BEST POLITICAL ACTIVIST lance holter Lance Holter is a realtor in Paia who believes in conserving water, preserving land, bringing about public transportation and making sure government is open and transparent. His slow-growth advocacy can be so fiery that once developer Kent Smith tried to choke Holter outside the Maui County Council chambers—a crime to which he later plead … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Political Activist on Maui: Lance Holter
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Place to Watch the Sunrise on the North Shore: Ho’okipa Beach Park
BEST PLACE TO WATCH THE SUNRISE ON THE NORTH SHORE ho,okipa beach park The sun rises over Maui with a majestic grace unparalled in the world. When this glowing globe that warms the earth comes up over Ho’okipa Beach Park, our readers delight and bask in it. Good for them. runner-up: honolua bay (jr) … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Place to Watch the Sunrise on the North Shore: Ho’okipa Beach Park
MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Native Species to Save: Native Hawaiians
BEST NATIVE SPECIES TO SAVE native hawaiians No joke here. If things don’t turn around soon, they’re doomed. runner-up (tie): sea turtles/nene (ap) … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Native Species to Save: Native Hawaiians
MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Akaku Program on Maui: Maui Talks-TV
BEST AKAKU PROGRAM maui talks-tv A lot of people think public access cable is only for people who want to see gavel-to-gavel coverage of planning commission hearings, aging hippies debate conspiracies and college kids reenact Star Trek episodes using sock puppets. Public access has all that, sure, but it’s also got a lot of insightful programming. Like Maui Talks-TV, … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best Akaku Program on Maui: Maui Talks-TV
MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best County Blunder on Maui: Failure to Build the Lahaina/Paia Bypasses
BEST COUNTY BLUNDER failure to build the lahaina/paia bypasses If the county ever gets around to building these things, which would go a long way to alleviate the mind-numbing traffic that collects on the outskirts of Lahaina and Paia, it’ll be hailed for years. Notice I said “if.” runner-up: profusion of abandoned cars (ap) … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2005: Best County Blunder on Maui: Failure to Build the Lahaina/Paia Bypasses