EDIT PICK BEST DEFINITION OF ‘SUSTAINABILITY’ When rich and powerful land developers like Everett Dowling start throwing around words like “sustainability,” you better watch out. Definitions abound about what the word actually means, but the best definition we’ve found comes from Rob Parsons, our very own environmental columnist: “Sustainability is providing for current … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Definition of ‘Sustainability’ on Maui
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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 from county fire … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best News Reporter/ County Official on Maui: Wendy Osher
MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Place to see Nature Before it’s Too Late: Wailea 670 property
EDIT PICK BEST PLACE TO SEE NATURE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Wailea 670 property Drive south on Pi‘ilani Highway, all the way through Kihei. Just before the road veers sharply to the right into Wailea, look to the left. See all that open space? That’s a 110-acre native dryland forest. If and when developer Charlie Jencks gets his way—we’re think it’s more of a question of … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Place to see Nature Before it’s Too Late: Wailea 670 property
MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Reason to Thing There Might be Hope for the County After All: “Show Me the Water”
EDIT PICK BEST REASON TO THINK THERE MIGHT BE HOPE FOR THE COUNTY AFTER ALL “Show Me the Water” This summer, Maui County Councilwoman Michelle Anderson proposed a new law that would prohibit the granting of development permits unless and until a developer could show county officials that the proposed project could draw upon at least 20 years of water. Of course, … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Reason to Thing There Might be Hope for the County After All: “Show Me the Water”
MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Use of County Funds on Maui: School Improvement
BEST USE OF COUNTY FUNDS School Improvement Civics Lesson #1: Education is a state-funded, state-organized and state-run deal. The State of Hawai‘i builds and repairs schools using state money. Now the runner-up here—cleaning up abandoned cars—is actually a county-funded project. Just as we were learning to love the fire-licked, four-wheeled—or sometimes three, two or even … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2007: Best Use of County Funds on Maui: School Improvement