There’s a firestorm of controversy engulfing the Wailuku Main Street Association these days. The nonprofit organization may have lasted 26 years–over the last decade alone it’s consumed more than $2 million of county tax money–but there are now serious questions whether it will survive deputy Attorney General Hugh Jones’ allegations of mismanagement, malfeasance and even … [Read more...] about Mismanagement Allegations May Doom The Wailuku Main Street Association And Change Our Small Towns But That Might Be A Good Thing
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Looking at Civil Unions Six Months After They Became Legal in Hawaii
The promise made back on Feb. 23, 2011 was nothing less than the fulfillment of a fundamental civil right. “This signing today of this measure says to all of the world that they are welcome,” said Governor Neil Abercrombie, finally making it legal for the State of Hawaii to legalize same-sex civil unions. “That everyone is a brother or sister here in paradise.” It’s easy to … [Read more...] about Looking at Civil Unions Six Months After They Became Legal in Hawaii
Surfrider Foundation Heroes Kimo Clark And Les Potts Remove Derelict Cars From West Maui Coastline
The precipitous panorama of the Honokahua ahupua’a, roughly between Napili and Honokaa, crowns the head of Maui’s buxom bust. On its Westward end, the bays of Honolua and Honokohau are its jewels. There entombed is primordial fire. The hard, Mars-and coral-colored land—so iron-rich that its hue pays homage to its molten youth—is still locked in an ancient battle with the sea … [Read more...] about Surfrider Foundation Heroes Kimo Clark And Les Potts Remove Derelict Cars From West Maui Coastline