Author: Katherine Lindell

February 23, 2021March 4, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Hawaii’s Senate Bill 795 threatens to empty the public harbors in preparation for leasing to private interests

HON testimony to the legislature regarding SB795

Our leaders are suffering from a pre-pandemic, business-as-usual mindset that will continue to compound the negative effects of the horrible mistakes we've made in the past

(Editor's note: the below testimony was submitted to the legislature on February 23, 2020. We reproduce

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

February 21, 2021February 23, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Hawaii’s working class boaters NOT welcome in Hawaii’s public harbor system

Moriwaki, Chang, DeLa Cruz, Misalucha, English, Kidani, Kim, and Shimabukuro want to price boaters out of public harbor system

Our leaders are suffering from a pre-pandemic, business-as-usual mindset that will continue to compound the negative effects of the horrible mistakes we've made in the past

Hawaii DLNR/DoBOR's repeated attempts to

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021Hawaii's Government Imploding

Urgent Re-Post: Stealing Aloha . . . Hawaii Under Siege, The Documentary

Hawaii Ocean News Documentary: Privatizing Public Lands for Profit

Hawaii is Under Siege by a Government/Business Hui

Hawaii Ocean News is proud to re-release to Hawaii's post-pandemic community: "Stealing Aloha", a documentary.

With the release of the Covid-19 vaccine, we may be entering a post-pandemic era. Despite our new

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

September 29, 2020January 8, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

30 new high-rise buildings in the past seven years . . . Honolulu . . . ENOUGH! Brookfield proposal will be straw that breaks our back

We share our testimony to the Honolulu City Council

Our infrastructure is strained-to-bursting . . . there needs to be an immediate moratorium on all high-rise building in Honolulu

Irresponsible government . . . irresponsible development; 30 new high-rises in the past seven years, and now the City Council

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

July 5, 2020July 7, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Hawaii residents suffering from past/present leadership failures, and it’s just turned dangerous

Dangerously, the State of Hawaii is incapable of policing itself, or purging incompetent managers

Lawmakers decision to readmit tourists may be ill timed and dangerous

As a result of the enormous economic damage done to the state's economy because of the pandemic, administrators are now scrambling to find money to

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

Hawaii’s DLNR/DOBOR may be intentionally mismanaging the state’s public harbor system

This level of incompetence is not humanly possible

Government agency heads: little accountability makes for dangerous scenario

Rereading DoBOR’s “Modernizing Ocean Recreation Management in Hawai`I, Strategic Action Plan”, we couldn’t help but notice that Ed Underwood found it necessary to publish his own performance assessment. “When I assumed control over

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May 30, 2020June 1, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

Hawaii’s in trouble: pandemic leaves behind huge revenue shortfalls, state’s finances a mess

Recovery not seen for at least two years

Hawaii's government seems estranged from its people: poor fiscal management of public revenue-bearing assets has shorted the state $millions over the past ten years . . . and now, in the aftermath of the pandemic, it’s all coming home to roost

“We’re

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

Covid-19 cases in Hawaii may be closer to 6,000 according to scientists

May 31st reopening of foreign travel to Hawaii completely irresponsible

Hawaii's tourist qurantine requirements for domestic tourists unrealistic for its lack of enforcement

According to an article published by scientists on March 16, 2020, the actual number of Covid-19 cases in Hawaii may be up to ten times higher than

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

April 21, 2020April 22, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

An open letter to Hawaii Legislators

Hawaii's Leaders are Uniquely Placed to Alter Hawaii's Deadly Course

The Pandemic's "Great Pause" May Have Been a Blessing for Hawaii

The following is a response to Senator Sharon Moriwaki's latest email broadcast:

On 4/20/2020 9:45 PM, Sharon Moriwaki wrote:

The “silver lining” of the COVID19 pandemic: making us take

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March 28, 2020April 2, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

Hawaii: pulling back the curtain on incompetence

Like the nation, Hawaii did not have an actionable plan in place to deal with a pandemic crisis

How else is Hawaii unprepared?

The world has paused . . .

The world has paused, and the business-as-usual has taken a time out in the Aloha State. The tourists are gone

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April 1, 2021April 2, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Representative Tina Wildberger flushes out DoBOR and opposes illegal SB795-H1

. . . most of FIN committee members asleep at the wheel despite a flurry of articulate opposition testimony

Reps. Tam, Perruso, and Kobyashi highly skeptical of SB795, as Chair, Rep. Sylvia Luke recommends passage anyway as she and Vice Chair Ty J.K. Cullen appeared completely unprepared

Rep. Wildberger saw

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March 30, 2021March 30, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

The State of Hawaii intends to double the rent for its own principal habitation tenants right in the middle of a pandemic?

SB795 is nothing more than another hate crime against a vulnerable demographic . . . but this time our own legislators are the perpetrators

SB795 is a thinly veiled pretense to hand public recreational harbors over to big-money private interests

At first glance this looks like a normal committee meeting

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March 29, 2021March 29, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

The legislature’s fair-market-value fraud . . . and how it’s sucking down the credibility and reputations of politicians all over Hawaii’s legislature

How the SEVEN NINE FIVE fraud is a red flag about how business in done in Hawaii's legislature

SB795 is a thinly veiled pretense to hand public recreational harbors over to big-money private interests

At first glance this looks like a normal committee meeting hearing in our Hawaii state legislature.

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

March 25, 2021March 28, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Rep Tarnas replies to our accusations . . . and his response is nothing short of an indictment of Hawaii’s entire legislature and legislative process

The wink-nod politics of Hawaii's State Legislature is not honest government of, by, and for the people of Hawaii

SB795 is a thinly veiled pretense to hand public recreational harbors over to big-money private interests

At first glance this looks like a normal committee meeting hearing in our Hawaii state

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

March 23, 2021June 29, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

“SEVEN NINE FIVE – Paradise Lost” . . . The anatomy of the legislative process in Hawaii . . . and why “public participation” is irrelevant

"SEVEN NINE FIVE - Paradise Lost" documents how proposed laws are manipulated by a few well-placed individuals in our legislature

SB795 is a thinly veiled pretense to hand public recreational harbors over to big-money private interests

At first glance this looks like a normal committee meeting hearing in our Hawaii

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

March 18, 2021March 19, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

PLAYED! Hawaii’s slickest con man, DoBOR’s Ed Underwood, plays legislators like a master . . . legislators bought it like it was gospel

After observing the WAL hearing for SB795, one better understands how easily our legislature can be waylaid, misled and played by inept managers wishing to turn their pet agenda into law.

SB795 is a thinly veiled pretense to hand public recreational harbors over to big-money private interests

Hawaii's statewide public

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March 17, 2021March 17, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Hawaii’s SB795 set to crush access for middle-income boaters to Hawaii’s public recreational harbors

Suzanne Case (DLNR) and Ed Underwood mislead legislators with request for rules changes that are currently undergoing the scrutiny of the courts

SB795 is a thinly veiled pretense to hand public recreational harbors over to big-money private interests

SB795 again threatens the public recreational harbor community, statewide. This is a

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March 8, 2021April 8, 2023Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

He’s hustled legislators, a county prosecutor, the Ethics Commission, the BLNR, his bosses and the public . . . DoBOR’s Ed Underwood might just be Hawaii’s slickest con man ever

An Avalanche of Headlines Tell the Story

Is Hawaii's inner-circle governance incapable of policing itself?

~This edition of Hawaii Ocean News is dedicated to the memory of journalist, Les Parsons, a tireless, selfless advocate for the rights of Hawaii's ocean recreation community and among the first to sound the

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February 23, 2021March 4, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Hawaii’s Senate Bill 795 threatens to empty the public harbors in preparation for leasing to private interests

HON testimony to the legislature regarding SB795

Our leaders are suffering from a pre-pandemic, business-as-usual mindset that will continue to compound the negative effects of the horrible mistakes we've made in the past

(Editor's note: the below testimony was submitted to the legislature on February 23, 2020. We reproduce

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

February 21, 2021February 23, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Hawaii’s working class boaters NOT welcome in Hawaii’s public harbor system

Moriwaki, Chang, DeLa Cruz, Misalucha, English, Kidani, Kim, and Shimabukuro want to price boaters out of public harbor system

Our leaders are suffering from a pre-pandemic, business-as-usual mindset that will continue to compound the negative effects of the horrible mistakes we've made in the past

Hawaii DLNR/DoBOR's repeated attempts to

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021Hawaii's Government Imploding

Urgent Re-Post: Stealing Aloha . . . Hawaii Under Siege, The Documentary

Hawaii Ocean News Documentary: Privatizing Public Lands for Profit

Hawaii is Under Siege by a Government/Business Hui

Hawaii Ocean News is proud to re-release to Hawaii's post-pandemic community: "Stealing Aloha", a documentary.

With the release of the Covid-19 vaccine, we may be entering a post-pandemic era. Despite our new

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

January 2, 2021September 6, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Hawaii: the verdict is in, residents say tourists NOT welcome

The tourism industry needs a major overhaul

Our leaders are suffering from a pre-pandemic, business-as-usual mindset that will continue to compound the negative effects of a horrible mistake

Recent OmniTrack Survey Results Say It All

In a recent survey of Hawaii residents by OmniTrack, nearly 70% -- nearly 70%

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

September 29, 2020January 8, 2021Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

30 new high-rise buildings in the past seven years . . . Honolulu . . . ENOUGH! Brookfield proposal will be straw that breaks our back

We share our testimony to the Honolulu City Council

Our infrastructure is strained-to-bursting . . . there needs to be an immediate moratorium on all high-rise building in Honolulu

Irresponsible government . . . irresponsible development; 30 new high-rises in the past seven years, and now the City Council

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

September 6, 2020September 13, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

With 9,667 infected Hawaii residents and 83 fatalities, Honolulu’s Emergency Order No. 2020-25 misses all the marks

Hawaii's DOE, DLNR, DoBOR, and fiscal leadership has been all about stoking public perception . . . that's not working anymore

The writing's on the wall - it's time for a leadership clean sweep

- commentary -

Currently 9,667 Hawaii residents have been infected, with 83 fatalities . .

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

July 5, 2020July 7, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Hawaii residents suffering from past/present leadership failures, and it’s just turned dangerous

Dangerously, the State of Hawaii is incapable of policing itself, or purging incompetent managers

Lawmakers decision to readmit tourists may be ill timed and dangerous

As a result of the enormous economic damage done to the state's economy because of the pandemic, administrators are now scrambling to find money to

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

Hawaii’s DLNR/DOBOR may be intentionally mismanaging the state’s public harbor system

This level of incompetence is not humanly possible

Government agency heads: little accountability makes for dangerous scenario

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

May 30, 2020June 1, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

Hawaii’s in trouble: pandemic leaves behind huge revenue shortfalls, state’s finances a mess

Recovery not seen for at least two years

Hawaii's government seems estranged from its people: poor fiscal management of public revenue-bearing assets has shorted the state $millions over the past ten years . . . and now, in the aftermath of the pandemic, it’s all coming home to roost

“We’re

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

May 15, 2020May 19, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

Case’s DLNR, Underwood’s DoBOR unapologetic about it’s breach of governor’s pandemic law

DoBOR harbor management disappeared with the arrival of the pandemic - word's out and illegal activity in harbors spike as primary-residence boaters forced from harbor during lockdown

Government officials eerily silent

-opinion-

The pandemic of 2020 has turned out to be the Big Reveal. While one part of our

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May 13, 2020May 17, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

DoBOR policies encouraging the spread of Covid-19 in our community

DoBOR harbor management disappeared with the arrival of the pandemic - word's out and illegal activity in harbors spike

DoBOR evicting primary-residence temp permittees, despite lockdown orders, forcing violations of the governor's 6th Supplementary Proclamation

(Correction in this article: our comment "Despite the suspension of Hawaii Administrative Rules . .

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April 25, 2020April 26, 2020Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

Covid-19 cases in Hawaii may be closer to 6,000 according to scientists

May 31st reopening of foreign travel to Hawaii completely irresponsible

Hawaii's tourist qurantine requirements for domestic tourists unrealistic for its lack of enforcement

According to an article published by scientists on March 16, 2020, the actual number of Covid-19 cases in Hawaii may be up to ten times higher than

… READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE . . .

Latest Alerts

New Community Meeting Room – Everyone Welcome CLICK HERE

New fees proposal for all BOATERS suggest substantial increases – some up to 1000% over current fees. DOBOR’s Ed Underwood, the “chief architect” of the updated statute, is currently readying approval of this proposal for ongoing consideration by DLNR’s board chaired by Suzanne Case. Boaters are advised to contact Ed Underwood at DOBOR, Suzanne Case at the DLNR, and the board members of the BLNR to comment on fee increases. Click here for more information.

Talk to Your Rulemakers!

Your comments will matter. Below is a contact list of those who need your input regarding this proposed fee hike and rules change:

Suzanne Case Is in charge of the DLNR and chairs its board (the BLNR). Contact her by name CLICK HERE. She and her board will deliberate on the fee hikes beginning May 11th or 25th (we will update when we know for sure), 2018.

DLNR board members. Contact them HERE:

Suzanne D. Case, Chairperson
Stanley H. Roehrig, Hawai`i Member (Term: 7/01/14 – 6/30/18)
Keith “Keone” Downing, At-Large (Term: 7/01/17 – 6/30/21)
James A. Gomes, Maui Member (Term: 7/01/17 – 6/30/21)
Thomas Oi, Kauai Member (Term: 7/01/16 – 6/30/2020)
Samuel “’Ohu” Gon III, O`ahu Member (Term: 7/01/17 – 6/30/21)
Christopher Yuen, At-Large (Term: 7/11/14 – 6/30/18)

Governor's Office:
https://governor.hawaii.gov/contact-us/contact-the-governor/

Click here to contact State Representative, Tom Brower, District 22 (Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor)

SBRRB Board Members. Contact them by name at dbedt.director@hawaii.gov . They will deliberate on the fee hikes beginning May 16, 2018 and their conclusions may weigh in on the final decision: Oahu: Anthony Borge, Chair, Robert Cundiff, Vice Chair, Harris Nakamoto, Nancy Atmospera-Walch, Reg Baker; Hawaii County: Garth Yamanaka, 2nd Vice Chair; Maui County: Kyoko Kimura, Second Vice Chair

Ed Underwood Ed Underwood is in charge of drafting the new fee changes (Administrator for DOBOR); contact him HERE.

Contact the DLNR with informal comments regarding any part of, or the whole of Chapter 13-234 HERE.

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