WORST STATE BLUNDER BYPASS ROAD The road to Lahaina has suffered from coastal erosion, construction, and notorious daily traffic jams. The County decided to cut off the old road at the halfway mark and connect it directly to the overpass road that feeds down into the Lahaina Cannery mall. The traffic jams were three times as bad until the County finally reopened the old … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2018: Worst State Blunder on Maui: Bypass Road
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best State Blunder on Maui: Not Passing The Ban On Oxybenzone
BEST STATE BLUNDER NOT PASSING THE BAN ON OXYBENZONE Dear State of Hawaii: On behalf of all conscious residents, we’d just like to say that we don’t understand your senseless decision to let the ban on Oxybenzone die. Senator Will Espero, D–Ewa Beach, introduced a really awesome bill that would have helped save our coral reef systems and marine life. Don’t you … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best State Blunder on Maui: Not Passing The Ban On Oxybenzone
MauiTime Best of Maui 2016: Best State Blunder on Maui: David Ige
BEST STATE BLUNDER David Ige Damn, our readers are harsh! Ige’s not so bad–at least, he hasn’t done anything egregious in the last year, that we can tell (his nominating Castle & Cooke lobbyist Carleton Ching to chair the Board of Land and Natural Resources was over a year ago, and that predictably fell through and led to the eminently qualified Suzanne Case getting the … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2016: Best State Blunder on Maui: David Ige
MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Worst State Blunder on Maui: Furlough Fridays
Furlough Fridays For the second straight year, this was a no-brainer. While 2009 brought the collapse of the Superferry, 2010 was all about Furlough Fridays. As the economy declined and cuts loomed, the teachers’ union ratified a contract that called for less instructional days. Not surprisingly, the public revolted, and it quickly became clear that the union and Gov. Lingle … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Worst State Blunder on Maui: Furlough Fridays
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best State Blunder on Maui: Hawaii Superferry
STATE BLUNDER Hawaii Superferry Ah, the Superferry. Love it or hate it, everyone’s got an opinion. (For evidence of just how polarizing this issue is, see the runner up.) But after all the money, protests and legal wrangling, the only opinion that really mattered was that of the Hawaii Supreme Court, which ruled that Act 2—the special law that allowed the vessel to launch … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best State Blunder on Maui: Hawaii Superferry