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
Mark Simonds
Hawaii Attorney General finally closes big Maui leash law case
I think we all can now breathe a little easier that Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin’s office has gotten justice in the big Case of the Maui Resident Who Didn’t Properly Leash His Dogs. That's right–today Lady Justice's hammer fell on Maui Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Mark Simonds (granted, it was a tiny hammer, but still). "The defendant pled no contest to one count of … [Read more...] about Hawaii Attorney General finally closes big Maui leash law case
Maui ‘news’ organizations ‘cover’ Hawaii AG prosecuting deputy prosecutor for dog leash violations
It's remarkable that websites like Maui Now and MauiWatch describe themselves as "news organizations." Maui Now "is 100% focused on covering news that matters to Maui," it says. Maui Watch says it's "the model for high quality crowd sourced news in the 21st century." Sorry, I just laughed so hard I fell on the floor. Seriously though, Maui Now and MauiWatch are what we call … [Read more...] about Maui ‘news’ organizations ‘cover’ Hawaii AG prosecuting deputy prosecutor for dog leash violations