UNCONSCIONABLE!
Maui Land & Pine moves up this week as it becomes a bit more likely that state officials will allow Hawai`i Superferry, Inc. to conduct inter-island ferry service while preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). In fact, on Sept. 20 the Honolulu Advertiser editorialized that this is the only “rational” and “pragmatic” solution. “It’s unconscionable to allow government to continue sending mixed signal to permit applicants,” the paper editorialized. “Once again, the state is left with making the best of a sorry situation, and that can’t be allowed to continue.” To be fair, the Advertiser editorial did mention that allowing the Superferry to operate before an EIS is done “defeats the intent of the state’s environmental review law” and “sets an unfortunate precedent, allowing other permit seekers to request similar leeway,” but ultimately concludes that gutting the EIS law—which is designed to protect the public as much as the environment—is preferable to leaving “a dismal impression on companies that may seek to do business here.” And a pro-corporate message is always beneficial to ML&P, which invested a million bucks in the Superferry and has CEO David C. Cole sitting on the ferry’s board of directors.
RANK PREVIOUS COMPANY
1 1 Monsanto Hawai`i
2 2 Tesoro Hawai`i
3 4 Maui Land & Pineapple Co.
4 3 Dowling Co.
5 5 Alexander & Baldwin
6 6 Weinberg Foundation
7 7 Wailuku Water Co.
8 8 Maui Electric Co.
9 9 Goodfellow Brothers
10 10 Hawaiian Telcom
LOW SCORE
This would have been an even better week for Maui Land, but bad news from a recent Travel+Leisure magazine online poll kept it from rising more than one notch. Seems the company’s world-renowned Kapalua Resort is only the fourth best golf spot in the nation. Yup—Kapalua trails behind such golf Meccas as Pinehurst in North Carolina, Kiawah Island in South Carolina and even California’s Pebble Beach. Pebble Beach?! Wow. What did Kapalua ever do to Travel+Leisure readers? MTW
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