Newly Appointed Water Commissioner Is Subject of Ethics Commission Complaint
On October 29, Governor Josh Green announced the appointment of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues to fill the spot on the Commission on Water Resource Management reserved for an expert in Hawaiian culture and traditions. Within a week, a complaint alleging numerous … Continued
The Fraught Process of Selecting the Loea
Hawaiʻi law provides for an unusual – in Hawaiʻi, at least – process to select members of the state Commission on Water Resource Management. A special four-person committee considers applicants for vacancies on the commission. Two of them are named … Continued
Green Attacks Critics of Rodrigues as Ideologues
News of the selection of V.R. Hinano Rodrigues was not welcomed by many of the same groups who had pushed to have the governor pick a candidate from the two remaining on the original list forwarded to him in February. … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Kona Three, Dick Cox, Seabird Protection
Kona Three Goes Down: The long and fraught controversy over a housing development proposed more than 40 years ago just south of Kailua-Kona seems to have come to an end. On November 20, the Hawaiʻi County Council voted down a … Continued
State Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Whether ICA Erred in East Maui Case
“What more due process do you want?” Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins asked David Kimo Frankel last month. Frankel is the attorney representing the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi in a lawsuit over the state Board of Land and Natural … Continued
Marconi Companies Appeal Dismissal of ‘SLAPP’ Suit
RCA Trade Center, Inc., and MP Unit 21, LLC, are not letting go of their lawsuit against a couple that complained last year about large warehouses erected near its home within the Marconi Point Condominiums project. The companies hope to … Continued
Agreement Tied to Marconi Loan Is Unmet; Future of Ag, Historic Structures Are in Question
The eight agricultural warehouses that stand out like sore thumbs within the Marconi Point Condominums property on Oʻahu’s North Shore are massive and, except for one of them, indefinitely empty. Whether they will ever start storing the fertilizer, seed, and … Continued
NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Discovery Harbour, Makauwahi Cave
Discovery Harbour Verdict: A long-running lawsuit over development rights in the South Point area of Discovery Harbour was decided last month in favor of the developer, South Point Investment Group, LLC. Third Circuit Judge Henry Nakamoto found that the properties … Continued