1. So yeah, Donald Trump won the 2016 Hawaii Republican Party Presidential Caucus with 5,677 votes. How many of the state’s 19 delegates does he get? A. 19 B. 17 C. 15 D. 13 E. 11 2. Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa’s administration says their proposed waste-to-energy facility will save the county $835,000 a year. But […]
UPDATED: County of Maui ‘surveying’ residents on 3-Can curbside recycling
Looks like the County of Maui has been quietly “surveying” about Maui residents on whether they’d like to see the 3-Can curbside recycling project expanded island-wide. I put “surveying” in quotes because the actual survey (a copy of which I obtained from a resident) more closely resembles crude propaganda than any sincere effort to poll […]
We discuss sustainability, waste-to-energy facilities and free home energy kits in our 2015 MauiTime Green Issue
Hawaii has had to deal with energy conservation for a long time–longer than most cities in the U.S. King Kalakaua was already very knowledgeable about electricity when he famously called on Thomas Edison in New York during his 1881 world tour. “[H]e asked very few questions, and appeared to be more than ordinarily familiar with […]