POLITICAL ACTIVIST Lance Holter “No-nonsense” and “pull-no-punches” are two good ways to describe Lance Holter. Another one is “dedicated.” Among other things, Holter is chair of the Sierra Club Maui Group, but his commitment to environmental and social justice issues dates back to his days in the Peace Corps. Our own Rob Parsons once compared him to an iconic old West … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Political Activist on Maui: Lance Holter
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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 2009: Best County Official on Maui: Jo Anne Johnson
COUNTY OFFICIAL Jo Anne Johnson Winning this award once is one thing; could be a fluke, or based on a single, transitory issue. But the fact that Councilmember Johnson has been voted Maui’s top county official multiple years in a row—and, has, in fact, dominated the category—shows shetruly doing something right. That something is faithfully serving her West Maui … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best County Official on Maui: Jo Anne Johnson
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Maui-Based Political Blog: Craigslist.org political forum
MAUI-BASED POLITICAL BLOG Craigslist.org political forum Come on people, really? We're not saying the Craigslist forum doesn't offer amusement, diversion and even occasional insight, but it's hardly a blog. Really, this should serve as a rallying cry to Maui's bloggers: get your engines revving, because there's obviously a hole that needs filling. [JS] Runner up: … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Maui-Based Political Blog: Craigslist.org political forum
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Way To Kill Your Car on Maui: The road to Hana, back way
WAY TO KILL YOUR CAR - Edit Pick The road to Hana, back way Nona, my van, hasn’t been quite right lately. First she overheated after about five minutes of being on. Then her master cylinder began to give. Now it’s the starter. I trace the ills that plague my $100 purchase back to that fateful day I decided to take the back way home from Hana. The road was bumpy, sketchy … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Way To Kill Your Car on Maui: The road to Hana, back way