Land Use
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It's not often that we say a law review article is a "must-read."...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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Eminent Domain And The Honolulu Rail
By Robert Thomas @ 4:59 PM :: 5266 Views :: Rail
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...eminent domain, property rights, and the Honolulu rail project....
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Monday, March 9, 2015 |
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Video: Rail Line Property Owners Meet With Attorneys
By Robert Thomas @ 5:36 AM :: 4261 Views :: Rail
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..."just compensation and damages" are required by the constitution....
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 |
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Rail Project Forum: Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, and Protecting Property Rights
By Robert Thomas @ 1:53 PM :: 6162 Views :: Land Use, Rail
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Date: Tomorrow, Thursday, March 5, 2015
Time: 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
Location: Farrington High School Cafeteria
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
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Is The Hawaii Reapportionment Commission About To Go The Way Of The 'O'o Bird?
By Robert Thomas @ 11:38 PM :: 4755 Views :: Office of Elections
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...come June, we'll be watching for more guidance from the Supreme Court.....
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
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Seminar: Your Rights When HART Comes to Take Your Property
By Robert Thomas @ 9:25 PM :: 6893 Views :: Rail, Small Business
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...Thursday, March 5, 2015, from 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. at the Farrington High School Cafeteria....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Affirms State Supreme Court Ruling (sort of)
By Robert Thomas @ 2:28 PM :: 6182 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use
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...we've been waiting for the other shoe to drop, and today it did....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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"'Integral Yoga' Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal Court"
By Robert Thomas @ 9:30 PM :: 6856 Views :: Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...for not permitting it to use their site on Maui's north shore for things like weddings....
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