There's a lot of garbage on social media these days, but one of the best things I've seen lately is the Access Denied! Surf? Fish? Dive group on Facebook. Here, Westside residents and activists like Kai Nishiki and Randy Draper post photos, videos and information about their fights to stop big resorts from encroaching on public beaches with concession stands, endless lines of … [Read more...] about Maui County Council is on verge of making Kaanapali public beach access parking even worse
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Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Alika Atay
Alika Atay is one of five candidates for the Maui County Council seat representing Wailuku, Waihee and Waikapu. As a measure of the competitiveness of the race, all five candidates filled out and returned MauiTime's election questionnaires (the others are Joe Blackburn, Keith Regan, Dain Kane and Hana Steel; click here to read their questionnaires). Atay is a political … [Read more...] about Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Alika Atay
MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Political Scandal on Maui: Wayne Nishiki’s Dowling Loan
POLITICAL SCANDAL Wayne Nishiki’s Dowling loan OK, forgive us for a moment while we toot our own horn: the biggest political scandal of the year, as voted on by you, was broken in these pages. Now, for the uninitiated: Wayne Nishiki ran for the South Maui County Council seat as the independent candidate with no binding ties to the island’s big developers. He also accused … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2009: Best Political Scandal on Maui: Wayne Nishiki’s Dowling Loan