Hawai`i Free Press 
Today's News Read
November 19, 2017

The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
...Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford called this system "communism", two hundred ninety six years before the Russian revolution....
Hawaii Democratic Party Chair is 'Socialist', Wants 'Revolution'
...Revolutionary Idea: Overthrow yourself....
DDOS Attack on Hawai'i Free Press tied to Gabbard's Cult?
...Krishna Consciousness is when you know the Krishnas did it....
Were Unions Staging Slowdown at State Hospital?
...According to the staffer, some workers feel overworked, frustrated and upset over mandated overtime. "That's creating a lot a lot of people being quite pissed off and quite frankly, they've kind of given up.  They don't care," the worker said....
Sex, Drugs and Insanity: Employee Spills Beans on Mental Hospital
..."How did Randall Saito get away?" Palenapa asked. "They (hospital employees) help the patients get away because they feel sorry for the patients that have been there a long time."....
Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You"
..."Andrew Walden of the Hawai'i Free Press, actually called HHSC the 'HGEA job trust'"....
Video: Find out what OHA's Mauna Kea Settlement Terms will be
...OHA Will Get Millions from Mauna Kea Lawsuit Settlement....
Telescope Protesters: Gon Must go because he is Asian
...three were arrested protesting against Gon....
FBI Investigating How HGEA Allowed Lunatic to Escape
...Documents: Hospital escapee had sexual relations with at least 3 staff....
Hawaii State Hospital Employees Game Overtime System
...A federal court order is being ignored so union members at the Hawai'i State Hospital can manipulate work rules....
Hospital Crisis: How to Use Union Work Rules for Fun and Profit
...Hawaii public hospital workers earn less but cost more than their private sector counterparts.  How is that possible?....
Meet the Corrupt Hawaii Judge Who Let Saito go to Mental hospital instead of Prison
...In 1987, he was arrested in a gambling raid in Alewa Heights and pleaded guilty....
By Escaping, Saito may have Shortened his Incarceration
...If Saito is sane and is convicted of escape, the maximum penalty is only five years in prison....
AirBnB Plan - Taxation without Legalization
...would not allow the state to disclose rental property owners' names or rental locations to the city for enforcement purposes, according to an Airbnb representative.....
DoTax: No End to Litigation, Part 2
...The Department apparently regards the taxpayers here as lower life forms and wants to give them no respect....
Tupola: FTA review of HART recovery plan finished 'early 2018'
...FTA also stated that they are watching to see what HART's new strategy to build the City Center portion of the guideway will look like....
With Tax Increase in Hand, HART Begins Planning to Run Rail to UH Manoa
...The HART board may be resurrecting a route plan far more ambitious than the one submitted to federal transit officials...
SHOPO Raises Total 17%
...Police officers in Hawaii will receive annual pay raises over the next four years in an arbitration award expected to cost the city of Honolulu $96 million....
UH English Department Backs out of ANTIFA Endorsement
...When asked whether department members "are aware of the endorsement, and if so, whether you approve of it," only one professor replied, telling Campus Reform that "we are, and I am."....
Billionaire Could Pull the Plug on Civil Beat at any Moment
...Tech giants really are experimenting with all of us....
What These 3 Doctors Think Should Be Done for Children Who Think They Are Transgender
... Three doctors, specializing in pediatrics, biology, and psychiatry, are criticizing what they say is the reliance on feelings over facts ....
HECO Biofuel Contract-$7.69 per gallon
...Last year biodiesel represented 2 percent of HECO's oil and diesel consumption. (Translation: Its an expensive fig leaf for diesel plants.)....
State Capitol Signs up for Non-Existent Seawater Air Conditioning Scheme
...a seawater jet powered by Hawaii tax credits is used to shoot pies up into the sky--electricity is generated by harnessing the energy of the pies as they fall back to Earth....
Republican Tax Cut Plan Would Give $3174 to Average Hawaii Household
...The increase in family incomes is the result of both the income tax cuts and the broader rise in productivity and wages due to economic growth ....
Understanding the Congressional tax bill
...There's a lot of news out there about the tax bills before the Congress, and nearly all of it is confusing....
UHERO: 25 Years Later we still don't know what Sustainable Tourism is
...the report concludes that Hawaii is not yet at the stage of overtourism....
Ninth Circuit Partly Lifts Trump Travel Ban Blockade
...The Ninth Circuit on Monday partly granted an emergency motion by the Trump administration and lifted a preliminary stay on most aspects of President Donald Trump's ban on entry into the United States....
US Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on law that forces pro-life centers to promote abortion
...This California case will likely set the precedent for Hawaii's case....
Pension pinches profligacy
...Hawaii's county governments - and county taxpayers - are about to feel the pinch....
$1.8B Special Fund Audit: DHRD Refuses to Report to Legislature
..."We disagree with DHRD. The statutory requirements that DHRD report to the Legislature are unambiguous and do not exempt these trust funds." -- Auditor....
HGEA Hospital Debacle: DOH Places Seven On Leave
...after decades ignoring the festering problems at the HGEA job trust State Hospital, AG and DoH pretend to suddenly be oh-so-very-concerned....
Another Day in the Nei: Three Inmates Charged with Escape
...Escape in the Second Degree is a class C felony and carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison and a $10,000.00 fine....
Welfare Fraud Charges: Years Before Anybody Noticed
... .between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2014 ....
2017 Survey: Home Health Care Costs Increase in Hawaii
...the annual median cost of long term care services in Hawaii increased an average of 5.51 percent from 2016 to 2017....
Auditor: DoTax Funds 'Do not meet Criteria'
...Review of Special Funds, Revolving Funds, Trust Funds, and Trust Accounts of the Department of Taxation.....
Jones Act? What's That? Democratic Congressman Rips Trump Admin Official on Puerto Rico Recovery
...Despite her crucial role in Puerto Rico recovery, Jaresko was apparently unaware of the Jones Act or its effects on the Commonwealth....
Honolulu Ethics Commission to Discuss Strategic Plan
...Full Text: Exposure Draft for Ethics Commission meeting....
State Ethics Commission 2018 Legislative Agenda
...Proposed Legislation for 2018 Legislative Session....
Overstock.com: Hawaii Among Top Bitcoin Spending States
...Overstock Began Accepting Bitcoin in January 2014....
State Senate Accepting Applications for 2018 Session
...Most begin on January 3, 2018 and end on the last day of the legislative session....
 

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  1. Island Air: Did the Airports Division bamboozle Fitch Ratings?
  2. New Yorker Expose--Tulsi Gabbard's Krishna Cult
  3. Abandonment Plan Set as Hawaii Windfarms Begin to Rust Out
  4. Conflict of Interest: OHA Audit Committee Member Secretly owns OHA's Former Poi Mill
  5. WaPo Runs Bizarre Article on Robin Danner's Search for $2.5M to Fund Fake Indian Tribe
  6. Ponzi Scheme Blues? Fukumoto will not run for Reelection-Claims to be Considering Run for Congress
  7. Civil Beat: Banks and Developers 'help to fund a lot of stories'
  8. Kawananakoa Estate: Sex, Drugs, and Inequality
  9. $2.4B Tax Hike: How They Voted
  10. Budget crisis has begun-52% Pension Spike Coming
  11. Caldwell--HART Board is Illegal, But Planning to build Rail to UH Manoa Anyway
  12. Randy Roth: OHA Copies Bishop Estate--Misusing LLCs to Hide from Law
  13. Queen Sues: Feds Took Our Crown Lands
  14. Mauna Kea: UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension?
  15. Progressive Activists are the Main Cause of Inequality 
  16. Ing and Fukumoto to quit Legislature?
  17. Arakawa Quits Lt Gov Race
  18. Al Hee Minion Robin Danner Grabs for Control of Crooked Sandwich Isles Scam Company
  19. Schatz Responds to Texas Church Shooting by Suggesting Law That Already Exists
  20. Hawaii doesn't need 'certificate of need' laws
  21. Hawaii is woefully vulnerable to a North Korean nuclear attack
  22. 16 Years of Litigation: Sierra Club Directly Responsible for Lack of Affordable Housing
  23. Hawaii--The Worst State for Middle-Class Income Earners 
  24. Should Surfrider be Licensed to Pass Out Property Tax Exemptions?
  25. Walter Ritte Launches Yet Another Campaign to Seize Control of Molokai Ranch
  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. Petition: Protect Short Term Rentals on Hawaii Island 
  29. IRS Admits Harassment of Maui TEA Party Group, Apologizes
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