Here are the top voted choices for politics and the environment on Maui. We asked you Maui, what politics, what issues are important, and who the top community leaders were on Maui, and you responded with your votes. We tallied up all of your votes and posted them right here. Read on for who you voted Best County Official, Best State Blunder, things like that. BEST … [Read more...] about #Mauitime BEST OF MAUI 2017: Best Maui Politics, Community and Environment Revealed
Best Maui Politics Community and Environment 2017
MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best Political Activist on Maui: Tiare Lawrence
BEST POLITICAL ACTIVIST TIARE LAWRENCE A community organizer and People’s Congress Coordinator for the Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA), Tiare Lawrence has been a star among Maui’s activists for a while now. Sure, she lost in her bid to unseat Rep. Kyle Yamashita, D–Upcountry, in 2016, but only by a slim 350 or so votes. She helped organize the 2015 … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best Political Activist on Maui: Tiare Lawrence
MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Monsanto GMOs
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE MONSANTO GMOS No surprise here–the growing of genetically modified corn on Maui (as well as Monsanto and GMOs in general) have been major issues to MauiTime readers for many years. Though the 2014 anti-GMO ballot measure was later struck down in court, changing demographics and the considerable popularity of the idea of getting rid of … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best Environmental Issue on Maui: Monsanto GMOs
MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best State Blunder on Maui: Not Passing The Ban On Oxybenzone
BEST STATE BLUNDER NOT PASSING THE BAN ON OXYBENZONE Dear State of Hawaii: On behalf of all conscious residents, we’d just like to say that we don’t understand your senseless decision to let the ban on Oxybenzone die. Senator Will Espero, D–Ewa Beach, introduced a really awesome bill that would have helped save our coral reef systems and marine life. Don’t you … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best State Blunder on Maui: Not Passing The Ban On Oxybenzone
MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best County Blunder on Maui: 24/7 Liquor Sales
BEST COUNTY BLUNDER 24/7 LIQUOR SALES On the scale of blunders we’ve written about through the years, this is off the charts–not quite as bad as putting too few lifeboats on the Titanic, but certainly worse than the decision to add Cousin Oliver to The Brady Bunch. Seriously, everyone in the county has denounced the Liquor Commission’s secret rule change that … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best County Blunder on Maui: 24/7 Liquor Sales