Eh idiot who raced out of the Wailuku court parking garage across from McDonald’s without stopping or looking right for pedestrians or other cars: You’re supposed to stop at the line and look both ways, especially for pedestrians on the sidewalk. I’ve been almost hit three times there, once while I was carrying a bunch of […]
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Maui Police begin parking enforcement again in Wailuku Town
Emails started flying around town yesterday that new parking enforcement in Wailuku Town was imminent, and it looks like the stories were true. As you can see from these photos, which were taken on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Maui PD is once again chalking cars and enforcing Wailuku two-hour parking restrictions. Since MPD Officer Keith […]
Will 2015 Be The Year Wailuku Town Gets Parking Meters?
When the great history of Maui in the 21st century is written, the year 2015 will go down as the beginning of the Post-Taguma era. Residents–especially those who live and work in Wailuku Town–have been celebrating the retirement of Maui Police Officer Keith Taguma for weeks now. Each year for the past three decades, Taguma’s […]
2014 Maui Year In Review
This was a year of great storms, both political and climatic. It’s the year we got the new governor that apparently everyone wanted, and the year some of Maui’s most powerful and infamous police officers decided to hang up their badges (some more willing than others). This was the year Kimo Apana attempted to make […]
Report: Maui Police Officer Keith Taguma To Retire This Week
Yes, kids, it’s true: Maui Police Officer Keith Taguma, a 30-year veteran of the force, will retire this week. Drivers in Wailuku can now rest a bit easier: Taguma’s parking ticket reign of terror is nearly at an end. Rumors of Taguma’s impending retirement have been flying around Wailuku for months. I even asked Lt. William Juan, […]
Wailuku Town: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
By Susan Halas As a Wailuku resident for more than 30 years and a property owner for going on 15, I’m always surprised how much I like the area and continuously dismayed that such a charming town is treated as such a step-child by local officials for decades on end. Wailuku has the nicest people, […]
Special Maui Candidate Index–Maui PD Officer Keith Taguma Edition!
Maui Police Officer Keith Taguma writes thousands of traffic tickets every year. The story is that he’ll write anyone–ANYONE–a ticket, so we decided to have some fun and find out how many Maui County candidates on the 2014 Hawaii Primary Election ballot have felt the sting of a Taguma ticket. Here are the results: Number […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Scary Public Official on Maui: Keith Taguma
Best Scary Public Official Photo credit to Sean M. Hower Keith Taguma We’re going to have switch up this category next year, because Fearless Maui PD Office Keith Taguma keeps winning. Does he strike that much terror into the hearts of MauiTime readers? He writes parking tickets in Wailuku Town, people! Parking tickets! Sometimes speeding […]
UPDATED: Seven People Want To Be Maui County Mayor For Some Reason
Yesterday the Hawaii Office of Elections released the official roster of official political candidates. The primary election isn’t until Aug. 9, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun with them now. Here are the candidates for Maui County Mayor, in alphabetical order, exactly as they appear on the ballot: ARAWAKA, Alan M.: The incumbent […]
UPDATED: MAUIWatch Declares Victory In Lawsuit Against County, Celebrates By Praising Maui PD
[NOTE: The following post has been updated to include an official statement from the County of Maui on the settlement.] Oh beautiful irony, where have you been? I thought I’d lost you, but then you popped up your pretty little head in, of all places, a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) […]
This Friday, Apr. 4: Maui County Council To Vote On MAUIWatch Lawsuit Special Counsel
I’m afraid this is becoming an all-ACLU column. But this Friday, Apr. 4, the Maui County Council is supposed to approve the Corporation Counsel’s request to hire the Honolulu law firm Marr Jones & Wang in Neldon Mamuad’s lawsuit against the county over his MAUIWatch Facebook page. Long story short, Mamuad–a part-time aide to Councilman […]
MAUIWatch Founder Neldon Mamuad Sues County of Maui Alleging 1st Amendment Violations
MAUIWatch founder Neldon Mamuad alleges that county officials have repeatedly violated his First Amendment rights, states a 34-page lawsuit Mamuad filed against the County of Maui on Mar. 3 in U.S. District Court in Honolulu. The lawsuit, which also asks for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the county, paints a picture of county officials […]
The 13 Scariest People On Maui
Why go to horror movies with serial killers and demons when you’ve got plenty of frightening characters right here on Maui? Here’s a baker’s dozen of scary public officials, criminals and cops who will haunt you long after Halloween ends… 13. MELE CARROLL Democrat Mele Carroll, who has represented East Maui, Lanai and Molokai […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Scary Public Figure on Maui: Keith Taguma
Best Scary Public Figure Keith Taguma Frankly, I’d be shocked if anyone else won this category. Maui Police Officer Keith Taguma is a Legend on Maui. You guys saw how that Taguma Watch Facebook Page got something like 5,000 likes in just a few days last week, right? Who knows how many thousands of parking […]
TONIGHT: Maui Police Hold Public Meeting At Wailuku Community Center
So who wants to talk to cops to their faces tonight about law enforcement in Wailuku? Show of hands? Seriously, this is your chance to ask about the most pertinent issues facing Wailuku today. Want to see Maui PD step up patrols of Wailuku Town, especially at night? Or do you want to see less […]
County of Maui Again Abandons Plans To Build A Big Parking Garage In Wailuku Town
It’s been on, then off, then back on again and not it seems it’s off again, though it may come back on… again… sometime… maybe. It’s the proposed Wailuku Municipal Parking Structure, people, and though county planners were touting it as a done-deal barely a year ago, it’s now deader than Joe Bertram’s political career. […]