by Aaron Lief | May 7, 2018 | Legislature, Privatization, Research & Commentary, Website
Maui County has a backlog of 1,728 applications from residents seeking to hook up to the county water supply, yet is processing only about 60 a year. Hiring a private contractor to help bring down that number is an obvious solution, and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii...
by Joe Kent | Feb 6, 2018 | Privatization, Research & Commentary, Website
Hawaii’s state government has saved millions of dollars every year by outsourcing work to private contractors, such as painters, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, welders and truck drivers, to name just a few. But that might change soon. Gov. David Ige has submitted...
by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Jan 28, 2018 | Accountability, Agriculture, Budget, Jones Act, Legislature, President's Column, Privatization, Website
Hawaii Gov. David Ige presented his fourth State of the State address this past Monday, and while I have no wish to add to the growing chorus of criticism aimed at our governor, I did walk away from his speech with many unanswered questions. Given the subject under...
by Aaron Lief | Jan 1, 2018 | Accountability, Budget, Health care, Privatization, Taxes, Unions, Website
After years of hemorrhaging millions of Hawaii taxpayer dollars, the three state-run hospitals in Maui County have been turned over to a public-private partnership that now is improving the quality of the medical services at those facilities while reducing their...
by Malia Hill | Oct 20, 2017 | Homelessness, Privatization, Research & Commentary, Socioeconomics, Website
Kakaako Waterfront Park was supposed to be the kind of scenic public space that leaps, unprompted, to the imagination at the words “Honolulu” and “park.” On the cusp of its opening in 1992, politicians spoke about how it was going to be “people-oriented.” The park...
