Three Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa employees were “trespassed” and banned from hotel property for a year, after being stopped by security while distributing leaflets to guests on Oct. 12. The workers are among the 325 Sheraton Maui employees on strike and represented by the union UNITE HERE Local 5. One employee, Bernie Sanchez, was […]
Reader Feedback Perspectives: Yes or No on the constitutional amendment ballot question?
On Nov. 6, Election Day, voters will be asked whether the state constitution should be amended. In Reader Feedback, Lisa Morrison, vice president of the Maui Chapter of the Hawai‘i State Teachers Association, makes the case to vote Yes and support the constitutional amendment. Kelly King, a Maui County councilmember, and Randall Roth, a professor at […]
Sydney Iaukea Talks With CSPAN for 2018 Local Content Vehicles Local Cities Tour in Hawai‘i
Watch Dr. Sydney Iaukea speak on CSPAN as part of their 2018 Local Cities Tour by clicking here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?451677-1/the-queen-i From the video description: “Sydney Iaukea, author of, The Queen and I: A Story of Dispossessions and Reconnections in Hawaii, used Curtis Iaukea’s memoires to explore the life of the Kingdom of Hawaii’s last ruling monarch, Queen Lili’uokalani. Ms. […]
Councilmembers’ Day Off Part 2: Grading councilmember attendance
At any job, a basic rule is show up. Last month, we ran a story (Sept. 20, “Councilmembers’ Day Off”) about an Infrastructure and Environmental Management County Council Committee meeting that showed how this simple requirement was flouted by some of Maui’s county councilmembers, to the detriment of council business. As it turned out, the […]
MauiTime Walk Story: 2018 Candidate for State Rep. District 9 Andrew Kayes
Watch MauiTime Walk Story with Maui County candidate for State Rep. District 9 (Kahului, Pu‘unene, Old Sand Hills, Maui Lani) Andrew Kayes and Editor Axel Beers on Market Street in Wailuku, Hawai‘i
MauiTime Walk Story: 2018 Candidate for State Rep. District 10 Angus McKelvey
Watch MauiTime Walk Story with Maui County candidate for State Rep. District 10 (West Maui, Ma‘alaea, North Kihei) Angus McKelvey and Editor Axel Beers on Market Street in Wailuku, Hawai‘i
MauiTime Walk Story: 2018 Candidate for State Rep. District 10 Jen Mather
Watch MauiTime Walk Story with Maui County candidate for State Rep. District 10 (West Maui, Ma‘alaea, North Kihei) Jen Mather and Editor Axel Beers on Market Street in Wailuku, Hawai‘i
MauiTime Walk Story: 2018 Candidate for State Rep. District 13 Nikhilananda
Watch MauiTime Walk Story with Maui County candidate for State Rep. District 13 (Haiku, Hana, Kaupo, Kipahulu, Nahiku, Pa‘ia, Kaho‘olawe, Lana‘i, Moloka‘i, Molokini) Nikhilananda and Editor Axel Beers on Market Street in Wailuku, Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i Chamber of Commerce contributes $600,000 to fight constitutional amendment, Civil Beat reports a day before teachers protest for funding
On Mon., Oct. 1, Honolulu Civil Beat reported on the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii’s transfer of $600,000 to the Affordable Hawai‘i Coalition PAC, a political action committee formed in opposition to the proposed state constitutional amendment to give the legislature the power to implement a surcharge on investment property to support public education. The contribution […]
Hawai‘i’s transgender youth experience significant health and social inequity, Department of Health reports
When foreigners came to Hawai‘i, they found practices and beliefs that disagreed with their world view. The dissonance created by the Westerners’ rigid assumptions and sense of righteousness was a problem, missionaries thought, that could be solved through conversion. So began the process of colonization: the imposition of Western culture on native people, establishment of […]
Funding Our Keiki’s Future: Is a constitutional amendment the answer?
This election, voters will have the chance to amend the state constitution. The ballot question, “Shall the legislature be authorized to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on investment real property to be used to support public education?” has been the subject of heated debate. If the majority of votes cast and tallied for […]
‘Astronomical’ prostitution demand in Hawai‘i, study finds
“I would also like to share on the record that I called you from home because this morning we had to place our office in formal lockdown, file a police report, and get sheriff escort” Khara Jabola-Carolus, Executive Director of the Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women told me, following a threat of […]
Councilmembers’ Day Off: Majority of voting members absent for Infrastructure and Environmental Management Committee meeting
The Infrastructure and Environmental Management Committee meeting on Monday, Sept. 17, began with a lecture. “I’ve had numerous meetings that we could not deliberate and do the work of this community due to lack of quorum,” Committee Chair Elle Cochran announced after taking roll and marking Councilmembers Don Guzman, Riki Hokama, and Mike White with […]
Planning department plans to enforce transient vacation rental rules
The spread of transient vacation rental units is insidious: A March 2018 report from the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice found that the proliferation of vacation rental units has caused a surge of nonresident homeowners seeking to commercialize the housing stock by renting short-term vacation rentals to visitors, instead of long-term rentals […]
NOAA: ‘Tropical storm conditions are expected over portions of Maui County and the Big Island later today or tonight’
Maui County residents are urged to make emergency preparations in anticipation of Tropical Storm Olivia. At 2pm, NOAA released the following announcement: HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ———————- WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected over portions of Maui County and the Big Island later today or tonight. Tropical storm conditions are expected over Oahu starting tonight. Tropical […]
Additional closure announcements ahead of Tropical Storm Olivia
Tropical Storm Olivia continues to head directly for Maui County. The University of Hawai‘i has announced that UH Maui College and all Maui County education centers will be closed by 4:30pm on Tuesday, Sep. 11 and all day Wednesday, Sep. 12. Tuesday night classes after 4:30pm are cancelled. The closure includes education centers on Moloka‘i, […]
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