LC Director Glenn Mukai, Bet you never thought we’d say this, but we’re actually missing Frank Silva right now. Sure, there was definitely a gangster vibe about how your predecessor ran the Maui County Department of Liquor Control (a job he held for 22 years), but he also had a sense of class about him. Make no mistake–Silva was a tough guy. He sent his investigators after … [Read more...] about ‘Drunk With Power’ – An open letter to new Maui County Liquor Control Director Glenn Mukai
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Know your 2016 Maui County Election Candidate: Hana Steel
Hana Steel is one of five individuals running for the Maui County Council seat representing Wailuku, Waihee and Waikapu, which is currently held by Mike Victorino (who can't run again because of term limits). She is/was the County's Recycling Coordinator, but has been on paid leave for the last two years (click here to see our most recent reporting on the matter, which includes … [Read more...] about Know your 2016 Maui County Election Candidate: Hana Steel
Maui County Liquor Commission fails again to appoint new LC Director
Serious question: is there a more useless group of people on Maui besides the Maui County Liquor Commission? For months now the star chamber that approves liquor licenses and supposedly oversees the LC Director has been unusually feckless. And now the panel's difficulty in finding a new director to replace longtime boss Frank Silva, who retired back in the fall, is threatening … [Read more...] about Maui County Liquor Commission fails again to appoint new LC Director
Report: Just four people want to be new Maui County Liquor Control Director
And then there were four. Today's Maui News reports that just four individuals want to be the next Maui County Liquor Control Director. Not that the Liquor Commission's special director selection committee has narrowed the list of applicants to four–they apparently received just four applications to be the head of the county department that oversees all liquor regulations, … [Read more...] about Report: Just four people want to be new Maui County Liquor Control Director
2015 MauiTime Year In Review
Well, another year’s in the books. On the whole, 2015 wasn’t any more disastrous or violent than any other recent year, I suppose (we did get a new Star Wars film out of it), though at times it certainly seemed otherwise. Murder rates have risen in many large American cities, and a series of horrific mass shootings put everyone on edge. The great movie actors Maureen O’Hara, … [Read more...] about 2015 MauiTime Year In Review