So Governor Neil Abercrombie has decided to replace outgoing Board of Education member Wesley Lo with Grant Chun. In October, Maui Memorial Medical Center CEO Lo resigned from the board eight months before his term ended, citing work constraints. In choosing Chun, vice president of the Alexander & Baldwin, as Lo’s replacement, Abercrombie has gone with one of Maui’s most … [Read more...] about Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie Appoints Grant Chun To State Board Of Education
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Local Student Wins Justice Commission Essay Contest
In late October, six high school students–including Maui High School junior Christopher Kim–were awarded $500 each for their entries in an essay contest on “Meaningful Volunteering and What It Means to Me.” The contest was part of the 2013 Pro Bono Celebration and was sponsored by the Hawaii Access to Justice Commission and the Hawaii State Bar Association. The event was part … [Read more...] about Local Student Wins Justice Commission Essay Contest
Electric Chastity Belts and The Latest Human Rights and Our Litigious Society
ELECTRIC CHASTITY BELT To counter the now-well-publicized culture of rape in India, three engineers in Chennai said in March that they are about to send to the market women’s anti-rape lingerie, which will provide both a stun-gun-sized blast of electricity against an aggressor and a messaging system sending GPS location to family members and the police about an attack in … [Read more...] about Electric Chastity Belts and The Latest Human Rights and Our Litigious Society
Death Of The Proposed Wailuku Parking Garage And Life For The Na Wai Eha Stream Flows
NO PARKING IN WAILUKU? It’s been on, then off, then back on again and now it seems it’s off again, though it may come back on... again... sometime... maybe. It’s the proposed Wailuku Municipal Parking Structure, people, and though county planners were touting it as a done-deal barely a year ago, that project is now deader than former South Maui state Representative Joe … [Read more...] about Death Of The Proposed Wailuku Parking Garage And Life For The Na Wai Eha Stream Flows
The LC Takes Another Look at Corkage While the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Bloom
DID THE LC DO SOMETHING RIGHT? Not sure if any of you realize this, but back in March–at the same time as that absurd nonsense about shutting down all entertainment at 10pm in Kihei Kalama Village–the Maui County Liquor Commission voted to do something good: they made it legal for people to bring their own bottles of wine into restaurants to drink during dinner or whatever. … [Read more...] about The LC Takes Another Look at Corkage While the Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Bloom