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Tuesday, January 10, 2023 |
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Another 'Clean Elections' Bill Introduced
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 1112 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections
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... this would cost the state $25 million per year ....
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Sunday, January 1, 2023 |
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“Deep Moral Crisis” in Hawai‘i Government
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:33 PM :: 1688 Views :: Ethics
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... bold proposals for legislative reform ....
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Saturday, December 31, 2022 |
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Paranoia Will Destroy Ya: Maui Police CIU 'Kidnaps' one of its own officers
By Andrew Walden @ 7:12 PM :: 2186 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police
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... a lawsuit filed in 2nd Circuit Court November 4 by former MPD Officer Manuel Sorcy shows CIU investigators intensely focused on Chief Faaumu’s internal rivals both real and imagined ....
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Monday, December 26, 2022 |
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Convicted Meth Dealer Asks Federal Court Permission to Take Over Laborer’s Union
By Andrew Walden @ 10:48 PM :: 5255 Views :: Ethics, Labor, Rail, Drugs
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... “If my name sounds familiar it's because my dad was President of the Hawaii AFL-CIO and the Business Manager/ Financial Secretary for the Hawaii Carpenters Union Local 745 for over 20 years.”….
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Sunday, December 25, 2022 |
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Earning a Procurement Exemption
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1313 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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“...You’re going to have to earn something like that....”
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Saturday, December 17, 2022 |
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Why We Left Hawaii: Police Misconduct Threatens My Wife and Daughter
By Andrew Walden @ 9:37 PM :: 6908 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Police
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... building contractor Chris Kagawa lived on the Big Island his entire life until he was forced to relocate to the mainland in June, 2022 due to the actions of the Hawaii County PD ....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022 |
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Disgraced Bitcoin Billionaire Sent Thousands to Hawaii Democrats
By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 PM :: 2275 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics
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... Indicted for campaign fraud and misappropriation of client deposits, former crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is now under arrest in the Bahamas facing extradition to the US ....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022 |
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Green Names 17 More Appointees
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 1807 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... With these selections, Gov. Green has now identified a Director for every state department ....
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Monday, December 12, 2022 |
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Kawananakoa Estate: Sex, Drugs, and Inequality
By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 44478 Views :: Ethics, Drugs
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...If you’re rich, Hawaii is a really lousy place to get sick....
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Thursday, December 8, 2022 |
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022 |
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With Minutes left on Clock, McCartney rescinds tourism contract with Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 1792 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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"...CNHA plans to update its protest against the unlawful actions of DBEDT's former director Mike McCartney...."
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Monday, December 5, 2022 |
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Ethics Comm Dings Teacher for Accepting $16K
By News Release @ 1:29 AM :: 1722 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... making it difficult to ensure that state employees are not accepting cash payments from improper sources ....
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Sunday, December 4, 2022 |
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Ridicule, Violent Opposition, Acceptance: OHA and DLNR
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:33 PM :: 2040 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... Truth Goes Through Three Stages ....
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Sunday, December 4, 2022 |
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Want to Fight Corruption? Follow the Money
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2215 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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... We, as taxpayers who are supplying the money, have the right to see where it goes. In real time, not several years later as seen in one nonprofit’s recent fight with the Department of Education ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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31 Proposals to Stop Fraud, Drug Trafficking, and Bribery by Public Officials
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 1772 Views :: Ethics
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... Submitted to the House of Representatives on December 1, 2022 by Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct ....
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Friday, December 2, 2022 |
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Guam office of Ernst & Young took $750K COVID loan
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 1276 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... even though the huge multinational corporation has over 365,000 employees worldwide and multibillion-dollar revenues that consistently grew during the pandemic (from $15.8 in 2019 to $17.6 billion in 2021) ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2022 |
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CNHA: Josh Green will Give us Tourism Contract
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 1513 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... CNHA was disappointed with the Department of Business and Economic Development and Tourism Director’s proposal this past Monday to rescind CNHA’s award; renege on the brokered resolution; and cancel the underlying solicitation ....
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Monday, November 28, 2022 |
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US House Ethics Committee continuing investigation into Kahele campaign finances
By Selected News Articles @ 6:35 PM :: 1265 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... The report released Monday said that Kahele made "misleading statements" to the staff members with the Office on Congressional Ethics and recommended a subpoena for Kahele ....
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Sunday, November 27, 2022 |
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FBI: Miske Ran Waikiki ‘Beachboy’ Concession
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 2609 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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... Gradually the mafia deathgrip on Waikiki beaches is being chipped away ....
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Thursday, November 24, 2022 |
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Hilo Man Receives 42 Months in Prison for Defrauding Covid-19 Relief Programs
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 1428 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... Mills submitted multiple applications for PPP and EIDL funds on behalf of three businesses under his control, Kanaka Maoli Hookupu Center, New Way Horizon Travel, and Uilani Kawailehua Foundation ....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022 |
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Carpenters Union Director Heads List of Green Appointees
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 2651 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... chief of staff, Brooke Wilson, (former political and education director for the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters) who had served in the same position when he was Hawaiʻi’s lieutenant governor ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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IBEW Cheers Ahakuelo Convictions
By News Release @ 10:33 AM :: 1886 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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... Former IBEW Local 1260 boss found guilty of fraud, embezzlement ....
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022 |
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Does anyone really believe stadium project will pan out?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:01 AM :: 1380 Views :: Ethics, Development
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"... Hawaii is littered with big public-facility development projects that have taken exorbitant stretches of time to produce compared with [their original] plans ...."
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Sunday, November 20, 2022 |
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Cleaning House at OHA
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2590 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... One thing we all need to remember is how we got to this point ....
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Saturday, November 19, 2022 |
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UPW News: HCCC Supervisor gets 12 years for 'multi-year conspiracy to cover up abuse'
By News Release @ 12:19 AM :: 1328 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... on June 15, 2015, Taum supervised his two co-Defendants and a third correctional officer while they transported an inmate across the facility. The inmate became frightened in the course of the transfer ....
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Saturday, November 12, 2022 |
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Red Flags 2: Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at OHA
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:00 PM :: 3230 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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... The PM report found 22 of the 38 questionable transactions with evidence of fraud, waste and abuse ... OHA noted matters requiring criminal prosecution will be turned over to the relevant authorities for appropriate action ....
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Saturday, November 5, 2022 |
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Who Wants to be an ICA Judge? Applicants made public for first time
By News Release @ 1:45 PM :: 1330 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... Until March 16, 2022, the Judicial Selection Commission Rules had prohibited the Judicial Selection Commission from sharing the names of applicants applying for judicial positions ....
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Friday, November 4, 2022 |
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Former Maui Police Officer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Attempted Child Enticement
By News Release @ 7:54 PM :: 1320 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police
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... In addition to his sentence, Saffeels must also register as a sex offender ....
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 |
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Hawaii COVID Spending: $1M for Sea Urchins
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 1495 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, COVID-19
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... Hawaii spent $1 million on a sea urchin hatchery and $300,000 for an engineering assessment of the now-condemned Aloha Stadium. …
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Tuesday, November 1, 2022 |
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Protecting OHA from Corruption
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:25 PM :: 1895 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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“...Powerful members of our community engaged in wrongdoing…various official watchdogs engage in willful blindness....”
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Monday, October 17, 2022 |
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Breiner Busted: Reprimand for Kealoha Conflict of Interest
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 3056 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Police
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... the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court imposed a Public Reprimand upon Honolulu attorney Myles S. Breiner for representing clients with concurrent conflicts of interest ....
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Sunday, October 16, 2022 |
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Auditor: DLNR Land Conservation Fund Wastes Money on Non-Land Projects
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:25 PM :: 1348 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Land Use
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... DOFAW obtained funding from the Land Conservation Fund for its own projects outside of the Legacy Land Conservation Program ....
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Saturday, October 15, 2022 |
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House Ethics Committee Investigating Kai Kahele
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 1496 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... decided to extend the matter regarding Representative Kaiali’i Kahele, which was transmitted to the Committee by the Office of Congressional Ethics on August 30, 2022 ....
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Thursday, October 13, 2022 |
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The ‘mailbox conspiracy’ and what it says about corruption in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 3010 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Hawaii History, Police
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... Hawaii doesn’t have any more or less corruption than any other part of the country, but it does lack whistleblowers and introspection, which makes combating corruption so difficult ....
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Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
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Dirty OHA Contract is Model for CNHA Takeover of Tourism Marketing
By Andrew Walden @ 9:37 PM :: 4454 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, OHA, Tourism
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... Ige’s March 4, 2020, COVID Emergency legalized over half of CNHA’s corruption ....
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Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
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Drunk With Power: Rep. Har Refuses Debate 'in the tavern or bar of her choice'
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 2067 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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“...If it would make Ms. Har more at ease, I’m willing to meet her in the tavern, or bar of her choice to conduct the debate....”
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Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
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Love-Hate Relationship with P3
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1370 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... The most recent and visible example is our iconic Aloha Stadium ....
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
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Federal Court Ruling: Sen. Karl Rhoads participated in Honolulu County Council Kickback scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 11:35 PM :: 17435 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians
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...When Honolulu County Council member Andy Mirikitani faced trial in 2001 for fraud, theft, extortion, and bribery, key testimony came from Cynthia McMillan, the wife of now-State Senator Karl Rhoads (D-Downtown Honolulu)....
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
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HVCB and CNHA "have found a way forward in partnership"
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 1211 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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“I am very pleased with the progress that the two organizations have made in coming together so that we can move forward in the best interest of the State,” said DBEDT Director Mike McCartney....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
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Exemptions to open-records law should favor disclosure, not secrecy
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:45 PM :: 1295 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... draft legislation would incorporate a “deliberative process privilege” into the state Uniform Information Practices Act ....
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Friday, September 30, 2022 |
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Rape in Turkmenistan: How HPD Rejects Female Police Recruit
By Court House News @ 12:48 AM :: 2457 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... her husband had “sold [her] a few times for [] money in order to buy himself alcohol and pay gambling debts . . . [while] he kept a knife by the throat of [her] 6 month son.” ....
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Thursday, September 29, 2022 |
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State, Counties seek candidates to serve on boards and commissions
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 2120 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... City boards, commissions and committees which currently have vacant positions, including openings on the Honolulu Ethics Commission and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation ....
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 |
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Surprise: OHA secretly borrowed $2M to finance Tribal ‘Aha
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 1838 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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... CEO Sylvia Hussey described the purpose for paying off the debt was to bring OHA into compliance with better practice as to how it finances operations ....
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 |
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Auditor: HTA oversight lax, internal controls deficient
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:01 AM :: 1749 Views :: Ethics, Tourism
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... HTA had disregarded its own procurement policies and procedures, awarding sole source contracts based on questionable justifications, paying contractors without executed contracts ....
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Monday, September 26, 2022 |
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CNHA Terrified of COVID Fraud Investigation
By News Release @ 4:20 PM :: 3204 Views :: Ethics, OHA, COVID-19
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... You are bringing the Feds in to get us. Other corrupt officials may go down ....
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 |
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SEC Fines Bank of Hawaii in ‘Pay to Play’ Scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 11:10 PM :: 2155 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... A Bank of Hawaii officer oversaw major UH investment management contracts after dropping a $1000 contribution into Governor David Ige’s 2018 reelection campaign ....
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 |
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Indictments: Choy Paid $2M Bribes to Maui County Environmental Management Director
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 1950 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... analysis of county procurement records shows that since 2012, Choy’s firm received more than 40 non-bid Maui County contracts valued at around $20 million ....
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