Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) This is the kind of luck you’re likely to experience this week: It’s gorgeous and sunny when you leave the house, but by the time you’re an hour’s walk from home, pouring rain will make your return trip a very sodden affair indeed. I tell you this not so you’ll stay home (your crappy fortune isn’t confined to the weather, after all). Carry on with … [Read more...] about Sign Language: Pisces need to check on their garbage disposal before it’s too late
ethics
Hawaii Judicial Council seeks applicants for state Ethics Commission
The Judicial Council is seeking to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Hawaii State Ethics Commission; the terms on the commission will run from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2022. The Ethics Commission addresses ethical issues involving legislators, registered lobbyists, and state employees (with the exception of judges, who are governed by the Commission on Judicial … [Read more...] about Hawaii Judicial Council seeks applicants for state Ethics Commission
Hawaii State Judiciary Wants You! (for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions)
Across the nation, honest people (or, at least, people who expect that our public officials act honestly) are shaking their heads in a combination of shame and anger at President-Elect Trump’s compulsive lying and fascist contempt for any behavior considered ethical. Most appallingly, he openly thumbs his nose at the insistence that he must divest himself of his Trump business … [Read more...] about Hawaii State Judiciary Wants You! (for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions)
State Ethics Commission hires ACLU Hawaii’s Legal Director Daniel M. Gluck to be new exec. director
The civil liberties good guys scored a rare win in the government appointments game last week. The five-member Hawaii State Ethics Commission has selected Daniel M. Gluck, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Hawaii office, to be its new executive director, the commission announced on July 1. “I will work to ensure our state’s lawmakers, … [Read more...] about State Ethics Commission hires ACLU Hawaii’s Legal Director Daniel M. Gluck to be new exec. director