Hanabusa Trades In A Lucrative Rail Contract For An Unpaid Seat On The HART Board - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hanabusa Trades In A Lucrative Rail Contract For An Unpaid Seat On The HART Board
The former congresswoman had lined up a consulting gig that could have been worth nearly $1 million. But the deal raised many concerns including by contract experts. Reading time: 10 minutes.
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced Tuesday at a hastily called press conference that he is appointing former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa to the board that oversees Honolulu’s troubled rail project.
The announcement came amidst growing calls for answers about a consulting contract, potentially worth almost $1 million over six years, which Hanabusa had landed with the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation.
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HONOLULU New confirmed coronavirus infections have surpassed a threshold that calls for increased restrictions on Oahu, but Honolulu s mayor wants to change the parameters of its tiered system to allow gatherings and businesses to stay open. The City will stay in its current tier for an additional four weeks, but thye mayor is still pursuing modified metrics for Honolulu s tier system.
Under the system established by former Mayor Kirk Caldwell, when the number of new COVID-19 cases exceeds a two-week average of 50 per day, Oahu should revert to a tougher tier of restrictions, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday.
Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Hawaii Voters Really, Really Like Lt. Gov. Josh Green - Honolulu Civil Beat
Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Hawaii Voters Really, Really Like Lt. Gov. Josh Green
But Gov. David Ige gets low marks as does Speaker Scott Saiki, the Legislature and former Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. Reading time: 7 minutes.
Registered voters in Hawaii have a far more favorable impression of the lieutenant governor than of his boss.
Of those surveyed in the latest Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now poll, 63% said they had a positive view of Josh Green, who has all but declared his intention to succeed the term-limited David Ige next year.
Hawaii Business Magazine
How to Resolve Community Conflicts
Community opposition to proposed projects is nothing new, but it seems to be more common nowadays. And more effective. To get moving on such projects, and others, Hawai‘i must work with communities that are demanding a voice in their future.
May 3, 2021
Illustration: Kayla Rivera
Recent high-profile conflicts have blocked Hawai‘i’s efforts to generate renewable electricity, build affordable housing and improve parks. This report looks at recent community conflicts and discusses ways to find common ground and collaboratively move forward.
Hundreds of people spent 39 nights in 2019 blocking the arrival of eight 568-foot-tall wind turbines that they said would be set up too close to residences and schools in rural Kahuku.