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Editor's note: This guest editorial is speculation on what the future of Honolulu's $5.3 billion steel on steel rail project could turn out to be. There has been no rail built yet. The city is issuing contracts and a lawsuit to stop the 20-mile project could still stop it in its tracks. BY BOB FREEMAN [...]
BY THE TAX FOUNDATION - Our recent report on state and local sales taxes has generated enormous media attention and interest. In most states, consumers pay not only a state sales tax and a local one, and our calculations allow an apples-to-apples comparison of combined sales tax rates across the country. There are two caveats, [...]
BY JIM DOOLEY - Denise Wise has resigned as executive director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, continuing a pattern of turmoil at the top of an agency that oversees more than 6,000 residential units in more than 80 aging housing projects around the state. Wise took office early last year, replacing another executive, Chad Taniguchi, [...]
Hawaii Island - With our incredible diversity of natural landscapes and seascapes, agriculture, culture, history, and places for visitors to call home while here, Hawai'i Island is clearly a BIG and inspiring getaway! ADVENTURES, ACTIVITIES & EVENTS McNeil Wilson Takes Over PR for BIVB. McNeil Wilson Communications (MWC), a Honolulu PR firm with a specialty [...]
BY FRANK SALVATO - We’re hearing an awful lot about the “wealthy” paying “their fair share” where taxes are concerned. Pres. Obama and his Progressive and liberal Democrat brethren have perfectly coordinated their talking points to affect a campaign of undefined and reckless class warfare against the productive class, doing so for the sole purpose [...]
BY SAM SLOM - RE-DRAW YOUR MAPS. Monday the State Reapportionment Commission submitted their final redistricting maps. Watch for lawsuits. ON THE ROAD. Returned to Hawaii Monday after 10 days on the Mainland-driving 2,000 miles between Chicago, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Spent some emotional time in Shanksville, PA, with the new memorial dedicated to [...]
Honolulu Council Member, Legislators Push for Chinese Visa Waiver Honolulu Councilman Tom Berg, who represents West Oahu, is urging through City Council Resolution 11-274 that President Barack Obama, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, include the People’s Republic of China, in the Visa Waiver Program. Berg said the nation needs to simplify [...]
Hawaii Leaders Seeking Justice The Washington DC based Justice Center has been studying Hawaii’s justice system. Some of the news highlighted serious problems in Hawaii’s judiciary system: Crime and arrests are declining but more people are in prison. That is because: Over the last 10 years, Hawaii’s pretrial population has more than doubled; More prisoners [...]
BY CHARLEY MEMMINGER - I’m embarrassed that a major Hollywood star was able to slip into Hawaii, shoot and air 16 episodes of a reality show and have the show canceled all before I even knew it had been in existence. As a sometimes screenwriter myself, I pride myself on keeping up with any TV [...]
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