BEST COUNTY OFFICIAL ELLE COCHRAN As a born-and-raised Maui resident and council member for four terms, Elle Cochran won Maui residents’ vote on our ballot for her reputation for representing local interests, listening, and seeking different perspectives. After eight years as a representative, she is now seeking the mayoral seat. Cochran began her political career […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best County Official on Maui: Alan Arakawa
BEST COUNTY OFFICIAL ALAN ARAKAWA Very interesting choice, readers–especially given all that Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa has done in the past year. He signed a ban on styrofoam food containers, called for an export on sand exports, repeatedly said “bullshit” during a lengthy County Council meeting he was chairing, supports the state committing to […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2016: Best County Official on Maui: Elle Cochran
BEST COUNTY OFFICIAL Elle Cochran For the, I don’t know, umpteenth time in a row, MauiTime readers have chosen Maui County Councilmember Elle Cochran, who represents the Westside, as their favorite county official. She helped found the Save Honolua Coalition, and has long advocated pro-environmental and slow-growth policies. Back in her 2014 reelection campaign, facing […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best County Official on Maui: Gladys Baisa
Gladys Baisa For years, this category has been the sole possession of Councilmember Jo Anne Johnson, who’s leaving the council because of term limits. Now, MauiTime readers have spoken, and Johnson’s heir apparent has emerged: Councilmember Gladys Baisa. Whether Baisa will have a run like Johnson’s (on the council or in BOM voting) remains to […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best News Reporter/ County Official on Maui: Wendy Osher
EDIT PICK BEST NEWS REPORTER/ COUNTY OFFICIAL Wendy Osher Most people know Osher as the Pacific Radio Group News Director. She’s the calm, reassuring voice on all sorts of Maui radio stations who offers news bites, road closure information and critical updates on earthquakes, fires and tsunami warnings—all stories that require her to gather information […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best County Official on Maui: Jo Anne Johnson
BEST COUNTY OFFICIAL Jo Anne Johnson Unlike some county council members who hang with a gaggle of developers or who derive immense popularity from the fact that their son plays for a major league ball club, Jo Anne Johnson has built up loyal following the hard way: honest, straight-forward public service. She refuses to take […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best County Official on Maui: Jo Anne Johnson
BEST COUNTY OFFICIAL jo anne johnson I guess Maui County Councilwoman Jo Anne Johnson is a Republican, but it’s always hard to tell where the non-partisan council is concerned. She’s sat on the council since 2000 and chairs the Parks and Economic Development Committee. She’s most famous for her slow-growth philosophy—opposing the development of Launiupoko […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Localelected Official on Maui: Jo Anne Johnson
BEST LOCALELECTED OFFICIAL Jo Anne Johnson She’s sat on the Maui County Council representing West Maui since 2000. In her first term, this Republican called for moratorium on development, an end to fluoridation of water and a ban on exhibiting dolphins. The first two remain, but in 2003 Johnson succeeded in getting the Maui County […]