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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Vol VI No. 698 Part 3



Hawai`i Free Press 
Today's News Read
April 8, 2018


SB2922: HSTA Property Tax Hike Now Hits All Local Apartment Renters
...HSTA tax will hit all apartment buildings.  The HSTA tax will be passed on to renters in the form of higher rent....

Ethics Ruling: How DTL Pays Senator Delacruz -- Legally
...A Hawaii State Senator goes for somewhere between $50K and $100K per year--and its all legal....

Honolulu Socialists Foolishly Allow Rep Kaniela Ing to Join Up
...Just as people were beginning to forget that Gulag thingy--more self-inflicted damage to the Socialist cause....

Woman Hounded by Inouye Staffers After Fending off Senator's Sexual Advances
...Giugni asked her how much money she wanted to keep quiet....

Hawaii Unemployment Rate Drops as Young People Flee State by the Thousands
...People are moving away from Hawaii even as employers here clamor for workers....

OHA Trustees to Order Shutdown of LLCs?
...On Wednesday April 11, Trustees appear set to take the next step....

Can Government Avoid Its Responsibilities with LLCs?
...Can you say 'ankle shackles?'....

Is OHA a Broken Trust?
...Why Do OHAʻs CEO & The "Old Guard" Trustees Keep Going Down The Same Road?....

Next Rail Money Grab: Caldwell Still has no Plan for Operating Costs
...The machinations at Honolulu Hale to fund a potential $44 million shortfall for rail administration in 2019 portend an even bigger predicament rumbling down the track....

HB1585: Another Gut-And-Replace Bill Concerning Mauna Kea
...HB1585 would put a moratorium on any new telescope construction....

Community-based report on Maunakea released
...EnVision Maunakea, a report reflecting the beliefs, views and opinions of about 100 Hawaiʻi Island residents about the future of Maunakea, is now available to the public....

Pohakuloa: Court Orders Review of State Lease
... The judge's order asks for a plan to be submitted to the court by Dec. 28, 2018 which requires a written stewardship plan, regular monitoring and inspections, inspection reports with recommendations, procedures for addressing violations and debris removal plans ....

Fat Leonard Scandal Went to Top of PACOM
... When the Pentagon last chose a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it was rattled by a last-minute surprise ....

Consensus: Everybody Buying or Building in Kakaako is a Global Warming Denier
... are they already looking at water taxis and gondolas as ways for the residents to get around? ....

HB1481: DelaCruz Gut & Replace to Bypass Opposition to HCDA Control of East Kapolei
...the same text in SB2525 ran into opposition from several Kapolei-area Representatives....

Legislators Move a Dozen Gut-And-Replace Bills
...the Senate Ways and Means Committee, chaired by (Hanabusa supporter) Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz, had an agenda featuring at least a dozen such bills - more than Capitol observers could recall ever seeing at one time....

Ethics: City Supervisor Caught Working Second Job on City Time
...reimbursed the city in the amount of $1,891.20 approximately 62 hours of city time....

TVRs: Appleseed Makes A Fool of Itself
...The Appleseed report stumbled over the same residential issue that other Honolulu researchers have in the past....

Just Shut Up; The Price of Pandering to Anti-Vaxxers
...the other night at 1AM, my 7 year old woke up moaning about not feeling well. She was running a 104 degree fever....

Lawsuit: Hawaii Taser Ban is Unconstitutional
... A lawsuit filed April 2, 2018 in Hawaii's Federal District Court challenges the state ban on civilian ownership of stun guns ....

1 Hour Notice--Hawaii House Committee Passes Trigger Modification Ban
... April 4th, the Hawaii House Committee on Judiciary passed Senate Bill 2046 with amendments.  The Committee added SB 2046 to their agenda less than an hour before the scheduled hearing.  SB 2046 will now head to the House floor ....

Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
...Bills that would have established a task force to reduce suicides in Hawaii by 25%, designate September as Suicide Prevention Month and create an application for smartphones designed to provide resources to Hawaii's youth all perished.....

Hawaii: Worst Taxpayer ROI in USA
...where do taxpayers get the least bang for their buck?....

$30K Per Resident: Hawaii Worst OPEB Liability in USA
...Other Post-Employment Benefit Liabilities, 2017 surveys the more than 100 state-administered post-employment benefit plans, such as health insurance, Medicare advantage, life insurance, and other non-pension benefits....

Mandatory paid sick leave wrong medicine for Hawaii economy
... There are currently three different bills still alive that would require local companies to give all employees paid sick leaves: HB 1727, HB 2598 and SB 2990 ....

Grassroot: Low unemployment masks Hawaii's unhealthy economy
...Grassroot president says high taxes, regulations discourage higher-paying jobs....

Hawaii: Need $153K Salary to Buy Average Home
... Place Where You Need the Highest Salary to Afford the Average Home  --  Hawaii: $153,520 for a house worth $610,000 ....

Honolulu 8th-Worst for Middle Class Homebuyers
... Politicians' hyperbolic campaign promises don't seem to be making life much better....

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