EDIT PICK:
BEST QUESTION EVERY LOCAL POLITICAL CANDIDATE NEEDS TO ANSWER
Is it moratorium time?
Land development is the core issue of all of Maui’s politics, with
every other issue—water use, traffic, education, health care, ocean
pollution and affordable housing—branching from it. There’s no question
that development has slowed during the last four years of Mayor Alan
Arakawa’s administration from the go-go Apana years—though we’ve still
seen approvals for the big Pulelehua, Kapalua Mauka and Kapalua Bay
projects from Maui Land & Pineapple Co. as well as Charlie Jenck’s
giant Wailea 670 deal—but there’s also an increasingly frantic
realization that corresponding infrastructure hasn’t caught up. Put
simply, developers spend big bucks backing elected officials, and it’s
never easy to say no to that kind of money. But something’s gotta
change, and now’s a perfect time to start asking the “tough questions.”
(AP)
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