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. Seriously, they’ve been planning this thing for … [Read more...] about County of Maui Again Abandons Plans To Build A Big Parking Garage In Wailuku Town
Keith Taguma
Coconut Wireless
By Anthony Pignataro WASTE NOT, SUE NOT Even after two years away from Maui, I’m pleasantly surprised to see so much of the island virtually unchanged. Paia retains its quaint feel, Haleakala still looks gorgeous in the early morning air and environmentalists are still battling the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility. I can remember talking to locals expressing their … [Read more...] about Coconut Wireless
MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Meter Maid on Maui: Officer Keith Taguma
Officer Keith Taguma OK, we admit it. We created this category especially for Taguma, and you readers obliged by overwhelmingly voting him in (see the runner up for evidence of just how big a landslide it was). If you don’t know Taguma you’ve never driven (or, more to the point, parked) in Wailuku. He’s the half-man, half-cyborg meter maid from hell, seemingly able to be in … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2010: Best Meter Maid on Maui: Officer Keith Taguma
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best MPD COP: Officer Keith Taguma
MPD COP Officer Keith Taguma You haven’t really lived (on Maui at least) until you’ve been ticketed by Officer Taguma. As notorious as he is thorough, Taguma has an almost supernatural knack for being in the right (or wrong, depending on your perspective) place at the right time, fining drivers for everything from an expired safety inspection sticker to staying for 2 … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best MPD COP: Officer Keith Taguma
MauiTime Best of Maui 2006: Best Meter Maid on Maui: Keith Taguma
EDIT PICK: BEST METER MAID Keith Taguma Maui Police Officer Keith Taguma must hand out the most tickets on the island. I don’t know the stats, but I and everyone else I know who lives and works in Wailuku typically see him wielding the radar gun on Pi’ilani Highway, then later handing out parking tickets in Wailuku Town, then pulling someone over on Kuihelani Highway … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2006: Best Meter Maid on Maui: Keith Taguma