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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Vol VI No. 685 Part 3




Hawai`i Free Press 
Today's News Read
January 7, 2018


Tulsi Gabbard Hires Russian Agent to Keep Hawaii Media in Check


...Gabbard's consultant, Chris Cooper, is allegedly one of seven identified as being at the center of illegal Russian lobbying efforts reaching into the Trump campaign and Congress....

Gabbard Political Career Begins in Cult School

... "What you've got to do is get one of these kids to run for office," Butler said ....

Chin to Campaign on the Job for 9 More Weeks

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

After Losing Million Dollar Judge, KSBE Tries to Force Victims into Mediation


...Kamehameha School Child Molester Case - Hidden Payoff to Judge Exposed....

State Fires DoTax Tech Consultant After it Begins Telling Truth


...This should give the HGEA time to sabotage the tech upgrade while nobody is around to say anything....

"Why Isn't Honolulu Helping Businesses Hurt By Rail Construction?" (Because It Doesn't Want To, And No One Is Making It)


... the City doesn't really care all that much about these particular businesses or their owners ....

Auditors couldn't figure out what this state office does - or plans to do

...Energy Office's personnel costs now account for more than 90 percent of the office's expenses....

GEMS Takes One on the Chin from the PUC

...the PUC has basically said that it expects the program to crash and burn....

Honolulu GOP: Key Issues in 2018 Legislature

...look for the following bills to be revived in the 2018 legislative session....

Your paycheck going up soon because of Republican tax cuts

...Millions of working Americans should start seeing fatter paychecks as early as next month....

Supreme Court Justices asked to uphold third Trump immigration order


...This request, in a case from Hawaii, is the first of two that the government is expected to file....

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Appoints Kenji Price As Interim United States Attorney for Hawaii


..."Kenji Price is a former Army Ranger with two Bronze stars, and a former federal prosecutor who worked organized crime, public corruption, and international drug trafficking cases-including against the Sinaloa Cartel," said Attorney General Sessions....

Complete List: 35 Hawaii Legislators have a Second Job

...Sen. Will Espero: "...for a while I was looking for a job, and I couldn't find one, or nobody would hire me," he says, until he got a job doing community relations at D.R. Horton....

$82K Per Bum: Hospitals Rake in $1.2B Treating Homeless Shelter-Refusers


...a very small percentage of our population on Medicaid, about 3.6 percent, were consuming 61 percent of our Medicaid resource....

Victim Sues DLNR For Hiring HGEA President's Rapist Son as Cop


...Ferguson was fired by the Honolulu Police Department in 2012 for misconduct involving a teenage runaway. The department had told DLNR not to hire Ferguson when he applied to become an officer with DLNR's Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement....

Maui hospitals point the way

...the state should consider privatizing more of its medical facilities....

HGEA Hospital Workers who let Saito Escape to Stockton are back at work after 1 Month Vacation

...Maybe his HGEA girlfriends/wives/exwives will post bond so they can be with him in their love nest at the State hospital....

Report: 3 Patients Responsible for 25% of Assaults at Mental Hospital

...Analysis of data revealed that just 10% of active patients (55 of 532) were responsible for all assaults on staff. In fact, more than one-fourth were attributable to 3 highly-assaultive patients....

DBEDT: 31% of Hawaii families can't cover basic needs


... this study defines economic self-sufficiency as the amount of money that individuals and families require to meet their basic needs without government and/or other subsidies ....

Atlas Van Lines: Hawaii #5 State for Outbound Moves


... 59.8% of Hawaii moves are outbound ....

Best Place to Find a Job? With Record Low Unemployment Honolulu Still Ranks 42nd

...comparind more than 180 U.S. cities across 26 key indicators of job-market strength....

Hawaii Most Sleep Deprived State

...Hawaii reported the lowest levels of adequate sleep at 56 percent, while South Dakota got the most sleep at 72 percent....

Have Honolulu Rents Peaked?

...Currently, median rents in Honolulu stand at $1,550 for a one-bedroom apartment and $2,060 for a two-bedroom....

Monster Homes Only a Problem if they Create Affordable Housing

...The irony is that the mayor has been very lax in enforcing current vacation rental laws, and has established a task force to expand permits for them. These rentals have limited the housing supply and have similar affects on the character of residential neighborhoods that he decries for monster houses....

Hawaii tax policy feels the heat


... The administration just told New York and New Jersey they would have to fund their $13 billion Hudson Tunnel rail project on their own, backing out of an Obama-era promise to foot half the bill ....

Next Trick to Justify Higher Rail Costs-P3 Plan Designed to Fail

...The Federal Transit Administration will decide in 2018 whether a controversial new financing plan for Honolulu's $9 billion rail line is backed by enough money....

Greasing the HSTA: Ige Requests $174M More In Education Spending

...Ige's supplemental budget request to the Hawaii Legislature for next fiscal year includes an additional $24 million in state Department of Education operating funds and an extra $150 million for public school improvement projects....

Why save the Hawaii Aquarium Fishery?


... We need legislation to save the fishery and all DLNR ocean issued-permit businesses ....

DLNR: West Hawaii Aquarium Fishing Permits Stopped Pending Environmental Review


... applying a Hawai'i Supreme Court ruling from last year to an existing DLNR rule ....

Fishermen Settle Labor-Trafficking Case


... "We hope it becomes a model for all captains who want to do right by their immigrant crew." ....

Matson replaces interisland container barge; may increase Neighbor Island freight rates


... Matson turned to Sause for a second hand deck barge ....

Tahiti Gets Superferry for 1/4 the Price

...Hawaii Superferry was required to build its vessels in the U.S. by the Jones Act....

KIUC Nominating Committee Confirms Six Candidates


...six candidates for its Board of Directors election on March 10, 2018....

State Robotics Championships Jan. 13-14, 2018


...with more than 140 elementary, middle and high school teams from around the state competing for 25 qualification slots at the VEX World Championships....

Application Period Begins for Preschool Open Doors Program

... Applications received during this period will be considered for preschool participation during July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 ....

UH Manoa Prof Quits Modern Language Association After Refusal to Boycott Israel


...Israelis--the one indigenous people whose rights are not upheld by UH Manoa prof....

Rapid Response Team Deploys to Lehua Island After Two Rats Detected


...We knew from the beginning there was the possibility that a few rats could linger....
 

FEATURED ARTICLES
  1. Kamehameha School Child Molester Case - Hidden Payoff to Judge Exposed
  2. After Losing Judge, KSBE Tries Apologizing for Letting Child Molester Run Rampant
  3. Report: Hawaii's Billion-Dollar Consensus Proves Nobody Really Believes in Sea Level Rise
  4. Conflict of Interest: OHA Audit Committee Member Secretly owns OHA's Former Poi Mill
  5. Tech: 'Clinically Psychotic' HGEA Signs Suicide Pact
  6. Full Text--Hawaii Supreme Court Rules 3-2: Anybody Can Now Sue Anybody for Dirtying the Environment
  7. Hawaii Supreme Court Rules Public has Property Right to a Clean Environment
  8. Kawananakoa Estate: Sex, Drugs, and Inequality
  9. $2.4B Tax Hike: How They Voted
  10. Sex Harassment: Hawaii Legislators Admit Covering up Four Cases
  11. DTL/WCIT: It Sure Does Pay off to Keep a Senator and BLNR Member on the Payroll
  12. Randy Roth: OHA Copies Bishop Estate--Misusing LLCs to Hide from Law
  13. Court Erupts--Coco Palms Homeless Grifters Still Haven't been Paid Off
  14. Mauna Kea: UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension?
  15. Progressive Activists are the Main Cause of Inequality 
  16. Akana: Crabbe Worked on Book on OHA Time for 5 Years
  17. Decline of Hawaii Farmland Caused by Environmentalism, not Development
  18. Conservative Rankings of Hawaii Legislators-2017 Session
  19. 9th Circuit Gives Enviros New Way to Shut Down Hawaii Fishing Fleet
  20. Pasha shipbuilder hit with $422 million fine in bribery case
  21. Important Tax Law Changes for 2018
  22. 16 Years of Litigation: Sierra Club Directly Responsible for Lack of Affordable Housing
  23. Survey: 62% of Hawaii Youth Not Qualified for Military Service 
  24. Caldwell's Latest Police Commissioner - Daughter of HPD Officer Charged with Theft
  25. Caldwell: Affordable Housing is a Monster Which Must be Killed
  26. Fake Data Behind Coral Bleaching Report 
  27. Peter Apo: 'People can just make up stuff, and pronounce cultural claims with little or no validation' 
  28. Hawaii among worst states for economic freedom 
  29. Census: Hawaii One of only Eight States to Lose Population
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Hawai`i Free Press 
Today's News Read
December 31, 2017


Report: Hawaii's Billion-Dollar Consensus Proves Nobody Really Believes in Sea Level Rise


...This 'consensus' of disbelief is proven by the massive investment in sea-level construction of Kakaako condos and Honolulu Rail....

DTL/WCIT: It Sure Does Pay off to Keep a Senator and BLNR Member on the Payroll


...state Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz is vice president for communications and a 10 percent owner....

Hawaii Supreme Court Rules Public has Property Right to a Clean Environment


...Does the Supreme Court now have three votes to kill the telescope?....

Court Erupts--Coco Palms Homeless Grifters Still Haven't been Paid Off


...The optics could probably not have been more profitable....

Star-Adv: Chin Must Resign


... b-b-b-but if he resigns how can he campaign? ....

Auditor: Confusion, Discord at DoH Disease Outbreak Control Division


... we assessed the division's surveillance and response to three disease outbreaks ....

Grade F--Assessment of State Tech Projects


... lets take a look at the I and F grade projects--and guess which projects score an 'A' ....

Thanks to Republicans, Thousands of Hawaii Workers Get Boost to $15/hour


... Republican Tax Cuts Get Hawaii Democrat Legislators Thinking About How to take that money away ....

Hooser: Hawaii Democrats Must Raise Taxes to Offset Republican Tax Cuts


... New Year's means higher State and County taxes, fees, bus fares ....

Akana: Crabbe Worked on Book on OHA Time for 5 Years

...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....

Federal tax plan exposes Hawaii's high taxes


... this could make Hawaii and other high-tax states less competitive for their wealthiest earners, since those residents will be less able to deduct the high local taxes ....

Federal tax reform a reason for cheer


... This week, an actress did something almost unheard of. She apologized for spreading misinformation about the new tax law ....

What's a Carbon Tax?

...Recently, the Hawaii Tax Review Commission's primary consultant, PFM Group, issued a final report to the Commission asking it to review many taxing alternatives, including a $360M per year "carbon tax" on Hawaii consumers....

House, Senate Committees Schedule Budget Hearings

...Tuesday, January 2 through Wednesday, January 17, 2018....

2018 Legislative Session Calendar Posted


...The Calendar for the 2018 Legislative session is now posted....

Ige Appoints Two New Cabinet Members


...Ige is making appointments to his cabinet to fill the positions left vacant because of two planned retirements. He has also re-appointed the State Procurement Administrator....

OHA Announces 2018 Bill Package

...OHA will be submitting four bills for consideration this session, as well as testifying on hundreds of other measures that impact our beneficiaries....

Kelii Akina: My Vision as OHA Trustee

...OHA must be seen as a valuable partner, not an opponent, to the broader community....

Kelii Akina: One Year at OHA a Report Card

...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....

If We Really Believe in Sea Level Rise, There is no Reason to Complete Rail Project

... thru Rail and Kakaako development, Hawaii voters, politicians, and businesses have spent $10s of billions proving they do not believe sea level rise is real ....

Anderson, Pine eye 2020 mayor's race to replace Caldwell

... The jockeying has begun at Honolulu Hale ....

EPA, American Samoa reach revised settlement with Starkist

...the inclusion of ASG allows approximately one third of the funds to stay in American Samoa....

9th Circuit Gives Enviros New Way to Shut Down Hawaii Fishing Fleet

...It's turtles this time....

Pasha shipbuilder hit with $422 million fine in bribery case

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

Jones Act lobby attacks Bloomberg editorials

...American Maritime Partnership responds to Bloomberg....

Jones Act lobby chairman steps down


...Thomas A Allegretti is the outgoing chairman of the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the primary Jones Act industry lobbying group....

Young Bros announces new president


...Boivin will assume duties as of December 22, 2017, replacing the retiring Glenn K. Y. Hong who served as the company's president for 25 years....

Four Months Later no Rats on Lehua Island

...People monitoring the ecosystem recovery on tiny Lehua Island report that - four months after the conclusion of a rat eradication project - there are still no signs of the invasive Pacific Rats....
 

FEATURED ARTICLES
  1. Kamehameha School Child Molester Case - Hidden Payoff to Judge Exposed
  2. After Losing Judge, KSBE Tries Apologizing for Letting Child Molester Run Rampant
  3. By Refusing to Resign AG Chin Can Help Campaign Supporters Work out Deals, Avoid Prosecution
  4. Conflict of Interest: OHA Audit Committee Member Secretly owns OHA's Former Poi Mill
  5. Tech: 'Clinically Psychotic' HGEA Signs Suicide Pact
  6. Full Text--Hawaii Supreme Court Rules 3-2: Anybody Can Now Sue Anybody for Dirtying the Environment
  7. What's in the Secret Air BnB Agreement?
  8. Kawananakoa Estate: Sex, Drugs, and Inequality
  9. $2.4B Tax Hike: How They Voted
  10. Sex Harassment: Hawaii Legislators Admit Covering up Four Cases
  11. Hawaii Mayors commit to Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles by 2045
  12. Randy Roth: OHA Copies Bishop Estate--Misusing LLCs to Hide from Law
  13. State pension woes raise specter of county bankruptcies
  14. Mauna Kea: UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension?
  15. Progressive Activists are the Main Cause of Inequality 
  16. SCOTUS Keeps Rebuking Lower Courts That Rule Against Trump
  17. Decline of Hawaii Farmland Caused by Environmentalism, not Development
  18. Conservative Rankings of Hawaii Legislators-2017 Session
  19. Tupola: Hawaii Families Will Benefit from Tax Cut
  20. Who Gets a Tax Cut Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?
  21. Important Tax Law Changes for 2018
  22. 16 Years of Litigation: Sierra Club Directly Responsible for Lack of Affordable Housing
  23. Survey: 62% of Hawaii Youth Not Qualified for Military Service 
  24. Caldwell's Latest Police Commissioner - Daughter of HPD Officer Charged with Theft
  25. Caldwell: Affordable Housing is a Monster Which Must be Killed
  26. Fake Data Behind Coral Bleaching Report 
  27. Peter Apo: 'People can just make up stuff, and pronounce cultural claims with little or no validation' 
  28. Hawaii among worst states for economic freedom 
  29. Census: Hawaii One of only Eight States to Lose Population
Quick Links
Hawai`i Free Press Inc, Post Office Box 61761, Honolulu, HI 96839



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