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The Maui County Democratic Conventionis coming up! Please join us!

Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016 Location: Maui Waena Intermediate School Cafeteria Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.; registration beings at noon. Cost: $15 until Thursday, May 5; $20 thereafter and at door.

ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED; PLEASE PAY AT THE DOOR.

Agenda for the convention includes: Resolutions, rule changes, party platform submission deadline is on Monday, April 25, 2016 to mauicountydemocrats@gmail.com. If you would like to serve on the Maui County Resolutions, rule change or Party Platform Committee, please contact Blossom Feiteira. Update from State Legislature Updates from State Party/State Convention Preview Updates from Presidential Campaigns Updates from Statewide leaders Meet and greet with your respective District Chair and Precincts. Election of Maui County State Central Committee Members application deadline is Tuesday, April 26 to mauicountydemocrats@gmail.com along with paying for the $10 filing fee online see below proof of fee submittal should be included with application. Application is located HERE, but please note that because the seat being considered at the County Convention represents Maui County only it must besubmitted to the County and not the State. Those wishing to represent their District, must submit their form to the State and will be elected at the State Convention. Any alternate application submittal requests should be directed to: mauicountydemocrats@gmail.com.

Any candidate or organization wishing to have a banner or a table at the convention, may be a convention sponsor starting at $100. Email Troy Hashimoto for more information.

The Convention is open to any member of the Maui County Democratic Party or those interested in joining. Only members of the County Executive Committee, District Council, a Precinct President, First Vice-President or District Council Representative areeligible to vote on matters.

Email Maui County ChairTroy Hashimotofor more information.

Members of Precinct 8-4 and 8-7 have announced the reorganization of their precinct officers.

It will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 5:30pm located at 67 Waiale Road in Wailuku (across from Hash Car Wash).

For more information, contact District 8 Chair Christy Gusman.

Nominations are being taken for District 10 and District 13 Council Chairs.

The District Chair can be anyone from District 10 and District 13 and they will represent District 10 and District 13 on the Maui County Executive Committee, and work closely with the Maui County Chair and each of their District Precinct Presidents and Precinct Officers. They are responsible for holding many meetings to keep the precincts organized. If they are a current precinct officer, this person will have to give up their seat as they cannot hold both a precinct and be district chair.

More information can be found on Page 15 of the DPH Bylaws at: https://hidems.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/2014_bylaws_fin.pdf

In order to facilitate this process, the Maui County Chair will receive nominations via e-mail until Wednesday, April 20 at noon at mauicountydemocrats@gmail.com.

The Maui Young Democrats invites the public to attend their Upcountry County Council debate on Wednesday, April 27th at the Pukalani Community Center. This is the first debate of the 2016 election cycle and will feature the four candidates currently vying for the Upcountry County Council seat: Stacey Moniz, Eric Molina, Yuki Lei Sugimura, and Npua Greig Nakason.

The event begins with a meet-and-greet at 5:30 PM, followed by a debate and forum from 6:00 PM 8:00 PM. Light pupus and refreshments will be provided.

The Maui Young Democrats are currently hosting an open poll on the event Facebook page, asking the public to weigh in on possible debate topics. Topics range from Mauis affordable housing crisis to the recent HC&S closure.

There are a number of decisive issues that Maui County is facing during this election cycle, said Tim Lara, President of Maui Young Democrats. We want these events to help voters understand exactly where the candidates stand on these very important issues.

Longtime council member Gladys Baisa has held the Upcountry council seat for the past five terms. Having reached the term limit, Baisa is ineligible to run in the upcoming 2016 election. The evening will not only highlight the candidates, but also celebrate Council Woman Baisas decades of dedication to the Maui and Upcountry communities.

Maui Young Democrats plan to host candidate forums, voter registration drives, community service events, social mixers, and public issue forums throughout the 2016 election cycle.

To RSVP to the Upcountry County Council Debate, visit the event Facebook Page. The public is also encouraged to stay up-to-date with future Maui Young Democrats events by Liking the official Facebook Page. For more information, or to request to be added to the YDM email list, email President@MauiYoungDems.com.

The MYD shall strive to: Stimulate, in young people, an active interest in governmental affairs Promote the involvement of young people in the political process Increase the political strength of young people Educate young voters and people who will become eligible to vote Advocate the highest degree of justice, social welfare and equal opportunity for Maui County and the state of Hawaiis people Advocate for the long term protection and restoration of Mauis environmental resources

The public is cordially invited to a Coffee Talk with Keith Regan event to be held on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Maui Coffee Attic, 59 Kanoa Street, Wailuku.

This event provides an opportunity for attendees to meet and get to know Keith and ask questions.

Regan, who serves as the County of Mauis Managing Director, intends to run for Maui County Council, Wailuku District, and has been endorsed by Councilmember Gladys Coelho Baisa and ILWU Local 142.

Recognized by The Maui News as one of the People Who Made a Difference in 2011, Regan holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California, participated in the Senior Executive in Government Program at Harvard University, and is a 2005 graduate of the Pacific Century Fellows Program. During his term as Managing Director, Regan has focused on process improvement and accountability initiatives. Some of these initiatives have included permitting, performance management, process review, management training, and fleet vehicle usage. In addition, Regan also helped kickoff the Countys award-winning Health and Wellness program, and implemented GPS tracking for County vehicles. He currently chairs the Sugar Operators Support Task Force.

In 2001, Regan was recognized by Pacific Business News as Hawaiis Young Business Person of the Year and the Community Leader of the Year.

For more information about Regan and his campaign, visit Regan2016.com.

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Kelly Takaya King Tina Wildberger Candidate for Maui County Council, South Maui seat Campaign Manager 808-283-1954 / 808-870-1739ktk@kellyking.org

Kelly King to run for County CouncilLong time Kihei resident says Pono Prosperity comes from smart growth

MAUI, HI April 8, 2016 Surrounded by supporters, long time Kihei resident and former Hawaii State Board of Education Representative Kelly King filed her nomination papers today to run for the Maui County Council South Maui seat. King is perhaps best known for her role as Vice President of Pacific Biodiesel, a locally owned renewable fuel company that pioneered the biodiesel industry with its first processing plant built on Maui in 1996.

Throughout her 37 years on Maui, King has been an active community member, spearheading the first community playgrounds on the island, lobbying for air conditioning for Kihei Elementary School, serving as chair of Hui Malama Learning Center and winning her first election attempt for the Maui seat on the Board of Education. More recently, the mother of two children born and raised on Maui has been working side by side with her husband, running Hawaiis only commercial biofuel business now in its 20thyear. As VP, she helped create collaborations and partnerships for various agricultural projects as well as develop working relationships with State agencies, county governments and national organizations like Clean Cities, USDA and the Environmental Protection Agency.

With a focus on collaboration and service, King says she is running for office because there is a need for better representation on the Council, for elected officers who choose to serve the community rather than create a political pathway for higher office.

Through Pacific Biodiesel, we have proven that progress and profit can be pono, King added, and Id like to bring that concept to county governance.

King said her platform is built on the need for transparency and communication, and added that the community plans are a huge concern that will be critical issues in the next two years. Other concerns she intends to prioritize if elected include workforce development, affordable housing, agriculture and recycling. King said she will be to be accessible to everyone in order to understand county issues from all sidesand emphasized her experience as a policy-maker, her business acumen running a successful company, her environmental involvement and her broad community support.

Im a fast learner, I have contacts throughout the State and County, and I truly care about the well-being of my community, King stated.

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Please join the Friends of Gil Keith-Agaran for a fundraiser for State Senator Gilbert Keith-Agaran on Friday, April 15 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Maui Waena Intermediate School. Good Friends. Good Food. Good Fun. Working for the Heart of Maui. Donation: $20.00 to Friends of Gil Keith-Agaran, P.O. Box 857, Wailuku, HI 96793. Hope to see you there!

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The remarks are the first time that Trump has raised the former president's alleged affairs and Hillary Clinton's behavior amidst a flurry of accusations since becoming the Republican Party's presumptive nominee. Trump had previously accused Clinton of being an "enabler" to her husband's behavior, but he ramped up his rhetoric on Friday.

"She's been the total enabler. She would go after these women and destroy their lives," Trump said, adding, "She was an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler, and what she did to a lot of those women is disgraceful."

Trump did not expand upon what he believes Clinton did to "destroy" the lives of those women. A message left with the Clinton campaign Friday night was not immediately returned.

The brash billionaire on Friday sought to get ahead of what he believes will be an onslaught of attack ads against him, focusing specifically on sexist remarks he has made.

"So what they're doing is $90 million of ads on Donald Trump and it has to do a lot with the women's issue. But I'm saying to myself, nobody in this country and maybe in the history of this country politically was worse than Bill Clinton with women," Trump said to cheers at a rally here.

Trump predicted the Clinton campaign would use crude comments he has made about women and sex in interviews with talk radio host Howard Stern against him in attack ads.

Trump has used a range of words to describe women he's disagreed with, such as Rosie O'Donnell and Arianna Huffington, including "fat pig," "slob" and "dog."

"Don't forget, I was never going to run for office," Trump said in his defense.

He also retweeted a tweet calling Megyn Kelly a "bimbo" earlier this year, and in the first GOP debate, suggested that Kelly was on her period as the Fox News anchor asked him a prodding question.

And he suggested that then-GOP presidential rival Carly Fiorina was too ugly to be elected last fall: "Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?" Trump said during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

Trump defiantly defended himself Friday: "Nobody respects women more than me."

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The Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has unveiled plans to censor the Internets worldwide social media platforms with the building of an international coalition to counter criticism of Israel.

According to an article in the Times of Israel, Erdans plan calls for developing legislation in conjunction with European countries, most of which are very interested in this idea.

The legislation would have common features, such as defining what constitutes incitement and what the responsibilities of social networks regarding it are, a spokesman for the minister told the Israeli-based newspaper.

Companies that do not comply will find themselves hauled into court, paying a penalty, he added.

According to the plan, the participating countries would be part of a loose coalition that would keep an eye on content and where it was being posted, and members of the coalition would work to demand that the platforms remove the content that was posted in any of their countries at the request of members.

This is a perfectly logical and just project, Erdans spokesperson said. If a hotel was being used as a venue for a hate group, we would demand that the hotel break its contract, and we would lean on other hotels to abstain from hosting them, so that the hate group would not be able to hold its event. This is no different.

Although the Israelis are attempting to disguise the project as a counter to Palestinians posting violence promoting material on the Internet, it is clear that the extension of this coalition has a far wider scope.

Justifying the plan, Erdans office used an example of a Palestinian who allegedly posted up a body chart showing where the best places were to stab someone fatallyapparently a reference to the recent spate of knife attacks on Jews in Israel.

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The number of postings of that nature are, however, tiny in comparison to the volume of material going up on the Internet, and there are already more than sufficient methods in place to deal with such incidents and get them removed.

Nonetheless, Erdans spokesman said the coalition would force the worlds leading social media giants to prevent their platforms from being abused to peddle incitement to terrorism.

The social media giants make millions but claim they are not responsible for content, and that they only provide a platform, a spokesperson for Erdan told the Times of Israel. That is not going to wash. We are planning to put a stop to this irresponsibility, and we are going to do it as part of an international coalition that has had enough of this behavior as well.

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The Arango Orillac Building where the Mossack Fonseca law firm is situated at inPanama City. The absence of any prominent US institutions or citizens in the first list of names revealed by the ICIJ has spurred rumours ranging from a conspiracy to media bias. (REUTERS)

From China censoring its social media to the Kremlin alleging a CIA conspiracy, the Panama Papers revelations have caused major ripples through global powers, with implicated world leaders denying allegations of wrongdoing.

The Panama Papers on Monday brought to light the shadowy world of offshore companies and how the rich and the famous hide their wealth from public view, with its first list of names including heads of state, celebrities, prominent businessmen and football stars.

Spearheaded by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), and worked on by over 100 media organisations through the world, the leaks place a Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca, at the centre of the tangled web of shell companies and paper trails.

However, the information, or the blank spaces in between, has led to sharp criticism on social media, with many commenting on the lack of US names or banks in the list. Conspiracy theorists allege a western plot to destabilise Russian president Vladimir Putin, while others raised more serious concerns of media bias.

Corporate media protecting the 1%?

The only direct US link to the Panama Papers so far is that of financial writer and life coach Marianna Olszewski - who allegedly employed a 90-year-old British man as a stand in to mask funds she had confidentially invested in an offshore company.

The lack of any prominent US citizen or institutions name appearing on the list - that too despite the ICIJ listing 617 middlemen that Mossack Fonseca worked with in the United States - has begun to attract conspiracy theories and criticism.

One of the most searing criticisms has been that of Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, and a prominent human rights figure.

In a blog post on Monday, Murray said that German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung had made the dreadful mistake of turning to the western corporate media to publicise the results.

In consequence the first major story, published today by the Guardian, is all about Vladimir Putin and a cellist on the fiddle. As it happens I believe the story and have no doubt Putin is bent, Murray wrote.

But why focus on Russia? Russian wealth is only a tiny minority of the money hidden away with the aid of Mossack Fonseca. In fact, it soon becomes obvious that the selective reporting is going to stink.

Do not expect a genuine expose of western capitalism. The dirty secrets of western corporations will remain unpublished.

Murray points to the US-based ICIJs funders as being a reason why no American politician or public figure has been named so far.

Their funders include the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment, The Rockefeller Family Fund, the WK Kellogg Fund and the Open Society Foundation (Soros) - all significant (and significantly wealthy) industrial and corporate entities.

I know Russia and China are corrupt, you dont have to tell me that, writes Murray. What if you look at things that we might, here in the West, be able to rise up and do something about?

While Murrays points have more substance than, say, conspiracy theorists on social media, its more likely that no United States citizens have been named because of the sheer volume of data that needs to be analysed.

Nonetheless, questions about media bias have been raised onTwitter.

I'm not saying #Putin isn't guilty of any wrongdoing, I'm just pointing out the framing of the #PanamaPapers suggests a clear media bias.

World leaders actually named in the #PanamaPapers but Putin, who is NOT named, is used by all media covering story? pic.twitter.com/nthb26QtTE

These #Panama leaks don't mention Putin once. Yet MSM have somehow found him guilty of multiple crimes. Propaganda overload! ?? #BlamePutin

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Its bullshit

Among the most high-profile names implicated in the leaks was Russian president Vladimir Putin. While the Russian leader was not directly named in the Panama Papers, some of his closest associates including Sergei Roldugin, godfather to Putins daughter Maria, and Yuri Kovalchuk, Bank Rossiyas biggest shareholder, were.

The leak exposes the offshore holdings of 12 current and former world leaders and reveals how associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin secretly shuffled as much as $2 billion through banks and shadow companies, the ICIJ wrote, while The Guardian on Monday led with how Putins closest friends had operated a network of companies and banks to allegedly create a slush fund for the former-KGB spy.

Read:Journalists working on Panama papers ex-CIA operative: Kremlin

Russia, unsurprisingly, has denied the allegations, with a spokesperson for the Kremlin saying that the leaks were a result of a CIA-backed anti-Putin campaign; a statement which has found vociferous support among Twitter users

Only very naive and stupid people open off-shore accounts in #Panama which is controlled by the CIA. #PanamaLeaks

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Its obvious the main aim of this dump is our president in the context of parliamentary elections and, in the longer term, presidential elections... Its obvious the barbs of this attack are directed against our country and, personally, against our president, Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to RCB News.

The degree of Putinophobia has reached such a level that youre just not allowed to say good things about Russia or about Russias successes. The bad things that you have to talk about, Peskov added.

One of the few other Russian officials to address the sensational claims was Andrei Kostin, the head of state-owned banking giant VTB.

Mr. Putin was never involved. Its bullshit, Kostin said in an interview with Bloomberg on Monday.

Watch | The Panama Papers leak explained

Chinese censorship

Meanwhile, China also appears to be censoring social media posts about the Panama Papers leak which has named several members of Chinas elite, including President Xi Jinpings brother-in-law, Deng Jiagui.

The ICIJ shows Deng as having registered two companies in 2009; around about the same time that Jinping was rising in power.

An investigative report by Bloomberg News in 2012 revealed that Deng and his wife had hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate, share holdings and other assets.

Hundreds of posts on networks such as Sina Weibo and Wechat on the topic have been deleted since Monday morning.

The website Freeweibo.com, which actively tracks censorship on Weibo, listed Panama as the most censored term on the network.

The American angle

Given that the ICIJ has listed 617 middlemen in the US, it would be surprising, to say the least, if American figures were not linked to the growing scandal.

The law firm, which helped its clients (including firms subject to sanctions, such as in North Korea and Syria) set up offshore companies, came into the spotlight after more than 11 million of its internal files were leaked to German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung.

Zeitung then approached the ICIJ, which helped organise a 9-month long global investigation into the leaked files, the results of which were made public on Monday.

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