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
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Lipoa Point Saved Again and Nameless Maui News Reporter Covers Former Judge Mimi DesJardins Hearing While Senator Clayton Hee Dislikes State Ethics Officials As Much As Reporters
LIPOA POINT SAVED (AGAIN)! Looks like Maui County really scored during the recent state legislative session. “Maui legislators secured almost $300 million in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funding for various projects across the island,” stated a May 10, 2013 press release from the state House of Representatives's media office. “The largest single item by far was $130 … [Read more...] about Lipoa Point Saved Again and Nameless Maui News Reporter Covers Former Judge Mimi DesJardins Hearing While Senator Clayton Hee Dislikes State Ethics Officials As Much As Reporters
Environmentalists Sue Navy Over Sunken Ships While We Audit Lanai And Larry Ellison
NAVY GETS NO RESPECT Man, it’s tough to be the U.S. Navy these days. They haven’t won (much less fought in) anything remotely resembling a classic ship-on-ship engagement in nearly 70 years, which I just had the temerity to point out. They’re also catching hell from environmentalists over the number of marine mammals they say their training exercises over the next five years … [Read more...] about Environmentalists Sue Navy Over Sunken Ships While We Audit Lanai And Larry Ellison
Looking At How US Navy Training In Hawaii And California Waters Will Harm Marine Mammals And What The Service Intends To Do About It
Witnesses said they looked like a wave entering the bay. There were between 150 and 200 melon-headed whales that morning, all sweeping into Hanalei Bay on Kauai at once. It was July 3, 2004, and the whales would stay in the bay for 28 hours, leaving only after a legion of volunteers helped shepherd them back to the open sea. All the animals save one–a calf, who apparently died … [Read more...] about Looking At How US Navy Training In Hawaii And California Waters Will Harm Marine Mammals And What The Service Intends To Do About It
Here is Why The County of Maui Should not Give Terryl Vencl and the Maui Visitors Bureau Three and a Half Million Dollars
The story goes that Terryl Vencl spends a lot of time at Maui County Council budget hearings. Supposedly, she’s there every day, during the spring months when the council painstakingly reviews its proposed budget, which is hovering between $550 million and $560 million. It makes sense, because Vencl, the executive director of the Maui Visitors Bureau (MVB), has a lot riding on … [Read more...] about Here is Why The County of Maui Should not Give Terryl Vencl and the Maui Visitors Bureau Three and a Half Million Dollars