In case you don't have time to pick through the new Audit of the County’s Road Resurfacing, Improvement, and Maintenance Practices from the Maui County Auditor (it's football season, after all, and that new Star Wars trailer finally dropped!), here are a few snippets that won't take you any time at all to read: • Based on the Department’s current practice, it is estimated to … [Read more...] about TLDR: The new Maui County Auditor’s report on road maintenance
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Here Are Six New Books That Help Illuminate Maui And Hawaii
At a time when more of our written words appear on bright computer and phone screens than ever before, we’ve decided to go retro and celebrate books printed on wood pulp. Paper, properly preserved, can last for centuries–probably a bit longer than the latest iPad, we’re guessing. Regardless of the medium we use, reading forces us to use our brains like no other activity. … [Read more...] about Here Are Six New Books That Help Illuminate Maui And Hawaii
Mayor Presents Draft 2012 Budget To Council
“This is not a budget of fluff and extravagance but one of necessity,” Mayor Arakawa announced as he presented his plan for the 2012 fiscal year to the County Council last week. Arakawa said he got the draft budget to the Council a week early in an effort to “help them in their decision-making process.” The budget projects $632 million in total County funds, with $475.3 … [Read more...] about Mayor Presents Draft 2012 Budget To Council
MauiTime Best of Maui 2006: Best Use of Maui County Funds: Roads
BEST USE OF COUNTY FUNDS Roads Great job, people. You do know that roads are built and maintained by the state, right? Not the county? Yeah, see that means county funds aren’t actually getting spent on roads. Now I know there’s some reason for confusion here, since the county does maintain a Department of Transportation, but road money? That’s a matter for Governor … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2006: Best Use of Maui County Funds: Roads