tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196459042026-01-18T09:43:36.855-10:00News you may not find in the local media. Learn why it was disappeared.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5437125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19645904.post-17792180240671339372025-05-16T18:00:00.000-10:002025-05-16T18:00:13.615-10:00

From an article posted Wednesday May 15 on the Courthouse News Service website: “This case is not occurring in isolation. Across the country, we are witnessing a growing trend of invoking emergency powers to bypass legislative deliberation, not to address urgent time-bound disasters, but to pursue major policy goals unilaterally. -- plaintiff attorney Lance Collins”The article, by Jeremy Yurow,&

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I am sad to report that Johan Galtung, the "father of peace studies", has passed away on February 17, 2024, at the age of 93. I knew him at the University of Hawaii, where I was one of his many students. I recall asking him how many languages he spoke; if I remember correctly, it was six.See also his many articles posted on Disappeared News.Galtung was a Norwegian sociologist and is credited as

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From the press release:  Na'Aikane o Maui Cultural Center, Ke'eaumoku Kapu and U'ilani Kapu have  sued Peter Martin and his West Maui Land Company's water subsidiaries  Launiupoko Irrigation Company, Launiupoko Water Company and Launiupoko  Water Development LLC over the Lahaina fires. Their lawsuit contends that the Peter Martin conglomerate made worse the  dry and

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From the press release:Lahaina, Maui -- Many Lahaina homeowners who have survived the fire are now at threat of foreclosure. Federal regulations permit most homeowners a ninety day forbearance on the payment of their mortgages due to natural disaster. After that time, they must begin making payments again and also pay the three months of missed payments.Most of these homeowners no longer have

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From the press release:Lahaina, Maui -- Before paying insureds for the contents of their homes destroyed by the Maui Wildfire, insurers are requiring survivors to submit detailed "personal property inventories." Preparing the inventories can take hours or even days.  Many survivors find it traumatic to list all the items lost in the fire.Maui attorney Lance D. Collins has formally requested

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by Larry GellerRead more on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Download a copy of her book, Hawaii's story by Hawaii's queen, Liliuokalani, here.Queen LiliʻuokalaniLiliʻuokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [liˌliʔuokəˈlɐni]; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19645904.post-53831082279174924252023-08-29T07:55:00.003-10:002023-08-29T08:24:32.149-10:00

What is a "Writ of Quo Warranto"? In law, especially English and American common law, quo warranto (Medieval Latin for "by what warrant?") is a prerogative writ requiring the person to whom it is directed to show what authority they have for exercising some right, power, or franchise they claim to hold. -- WikipediaPress release:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELahaina -- West Maui kama'aina Leonoard Nakoa

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From the press release:HOUSELESS RESIDENTS ASK FOR COURT ORDER TO STOP SWEEPS IN HONOLULUThe motion for a preliminary injunction seeks immediate relief from irreparable harmcaused by the City and County of Honolulu’s targeted enforcement actions.HONOLULU, HI – The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i (ACLU of Hawai‘i), onbehalf of five houseless plaintiffs, filed a motion for preliminary

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From the news release sent Aug. 21, 2023:West Maui residents sue Chair Dawn Chang over Transfer of DeputyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELahaina -- West Maui kamaʻāina Kekai Keahi and Jen Kamaho'i Mather filed suit today in First Circuit Court against Dawn N.S. Chang, BLNR and Water Commission chair and the Water Commission for actions Chang purported to take transferring Water Commission

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Governor Josh Green's July 17 proclamation declaring a state of emergency looks to provide one additional but likely unexpected benefit to Hawaii consumers. Here is the news release:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWailuku -- The Hawai'i Working Consumers Hui reminded Hawai'i's leading grocery stores that state law prohibits them from increasing prices on basic goods during Governor Green's State of

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ACLU of Hawaii has filed a lawsuit challenging Honolulu's sweeps of homeless individuals  and families (including children) from sidewalks -- often in the wee hours of the night.What follows is the press release just emailed by the ACLU. Supplementary material is linked at the bottom. Note: ACLU uses the term "houseless" but many (most?) of those living unsheltered are said to prefer "

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by CTAHR Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Local farmers struggle with depression in Hawaii Unprecedented survey uncovers major stressors affecting Hawaii agricultural producers, guides strategy for both industry and consumers to help ‘Malama the Farmer’ HONOLULU (December 28, 2022) –Hawaiian farmers 45 years old or younger are going

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 MAUI VOTERS CONTEST WAILUKU COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION AT SUPREME COURTWailuku, HI -  Maui County Council candidate Noelani Ahia and 30 Maui County voters have filed an election contest with the Hawai'i Supreme Court seeking to void the results of the Wailuku-Waihe'e-Waikapu County Council race and to order the holding of a new election.On election day, the County Clerk deemed the return

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by Larry GellerRead more on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Download a copy of her book, Hawaii's story by Hawaii's queen, Liliuokalani, here.Queen LiliʻuokalaniLiliʻuokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [liˌliʔuokəˈlɐni]; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from

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 A press release from Maui attorney Lance Collins:August 11, 2022Paia, Maui -- The Hawai'i Supreme Court affirmed that longline fishing is not permitted in Hawai'i state waters in a memorandum opinion issued today.      Native Hawaiian waterman and Pa'ia resident Malama Chun had filed an appeal against the state BLNR regarding his petition challenging DLNR's practice of

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by Larry GellerHonolulu has experienced a wave of "smash-and-grab" burglaries that is costing businesses expensive repair charges -- and which actually often net very little for the burglars. Basically, the doors or windows of a store or restaurant are smashed in middle of the night with rocks or by crashing a vehicle (usually stolen) into the storefront, then the thieves make off with cash

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by Larry Geller A confession: I discontinued my graduate studies in part because of the apparent requirement that I would be expected to produce scholarly papers -- that I felt no one outside of academia would ever read. And few people in academia either, because they were busy writing and publishing their own papers--that no one outside of academia would read.I wanted to make a difference, and

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 by Larry GellerI was listening to the Shep-A-Day podcast, which posts archived Jean Shepherd radio shows that originally aired on radio station WOR in New York City. It was a late-night show, and as a kid I would hide my transistor radio under my pillow and listen under the covers almost every night, as I fell asleep.Below is a snip from Shep’s May 14, 1965 program. It’s a transcript of a

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Press release: HONOLULU, Hawai‘i - On October 20, 2021, the Board of Land and NaturalResources entered orders indicating it will rule on a petition fordeclaratory orders from parties from the 2016-17 Thirty-Meter Telescopepermit contested case that challenges the University of Hawai‘i Hilo’sassertion that TMT construction has already been initiated. PetitionersMauna Kea Anaina Hou, Kealoha

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Read more on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Download a copy of her book, Hawaii's story by Hawaii's queen, Liliuokalani, here.Queen LiliʻuokalaniLiliʻuokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [liˌliʔuokəˈlɐni]; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891,

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“President Cleveland further concluded that a "substantial wrong has thus been done which a due regard for our national character as well as the rights of the injured people requires we should endeavor to repair" and called for the restoration of the Hawaiian monarchy.” by Larry Geller Cannon on the steps of the occupied Iolani Palace On July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawaii was declared

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Today is the day in history that the lawful government of Hawaii was forcibly removed in a coup d'état by a group of businessmen and sugar planters with the direct assistance of the US military. Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate. I Liliuokalani, by the Grace of God and under the Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done

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From the news release: Lahaina, Maui -- Lahaina Hawaiian organization Na Aikane o Maui and Kauaula landowner Ke'eaumoku Kapu filed today to intervene in West Maui Land Co subsidiary's water rate increase proceeding before the Public Utility Commission. Launiupoko Irrigation Co. is a subsidiary of West Maui Land Co. that operates a water utility from Wainee to Launiupoko in West Maui. LIC

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“Every board and commission is required to deliberate and make decisions in an open manner after allowing the public an opportunity to testify. .” --Attorney Lance D. Collins From today’s news release: Kahuku, Oahu -- The Board of Education has agreed to settle Kahuku parent Sunny Unga's lawsuit by re-hearing her petition for rule making. In January, Ms. Unga filed a petition with the

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by Larry GellerThe Supreme Court will finally hear oral arguments on SCAP-19-0000501 on Friday, September 18, 2020, 8:45 a.m., fully four years after the initial AP reports of Sept 8, 2016.In these times of COVID, these foreign workers are displacing scarce jobs that would otherwise go to Native Hawaiians and other local fishermen. They also generally have language issues that would suggest they

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