[Update: On Oct. 9, Council Chair Kelly King published a letter sent to US Supreme Court clerk Scott Harris to address the "crisis of the charter." "A resolution to appoint special counsel to represent the Maui County Council will be considered next week," she wrote. "I respectfully request the U.S. Supreme Court dismiss Case No. 18-260, or, at the very least, postpone the … [Read more...] about Charter Crisis: After council vote to settle Lahaina Injection Wells lawsuit, administration questions power
West Maui Preservation Association
Clean Water Act & Our Reefs SeaTalk at Maui Ocean Center
Attend the Clean Water Act & Our Reefs Sea Talk at Maui Ocean Center on Wednesday, May 8th. For this edition of the SeaTalk series, the special guest is David Henkins. Henkins is a staff attorney at Honolulu’s EarthJustice office. He represents groups like Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund, Surfrider Foundation, Sierra Club Maui, and the West Maui Preservation Association. He’ll … [Read more...] about Clean Water Act & Our Reefs SeaTalk at Maui Ocean Center
Maui groups sue DLNR over Ka`anapali tour boats
Lahaina resident Randy Draper has spent many, many years fighting for beach access public parking in West Maui. Back in 2016, we wrote about his pressure on the County of Maui to make sure they’re enforcing the public access rules on the big Ka‘anapali resorts. He’s still at it, of course–now he’s part of a new lawsuit filed against the state Department of Land and Natural … [Read more...] about Maui groups sue DLNR over Ka`anapali tour boats
The Battle Of Kekaa: What Sydney Lehua Iaukea’s new book on the development of North Beach says about Maui land use, and ourselves
It’s hard to believe that just a decade ago, the Westside beaches that stretched from the Royal Lahaina Resort to Honokowai were largely empty. There were just grassy fields between the highway and the water. Known as Keka‘a or, more colloquially, North Beach, this was the capital of Maui. Kaka‘alaneo ruled there 500 years ago, and it was home to about 3,000 Hawaiians. That’s … [Read more...] about The Battle Of Kekaa: What Sydney Lehua Iaukea’s new book on the development of North Beach says about Maui land use, and ourselves