Inside Honolulu: July 15
There’s always something interesting going on at Honolulu Hale.
Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
HART Board to Meet Next Week
7:10 p.m.
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation put out agendas for two meetings next week.
The first, scheduled for 8 a.m. Thursday in the Mission Memorial Annex conference room, is for the .
The second, scheduled for 10 a.m. on the same day in the same location, is for the full .
The meetings will overlap with the first day of the evidentiary hearing for Bombardier‘s appeal of the rail contract. That’s set to start at 8 a.m. across King Street at the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Office of Administrative Hearings.
ORI Plan Due Today
3:32 p.m.
Today is the deadline for ORI Anuenue Hale to provide the city with a detailed plan for how it proposes to meet funding criteria and help the city avoid paying back nearly $8 million to the federal government.
That was the deal the parties agreed to in a memorandum of understanding signed June 27.
Messages have been left for the Department of Community Services and at the Mayor’s Office to see if the plan has been received. There’s still an hour or two until government business is done for the week, so it’s not too late yet.
Kym Pine Website Launch Delayed By “Major” News
2:50 p.m.
Today was supposed to be the day when Republican operative (and City Council District 1 Chief of Staff) Eric Ryan was going to share the details of his dispute with Rep. Kym Pine at his website, .
Instead, as of this writing, the website has flashing blue police lights and this message:
TODAY’S WEBSITE LAUNCH DELAYED DUE TO MAJOR, MAJOR BREAKING NEWS AT HONOLULU HALE -and- AT THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE. STAY TUNED FOR A MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR NEWS UPDATE . . .
Mayor’s Public Sked
2:19 p.m.
If you want to catch a glimpse of Mayor Peter Carlisle in the next seven days, here are your best chances:
Saturday, July 16th
- 4:30 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle delivers remarks at the Honolulu Botanical Garden鈥檚 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Gleam event. Honolulu Botanical Garden.
- 8:45 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle is a guest announcer at the WBO Flyweight Championship bout between challenger Brian Viloria of Waipahu and defending champion Julio Cesar Miranda of Mexico. Neal Blaisdell Center Arena.
Sunday, July 17th
- No public events.
Monday, July 18th
- 5:30 pm鈥擬ayor Carlisle delivers remarks at the Korean Artists Association of Hawaii art exhibit opening. Honolulu Hale Courtyard.
Tuesday, July 19th
- No public events.
Wednesday, July 20th
- 11:30 am鈥擬ayor Carlisle is a guest speaker at the Kailua Chamber of Commerce general membership meeting. Mid Pacific Country Club.
Thursday, July 21st
- No public events.
Friday, July 22nd
- No public events.
Tulsi Pulls In $20K
11:28 a.m.
Today’s the deadline for candidates for federal office to file their fundraising reports for April, May and June. The first Hawaii politician to file is City Council member Tulsi Gabbard.
Gabbard is running for the 2nd Congressional District seat being vacated by Mazie Hirono, who’s running for U.S. Senate. Hirono told Civil Beat Thursday that she raised nearly $300,000. is much smaller: $20,207.77.
The includes some recognizable names: Honolulu Emergency Services Director Jim Ireland gave $500; former state energy chief and current Kuokoa President Ted Peck gave $500; and two executives from D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, the company behind Hoopili, together gave $750.
Gabbard spent $3,240.11 in the period and has $16,967.66 on hand.
Where’s Carlisle?
For the second straight day, Mayor Peter Carlisle has no events on his public schedule. But it’s possible his public schedule for the next seven days will be made available today; when it is, we’ll post it here.
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
July 14: Zoning Board Appointees On Track; Neighborhood Board Battle Brewing; HPD Not Alone in Lack of Self-Tracking; Where’s Carlisle?
July 13: City’s Staggered Terms Stay Staggered; Pow-Wow Just An Update; Does Military Count: City Edition; Rail Pow-Wow at the Hale; They’re Talking About Us In Dallas; Berg Stands By His Man; Laie Developer Resigns at Gov’s Request; About Those HART Offices…; Rail Opponents Pay for Ink; Where’s Carlisle?; On Tap for Today.
July 12: (Unnamed) City Official Violated Ethics Code; Ethics Questions Up From Last Year; Prosecutor Kaneshiro Target of Ethics Complaint; Elsewhere on Civil Beat; Carlisle Quiet Today.
July 11: Transparency Site Getting Stale; Hoopili Hearing Set for September; Fire Commission Meeting Today; Carlisle’s Early Start.
July 8: Rail Appeals Opened to Public; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Ethics Panel To Decide on Violations Tuesday; Smoke on the (Waste) Water; Three Oahu Projects in Environmental Notice; County Governments Gather in Honolulu; General Plan Process Under Way.
July 7: T-Minus One Hour to General Plan Meeting; Rail Contractor Protest Closed To Public; What to Read This Morning.
July 6: Oh Godbey, New City Lawyer in the House; Derailed: Tom Berg Q&A; Steinberger Slams ‘Anti-Synagro’ Resolution; Ag Land Property Tax Bill Heads Back to Committee; New Chair, New Seats; Council Gathers Early to Fete Honorees; Martin, Anderson Ink Op-Ed.
July 5: New State Law Protects County Firefighters, Lifeguards; Federal Highways Rep: City and State Need to Play Nice; Leeward Politicians Push for Bikeway; State Officials in the Hale for Transportation; Ernie Martin’s First Agenda as Chair; No Crime Stats for HPD.
July 1: City Parade to Cost $20K; Furloughs Are Over, Pay Is Up; No Laie Decision At Next Council Meeting; Housing Office Open For Business; HART Kicks Off New Era for Honolulu Rail; Happy New Year!; Martin Tabs Kobayashi as Budget Chair.
