Author: Sally Ingstrom

BREAK THE CYCLE OF BAD LEADERSHIP, DLNR - DoBOR Incompetence, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Lying to Hawaii's Public

Hawaii: Hearing originally shut down for Sunshine violations – DLNR now resorting to day-change subterfuge to stifle public outcry?

Business as usual as Hawaii's DLNR attempts to discourage public testimony with last-minute "extension" trick

The DLNR's sexual predator, Ed Underwood, set to testify in favor of cancelling the ocean recreation community at the AWSBH

We at HON are still reeling from the news about Maui. We extend our deepest

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BREAK THE CYCLE OF BAD LEADERSHIP, DLNR - DoBOR Incompetence, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Lying to Hawaii's Public

Hawaii OIP shuts down DLNR hearing for Sunshine violations – Board now set to violate the Public Trust Doctrine in redo hearing Thursday, Dec. 7

This may be just another business-as-usual, as Hawaii's DLNR continues to pursue it's strategy of adversarial relationship with the public

A contrivance of the DLNR's resident sexual deviate, Ed Underwood, this hearing is nothing more than a back door, gray-area attempt to end-run the legislature's already having tabled this item
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BREAK THE CYCLE OF BAD LEADERSHIP, Maui Wildfires

Hawaii DLNR: Ed Underwood’s perverted parking plan aims at surfers and boaters at the Bowls parking lot in Waikiki

The core of Hawaii's culture is dangerously at risk . . . we are not the mainland

The politics -- union and otherwise -- behind the likes of a sustained Underwood tenure in State of Hawaii offices are every reason why we had the devastating Lahaina disaster response

We at

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BREAK THE CYCLE OF BAD LEADERSHIP, DLNR - DoBOR Incompetence, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Privatize the legislature

Hawaii lawmakers mock public testimony as they pass illegal, unconstitutional legislation . . . why isn’t Hawaii’s for-profit corporate media reporting this?

Hawaii's legislature is out of control

WAL's passage of HB1089 is an in-your-face message straight from the legislature right to the people of Hawaii . . . Hawaii's constitution DOES NOT MATTER

 

Editor's note to our readers:  Hawaii Ocean News is dedicated to archiving the ongoing activities of our

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BREAK THE CYCLE OF BAD LEADERSHIP, DLNR - DoBOR Incompetence, Ed Underwood's DOBOR, Hawaii Boat Owners Association, Hawaii's Covid-19 Response, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Privatize the legislature

Hawaii: a pressing case for a “pilot” public-private partnership . . . privatize the legislature

When your legislators tell you they want to privatize public assets, know this is a blatant admission of incompetence

Current government operatives are no more qualified to manage public lands than they are to manage America's space program

 

Newly introduced Senate Bill SB1387 (companion House Bill HB1089) once

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Hawaii's Government Imploding, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Why cough medicine won’t cure our broken legislature

Hawaii's legislature has become a refuge for semi-slick white-collar criminals: while Sen. Sharon Moriwaki (Waikiki District) exchanges sketchy out-of-the-sunshine messages with a minor DLNR Administrator, the senate president and speaker of the house tell us they're disappointed about a court ruling forcing them to obey the Constitution

Meanwhile, Rep. "Wrong-Way"

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DLNR, DLNR Ethics Quagmire, Ed Underwood's DOBOR, Hawaii's Government Imploding, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Lawsuits, Lying to Hawaii's Public, Privatizing Public Assets, Selling Hawaii's Public Assets

Hawaii: An accidental email blows the whistle on a sketchy back-door collusion between a senator and a minor DLNR administrator

Sen. Moriwaki (Waikiki District) email intended for DLNR's Ed Underwood  lands in Hawaii Ocean News editor's inbox by mistake

This is what we know now


On a Wednesday back in July of 2021, we'd just released an article about the question-and-answer we had with DoBOR's administrator Ed Underwood. This particular

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Hawaii's Covid Response, Hawaii's Government Imploding, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

Is Hawaii’s very broken government now endangering the lives of its residents and the very fabric of our community?

Sunday, August 29, 2021, New Covid-19 Infections: Island Nation of New Zealand: 83; Island State of Hawaii: 1,678

This is not the time to entertain a toxic government

While the facts cited in this article are backed by references, commentary herein represents the opinion of the author

(Note to reader:

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Hawaii's Government Imploding, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Lying to Hawaii's Public

Hawaii’s David Y. Ige channels Alfred E. Neuman as he signs illegal legislation into law

SB795 was the litmus test, the canary in the mine, the big red flag that signaled that the lawmaking process in Hawaii has become toxic to its resident population

Poorly qualified newly-elected governors and mayors spread their disease by hand selecting critical agency operatives who are completely unqualified for the

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DLNR, DLNR - DoBOR Incompetence, DLNR Ethics Quagmire, Ed Underwood's DOBOR, Hawaii's Government Imploding, Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Lying to Hawaii's Public, Privatizing Public Assets, Public Harbors Crisis, Selling Hawaii's Public Assets, Stealing Public Lands and Assets

Unanswered questions pour in from the public as scheduled town hall meeting canceled due to concerns over DoBOR retaliation and retribution

The mainstream news media today reports millions across the country worried about pandemic-related evictions as the State of Hawaii prepares to double the rents for its own principle habitation tenants

Hawaii's legislature passes illegal SB795 that will create still more homelessness in Sen. Moriwaki's district at a cost to taxpayers

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