Ethics

...There is much more that needs to be examined, and that will be the purpose of the upcoming independent audit....

...Three of them were secretly created by two former Trustees and the former Administrator without Board approval....

...one month ago, OHA Trustees voted to order managers of OHA's six LLCs to hand over financial records....

...In this conversation with Dr. Keli'i Akina, attorney Sam King discusses the recent audit of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, of which he is a beneficiary....

...‘No.  I think in this case the beneficiary may be right and you guys may be just a bunch of auditors.’ ....

...We reviewed 85 house and senate bills proposing 64 special and revolving funds during the 2018 legislative session of which none met criteria....

... HTDC awarded 15 Hawaii-based companies $1,417,050 ....

...With its founder locked in a Federal Penitentiary on felony tax evasion charges, Sandwich Isles Communications is closing and laying off all 40 of its remaining employees this Friday March 2, 2018....

...OHA’s Old Guard Trustees Giving Cash To Their Friends....

With this information out in the open, what is left for Crabbe to blackmail Trustees with?

... Insurance companies denied treatment to patients, offered to pay for assisted suicide ....

...Hawaii takes the longest in the nation to make decisions about transparency disputes....

...HTA’s autonomy, which includes permanent funding and an exemption from the State Procurement Code, has facilitated lax oversight, deficient internal controls, and, ultimately, less accountability....

...This Time She's Promising To Clean Up OHA After The State Audit Results....

"...As fiduciaries, Trustees must act immediately...."

...A tentative settlement between Kamehameha Schools and the survivors of Dr. Browne’s abuse has been reached....

...The Department’s investigation revealed that between 2011 and 2016, Honolulu auctioned 1,440 cars registered to individuals who had identified themselves as servicemembers on City forms during the motor vehicle registration process.....

...urging Congress to end secret, forced arbitration in cases of workplace sexual harassment--while Hawaii State Legislators do exactly the same thing....

...Some were approved by the OHA Administration without Board of Trustee vote or even knowledge....

...ACLU sent a letter to the Hawaiʻi Department of Education demanding it take immediate action to cease sex discrimination against female athletes in DOE schools....

...in recent years, OIP’s average time for review quadrupled, it is deciding fewer matters per year on average, and its backlog is trending upward despite a downward trend in new filings....

...Elle Cochran attempted to wrestle the gun away from the security guard before she could be subdued....

...Got Ethics?....

...Proterra hopes to hype these buses into a billion dollar IPO to pay off Proterra investor Al Gore....

...Although OHA has been the subject of a recent State audit, the independent audit will cover additional territory as it examines OHA's LLCs for potential fraud, waste and abuse....

....What Are They So Mad About At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs?....

"...large sums being spent on things such as an airplane, two landing craft, an elaborate function in Hawaii, and cash payments to households on Ejit and Kili...."

...Ige Admin testimony shows that OHA rent-seeking is driving up hospital bills, public housing rents, and University of Hawaii tuition for everybody—including native Hawaiians.... 

"...OHA is extremely disappointed with the unauthorized release of the draft audit...."

...Trustee Keli‘i Akina urges LLCs not to obstruct audit....

...elected officials raised taxes to pay for Honolulu County’s rail system while indicating their intention to conduct an in-depth, forensic audit of the over-budget, behind-schedule megaproject....

...via his Company DTL, which is a self-described "a Hawaiian strategic multidisciplinary studio that helps business, governments, organizations and communities navigate change."....

...Waimea Valley and all of the LLCs are still 100% owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs--but the LLCs' lawyer says otherwise.... 

“This is not about an individual, this is about our national security."

...“it appears that the false alert was a result of two failures: First, simple human error. Second, the state did not have safeguards or process controls in place to prevent the human error from resulting in the transmission of a false alert.”....

...if the Ethics Comm takes down all the state and county employees who are doing UH school work on the taxpayers dime, we would probably cut UH enrollment 20%.  I suggest starting with every state and county employee at UH Richardson School of Law....

...Representative Gene Ward (R–Hawaii Kai, Kalama Valley) wrote a letter to Governor Ige urging him to release the HI-EMA security tapes on the morning of January 13th....

"...General Hara is a close personal friend of General Miyagi and under the command of General Logan.  General Logan serves as the Director of the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, so how can he be evaluated by his Deputy Director, General Hara?"

"...the only thing accomplished today was more unanswered questions and the announcement that we must wait and see what the Governor's study-report by General Hara turns up...."

...Russian money flowing to Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, 350.org, the Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians, the Rainforest Action Network....

...The family of the late congressman Takai, meanwhile, defended Beesley’s actions for the first time today....

...if you expect Friday’s hearing at the Legislature to lead to closure of this matter....

...“Once a Japanese manager or his underlings are caught in a scandalous situation, they have no other choice but to resign so that the many others who are dependent on them do not take the blame or suffer any of the consequences.”....

...Governor Ige and HIEMA administrator Vern Miyagi say they had to obtain permission from FEMA ... FEMA says that’s not true....

...The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Hawaii State Ethics Commission. These terms on the Commission will run from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2022....

..."A search of the world wide web reveals that no media source covered the event."....

..will appoint committee of cronies to choose the most advantageous legal positions....

...is spending five years of staff time on it to publish a book more important than the life of our people or their homeless plight? ...the public could easily see it as self-serving and done on the backs of our beneficiaries....

...I committed myself to doing three things for the sake of the Hawaiian people:  First, ensure a full and independent audit of OHA.  Secondly, guide OHA towards financial sustainability as well as growth.  Third, watch to make sure OHA funds are not misspent but rather used to meet the real needs of Hawaiian people....

...over $50 million in bribes....