Category: Open Forum
Start With Permit Delays To Trim Homebuilding Red Tape
by Keli‘i Akina If you need proof that Hawaii’s housing shortage is related at some level to bureaucratic incompetence, look no further than the many [Read More…]
Election Might Be Turning Point In Quest To Exempt Food, Medicine — And Medical Services — From GET
by Keli‘i Akina With inflation soaring in our already-expensive state, wouldn’t it be nice to get a discount on a few of life’s necessities? That [Read More…]
Fix Hawaii’s Problems The Right Way, Not Via Emergency Orders
by Keli‘i Akina Hawaii desperately needs to fix some of the problems that have been bedeviling us for so long, such as the housing crisis [Read More…]
How To Increase Housing And Ease Homelessness In Hawaii
by Mark Coleman As an expression of hope for the next generation of America’s leaders, Joe Kent gave a presentation last Friday to a group [Read More…]
Oahu’s New Short-Term Rental Ban Uses ‘Sledgehammer,’ Not Data
by Mark Coleman Will Oahu’s new ban on short-term rentals affect you? It will if you have been renting out a room to help pay [Read More…]
Questions Persist About Viability of Honolulu Rail
by Keli’i Akina, Ph.D. At this point, the one thing we can rely on concerning the Honolulu rail project is the long list of unanswered [Read More…]
‘Shipping security’ just another Jones Act myth
by Mark Coleman Hawaii residents have been hearing over and over in recent months that the 1920 federal maritime law known as the Jones Act [Read More…]
How We Live – And How We Say Goodbye – Can Leave The Earth A Better Place
by Caroline Aquino I went through it all: the baptism, the first holy communion, the confirmation. Being Catholic and Filipino meant I was immersed in [Read More…]
Jones Act A Threat To Hawaii Security?
by Keli’i Akina, Ph.D. The world is holding its breath as we watch the outbreak of war in Ukraine and wonder what it bodes for [Read More…]
‘Carbon Tax’ Hike Would Send Isle Prices Through The Roof
by Mark Coleman HB2278 promises tax refunds to taxpayers but that will hardly make up for the economic damage the bill would surely cause. Hawaii’s first “barrel” [Read More…]
