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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Census Bureau: Hawaii Population Decline 2nd-Fastest in USA
By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 395 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Young local families dominate Hawaii’s departure statistics ....

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Friday, January 23, 2026
FAA Exposes $23M Airports Division Lie: We did not order HDoT to Replace Firefighting Systems
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 1923 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism

... The non-existent FAA mandate is HDoT’s rationale for a $22.26M contract to replace the brand new systems ....

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Senator Fevella Silent on $35K Bribe
By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 2418 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians, Republican Party

... Normally Choy and Cullen wouldn't bribe a Republican because the Republican has only his own vote to sell.  It's not worth $35K.  But, in this case they were not operating 'normally.' ....

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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
OHA Check Register 2024-25—Payroll Drives Spending up 30%
By Andrew Walden @ 10:19 PM :: 1098 Views :: Ethics, Labor, OHA

... massive pay hikes drive bloated spending ....

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Saturday, January 3, 2026
Schatz Welches on Biden's Maduro Bounty
By Andrew Walden @ 12:06 PM :: 1871 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military

... Will Schatz tell the Delta Force they aren’t getting the reward money? I want that on video ....

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Friday, January 2, 2026
9th Circuit Halts Hawaii Green Fee Tax on Cruise Lines
By Andrew Walden @ 12:42 AM :: 2286 Views :: Jones Act, Judiciary, Taxes, Tourism

... While the AG was counting her chickens, barristers worked through the holidays to bring the preliminary injunction appeal to justice ....

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Monday, December 29, 2025
Class Action Suit Filed Against Maui Bill 9
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 4996 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Tourism

... A second lawsuit has been filed challenging Maui Bill 9 ....

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Monday, December 22, 2025
Senate WAM Announces Budget Hearing Schedule
By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 PM :: 976 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... The purpose of the briefings is to ensure public dollars are being spent on priorities that meet the needs of Dela Cruz campaign contributors and anybody with $35,000 in a brown paper bag ....

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Saturday, December 20, 2025
Bill 9: First Lawsuit Filed
By Andrew Walden @ 2:06 PM :: 8320 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism

... The ink of Bissen’s signature is barely dry and, precisely as predicted, the litigation is already beginning ....

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Sunday, December 14, 2025
Two Telescopes Stop Paying Rent on Mauna Kea and another cancels $500M upgrade-DeFries Doesn’t Notice
By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 3550 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA

... Mauna Kea Stewardship Oversight Authority (MKSOA) Director John DeFries went for nearly a year without noticing ....

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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 45828 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Military, Police

“It was (his) work as head of the HPD’s Espionage Bureau that lay the foundation for Burns’ later political success in Hawaii.”  

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Friday, December 5, 2025
OHA: We Are Shut Out of Green’s Army Negotiations
By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 844 Views :: Military, OHA

... After asserting publicly that eminent domain was less of a factor than previously thought, Green is still seeking clarity from Driscoll ....

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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Star-Advertiser 'accepts nearly all' right-wing Letters to the Editor
By Andrew Walden @ 12:56 PM :: 994 Views :: First Amendment

"...we publish what we receive and attempt to balance anti- and pro-Trump submissions — to the point of declining many against, and accepting nearly all in favor...."

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Thursday, November 27, 2025
AG Report: Governor’s office fired Isaac Choy for threatening Audit of CNHA’s $27M HTA Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 4634 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians, Tourism

... What is it about CNHA’s $27M HTA contract that the Governor’s Office, CNHA, and HTA are trying to hide from auditors? ....

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Bill 42: After Decade of Uber/Lyft, Honolulu Council to Deregulate Taxis?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:34 PM :: 1385 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business

"Repeal of taxi rate regulations will level the playing field, allowing the taxi industry to expand services and to survive unfair TNC competition."

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Feds Challenge Green Fee in Court: 'Illegal Extortion Scheme'
By Andrew Walden @ 2:51 AM :: 3510 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism

... The Constitution’s Tonnage Clause bars States from imposing any “charge for the privilege of entering, trading in, or lying in a port.” ….

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Hitachi Sues HART: $320M of 'Gross Mismanagement'
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 PM :: 2545 Views :: Rail

... The complaint, filed November 17, 2025, in Oahu’s First Circuit Court, provides insight into HART’s ‘six years and counting’ of delays. ....

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Thursday, November 13, 2025
Remember 313,000?  A look at HART's shifty ridership projections
By Andrew Walden @ 7:05 PM :: 2521 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics, Rail

... Rail Ridership 27 Times Lower Than Projection ....

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Saturday, November 8, 2025
Bishop Street Lawyer Behind OHA Power Grab?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 PM :: 2838 Views :: Ethics, OHA

"... Kahele ... retained new outside Board counsel (Paul Alston) without consultation, approval, or notice to the Board ...."

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Lawsuit: OHA Budget Process Rooted in Illegal Power Grab
By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 1878 Views :: Ethics, OHA

... OHA C-suite officers could be subject to criminal sanctions ....

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Kamehameha Admissions:  Without Affirmative Action Defense, Who Needs Victimology?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 AM :: 5107 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Education K-12, Judiciary, OHA

... By eliminating affirmative action as a defense for Kamehameha’s admissions policy, SFA has done us all a favor ....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
US Senate is laying down terms for military land use negotiations in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 AM :: 1668 Views :: Land Use, Military

... authorizes acquisition through exchange or lease ....

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Falsely arrested by their own Department?  Four Sheriff Deputies File Suit
By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 1672 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement

... trumped-up the charges against the four deputies as part of a convoluted scheme to manipulate Horton as a ‘pawn’ to retaliate against the number three man in the State Sheriff Division, First Deputy Lanikoa Dobrowolsky ....

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supreme Flip Flop: McKenna and Eddins Apologize, Withdraw Corrupt Kealoha Opinion
By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 AM :: 3177 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Judiciary, Politicians

... Not ready for Prime Time ....

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Friday, October 3, 2025
Not Anonymous: Employees Demand ‘Investigation’ of DoTax Director Suganuma
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 6359 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tax Credits, Taxes

... yelling, cursing, swearing, finger-pointing, accusing, etc., and it has created a very hostile and toxic work environment for DOTAX staff ....

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Supreme Court Orders Disclosure of Adoption and Foster Records in Kalua Murder Case
By Andrew Walden @ 2:35 PM :: 1836 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary

... The court decision sharply reverses stringent secrecy rules ....

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Sunday, September 28, 2025
HTA Whistleblower Isaac Choy Illegally Fired by Governor’s Chief of Staff
By Andrew Walden @ 10:48 PM :: 6151 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism

... Court documents allege Choy was illegally fired September 5, 2025, on the written order of Green’s Chief of Staff, Brooke Wilson ....

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Saturday, September 27, 2025
Hanabusa Resigns from HART Board
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 AM :: 2414 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail

"...the decision was made last month...."

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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Paia: Will Maui lose ANOTHER town to fire due to refusal to clear out Holomua Homeless Camp?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 3268 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness

... on average the homeless meth heads at Holomua start a grass fire every three days threatening Paia Town ....

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Saturday, September 13, 2025
Supreme Court: Doctors and Patients May Skip Arbitration and Sue HMSA
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 5984 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Judiciary

... Judge Kim described HMSA physician contracts as, “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable.” ....

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Friday, September 12, 2025
Falsely arrested by their own Department?  A year later, some Sheriff Deputies return to duty
By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 AM :: 8698 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police

"The state is going to have to pay"

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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Next Boondoggle: Useless $204M Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 AM :: 7371 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living

... Desal is an energy hog and Hawaii has the most expensive electricity in the USA ....

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Friday, August 15, 2025
Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 75798 Views :: Hawaii History

... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 10445 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police

... one deputy committed suicide after DLE’s Criminal Investigations Division attempted to use deputies as pawns to hedge against a lawsuit filed by the #3 man in the department ….

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Friday, August 1, 2025
Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 5887 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness, Police, Drugs

... Joe Logan’s son, Zane Logan, has a lengthy court record involving meth, theft, and prostitution, but he always manages to get away with minimal punishments ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 4320 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Drugs

... Do the math: 1+22+14+18+14+8 = 77 emergencies ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 6287 Views :: Honolulu County, Police

... Behind this blockage, total traffic gridlock took hold for three hours between 4pm and 7pm on Kapolei-area roads ....

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 5405 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

... alleges that ‘8a’ insiders from several interrelated 8a contracting firms are systematically shortchanging the Kailua-based ‘Native Hawaiian Legal Defense and Education Fund, LLC’ aka Ho‘omaka Foundation ....

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Monday, July 21, 2025
Sovereignty Activists team up with Chinese Communist Front Group
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 3058 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

... "How a U.S. Tech Mogul Used Nonprofits to Sow Chinese Propaganda" -- NYT ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Fraud and Misrepresentation: IDG Geothermal Schemers Get Cold Reception from Hawaii County Council
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 4606 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics

... Successful geothermal project leadership in New Zealand? There is a record of litigation surrounding those efforts which include claims of fraud and misrepresentation ....

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
After Latest Fire at Sea, Matson Begins Refusing Shipment of Electric Cars
By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 5558 Views :: Energy, Jones Act

... Questions: Will Pasha follow suit?  Does Matson's ban extend to shipments of lithium batteries for consumer products and for solar installations? ....

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
House Committee Approves East-West Center Funding 
By Andrew Walden @ 11:39 PM :: 2218 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Higher Education

... $16.7M for the East-West Center ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 56111 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor

...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time.  Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
FULL TEXT: Whistleblower Exposes PUC Parties with HECO Execs--“We are setting ourselves up for the largest cost increase to consumers in history"
By Andrew Walden @ 12:51 PM :: 5255 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Cost of Living

... FULL TEXT whistlelower complaint exposes PUC - HECO Corruption ....

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Feds Rule on Campaign Spending Complaint Four Days after Hawaii Republican Convention tosses out Crazies
By Andrew Walden @ 12:12 AM :: 2537 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party

... The akamai reader may wonder what type of campaign spending account is neither state nor federal. ...

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Mayor Signs Three Bills to Crack Down on Game Rooms
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 PM :: 2055 Views :: Honolulu County, Gambling

... “These bills will bring to bear the authority and power of City agencies to aggressively attack the illegal and insidious game rooms that are so harmful to our communities,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi ....

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Lawsuit by State Hospital Medical Director Details How Retaliation Games Keep Hospital Understaffed
By Andrew Walden @ 3:31 PM :: 4240 Views :: Ethics, Health Care

“...you need to be more on my team....”

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 68098 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor

Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....

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Friday, June 13, 2025
Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 4661 Views :: Ethics, Tourism

... After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 PM :: 4488 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Small Business

... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....

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