With just less than six weeks until the new councilmembers-elect take office and the ideological balance of the local governing body flips, the current council is not showing signs of slowing down. In fact, the council is moving forward on a number of controversial items. While a lame duck session can be seen as a time when a politician has less influence, it’s also the … [Read more...] about Lame Duck Council Makes Moves: In final weeks before the new members take office, the council deliberates controversial items
Budget and Finance Committee
County vs. Atay?
It seems there’s been some drama at the County Building. This time, it stems from the 250th Celebration of Queen Ka‘ahumanu, the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the County of Maui managed by Brian Bardellini, an executive assistant to Councilmember Alika Atay. The situation starts off messy: The funds for this event were proposed by Atay and inserted into the budget… then … [Read more...] about County vs. Atay?
Maui County Council Budget and Finance Committee approves park concessions/naming rights bill
In his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace imagined a future in which everything corporations sponsored everything in society–including time itself. Numbered years gave way to the “Year of the Whopper,” “Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad,” “Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar” and so forth. It’s funny on its face, but given government’s increasing reliance on corporate … [Read more...] about Maui County Council Budget and Finance Committee approves park concessions/naming rights bill