If you’ve ever yearned to serve on a County board or commission--and really, who hasn’t?--here’s your chance. Through December 15, applications are being accepted for 60 vacant seats on everything from the Board of Ethics to the Traffic Safety Council to your favorite and ours, the Liquor Control Commission and Adjudication Board (among many others). Positions are filled by … [Read more...] about Maui County Wants YOU…For a Board or Commission
Maui County Department of Liquor Control
LC Adjudication Board Gets a New Member But Has Little To Do
Big welcome to Linda Fernandez, the newest member of the LC Adjudication Board. Fernandez, you'll recall, was nominated in the wake of the Ron McOmber flap, which saw McOmber, an LC vereran who served stints on both the Adjudication Board and the Liquor Commission, disapproved by the County Council amid allegations of sexual harassment and other issues. Fernandez--who like … [Read more...] about LC Adjudication Board Gets a New Member But Has Little To Do
This Week’s LC Watch
For reasons I’d rather not get into because they involve liquor, I was unable to attend the Sept. 1, 2005 Maui County Department of Liquor Adjudication Board hearing. But on Sept. 26, I was able to read through the meeting’s verbatim minutes. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to attend, because it was a choice hearing—especially at the end, when the board spent a surprising amount of … [Read more...] about This Week’s LC Watch
LC Watch
It takes a special kind of guy to wear a detective’s badge, especially at an outfit like the Maui County Department of Liquor Control. You’ve got to be smart, tough and take no guff from anyone. But you’ve also got to be detached, because at any moment fate can step in and turn your whole world upside down. LC chief of inspections Richard Isaacs knows all about that. On the … [Read more...] about LC Watch
Where is Edwin Vila?
It says so right in the Maui County rules that the “Liquor control commission shall consist of nine members…” Who knows why—odd number to prevent ties, there are nine Supreme Court Justices, a cat’s got nine lives—but it says there have to be nine, so there are nine. Except for the last six months, there haven’t been nine Liquor Commissioners—there have been just eight. The … [Read more...] about Where is Edwin Vila?