Even in a nation like ours that's packed to the rafters with idiotic government officials, it's hard to overstate the sheer madness that goes on at the Maui County Department of Liquor Control. The place has never been a hall of justice in the county, but the installation of Glenn Mukai as dictator director a few years ago has rendered the whole agency into a cesspool of … [Read more...] about You have to read the Maui County Liquor Control charges against Mulligan’s on the Blue
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Quizunderstood: What do you know about the Maui County Liquor Commission’s charter obligations?
1. The Maui County Charter states that the Liquor Commission should evaluate the performance of the Liquor Control Director every year, but on Jan. 11 The Maui News reported that the commission had finally finished its first evaluation of Director Glenn Mukai, who first took over in June 2016. According to the story, when was the last year the Commission performed an evaluation … [Read more...] about Quizunderstood: What do you know about the Maui County Liquor Commission’s charter obligations?
2017 MauiTime Year In Review
It’s been a helluva year, and that’s not a good thing. For the United States, the watchwords for 2017 have been violence and hatred–against women, African-Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals and basically everyone who isn’t a straight white male. You don’t have to be a master at reading the room to know that greed and ignorance are triumphing over notions of cooperation … [Read more...] about 2017 MauiTime Year In Review
Maui County Liquor Commission to hold public hearing on controversial rule changes
Those of you outraged at the Maui County Liquor Commission's recent rule changes that remove the cap on hostess bars and legalize 24-hour liquor sales at stores will get a yet another chance to give them hell: the panel will hold a public hearing on revoking those rule changes on Wednesday, July 12. The rule changes, originally passed in secret early this year, are now the … [Read more...] about Maui County Liquor Commission to hold public hearing on controversial rule changes
Maui County Liquor Control Director Glenn Mukai Must Go!
Let’s just get right to it: Maui County Liquor Control Director Glenn Mukai must go. He can resign if he must, but if not the Liquor Commission should remove him. In the year he’s had the job, he’s proven himself to be ignorant, condescending, excessively secretive, patronizing, cruel and astonishingly deaf to the concerns of the general public. He runs the department like a … [Read more...] about Maui County Liquor Control Director Glenn Mukai Must Go!