Ethics

"...it is about power...." --  Brendon Lee

... Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Inter-Island Submarine and Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Assets from Paniolo Cable Company ....

... 1,262 checks totaling $21,085,583.58 ....

... these violators were busted and complaint settled within 17 days ....

...The net result: Keep the cash flowing to the usual insiders....

...B&F basically told the departments, “Here’s your money. Go spend it.”....

...Harry Kim won’t be mayor much longer....  

...last year Youssef briefly courted journalists with a story about Hunter’s links to the now-defunct mbloom fund....

...what does it take to get OHA to comply with an Open Records request....

...Joe Biden’s Transition Aide Helped Steer $3M to Hunter Biden-Linked Firm....

...Insider holds and presales reduce the number of tickets available to the general public and restrict accessibility for local residents....

...From 2015 to 2018, we made 190 actionable audit recommendations, of which the affected agencies reported partially or fully implementing 182….

... Advice to Crooks: Stay in Hawaii where things like this won't happen to you ....

...I am voting for Keli'i Akina because he has consistently been an advocate for accountability and transparency at OHA....

...Complaints have been filed with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission and the Honolulu Ethics Commission....

... the Governor issued a Fourteenth Supplementary Proclamation, in which the language suspending the Procurement Code was radically changed ....

... last-minute “spend-for-the-sake-of-spending” mentality ....

... YES To Those Who Stand For Truth & Transparency ....

... Really Obvious Question: Would the son expose any wrongdoing committed under the father? ....

... What does an Audit contract cost in Hawaii?  The Hihimanu Sushi meal was $669 but Nobu was only a measly $500 ....

...Navy Employee Fined, Debarred from Federal Service for Numerous Hatch Act Violations....

... Because OHA get plans for Mauna Kea .... 

"... the ones who are punished the most for allegations of OHA misdoing is the community ...."

...An accounting firm can’t arrest people, throw them in jail, or otherwise find that they have committed illegal activity....

...Federal authorities charged former top fundraiser for the Republican National Committee Elliott Broidy with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent over his alleged involvement in a secretive effort to lobby the Trump administration....

...Unless the corrupt “old guard trustees” (or their clones now running for OHA seats) are replaced with honest people willing to clean up the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the state and federal government will step in and shut it down, saying: “See? We gave you Hawaiians chance, and you blew it.”....

...Akina’s opponent, Jason Keoni Souza, is a Realtor who supports selling the Ceded Lands “to corporations.”  Souza tells Ka Wai Ola he wants OHA to “collaborate with the Building Trades.”....

"...We will consider options under the Government Auditing Standards, including terminating the audit, and will inform you of any decisions affecting the audit...."

...well-connected people often found their way to the tops of housing waiting lists while the names of people who really needed affordable housing disappeared....

... Keoni Souza repeats his claim that the Independent Audit of OHA was a waste of money.  Current OHA Chair Machado agrees.  Trustee Kelii Akina explains why they are wrong ....

...Price also said that other businesses are being investigated for potential fraud in connection with funds through the CARES Act....

...Company Received Over $27 Million in Unearned Payments Due to Falsified Cost Reporting--This is one of the largest forfeitures the FCC has ever imposed....

“(My) law firm … pioneered foreclosure defense in Hawaii….” -- Gary V Dubin

...“Project Veritas offers further evidence of the need to ban ballot harvesting,” Mrs. Gabbard tweeted to her 890,000 followers....

...The bill addresses the appearance of corruption....

...Fortunately City workers are not likely to get furloughs.  I don’t know how we would survive without public employees like these....

...While some states have prohibited vote harvesting, many states lack any regulations that would stop third-parties from fraudulently collecting and mishandling ballots as has occurred in recent elections....

...Two questions on the upcoming general election ballot relate to the Honolulu Ethics Commission's budget and staffing.... 

...The proposed rule would require the Department to hold a community meeting and solicit family and community feedback before providing official comment on proposed developments....

...“I remain concerned that Hawaii will not spend these federal resources before the end of the year, and that a lack of clear information provided by the state on how funds are being used is creating frustration and confusion among Hawaii’s residents,” Senator Hirono wrote....

...Ige’s deadline to veto bills has passed, so we know which of the bills that made it through this most unusual session will become law....

“...a potential worse case scenario of a contract award just before a leadership transition at HART and the City and County of Honolulu....”

... similar to sandwich lease schemes common during the Broken Trust days ....

... Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors announced today that her department has joined the Hawaii State Ethics Commission in an effort to identify fraud, waste and abuse involving government funds ....

...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....

...Gov. Ige vetoes bill limiting “revolving door” between government and lobbyists....

...OHA Sacrifices $3.2M to Hide Lawyer’s Conflict of Interest?....

...Especially noteworthy is Miske’s involvement with unions, particularly International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 996, which represents drivers hired to do movie and television scenes....

...He called the situation "classic whistleblower retaliation.”....

... with mortgage scams on the decline, sovereignty activists appear to be shifting to phony Hawaiian Kingdom bond sales as a means to pay for lavish trips to NYC, Geneva, and The Hague ....