Maui’s Bio-Beetle ECO rental car company won a slot as a top 10 finalist in the People & Planet Award for Green Businesses. The fall competition is run by Green America–a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to help create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. Bio-Beetle–the first and only rental car company in the world with cars fueled … [Read more...] about BioBeetle Wins Green Nomination
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Maui Electric Company Starts Sending Out Monster Refund Checks
As you can see from the photo, which shows my personal Maui Electric Company refund, it is indeed a tidy sum. A very tidy sum. So tidy, in fact, that the $.77 printed on it barely justifies the postage used on the envelope that delivered it into my hands. “On May 31, 2013, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a final decision for Maui Electric Company [MECO]‘s … [Read more...] about Maui Electric Company Starts Sending Out Monster Refund Checks
Oceanic Time Warner Cable Would Like To Continue Its Maui County Monopoly Another 20 Years While Hawaiian Commercial And Sugar Burns Residents And Its Own Mill
OCEANIC WANTS CABLE MONOPOLY FOR 20 MORE YEARS For the last 15 years, Oceanic Time Warner Cable has been Maui County’s sole cable TV provider. And it’s been pretty cool, right? They provide us whatever broadband speeds they like in exchange for whatever they wish to charge us, and if we don’t like it we can cut the coaxial cable and walk away. Oh, and if they want to take a … [Read more...] about Oceanic Time Warner Cable Would Like To Continue Its Maui County Monopoly Another 20 Years While Hawaiian Commercial And Sugar Burns Residents And Its Own Mill
Newly Released FBI Files On Late Senator Daniel Inouye Detail 1989 Investigation Into Unsubstantiated Payoff Charge Involving Matson Navigation Company
The late Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye had a long and fascinating career in national public service, spanning the birth of Hawaii’s statehood in 1959 to his death, at age 88, in late 2012. Given that, it’s only natural that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) would also have long and fascinating files on him. On Sept. 16, in response to Freedom of Information … [Read more...] about Newly Released FBI Files On Late Senator Daniel Inouye Detail 1989 Investigation Into Unsubstantiated Payoff Charge Involving Matson Navigation Company
Tulsi Gabbard Boosts Pacific Biodiesel While The Hawaii Congressional Delegation Splits On Drones And Brian Schatz Weighs In On The Voting Rights Act
TULSI GABBARD DOES A LITTLE PR FOR PACIFIC BIODIESEL It’s always nice when we see our esteemed congressional representatives in Washington–who get to attend things like State Dinners with diplomats and meetings with the President–take time out of their busy schedules writing laws and things to throw a shout-out to some of the little people back in their home district. And this … [Read more...] about Tulsi Gabbard Boosts Pacific Biodiesel While The Hawaii Congressional Delegation Splits On Drones And Brian Schatz Weighs In On The Voting Rights Act