And it's official: Maui County Councilmember Elle Cochran is running for Mayor. Her new campaign website, Elle4mayor.com, went live Wednesday night. "I became involved in government because I realized that the leaders in office at the time were not representing my voice or the will of the people," Cochran says on the website. "I went from never having voted in my life, to … [Read more...] about Maui County Councilmember Elle Cochran officially announces Mayoral campaign
Don Guzman
Did the County of Maui learn anything from TEACH’s failure?
The organization formerly known as TEACH (Technology, Education, Agriculture, Community, Health) disappeared so quickly this week that the door couldn’t even hit its butt on the way out. In much the same way as it arrived last year, TEACH vanished in a haze of hubris and new age babble. Frontmen Mark Chasan and Jason Hobson made no public statements, opting only to write a … [Read more...] about Did the County of Maui learn anything from TEACH’s failure?
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
Community Flunks TEACH: North Shore residents speak out against plans for Old Maui High
How to put this nicely? TEACH executives Mark Chasan and Jason Hobson had their asses handed to them by an angry, raucous crowd at the Paia Community Center Monday night ,who told them to take their idea to turn the 23.5 acre Old Maui High School campus into a for-profit “regenerative” Eden and go back to the mainland. “I can drive you to the airport; I have a big truck,” … [Read more...] about Community Flunks TEACH: North Shore residents speak out against plans for Old Maui High
SAFE Action Fund-backed Maui County Councilmembers still screwed in committee rosters
One of Maui County Council Chairperson Mike White's surprising concessions in the wee hours of the Jan. 2-3 County Council organizational meeting was to back off his ruthless, vindictive restructuring of the panel's many committees to zero out the voting power of four councilmembers: Alika Atay, Elle Cochran, Don Guzman and Kelly King. Their crime, of course, was being backed … [Read more...] about SAFE Action Fund-backed Maui County Councilmembers still screwed in committee rosters