DOBOR's Ed Underwood made it clear, once again, at an invitees-only meeting yesterday, that he will do whatever it takes to push for public lands privatization, even if it means breaking Hawaii State law. Act 197 is clear about the requirement for
Hawaii's legislature seems determined to set a precedent that will allow the unfettered leasing of Hawaii's public-owned submerged
Opinion
A recent series of reports by Hawaii's mainstream print media outlets have been misreporting, perhaps out of ignorance, or lack
Sad, Sad Hawaii - Corruption in our State Government that Would Hand Over its Publicly Held Lands and Assets to Corporate, for Profit, Interests
Yesterday, the Committee
An open letter to Hawaii's Attorney General, Clare Connors
Aloha Attorney General Connors,
We would like to begin by fulfilling a promise that we made to you regarding an error in one of our previous posts about your
Sections 171-13 HRS (2016) Gives the State the right to privatize any or all publicly held land-based assets. Let’s be clear about this: that’s all publicly owned lands. Let's think about this for a minute. Parks
DLNR Chief, Suzanne Case, seems to be on a rampage to increase ocean recreation user fees in various poorly thought-through rate increase proposals, many of which have attracted attention for potential ethics violations. In a recent back-door attempt to raise fees for harbor primary
We have investigated reports from members of the public who attended the Friday, March 15, 2019 legislative hearing regarding SB1257, claiming that DOBOR administrator, Ed Underwood, lied to Rep. David Tarnas regarding his
Below we have published a registry of shared public testimony, a reaction by the public to a rules package proposal authored by Suzanne Case's DLNR and Ed Underwood's DoBOR. Ms. Case and Mr. Underwood have sought to isolate themselves from actual
The ancient Hawaiians were right. Harmony, synchronicity, uncluttered simplicity, and aloha, are the foundation of a solid community. Harmony with the land and surrounding ocean, mindful synchronicity with the environment, uncluttered simplicity in our problem solving, and aloha,