RANK PREVIOUS COMPANY
1 1 Monsanto Hawai`i
2 2 Dowling Co.
3 4 Tesoro Hawai`i
4 3 Alexander & Baldwin
5 5 Maui Land & Pineapple Co.
6 6 Weinberg Foundation
7 10 Wailuku Water Co.
8 7 Goodfellow Brothers
9 8 Hawaiian Telcom
10 9 Maui Electric Co.
WATER, WATER, NOWHERE
These times of drought on Maui are bad for us residential consumers, but pretty damn good for privately owned water companies like Wailuku Water Company. Especially when you’ve got the editorial page of The Maui News acting as your broker. “It’s particularly troubling that so much of the water used by Central Maui, including Kihei, is coming from privately owned sources,” the page opined on Aug. 24. One of the sources is, of course, Wailuku Water’s system—which The Maui News is urging the county—that would be us taxpayers—to buy. “Wailuku Water Co. is willing to sell,” says the editorial. “The price is up for negotiation. With drought conditions threatening the entire island’s water supplies, actively trying to acquire or development [sic] new sources is imperative.”
THE PRICE IS NOT RIGHT
Once again, Hawai`i seems to be leading the nation in high gas prices. While Mainland prices are dropping, AAA Hawaii is reporting that local prices are going up, according to the Aug. 24 online Pacific Business News. The average gas price for the Mainland is down to $2.76 a gallon, but out here in the Aloha State, the price is averaging $3.25. And it’s even worse here on Maui, with prices toping $3.58 in Wailuku—the highest in the state! And the state Public Utilities Commission still hasn’t released any of those reports from the various oil companies on how they come up gasoline prices. For companies like Tesoro, Hawai`i truly is paradise. MTW
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