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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 :: 1708 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 :: 680 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 :: 627 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 :: 1797 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 :: 65487 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 :: 2684 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 :: 1839 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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Friday, June 6, 2025
Supreme Court to Decide: Are HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”? 
By Andrew Walden @ 9:04 PM :: 1523 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Judiciary

... oral arguments will also be livestreamed for public viewing ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
VIDEO: Rep Elle Cochran Calls for Trump Administration to Investigate Lahaina Corruption
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 AM :: 1656 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Ethics

... Missing Rep Elle Cochran found -- on ‘Tin Foil Hat Tuesday’ .... 

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Saturday, May 31, 2025
Next Tulsi?  Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration!
By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 AM :: 2226 Views :: Maui County, Politicians

... The report -- larded up with Jabola-Carolus' usual lurid sex claims -- repeatedly cites activists from meth-connected Lahaina Strong to sell the idea that 1-in-6 fire survivors had to trade sex for food ....

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 1004 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Taxes

... The cost of the Sand Island upgrade aligns with the Council’s dispute with the Blangiardi administration over the amount of sewer fee increases to be forced upon Oahu ratepayers ....

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Sunday, May 25, 2025
VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo 
By Andrew Walden @ 9:02 PM :: 4310 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics

... Was it worth it?   Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz got $4,000 in campaign contributions from convicted Unity House felon Roberta Cabral.  In exchange, we got a shouting match in Hilo .... 

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Thursday, May 15, 2025
Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 5483 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Drugs

... when authorities raided the Kiakona compound, a mere $140,000 of cash was seized, along with 2 pounds of crystal meth and multiple firearms.  Where are the rest of the millions? ....

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 3064 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Homelessness

... Was John Mizuno lobbying for a gaming bill while on state time as director of the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions? ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
SB1396: Parts of Green Fee are Already Doomed in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 1366 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism

"Federal courts (including the Supreme Court) have consistently ruled for over a century that fees or taxes imposed on vessels by non-federal entities are prohibited."

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil
By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 1392 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics

"...We kicked your butt and took your subrogation money.  Now you work for us and serve our agenda by wasting your time on yet another bogus climate change lawsuit filed by Sher-Edling, of course...."

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Monday, April 28, 2025
‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 5392 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Even the bill’s supporters don’t pretend rents will come down ....

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Republicans Give Josh Green Opportunity to Appoint his Former Office Manager as State Rep
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 4718 Views :: Republican Party

... It is not clear what low-budget legislative shenanigans caused Republicans to give Green this chance ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
HB900 Dies in Senate: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids
By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 3145 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary

“...Hawai’i is one of only five states that does not currently guarantee the right to legal counsel for children during the duration of their child welfare case....”

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Prince Kuhio's Fight to Americanize Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 44138 Views :: DHHL, Agriculture, Hawaii History, Land Use

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
'We Were Scammed:' NZ Lawsuits Expose fraudulent Hawaii Geothermal Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 6902 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics, OHA

... Maori Trust insolvent, placed in receivership, after being looted by IDG Hawaii Geothermal schemers ....

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Crackpot Lawsuit is all it takes--Maui Mayor and SHOPO make Complete Fools of Themselves Trying to get rid of Chief Pelletier
By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 AM :: 4047 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police

... Pelletier credit card records prove he was in Las Vegas, hundreds of miles away from the alleged rape scene ....

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Sunday, March 9, 2025
The Unity House Scandal Never Really Ended — decades later, it might bankrupt Hawaiian Electric
By Andrew Walden @ 1:39 AM :: 7403 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, OHA, Cost of Living

... a leftover Unity House scheme could be costing Hawaiian Electric as much as $476M per year ....

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Saturday, March 8, 2025
Social Worker Arrested in Torture Death of Foster Girl
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 4669 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Higher Education, COVID-19

... The latest foster parent arrested for child torture is a university instructor, social worker, DoE behavioral health specialist, and UH Manoa PhD student ....

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Lawsuit Filed Against State After Latest CWS Child-Torture Death
By Andrew Walden @ 10:24 PM :: 1778 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

... allegedly CWS and PACT informed four times but did nothing before death of Sarai Perez-Rivera ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Gabbard Attended Pro-Russia Conference in Rome--then invented story about Terror Watchlist
By Andrew Walden @ 2:01 PM :: 8318 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

... UPDATE:  Jan 28, 2025 NYT confirms we were right.  Rome Conference with pro-Russia agenda was cause of Gabbard's incluson on 'Quiet Skies' -- not her criticism of Harris ....

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Lahaina Fire: How Maui Emergency Operations Center Lost 'Situational Awareness'
By Andrew Walden @ 1:02 PM :: 2339 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History

... What was happening at the Maui County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) while Lahaina Burned? ....

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
COFA Migrants win Second Amendment Rights in Hawaii Suit
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 3141 Views :: Second Amendment

... injunction overturns the unconstitutional denial of firearm ownership to law-abiding COFA residents ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
2024 Check Register: OHA Spending up 9.6%
By Andrew Walden @ 9:37 PM :: 1931 Views :: Ethics, OHA

... OHA’s payroll totals $15.9M.  This is 40.7% of OHA spending ....

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Friday, January 17, 2025
OHA Trustees Never Approved $705K Hush Money Payment
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 AM :: 3019 Views :: Ethics, OHA

... OHA Trustee Hulu Lindsey, who was at the time Chair of the Board of Trustees (BoT), tells Hawai’i Free Press she was not aware of this $705K Laeha case settlement and that the BoT was never asked to approve the payment ....

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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Insider Giveaway? Hawaiian Electric Announces Sale of American Savings Bank
By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 3055 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Economy

... Sale price of $405M for 90.1% of ASB suggests that the sale is a 50%-off giveaway to ASB insiders ....

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Thursday, December 26, 2024
Supreme Court Upholds Tom Cook Victory over Kelly King
By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 1382 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Office of Elections

... The race is noteworthy because the ‘pro-development’ candidate Cook, beat the ‘anti-development’ candidate King by 97 votes.  All it took to shift voter sentiment was Lahaina burning to the ground ....

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Thursday, December 26, 2024
OHA Trustees’ Illegal 2025 Rush to Upzone Kakaako Makai (again)
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 1893 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA

... OHA Trustees are hoping 2025 will be the year legislators stop laughing at their Kaka’ako Makai upzone bills ....

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Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Long-Term Recovery Plan for Lahaina Does not commit to Rebuild Front Street
By Andrew Walden @ 8:40 AM :: 2521 Views :: Maui County, Development

... The word ‘plan’ occurs 526 times in this report.  The phrase ‘property rights’ occurs zero times ....

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Saturday, December 7, 2024
Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 40745 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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Monday, December 2, 2024
SF Judge Rules 'Empty Homes Tax’ Unconstitutional
By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 4992 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use, Taxes

... the (US) Supreme Court has held that the government cannot “compel a landowner over objection to rent his property” without violating the Takings Clause ....

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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Questions for Tulsi Gabbard about the National Socialists who directed her Syria Trip
By Andrew Walden @ 2:15 AM :: 2841 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Tulsi Gabbard

“We’ll have lots of questions.  She met with Bashar Assad. We’ll want to know what the purpose was and what the direction for that was as a member of Congress.”

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
2024 General Election Results --FOURTH READ
By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 AM :: 3296 Views :: Office of Elections

... Republicans gain 1 Senate Seat and 3 House seats -- REP PIERICK PULLS AHEAD BY 20 VOTES -- to defeat Rosenlee again ....

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Monday, November 4, 2024
376,635 Early Votes cast in General Election
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 1207 Views :: Office of Elections

... numbers obtained from County Election Commissions all valid as of Saturday, Nov 2, 2024 ....

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
OHA to Take Control of Kahana Valley Living Park?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 2066 Views :: Ethics, Land Use, OHA, Tourism

... Will OHA transfer control of Kahana Valley to one of its LLCs? ....

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Sunday, October 20, 2024
Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission: Republicans OK as long as they don’t spend any money defeating Hawaii Democrats
By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 2498 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party

... Hawaii Republicans can do anything they want with their $546,381.14--derived from selling the Party headquarters—as long as they don’t spend it on winning state or county elections ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
HD20: Grandinetti Celebrates Terrorism Against Indigenous Hebrews of Israel on 'Indigenous Peoples Day'
By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 2241 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians

... “Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it” ....

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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Game Over for Fake Settlement? Lahaina Fire Insurers Find a Way into Federal Court
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 3203 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary

... The State Judiciary can be counted on to twist the law to serve KSBE and HECO.  The Federal Judiciary doesn't even know who they are  ....

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
FULL TEXT: ATF Lahaina Fire Report
By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 2989 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History

...the report focuses on the 'rekindling' of the morning fire as the cause of the afternoon fire which destroyed Lahaina and killed 102 people....

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Monday, September 16, 2024
Hawaii Connection--FBI Searching Kaaawa Home of Alleged Would-be Trump Assassin
By Andrew Walden @ 2:39 AM :: 4916 Views :: National News

... Ryan Wesley Routh, 58 had a long criminal record from North Carolina before relocating to Kaaawa.  In a social media post, he claims to have voted for Trump in 2016 ....

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
Q-Anon Cult Leader Loses Hawaii Real Estate License
By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 3080 Views :: Kauai County

... QAnon-adjacent beliefs like satanic child sex trafficking, the Luciferian agenda, aliens, reptilian overlords; advice on how to detach from your “family cult” ....

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Saturday, September 7, 2024
Investment Bankers: How to Force Lahaina Insurers into Accepting Smaller Settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 4464 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living

... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Is the US Department of Justice still ‘investigating’ the Maui Wildfires?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4163 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... The US DoJ response to an Hawai’i Free Press FOIA request says so ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Foster Care Rape Room: Police Report Blows Away CWS Coverup
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 PM :: 9179 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Family, Law Enforcement

... drug addicts watching porn with 5-year olds ....

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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Kennedy will not be on Hawaii Ballot?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 4253 Views :: Office of Elections

... Kennedy dropped out of the Presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump ....

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