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Sunday, February 7, 2021 |
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Bill 31: Former Meth-head Helps Sand Island Lobby for Property Tax Cap
By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 AM :: 5595 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Taxes, COVID-19
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... It is naturally hard to say no to an ex-tweeker who, at Bishop Estate, achieved the kind of things most Honolulu politicians can only dream of ....
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Friday, February 5, 2021 |
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Feds link Bay Area man to California/Hawaii coke smuggling ring, illegal gambling hall
By News Release @ 12:47 PM :: 9357 Views :: Ethics, Police, Drugs
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"... Lee said she and Officer Chu have been growing marijuana ever since her husband left her ...."
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Friday, January 29, 2021 |
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Completing the Work of Restoring OHA's Credibility
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:04 AM :: 2799 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... A survey commissioned by the agency in 2015 found that the public regarded OHA as the least favorable of the major Hawaiian-serving organizations ....
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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Ex-CFO: I was fired to keep Legislators from Seeing OHA's True Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 7:41 AM :: 6471 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... According to Laeha’s suit he was suspended by OHA’s then-CEO Kamanao Crabbe one day before he was set to reveal OHA’s real budget and "corrupt and unlawful practices" to Legislators ....
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
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Ethics: Legislator Wants to Hire 'Intern', Pay Under the Table
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 3634 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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"... Soliciting, selling, or otherwise engaging in a substantial financial transaction with a subordinate or a person or business whom the legislator or employee inspects or supervises in the legislator's or employee's official capacity ...."
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Monday, January 25, 2021 |
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Legislature Stages Vaccination Party for 500 Cronies and Insiders
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5280 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... all Legislative employees working in the Hawaiʻi State Capitol will be able to be vaccinated as members of its prioritized vaccination system's Phase 1b (i.e., individuals essential for government operations), on January 28, 2021 ....
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Monday, January 25, 2021 |
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Hawaii Opens Door to More Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Schemes
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 4798 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits
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... This is made possible with the issuance of a “no action message” by DFI, which will not take any action against these companies during the two-year period of the program ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Let's get our voice back
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:50 AM :: 3265 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... a perpetual emergency status ....
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Saturday, January 23, 2021 |
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Agribusiness Development Corp: "Costly, disorganized and ineffective"
By UHERO @ 1:06 AM :: 3386 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture
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... ADC’s emphasis on land acquisition has made it a costly, disorganized and ineffective program while the state and counties have failed to fulfill their promises to landowners participating in the IAL program ....
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Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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Supreme Court Suspends Katherine Kealoha's Boyfriend's Lawyer
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 4033 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... but he can get back to being a shyster in 5 years ....
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Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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Hawaii's Lum Crime Family Pays Lobbyist for Last-Minute Trump Pardon
By Selected News Articles @ 7:43 PM :: 6095 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... Nickie Lum Davis has retained Potomac International Partners to push for a grant of clemency. One of the lobbyists on the account is Mark Cowan, who was a member of Trump’s transition team ....
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Saturday, January 16, 2021 |
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Former Schofield contractor sentenced for role in bribery and kickback scheme
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 3347 Views :: Ethics, Military
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... from 2011 to 2018, Winslett paid over $100,000 worth of bribes to two U.S. Army contracting officials who worked at the Range at Schofield Barracks, in order to steer federal contracts worth at least $19 million ....
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Friday, January 15, 2021 |
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Meth Trafficking: Former Mayor of Yona, Guam Sentenced to Prison for Extortion
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 3448 Views :: Ethics, Drugs
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... bribes from a drug trafficker to obtain United States Postal Service cluster box units ....
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Friday, January 15, 2021 |
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30 Years Without a Plan -- Auditor Rips Agribusiness Development Corp.
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:36 AM :: 5525 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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"...ADC has done little – if anything – to facilitate the development of agricultural enterprises...the State can no longer wait for ADC to figure out what it is, what it is supposed to do, and how it is supposed to do it...."
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Sunday, January 10, 2021 |
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Say 'Uncle' -- What Connects Miske to Kealoha?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:25 PM :: 17549 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Rail
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... Kealoha was selected Chief thanks in part to Michael Miske’s ‘uncle’ ....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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Rail critic Natalie Iwasa named to HART board of directors
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 3610 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... “Ms. Iwasa's official engagement on the Board will ensure increased accountability and transparency at HART.” ....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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OHA Chair Hulu Lindsey "Will push for a better relationship with the state auditor"
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 PM :: 3047 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...“We will rely on the advisory opinion of the auditor in making corrective changes. If OHA’s in-house policies do not conform to our obligations as a state agency, then we should create policies that do.”....
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Saturday, December 26, 2020 |
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DoJ: Hawaii's Lum Crime Family Trades American Hostages in Trump's White House
By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 16842 Views :: National News, Ethics, Hawaii History, Obama
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...Hawaii’s Lum Crime Family is back in the news—allegedly channeling a Malaysian billionaire’s money to buy Chinese communist influence in Donald Trump’s White House via a top Trump fundraiser--convicted fraudster Elliott Broidy....
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
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US Senate Report: Whistleblower Retaliation Behind Hawaii Helicopter Crashes
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 4868 Views :: Ethics, Small Business, Tourism
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... Allegations of Misconduct at the Honolulu Flight Standards District Office ....
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020 |
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Good News--Where's it coming from?
By Video @ 11:39 PM :: 3453 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Where This Good News Is Coming From May Surprise You ....
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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City finally releases P3 bid numbers
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 3540 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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... The proposal documents for the P3 procurement will soon be available for review ....
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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After Years in Court, DoE Forced to Release Financial Data
By News Release @ 2:45 PM :: 3267 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... EIH believes that transparency is the first necessary step to transform Hawaii’s over-centralized public school system into an empowered system that is schools-centered and allows education professionals closest to the children to determine how best to meet children’s needs ....
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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Honolulu PD ‘Top 10 Earners’ List Revealed–Did Corporal make $341K?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 11624 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor, Police
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...in 2017 five of the top ten earners worked directly under Ballard at Central Receiving....
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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Kealoha Lawyer Disbarred in California, Suspended in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 4011 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... 2019: Who Is Earle Partington And What’s He Doing In The Kealoha Case? ....
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Sunday, December 13, 2020 |
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Business Entity Registration Scam
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3007 Views :: Ethics, Small Business
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... The first problem is that some people think that the letter comes from a government agency. It doesn’t ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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VIDEO: Chief Ballard Responds to Anonymous Letter
By News Release @ 2:27 AM :: 4981 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, COVID-19
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"...The failed COVID 19 Operational Plan directly promoted abuse by officers...."
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 |
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Ethics Comm: 58 Pages of New Rules
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 2186 Views :: Ethics
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...Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission promulgated new administrative rules, effective November 28, 2020....
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Sunday, December 6, 2020 |
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Auditor: Prosecutor's Office Did Nothing to Learn from Kealoha Scandal
By News Release @ 3:18 AM :: 3802 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...management did not initiate a review or evaluation of its policies and procedures that allowed one of its higher-ranking deputy prosecutors to use the office for criminal activity....
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Saturday, December 5, 2020 |
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Audit: City Loses $450K per Year Subsidizing Bikeshare
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 3140 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... The city did not share in the $5.3 million in revenues collected by the Bikeshare program between FY2017 and FY2019 ....
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Thursday, December 3, 2020 |
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Meet OHA's New Board of Trustees
By Selected News Articles @ 7:38 PM :: 3460 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...it is about power...." -- Brendon Lee
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Tel Buys Al Hee's Cable Network
By News Release @ 3:33 AM :: 3385 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Inter-Island Submarine and Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Assets from Paniolo Cable Company ....
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Sunday, November 29, 2020 |
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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Ethics: HDoT Employee hard at Work--on his own yard
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 2822 Views :: Ethics
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... these violators were busted and complaint settled within 17 days ....
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Sunday, November 22, 2020 |
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OHA: A Tale of Two Audits
By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 3915 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...The net result: Keep the cash flowing to the usual insiders....
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Sunday, November 22, 2020 |
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Standardless Spending, Part 2?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3333 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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...B&F basically told the departments, “Here’s your money. Go spend it.”....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
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Monday, November 16, 2020 |
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Hawaii Hi-Tech Scamster Bribed to Rat out Hunter Biden?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 AM :: 4734 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Tax Credits
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...last year Youssef briefly courted journalists with a story about Hunter’s links to the now-defunct mbloom fund....
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Friday, November 13, 2020 |
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OIP: Under Emergency Order, UIPA Still has Some Teeth
By Andrew Walden @ 9:03 PM :: 3465 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...what does it take to get OHA to comply with an Open Records request....
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 |
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MBloom: Hawaii Hi Tech Scam Snares Another Biden Insider
By Selected News Articles @ 10:15 PM :: 7166 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tax Credits
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...Joe Biden’s Transition Aide Helped Steer $3M to Hunter Biden-Linked Firm....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 |
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Blaisdell Audit: Only 7% of Ticket Sales Open to General Public
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 4239 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Small Business, Tourism
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...Insider holds and presales reduce the number of tickets available to the general public and restrict accessibility for local residents....
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Saturday, November 7, 2020 |
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State Auditor Compliance Review -- 2015 - 2018
By News Release @ 2:28 AM :: 2946 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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...From 2015 to 2018, we made 190 actionable audit recommendations, of which the affected agencies reported partially or fully implementing 182….
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020 |
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Bishop Street Lawyer Foolishly Leaves Hawaii, Gets Locked Up
By News Release @ 4:06 AM :: 5945 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Advice to Crooks: Stay in Hawaii where things like this won't happen to you ....
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Monday, November 2, 2020 |
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OHA Races: Trask Endorses Akina, Alapa, Mangauil
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 2823 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...I am voting for Keli'i Akina because he has consistently been an advocate for accountability and transparency at OHA....
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Sunday, November 1, 2020 |
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Complaint: Manahan uses Council Email to Campaign for Amemiya and Cordero
By Andrew Walden @ 9:34 PM :: 3629 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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...Complaints have been filed with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission and the Honolulu Ethics Commission....
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Sunday, November 1, 2020 |
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Someone Was Listening to the Howl in the Woods
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3604 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... the Governor issued a Fourteenth Supplementary Proclamation, in which the language suspending the Procurement Code was radically changed ....
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Saturday, October 31, 2020 |
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Thursday, October 29, 2020 |
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Here's Who to Vote for at OHA
By Video @ 3:49 AM :: 3618 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... YES To Those Who Stand For Truth & Transparency ....
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020 |
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Maui Liquor Comm Selects Son to Replace Father as Director
By News Release @ 11:25 PM :: 3459 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... Really Obvious Question: Would the son expose any wrongdoing committed under the father? ....
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Sunday, October 25, 2020 |
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Ethics: DCCA Audit Examiner likes Nobu, Suntory, Hihimanu
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 3484 Views :: Ethics
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... What does an Audit contract cost in Hawaii? The Hihimanu Sushi meal was $669 but Nobu was only a measly $500 ....
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