NEW WEST MAUI LAND APPRAISALS IN! If Maui County Council Member Mike White’s mission was to gum up Mayor Alan Arakawa’s proposal to buy 186 acres of Launiupoko land, then he’s well on his way to success. If you’ll recall, back in November Arakawa announced that he’d struck a deal with Makila Land Co. (Peter Martin, Jim Riley and Glenn Tremble, according to state records) to … [Read more...] about New Appraisals For Arakawa Administration West Maui Land Deal Come In While Maui Police Officer Nelson Johnson Gets Busted Again And LC Defers Profanity Prosecution Of Lifes A Beach
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Joe Pontanilla Wants His Old Maui County Council Job Back While The LC Brings The Profanity Hammer Down On Lifes A Beach In Kihei
PONTANILLA WANTS OLD JOB BACK So apparently life in the mayor’s office isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. According to the Nov. 27 Maui News, former Maui County Council Member Joe Pontanilla wants his old job back. “I know the district very well,” he told the paper. “I can help Maui, Molokai and Lanai.” This is, for anyone who looks at arcane political statistics like “election … [Read more...] about Joe Pontanilla Wants His Old Maui County Council Job Back While The LC Brings The Profanity Hammer Down On Lifes A Beach In Kihei
Mayor Alan Arakawa and Councilman Mike White Fight A Land War Over West Maui Coast While Hawaii Health Connector Is On Life Support
ARAKAWA AND WHITE FIGHT A LAND WAR! The ongoing war between Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa and the bulk of the Maui County Council really got heated today over a huge stretch of West Maui coast. At issue is the Arakawa Administration’s proposed purchase of 186 acres of oceanfront property stretching from the Pali to Puamana that’s currently owned by the Makila Land Company … [Read more...] about Mayor Alan Arakawa and Councilman Mike White Fight A Land War Over West Maui Coast While Hawaii Health Connector Is On Life Support
Talking Story With New Maui County Auditor Lance Taguchi About His Plans And Why It Is Taking Him So Long To Get Started
One of the little observed results of the 2012 election on Maui was the decisive approval of a Charter Commission proposal calling for a County Auditor. While not the sexiest job around, a decisive majority of voters (54 percent to 29 percent) voted to bring Maui County into the 20th century and hire an independent auditor–a person whose sole job is to investigate county … [Read more...] about Talking Story With New Maui County Auditor Lance Taguchi About His Plans And Why It Is Taking Him So Long To Get Started
Scary House Testimony On Hawaii Same Sex Marriage Bill and Not So Scary Lahaina Halloween Arrest Figures While Maui County Council Votes To Demolish The Old Montana House
THE HORROR I don’t know about you, but I’ve been hiding under my desk since Halloween night. Usually, the evening passes uneventfully for me each year, with minimal frights and few true scares. But this year was different. That’s what I get for monitoring the state House of Representatives Special Session hearing on SB1, the bill that would finally legalize same-sex marriage … [Read more...] about Scary House Testimony On Hawaii Same Sex Marriage Bill and Not So Scary Lahaina Halloween Arrest Figures While Maui County Council Votes To Demolish The Old Montana House