He’s a card-carrying member of the
Republican Party
but he wants to spend lots of taxpayer dollars on strange, mystical things like “government services.” I am, of course, talking about Maui County Mayor
Alan Arakawa
. His new budget is out—all $404.8 million of it—and it’s chock full of all kinds of new spending. There’s $10.5 million to buy the 80,000-square foot
One Main Plaza
in Wailuku so the county can have more office space. There’s also $2 million for
Maui Community College
to help it start a four-year degree program. And a cool $90 million for infrastructure improvements. All capital ideas, but I can’t help wondering what the Republican Party really does stand for out in Hawaii. Does any of this sound like the work of one of them less-government-is-best-government types?