Best County Official
Elle Cochran
For yet another consecutive year, our readers have decided that Maui County Councilmember Elle Cochran is the county’s best public official. Though she’s only been in office since 2010, Cochran made a name for herself fighting to preserve Lipoa Point as part of the Save Honolua Coalition. With the state Legislature voting this year to buy the point from the Maui Land & Pineapple Company (which last summer had convinced a majority of Cochran’s colleagues to take the famed point out of preservation), that battle is now largely over. But look for Cochran to speak out on issues like GMO labeling, the development of South and West Maui. @apignataro
Runner-up: Alan Arakawa
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