BEST COUNTY BLUNDER Wailuku Main Street Association Talk about a no-brainer. Wailuku Main Street Association (WMSA) has been taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants from the County of Maui for years ($2.2 million since 2002, according to The Maui News). And if you’d like to know what the non-profit organization has been doing with that money, get in line … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2012: Best County Blunder on Maui: Wailuku Main Street Association
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Worst County Blunder on Maui: Merrill Lynch Investment
Merrill Lynch Investment I have to say, I’m proud of our readers for this one. This was an underreported story—though it got some good coverage in February from MauiTime contributor Doug Levin—about how the county and state were left holding the bag on some bad investments, made around the time the bottom started to fall out of the global economy. The county sued to reclaim … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Worst County Blunder on Maui: Merrill Lynch Investment
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best County Blunder on Maui: TVR Crackdown
COUNTY BLUNDER TVR crackdown Maui has no shortage of divisive issues, many of them related, directly or indirectly, to the visitor industry. But no issue divided the community more sharply, or led to a bigger backlash, than the County’s crackdown on transient vacation rentals. Mayor Charmaine Tavares’s decision to shut down TVRs, made shortly after she took office, was a … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best County Blunder on Maui: TVR Crackdown
MauiTime Best of Maui 2008: Best County Blunder: Wailea 670
BEST (WORST) COUNTY BLUNDER Wailea 670 If “blunder” can be defined as, “a usually serious mistake caused by ignorance or confusion,” then the County Council’s handling of the rezoning for Wailea 670/ Honua‘ula fits perfectly. After all, the Council’s narrow 5-4 vote to approve the massive South Maui project for luxury homes, a private golf course, and a smattering of … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2008: Best County Blunder: Wailea 670
MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best County Blunder on Maui: Superferry
BEST COUNTY BLUNDER Superferry Ditto Best Environmental Issue. Runner-up: Ditto Runner-up, Best Environmental Issue. (KS) … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best County Blunder on Maui: Superferry