Author: Sally Ingstrom

Irresponsible 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

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.

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Irresponsible 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” . . . 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

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Irresponsible 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

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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Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking

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

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

 

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

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Irresponsible Hawaii Lawmaking, Irresponsible Honolulu City Government

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

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

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

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DLNR, DLNR Ethics Quagmire, Ed Underwood's DOBOR, Privatizing Public Assets

Underwood’s DoBOR Attempts to Manipulate Legislators in Audit Subterfuge

Underwood’s DoBOR Attempts to Manipulate Legislators in Audit Subterfuge

House Bill 2422 Hearing on Monday, February 24, Seeking Independent Audit of DoBOR Performance Turns into An Attempt to Bless Privatization of Public Lands

Time to Sack Incompetent Managers in Hawaii's State Government

It became evident, during a legislature Finance committee hearing, on Monday, Februrary 24, that HB2422, a proposed

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Hawaii's Government Imploding

Conversations with Hawaii’s rule makers: disconnected, arrogant, and unresponsive

Conversations with Hawaii’s rule makers: disconnected, arrogant, and unresponsive

Hawaii's leaders out of touch and unresponsive to the disasters they are creating for our future

Is the Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement a Blueprint for Expression in Hawaii?

After two years of communicating with, or attempting to communicate with key figures in the Governor’s office, attorney general’s office, legislature, DLNR,

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