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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 |
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Four Bills to Make Housing More Affordable
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:06 AM :: 2562 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... lift zoning restrictions that hamper creative solutions to the lack of affordable housing ....
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 |
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Auditor: Stadium Authority has substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:28 AM :: 4191 Views :: Development, Higher Education, Tourism
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... the Authority reported total revenues of $6.9 million and total expenses of $13.5 million, resulting in a net loss of $6.6 million ....
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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 :: 4635 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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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Allows Case to go Forward
By Robert Thomas @ 4:42 AM :: 3758 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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... The district court's judgment is reversed, case remanded for the merits ....
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Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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How Trump Waikiki Sold out in 8 Hours
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 3238 Views :: Development, Tourism
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... All that was required of Trump was to show up at the Imperial Hotel ballroom in Tokyo to gladhand a bunch of Japanese buyers and have his photo taken with them under the US and Japanese flags....
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Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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Money to Burn: Virtual Community Meetings Planned for New Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 3619 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Rail, Tourism
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... The public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED) project concludes on Feb. 8 ....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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OHA: Consider Running for Your Neighborhood Board
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 2998 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, OHA
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... This is all about OHA’s plan to develop Kakaako Makai ....
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020 |
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DPP seeks comments on Primary Urban Center plan ‘sneak preview’
By News Release @ 8:03 PM :: 2892 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... The “PUC DP All Policies Summary” is a complete collection of the draft goals and policies that will make up the final PUC DP ....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
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Aloha Stadium Draft EIS Released
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 3528 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development
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...The DEIS has been posted online and public comments are encouraged....
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Monday, November 30, 2020 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: US Supreme Court Demands Response from State
By Robert Thomas @ 4:43 AM :: 3164 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... the State hired a DC SCOTUS player to argue that this case isn't worth the Court's time ....
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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UH Discovers Hawaii has Twice as Much Fresh Water as Believed
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 3727 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... one less argument for anti-development activists ....
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Sunday, October 11, 2020 |
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OHA Races: Miske’s Lawyer Leads Developers Targeting ‘Watchdog’ in Grab for Kakaako Makai
By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 AM :: 7060 Views :: Ethics, Development, OHA
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...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.”....
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020 |
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The Affordable Housing Scam
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 AM :: 4663 Views :: Ethics, Development, Cost of Living
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...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....
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Friday, October 2, 2020 |
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Rein in this red-tape rascal
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:02 PM :: 3177 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...When your state lacks sufficient housing, the last thing you should do is make building a difficult, risky and lengthy process. But that’s exactly what Hawaii has done....
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Friday, September 25, 2020 |
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Even More Jammed with Bus Lane and Bike Lane "It’s about getting people out of their cars”
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 4189 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail
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...a bus-only lane on King St thru downtown just 1 block from the existing Hotel Street Busway....
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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City Drops $10.5M for 29 Units that were already affordable
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 3703 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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...This purchase adds ZERO new affordable units because these units were already affordable in the private sector....
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 |
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Caldwell Signs Bills to Delay TVR Registration, Ease Building Permit Requirements
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 3265 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Tourism
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...Bill 48 elevates the exemption threshold of home repairs from $1,000 to $5,000....
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 |
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Transit and the Mania for Density
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 3434 Views :: Development, Land Use, Rail
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...the Rasputin of urban planning....
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Thursday, September 17, 2020 |
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Waikoloa Mauka Project Now Subject of FBI Investigation, Developer Says
By Selected News Articles @ 7:51 PM :: 5187 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Land Use
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...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....
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Sunday, August 9, 2020 |
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OHA to Take Over Honolulu Council?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 AM :: 9572 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use, OHA
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...two OHA operatives are in the Council runoff elections this November with one goal in mind--help OHA upzone Kakaako Makai so it can build hotels and condos up to the sky....
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Sunday, June 28, 2020 |
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Future of the Aloha Stadium
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3543 Views :: Development, Higher Education, Tourism
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... Can we afford to take the risk of building a new stadium with an entertainment center that may become a financial white elephant like our convention center? ....
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Friday, June 26, 2020 |
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COVID vs Sunshine: Supreme Court Order Opens Planning Commission Meeting
By Selected News Articles @ 5:30 PM :: 3145 Views :: Maui County, Development, COVID-19
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..."Without the intervention of the Hawaii Supreme Court, this case would have continued in the darkness of closed proceedings. We look forward to a formal announcement on how the public may observe the conduct of these proceedings." said attorney Lance D. Collins....
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Monday, June 15, 2020 |
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Maui Planning Commission sneaks Hawaiian burial group’s motion onto agenda
By Selected News Articles @ 3:17 PM :: 3513 Views :: Maui County, Development, COVID-19
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... The Maui Planning Commission appears to have violated both the Sunshine Law and its own rules by failing to give the public required notice of a hearing item ....
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Sunday, June 7, 2020 |
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Amemiya Joins Pack of Insiders Grabbing ‘Affordable’ Housing Units for Themselves
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 AM :: 17153 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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...Honolulu Mayoral Candidate Keith Amemiya knows a lot about the ‘affordable’ housing system and how to ‘work’ it....
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Thursday, June 4, 2020 |
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Sierra Club: Maui Mayor Exploits Corona Emergency Powers to Fast-Track Shoreline Development
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 3916 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, COVID-19
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... On May 30, Mayor Victorino issued a directive indicating certain shoreline development approval requests will be reviewed within fifteen days or be automatically approved ....
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020 |
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Corona Towers: Council Hides Behind Quarantine, Gives Development Deal to Convicted Felon
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 16729 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, COVID-19
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...Ige’s Health Emergency Declaration waves many of the state laws ensuring public participation, transparency, and accountability.
The implicit understanding is that elected officials will utilize these extraordinary powers only to combat the Corona Virus pandemic in Hawaii.
It only took two days to find out....
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Sunday, March 8, 2020 |
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EB-5 Scandals Finally Reach Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 3532 Views :: Ethics, Development
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...The EB-5 program offers alien investors a family-sized set of green cards if they invest....
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Thursday, March 5, 2020 |
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Senate passes housing and education bills from joint legislative package
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 2584 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government
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...Senate Bill 3104, Senate Draft 2, relating to Land Development...and...Senate Bill 3103, Senate Draft 2, relating to a School Facilities Agency....
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Takes Developer's Last Dollar
By Robert Thomas @ 2:44 AM :: 4971 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the District Court had awarded nominal compensation ($1), after the jury concluded that the State of Hawaii took Aina Lea's property....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 |
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Who’s to blame for high housing costs? It’s more complicated than you think.
By Selected News Articles @ 8:37 PM :: 4562 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Public debate falls into two schools of thought as to why housing costs are so high....
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Friday, February 14, 2020 |
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Five little words could solve Hawaii's housing crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:06 PM :: 3953 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...More mandates and government red tape won’t build houses....
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Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Free Golf, Methamphetamines, and Building Permits
By Andrew Walden @ 12:00 PM :: 13460 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...These are the kind of people who make Hawaii what it is today....
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Sunday, January 26, 2020 |
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Auditor: CIP Management Gets Even Worse
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 5:48 AM :: 4254 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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...The State’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget for FY2019 was $2.02 billion....
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Saturday, January 25, 2020 |
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Full Text: DBEDT Releases Housing Planning Study
By News Release @ 11:29 PM :: 3769 Views :: Development, Economy, Cost of Living
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...Included in the study are data on housing supply, demand, and estimates of housing units needed by levels of affordability....
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Friday, January 10, 2020 |
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Audit: DPP Deficiencies Hamper Service
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 10:44 PM :: 3940 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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"...DPP should convert from its inefficient plan-review operation to an inspection-driven model...."
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Thursday, January 9, 2020 |
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Auditor Rips DPP--Permits Delayed due to Poor Management
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 5489 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Small Business
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"...We found that the Department of Planning and Permitting does not effectively manage the permitting process for timeliness...."
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019 |
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Feds: State Historic Preservation Division now only Medium Risk
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 5339 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii State Government, OHA
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...NPS, which administers federal funds to SHPD, designated SHPD a high-risk recipient in 2009....
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
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Land Use: Hawaii Supreme Court Creates New Procedural Hoop to Jump Through
By Robert Thomas @ 12:04 PM :: 3566 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...HAWSCT: When Agency Includes Conditions In Phase 1 Land Use Permit, But Later Removes The Conditions In Phase 2 Permit, Party Who Asked For Conditions Is Entitled To Notification....
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Friday, December 6, 2019 |
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Liberate Hawaii Homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:28 PM :: 4097 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...smaller steps that could lead to big results....
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
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Monster Homes: Auditor Rips Department of Planning and Permitting
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 5825 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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"...We found that the Department of Planning and Permitting does not effectively manage building permits and inspections...."
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Saturday, October 26, 2019 |
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Why we have a Housing Crisis
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:33 AM :: 4946 Views :: Development, Economy, Land Use
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...When supply can’t keep up with demand, prices go up....
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Friday, October 25, 2019 |
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RFP: Ala Wai Boat Harbor Development Scheme Comes Back with Big Fat Zero
By News Release @ 6:08 PM :: 4400 Views :: Development, OHA, Tourism
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...Two proposals were received for the development of parcels of land at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor on O’ahu. After review, neither of the proposals was selected....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 |
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Auditor: DoE School Impact Fee Illegal and Indefensible
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:50 PM :: 5965 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Development, Taxes
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...The DOE’s inconsistent and problematic implementation of the school impact fee law calls into question the relevance and appropriateness of the fees that have been collected to date....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 |
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Opportunity Urbanism for Honolulu?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:12 PM :: 3727 Views :: Development, Land Use
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...Houston is America's largest city without any zoning laws....
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Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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DPP Can't Handle Your Permit, but Has Time for Global Warming 'Pop-ups'
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5832 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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...The Department of Planning and Permitting is holding a series of pop-up workshops to gather input on how climate change and sea level rise will affect the area between Kāhala and Pearl City, also known as the Primary Urban Center....
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Thursday, August 15, 2019 |
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Ebbtide Waikiki: Fullard-Leo Family Fights Pimps for Control of Hotel (literally)
By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 13035 Views :: Development, Law Enforcement, Police, Tourism, Drugs
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...a July 22, 2019 'melee' between members of the Fullard-Leo family and 20 pimps and drug dealers....
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