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Entries for 'Video'
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House Republicans speak up on Taxes, Budget
By Video @ 10:11 PM :: 5815 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Marumoto: State becoming addicted to Marijuana Money
By Video @ 8:44 PM :: 8110 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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This fee increase will only help perpetuate the program. If there’s one thing we’ve all learned this year, it’s that once you put money into a program and personnel, it’s very hard to get it back out. It’s harder still to shut down the program entirely. In a word, if we provide more money, the program will become dependent - even addicted - upon that money.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House GOP Caucus Hosts Balanced Budget Summit
By Video @ 6:13 AM :: 6207 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Representative Gene Ward, introduces the balanced budget summit Representative Aaron Ling Johanson discusses the guiding principles for a vibrant economy in Hawaii. Representative Gil Riviere discusses first steps in revamping government in Hawaii.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
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Abercrombie to Conference Committee: We Must Raise Taxes!
By Video @ 11:12 AM :: 6487 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Together, we are facing a 1.3 billion dollar deficit. If we are going to raise taxes, which we must ....
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Saturday, April 16, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House GOP speaks up on Pension Tax, GE Tax, Internet Tax, Fees, and Special Funds
By Video @ 12:38 AM :: 6197 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB570: Provides for the taxation of certain pension incomes. Eliminates the deduction for state taxes paid for taxpayers with income above specified thresholds. Places temporary limitations on claims for itemized tax deductions. Delays the standard deduction and personal exemption increases....
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Friday, April 15, 2011 |
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SB756: Satellite TV Tax in omnibus Tax Bill
By Video @ 11:50 PM :: 6486 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Hawaii Legislature wants to raise your taxes by imposing a new tax on 28,000 Hawaii families – including YOU – that choose satellite for their television programming.
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Friday, April 15, 2011 |
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Fontaine Factor: Judges speak up on Drug Courts
By Video @ 11:13 PM :: 9982 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Representative George Fontaine discusses Hawaii Drug Courts with Chief Judge, Judge Shackley Raffetto from Maui and Judge Michael D. Wilson from Oahu....
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Waikele Robbery fails as Crooks can’t break Glass
By Video @ 10:53 AM :: 4034 Views :: Maui County
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Surveillance video shows the would-be robbers using a hammer, a shotgun and their feet to try to get into the case Saturday night as bystanders scattered about the Zales store at the Waikele Premium Outlets on Oahu.
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Monday, April 11, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Mitt Romney announces Republican Presidential Bid
By Video @ 3:07 PM :: 4486 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Romney-- "It is time that we put America back on a course of greatness, with a growing economy, good jobs and fiscal discipline in Washington"
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Sunday, April 10, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Sen. Slom introduces Balanced Budget with no tax hikes
By Video @ 4:04 PM :: 8501 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Sen. Sam Slom on Friday proposed eliminating about 1,500 jobs and about 500 vacant positions as a way to reduce government costs.... Slom's bare-bones budget would cost $4.4 billion in general funds, a $500 million decline from the current year's budget and $1 billion less than the House's proposal.
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Sunday, April 10, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Abercrombie holds fake news Conference to Announce HGEA's fake 'sacrifice'
By Video @ 1:20 AM :: 6641 Views :: Energy, Environment
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This video of Abercrombie announcing the HGEA contact April 7 looks like a news conference, and was billed by the Abercrombie administration as a news conference, but it wasn’t.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Heritage Foundation Leader interviewed in Hawaii
By Video @ 2:58 AM :: 5621 Views :: Energy, Environment
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April 5, 2011 Behind the News - Becky Norton Dunlop of the Heritage Foundation on Obamacare and America's Future….
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Friday, April 8, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Lanai Wind Fall Out
By Video @ 12:13 PM :: 11555 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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This project uses tax and rate payer money to enrich a privately held corporation. It bills itself as “green” when it is actually a corporate boondoggle to put a billion dollars every four years into one man’s pocket.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 |
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Video: Obama’s First Ad of 2012
By Video @ 2:49 PM :: 4079 Views :: National News, Ethics
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POLITICO: Parody gets more views than real Obama launch
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Monday, April 4, 2011 |
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VIDEO: GOP balances budget without Tax Hikes
By Video @ 10:50 PM :: 5928 Views :: Energy, Environment
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As we have known all along, the Democrats in the State Legislature have been looking for a reason to raise the general excise tax, even though our House Republicans have proven that the budget can be balanced without this and other tax increases. Now the Senate is taking some serious steps toward raising the GET and we need to show our opposition.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House debates Retirement, Gambling, Insurance—and frozen Bread
By Video @ 6:12 PM :: 6259 Views :: Energy, Environment
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- Rep. Fontaine Address SB 1269 Retirement System
- Reps. Fontaine and Thielen Addresses SB755 Gambling
- Rep. Cynthia Thieln Address SB1274 Health Insurance
- Rep. Pine address SB1088 Baked Goods
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Friday, March 25, 2011 |
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VIDEO: All Costs for Wind Cable are on the Ratepayer
By Video @ 3:02 AM :: 10679 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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If the majority of the lawmakers and Hawaiian Electric Co. get their way under Senate Bill 367 — the bill designed to finance an interisland cable — the Oahu ratepayer will be solely responsible for the cost of the project, predicted to cost somewhere between $500 million to $1 billion.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
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Rep Johanson: SB1078 will exacerbate EUTF Problems
By Video @ 4:41 PM :: 6735 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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SB1078: Specifies that the benefits of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund are subject to negotiation. Clarifies that a decision of an arbitration panel shall be final.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 |
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Rep Fontaine supports SB 52 Registration of Sex Offenders
By Video @ 9:31 PM :: 10551 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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As defined, the offense of violation of privacy in the first degree involves the installation or use of “any device for observing, recording, amplifying, or broadcasting another person in a stage of undress or sexual activity in that place.” – Attorney General Louie
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 |
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Monday, March 21, 2011 |
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Kucinich, Nader: Obama could be Impeached for Libya War
By Video @ 6:32 PM :: 10886 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Kucinich quotes Obama: “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation which does not involve stopping an actual or imminent attack on the nation.”
In 2004 Kucinich won 27% of Hawaii Democrats Caucus Vote....
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Monday, March 21, 2011 |
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Rep Fontaine interviews Bishop Silva, Darryl Vincent on Homelessness
By Video @ 2:58 AM :: 5068 Views
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Representative George Fontaine talks with Most Reverend Clarence (Larry) Silva, Bishop of Honolulu and Darryl Vincent, Vice President, Programs for the U.S. Vets about homelessness in Hawaii....
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Friday, March 18, 2011 |
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Case: Inouye not in control, won’t be able to designate next Senator
By Video @ 9:42 PM :: 9210 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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EC-- (Inouye) would facilitate contributions to the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party really became overly dependent on his funding for its survival.
MZ—Similar thing with Linda Lingle (and the Republican Party), I think.
EC—Probably so, sure.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
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Ward: Budget does not account for COFA, CoR Revision, Japan tourism dropoff
By Video @ 10:25 PM :: 7966 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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$120M COFA, Japan Tourism dropoff, CoR revision, 13 Hospitals bleeding 25-30M a year…
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Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
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HB1407: Fontaine, Ward speak up for privacy of Adoption Records
By Video @ 8:22 PM :: 3870 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Description: Amends provisions of the code relating to adoption records and the secrecy of proceedings and records, allowing access to adoption records....
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Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
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HB1034: House votes to fund Abercrombie’s secret $126M giveaway to Gov’t Employees
By Video @ 8:09 PM :: 5955 Views :: Energy, Environment
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To provide Employer contributions amounts for plan year 2010-2011 for Hawaii Employer Union Health Benefits Trust Fund health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining units....
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Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House debates Taxes, Ground Leases, Transmission Cable, DUI Interlock, Boat Tours
By Video @ 4:50 PM :: 4491 Views
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- Rep Fontaine and Riviere on HB845 Ground Leases
- Rep. Thielen on HB1176 HECO's Transmission Cable
- HB1435 Highway Safety Reps. Thielen, Ward and Ching
- Rep Ward in Opposition to HB1486 boat harbors
- Rep. Gene Ward on HB853 State Bank
- HB1457 Reps. Ward and Johanson on Higher Education
- Rep. George Fontaine Supports HB1640 Certificates of ID
- Rep Marumoto opposes DBED's surcharge tax HB782
- Reps. Riviere and Pine on HB 1411 - Mortgage Foreclosures
- Rep. Fontaine Opposes TAT Tax HB 795
- Reps. Ward and Pine Oppose Liquor Tax HB 840
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011 |
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Marumoto: Pension Tax threshold could be dropped to $75K at end of session
By Video @ 7:29 PM :: 8476 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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one of my concerns with this bill as currently drafted is that, while the threshold is now higher, $100,000, it opens the door to taxing the pensions of those with a lower AGI in the future. It could slip down to $75,000 or lower before the end of session or in future sessions.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011 |
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VIDEO: NPR CEO, President resign after hidden camera records meeting with fake Muslim Brotherhood group
By Video @ 10:03 AM :: 4452 Views
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PV investigative reporters, Shaughn Adeleye and Simon Templar posed as members of the Muslim Action Education Center, a non-existent group with a goal to "spread the acceptance of Sharia across the world."
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House Republicans defend Prepaid Healthcare Act against Obamacare
By Video @ 9:33 PM :: 7904 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Repeals part V of the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act and Act 99, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994, relating to the future termination of the prepaid health care law....
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011 |
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House Raids Highway Fund, Raises Vehicle Taxes
By Video @ 9:30 PM :: 12973 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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HB1101: Allows for increase in the State motor vehicle registration fee
HB1097: Extends the $3 per day surcharge on rental motor vehicles
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Friday, March 4, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Reps Fontaine, McKelvey against HB141 weakening Repeat Offender sentencing
By Video @ 11:42 AM :: 9588 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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“This bill primarily affects property crimes and takes repeat offender status away from those kinds of crimes. As a police officer I’ve dealt with this many many times where we’ve had people that have gone out and habitually burglarized homes, stolen cars all to fuel their drug habit…. And I feel that we need to have that repeat offender status for these kinds of crimes because of the fact that we do have these people that are just habitual criminals….” -- Rep George Fontaine (R-Kihei)
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Abercrombie blames elderly living longer for increasing debt, spending
By Video @ 9:54 PM :: 6382 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie lashes out “Against global forces of carbon-based energy that are out there right now victimizing us….”
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
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$37,500? Abercrombie makes fool of himself during Pension Tax debate
By Video @ 1:34 AM :: 11125 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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"That’s why it is egregious for you to indicate that what I’m saying is that somebody with a sole total income of $37,500—that that is their sole income—that they would be asked under those circumstances to pay that. But if anybody wants to try and manipulate the numbers for a personal political agenda in order to try and score political points, let me tell you—this is one Governor that’s not going to put up with it." -- Abercrombie
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Friday, February 18, 2011 |
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Instant Runoff? “I thought every vote counts”
By Video @ 9:14 PM :: 8615 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Oakland, CA voters testify against so-called "Instant Runoff" system now being proposed for Honolulu.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House GOP Floor speeches Feb 15-16
By Video @ 8:47 PM :: 5885 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HB1346: Requires new televisions manufactured on or after 7/1/12, with a viewable screen area of 1,400 square inches or less and sold in the State to meet ENERGY STAR efficiency specifications.
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Monday, February 14, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House GOP Floor Speeches Feb 11-14
By Video @ 8:46 PM :: 6387 Views :: Energy, Environment
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- Representative Barbara Marumoto addresses concerns on HB1225, which would allow bingo.
- Rep. Gene Ward addresses Civil Unions on Chamber Floor
- Reps. Riviere and Ward on Tax Credits HB566
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Saturday, February 12, 2011 |
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Friday, February 4, 2011 |
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HB1058: Buying Office Equipment with Capital Improvement Bonds
By Video @ 12:00 AM :: 11666 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Amends chapter 37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include agency-wide technology and computer systems with an estimated useful life of greater than seven years as capital investments to allow all costs to be financed with bond funds and depreciated as capital investments.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Fontaine “HB166 is an anti-business bill”
By Video @ 2:41 PM :: 11817 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Fontaine: “We heard from a Maui roofing contractor who said that if he received a $70K fine … he would have to earn $7M in additional business in order to make up the fine because his profit margin is so slim.”
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
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Father of 9yr old Tucson Victim: Don't use my daughter's death to take our freedoms
By Video @ 2:22 PM :: 5294 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Video interview with the father of 9 year old Christina Taylor Green....
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Steele Faces Rivals in RNC Chair Debate
By Video @ 2:23 AM :: 6431 Views :: National News, Ethics
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for all their criticism in print and on-line of incumbent Chairman Michael Steele, none of his four opponents in the race (which will be decided at the RNC winter meeting next week) landed a knock-out blow or even roughed up the embattled RNC chief….
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Saturday, December 25, 2010 |
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VIDEO: Rep George Fontaine plays Santa at Kihei Youth Center
By Video @ 9:34 AM :: 10742 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Representative George. Fontaine plays Santa for the Kihei Youth Center. Council member Don Couch helped out along with Kihei Youth Center Director Leh...
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Friday, December 17, 2010 |
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VIDEO: Slom, Marumoto host community meeting on Kawamoto’s latest scheme
By Video @ 10:57 PM :: 7183 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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"I question whether one can start a museum in a residentially-zoned area without a variance. I am not certain Kahala residents want such a facility in their neighborhood," said Representative Marumoto.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
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VIDEO: Liliuokalani School could become Charter School
By Video @ 8:07 PM :: 8721 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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VIDEO: House Speaker Calvin Say suggests Lili`uokalani could be converted to a Charter School.
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