Posted 05/02/2012 Delays continue for the contested case over construction of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope on Haleakala. Rosemary Fazio, the new hearing officer appointed last month, has quit, citing objections from Kilakila `O Haleakala (Majestic is Haleakala), a native … Continued
Posted 05/02/2012 The state Board of Land and Natural Resources yesterday amended the University of Hawai`i Institute for Astronomy’s Conservation District Use Permit to construct the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope on Haleakala. In its Minute Order No. 19, the Land … Continued
Posted 10/05/2011 Koa Ridge, the 767-acre development proposed for Central O`ahu by Castle & Cooke Homes Hawai`i, Inc., is back before the Land Use Commission. In August, 1st Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto sided with the Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter, finding … Continued
Posted 08/22/2011 The Public Land Development Corporation, established by Act 55 of the 2011 Legislature, had to cancel its first scheduled meeting because it did not comply with the state’s Sunshine Law. The meeting was set for August 22 at … Continued
Posted 5/24/2011 Because members could not agree on proposed amendments to the Wai`anae Sustainable Communities Plan, the Honolulu Planning Commission decided on May 16 to forward a draft plan, prepared by the city Department of Planning and Permitting, to the … Continued
Posted 05/02/2011 At last month’s Honolulu Planning Commission meeting at Kapolei Hale, a handful of West O`ahu farmers tried to dispel the notion that the 96 acres in Nanakuli proposed for development of a light industrial park are … Continued
Posted 12/01/2010 “So, I’m a little perplexed,” said Donna Mercado Kim, chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means after a lengthy interrogation of Karen Seddon, head of the Hawai`i Housing Finance and Development Corporation over terms of the agency’s … Continued
(Posted 5/1/09) When it comes to meetings of the state Land Use Commission, high drama is in short supply. More often than not, you need to mainline caffeine to stay awake through the tedious witnesses and cross-examination. But the … Continued
The Hawai`i Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in the `Aina Le`a case. For those needing a reminder, that case involves the development of about 1,000 acres of land near Waikoloa, in the Big Island district of South Kohala. … Continued
Posted 11/26/2014 The Hawai`i Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in the `Aina Le`a case. For those needing a reminder, that case involves the development of about 1,000 acres of land near Waikoloa, in the Big Island district of … Continued