BEST PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT Paia Skate Park There was no clear-cut winner for this entry, but it doesn’t take an urban planning genius to realize that the Paia Skate Park is one of the best public projects out there. It’s in the right place and it looks really cool. The Paia Bay Café next door—run by kids from the Paia Youth Cultural Center—is also a great place to get … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Proposed Development: Paia Skate Park
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Waterfall on Maui: Seven Sacred Pools
BEST WATERFALL Seven Sacred Pools Seven Sacred Pools? Who filled this out? Tourists? Come on, Maui, you know better. Why pay for parking only to share a few overcrowded pools when there are a hundred waterfalls on the way there that are better and free? Did the port-o-toilets factor into this? Have you been in them? They’re nasty. Wouldn’t you rather go to a waterfall … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Waterfall on Maui: Seven Sacred Pools
MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Liquor Commission Official: Ron McOmber
BEST LIQUOR COMMISSION OFFICIAL Ron McOmber Disagree with his outspoken, ornery attitude towards liquor licensees if you must—even his colleagues don’t really get along with him—but you’ve got to admit Maui County Liquor Control Adjudication Board member McOmber is fun to watch. Though I imagine it would be tough having to sit in the defendant’s chair and see him slowly … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Liquor Commission Official: Ron McOmber
MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Hike that will Work you on Maui: Haleakala
BEST HIKE THAT WILL WORK YOU Haleakala Yeah, it’s a beautiful hike all right. And anything that’s worth having is worth working for, right? Unfortunately for my relationship at the time, the 11-mile, two-day hike through 10,000-foot Haleakala Crater was just about the beginning of the end. Maybe it was the three miles of slippery downhill sand carrying a 20-pound pack of … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best Hike that will Work you on Maui: Haleakala
MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best State Legislator: Sol Kaho’ohalahala
BEST STATE LEGISLATOR Sol Kaho’ohalahala The first time I met Representative Kaho’ohalahala (D, 13th District) was at an October, 2003 lecture on the problems posed by cruise ships. On the mainland, such a meeting wouldn’t have attracted a city council aide. But he—and a couple other county and state officials—came by. After the lecture, someone in the audience asked … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2004: Best State Legislator: Sol Kaho’ohalahala