It’ll take time for our community to process Prosecutor Steven Alm’s failed attempt to convict three police officers of murder and attempted murder for shooting a 16-year-old crime spree suspect who led them on a high-speed chase from East Oahu to Waikiki in a stolen car. Read more
Mandates issued by Gov. David Ige and local companies to force workers to get vaccinated or face dismissal are a necessary step if we’re ever to extricate our community from the grip of COVID-19. Read more
For most of his term, Mayor Rick Blangiardi downplayed chances of building the $12.5 billion Honolulu rail line all the way to Ala Moana Center, suggesting it was unrealistic with the project more than $7 billion over its original budget and facing a current deficit of more than $3 billion. Read more
July is finally in the rearview mirror, and it’s time to “flASHback” on the month’s news that amused and confused: Read more
As public confidence in the $12.5 billion Oahu rail debacle sinks ever lower, chaos abounds at the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Read more
The local outrage over a couple of tourists who posted social media pictures of themselves touching Hawaiian monk seals was heartening and disheartening at the same time. Read more
The Legislature’s bill to gut the Hawaii Tourism Authority and reallocate hotel room tax revenues, passed over Gov. David Ige’s veto, has the whiff of a money grab passed off as tourism reform. Read more
It’s the Fourth of July, and I’m diverting from my usual local news focus to indulge my favorite patriotic topic: baseball. Read more
It’s the last Sunday in June and time to “flASHback” on the month’s news that amused and confused: Read more
Shortly after new Honolulu Prosecutor Steven Alm promised tougher and more independent investigations of police shootings, he’s faced with two of the most problematic fatal shootings in recent times. Read more
Being of the age and health demographic most vulnerable to COVID-19, I’ve played it safe and seldom gone out in the last year. Read more
The next sound we hear from the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District should be a screeching halt, until scheming lawmakers provide coherent answers on what exactly is being built, who’s running it, what’s the cost and how we’ll pay. Read more
It’s the last Sunday in May and time to flASHback on the month’s news that amused and confused: Read more
Honolulu police turned the CARES Act, meant by Congress to bring relief from the COVID-19 outbreak, into the AINOKEA Act by blowing the funding on expensive toys such as trucks, ATVs and a $150,000 robotic dog named Spot. Read more
Well played, Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Colleen Hanabusa. Read more
The disconnect is striking between the Legislature’s chest- thumping over its accomplishments during its 2021 session and public frustration over misplaced priorities. Read more
Any hope the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is changing its degenerate ways was diminished by news that the flat-broke rail agency had awarded a consultancy worth up to $924,000 over three years to Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. congresswoman, state Senate president and ultimate political insider. Read more
It’s the last Sunday in April and time to “flASHback” on the month’s news that amused and confused: Read more
How do you know a planned relaxing weekend is headed south? Read more
Seldom has a public agency needed a housecleaning more than the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Read more
It’s infuriating to see federal prosecutors once again having to expose local public corruption that city and state authorities should have been on long ago. Read more
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