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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Vol VI No. 670 Part 1d



Hawai`i Free Press 
Today's News Read
September 24, 2017


Brian Schatz Praises NFL Players who Kneel During National Anthem
... "I think it's cool that all of these athletes are getting political. No one should stay in their lane. Politics is for everyone!" Schatz tweeted Saturday night ....

City Fines Go Away for N Shore 'Shopping Center' Planned by Mrs. Brian Schatz
..."Basically, the city accepted about 10% of the assessed value. We think that is way too low, sending the wrong signal to the development community about what city enforcement really means," said Antolini....

Nuclear Blast Preparations: Inside Legislators' Secret Meeting
...Dozens of legislators and their staffers met behind closed doors Tuesday to hear a briefing by state Emergency Management Agency officials on preparedness for a North Korea nuclear strike....

Al Hee Minion Robin Danner Grabs for Control of Crooked Sandwich Isles Scam Company
...Sheʻs Planning To Control Your Phone & Computer....

Surprise: CNHA Charter School Scheme Twice as Large as Previously Reported
...CNHA's cut will be $450K....

OHA Trustees to Reconsider CNHA Contract at Sept 27 Meeting
...The new contract hasn't be finalized yet and the OHA board will take up this issue on its September 27 agenda....

Rail 'Recovery' Magically Drops Cost by $1B and Plans $429M per Year in New Tax Hike
... That's a difference of $429 million a year that the city's operating budget will need to plan for ....

HART: We Overestimated Last Tax Hike by $600M
... more shifty numbers from HART ....

Caldwell: Now That Legislature Has Done the Hard Work of Raising Taxes, I Urge HART to Not Do Nothing
"Doing nothing is unacceptable." -- Mayor Kirk Caldwell, Sept 18, 2017....

Ige Sends out Secret Memo on Information Practices
... Irony Alert ....

OIP Rules Designed to Cut off Access to Public Records
...vague processes for incremental disclosures that might allow for indefinite delays of information....

Report: Hawaii Health Insurance Jumps by Avg of $341
... Only five states had statistically significant increases in single coverage premiums 2015 to 2016 -- Hawaii is 5th ....

Hawaii is #1 in Teacher Absenteeism at 79%
...In Hawaii about 79 percent of traditional public school teachers are chronically absent. In Hawaii charter schools it's 23 percent....

Hawaii 6th Most Indebted State
... $27,100 = Each taxpayer's share of Hawaii's debt  ....

Survey: Texas More Diverse Than Hawaii
... 2017's Most & Least Diverse States in America ....

GOP Obamacare Repeal Deal Would Boost Hawaii Medicare and Medicaid
...Provides for an increased federal Medicaid matching rate (FMAP) for both Alaska and Hawaii....

Residents of U.S. Territories Ask Court to Expand Voting Rights
...The Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments Friday in a case centered on whether residents of Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands should be allowed to vote absentee in their former state of residence.... 

Data vs Hype: Honolulu NOAA Chart Shows Sea Level Rise is a False Crisis
... Honolulu has seen an average sea-level rise of only 5.6 inches since 1900 ....

Harbors Division Soaking the Taxpayer - Again and Again
...the Harbors Division isn't satisfied with three years of triple-digit increases....

DLNR wants to triple fees for commercial marine licenses
... The hearings will be held at the following times and locations ....

Ige Assigns Dock Space to Pasha, TOTE
...PASHA gets the new Kapalama Container Terminal (KCT)....

Hurricanes Blow Jones Act Out of the Way
"...we waived regulations, we waived rules, we waived the Jones Act restrictions to free up additional capacity." 

If N. Korea attacks Hawaii, you'll have minutes to prepare
...Get inside, stay inside and stay tuned....

Shelter? Most of Hawaii 'On Their Own' to Deal with Nuke Fallout
...With limited bomb shelter space....

Hawaii Pregnancy Centers Ask Court to Stop Law Forcing Them to Promote Abortions
..."No one should be forced to provide free advertising for the abortion industry"....

Got Anxiety? DoH begins adding new excuses for Medicated Marijuana
... DOH is having the first public hearing for its new petition process to add new conditions for the use of medical cannabis ....

Senator: Lets Build a Massive Festering Homeless Tent City Downtown Where There's Lots of Copper
...41 Tons of Trash Removed from Pearl City Homeless Camp....

Record setting applications for UH Manoa--But Enrollment Still Drops
...the most received in a quarter century--But Fall 2017 enrollment at UHM still dropped 2.5% from Fall 2016....

Oahu Construction Boom Ending: What Excuse Will HART Use Next?
...number of significant condo and retail projects have wrapped up on Oahu, while fewer new buildings have broken ground, resulting in an overall reduction in construction activity and employment....

How High Are Property Tax Collections Where You Live?
...Hawaii counties collect an average of $980 in property tax per capita....

Greenmail: OHA, UH Team up to Hire More Lawyers
...Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court....

Hawaii: 10,464 Student Loan Debtors Over Age 60
...up 25% since 2012....
 

FEATURED ARTICLES
  1. Ponzi Scheme: Rep Beth Fukumoto's ex-Husband Under FBI Investigation
  2. Rail Tax Hike May be Unconstitutional
  3. Lawyer: OHA Transferred Waimea Valley to Private Company Controlled by CEO Crabbe
  4. Conflict of Interest: OHA Audit Committee Member Secretly owns OHA's Former Poi Mill
  5. Audit Exposes Illegal System to Bypass Civil Service, Hire 100s of Kenoi Cronies
  6. Criminal Probe of OHA's $435K Beamer Contract
  7. Waimea Valley: OHA's $20M Secret
  8. Kawananakoa Estate: Sex, Drugs, and Inequality
  9. $2.4B Tax Hike: How They Voted
  10. Pension Spiking Costs Taxpayers $25M per year
  11. Council yanks 'forensic' from rail audit
  12. Randy Roth: OHA Copies Bishop Estate--Misusing LLCs to Hide from Law
  13. Political Connections Pay Off: Former OHA Officer on the Inside Developing Kakaako
  14. Mauna Kea: UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension?
  15. Progressive Activists are the Main Cause of Inequality
  16. Retaliation from NextEra Supporters behind Hanabusa Campaign Announcement
  17. Rumors and Rage: When Good Conservation Sounds Bad
  18. Names: Five Local Candidates for HPD Chief
  19. Abercrombie: Hanabusa is Toast
  20. Why America's Missile Defenses Might Not Work Against North Korea
  21. Hawaii is woefully vulnerable to a North Korean nuclear attack
  22. Harassed by Attorney General, Parents of Autistic Child Flee State
  23. Conservative Rankings of Hawaii Legislators-2016 Session
  24. Telescope Protesters Want to Discuss Terms for Cultural Park atop Mauna Kea
  25. Rep Andria Tupola to Run for Governor?
  26. King Tide Floods? City Installed Valve Makes Them Worse
  27. Turn Your Child into a Tranny--Star-Adv Runs How-to Guide
  28. AG Chin: How a lobbyist for Corrections Corporation of America became the Left's darling
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