Inside Honolulu: August 24
There’s always something interesting going on at Honolulu Hale.
Civil Beat is reporting from the inside.
2:14 p.m. Rail Opponents Ask For Investigation
Opponents of the Honolulu rail system on Tuesday sent a letter to Mayor Peter Carlisle, members of the Honolulu City Council and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation asking for them to look into the city’s cozy relationship with Parsons Brinckerhoff and Infraconsult.
In particular, they asked the city to determine which entity was responsible for the $29 million “mistake” that had the original rail route closer to the airport before it needed to be moved. The authors of the letter, Cliff Slater, Randy Roth, Ben Cayetano and Walter Heen, are the same folks who are suing the city for failing to comply with environmental review laws.
Read the letter here:
1:43 p.m. Gun Rights Group Sues HPD
A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court is challenging the constitutionality of Honolulu Police Department policy and state law, which gun advocates say infringe on citizens’ Second Amendment rights.
The lawsuit was announced this morning by the Hawaii Defense Foundation, whose leader Christopher Baker is the plaintiff in the suit. Defendants include the Police Department and HPD Chief Louis Kealoha, the City and County of Honolulu, the State of Hawaii, and Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
Read the press release from the Hawaii Defense Foundation and read the full lawsuit below:
1:34 p.m. Council Redistricting Today
The Council Reapportionment Commission is set to meet today at 4 p.m. will include a review of the state Reapportionment Commission’s rocky process so far this year, and a discussion of the population base.
More coming later.
8:08 a.m. Tales From Japan
Elsewhere on Civil Beat today: an exclusive interview with Mayor Peter Carlisle to discuss his trip to Japan.
Read it here.
Transient Accommodations Fight Continues
The Honolulu Planning Commission public hearing on how to regulate transient accommodations and B&Bs continues this morning at 10 a.m. To get up to speed, read Nanea Kalani‘s previous story:
Honolulu Vacation-Rental Controversy Heats Up
Where’s Carlisle?
At 9 a.m., Mayor Peter Carlisle will deliver remarks at a Honolulu Fire Department Promotion Ceremony at Hale Kinai Ahi. At 5 p.m., the mayor will deliver remarks at a Duke Kahanamoku Statue Lei Draping Ceremony at Kuhio Beach.
That latter ceremony will also involve a “Goodwill Beach City” agreement with an Australian community. According to a press release put out yesterday:
Warringah Council, Australia, is a unique oceanfront community with direct historical and cultural links to Duke Kahanamoku and his hometown, Honolulu. In 1915, Kahanamoku visited Warringah Council鈥檚 Freshwater Beach and introduced surfing to Australia. A solid wood surfboard carved by Kahanamoku during his visit is proudly displayed at the Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club鈥檚 clubhouse on Freshwater Beach.
Honolulu is celebrating and strengthening its historic ties with Warringah Council by forming a Goodwill Beach City relationship to foster mutual respect in each city鈥檚 history, culture and community, including the encouragement of tourism and preservation of natural beach resources. A commemorative signing ceremony will be held in front of the Duke Kahanamoku statue in Waikiki on Wednesday, August 24 in conjunction with the 10th Annual Duke鈥檚 OceanFest event.
Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu
August 23: Sumitomo Won’t Appeal; Honolulu’s Newest Apps; Three Added to Cabinet; Next Enterprise Services Director: Keoki Miyamoto; Search and Rescue; Queen of Waikiki Turns 110; Where’s Carlisle?
August 22: Anti-Rail Op-Ed, or Editorial?; Water Board Public Hearing Today; HUD Secretary Hawaii-Bound; Where’s Carlisle?
August 18: Carlisle’s Public Sked; Statehood Day; No Car, No Problem; HART ‘Comforted’ By Sumitomo Ruling; HART Meets Today; Pay Your Taxes; Where’s Carlisle?
August 17: Council Advances Campaign Sign Rules; $1 Million Settlement Approved; Mililani Senior Development Gets OK; Laie Hotel Deferred One Month; ‘You Got Shafted, I Got Shafted’; Council To Defer Laie Hotel Vote; HART to Ansaldo: Prove You Can Handle It; Council Sends Ag Property Tax Bill To Mayor; Godbey Confirmed As Corp Counsel; The ‘Million-Dollar Baby Toe’; Police Commission Agenda; HUD Not Happy With City’s ORI Report; Council Meeting Today; Sewage Trucking Begins; Where’s Carlisle?
August 16: Corp Counsel on Bombardier Suit; Bombardier’s Lawsuit; Tam Sentencing Delayed Again; Feds To Pay For Kolekole Pass Repair; Ethics Panel Waits on Travel Gift Policy; Rod Tam Sentencing; Newsmaker Interview Today; Where’s Carlisle?
August 15: Missouri Company Gets Sewer Contracts; Landfill Selection Meetings Postponed; Bombardier Appeals to FTA, Court; Busy Weekend for Rail; Questions for Yoshioka; Ethics Commission Today; Where’s Carlisle?
August 12: Feds’ Rail Lawsuit Response; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Council Agenda Published; Cabinet Gathers; Moku on HUD Meeting; Transportation Newsmaker; Where’s Carlisle?
August 11: Horner Lays It Down; Mayor’s Math Problem; Capitol Moat Sewage; Council Chair on Commissioner’s Ethics Violation; HART Finance Committee to Meet; Where’s Carlisle?
August 10: Vacation Rentals Argument Not Over Yet; Quintal Retires, Quietly; Packed Auditorium; Beat the School Jam; Vacation Rentals on Planning Commission Agenda; Morning Reading; Where’s Carlisle?
August 9: Ethics Agenda Out; EPA Fines Pest Control Co.; Regulating B&Bs Not So Easy; Where’s Carlisle?
August 8: Bombardier on Appeal; Carlisle In Da Hale; Where’s City Oversight?; Police Department Names Names; Carlisle on Japan, in Video; Where’s Carlisle?
August 5: 6:51 p.m. Carlisle in Japan, in Photos; Bombardier Officially Rejected; Ansaldo Enlisted to Fix San Fran’s Light Rail Cars; Traffic Ticket Quota; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Ansaldo Honolulu “Pleased” With Finmeccanica Restructuring; Waianae’s Clean Water Award; Chair Garcia’s Checklist; Where’s Carlisle?
August 4: Congestion Tolls in Honolulu … Someday; HART Here, HART There; Zoning Appeals Board Appointments Advance; Committee Moves Sign Bill Forward; Moratorium Lifted on New Sewer Connections in Waimanalo; Free Speech vs. Open Space; Today’s Committees; Where’s Carlisle?
August 3: Board Defends Rate Hike; Appointee Asked About Water Rates; Tow Trucking Debated; Seniors, Disabled Ask for Help; ORI Discussion Coming Soon; Today’s Committees; Fewer Golfers, More Money; Chang’s Public Service; Where’s Carlisle?
August 2: Case Closed, Not Decided; City Rests, Ansaldo Satisfied; City Witness Rebuts Sumitomo; Ireland, Silva Like Merger; Talking Merger; No Competition for Carlisle; Berg: GOP “Party of the Skin Heads”; Today’s Committees; Want Train? Get Brains; Where’s Carlisle?
August 1: Across the Street?; Waipahu Board Backs Hoopili; Executive Session?; Ansaldo Responds; Rail Appeal Continues, With Questions Churning About Ansaldo; Sewage Spill in Kailua; Where’s Carlisle?
