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Police Chief Tivoli Faaumu Doesn’t Want You to Get High
“Marijuana is already regulated in Hawaii. Why decriminalize it so those people who have no medical condition are allowed to get ‘high?’” –Maui Police Department Chief Tivoli Faaumu, in testimony dated Feb. 4, 2019 “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” –H.L. Mencken Last week, the Hawai‘i State House Committee on the […]
Drew Toonz: Emo Cat celebrates Valentine’s Day
Illustration by Andrew Miller
Murals of Wailuku: 16 New Pieces of Public Art Paint Mauka to Makai
As Matthew Agcolicol gestures toward an almost-finished mural in Wailuku Town I notice the tattoo on his arm that reads, “We are the small axe.” The weather has been on-and-off rainy, and, nearby, three Maui-born-and-raised artists are putting the final strokes on the vibrant wall, which only a week ago was a worn and […]
Riki Hokama, Parliamentarian
A friend of mine calls Councilmember Riki Hokama (Lana‘i) by a Trumpian nickname: “Tricky Riki.” The name, this person would say, has been earned over the councilmember’s many years of service at the council, but one entanglement at last week’s director-confirmation hearing for acting Prosecuting Attorney J.D. Kim shows why the nickname stuck – and […]
Gabbard officially announces presidential run, NBC News reports Russian support
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-2nd District) officially announced her run for the presidency last weekend, the same week Politico reported on the departure of her campaign manager and the campaign’s messy lead-up to the unplanned “unofficial” candidacy announcement on a Jan. 11 episode of CNN’s Van Jones Show. The launch event was held in Waikiki, and […]
Hawai‘i Hotel Revenue Climbs Despite Turbulent Year – Do We Get A Cut?
Two major storms, a historic hotel-worker strike, floods, and active lava flows – through all that happened in Hawai‘i’s tempestuous 2018, one thing held fast: Hotels thrived. According to a hotel performance report released Friday by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, annual revenue for Hawai‘i’s hotels increased from 2017 to 2018 by 4.6 percent, to a […]
Tulsi Gabbard Pens New Op-Ed, Misrepresents Criticism
Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-2nd District) penned another op-ed over the weekend affirming the importance of religious liberty and denouncing bigotry. The Jan. 26 editorial for Religion News Service, titled “Religious bigotry is un-American,” echoes the call of her previous opinion piece in The Hill, “Elected leaders who weaponize religion are playing a dangerous […]
Hawai‘i’s $38-Million Loophole
A report released last week by the nonprofit, non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that the State of Hawai‘i could increase tax revenue by $38 million through addressing offshore tax havens. Loopholes in the tax code allow corporations to avoid taxes by shifting earnings made in the U.S. to locations like the Cayman […]
Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Blames Government Shutdown on Both Sides, Defends Record on CNN
Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawai‘i, 2nd District), made her way to CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper this weekend, where she shared her thoughts on the ongoing government shutdown, and defended her trip to Syria and record on LGBTQ rights. The stop was the latest media appearance in the presidential hopeful’s run-up […]
‘Dedicated to the twenty-two brave people who told their stories of pain and survival’: New report on sex trafficking in Hawai‘i released
Last week, the Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women and the Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention released a report on sex trafficking in Hawai‘i. It’s the second in a series examining sex trafficking within the state, and follows the first, released in September, which revealed an “astronomical” online demand for […]
Tulsi Gabbard Announces 2020 Presidential Bid Amid Questions About Her Record
Hawai‘i’s beloved but enigmatic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-2nd Congressional District) has entered what’s shaping up to be a packed (and drawn out) Democratic presidential primary race for the chance to go toe-to-toe with Trump in 2020. Gabbard’s unofficial announcement came on Friday’s Van Jones Show on CNN following months of speculation. “I have decided to […]
Breaking: Chair, vice chair, and memberships announced for new Maui County Council committees
[UPDATE: This article first noted Riki Hokama as a voting member of the Environmental, Agriculture, and Cultural Preservation Committee. At the close of the council meeting, Hokama motioned to reconsider the committees, resulting in his membership in the EACP as a voting member to be replaced by Alice Lee.] The Maui County Council continued organizational […]
‘Terrible for the Pursuit of Truth in our Society’: Former Maui News employees switch teams
Two former Maui News employees, Brian Perry and Chris Sugidono, have recently been hired to work within Mayor Mike Victorino’s Communications Office. Former Maui News City Editor Brian Perry now serves as Victorino’s communications director, and former staff writer Chris Sugidono as an assistant communications director alongside Arakawa Administration holdover Ryan Piros. Both Perry […]
‘We’re not here to talk to the public’ says Councilmember Riki Hokama on first day of new term
By now it’s no news that things have changed on the top floors of the Kalana O Maui (County) Building. On Jan. 2, Mayor Mike Victorino was inaugurated along with members of the Maui County Council, followed by the first meeting of the new council, which elected Councilmember Kelly King to serve as chair, Keani […]
The Dec. 27 council meeting was so 2018. Here’s to a better 2019
2018 would not go gentle into the night, and the restless popping of firecrackers chattered into Tuesday like the last gasps of a year with unfinished business. But finally – and with many BANGs to herald it in – 2019 arrived. Take a breath of fresh air. You’re gonna need it to keep up. You […]
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