Thursday, February 16, 2017

Vol VI No. 638 Part 1D

Hawai`i Free Press 
Today's News Read
February 12, 2017

HART Boss Murthy: I Can Complete Elevated Rail Without Tax Hike
...If the State Legislature does not extend the surcharge, Murthy says a partnership with the private sector might help get the funding to complete the entire rail project....
Skin in the Game? Mayor Harry Kim says higher taxes not an option
..."How can I raise taxes on these people?" he asked....
OHA, HART Auditors Didn't Notice Embezzlement Until Company Ran Out of Cash
...because none of the phony clients made any payments, at one point PKF was unable to cover all of the reimbursements Oki requested....
Ige Education Policy Based on Retaliation for Investigation of Underage Drinking and Football Recruiting Trips
..."From Hell's heart I stab at thee!"....
Matayoshi Dismissal -- Retaliation for Investigation of Kaiser Principal?
..."You're being investigated for fraud," Sosa recalled being told....
$500M Union Slush Fund Passes Committee Vote-HSTA Strips out Promise of 'Quality' Education
...all references to "quality" were removed from both bills during Monday's hearing. This included a section in HB 180 that said that collected monies would be used to reduce class sizes, and offer career and technical education....
County Employees in Hawaii make double what private sector workers make
... Honolulu County workers make more than neighbor island workers ....
Hawaii government growing faster than private sector
... New data show government outpacing private sector, pointing to an unhealthy economy ....
Most 2016 GEMS Loans Went to One Insider
...In its 2016 Annual Report to the Legislature (pg4), HGIA explains it could write more loans if only its Board had more insiders....
HIDOT Mileage Fee: Meet Big Brother the Taxman
...the system knows the driver's exact route, his speed compliance and provides ratings for his braking and cornering performance. Too much info in the hands of the government....
After Chief's Lawyer Taken off Her Defense, Accused Suddenly Starts Telling Stories About Crooked Cops and Prosecutors
...On Tuesday, Harrison filed a motion in state court that seeks to prevent city prosecutors from handling the case against Masunaga due to a "serious conflict issue" that he says taints the entire department, including Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro....
US Supreme Court to Consider Hearing Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Suit
...On February 17, the court will decide whether to reconsider the findings of lower courts in the cases of Ravalli County Republican Party v McCulloch and Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago....
Senator's Wife Refuses Hush Money
...Glenn Wakai said the contract included non-disclosure language that would have prevented his wife from ever disclosing what she knew about "questionable operations" at HTA, and described the offer as essentially "hush money."....
Senate Committee Turns Rail Tax Bill into Christmas Tree
...the measure will be so heavily amended that it will require another public hearing....
UHERO Slams the Skim
...the State is making a ton of money off the skim....
2017 Honolulu Rail: Advice to the Legislature
...The Legislature should not approve any extensions of the GET and it should pass a bill directing the city to handle current and future deficits with its own resources. This offers hope for some accountability and cost containment....
A 1-2 punch of tax proposals
...The State kept 10% of the surcharge collected or $25.92 million - which is more than the Department of Taxation's entire Fiscal Year 2016 operating budget of $24 million....
HB209: Progressive Democrats Demand Massive Income Tax Hike on Small Business Owners
...restoring the (outrageous) income tax rates for high income brackets that were repealed at the end of 2015....
HIDOT Money Grab: Proposed fines for texting, speeding, seat belts, drunken driving may put motorists in poor house
... Prosecutors worry their office will be stretched to the breaking point, as they try and balance criminal cases with traffic cases.  That argument, however fell on deaf ears at the Senate Committee on Transportation ....
Demanding a Tax Hike, HSTA to Rally at Capitol
...to lobby for a constitutional amendment that will drastically increase property taxes....
Overtime Abuse? Ige's Been Watching it Happen for Years
...How to Use Union Work Rules for Fun and Profit....
Cost of Living: Only Manhattan is More Expensive than Honolulu
... six components: housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services ....
Economy: DBEDT Drops 2017 Growth Projection to 1.8%
..."The downward adjustment in Hawaii's economic growth for 2017 was mainly due to the new projection on visitor expenditures for 2017"....
Hawaii needs self-managed pension plan for public-worker retirees
...Hawaii is missing $23 billion....
OHA Audit Passes Committee Vote
...Akina Appointed to Ad Hoc Audit Committee....
Crabbe Contract: Abigail Kawananakoa Sues OHA
..."The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, just like every governmental agency, must follow its own rules and state law."...
What is Kaniela Ing's Hidden Agenda?
...Kaniela Ing has spent years trying to force Hawaiians into a fake Indian tribe....
OHA Old Guard Retakes Power: Machado Selected as Chair
...Trustee Dan Ahuna was named board vice chair....
Neighborhood Board Elections: 327 Candidates Register for 437 Seats With One Week to Go
...The deadline for candidate applications is this Friday--February 17, 2017....
Ige Appoints Campaign Manager Circuit Court Judge
... Putting Hiraoka on the ICA list was a good trick ....
Shell Game: Short Form Bills on the Move
...100 "Short Form" bills have been introduced to the Hawaii legislature....
Assisted suicide: Hawaii bills push envelope
...Hawaii's S.B. 357 would allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs the same day a patient is diagnosed as terminally ill without a second opinion....
SB1129: Senate CPH Committee Schedules Assisted Suicide Bill
...The committee on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-17 8:30AM in conference room 229....
Lawyer-Enrichment Bills on the Move-Require Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion
...passage will open doors for lawsuits as it has done in California....
Buffer Zone Bozos Descend on Capitol (again)
... If you look closely at the activists there, none of any have t-shirt tans or even the slightest hint of field dirt under their nails or on their shoes ....
An informed opinion on GMOs
...Hawaii chef slices through anti-GMO propaganda....
HB1589: Pro-Hunter Bill Heard
...House Bill 1589 would allow the use of sound suppressors while hunting in the state of Hawaii....
Home Ownership: Hawaii Most 'Equity Rich' Properties
...equity rich - where the combined loan amount secured by the property was 50 percent or less of the property's estimated market value....
UH Law Review Sharing Economy Symposium
...the University of Hawaii Law Review is devoting one of its issues to a symposium on issues related to the sharing economy....
Jones Act and Maritime Security Program
...If it is possible to address the national security concerns of the Jones Act through other, more efficient and effective legislation, then we might clear the path to modernizing the Act....
HTDC Gives Away $9.8M of Your Tax Dollars to Six Tech Companies
... $1.6M state tax dollars and $8.2M federal tax dollars given away, not loaned ....
Hawaii State Ethics Commission 2016 Annual Report
...the Commission has jurisdiction over more than 50,000 state officials and employees....
Caldwell announces more Cabinet Appointments
... Department director appointments require the approval of the Honolulu City Council ....
Hawaii Bills Would Legalize Industrial Hemp; Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition
...Farmers in SE Colorado started harvesting the plant in 2013, and farmers in Vermont began harvesting in 2014....
Fluoridated Water Reduces Gender Pay Gap by 4%
..."women who resided in communities with fluoridated water during childhood earn approximately 4% more than women who did not," adding that they found "no effect of fluoridation for men."....
Trump Confusing Both Liberals and Conservatives
...Keli'i Akina and Andy Blom share Grassroot insights from Hawaii and DC....
Congress Considers Bill to Break up 9th Circuit Court
...The newly created 12th Circuit would include Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington state....
Justice Ginsburg at UH Law School: "We have a Dysfunctional Congress"
...Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared her perspective on the law, the courts and congress in February at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa....
White House Calls Travel Ban 'a Lawful Exercise' of Authority
...The state of Hawaii, which filed a lawsuit over the travel ban with similar claims on Friday, had asked to intervene in the Washington state case. The Ninth Circuit declined, instead allowing the Aloha State to file a friend-of-the-court brief....
Ige Administration Conspires with Hawaii Mosque to get More Muslims In
...Hawaii's attorney general wants to add a new plaintiff to the state's lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump....
Study: 72 Convicted Terrorists Came From Countries Covered by Trump Vetting Order
...72 individuals from the seven countries covered in President Trump's vetting executive order have been convicted in terror cases since the 9/11 attacks....
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PUEO BILL TO DIE AT THE HANDS OF SENATORS GABBARD, ESPERO, AND RHOADS

  



Tom Berg

Feb 13 (3 days ago)

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Which OF THE THREE SENATORS scheduled to hear the bill is blocking SB570 from getting a hearing?  
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Answer: The lead referral to the measure states that it is up to Senator Mike Gabbard.  Obviously, Sen. Gabbard is refusing to hear the bill- why is that?  

If the measure were to be given a public hearing, would the truth be revealed in that hearing that little to no effort in these inventory processes is and has taken place- resulting in the pueo getting "cheated" out of its rightful habitat? 

This bill is designed to "save the pueo and its friends" in the future on property over 100 acres in size that is slated for development; and would require the inventory process to look for endangered species during the EIS process to be increased from the current NO MINIMUM requisite, to a five-day mandated ordeal.

Example: UHWO- at the 500 acre campus,  the inventory for pueo was exhausted after only a two-day walkthrough/drive-through of the property and only in the morning hours- on April 15 and Aril 18 of 2005.   Meaning, if the pueo did not get seen during these few hours of looking, it was determined the pueo had no existence within the area and hence, the area given a green light to be slated for development. 

One Minute Video of Pueo


FACT: As depicted in the video, the pueo never left this land at UHWO/Ho'opili/DHHL, and are still trying to hang-on there......we have the proof that the pueo are still there.....is this the real reason why Senators Gabbard, Espero, and Rhoads, of which the bill is referred to for a hearing, are BLOCKING IT in tandem?

Proof- the law states that a supplemental EIS is to be triggered after evidence that a new condition has been brought forward of an endangered specie now evident on the property after the EIS was concluded- such as the pueo being filmed within the HART corridor, UHWO, Ho'opili, and DHHL properties respectively.  Yet, with all this evidence the pueo are here, not one elected official, both city and state, including DLNR, and the USFWS, is willing to give the pueo any standing.  

Now you know.  

I am a witness to the bat, pueo, Hawaiian Duck still utilizing the aforementioned properties....please, Senators, do the right thing, and end this travesty-  give the bill a hearing!  


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