Editor’s note: This story discusses sexual assault, including a first-person account. Individuals triggered by this article or in need of help are encouraged to seek support. The Maui Sexual Assault Center can be reached at 808-873-8624 (24-hour hotline) and Childandfamilyservice.org. Chances are, you know a victim of sexual assault. Sexual assault and rape, sometimes referred […]
Maui’s Innovators Showcase Concepts at Inaugural Food Launch Event
The non-disclosure agreements at the door didn’t bode well for this article. But I should have predicted this, I thought, as I peeked behind the gate in UH Maui College’s Pa‘ina cafeteria building and caught a glimpse of Maui’s latest batch of food innovators, putting the final touches on their presentations. The room was lined […]
The Battle for Wailuku: In debating the Wailuku Civic Complex, stakeholders grapple over “revitalization”
“Wailuku is dead.” That could have been the rallying call of those testifying in support of the Wailuku Civic Complex at the March 29 meeting of Maui County Council’s Economic Development and Budget Committee. The lead suspect in the death of this historic town? Well, that remains a mystery with multiple suspects. But proponents of […]
Survey Says: ‘Alarming’ Numbers of Hawai‘i Residents Seriously Considering Leaving the State
If you’re like me, a millennial born and raised on Maui, chances are you’ve said your fair share of goodbyes. It’s a fact of life here that friend groups hardly last – one friend goes off to school, job opportunities lure a few, and another buys a mainland home for a fraction of Maui’s median […]
Councilmembers Molina, Lee, King, and Rawlins-Fernandez Call for Patrick Wong’s Resignation
Last week, Maui County Corporation Counsel Patrick Wong made more than $2,800 without having to lift a finger. How’d he get such a sweet gig? He was arrested, of course. Wong, the county’s top civil attorney, was placed on paid administrative leave by Mayor Mike Victorino on March 9 after being arrested and charged by […]
Corporation Counsel Pat Wong Arrested for Physical Abuse, Given Paid Leave
While International Women’s Day began in Maui County Council Chambers with morning affirmations of the importance of gender equality and women in positions of power, events at the end of the evening proved that upsetting the patriarchy isn’t a mere day’s work. At 12:15am on March 9, Maui County’s top civil lawyer, Corporation Counsel Patrick […]
Is Maui Community Correctional Center Reaching its Breaking Point?
On Monday, March 11, the Maui Police Department was called to assist Maui Community Correctional Center in quelling a “disturbance” caused by inmates who refused to follow directives to return to their cells, and instead started a fire. According to a statement released by the Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety, 42 inmates refused to follow […]
UPDATE: Mayor Victorino confirms Maui County Corporation Counsel Patrick Wong arrested for physical abuse
Update: Mayor Mike Victorino released his official response to the report on Saturday evening. The statement confirms that Wong was arrested at a residence in Wailuku at 12:15am on March 9 and charged with “abuse of a household member.” He has since posted bail and been placed on administrative leave. “We are still investigating this […]
Pre-Contact Hawaiian Agriculture Systems Provide Opportunities for the Future, Study Finds
250 years ago, Native Hawaiians had already met and exceeded a goal set forth by Governor David Ige in 2016: They nourished and maintained a complex system of agriculture that sustainably fed a population estimated to number approximately 800,000 – that’s 100 percent local food production. It’s a figure that in today’s world of convenience […]
‘You’re Just As Surprised As I Am Today’: Don Guzman Nominated to Serve As County Prosecuting Attorney
At a hastily convened press conference held Friday, March 1, at the Kalana O Maui Building, Mayor Mike Victorino announced Don Guzman as his nomination to serve as the county prosecuting attorney. Guzman replaces controversial appointment John D. Kim, who, until March 1, held the post as “temporary interim acting prosecuting attorney.” Kim, the mayor’s […]
Email Reveals Victorino’s Next Move in Acting Prosecuting Attorney Appointment
[Editor’s Update: On Friday March 1, MauiTime obtained another internal email from the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney. In the email, sent on March 1 from J.D. Kim to department employees, Kim apologizes for prematurely announcing the appointments for prosecuting attorney and deputy prosecuting attorney. He also backpedals his statements, now saying that to his […]
Walk Story With Senator Mazie Hirono
When we first started our Walk Story series of candidate interviews, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) was high on our list of prospective interviewees. While she wasn’t facing any hotly contested races (the senator won her 2018 reelection with nearly 70 percent of the vote), Hirono has become a topic of national interest for her […]
Victorino Reappoints Three Rejected Department Heads On ‘Temporary Interim’ Basis
Well, it didn’t take long for Mayor Mike “Balanced Vision” Victorino to show his true colors. Out fade the hopeful calls to “give him a chance,” replaced by the all-too-familiar sound of a Maui mayor shilling for the interests of Alexander and Baldwin. On the heels of that corporate prostration at the Capitol in favor […]
Community Divisions Displayed at Last Week’s Anticlimactic County Council Meeting
Last week, the Maui County Council convened for what was supposed to be the conclusion of the confirmation process for Mayor Mike Victorino’s first round of nominees to head county departments. After almost 70 testifiers showed up in Council Chambers to testify on Feb. 15, time ran out for the councilmembers to cast their final […]
MauiTime Walk Story: Senator Mazie Hirono
Watch MauiTime Walk Story with Senator Mazie Hirono and Editor Axel Beers on Market Street in Wailuku, Hawai‘i
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 […]
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