The annual Maui Pride Festivities always provide great excitement for our island’s LGBTQ community, but this year has much greater significance. In June the U.S. Supreme Court finally struck down the Defense of Marriage laws, and later this month our own state Legislature convenes for a Special Session on the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage. The Maui Pride organization, … [Read more...] about As the Hawaii Legislature prepares to vote on same sex marriage the island LGBTQ community comes together to celebrate Maui Pride
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Loco Parentis and Sticker Shock and Our Litigious Society
LOCO PARENTIS First-time mother Amy Webb proudly notates dozens of data points about her child each day and obsessively tracks their detailed progression by computer on spreadsheets, according to the provocative first-person account she wrote for Slate.com in July. In categories ranging from ordinary vital signs, to the kid’s progress in sound-making, to dietary reactions, to … [Read more...] about Loco Parentis and Sticker Shock and Our Litigious Society
We Look At The New University of Hawaii Research Into Mercury Levels In Fish Caught in Hawaiian Waters And Ask If It Should Concern You
It’s not everyday that we get a press release that contains the words “exciting” and “mercury” in the same sentence. But that’s what happened a couple weeks ago, and we have the University of Hawaii public information office to thank for it. “Mercury–a common industrial toxin–is carried through the atmosphere before settling on the ocean and entering the marine food web,” … [Read more...] about We Look At The New University of Hawaii Research Into Mercury Levels In Fish Caught in Hawaiian Waters And Ask If It Should Concern You
The Maui County Council Still Hates The Sunshine Act While Senators Brian Schatz And Mazie Hirono Talk Story With Chuck Hagel As The Maui News Declares War On Syria
COUNTY COUNCIL STILL HATES SUNSHINE LAW So it looks like open meeting lawsuits against the Maui County Council are becoming a regular thing. On Aug. 19, The Maui News reported that some Ka’anapali timeshare owners associations filed suit against the county saying “a Sunshine Law violation occurred when council members considered property tax rates for fiscal 2014.” As … [Read more...] about The Maui County Council Still Hates The Sunshine Act While Senators Brian Schatz And Mazie Hirono Talk Story With Chuck Hagel As The Maui News Declares War On Syria
Mai Tai Festival Says Wendy Augustine Of Haliimaile General Store Makes The Best Mai Tai In The World
Wendy Augustine, a bartender at Hali‘imaile General Store, knows Mai Tais. She knows them so well, in fact, that this weekend her special Mai Tai blend won the coveted title of World’s Best Mai Tai, making her the first ever Maui bartender to win such a victory. The Mai Tai is Hawaii’s signature drink. This is despite the fact that the Mai Tai isn’t really Hawaiian or even … [Read more...] about Mai Tai Festival Says Wendy Augustine Of Haliimaile General Store Makes The Best Mai Tai In The World